Matrix Audio ELEMENT M User guide

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1.  01Packinglist

2.Partsandname 01

 2.1Frontpanel 01

 2.2Rearpanel 02

 2.3Displayscreen 02

 2.3.1Maininterface 02

 2.3.2 interface 02Volumecontrol

 2.3.3 interface 03Inputchannel

 2.3.4  03Outputchannelinterface

 2.4Remotecontrol 03

3.Connections 04

 3.1Connecttopower 04

 3.2Connectheadphones 04

 3.3Connecttoinputsource 04

 3.4ConnecttoactivespeakersorAMPs 05

 3.5Connecttostoragedevices 05

 3.6ConnecttoLAN 05

 3.7ConnecttoWLAN 06

4.Play 07

 4.1Basicoperation 07

 4.1.1Poweronandoﬀ 07

 4.1.2Selecttheinputsource 07

 4.1.3Selectoutputchannel 08

 4.1.4Volumecontrol 08

 4.1.4.1  08Volumeadjustment

 4.1.4.2Mute 08

 4.1.4.3Hearingprotection 08

 4.1.5  09Filtersettings

 4.1.6  09Autosleepandwakeup

 4.1.7  09Remotecontrol

 4.2Playmusicthroughoptical,coaxialorIIS-LVDSport 10

 4.３PlaymusicfromUSBstoragedevicesorNAS 10

 4.４PlaymusicthroughAirPlayorDLNA 10

 4.5USBAudio 11

5.Settings 13

 5.1LineoutMode 13

 5.2PCMFilters 13

 5.3DSDFilters 14

 5.4Dither 14

 5.5JitterEliminator 15

 5.6DPLLBandwidth 15

 5.7IIS-LVDSPortDeﬁnition 15

 5.8Autosleep 15

 5.9Userdeﬁnedbuttonsettings 16

 5.10NetworkType 16

 5.11Remotecontrol 16

 5.12LoadDefault 17

 5.13ProductInformation 17

6.Appendix 18

 6.1Audioﬁleformatsandsamplingratesupported 18

 6.2USBstoragedevicerequirements 18

 6.3IIS-LVDSPort 18

 6.4TechnicalSpeciﬁcations 19

2.1Frontpanel

Packinglist

1.Packinglist 2.Partsandname

1.Productx1

2.Remotex1

3.USBcablex1

4.Poweradapterx1

1.6.35mmheadphonejack

2.Remotecontrolsensor

3.Display

4.Menubutton

5.User-deﬁnedbutton

6.Volume/control knob/standby knob

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2.2Rearpanel

1.RCAleftchanneloutput

2.RCArightchanneloutput

3.XLRrightchanneloutput

4.XLRleftchanneloutput

5.Coaxialinput

6.Opticalinput

7.IISLVDSinput

8.USBAudioport

9.USBHostport

10.Wi-Fiantenna

11.LANport

12. Groundingterminal

13.Powerinput

2.3Displayscreen

2.3.1Maininterface

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1.StatusforNASdevices

2.StatusforUSBstoragedevices

3.StatusforWi-Fiandethernetconnection

4.Inputchannel

5.Samplingrate

6.Assistantinformation

7.Volumebar

8.Outputmode

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1.CurrentvolumedBlevel

2.Volumebar

3.Outputmode

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2.3.3Inputchannelinterface

Coaxial

Input

1.Inputchannel 2.Unselected

2.3.4Outputchannelinterface

1.Currentoutputmode 2.Selected

2.4Remotecontrol

1.Standby

2.Mute

3.Volume+

4.Volume-

5.Filter

6.Coaxial

7.Optical

8.IIS

9.USB/Network*

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Headphone

*ThisbuttoncanswitchinputchannelsbetweenUSBandNetwork.

Connection

3.Connections

3.1Connecttopower

elementiusesa12VDCpoweradapterwhichoutputcurrentnotlessthan

1.67A(outputpowernotlessthan20W).Pleaseusethesuppliedpower

adapterorahigh-qualityexternallinearpowersupply.Thequalityofthe

powersupplywillaﬀectthesoundquality.

Accordingtothegroundingconditionsunderactualuseenvironment,choose

whethertoconnectthegroundterminalonthebackofthedevicetoother

equipmentusedatthesametime,toeliminatetheACnoisethatmaybe

causedbytheundesirablegroundloop.

