AUNE S18 User Manual

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S18

32BIT DSD Hi-Fi数字转 盘

An intergral Hi-Fi Digital Transport

Preface

Thanks a lot for ch oo si ng S18 digital tran sp ort product made by a un e

company a nd we feel very pro ud of that. We hope S 18 could b ri ng Hi-Fi m us ic

experience and f un to y ou. You are su gg ested t o read this ma nu al first before you

could use all funct io ns of S18 properly.

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Dear customers:

This manua l boo k is made by ch lorin e-fre e b le ach ing p ape r. Suc h pro du cti on me thod reduc es

poiso nou s subst anc e to be dra ine d to wate r cha nnel an d pro tect ou r env ironm ent t hereo f.

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View of front panel and name of each part

2.8 inch display

Power indicator

Remote control receiving window

Power button

Main menu button

Up button: In playing mode, it chooses last song or fast backward;

in file browsing mode, it chooses previous one

1.7

1.8

1.9

1

Pre ss powe r suppl y butto n for two s econd s to turn o n power a nd use th e same wa y to shut o ff powe r.

NOTE

1.1 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.91.2 1.51.31.1 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.91.2

1. 1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1

1.51.3

2

2

In pl aying m ode, it e nters m aster m enu; on m enu pag e , it retu rns to pr eviou s menu.

Down button: in p la yi ng mode, it chooses n ex t song or fast

forward; in file b ro ws ing mode, it choose s ne xt one

OK/Play/Pau se : In p laying mode, it cho os es play or pause;

in file browsing mod e, i t chooses OK.

SD card socket

View of rear panel and name of each part

2. 1

2.2

2.3

IIS output

AES digital outpu t

Coaxial output

2.4

2.5

2.6

Optical outpu t

Backup WAN connection (n ot u sed temporarily )

AC input

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2.62.52.42.32.22.1

Introduction of button operation

3. 1

3. 2

3. 3

3. 4

3. 5

3. 6

MUTE

Power off

HOME

Cycle mode

Return

Number

Up

Left

Right

Play/Pause

Next

Stop

Background light

Extended function
button

Name of button

No.

Mode of file browsing

MUTE

Power off

Return to main menu

Return to previous menu

Choose previous one

Page up

Page down

OK

Choose next one

Stop playing

Turn on/off background light

Power off

Enter into main menu

Switching playing mode

Enter into catalogue/folder of songs

Choose song directly after inputting
number of song

Previous song/Fast backward

Next song/Fast forward

Play/Pause

Stop playing

Turn on/off background light

View of remote controller
and name of each part

3. 7

3. 8

3. 9

4. 1

4. 2

4. 3

4. 4

4. 5

Mode of playing

Add to favorite s wh en b rowsing songs; de le te songs in
favorites

3. 1 3. 2

3. 3

3. 4

3. 5

3. 6

3. 7

3. 8

3. 9

4. 1

4. 2

4. 3

4. 4

4. 5

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Introduction Specifications

16Bit/44.1K 1 KH Z/ 0DB Digital Jit te r：1. 2NS(P-P) TH D+ N：-98.285DB

24Bit/44.1K 1 KH Z/ 0DB Digital Jit te r：3. 8NS(P-P) TH D+ N：-137.5DB

24Bit/192K 1K HZ /0 DB Digital Jitt er：3 .4 NS(P-P) THD +N：- 138.9DB

Play function：M em or y play, sett in g of m ain menu, songs s el ec tion of playing sta te

Output：Optica l/ Co axial RCA/Coaxi al B NC/AES digital ou tp ut/IIS output

Medium：SD card (s up po rts maximum 128G)

Font：Chinese/ En gl ish/Traditional Chin es e

Size of product：2 48 X 2 11 X 60 (mm)

Weight：3. 5 (k g)

Components：Main u ni tx1/Power cable x1 /Manual x1

S18 is a pure digital tra ns port with high

pe rfo rm anc e, hig h fid eli ty and mul ti-

fo rm at. It suppo rt s as high a s 3 2Bit

musical format and DO P o utput o f DSD ,

th e core of it u se s no n- sy nchrono us

clo ck te c hno l ogy. I t is a hi fi d igi t al

transport wit h lo w di stortion.

