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Gracenote® End User License Agreement This application or device contains software from Gracenote, Inc. of Emeryville, California (“Gracenote”). The software from Gracenote (the “Gracenote Software”) enables this application to perform disc and/or file identification and obtain music-related information, including name, artist, track, and title information (“Gracenote Data”) from online servers or embedded databases (collectively, “Gracenote Servers”) and to perform other functions.
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Contents Gracenote End User License Agreement .................................................................................................................. 2 Notification of GNU General Public License .............................................................................................................3 Important safety instructions ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23 1. Product overview ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25 1-1.
4-2-3. Auto Rip ………………………………………………………………………..……………………………….. 36 4-3. Audio ………………………………………………………………….………….…….……………………………………36 4-3-1. Player View………………………………………………….……………………………..……………….……..36 4-3-2. Equalizer …………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….37 4-3-2-1. Preset EQ ………………………………………………………………………….……………………37 4-3-2-2. Custom EQ …………………………………………………………………………………………….37 4-3-3. USB/HDMI Audio Out.......................................... …………………………….….…………....……..37 4-3-4. DSD Signal Type .......................
4-5-2. Network Sharing (Samba Client) ……………….……………………….…..…………………….….47 4-5-3. UPnP Server ……………………………………………………..………………….……….……………..…….49 4-5-4. FTP Server …………………………………………………………………….…..…..…….…………….………49 4-5-5. Shareplay(Airplay) ....................................................................................................................... 49 4-6. Internet Service ……………………………………………………….………….…..……….…….……..……..…….50 4-6-1. List View ………………………………………………………………………….….…………..…………………50 4-6-2.
4-10. Bluetooth …………………………………………………………………………..……….....…….…..……………….60 4-10-1. Bluetooth device name …………………….……………………………………..….………………… 61 4-10-2. Bluetooth Sink(Receiver), Pairing and play music …………………….…..……………… 61 4-10-3. Bluetooth Transmitter(Sender) .………………………………………………….………………….. 62 4-10-4. How to update Bluetooth Sink(Receiver)/Transmitter(Sender) firmware …..… 62 4-10. License for Gracenote ……………………………………………………………….…..…………………….…..63 4-10-1. Limited Gracenote Service ……………………………………………………..….…………….……..
9. Multi-room(Group Play) function ……………….…………………….……………….....…….....…..…….….. 80 9-1. File formats and Sample rate with which Multi-room(Group Play) functions……...…. 80 9-2. Group Play main menu ……………………………………………………………………………….……………..81 9-3. Device name and Host name ……………………………………………………………………………….….. 81 9-4. Basic setup by device ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 81 9-4-1. How to set a device as server device …………………………………………………………..… 81 9-4-2. Auto Join ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
15-3. Copy Files ……………………………………………………………………………….………….…………………….94 15-4. Move Files …………………………………………………………………………….……………..…………………. 95 15-5. Delete Files …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 95 15-6. .PLS or .M3U files with Internet radio stations ……………………………………………………….95 15-7. Convert Audio Format …………………………………………………………………………….….…………. 96 15-8. Cut the recorded file(Cut ‘Playing Section’) …………………………….……………………………. 96 15-9. Create Folder …………………………………………………………………….……………………..…………….. 97 16.
19. MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) ………………………………………..……………………………….. 114 20. Troubleshooting …………………………………………………………….……………..……….………….......…..….. 114 Important safety instructions For your own safety, please read the following important safety instructions carefully before attempting to connect this unit to the main power supply. They will enable you to get the best performance from the unit. 1.Read the instructions. 2.Keep the instructions. 3.Heed all warnings. 4.Follow all instructions. 5.
volumes of sound, so after prolonged listening, what sounds ‘normal’ can actually be loud and harmful to your hearing. To guard against this, set your volume to a safe level. - Loudspeakers : Before making any connections to loudspeakers, make sure all power is turned off and only use suitable interconnects. - Only use attachments/accessories specified and supplied by the manufacturer.
1. Product overview 1-1. Front View: ⑦ User Preset keys ① Volume/Mute Knob ⑧ Function(FN) Key ② Power/STB button ⑨ INPUT ③ Power LED ⑩ RETURN ④ Remote IR Lens ⑪ STOP ⑤ USB Host port ⑫ MENU ⑥ LCD Screen ⑬ Scroll/OK/Pause Knob 1-2.
1-3. View of Remote Controller and each key’s function 1. POWER: Power ON/OFF 2. HOME: Go to home screen 3. SEARCH: Pop up search menu 4. Alphanumeric: Enter number & alphabet/ Seek at Playing Screen mode 5. NOW PLAYING: Go to Playing Screen 6. STOP: Stop playing 7. MENU: Popup menu screen 8. ARROW: Move cursor to left side 9. OK: Confirmation 10. RETURN: Go back to upper level 11. PREVIOUS: Play previous music 12. NEXT: Play next music 13. BT SINK: Bluetooth Receiver 14.
