Matrix Audio Element M Music Streamer Combo User Manual

Matrix Audio Element M Music Streamer Combo User Manual

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  • Page 1 MUSIC STREAMER COMBO User Manual...
  • Page 2 HIGH PERFORMANCE AUDIO www.matrix-digi.com Matrix Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. +86-29-86211122 B-801, No.111 Fengcheng 5th Rd., Xi'an, China support@matrix-digi.com...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Catalog Catalog 1.Packinglist ·······················01 4.1.2Selecttheinputsource 5.9AutoSleep ·················08 ························14 4.1.3Selectoutputchannel 5.10UserDefinedButtonSettings ··················08 ··········14 2.Partsandname ·····················01 4.1.4Volumecontrol 5.11NetworkType ······················14 ·······················08 4.1.4.1Volumeadjustment 5.12RemoteControl 2.1Frontpanel ····················14 ··················08 ····························01 5.13LoadDefault 4.1.4.2Mute 2.2Rearpanel ······························09 ······················15 ·····························02 5.14ProductInformation 4.1.4.3Hearingprotection 2.3Displayscreen ···················09 ················15 ··························02 4.1.5Gaincontrol 2.3.1Dispalyinmaininterfacearea ··························09 ············02 6.Appendix ······················15 2.3.2Volumecontrol...
  • Page 4: PackingList

    Packinglist 1.Packinglist 2.Partsandname 2.1Front  panel 1.Standby 5.Display 2.LEDindicator 6.Menu 3.XLR3/6.35mmheadphonejack 7.User-defined 1.Product×1 4.USBcable×1 4.Remotecontrolsensor 8.Volume/controlknob 2.Remote×1 5.Powercable×1 3.Wi-Fiantenna×2...
  • Page 5: RearPanel

    Parts&name 2.2Rearpanel 2.3Displayscreen 2.3.1Dispalyinmaininterfacearea Optical PCM44.1 Filter 5 UNBAL 1.StatusforNASdevices 5.Inputchannel 2.StatusforUSBstoragedevices 6.Samplingrate 3.StatusforMicroSDcard 7.Assistantinformation 4.StatusforWi-Fiandethernet 8.Volumebar connection 9.Outputmode 1.RCAleftchanneloutput 8.IISLVDSinput 2.3.2Volumecontrol 2.RCArightchanneloutput 9.MicroSDcardslot 3.XLRrightchanneloutput 10.USBAudioport 4.XLRleftchanneloutput 11.USBHostport 5.Coaxialinput 12.Wirednetworkport 6.Opticalinput 13.Powerinput -30.0 7.Wi-Fiantennajack UNBAL 1.CurrentvolumedBlevel2.Volumebar3.Outputmode...
  • Page 6: DisplayForInputChannel

    Parts&name 2.4Remotecontrol 2.3.3Displayforinputchannel Coaxial Input 1.Inputchannel 2.Unselected 1.Standby 2.Mute 2.3.4Displayforoutputchannel Filter 3.Volume+ 4.Volume- 5.Filter 6.Coaxial 7.Optical Unbalanced 8.IIS Output 9.USB/Network* 1.Currentoutputmode *ThisbuttoncanswitchinputchannelsbetweenUSBand 2.Selected Network.
  • Page 7: Connections

    Connections 3.Connections 3.1ConnecttoACpower elementMiscompatiblewithAC100-120VandAC220-240Vpowerspecifications. Pleaseusethree-phasepowercablewhichincludesthegroundterminaland ensurethegroundiscorrectlyconnected,oryouwillhavethepossibilityofelectric Pleasemakesuretoswitchthebottompowervoltageaccordingtoyourlocal shockwhenyoutouchit. voltageenviromentbeforeusing.Asshown: PleaseunplugthepowercableifyouneedtheelementMtobedisconnectedfrom thepower. AC220-240V AC100-120V Thetwosectionsofthevoltageswitchare115Vand230V,eachsectionfor: 115VpositionisfitforAC100V-120V50/60Hz 230VpositionisfitforAC220V-240V50/60Hz...
  • Page 8 Connections 3.2Connecttoinputsource 3.4ConnecttoactivespeakersorAMPs Connectionforfront-enddevicesincludingS/PDIFoutputsignalthrough Inordertoavoiddamagetoyourdevices,pleaseturnofftheactive coaxialandopticalport; speakersoramplifiersbeforeyouconnectthemtoelementM. ConnectionfordigitalinterfaceproductsofMatrixthroughIISprot 3.3Connectheadphones ThereisahybridheadphonejackonthefrontpanelofelementM.Youcan connect2kindsofheadphonesasshownbelow:...
  • Page 9: ConnectToStorageDevices