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Operation introduction
of display interface

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.7

5.8

5.5

5.6

5.4

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44.1K 16BIT WAV

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04:08

If I Necer See

5. 1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.8

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List of songs

Length of time be in g pl ayed already

No. / To tal number of songs

Current sampl in g ra te

Cycle mode: Ran do m pl ay 、folder play 、sing le s ong play 、all cycle

Playing state o f so ng s: Play 、pause 、sto p

Length of songs

Format of songs

Display interface
Introduction of operation

Recently played songs

My favorites

System settings

Browsing songs

Recently played songs List of recently played songs

My favorites

Add favorite song to folder

Favorite song 2

If I Neccer See You

NATURE BOY

FirstWe Take Manhattan

LOST IN THE STARS

Brid On A Wire

Joan Of Arc

Open folder to display each

favorite single song

Will enter into d isplay interface by

default af te r turn on tran sp ort, an d

can sw it ch to ma in menu after pr ess

menu button.

Recently played songs

If I Neccer See You

NATURE BOY

FirstWe Take Manhattan

LOST IN THE STARS

Brid On A Wire

Joan Of Arc

My favorites

Favorite song 1

Favorite song 3

Favorite song 4

Favorite song 2

Recently played songs

My favorites

System settings

Browsing songs

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Display interface
Introduction of operation

All files

cypress661111Fan/

GEFFEN24725HELLFREEZES

FirstWe Take Manhattan

ODINCd03FAIRYTALESRAD

Brid On A Wire

Joan Of Arc

All songs

LONG DADDY GREEN

NATURE BOY

FirstWe Take Manhattan

LOST IN THE STARS

Brid On A Wire

Joan Of Arc

Browsing songs

List of all fi le s displ ay ing folde r and

each sing le s ong

List of all single songs

Songs are prese nt ed i n form of single song o r fo lder

Format of song:

WAV : 16Bit | 24B it | 32Bit - 44 .1 K / 48K / 88.2K / 9 6K / 176.4K / 1 92 K WAV + CUE

FLAC : 16Bi t | 24 Bit - 44. 1K / 4 8K / 88.2K / 96 K / 176.4K / 19 2K F LAC + CUE 0-8

Compressed Gr ad e

APE: 16Bi t/ 44.1K AP E + CU E (Fast/N ormal)
DSD Format: D SF / D SD64 - DFF /D SD64 - SACD I SO / D SD64 DoP Di gi tal Output

ALAC: 16B it /44.1 K

AAC

Browsing songs

All files

All songs

Can select all songs or files to browse

Recently played songs

My favorites

System settings

Browsing songs

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System settings

Start playing after turning on

Display settings

Language settings

Playing mode

ON

a

b

ON

OFF

系统设置

ON

All cycle

a ON：Playing stat e

b OFF：Pausing sta te

a

b

c

d

Random play

Folder

Cycle of single song

Cycle of all songs

Startin g pl ay afte r tu rning on

Playing m od e

All cycle

At playing inte rf ac e, when use remote

controller to o pe ra te, cycle mode key 3. 4

is valid for work . Ic on w ill also change

accordingly as sw it ching current pla yi ng

mode directly.

Playing i nt erfac e

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44.1K 16BIT WAV

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04:08

If I Necer See

Display interface
Introduction of operation

Start playing after turning on

Display settings

Language settings

Playing mode

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Display interface
Introduction of operation

System settings

Starting play after turning on

Display settings

Language settings

Playing settings

Display settings

Brightness adjustment

Time of background light

4

Consta

4

1-5 shifts to adjust brightness

Constant light, 5 seconds,

10 seconds, 15 seconds,

20 seconds, 30 seconds,

6 shifts for option for time

of background light.

