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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 HX500 User Manual V1.2 Hongxin translated by Dennis Duchhart Chengdu Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 HX500 Digital HiFi Player User Manual Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing the HX500 digital music player that was developed and produced by Hongxin Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. Please take a few minutes to browse this manual before using this player. Hongxin Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 Table of contents Product layout Player Remote control Specifications 2.1 Interface 2.1.1 Input interface 2.1.2 Output interface 2.2 Music format Operation guide 3.1 Start 3.2 Status icon prompt 3.3 Main menu 3.4 Local storage and NAS 3.4 Music playback 3.5 DLNA 3.5 Internet radio...
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 1、 Product layout 1.1 Player front right...
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 rear Power button, standby Power/run indicator (blue = on, red = standby) LCD display infrared receiver return key OK, play/pause up arrow key, play previous song left key right key (plays next song) down key (plays next song) SD card slot 3.5mm Line Out (this interface has been cancelled) XLR analog balanced output right channel (version with DAC)
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 XLR analog balanced output left channel (version with DAC) AES/EBU: digital balanced output COAX: c oaxial digital output Power line RJ45 network cable WIFI antenna I2S d igital s ignal with HDMI specification USB slave USB host TosLink: optical fiber digital output...
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 1.2 remote control...
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 Power button, standby (toggle) Menu: main menu Left/rewind button (rewind 1 minute) cycle mode switch volume up (version with DAC) volume down (version with DAC) digits 0-9 up key/previous song mute/unmute OK, play/pause right key: fast forward 1 minute go back key direction down key/next song filter device setting (version with DAC)
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 2、 Specification parameters 2.1 Interface 2.1.1 Input interface SD * 1 : Support high-speed SD card, capacity is temporarily unlimited, support FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, EXFAT, NTFS format. USB host * 1 : Supports USB1.1, USB 2.0 high speed, USB3.0 U disk, mobile hard disk, SSD solid state drive, support FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, EXFAT, NTFS file system, support MBR and GPT disk partition.
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 2.1.2 Output 2.1.2.1 Digital output COAX c oaxial: 7 5 ohm, 192KHz/24Bit /DoP64 BNC c oaxial: 5 0 ohm, 192KHz/24Bit /DoP64 SPDIF fiber: 192KHz/24Bit /DoP64 AES/EBU: 192KHz/24Bit / DoP64 I2S output: 768KHz/32Bit/DSD1024 total harmonic distortion+noise 24bit/44.1k: -141.6dB jitter 24bit/44.1k: 204.5ps 2.1.2.2 Analog output (version with DAC)
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 2.2 Music file formats dual channel, 5.1 channel 44.1KHz-768KHz 8Bit-32Bit supports 32 bit float and 64 bit input converted to 32 bit output supports WAV DTS dual channel fast/normal/high 44.1-192KHz extra high <= 96 KHz 16/24Bit FLAC dual channel...
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3、 Operation 3.1 Boot HX500 only needs a few seconds to boot. After the startup is complete, a “Any Key Start” will be prompted at the bottom right of the screen (you can modify the configuration to other modes in the system settings), as shown on the right.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 playback in progress cycle mode entire disc played sequentially entire disc played randomly (shuffle) repeat single track repeat album/directory volume (version with DAC) current output volume (maximum is 100) mute 3.3 Main Menu HX500 has six functional modules: local storage DLNA Internet radio...
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.4 Local storage and NAS Upon selecting local storage or NAS options, enter the desired drive letter. The NAS can only be accessed when the network is connected. SD card USB device NAS shared drive. Select drive letter and enter file browsing interface.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.4 Music playback Information about the track being played is shown in the music playback interface, such as album, writer, song type, sampling frequency, bit width, playback progress and time. Album art is displayed on the left. Currently the HX500 only supports jpg and bmp picture display, while DST playback does not support album picture display.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 connected to the same network as the HX500. In QQ Music, first confirm that the Settings => Qplay and Car Music => Speaker option is on. Then enter the playback interface to see if this icon appears: .
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.6 USB interface Select USB interface from the main menu, then connect the mobile phone or computer to the HX500 USB slave port. When connecting to a mobile phone or computer, you need to remove the USB flash drive or removable hard drive on the USB Host.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.7 System Settings The System Settings menu includes 8 sub-items: Configure Network WiFe Sharing Output Upgrade Factory SysInfo 3.7.1 Configure Transport configuration options include: Language Setting Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese or English. Backlight Time Setting never, 10, 20 or 60 seconds.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 AutoPlay at power-on - any key play - play immediate - delay 5 sec play - delay 10 sec play - never Change Song Mode configure the functions of the up and down keys: previous or next track Repeat Play Times infinite or once 3.7.2 Network settings...
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.7.3 WiFi settings Here WiFi can be set on or off. When turned off, the system will connect to the wired network when available. When turned on, the system will scan the network in in about 10-30 seconds and display the available wireless networks including current signal quality of each network.
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.7.4 Sharing This is used to configure NAS server or Windows file sharing. Enter enter the IP address of the NAS server or computer’, user name, password, and workgroup options and save. By default, the shared user is ‘Anonymous´. At this time, the NAS needs to be set to anonymous access if possible 3.7.4.1 Windows anonymous sharing...
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 Expand System Tools => Local Users and Groups on the left, select Users, then right-click Guest on the right and click Properties, as shown. Remove the check mark before Account is disabled and select the application. Save. You need to ensure that the Guest account has no password.
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 \Local Computer\Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment. Windows 10: In the start menu => all applications => Windows management tools => local security policy. Expand \SecuritySettings\Local Policies\UserRightsAssignment in sequence, as shown: Double-click ‘Deny access to this computer from the network, delete the guest account in the item, as shown.
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 Add Everyone when adding a share Access rights, as shown.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.7.4.2 Non-anonymous user sharing The HX500 also supports non-anonymous user sharing, which can be configured through the player's user interface or through a configuration file. First create a new text document in the root directory of the SD card and rename it to netshare.txt.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 output. In case of external decoding the HX500 does not decode internally but directly outputs the source. I2S output settings Choices are normal phase and reverse phase. In case of normal phase the HX500 outputs a standard I2S signal.
Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 3.7.8 System Information This displays the hardware version, software version, program compilation time, network type, network address, and current IP address of the HX500 digital HiFi player. 3.7.7 Restore factory settings After This option erases all internally stored data, restores the HX500 to the factory settings and restart the player.
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Red Core Digital HiFi Player HX500 Warranty policy The HX500’s warranty period is one year. Man-made damage is not covered by the warranty. The L CD screen is a wearing part, and any cost for repair or replacement is for the owner. Unauthorized disassembly of the machine can significantly increase the complexity and uncertainty of any maintenance.
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