Local Storage Connection; Network Connection; Wireless Bridge; Network Attached Storage - Bryston BDP-PI Owner's Manual

Local Storage Connection

Your BDP-π can accept most USB storage media
including thumb drives, buss-powered hard drives,
and self-powered hard drives. Available current
to power buss-powered drives depends on load
from the BDP-π processor. Therefore, Bryston
recommends connecting only one USB buss
powered drive. Please check the literature that
came with your hard drive to determine its power
requirements if you have trouble with your drive.
Self-powered drives and thumb drives draw very
little current so several can be connected at once.
The preferred disk format scheme for USB
attached media is FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and EXT3
are supported as well. Mac OS formatted drives
(HFS) are currently read-only, so some features that
require disk-write access such as Artist View may not
work correctly.

Network Connection

Your BDP-π features a single 10/100 speed ethernet
port designed to connect to your home network
router to facilitate control via portable devices or
computer, and to obtain internet connection useful
for streaming internet radio, downloading firmware
updates, and if needed, permit Bryston support
personnel to acces the unit via service mode upon
your request.
Use a CAT-5, CAT-5e, or CAT6
patch cable to connect
your BDP-π to an available
ethernet port in your room,
or directly to your home
router.
Successful network
connection will be indicated
by green and amber LEDs
lighting on the BDP-π
ethernet port, and by
assignment of an IP address
by the router. View the IP
address on the front panel
from the home screen by
6
BDP-π
pressing the key. Your IP address begins after
eth0. You can use this IP address to access the
Bryston Web Interface from any web-enabled device
on the same local network as the BDP-π. Enter the
IP address in your web browser's address bar. Also,
any device running the Bonjour service will respond
to the URL http://bryston-bdp-pi.local instead of
the IP address. All Macintosh computers and iOS
have this service built in. Windows computers can
run this service once downloaded from the Apple
website. Android devices do not currently support
Bonjour and must use the numerical IP address.
Since virtually all modern routers assign IP
addresses to client devices, this IP address may
periodically change which can be a nuisance.
To fix your BDP-π's IP address, either invoke the
DHCP reservation function in your router, or simply
set a Static IP address in Bryston Web Interface.
Instructions on how to do so are located in the
Firmware User's Manual.

Wireless Bridge

If you do not have easy access to an ethernet
connection in your listening room, you may
purchase an after-market "wireless bridge" from
most computer electronics stores. Contact Bryston
for further information as needed.
Powerline networking kits (HomePlug or similar)
may also be used to extend an existing network.

Network Attached Storage

Add an NAS using the web User Interface. From the
Dashboard, click NAS Setup. Select your NAS from
the Devices dropdown menu. Share Type, Device
Name, and IP Address will automatically fill. Enter
the username and password associated with the
share and press Next. Select the desired share from
the dropdown menu. Then select the subfolder if
desired. Press Next. The BDP-π will begin the update
scan on the share for playable music and add it to
the library.