    Connections 3.6ConnecttoLAN 3.5Connecttostoragedevices TherearetwoUSBHOSTportsontherearpaneltoconnectwithstandard PleaseuseethernetcabletoconnectelementMtoyournetworkrouter massstorageUSBdevices. (recommendusingCAT-5orhigherversionshieldedethernetcable),and letelementMinthestatusasshownbelow: Internet Computer ConnecttoLANport ConnecttoLANport ConnecttoLANport Router TheMicroSDcardsupportupto128GB, pushtoinstallorpopupthecard. ItisadvisabletosetuptherouterasDHCPserver,andthisfunctionwill allocatethedeviceIPaddressinLANautomatically.
  • Page 10: ConnectToWlan

    Play 3.7ConnecttoWLAN 3.7.1.Pleaseproperlyinstallthe2Wi-Fiantennasontherearpanel(plug 3.7.3.ScanQRcodebelowtodownloadMARemoteapp,pleaseruntheapp theWi-Fiantennaintothejackandtightenitclockwise).Youcanadjustthe onyourmobiledeviceandfollowtheconfigurationwizardtosetupthe antennaangletoensuresignalreceptionisstable. wirelessnetwork. 4.Play 4.1.Basicoperation 4.1.1Poweron 3.7.2.LetelementMinthestatusasshownbelow: TheLEDindicatorwillturntodimmedafterelementMisconnectedto powersupply,indicatingthatitwasenteredthestandbystatus,pressthe 'Standby'buttonontheunitbodyorremotecontrol,elementMwillpower on,andtheLEDindicatorwillturntohighlightwhite. Computer ConnecttoLANport Filter ConnecttoLANport Router WhenelementMison,pressthestandbykeyforabout2secondstoturnit intostandbymodeandtheLEDindicatorwillturntodarkwhite.
  • Page 11: SelectTheInputSource

    Play 4.1.2Selecttheinputsource Pressthemenubutton''toswitchtochanneloptionmenu,thenrotatethe Optical knobtoselectbetweenauto, coaxial,optical,IISLVDS,USBAudioand PCM44.1 network,youcanpresstheknobtoconfirmtheselection. Filter 5 UNBAL WhenusingnetworkrelatedmusicsourcesuchasAirPlay,DLNA,ROONor MAplayer,pleaseselectNetworkinputchannel. 4.1.3Selectoutputchannel Pressthe'〇 buttononthefrontpaneltoselectoutputchannelbetween single-endedheadphoneoutputandlineoutput,thenpushthebuttonfor confirmation.Theswitchingorderisasfollow, Under'Auto'mode,elementMwillautomaticallyscanalldigitalinput channels,thefirstconnectedinputchannelwillbelockedimmediately. Headphone Lineoutput Itwillcontinuetoscanotherchannelsuntilthecurrentchannelsignalis lost.Whenthereareseveralinputchannelsbeingconnected,elementM isalwayslockingthesignalwhichisdetectedatfirst.Theorderofinput channelscanningisasshown, 4.1.4Volumecontrol 4.1.4.1Volumeadjustment Thevolumecanbeadjustedbytheknobortheandkeyontheremote COAX control,andthescreenwillshowthecurrentvolumelevelatthesame time.Lineoutputandheadphoneoutputhaveindependentvolume controllevel,also,thelineoutputcanbeconfiguredasfixedleveloutput. IISLVDS Filter WhentheUSBAudiofunctionisclosed,theautoscanwillignoreUSB channel.Whenselected'Auto'channelandtheinputsignalbeinglocked, itwillshowtheautoscanmarkbesidethechannelname.Asshown,...
  • Page 12: Mute

