iBasso Audio DX170 User Manual

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Page 1 Audio USER GUIDE http://www.iBasso.com...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Package Components Main Features Speciﬁcations Names of Parts & Functions 7-12 Android Basic Features Introduction 13-24 13-14 WiFi Connection/Bluetooth Connection Application (APP) Installation/App， to Uninstall/USB Connections 15-17 System Settings 18-23 Power Oﬀ/Reboot iBasso Mango Music Player Application 25-56 Playback Screen (home screen) 25-27 Music Screen 28-36...
Page 3: Package Components
Package Components Clear TPU DX170 Player Protection Case USB C Cable Screen Protector 数字音乐播放器 Quick Start Guide Warranty Card...
Page 4 Use the Clear TPU protection case the DX170’s chassis from scratches. Screen Protector： Use the screen protector to protect the DX170’s screen from scratches. Warranty Card： The warranty card will be requested at the time of warranty repair. Please retain the warranty card.
Page 5: Main Features
Main Features - Dual Cirrus CS43131 DAC Chips. - Bit for Bit Playback With Support up to 32bit/384kHz. - Support of Native DSD up to 256x. - 5.0" （ 1080*1920） IPS Full Screen with On Cell Capacitive Touch Panel. - CNC Aluminum Frame, With Curved Glass Rear Panel. - Support of QC3.0, PD2.0, &...
Page 6 - Support for M3U Playlists. - 3200mAh 3.8V Li-Polymer Battery. - 11 Hours Play Time.
Page 7: Specifications
Speciﬁcations 4.4mm Balanced Output Output Level : 6.4Vrms Frequency Response : 10Hz~40kHz+/-0.15 dB S/N : 130 dB THD+N : 0.00022% (no load) 0.00022% (32Ωload，3Vrms） Crosstalk : -125dB 3.5mm Headphone Out : Output Level : 3.2Vrms Frequency Response : 10Hz~40kHz+/-0.15 dB S/N : 125dB THD+N :...
Page 8: Names Of Parts & Functions
Names of Parts & Functions USB C Port Micro SD Card Slot Phone Port/Line Out Port/ Balanced Phone Port Coaxial Output Port...
Page 9 Connect the DX170 to an OTG storage device to play music ﬁles. Connect the DX170 to a PC or a Mac computer to work as a USB DAC. Line Out Port: Use a 3.5 to 3.5 interconnect cable to play music stored in the...
Page 10 USB C Power/Volume Next/Fast Forward Play/Pause Previous/Rewind Balanced Phone Port 5.0inch LCD Line Out Port/ Phone Port...
Page 11 Power： Short Press - Power the LCD screen on and oﬀ. Long Press - To display the pop up window with two options that are Power oﬀ and Reboot. Volume： Rotate the wheel clockwise to increase the volume. Rotate the wheel counter clockwise to decrease the volume. Next/Fast Forward：...
Page 12 Power on/oﬀ: 1. Press and hold the power button to power on. 2. After the DX170 is powered on, a long press of the Power button to display the pop up window, press Power Oﬀ button to power oﬀ the DX170.
Page 13 USB DAC: Connecting to a computer to work as a USB DAC: The DX170 can work as a USB DAC for Windows PC, Mac computer, and Linux computer. It is driver free on Windows PC, Mac computer, and Linux computer. For Windows PC, the DX170 supports WASAPI protocol.
Page 14: Android Basic Features Introduction
Android Basic Features Introduction WiFi Connection: ① On the Android desktop, from the top, swipe down the screen to display the notiﬁcation bar. ② Press the Wireless local area network(WLAN) to turn on the WiFi function. The ﬁrst time you enter the WLAN, you need to choose the hot spot you will be using and enter the password.
Page 15 Bluetooth device. At the same time, the DX170 will be visible to the nearby devices. Choose the device that you would like to pair with. After the device has been paired, you can use the DX170 in the Bluetooth mode.
Page 16 APP Installation: Method 1: ① APKPure is pre-installed on the DX170. It is similar to Play Store. ② Launch the APKPure. ③ Search for the APP that you would like to install. ④ Download the APP and install it. Method 2: ①...
Page 17 App, to Uninstall: ① Press the internet browser on the desktop. ② Enter the website address of the APP. ③ Find the download icon on the website and start the download. ④ Return to the desktop and open the download manager.