Constant light

System settings Language settings

简体中文

繁体中文

English

Starting play after turning on

Display settings

Language settings

Playing settings

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System settings

Turn the power off automatically

Internet

System settings

System settings

System upgrading

System information

Resetting to factory settings

System settings

Tim e of t ur ni ng t he p ow er o ff

automatically

00.0

MASK:255.255.255.0

GATEWAY:192.168.1.1

IP:192.168.1.128

ON

Internet

DHCP

After connect in g wi th

internet

开

After setting t im e of s hutting-down,

system will shu t do wn a utomatically

System se tt ings

After conn ec ting wi th i nternet

After setting time of shutting-down,

system will shut down automatically

Function of int er ne t is not opened

temporarily

Display interface
Introduction of operation

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System settings

System settings

System upgrading

System information

Resetting to factory settings

System settings

System settings

System upgrading

System information

Resetting to factory settings

Confirming upgrading

After confirming upgrading,
system will restart and
automatically search for
upgrading pack to upgrade.

System settings

System settings

System upgrading

System information

Resetting to factory settings

System settings

System settings

System upgrading

System information

Resetting to factory settings

Confirming initialization

After confirming initialization,
system will restart and reset
to factory settings.

Resetti ng t o facto ry s ettings Confirmi ng i nitia li zation

System up gr ading Confirmi ng u pgrad in g

Display interface
Introduction of operation

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System settings

System settings

System upgrading

System information

Resetting factory settings

System settings

Hardware version：1.00

Total space：3.6GB

Used space：0.3GB

Copyright reserved by：aune

After confirmi ng u pg rading,

system will res ta rt a nd

automatical ly s ea rch for

upgrading pack to u pg rade.

Display interface
Introduction of operation

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Operation introduction

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Application of digital
transport

DIGITAL

COAXIAL

Connect the digital output(AES/OPT/COAX)

of S18 with the digital input (AES/OPT/COAX)

of DAC directly when playing, then DAC could

bring out beautiful music.

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Notes

1 . When turn off t ra nsport, pls pre ss t he p ower button on fr on t pa nel first, then pres s th e

main power swit ch o n ba ck panel. If turn off the main power s wi tc h directly, tr an sport would

lost the previo us s et tings.

2 . During updating , po wer is forbidden to s hu t down.

3 . Internet conn ec ti on is backup connec ti on and not opened to us er s temporarily.

a . As per usage conn ec ti ng transport toge th er with PC, pls refer t o gu idance of service a nd

support on aune w eb si te.

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Using Q/A

1. As per mode of pla yi ng

It has 4 types acco rd in g to position of play in g

1) P la yi ng all songs
From browsing s on gs ->all songs, it wil l sw itch to this mode aft er s electing songs fo r pl ay ing.
Characteris ti cs o f mode: Play all song s in S D card.

2) P la yi ng songs in file folde r
From browsing s on gs ->all songs, it wil l sw itch to this mode aft er s electing for play in g.
Characteris ti cs o f mode: Play songs in s el ected file folder.

3) P la yi ng songs in favorit es
From my favorit es -> my favorite son g, i t wi ll switch to this mod e af ter selecting son gs f or playing

4) P la yi ng songs that have be en p layed recently
In recently pla yi ng m ode, it will switch t o th is mode after selec ti ng songs for playin g.

Note: In this mod e, o nl y songs have been pla ye d recently in list co ul d be played.

2. As per favorite s

Favorites, na me ly p laying list, has 4 li st s at present. When so ng s are put into favori te s, they could be
saved and added t o ac co rding list. Songs a dd ed to favorites cou ld b e played in mode 1 and mo de 2 .
The whole f ol de r could be added to p la yi ng list in mode 2.

Note:
Same songs coul d be a dd ed to favorites rep ea tedly, at pres en t, they will not be scr ee ned out.

Delete songs in f av or ites:
From my favorit es -> my favorite songs , en ter into accordin g pl aying list, press m ul ti -function but to n to
delete. The re w ill be no tips as do su ch o pe ration.

Number of songs c ou ld b e added to favorite s:
At present 800 son gs c ou ld be added to each pla yi ng list.