    Play CAUTION WhenplayingMQAfiles,thePCMfilterwillinvalid. 'Fixedoutput'meansthatthedeviceoutputssignalwithmaximumlevelat0dB. Before selecting this mode, please make sure that your power amplifier or active speaker has been adjusted to a lower volume level. If the amplifier or PCM Filter MOD 1 speakers do not have volume control, DO NOT set up to 'Fixed output' mode, otherwisethisoperationmaydamagetoyourdevicesandharmtoyourears.
  • Page 13: PlayMusicThroughOptical,CoaxialOrIis-LvdsPort

    Play 4.1.7Remotecontrol 4.2Playmusicthroughoptical,coaxialorIIS-LVDSport RemotecontrolusesaCR2032buttoncellbattery.Pulloutthebattaryslot Whenitisconnectedwithfront-enddevices,whichincludingS/PDIFoutput atthebottomtoinstallbatteryandmakesuretoputintherightpolarity. digitalsignalthroughcoaxialandopticalportordigitalinterfaceproductsof MatrixAudiothroughIISport,thescreenwillshowsamplingrateandsignal formatoftheselectedinputchannel. Optical1 PCM44.1 Filter 5 UNBAL Ifthesamplingrateandsignalformatonthescreenisnotdisplayedcorrectly, pleasecheckifthecableisreliableconnectedorthefront-enddeviceis outputtingsignal. Pleasepointtheremotecontroltotheremotesensorintheareainthe followingpicture,theremotedistanceisabout8metersandthebattery 4.3PlaymusicfromUSBstoragedevices\MicroSDCard\NAS lifeisaboutoneyear,pleasereplacethebatteryiftheremotedistance becomesshorterorlosessensitivity. elementMcanplaythemusicfromUSBstoragedevices\MicroSDCard\NAS throughMAplayer.DownloadMARemoteAPPtogetmoredetailaboutuser guide. MAplayercanplaykindsoflosslessformataudiofiles,aswellasDSD music,italsoincludesMQAfulldecodertechnology,webelieveyouwill feelanewexperiencewhenenjoyingmusiccollections. 4.4PlaymusicthroughAirPlayorDLNA 约8⽶ 30° 30° AfterelementMconnectedtoLANwiththeethernetcableorwireless, userscanpushthemusicfromyoursmartphoneorothermobiledevicesto itthroughAirPlayorDLNA. ConnecttheWi-FiofyouriPhoneoriPadtothesamelocalareanetworkas theelementM,andclickAirPlaytoselectelementMasaudiodevice,then Filter chooseandenjoyyourfavoredmusic.
  • Page 14: UsbAudio

    Play InstalltheWindowsdriverforelementM Step1: Double-clickthedriver installationfile, andclick'Next’ ConnecttheAndroiddevicesandelementMthroughWi-Fiunderthesame LAN,andopentheAPPincludingDLNAfunction,thenplaymusicandpushit toelementM. TheexperienceofusingelementMwithanAndroiddeviceisduetothe Step2: compatibilityofmusicAPPs,notalltheAndroiddevicesormusicAPPshave Pleaseselectthe DLNAfunction. installationpath andclick'Install’ 4.5USBAudio WhentheelementMneedstobeconnectedtocomputerasanUSBDAC, pleaseinstalldriverforWindows7/8/10whichcanbefoundinMatrixofficial website,theURLofthedownloadpageis: Step3: https://matrix-digi.com/en/downloads/,theinstallationprocessasfollow, Installationis completed andclick'Next’...
  • Page 15: Settings