2. Prepare 2-1. Check the contents of N25AMP package ① N25AMP unit ⑥ FM Radio Antenna ② Remote controller + AAA batteries x 2EA ⑦ DAB Antenna ③ Power cord ④ Bluetooth Antenna ⑤ User's Guide 2-2. Install AAA batteries into the remote control. Open the battery door and insert the batteries. 2-3. Optional items 2-3-1. WiFi USB dongle If you purchased optional items, the WiFi USB dongle, it looks like below. [NOTICE] The wifi dongle not approved by N25AMP manufacturer will not work properly 801.
2-3-2. Bluetooth transmitter 2-3-2-1. What to do with Bluetooth transmitter For playing music from N25AMP via Bluetooth speakers or Bluetooth headphones, please install Bluetooth transmitter module to the N25AMP [NOTICE] The BT transmitter module not provided by N25AMP manufacturer will not work properly 2-3-2-2.
2-4-2. How to install USB Audio Driver Software to Windows PC Unzip the downloaded Driver Software. The USB driver file will show up like below. Click the above USB driver file to start installation.
According to Setup Wizard, you can finish installation like below Click the Finish icon to complete like below screen 30
2-4-3. Special software (Player) for DSD file on your Windows PC To play DSD file on your PC, you need to install a special software (player) like Foobar2000 or JRiver Media Center. You can download foobar2000 from www.foobar2000.org, and install it into your PC. You can download JRiver Media Center from www.jriver.com 3. Turn On and Start 3-1. Wizard Setup (Setup Assistant) During fist booting-up procedure, you will meet the Setup Assistant (Wizard Setup) as shown below.
it on using the remote control or the power button on the front of the N25AMP. The power LED color will be changed to blue and start booting – The N25AMP should take about 30~40 seconds to boot up as it is looking to see if a network is connected. After the N25AMP is powered ON, the below screen will show up in sequence. 1) Booting image 2) Booting completed and ready for use l Music DB: Play loaded(ripped) music in l FM Radio/DAB+: Play FM or DAB+ N25AMP Music DB folder.
4-1. Music DB Select the Display Mode and confirm with the OK button. 4-1-1. Display Mode You may set one of fourteen (14) options, see below. For example, if you set Title, the Music DB will display the title (song) list when you go into the Music DB. ※ For example l Artist/Track : Artist list → Title(song) list l Artist/Album : Artist list → Album list of the artist → Track (song) list of the album ※ Default : Album 4-1-2.
4-1-4. Append Artist in Album View If you set this option as ON, Album name will bring Artist name at the end of album name ※ Default: ON 4-1-5. Append Artist in Album Track View Track Artist will be added at the end of each track in Album if this option is set as ON ※ Default: ON 4-1-6.
4-2. CD Ripping [NOTICE] For this function, optional items like an external USB ODD and storage are needed Select CD Ripping and confirm it with the OK button. The below items will be displayed. 4-2-1. Bit Rate and Quality You can select bit rate and the quality level for ripping to MP3 files. There are two (2) items.
4-2-2. Audio Format (Audio Rip Format) You can select one of the following audio formats for CD Ripping; ※ default is WAV 4-2-3. Auto Rip When ripping many CDs at one time, this function will be useful. If Auto Rip is set as ON, N25 will rip CD by itself if you insert CD, and eject CD by itself after finishing ripping without pressing any key ※ Default: OFF 4-3. Audio Select Audio and confirm it with the OK key 4-3-1. Player View You can set one of the following; Cover & List, Music Info or List Only.
4-3-2. Equalizer 4-3-2-1. Preset EQ You can set to one of the following 18 presets(Normal, Classical, Club, Concert Hall, Dance, Live, Party, Pop, Reggae, Rock, Soft, Soft Rock, Techno, Bass, Bass & Treble, Treble, Vocal Click Equalizer, then you can see 18 presets. Select one ※ Default : Normal ※ NOTE : Equalizer works in Speaker Out(inside amplifier) only. 4-3-2-2.
4-3-4. DSD Signal Type There are many kinds USB DAC(Digital-to-Analog Converter) in the market, which can be connected to N25AMP USB Audio Out. But, some of these DAC can receive 'DSD Native signal', others can receive 'DoP signal' only instead of 'DSD Native signal'. So, we added 'DSD Signal Type' option at SETUP, which gives three (3) options like below. You need to select proper option according to your USB Audio DAC spec. -.
4-3-8. Digital Out You can set one of three (3) options like 48KHz, 96KHz and 192KHz 1) 48Khz : Max 48KHz frequency 2) 96Khz : Max 96KHz frequency 3) 192Khz : Max 192KHz frequency 4) Passthrough ※ Default: Passthrough 4-3-9. Optical You can set as ON or OFF for Optical output ※ Default: ON 4-3-10.