3.2Connectheadphones

3.3Connecttoinputsource

Connectionforfront-enddevicesincludingS/PDIFoutputsignalthrough

coaxialandopticalport;

ConnectionfordigitalinterfaceproductsofMatrixthroughIISprot

The6.35mmheadphonejackonthefrontpanelcanbeconnectedtoavariety

of16Ω-600Ωearbudsorheadphones.

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3.4ConnecttoactivespeakersorAMPs

Inordertoavoiddamagetoyourdevices,pleaseturnoﬀtheactivespeakersor

ampliﬁersbeforeyouconnectthemtoelementi.

3.5Connecttostoragedevices

TherearetwoUSBHOSTportsontherearpaneltoconnectwithstandard

massstorageUSBdevices.

EachUSBportsprovideupto500mAofcurrenttoexternaldevices.

3.6ConnecttoLAN

Please use ethernet cable to connect element i to your network router

(recommendusingCAT-5orhigherversionshieldedethernetcable),andlet

elementiinthestatusasshownbelow:

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IN OUT

NAS

Internet

It is advisable to set up the router as DHCP server, and this function will

allocatethedeviceIPaddressinLANautomatically.

3.7ConnecttoWLAN

3.7.1 The Wi-Fiantennaofelementi isnotremovable.Adjustingtheantenna

directioncanchangetheWi-Fisignalreception.

3.7.2Letelementiinthestatusasshownbelow:

3.7.3ScantheQRcodebelowtodownloadMARemoteappforyouriPhone,

iPadandAndroiddevices,andfollowtheconﬁgurationwizardintheappto

connectyourelementitoWi-Fiandexploremoreexcitingfunctionalities.

NAS

Connection

ConnecttoWANport

Router

Computer

ConnecttoLANport

ConnecttoLANport ConnecttoLANport

ConnecttoWANport

ConnecttoLANport

Router

ConnecttoLANport

Computer

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4.Play

4.1.Basicoperation

Connectthepoweradapter,presstheknobonthedeviceortheStandbybutton

ontheremotecontroltoturnonthedevice,thescreenwilllighton.

4.1.1Poweronandoﬀ

4.1.2Selecttheinputsource

Under'AUTO'mode,elementiwillautomaticallyscanalldigitalinput

chan-nels,theﬁrstconnectedinputchannelwillbelockedimmediately.It

willcontinuetoscanotherchannelsuntilthecurrentchannelsignalislost.

Whenthereareseveralinputchannelsbeingconnected,elementiisalways

locksthesignalwhichisdetectedﬁrst.Theorderofinputchannelscanning

isasshown,

Pressthemenubutton''toswitchtochanneloptionmenu,thenrotatetheknob

toselectbetweenauto，coaxial,optical,IISLVDS,USBAudioandNetwork,you

canpresstheknobtoconﬁrmtheselection.

Whenselected'AUTO'channelandtheinputsignalbeinglocked,itwill

showtheautoscanmarkbesidethechannelname.Asshown,

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Whenthepowerison,presstheknobortheStandbybuttontoenterstandby

state.

WhenusingnetworkrelatedmusicsourcesuchasAirPlay,DLNA,Roonor

MAplayer,pleaseselectNetworkinputchannel.

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4.1.3Selectoutputchannel

Selecttheoutputmodebetweenheadphoneoutput,lineoutputand'AUTO'

modebypressingthe" "buttononthefrontpanel,presstheknobtoconﬁrm.

When'AUTO'modeactivated,whentheheadphoneisconnectedtoelementi,it

willautomaticallyswitchtoheadphoneoutput,andviceversawhenthe

headphonedisconnected,elementiwillautomaticallyswitchtolineoutput

mode.

4.1.4Volumecontrol

Thevolumecanbeadjustedbytheknoborandthekeyontheremote

control,thescreenwillshowthecurrentvolumelevelatthesametime.Line

outputandheadphoneoutputhaveindependentvolumecontrollevel,also,the

lineoutputcanbeconﬁguredasﬁxedleveloutput.

4.1.4.1Volumeadjustment

CAUTION：

'Fixedoutput'meansthatthedeviceoutputssignalwithmaximum

levelat0dB.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 speakers do not have volume

control, DO NOT set up to 'Fixed output' mode, otherwise this

operationmaydamagetoyourdevicesandharmyourears.

4.1.4.2Mute

Inplaybackstatus,youcanpressthe'Mute'buttonontheremotecontrolto

activatemute;pressthe'Mute'againorturnthevolumeknobtoexitmute.

Therewillbeamuteicononthescreenwhenmuteisactivated.