    Settings 5.Settings Repeatpressingthe'Menu'keytoenterintoconfigurationmenu, Step4: thenpresstheknobtoenterconfigurationitems. As shown: Click'Finish',the driverinstallation iscompleted. Pushknobentersettings Settings Thereare14itemsintheconfigurationmenuasfollow: 5.1LineoutMode UseelementMunderMacOSX Lineoutmodecanbesetas, MacOSXdoesnotneedadriver.Pleaseselecttheaudiodeviceas'element Series'inSystemPreferences. 0dBFixed:0dBgain,fixed 0dBADJ:0dBgain, attenuationadjustable (Default) Lineout Mode 10dBADJ Connecttoactivespeakers,recommendtosetas'0dBADJ’ . Connecttopoweramplifierincludingvolumecontrol,recommend tosetas'0dBFixed’ . ConnectelementMtomobiledevicesviaUSBport Lineoutputmaxvolume Press"〇"buttontoconfirm UseAppleLighteningtoUSBCameraKitstoconnectelementMwithiOSdevices. elementMcanbeconnectedtoanAndroiddevicewithMicroUSBorType-CUSB In order to avoid misoperation, switching from 0dB ADJ to 0dB portviatheOTGcable,...
  • Page 16: DsdFilters

    Settings 5.2PCMFilters 5.3DSDFilters 5.5JitterEliminator 7configurabledigitalfilterswithdifferent Setthecut-offfrequencyofDSDdigitalfilter Settheinternaltime-basejittereliminationcircuitfor frequencyresponsecurves,tosetfiltersfor turnONorOFF. 47kHz ( Default) ,50kHz,60kHz,70kHz,AUTO differenttimbre ON (Default) MOD1fastroll-off,minimumphasefilter(Default) MOD2slowroll-off,minimumphasefilter MOD3fastroll-off,linearphasefilter DSD Filter 47kHz MOD4slowroll-off,linearphasefilter MOD5brickwallfilter JitterEliminator MOD6hybrid,fastroll-off,minimumphasefilter Suggestion: MOD7Apodizing,fastroll-off,linearphasefilter DSD64-47k,DSD128-50k,andsoon.When thisoptionsetstoAUTO,theDSDfilterwillbe selectedautomatically. PCM Filter MOD 1 5.4Dither 5.6DPLLBandwidth Thefrequencyresponsecurveof7differentfiltersareas follow: ConfiguretoturnON/OFFtheditherfunction,it SettheDPLLBandwidth caneffectivelyreducethequantizingdistortion.
  • Page 17: Iis-LvdsPortDefinition

    Settings 5.11NetworkType 5.7IIS-LVDSPortDefinition 5.9AutoSleep TherearetwokindsofIIS-LVDSportdefinitionfor Whenthereisnoinputsignalfromtheselected SelectnetworkaccessmethodforelementM,whenyou option,twodifferentdefinitionsasshownbellow, channelandnooperationformorethan5 selecttheoptionLAN,Wi-Fiisdisabledandviceversaif minutes,elementMwillenterSleepmode. youselectWi-Fi,ethernetisdisabled. TYPEA (Default) elementMwillnotenter'AutoSleep'modewhen LAN: Wirednetwork TYPEB 'AutoSleep'functionisoff. Wi-Fi: Wirelessnetwork(Default) TYPEC TYPED OFF (Default) IIS - LVDSPort NetworkType AutoSleep TYPE A Wi-Fi Pleaseselect'TYPEA'whencollocatedwithMatrixaudio products. 5.8Dimmer 5.10Userdefinedbuttonsettings 5.12RemoteControl Iftherearemorethan1Matrixdeviceinthe InordertoavoidtheinterferencefromtheLEDindicator Setthefunctionof'〇'buttononthefrontpanel sameplace,inordertopreventoneremote andthescreen,elementMcanenterdimmermodeafter...
  • Page 18: LoadDefault

