General; Welcome; Features; Firmware Updates - Bryston BDP-PI Owner's Manual

General

Welcome

Thank you for your purchase of a Bryston BDP-π; a
state-of-the-art digital music player that can play
back the vast majority of digital music file formats
including today's most popular lossless codecs
including AIFF, FLAC, WAVE, APPLE LOSSLESS, and
more at resolutions up to 192kHz / 24 bit PCM.
Music stored on both locally attached USB media
and network attached storage (NAS) devices is
aggregated and indexed into a single library. The
BDP-π includes intuitive software for controlling
your BDP that requires no installation and is
accessible from any modern web browser. A wide
variety of compatible third-party applications are
also available for iOS and Android mobile devices.
In stand-alone systems, the BDP-π can also be
controlled via front-panel buttons and the color TFT
display, or with our optional BR-2 IR remote control.
We have designed the BDP-π to provide the
highest sound quality possible and an enjoyable
user experience free from the hassles normally
associated with computer-based audio playback.
A Quick Start Guide has been provided to help
you setup and play music right away. This manual
provides a technical reference for hardware, setup,
interconnectivity, warranty, and safety. Bryston
stands committed to ongoing improvement and
software development. For that reason, we have
separated the Firmware User's Manual in which
you'll find detailed information on day to day use
from this document. See www.bryston.com for the
most current edition.
Again, thank you for choosing Bryston.
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BDP-π

Features

Extensive technical research and development
has been undertaken to ensure the highest
quality playback and durability of your BDP-π. The
following details describe some of these features.
• Power with included SMPS or with custom
Bryston power supply.
• Four USB 2.0 (backwards compatible with USB
1.1 and 1.0 specifications) ports.
• Wide variety of control options including:
• Front panel push button controls
• Responsive web interface compatible with
iOS, Android, Macintosh, and windows
devices
• Third party app compatibility with diverse
software such as MPoD and MPaD for iOS,
and MPDroid for Android.
• IR Remote control such as Bryston's BR-2 or
other universal remote controls.
• Interconnectivity with USB Class 2.0 digital to
analog converters.
• Extensive compatibility with different music
file formats. See current firmware manual for
details.
• User upgradeable firmware
• Compatible with USB hard disk, and solid-state
storage media as well as network attached
storage.
• Compact size and cosmetic unity with other
Bryston products.

Firmware Updates

BDP-π firmware updates will periodically become
available from Bryston. Upon availability, the
Dashboard on the web interface will notify you. To
identify which version of firmware you are currently
running, you may either use the front panel, or the
web interface. To determine the current version of
the firmware from the front panel, see the bottom