Page 18 USB Connections: Connect the DX170 to the computer using the furnished USB-C cable. The DX170 will show on the computer as an external storage. Users can transfer ﬁles by copying and pasting. * If you are using a Mac computer, please make sure the MTP...
Page 19: System Settings
System Settings:...
Page 20 Audio Settings: Press Settings Icon, then press Audio Settings. ① Gain: One of the two gains can be selected. ② Digital Filter: A total of ﬁve ﬁlters are available for user setting. These are designed by the chip manufacturer and are included as an option.
Page 21 Audio Control Button Settings: Press Settings Icon, then press Audio Control Button Settings. ① Audio Control Button: A total of four options are available for user setting, always on, only when screen on, only when screen oﬀ, and always oﬀ. ②...
Page 22 DX170 DX170 DX170 Online Update: ① Make sure the DX170 is connected to WiFi. ② After online update is selected, press Check Update. ③ Press Download, the DX170 will start downloading the available update package. ④ After the download complete, press Update Now to...
Page 23 DX170 DX170 Local Update: ① Download the ﬁrmware ﬁle from our website. If it is a rar ﬁle, extract it. ② Press the icon located on the top right corner, then press Local Update. ③ Browse the folder where the ﬁrmware ﬁle is saved, and select the ﬁrmware ﬁle.
Page 24 Firmware Version: ① Press Settings icon, System, About DX170. ② Scroll down the page, the Build number is the ﬁrmware version.
Page 25: Power Off/Reboot
Power Oﬀ, Reboot: ① Long press the power button for 3 seconds. ② There is a pop up window with two options.
Page 26: Ibasso Mango Music Player Application
Mango Music Player Application iBasso Audio Mango music player is composed of the Playback screen (home screen), Music screen and Settings. When on the playback screen, one can swipe left and right on the Album artwork area ③ to switch a song: Press the icon on the top left corner ①...
Page 27: Playback Screen (Home Screen)
Playback Screen (home screen): Sample Rate Equalizer WiFi Digital Filter L/R Balance Battery indicator for Gain digital section Volume Settings Music screen Now Playing Track title Artist name Play Mode Music info Next/Fast Forward Previous/Rewind Play/Pause...
Page 28 Now Playing Screen: Press the icon located on the bottom right to display the now playing screen. One can swipe a song to the left to display the Delete button. Press the delete button to remove it from this now playing list. ①...
Page 29: Music Screen
Music Screen: Directory view ② Detail view ① Search bar ③ Navigation bar ④ Navigation bar management ⑥ Now playing Music order Music format Long press ⑤ Track title /Artist name Playback bar Play/Pause Thumbnail artwork ⑦ Track title and artist name of the song that is playing.
Page 30 Search bar: Press the search bar to go into the search page to search the desired music or album. Navigation Bar: One can swipe it left or right to choose: All Music view, Album view, Artist view, Genre view, Now Playing view, or Playlist view.
Page 31 Long Press Pop-up: Further Options: Long Press of a song will pop up a window with further options that allows to play this song, add this song to a playlist, or delete this song.
Page 32 Album View: Thumbnail view Artwork view Artist View: Thumbnail view Artwork view...
Page 33 Playlist View: New Playlist: Press the New Playlist to create a playlist. On the pop-up window, one can name the playlist and add playlist description. Further Options: A Long press of the playlist will popup a window with further options, which allows renaming the playlist, exporting the playlist, or deletion of the playlist.
Page 34 Navigation Bar Management Screen: Press the icon located on the right side of the navigation bar to go into the navigation bar management and music sorting screen.
Page 35 Navigation Bar Management: One can customize the navigation bar. When selected, the icon is highlighted. Press the icon again to unselect. The selected icon will be shown on the navigation bar. Otherwise, it will not be shown. All Music View Sorting: One can sort the all music view by title, album, artist, added time, or folder.
Page 36 Directory View: Press the Directory View icon① to go into directory view. ① ② ④ ③ Press the Directory View icon① to go into directory view. One can browse the music ﬁles under internal storage and SD card via folder structure. Press Internal Storage②...
Page 37 Search Screen: Input the keywords to search a track, an album, or an artist.
Page 38: Settings Screen
Settings Screen: Press the Settings icon to go into settings screen. Gapless: One can enable the gapless to eliminate the gap between two tracks. Gain: There are two gain settings. The low gain has the lowest noise ﬂoor, it is good for ultra sensitive IEMs.