    Appendix 5.14ProductInformation 6.2AboutMQA(MasterQualityAuthenticated) Presstheknobtoentertheremotecontrol settingsasshownbelow,atthistime,youwill Pushtheknobunderthisoption,thehardware MQAisanaward-winningBritishtechnology seethecurrentremotecontroladdresscodeon andsoftwareinformationwillshownonthe thatdeliversthesoundoftheoriginalmaster thescreen,pressthebuttonontheremote screen. recording.ThemasterMQAfileisfully controlandthescreenwilldisplaythe correspondingname.HoldtheStandbyand authenticatedandissmallenoughtostreamor Filterbuttonsontheremotecontrolfor5 download. secondsatthesametime,thescreenwill Product Info 'MQA'or'MQA.'indicatesthattheproductis Enter displayanewaddresscode,pressthe2buttons decodingandplayinganMQAstreamorfile, againwithin5secondstoswitchtothenext anddenotesprovenancetoensurethatthe addresscode,repeattheoperationsaboveto soundisidenticaltothatofthesource selecttheaddresscode,press''or'〇'to material. returntothemenupage. 6.Appendix 'MQA.'indicatesitisplayinganMQAStudiofile, whichhaseitherbeenapprovedinthestudio bytheartist/producerorhasbeenverifiedby 6.1Audiofileformatsandsamplingratesupported ADD:1 thecopyrightowner.TheMAplayerdeliversthe Key:Filter finalunfoldoftheMQAfileanddisplaysthe MAplayersupportsthefollowingaudiofileformats:...
  • Page 19: UsbStorageDeviceRequirements

    Appendix 6.3USBstoragedevicerequirements 6.4IIS-LVDSPort ·elementMcanusedevicesthatcomplywith TheIISportofelementMisastandard19-pinHDMI theUSBmassstoragestandard,butcannot connector.ItusesfoursetsofLVDSdifferentialsignals guaranteecompatibilitywithallstorage totransmitIISdata.Itsupportsupto32Bit/768kHz devicesormemorycards. PCMsignalinputand1Bit/45.1MHzDSDsignalinput. ThePCMformatisthestandardIISformat,theDSD ·USBstoragedevicessupportFAT32,exFAT, formatsupportstheoriginalDSDformat(NativeDSD) NTFSformats. andtheDSDformatofDoPencoding. IISreversedefinition ·IftheUSBstoragedeviceispartitioned,each TheIISportofelementMiscompatiblewithTYPEA, partitionwillbetreatedasaseparateddevice. B,CandD.Theseare4differentinterfacedefinitions, ·WhenusingextensioncabletoconnectaUSB whichcanbeconfiguredinthe8thsettingoption. storagedevicemayresultinunstable Theportdefinitionasshownbellow: connection. ·WhenusingaUSBhubtoconnecttheUSB storagedevicetoelementM,itmaynotwork properly. ·TheUSBportofelementMcannotsupply IISreversedefinition morethan500mAtotheperipherals. ·IfUSBstoragedevicecomeswithapower IICSCL/DSD/PCM 6.5TechnicalSpecifications adapter,pleaseconnectpoweradaptertothe TYPE storagedevice. IISstandarddefinition DigitalInput COAXIAL&OPTICAL: CAUTION PCM16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,...
  • Page 20 Appendix HeadphoneOutput PowerSupply USBAudio: PCM16-24Bit/44.1kHz、 48kHz、 88.2kHz PowerVoltage: 96kHz、 176.4kHz、 192kHz、 352.8kHz TRS6.35mmDefinition: 230VpositionisfitforAC220V-240V50/60Hz 384kHz、 705.6kHz、 768kHz 115VpositionisfitforAC100V-120V50/60Hz DSDDSD64/128/256(DoP) StandbyPowerConsumption: <1W DSDDSD64/128/256/512(Native) SleepPowerConsumption: <4W LineOutput MaxPowerConsumption: <25W XLR3Definition XLRPinDefinition: 1:GND 2:L Dimension 1:GND 3:R 2:+ 340x281x60mm (LxWxH,includingtheprotrudingpart) 3:- 275mm SNR:>-128dB THD+N:<0.00022%@1kHz SNR:>-111dB@2VRMS <0.00025%@20Hz-20kHz...
  • Page 21 Appendix Precautions - This product is for indoor use only. - For full ventilation, it is recommended to reserve a space of larger than 5 cm around the device. - Do not cover the air vents with stuffs such as papers, tablecloths, and Weight curtains to obstruct ventilation.

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