3. As per save sett in gs

Tur nt able supports t o save settings w it hout power on . C onsidering li fe ti me of flash insi de , save would

only w or k as using re mo te contr ol ler and button on fro nt panel at pre se nt , and save wo uld not valid w hen

shut down power dir ec tly.
In addition, when turn off turntable using remot e co nt roller or button on front panel . Pl s no t sh ut d own

main power until ba ck ground light is off. This is m en ti oned in manual and re mi nd user again here.

4. As per CUE

S18 supports fla c/ ap e/wav associate d wi th CUE file, but a few iss ue s below must be paid at te nt ion to:

1) O ne f ol der could only be put i nt o one CUE file. After ent er ing into folder, eac h so ng c ould be seen
directly.

2) A t pr es ent, CUE only suppo rt s ASCII format and wil l op en UTF-8 format to us er l ater. If normal
display can not b e ob ta ined, pls use noteb oo k of windows to open CU E fil e and save as ASCII form at .

3) F la c fil e either has no SEEK re gi ster or a far distanc e be tween start-and -e nd p oint.
Compared with AP E, WAV, s tart-and-end ti me p oint of CUE file will be f ar ther. If requires a hi gh
performance , pl s co nvert into WAV or A PE because APE and WAV do no t ha ve such problem. La te r
algorithm wou ld b e op timized as much as po ss ible.

5. As per SACDISO fi le

1) S 18 s up ports ISO file with DS D6 4 format. If S18 can no t pl ay it, pls use footba r to o pen it and check its
property is DSD 64 o r no t.

2) S AC D IS O and CUE display ali ke , they display name o f ea ch song directly. One folder is only al lo we d
to put into one ISO fi le a nd fi le type will be shown o n in terface of playin g.

6. As per layer of fo ld er a nd length of file name

1) T he m ax imum layer of file fol de r S18 could support i s no m ore than 7. Otherwi se t he y will be filtered
out. So pls not exc ee d th is figure to play song s.

2) T he m ax imum length of file na me i s no more than 100 char ac ters. If it is Chines e ch ar acter, it should
be less than 50. Ot he rw ise, they can not be re co gnized.

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7. As per SD card

At present S18 only suppor ts FAT32 format. Format of 64G and 12 8G car d are exFAT b y default and

windows does not sup po rt to in itialize 64G card or ab ov e w it h FAT32 format, it ne ed s t he third software,

for example, Di sk Ge nius to do this.

8. As per CUE

Because S18 use s si ng le chip and has limit ed s peed, so at present , S1 8 co uld support fas t an d no rmal
compressed gr ad e on ly. It will su pp or t high compressed g ra de later after opti mi zing.

9. As per upgradi ng

1) N or ma l upgrading
Menu: System sett in g- >upgrade (At pres en t on the 2nd page from the bo tt om, it can page up) wait un it

to restart af te r confirming a nd enter into up gr ading picture. On upgrading pi ct ure press UP to confirm

upgrading and pre ss D OWN to cancel upgra de . It will start autom at ically after finis hi ng u pgrading.

2) U pg ra ding with combina ti on key
In case power is off during normal u pg ra ding or unit can not st ar t after upgrading , pl s enter into
upgrading int er fa ce as following met ho d:
Turn off uni t fir st, then press powe r an d me nu button on the fr on t pa nel at same time. After power an d
background li gh t ar e on, release the but to n. The othe r st ep s of upgrading are sa me a s normal
upgrading. Aft er u pg rading is finished , un it enter into stand by p icture.

3) D el et ing settings by for ce ( including favor it es/recently pla ye d co ntents)
Turn off uni t fir st, then press BACK +D OW N to power on. Rele as e th e button after 2 se co nd s and start
unit again. A t this time all set ti ng s have been cleared o ff. At first time d oi ng s uch operation and t ur n off
unit, it needs 20 -3 0 se conds to initiali ze f avorite folder. Pl s sh ut down power only af te r tu rn off unit
and wait until ba ck gr ound light is out. Su ch o peration is like cl ea ring CMOS, when som e fa il ures
come nowhere.

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