4-3-11. Speaker Out You can set as ON or OFF for Speaker Out ※ Default: ON 4-3-12. Gapless Play The N25AMP supports gapless playback function for MP3 files, WAV, FLAC and DSD files only. ※ Default: ON 【 TIP 】 ※LAME-encoded MP3 files only supported ※The Gapless play function works properly on ‘Repeat All’ and ‘Normal’ modes only. For example in ‘Shuffle’ mode Gapless play is not supported 4-3-13. Slide Show Effect Six (6) options are available like All, Fade in & out, Transition, Rotation, Flip and None.
4-3-15. Replaygain 4-3-15-1. What’s the Replaygain function It allows N25AMP to equalize and normalize loudness for individual track or album. This avoids the common problem of having to manually adjust volume levels between tracks when playing audio files from albums that have been mastered at different loudness levels. ※ Default: OFF 4-3-15-2.
③ To start writing 'Replaygain info', click 'Skip' or 'No' If Skip is clicked, the device will skip the file which has already Replaygain info without overwriting Replaygain info. If No is clicked, the device will write newly Replaygain info to all music files selected. ④ Writing is finished and return to list screen 4-3-15-4. How to clear ‘Replaygain info’ from metadata of each music file(track) ① Place the cursor on the target album or track list.
③ To clear 'Replaygain info' from metadata of all files, click 'OK' If you click 'Cancel' or press RETURN key, this process will stop ④ Clearing is finished and return to list screen 4-3-16. Limit Sample Rate in Audio Convert When converting music file into different file format, you may select maximum sample rate. ※ Default: OFF ※ OFF means that original sample rate will be applied to the converted file. 4-3-17. Power On Volume You can set to preferred volume level of the N25AMP when booting.
4-4. Network ※ Make sure your Ethernet cable or a USB WiFi dongle is connected. Select Network and press the OK button. ① Select Network and confirm with the OK button. ② Select Wired Setup or Wireless Setup and confirm it with OK button. 【 TIP 】 To check network information, press Network Info. 4-4-1. Wired Setup 4-4-1-1. DHCP (Auto IP) ③ Select DHCP(Auto IP) and confirm with the OK button. There is no need to enter any values. ④ Select OK and confirm with the OK button.
4-4-2. Wireless Setup. The N25AMP offers two kinds of method for wireless network connection 4-4-2-1 Open SSID ① Select ‘Wireless Setup’ and confirm with OK key. ② Select ‘Scan Ap List’. All AP available will be listed up. ③ Select proper AP and confirm with OK key. ④ If the AP has a password, enter it and select OK and confirm OK key. The screen to the left will be shown if the network is connected successfully.
4-4-3. Network Info Select Network Info and confirm with the OK key. You can see the network information displayed as shown below. 4-4-4. Wireless Info Select Wireless Info and confirm with the OK key. You can check the Wireless LAN signal strength, see below screen shot. 4-4-5. Wake ON LAN If Wake ON LAN is set as ON, N25AMP can be powered ON by a signal from outside via network.
① Select Samba Server and confirm with the OK key. Set Samba Server as ON, see below ※ default: OFF ② Select Samba Server and confirm with the OK button. ③ Select Host Name and Workgroup. ④ Enter host name and workgroup name and select OK and confirm with the OK button. 4-5-2 Network Sharing (Samba Client) You can connect the N25AMP and the storage devices in the same network. If you want to stream the file in remote devices and play it with the N25AMP, you need to do ‘network sharing’ first as below.
⑥ Then, IP address will be shown up in the path ※ In case that IP address doesn't show up, please insert it by keyboard.
4-5-3 UPnP Server If you have a device (like a PC) which supports UPnP client protocol, you can play music stored in the N25AMP Music DB through the UPnP device. Default setting for UPnP Server is ON, see below. 4-5-4 FTP Server Select FTP Server and confirm with the OK key. Set it to ON. User name is fixed as Guest. Default password is 0000. You may change password should you wish to. 【 TIP 】 You may use the FTP software like ‘File Zilla’. The character should be set as ‘UTF-8’.
4-6. Internet Service N25AMP integrated Online Music Services into its software. So, you can play Amazon Music, Qobuz, TIDAL, Deezer, Napster and HighresAudio with N25AMP directly if you subscribe for those services and put their user name and password here properly. 4-6-1. List View You can display lists by Text or Cover art according to this setup. ※ Default: Text ※ You can toggle this option by TEXT/ART key of remote control 4-6-2.
4-6-3. Amazon Music, Qobuz, TIDAL, Deezer, Napster, HighresAudio are available N25AMP integrated Qobuz, TIDAL, Deezer, Napster, HighresAudio, so you can play them with N25AMP directly if you subscribe for those services and put their user name and password here properly. 4-7. System ① Select System and confirm with the OK button. 4-7-1. OSD (On Screen Display) Language. ② Select OSD Language and confirm with the OK button. Supported languages will be displayed.