Inordertoprotectyourhearingandavoiddamagebyexcessivevolume,

whenthevolumelevelofasingle-endedheadphoneishigherthan-30dB,the

volumewillberecoveredto-30dBafterelementireboot;ifthevolumeis

lowerthan-30dB,itwillreturntothesamevolumelevelasyousetlasttime.

4.1.4.３Hearingprotection

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4.1.5Filtersettings

WhenelementiisplayingPCMorDSDmusic,userscanselectthedigitalﬁlters

togetdiﬀerentsoundperformance.Userscanswitchonthe2ndoptionin

settingmenuoraddtheFiltersettingtoshortcutkey'〇'on9thoptiontofast

switchit.Thecurrentselectedﬁlterwilldisplayintheassistantinformation

areaonthescreen,andtheencodingmodeofDSDaudioisalsodisplayedthere.

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4.1.6Autosleepandwakeup

elementiwillentersleepmodewhenthecurrentselecteddigitalchannelhas

noinputsignalandnooperationformorethan5minutes.

Thefollowingoperationscanwakeupelementifromsleepstatus,

·Pressthevolumeknobonthefrontpanelofelementi

·Pressthe'Standby'buttononelementiorremotecontrol

·Recovertheinputsignaloftheselectedchannelorrecoversignalofany

digitalchannelsunderAutoScanmode

WhenelementIhasstoppedplayingformorethan5minutesontheNetwork

inputchannel,andnooperationformorethan5minutes,itwillentersleep

modeautomatically,andwillwakeupbythefollowingconditions:

·PushmusictoelementithroughAirPlayorDLNA

·PlaymusicthroughMAplayer

·PlaymusicasaROONendpoint

4.1.7Remotecontrol

RemotecontrolusesaCR2032buttoncellbattery.Pulloutthebattaryslotat

thebottomtoinstallbatteryandmakesuretoputintherightpolarity.

Pleasepointtheremotecontroltotheremotesensorintheareainthe

followingpicture,theremotedistanceisabout8metersandthebatterylife

isaboutoneyear,pleasereplacethebatteryiftheremotedistancebecomes

shorterorlosessensitivity.

About8meters

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4.３PlaymusicfromUSBstoragedevicesorNAS

4.2Playmusicthroughoptical,coaxialorIIS-LVDSport

Whenitisconnectedwithfront-enddevices,whichincludingS/PDIFoutput

digitalsignalthroughcoaxialandopticalportordigitalinterfaceproductsof

MatrixAudiothroughIISport,thescreenwillshowsamplingrateandsignal

formatoftheselectedinputchannel.

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Ifthesamplingrateandsignalformatonthescreenisnotdisplayedcorrectly,

pleasecheckifthecableiscorrectlyconnectedorthefront-enddeviceis

outputtingsignal.

element i can play the music from USB storage devices or NAS through MA

player.DownloadMARemoteAPPtogetmoredetailaboutuserguide.

MAplayerisadigitalmusicandstreamingmediaaudioplaybacksystembased

onnetworkcontrol,itisdevelopedbyMATRIX.Itcanrealizeremotecontrolon

themobiledeviceunderthesameLAN.Itcanbrowseandplaymusictracksand

automaticallygetalbumcoversandartistinformationfrominternet.MAplayer

supportsavarietyoflosslessformats,supportsbothDSDandPCMmusicﬁles

playback,whichbringingyouabrandnewmusicplaybackexperience.

4.４PlaymusicthroughAirPlayorDLNA

AfterelementIisconnectedtoLANwiththeethernetcableorwireless,

userscanpushthemusicfromasmartphoneorothermobiledevicestoit

throughAirPlayorDLNA.

ConnecttheWi-FiofyouriPhoneoriPadtothesamelocalareanetworkas

theelementi,andclickAirPlaytoselectelementiasaudiodevice,then

chooseandenjoyyourfavoredmusic.

ConnecttheAndroiddevicesandelementithroughWi-Fiunderthesame

LAN,andopentheAPPincludingDLNAfunction,thenplaymusicandpushit

toelementi.

TheexperienceofusingelementiwithanAndroiddeviceisduetothe

compatibilityofmusicAPPs,notalltheAndroiddevicesormusicAPPshave

DLNAfunction.