Page 39 After a full media scan, or rescan the library, you can go to Directory and select a song under a folder. After this folder is played, the DX170 will play the next folder. L/R Balance: Press to go into the L/R balance setting page.
Page 40 Equalizer: The DX170 has two types of Equalizers, Graphic EQ and Parametric...
Page 41 Graphic Equalizer: Press the button of the Graphic Equalizer to enable the Graphic Equalizer. Pre-set EQ: There are 5 kinds of pre-set EQ and a custom option. One can quickly set the equalizer as desired by selecting them. How to Adjust The EQ Settings: Press on the response curve, the 10 band slide bars will show up.
Page 42 Parametric Equalizer: Press the button of the Parametric Equalizer to enable the it. Parametric Equalizer: Press the button of the Parametric Equalizer to enable the it. How to Go Into The Parametric EQ Setting Screen: Press the response curve to go into the parametric EQ setting screen.
Page 43 Parametric Equalizer Setting Screen: ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ① Settings on the Selection Bar: One can swipe left and right to select a setting.
Page 44 ② Filter Navigation Bar: There are maximum of 6 ﬁlters allowed for each setting. One can swipe left and right to select a ﬁlter, then customize it. ③ Status: Status of each ﬁlter. One can turn on or turn oﬀ the selected ﬁlter.
Page 45 Parametric Equalizer Setting Instruction: Central Frequency (Fc): The central frequency of each ﬁlter setting. Gain: The gain for the central frequency. Quality Factor: The range of eﬀect of the ﬁlter. As shown on the pictures below, the larger value of the Q factor, the smaller the eﬀect compared the central frequency.
Page 46 2. High Pass Filter The frequency smaller than the central frequency will be aﬀected. Gain setting is ineﬀective with high pass ﬁlter. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 200 300 ③.
Page 47 4. Band Filter There is not a large eﬀect on the central frequency. The frequency beside the central frequency has similar eﬀect. Gain setting is ineﬀective with band ﬁlter. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 200 300 ⑥.
Page 48 6. Notch Filter The central frequency has obvious reduction. The frequency beside the central frequency has similar eﬀect. Gain setting is ineﬀective with notch ﬁlter. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 ⑩.
Page 49 8. Low Shelf Filter There is a wide eﬀect on the frequency that is lower than the central frequency. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 200 300 ⑭.
Page 50 L/R Balance: Turn clockwise to decrease to volume in right channel. Turn in the counterclockwise direction to decrease the volume in left channel.
Page 51 Digital Filter: Digital Filter: There are ﬁve digital ﬁlters available. Press a digital ﬁlter to unfold the ﬁgure.
Page 52 Advanced To access more system settings.
Page 53 USB DAC: The DX170 can work as a USB DAC for Windows PC, Mac computer, and Linux computer. It is driver free. Turn the DX170 into the USB DAC mode, connect the DX170 to a computer via the USB-C cable. After the DX170 is detected, the soundcard driver will be installed automatically.
Page 54 Bluetooth DAC: DX170 Bluetooth DAC. After turning on the Bluetooth DAC, Bluetooth devices such as a mobile phone can be paired with the DX170. The DX170 can now stream from the connected Bluetooth device. Note: When in Bluetooth DAC mode, the DX170 supports...
Page 55 Display Settings: Ambient mode: Use album artwork as the background picture. Normal mode: Use the selected picture as the background picture. Playback screen album artwork, choose to display rectangular artwork or rounded artwork. Lock screen artwork: Display the album artwork on the lock screen. Year tag: Display year information of the ID3 on the playback screen.
Page 56 Sleep Timer: Set the count down sleep timer to power oﬀ the DX170. The left hand side is the value of hours. The right hand is the value of minutes. The DX170 will be powered oﬀ after the counter has completed. If there are any operations in the meanwhile, the DX170 will start the counter again after the last operation.
Page 57 System Info: One can see the ﬁrmware version on this screen. Also, one can see the space available of the internal memory and SD card.
Page 58: Mqa
MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) DX170 includes MQA technology, which enables you to play back MQA audio ﬁles and streams, delivering the sound of the original master recording. ‘MQA’ or ‘MQA.’ indicates that the product is decoding and playing an MQA stream or ﬁle, and denotes provenance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of the source material.

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