4-7-4. Use RDS When Seek All To speed up for station seeking, you can set RDS function as OFF ※ Default: ON 4-7-5. Auto Play Select Auto Play and confirm with the OK button. You can set it to ON or OFF. ※ Default : OFF 【 TIP 】 For detailed explanation of Auto Play function, refer to 17-15 Auto Play (Page 106) 4-7-6. Resume Play When you boot up the N25AMP, it will automatically resume playing the music in the Music DB, Browser or i-Radio from where it was last stopped.
4-7-8. Factory Reset To restore changed values of setup, select Factory Reset and confirm with the OK button. When you boot up after Factory Reset, it will ask for Wizard Setup 4-7-9. HDD Sleep In case that you connected an external USB HDD into the N25AMP, you can make the connected HDD go to sleep mode by this setting. There are five (5) options like OFF, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min and 1 Hour. During the selected time, if no access to HDD, the HDD goes into sleep mode.
4-7-11. File System Fix When you suspect there is some problem in the file system of storages like internal HDD or connected USB storage, you can try this function to remove some error in file system of storages. Select File System Fix and confirm with the OK key. 【 Caution 】 We recommend you NOT to run this function if the file system of the N25AMP hard disk has no problems. 4-7-12. Brightness You can control the brightness level of the LCD. Select Brightness and confirm with the OK key.
① Selecting time with up/down button. ② Selecting cycle with OK button ③ Selecting sound source from Playlist, iRadio (My Favorites) and FM radio ④ Selecting snooze ON/OFF ※ NOTE: In case that Alarm is set, the below icon will show up on the playing screen. ※ NOTE A : Alarm 2 : Two D : Day Alarm is set as ‘after 2 days from now’. 4-7-14. Auto Shutdown The N25AMP will be powered off automatically at the assigned time and date. ① Go to SETUP and select System.
※NOTE D : Auto Shutdown 3 : three H : Hour After 3 hours, N25AMP will shutdown 4-7-15. Scroll Speed Long text is scrolling on the screen. You can set its speed like below. ※ Default: Level 3 4-7-16. List Line Count The number of text lines displayed on the screen is selectable according to your taste like below. ※ Default: 7 lines 4-7-17. User Font ※ Various fonts are available in Windows PC (C:/Windows/Fonts). You can get one of them and use it for N25AMP via this function.
4-7-18. Browser View You can display lists by Text or Cover art according to this setup. ※ Default: Text ※ You can toggle this option by TEXT/ART key of remote control 4-7-19. Thumbnails in Text List Option to enable/disable 'Thumbnails at the front of each text list ※ Default: OFF ※ NOTICE: If this option is set as ON and Thumbnails are displayed, the speed to list up will be slower a little 4-7-20.
4-8. Time You can set time format and time via internet or by manual here. 4-8-1. Time Format N25AMP displays the time while playing the internet radio. Pressing the CLOCK key displays time. N25AMP can display one of two ways, AM/PM or 24Hours. You can select which here. 4-8-2. Time Set (Internet) ① Select Time Set (Internet) and confirm it with the OK button. All the time options will be displayed as below.
4-9. Firmware You can check the current firmware version of your N25AMP and install the updated new firmware. Select Firmware and confirm with the OK key. 4-9-1. Current Version You can check the current firmware version as shown below. Select Current Version and confirm with the OK key. 4-9-2. Update manually (Firmware update manually) ① Obtain the new firmware first and put it onto the root directory of USB memory stick or the HDD of the N25AMP.
4-9-4. What is Automatic Firmware Update by network? This function is available only when N25AMP is connected to a network (internet). In the instance that a higher version of the firmware exists at our server system, your N25AMP will check it automatically when it boots up. ※ NOTE: If CANCEL is selected, the folder [New Firmware] is created automatically in the internal hard disk (or USB), then the N25AMP will not ask for a Firmware Update when booting up.
4-10-1. Bluetooth Device Name The N25AMP's default name as Bluetooth device is N25AMP. You can change it as you want ① Click 'Bluetooth Device Name' and input name as you want ② Confirm by clicking OK 4-10-2. Bluetooth Sink(Receiver), Pairing and play music When you want to play files in your mobile devices which have BT function(sender) via the N25AMP, you can use N25AMP BT Sink(Receiver) function Left screen shows Bluetooth Sink(Sender) firmware version.
4-10-3. Bluetooth Transmitter (Sender) When you want to send songs in the N25AMP to the Bluetooth speakers or Bluetooth headphones, you can use N25AMP BT Transmitter (Sender) function ※ This is optional function.
How to update ① Prepare new firmware and USB memory stick ② Copy the new firmware into the root directory of USB memory stick. ③ Plug the USB memory stick into the USB host port of the N25AMP ④ Go to SETUP > Bluetooth > 'Update Sink Firmware' or 'Update Source Firmware' to look for the new firmware ⑤ Select the storage(USB storage) containing the new firmware ⑥ Select xxxxx_Sink.pkg or xxxxx_Source.pkg file and confirm with OK icon 4-10. License for Gracenote Service 4-10-1.
