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Operation  -  The  Front  Panel  Display  Inter face

7  The  Front  Panel  Display  Interface

As introduced in Section 4, the HDX can be controlled via a number of different interfaces. 
This section covers the Front Panel Display Interface.

The Front Panel Display Interface is a graphical touch screen interface based on 
navigation around pages and selection of icons. The emphasis in this section is on the use 
of the interface via the touch screen although the supplied remote handset can also be 
used. The handset can also be used to operate Naim preamplifiers, integrated amplifiers 
and CD players.

The following paragraphs and illustrations describe how the Front Panel Display Interface 
is used to access some of the most often used HDX functions. Other functions can be 
accessed by following the same principles of interface navigation and selection. A 
navigation diagram showing the top levels of the interface can be found in Section 7.9. 
The remote handset is illustrated and its functions described in Section 7.10.

7.1  The  Home  Menu

The 

Home

 menu, illustrated below as it appears on the 

HDX front panel touch screen, is the menu from which all 
other interface menus can be accessed. Touch an option 
to select it. Touch the 

back

 button to return to the previous 

menu.

The icons stacked vertically on the right hand side of the 
menu provide short-cuts to the 

home 

(  ), 

browse 

(   ) and 

find 

(  ) menus, and the 

back 

(   ) button. These icons 

remain present in all menus and screens.

Selecting each of the options on the 

Home

 menu provides 

the following pages and functions.

Now Playing:

 Displays the track currently playing, its 

associated information and any associated artwork. 
Touching the Now Playing screen will also open a 
temporary, floating transport control window containing 
play/pause (  /  ), step backwards (  ), step forwards (  ), 
shuffle (   ) and repeat buttons (   ).

Note:

 If no track is playing the Now Playing information will 

be blank.

browse Music:

 Provides access to the library of music 

stored on the HDX and on any network or USB connected 
storage media. See Section 7.2.

Find Music:

 Provides access to search functions that 

enable material stored on the HDX and on any network or 
USB connected storage media to be located. See Section 
7.3.

Ripping Monitor:

 Displays progress during ripping. See 

Section 7.4.

Current Playlist:

 Displays details of the tracks in the current 

playlist with options to clear the playlist, remove tracks, or 
save the playlist with a new name. If no user playlist has 
been selected, the tracks of the currently playing album 
will be displayed along with options to “remove” tracks 
and to save an edited version of the album as a playlist. 
See Section 7.5.

Playlists:

 Displays a menu showing all the saved playlists 

together with options to play, edit and delete. See Section 
7.6.

Quick Play:

 Selects a menu offering quick playback 

options. See Section 7.7.

System: 

Provides access to HDX system setup functions and 

status information. See Section 7.8.

Summary of Contents for HDX - REMOTE CONTROL CODE

Page 1: ...R E F E R E N C e M A N U A L H D X H A R D D I S K P L A Y E R E N G L I S H ...

Page 2: ...uarantee Equipment must not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquid such as vases should be placed on the equipment For your own safety do not under any circumstances open Naim equipment without first disconnecting it from the mains Warning an apparatus with CLASS I construction shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection Where th...

Page 3: ...endent resistors or noise suppressors into mains plugs They degrade the mains supply and the sound 2 1 Mains Plug Wiring In some territories a mains plug may need to be fitted to the supplied mains lead As the colours of the wires in the mains lead may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in the plug proceed as follows The wire coloured GREEN AND YELLOW must be conne...

Page 4: ...d to Naim equipment as well as more general warnings about the use of domestic audio products Please read them carefully 3 1 Siting The Equipment In order to reduce the risk of hum audible from the loudspeakers power supplies and power amplifiers should be located a reasonable distance away from other equipment The maximum separation distance for connected equipment is that allowed by the standard...

Page 5: ...d displayed by the user interface The HDX is able to operate as a conventional CD player A CD inserted in the drawer can be played immediately with its audio routed to the analogue and digital audio outputs Ripping a CD you don t personally own constitutes a violation of copyright law You must ensure if inserting a borrowed CD for playback that the HDX is not set automatically to rip the CD Sectio...

