Matrix Audio ELEMENT M User guide

Brand: Matrix Audio

Model: ELEMENT M

Category: Digital audio streamers

Type: User guide

Matrix Audio ELEMENT M is a versatile audiophile streamer that combines exceptional sound quality with a wide range of features for the ultimate music experience. With its high-resolution audio support, including PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz and DSD up to DSD256, you can enjoy your music library in stunning detail. Stream music wirelessly via AirPlay, DLNA, or Spotify Connect, or connect directly to your network via Ethernet for a stable connection.

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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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Output

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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USB

COAX OPT IISLVDS

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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.

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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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