There will be License Name and Device Key, which are needed to activate license ④ Click 'Activate' ⑤ Click 'OK' to finalize 'license activating' ※ After two(2) years, you can take a similar process to buy license 5. What is the Music database (Music DB) and how to make it To make a Music DB at your N25AMP, you need storage like external USB HDD or NAS which contains music files. Connect them to the N25AMP.
⑤ The folder scanned for Music DB will be changed to blue color like left screen ⑥ To see Music DB, go to home screen and click the Music DB icon ⑦ You can see the list like left screen. Now you are ready to play it ※NOTE : If you copy files or folders to the ‘My Music’ folder, those copied files or folders will be scanned automatically then added to the Music DB. 5-3. Priority media path and ‘My Music’ folder You may connect multiple storages to cocktailAudio devices like USB1, USB2, and NAS.
5-4. How to display folders in the Music DB You can display folders in the Music DB by the below method Press MENU key at any type of display mode in the Music DB. Another way is that, go to SETUP > Music DB > Display Mode. Select 'Folder View' 5-5. How to remove from the Music DB ① Go to Browser and place the cursor on the bluecolored folder you want to remove from the Music DB ② Press MENU key and select 'Remove from Music DB' ③ Click it to start removing! 5-6.
5-7. Automatic Indexing If you add(copy) music files into the scanned folder (Blue colored), the added(copied) music files will be automatically indexed to the MusicDB. If you edit music file in the folder, the edited contents will be automatically reflected to the MusicDB. Of course, editing in MusicDB will be reflected for original files in the folder. 5-8. Music DB Scan Path Overview This feature shows you path information of Music DB files which scanned from multiple folders and storages.
-. Auto Cursor : If you set ‘Auto Cursor’ as ‘On’, the cursor is automatically positioned as the path you are currently scanning. The path you are currently scanning for will be displayed in blue color like below screen. 5-9. Rescan Resource(folder) function To synchronize contents in Music DB and in folders of storages already scanned to Music DB, please go to SETUP>Music DB>Rescan Resource.
5-10. Music DB Storage Selection You can select USB1, USB2, USB3 or NAS as Music DB storage. Go to ‘Setup>Music DB>Storage’ then you can select one of the connected storages. If one of them is selected as Music DB(Main) storage, the color of storage will be green. You can select USB1, USB2, USB3 or NAS as Music DB storage. Go to ‘Setup>Music DB>Storage’ then you can select one of the connected storages. If one of them is selected as Music DB(Main) storage, the color of storage will be green.
6. How to use the Music database (Music DB) 6-1. Play music scanned in the Music DB The Music DB contains only metadata and tag info of music files ① Select Music DB icon, confirm with the OK button. The album list is displayed as shown below. ② Select the album you wish and confirm with the OK button. All the music in the album is displayed, see below. ③ Select from the music list and confirm with the OK button to start playing the music. Now playing.
【 TIP ④ 】 Playing screen ------- press INFO button ------- Detailed info of current music ①Title / Album of current music ①Title / Album of current music.
【 TIP ⑤ 】 You can run the SEARCH function by artist from the artist list screen, by genre on the genre list screen or by title on the title list screen, see below. 6-3. How to manage Music DB The N25AMP allows you to manage the Music DB. You can remove music from the Music DB or rename albums, artists and genre. 6-3-1. Renaming music in the Music DB. ① Open the album list, artist list or genre list. ② Place the cursor on the list you would like to rename. ③ Press the MENU button.
6-3-3. Album Edit for Multi-Album There is a Multi-Album which is composed of several CD like C1, C2, C3, C4, etc. You can merge C1, C2, C3 and C4 into folder(album) For example, ※ The 60 Jahre Bravo Hits is a multi-album, which is composed of four(4) CDs.
6-3-4. History function You can list a maximum of 10 recently played songs from the Music DB using this function. ① Go into the Music DB ② Press the MENU key ③ Select ‘History’ and confirm with the OK key, as shown in the screen shot on the left. 6-3-5. Set ‘Playing Section’ to play it repeatedly [Playing Screen] ① On the Playing Screen, if you press LEFT ARROW key at a certain point, the point will be 'starting point'. ② If you press RIGHT ARROW key at a certain point, the point will be 'ending point'.
7. Editing the TAG information of the music in the Music DB You can edit the TAG information of music such as the title, artist, album, year or genre by following the steps below: ① Place the cursor on the music you wish to edit. ② Press the MENU button and select TAG Edit and confirm with the OK button. The screen below is then displayed. ③ Using the remote control or USB keyboard you can edit the information. ④ Select OK and confirm with the OK button.
② Press the MENU button to show a popup menu, see screen shot below. ③ Select New PLS and confirm with the OK button. The screen below is then displayed. ④ Enter a playlist name and select OK. Confirm the selection with the OK button. The album list is then displayed in the Music DB, as shown below. 【 TIP ② 】 You can add music to a playlist by track or by album. ⑤ You may see + icon at the end of the cursor on an album. Press the PLAYLIST key to add the album to the playlist.