Page 6: ...en Web Browser Flash enabled web browser Duplicates functionality of Front Panel Display Interface or External Display Interface Network connection required Desktop Client PC running Windows XP or Vista Provides music database management and advanced HDX setup functions Can also control local outputs Network connection required NaimNet StreamNet StreamNet compliant network touch screen Controls ne...

Page 7: ...tched on without a working network connection will revert to an internal IP address only suitable for stand alone use To restore the default DHCP setup switch the HDX off connect the network and switch it on again 5 1 1 Network Hardware Wired network connection is strongly recommended for the most consistent and secure HDX operation Ethernet over mains hardware may be used and provides a simple an...

Page 8: ...used to check that playback is operating correctly Navigate via the Front Panel Display Interface from the Home Menu to the Quick Play menu and select Play Random to play a track To rip a CD to the HDX hard disk use the front panel open button to open the CD drawer Insert a CD and press the open button again to close the drawer The ripping process will begin automatically When CD ripping is comple...

Page 9: ... to an audio system digital input These outputs duplicate the analogue outputs 6 2 10 Power Supply Upgrade Enables the connection of an upgrade XPS or 555PS power supply The link plug fitted must be removed See Diagram 6 3 THE SXPS BURNDY CABLE ONLY MUST BE USED TO CONNECT THE XPS OR 555PS POWER SUPPLIES Note Both the HDX and upgrade power supply must be switched off when the link plug is removed ...

Page 10: ...upply mains input and fuse SXPS Burndy Cable mains input and fuse power switch Cable direction marker THE HDX REQUIRES MAINS POWER AT ALL TIMES WITH OR WITHOUT AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY THE SXPS BURNDY CABLE ONLY MUST BE USED TO CONNECT THE XPS OR 555PS POWER SUPPLIES ...

Page 11: ...e browse and find menus and the back button These icons remain present in all menus and screens Selecting each of the options on the Home menu provides the following pages and functions Now Playing Displays the track currently playing its associated information and any associated artwork Touching the Now Playing screen will also open a temporary floating transport control window containing play pa...

Page 12: ... by each conductor Performers Displays an alphabetical list of material sorted by performer The menu also provides options to Play Add to a playlist and Albums featuring each performer Music Location Opens a menu illustrated below showing the music storage locations available to the HDX Selecting one of the locations restricts browsing or searching to that location Note If no external storage USB ...

Page 13: ...ewest most recently ripped albums together with Play Add Tracks and Info buttons 7 4 The Ripping Monitor Screen Selecting Ripping Monitor from the Home menu will open a page illustrated below that displays the HDX s ripping activity Ripping can be stopped by selecting the abort function or pressing the HDX front panel open button or handset open key 7 5 The Current Playlist Screen Selecting Curren...

Page 14: ... change track order or remove tracks and Remove the entire playlist 7 6 Playlists A playlist is a list of tracks collected together and saved with a specific name favourites perhaps or party tracks Playlists are created by locating the desired items then adding them to either a new or existing playlist An item may be a single track a whole album an entire genre or any group of items generated from...

Page 15: ... of albums stored the hard disk space available and current IP address System Setup Provides acess to various HDX setup facilities Sections 7 8 1 and 7 8 2 describes System Setup in detail Calibrate Screen Enables calibration of the front panel touch screen or any USB connected external touch screens Touch Calibrate Screen and follow the on screen instructions Note The HDX front panel touch screen...

Page 16: ...e handset TV System Selects PAL or NTSC TV video modes for the external display Scroll Drag Mode Selects Page and Initial letter modes for the display scroll function With Initial Letter selected screen scrolling is indicated by initial letters displayed at the top of the screen With Page selected screen scrolling is indicated by page numbers displayed at the top of the screen Operation The Front ...

Page 17: ...the handset mode Mute Mutes the preamplifier or AV processor audio output These keys function regardless of the the handset mode Info Displays information about the currently selected item Page Selects the next 6 or previous 5 interface menu page Navigation Navigates around and selects 3456 menu icons ok Confirms icon selection Back Steps back one interface menu Home Selects the Home menu Browse S...

Page 18: ...will be familiar to those with experience of the Windows Explorer file browser application 8 1 Connecting to The HDX When first run the Desktop Client application will scan the network to identify any connected Naim hard disk players A window will open illustrated below listing the player or servers found and their IP addresses Each player name listed is a shortened form of the MAC address printed...