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4.5USBAudio

WhentheelementineedstobeconnectedtocomputerasanUSBDAC,please

installdriverforWindows7/8/10whichcanbefoundinMatrixoﬃcialwebsite,

theURLofthedownloadpageis:https://matrix-digi.com/en/downloads/,the

installationprocessasfollow,

InstalltheWindowsdriverforelementi

Step1:

Double-clickthedriver

installationﬁle,

andclick'Next’

Step2:

Pleaseselectthe

installationpath

andclick'Install’

Step3:

Installationis

completed

andclick'Next’

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Play

Step4:

Click'Finish',the

driverinstallation

iscompleted.

UseelementiunderMacOSX

MacOSXdoesnotneed

adriver.Pleaseselect

theaudiodeviceas

'elementSeries'in

SystemPreferences.

ConnectelementitomobiledevicesviaUSBport

UseAppleLighteningtoUSBCameraKitstoconnectelementiwithiOS

devices.

elementicanbeconnectedtoanAndroiddevicewithMicroUSBorType-C

USBportviatheOTGcable，butit'snotguaranteedtobecompatiblewith

allAndroiddevices.

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5.Settings

Repeatpressingthe'Menu'keytoenterintoconﬁgurationmenu,thenpress

theknobtoenterconﬁgurationitems.

As shown:

Pushknobentersettings

Settings

Thereare13itemsintheconﬁgurationmenuasfollow:

5.1LineoutMode

Lineoutmodecanbesetas,

0dBFixed:0dBgain,ﬁxed

0dBADJ:0dBgain，attenuationadjustable（Default）

Lineout Mode 0dBADJ

Connecttoactivespeakers,recommendtosetas'0dBADJ’.

Connecttopowerampliﬁerincludingvolumecontrol,recommendtosetas

'0dBFixed’.

5.2PCMFilters

7conﬁgurabledigitalﬁlterswithdiﬀerentfrequencyresponsecurves,to

setﬁltersfordiﬀerenttimbre

MOD1fastroll-oﬀ,minimumphaseﬁlter(Default)

MOD2slowroll-oﬀ,minimumphaseﬁlter

MOD3fastroll-oﬀ,linearphaseﬁlter

MOD4slowroll-oﬀ,linearphaseﬁlter

MOD5brickwallﬁlter

MOD6hybrid,fastroll-oﬀ,minimumphaseﬁlter

MOD7Apodizoing,fastroll-oﬀ,linearphaseﬁlter

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Inordertoavoidmisoperation,switchingfrom0dBADJto0dBFixedrequiresa

2-stepconﬁrmation,press"〇"buttontoconﬁrm,otheroperationswillcancel

thissetting.

Lineoutputmaxvolume

Press"o"buttontoconﬁrm

(Testedat44.1kHz)

PCM Filter MOD 12

5.3DSDFilters

Setthecut-oﬀfrequencyofDSDdigitalﬁlter

47kHz（Default）,50kHz,60kHz,70kHz,AUTO

DSD Filter 47kHz3

Suggestion:

DSD64-47k,DSD128-50k,andsoon.WhenthisoptionsetstoAUTO,theDSD

ﬁlterwillbeselectedautomatically.

5.4Dither

ConﬁguretoturnON/OFFtheditherfunction,itcaneﬀectivelyreducethe

quantizingdistortion.

ON（Default）

OFF

Dither ON4

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Thefrequencyresponsecurveof7diﬀerentﬁltersareasfollow:

5.6DPLLBandwidth

SettheDPLLBandwidth

Low:LowbandwidthHigh:Highbandwidth

Normal:Standardbandwidth(Default)

DPLLBandwidth Normal6

It'srecommendedtosettheDPLLbandwidthtodefault,whenthequalityof

digitalsignalwhichoutputfromfront-enddeviceispoorandtheelementican

notlockthesignalstably,pleaseselecthighbandwidth.Thesoundquality

maybereducedinhighbandwidthmode.

5.7IIS-LVDSPortDeﬁnition

TherearetwokindsofIIS-LVDSportdeﬁnitionforoption,twodiﬀerent

deﬁnitionsasshownbellow,

TYPEA（Default）,TYPEB,TYPEC,TYPED

IIS - LVDSPort TYPE A7

Pleaseselect'TYPEA'whencollocatedwithMatrixaudioproducts.

5.8AutoSleep

Whenthereisnoinputsignalfromtheselectedchannelandnooperationfor

morethan5minutes,elementiwillentersleepmode.elementiwillnotenter

'AutoSleep'modewhen'AutoSleep'functionisoﬀ.

OFF（Default）

AutoSleep ON8

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5.5JitterEliminator

Settheinternaltime-basejittereliminationcircuitforturnONorOFF.