8-1-2. How to make a Playlist with whole tracks in album, Genre, or Artist ① For example, go to Album list and place the cursor on the target album ② Press PLAYLIST key of remote control ③ Edit Playlist name as you want, and press OK. Go to Playlist and there will be the playlist like below picture. 8-1-3.
existing playlist ② Press 'PLAYLIST' key of remote control ③ Select the playlist where you want to add the song(s), album, etc ⑤ Press 'OK' key to start adding 8-1-5. How to play a Playlist ① Select the Playlist icon on the remote control or press the PLAY LIST hotkey on the remote control. The following screen is then displayed. ② Select the Playlist you would like to play and confirm with the OK button. You will then see the music in the playlist as shown below.
8-2. My Playlist (Virtual Playlist) This is a virtual playlist function. After you have made a My Playlist, it will be removed if you stop playing or power off. This function works only in the Music DB. It will not work in the Browser. ① Place the cursor on the list of songs, albums, artists or genres. ② Press the MY PL key on the remote control. ③ The selected album will be played after showing [Creating Playlist ‘My Playlist’] as shown below.
④ When you come across the track, press the AD MY PL key at the ‘Playing Screen, see left. ① The popup menu will appear as shown on the left. ② Select one choice and confirm with the OK key ③ The selected song will start playing, and will be stored as My Playlist. 9. Multi-room (Group Play) function Multi-room (Group play) function lets you play hi-res music including DSD, MQA and 192Khz/24Bit HD FLAC, WAV seamlessly in any room of the home wirelessly.
9-2. Group Play main menu To set for Multi-room (Group Play), click Group Play icon on the home screen to open it 9-3. Device name and Host name. Give the device a unique name to easily identify the devices in each zone. The device name for Group Play is linked to the Samba Server Host name ① Go to Setup>Network Service>Samba Server to open 'naming dialog window' for Host Name ② Input name as you want, and confirm it by clicking OK icon 9-4.
9-4-3. Manual Join If you set ‘manual Join’ on the Client device, you can add the device manually as a client later. You can toggle 'Auto Join' or 'Manual Join' with OK key If a client device is set to 'Manual Join', you can add the client device manually to a Group Play after the server device starts playing To add a client device manually to a Group Play ① Place the cursor on the server device ② Press MENU key to open menu window and click 'Join this Server' 9-4-4.
9-5-1. Look for devices available over a Group Play Click the 'GroupPlay icon on the MusicX NEO, you can find out all devices available over a Group Play like below screen For example, you can see the three(3) devices of Living Room, Bed Room, Library like below screen. All three(3) devices are currently in the status of idle -. Living Room device : This is set as 'GroupPlay Enabled' -. Bed Room device : This is set as 'GroupPlay Enabled' and 'Auto Join' -.
You can add the Library device to the Group Play by Manual Join method 9-5-3. How to add client devices to Group Play by manual ① On the above screen of devices list, tapping the area marked with a square on the screen will pop up the setting window.
9-5-4. Control devices. For server device(Living Room) ① Tap the area marked with a square to pop up control window ② You can control volume of all devices including client devices at the same time, and can set channel of the server device as you want like Stereo, Left channel or Right channel.
10.The Music Streaming function As the N25AMP supports various network protocols such as; UPnP Server/Client/Renderer and Samba Server/Client, you can enjoy various Music Streaming functions with the N25AMP. 10-1. UpnP Server/Client and Samba Server/Client function You can use the N25AMP together with various kinds of devices that support UpnP Server/Client or Samba Server/Client.
11-1. Internet Radio 11-1-1. How to play the Internet Radio. You can enjoy many internet radio stations. The N25AMP Internet radio is based on the Airable server. It provides many stations by genre, by country, etc. 【 TIP 】 When the i-Service icon is highlighted the N25AMP is successfully connected to the network. ① Select the i-Service icon and confirm with the OK key. The below screen is then displayed. ② Select the Radios and confirm with the OK key. The below screen is then displayed.
11-1-4. Recording from the Internet Radio ※ NOTE 1: We recommend NOT to record continuously for over three (3) hours. ※ NOTE 2: Space required for recording in MP3 format: 1 hour(54MB)/2 hours(108MB)/3 hours(162MB) ※ NOTE 3: N25AMP will record i-Radio by the formats like MP3, AAC or ASF according to the station’s streaming format. 11-1-4-1. How to record ① While the I-Radio is playing, press the REC button to start recording.
11-1-4-4. How to edit the recorded file You can edit the recorded file easily with the file management function. Place the cursor on the recorded file and press the MENU button to run the following functions: [ TAG Edit ] [ Import to DB ] [ Copy File ] [ Move file ] 11-1-5. Reservation Recording This function works for the stations stored in Favorites folder. 11-1-5-1. How to set reservation recording ① Open ‘Favorites’ folder of Radios.