Page 19: ...For more on creating and managing playlists see Section 8 13 8 5 Application Menus The application menus comprising File Edit Action View and Help provide a variety of tools and functions They are described in the following paragraphs 8 5 1 The File Menu The File Menu provides network Connect and Disconnect commands and application Exit command 8 5 2 The Edit Menu The Edit Menu provides file utili...

Page 20: ...r maintenance and setup utilities listed in the left hand window that can be selected and their contents expanded by clicking on their associated graphics Selecting a utility will open a dialogue box in the right hand window that either provides information or can be used to specify a variety of hard disk player and network setup parameters Diagram 8 8 illustrates the Tools tab with all the utilit...

Page 21: ...mediately The Advanced Search tool enables a finely targeted search of music files to be performed To begin an advanced search click on the Advanced Search button A text entry window will open as illustrated in Diagram 8 11 The advanced search text entry window enables two sets of search rules that can be configured to search for an album artist track genre composer performer or conductor Each rul...

Page 22: ...lication Actions menu and select Queue Alternatively right click on the album and select Queue in the pop up list Repeat the selection and queuing of tracks until the desired playlist is complete Click on the Now Playing Interface Tab The queue of selected tracks will be displayed in the main window To save the playlist name it in the text entry field and click on Save The playlist can be shuffled...

Page 23: ... album s properties To access an album s properties first right click on the album name A pop up window will display as illustrated in Diagram 8 16 Note As well as providing access to properties the right click pop up menu also provides access to a variety of other functions Clicking on properties displays the additional information for the album concerned as illustrated in Diagram 8 17 8 16 Selec...

Page 24: ... and maintenance 8 18 4 Backup Monitor Displays backup statistics and enables backup settings to be defined 8 18 5 Backup Scheduler Enables manual backups to be initiated and automatic backups to be programmed 8 18 6 System Status Displays various system status reports 8 18 7 System Messages Displays any system messages 8 18 8 Lookup Messages Displays any CD data lookup messages 8 18 9 System Sett...

Page 25: ...yback can be made using the Local and Network Browser interfaces In addition to the CDs stored on the HDX s hard disk DRM free MP3 AAC WMA FLAC or WAV audio files stored on external storage devices can also be played by the HDX Note Memory sticks connected via USB must be in FAT FAT32 or NTFS format Apple Macintosh formats are not compatible Note Other playback file formats may be added as firmwar...

Page 26: ...g can be cancelled once underway by pressing the HDX front panel open button or selecting Abort on the Front Panel Display Interface Ripping Monitor page When the HDX has ripped the CD and downloaded its associated data it will eject the CD automatically As soon as a CD has been ejected the HDX is ready to rip the next one The Ripping Monitor menu provides feedback on progress as the ripping proce...

Page 27: ... formats up to 24 bit 96kHz only for local playback or WAV and MP3 at 16 bit 44 1kHz for both local and NaimNet network playback Music files must be unprotected by DRM encoding that restricts them to specific playback hardware 11 2 Local Devices A locally connected storage device will most likely be a memory stick connected to one of the HDX s USB sockets Note The amount of music stored on an exte...

Page 28: ...igital Rights Management DRM Digital Rights Management refers to the data embedded in some music files that restricts copying and playback Material downloaded from the Apple iTunes store is an example Firewall A firewall is a network device or software application designed to control computer network traffic by compliance with a specific set of rules and security criteria Firmware Firmware describ...

Page 29: ...dem to connect the network to the internet and many also include a wireless element that enables network hardware with wireless capabilities to connect Server Server is a generic term that describes an item of network hardware that stores and provides data to the network Shuffle Shuffle is a term used to describe the random playback of tracks S PDIF S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interconnect Format ...

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Page 31: ...urces and protects the environment from contamination 15 User Notes HDX Serial Number HDX MAC Address Display MAC Address HDX Name Use this section to record your HDX s identification data for possible future reference The Serial Number HDX MAC Address and Display MAC Address can be found printed on the rear panel The HDX Name can be found via the System Status page of the Front Panel Display Inte...

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