ON（Default）

OFF

JitterEliminator ON5

5.10NetworkType

Selectnetworkaccessmethodforelementi,whenyouselecttheoption

LAN,Wi-FiisdisabledandviceversaifyouselectWi-Fi,ethernetisdisabled.

LAN：Wirednetwork

Wi-Fi：Wirelessnetwork(Default)

Wi-Fi10NetworkType

5.11Remotecontrol

Iftherearemorethan1Matrixdeviceinthesameplace,inordertoprevent

one remote control from controlling multiple device at the same time,

elementihas5built-insetsofremotecontroladdresscodes,whichcanbe

switched under this option to achieve 'one-to-one' control between the

remotecontrolandthehost.

Remotecontrol Enter11

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9󵶳Ｏ󵶳 Button Func OUTPUT

5.9Userdeﬁnedbuttonsettings

Set the function of '〇' button on the front panel. There are 4 actions

available:

INPUT: Set 'Input Channel Select' as a shortcut, switch to next input

channelbyeverypressing

OUTPUT: Set 'OutputChannelSelect'asa shortcut,switchtonextoutput

channelbyeverypressing(Default)

FILTER: Set 'Filter Select' as a shortcut, switch to next ﬁlter by every

pressing

INFO: Set 'Product Info' as a shortcut to display hardware and software

informationoftheunit

Presstheknobtoentertheremotecontrolsettingsasshownbelow,atthis

time,youwillseethecurrentremotecontroladdresscodeonthescreen,

pressthebuttonontheremotecontrolandthescreenwilldisplaythe

correspondingname.HoldtheStandbyandFilterbuttonsontheremote

controlfor5secondsatthesametime,thescreenwilldisplayanew

addresscode,pressthe2buttonsagainwithin5secondstoswitchtothe

nextaddresscode,repeattheoperationsabovetoselecttheaddresscode,

press''or'〇'toreturntothemenupage.

Set

ADD:1

Key:Filter

5.12LoadDefault

Presstheknobinthisoption,allthesettingswillreturntodefault.

Enter12LoadDefault

Enter13Product info

Pushtheknobunderthisoption,thehardwareandsoftwareinformationwill

shownonthescreen.

5.13ProductInformation

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6.2USBstoragedevicerequirements

ŸelementicanusedevicesthatcomplywiththeUSBmassstoragestandard,but

cannotguaranteecompatibilitywithallstoragedevicesormemorycards.

ŸUSBstoragedevicessupportFAT32,exFAT,NTFSformats.

ŸIf the USB storage device is partitioned, each partition will be treated as a

separateddevice.

ŸWhen using extension cable to connect a USB storage device may result in

unstableconnection.

ŸWhenusingaUSBhubtoconnecttheUSBstoragedevicetoelementi,itmay

notworkproperly.

ŸEachUSBportsprovideupto500mAofcurrenttotheperipherals.

ŸIf USB storage device comes with a power adapter, please connect power

adaptertothestoragedevice.

CAUTION：

MatrixAudioisnotresponsiblefordataloss,modiﬁcation,orfailure

totheUSBstoragedevices.Westronglyrecommendyoubackup

thedataintheUSBstoragedevicebeforeusingitonelementi.

6.3IIS-LVDSPort

TheIISportofelementiisastandard19-pinHDMIconnector.Itusesfour

setsofLVDSdiﬀerentialsignalstotransmitIISdata.Itsupportsupto

32Bit/768kHzPCMsignalinputand1Bit/45.1MHzDSDsignalinput.ThePCM

formatisthestandardIISformat,theDSDformatsupportstheoriginalDSD

format(NativeDSD)andtheDSDformatofDoPencoding.

TheIISportofelementiiscompatiblewithTYPEA,B,CandD.Theseare4

diﬀerentinterfacedeﬁnitions,whichcanbeconﬁguredinthe8thsetting

option.

Theportdeﬁnitionasshownbellow:

TYPE A:

IISstandarddeﬁnition

IICSCL/DSD/PCM

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6.Appendix

6.1Audioﬁleformatsandsamplingratesupported

MAplayersupportsthefollowingaudioﬁleformats：

Mp3,WMA,WAV,AIF,AIFC,AIFF,AAC,FLAC,OGG,APE,ALAC,M4A,DSF,DFF

PCMsamplingratesupportupto:

PCM16/24/32Bit44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,192kHz,

352.8kHz,384kHz

DSDsamplingratesupportupto:

DSD2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz

Moreaudioﬁleformatscouldbesupportedthroughfutureﬁrmwareupdates.

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