※ To check if Reservation Recording Setting is well done, press MENU key at the Favorites list, and select Reservation Recording List to show recording list like left. ※ The station set as 'reservation recording' will be listed like left picture. ■ Aug 26th, 13:33 ------> Recording start ■ 1:00 -------> It will record for one hour. ■ 101 Smooth Jazz -------> Station name 11-1-5-2. How does the reservation recording start 1) In case that you powered N25 off after recording setting (e.g.
properly. (e.g. You set recording at 4:00PM, and you powered off N25AMP at 3:58PM) ※ NOTE: The recorded file will be stored in the ‘IRadio Recording’ folder of hard disk. You can see it through ‘Browser’. You can edit the recorded file with the Tag Edit function. 12. FM Radio 12-1. How to play FM Radio ※ NOTE: Make sure to install the FM Radio antenna properly first. ① Select FM Radio icon to start FM Radio ② N25AMP will seek all stations available ③ Select one station and confirm it with OK key.
12-2. How to record FM Radio ① When playing FM radio, press REC key on the playing screen to start recording. ② To stop recording, press STOP button of remote control. It will be recorded as CAF format ※ NOTE: The recorded files will exist in 'FM Radio' folder of 'My Recording' folder in HDD. You can edit the recorded file. Refer to 11-1-4-4. How to edit the recorded file (Page 89). 13. DAB+ 13-1.
13-2. How to record DAB+ How to record DAB+ is exactly same as FM Radio recording. Please refer to 12-2. How to record FM Radio(Page 92) 14. USB host port for USB devices You can use various USB devices like USB memory stick, MP3 Player, USB external hard disk, etc with the USB host port of N25AMP. ① Plug the USB device into the USB host port of the N25AMP. ② Go into the Browser screen. The USB device appears in the browser screen as shown below. 15.
To check the information on a file, place the cursor on the file and press the INFO key. 15-2. TAG Edit This function is only valid for files not for folders or disks. Place the cursor on the file you would like to edit and press the MENU key. Select Edit Tag and the edit screen is displayed, see below. 15-3. Copy Files You can copy files or folders by following the procedure below: ① Place the cursor on the file or folder you would like to copy ② Press the MENU key and select Copy Files.
15-4. Move Files You can move files or folders using the following procedure: ① Place the cursor on the file or folder you would like to copy ② Press the MENU key and select Copy Files. The screen below is then displayed. 15-5. Delete Files You can delete file or folder using the following procedure: ① Place the cursor on the file or folder you would like to delete ② Press the MENU key and select Delete Files. Confirm with the OK button to start deleting. 15-6. .PLS or .
15-7. Convert Audio Format ※ This function works on Browser mode only. ① If you want to convert the format of tracks, ② Place the cursor on the file or folder, and press MENU key. (※ With RIGHT ARROW key, you may select multiple song files) ③ Select 'Convert Audio Format'. The format option like m4a, wma, wav, mp3, ogg and flac will show up. ④ Select one format to start converting. ⑤ One folder with the same name as the selected format will be created automatically.
⑥ Progress message ⑦ Go into 'IRadio Recording' folder. There will be same name of Wave file. ※ If you cut a Wave file, serial number will be added at the end of the file name. 15-9. Create Folder Via this function, you can make a folder in the Browser as you want. ① Go to inside of HDD or USB ② Press MENU key to open menu popup ③ Select 'Create Folder' and confirm it with OK ④ Left screen will show up. You can put folder name and confirm it with OK 16. Input 16-1.
Now playing. While playing music through the Input of the 16-2. How to record N25AMP, press the REC button to start recording the music playing, see screen shot to the left. Press the STOP button to stop recording. ※ NOTE: Explanation 1) Record Sample Rate: 192KHz: This is decided according to the setting of the Recording Sample Rate at SETUP. 2) 00 : 20 : Recording time 3) 23.19 M / 63.
① Select Browser icon on the home screen, and confirm it with OK key. ② Select HDD1 and confirm it with OK key ③ Select Browser icon on the home screen, and confirm it with OK key. ④ Select HDD1 and confirm it with OK key ⑤ There will be folders like FM Radio, TOSLINK, COAXIAL ⑥ Select proper folder and confirm it with OK key to see the recorded file. ※ NOTE: The folder will be named according to the Input for recording. 16-4.
※ The edited file name will be changed to [Album name]+Title 16-5. How to use N25AMP as USB Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC) ① Install USB Audio 2.
17. Extra Function 17-1. Volume Balancing ① Click Volume Balance with OK key to show up volume balancing bar like below ② Control volume balance with left/right arrow keys ③ Press RETURN key to save and exit 17-2. External Screen If you want to use an external screen like TV, monitor, etc as a bigger screen for N25AMP, please connect external screen to N25AMP HDMI Out. ※ Default: Both of Internal LCD and HDMI Out are all activated.
※ NOTE: You can set ‘Slide Show Effect’ and ‘Slide Show Time’ at SETUP 17-4. Listing by Text or Album cover art You can list up all information (like album, title, genre, artist, etc) on the screen of N25AMP by text or album cover art. You can select one of text mode and album cover art mode easily using TEXT/ART button of remote control. [ Text mode ] [ Small album cover art ] [ Big album cover art ] 17-5. BOOKMARK Files can be bookmarked while playing them.
17-6. Preset E.Q(Equalizer) When music is playing you can change the Preset equalizer setting by select one of 18 presets at Setup The default setting is Normal. You can select one the followings; Normal, Classical, Club, Concert Hall, Dance, Live, Party, Pop, Reggae, Rock, Soft, Soft Rock, Techno, Bass, Bass & Treble, Treble, Vocal ※ NOTE : Preset EQ works in Speaker Out only 17-7. Custom E.Q(Equalizer) You can customize equalizer setting according to your taste. ① Go to Setup/Audio/Equalizer.
17-8-1. How to assign key for stations or playlists You can assign up to 10 user preset to the keys 1-5 on the front panel and up to 10 shortcut keys in combination with the FN key. To assign a shortcut key, first play back the station you wish to save (FM/DAB-Radio or IRadio(Airable) or playlist) and then press keys 1-5 or the FN key + the keys 1-5 for at least 3 seconds. A message is displayed on the machine to confirm that the preset has been saved. 17-8-2.
※ LCD OFF mode 17-11. Changing the play mode ① Press the MENU button on the playing screen to change the playing mode. ② Alternatively, press the SHUFFLE button to change the mode without using the popup menu. ① Normal: Play all the music in an album or in a folder at once in sequence. ② Shuffle: Play songs randomly, but any song will not be repeated. ③ Random: Play songs randomly, but a song may be repeated ④ Once: Play the current music once only.
① Selecting time with up/down button. ② Selecting cycle with OK button ③ Selecting sound source from Playlist or iRadio (My Favorites) ④ Selecting snooze ON/OFF ※ NOTE: A : Alarm 2 : Two D : Day Alarm is set as ‘after 2 days from now’. 17-13. Auto Shutdown The N25AMP will power off automatically at the assigned date and time. ※ NOTE: Refer to section 4-7-14 Auto Shutdown (Page 54) for detailed explanation. 17-14.
① Navigate to the Playlist to Auto Play. ② Place the cursor on Auto Play and press the MENU button. ③ Select Add Song and press the OK button. ④ Place cursor on the music you would like to Auto Play. ⑤ You can see plus (+) mark at the end of the cursor. Press the OK button. The music will disappear and be added to the Auto Play. ⑥ Go to Setup and set Auto Play ON. ※ NOTE: Default of Auto Play in SETUP: OFF 17-16.
17-18-1. How to set 'cutting point' by auto ① Look for recorded file in Browse mode and place the cursor on it ② Press MENU key and confirm 'Multi-Cut to wav...' to start analyzing waveform of the file. There are four(4) spins to set 'cutting point'. ※ Press MENU key to toggle Enable/Disable for these spins ※ Role of each spin -. -35 dB: to set max dB value for auto cutting. Scope settable: -30dB~-40dB -. 4.0 Sec: to set duration for the above max dB value. Scope settable: 0.
17-18-3. How to start cutting ① Set cutting points properly according to the above procedure ② Press RETURN key, then it will ask 'OK' or 'Cancel' like below ③ Select OK and confirm it.
-. OK: to go to next spin -. LEFT/RIGHT: to move Spin to left/right -. MENU: to disable Spin 2-2) When Spin is disabled -. OK: to toggle Play/Pause -. JOG spinning: to seek 'current playing point' by the value of forth Spin -. JOG spinning with JOG pressed: to seek 'cutting point' -. MENU: to enable Spin -. OK: no working -. LEFT/RIGHT: to seek 'current playing point' by the value of forth Spin -.
17-19. Function of Jump to a song on Playing Screen We added 'function of Jump to a Song Mode' on Playing Screen. Press CAP/NUM key of remote control to toggle 'Seek to Percent Mode and 'Jump to a Song Mode' * Jump to a Song Mode : Press numeric key to seek a song * Seek to Percent Mode : Press numeric key to go to a certain playing position.
18.Specification Model name Host CPU & Memory Display N25AMP Remarks CPU: Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 running at 1.0GHz Main Memory: DDR-1066 1GByte NAND Flash 8GByte 4.6" TFT LCD(800 x 320pixels)(* able to connect to ext. screen via HDMI out) Interface Key & Jog(Volume/Scroll), IR Remote Control, Customized Remote App for iOS and Android devices Amplifier Rated output: 75W + 75W@1Khz, 8ohm, 0.
Codec & MQA, PCM 384Khz/32Bit, DSD(DSD64, DSD128, DSD256), Format DXD(24Bit/352.
19.MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) MQA is an award-winning British technology that delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully authenticated and is small enough to stream or download. Visit mqa.co.uk for more information. N25AMP includes MQA technology, which enables you to play back MQA audio files and streams, delivering the sound of the original master recording.
4-3. Check the volume level 4-4. Check Audio settings at SETUP 5. There is a hum coming from the speaker. Make sure that all cable connections are secure.
