BRYSTON BDP-3 17 silver, BDP-3 17 black BDP-3_MANUAL.pdf

BDP-3 Digital Music Player

Owner’s Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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Table of Contents

General.........................................................4

Welcome ..................................................4

Features ...................................................4

Power Considerations ............................. 4

Firmware Updates ...................................4

Display Brightness & Auto Shuto .......... 5

Connecting To Your System ........................5

Audio Connection ....................................5

Local Storage Connection .......................5

Network Connection ............................... 5

Wireless Bridge ........................................ 6

Control ......................................................... 6

Web User Interface .................................. 6

iOS .........................................................6

Android ....................................................7

Fixed IP address ......................................7

Soware Introduction ................................. 8

Media Player ............................................ 8

Now Playing ............................................. 8

Stored Playlists ........................................ 9

Alternate Views ........................................9

Adding Music to Library ..........................9

Alternative Playback Services ...................10

TIDAL ...................................................... 10

bRadio ....................................................10

Roon Ready ............................................10

Shairport Sync ....................................... 11

uPnP / DLNA ..........................................11

Squeezeslave / Squeezelite ..................11

MPD .......................................................11

Dimensions ................................................ 11

Front Panel ................................................12

Rear Panel .................................................. 13

Front Panel Menu Navigation ...................14

Error Codes ................................................ 14

General

Welcome

Thank you for your purchase of a Bryston BDP-3
digital music player! We have designed this unit to
provide the highest quality bit-perfect playback of

all of your digital music les. Decades of research

and development in high quality sound have
produced what we believe is our best quality digital

audio player yet.

A Quick Start Guide has been provided to help

you setup and play music right away. This manual

provides a technical reference for hardware, setup,

interconnectivity, warranty, and safety. Bryston

stands committed to ongoing improvement and

soware development. For that reason, we have
separated the Firmware User’s Manual in which
you’ll nd detailed information on day to day use
from this document. See support.bryston.com for
the most current edition.

Again, thank you for choosing Bryston.

• IR Remote control such as Bryston’s BR-2 or

other universal remote controls

• RS-232 2-way control

• Interconnectivity with USB Class 2.0 digital to

analog converters including those that support

DSD over PCM (DoP)

• Extensive compatibility with dierent music
le formats. See current rmware manual for
details.

• User upgradeable rmware

• Remote 12 Volt On/O trigger (IN & OUT) via

3.5mm / 2 conductor phono jacks

• Compatible with USB hard disk, and solid-state
storage media as well as network attached

storage.

• Optional internal SSD - factory or user installable

• Compatible with Network Attached Storage
located music libraries

Features

Extensive technical research and development
has been undertaken to ensure the highest quality

playback and durability of your BDP-3. The following
details describe some of these features.

• Linear power supply for audio processing

circuitry.

• A separate power supply for microprocessors

and for maintaining standby mode.

• Five USB 2.0 (backwards compatible with USB

1.1 and 1.0 specications) ports.

• Three high speed USB 3.0 ports (backwards
compatible).

• Wide variety of control options including:

• Front panel push button controls

• Responsive web interface compatible with

iOS, Android, Macintosh, and windows
devices

• Third party app compatibility with diverse

• Congurable as a Roon Ready endpoint.

Cosmetic unity with other Bryston products.

Power Considerations

In general, if your BDP-3 has a three prong grounded
line cord, you can reduce the possibility of local
ground loops which could cause hum or noise in the
system by plugging its line cord into the same wall
outlet next to the power amp and other equipment

in your system.

Firmware Updates

BDP-3 rmware updates will periodically become
available from Bryston. Upon availability, the
Dashboard on the web interface will notify you. To
identify which version of rmware you are currently

running, you may either use the front panel, or the

web interface. To determine the current version of
the rmware from the front panel, press the up

and le buttons to return to the home screen.
Then press the up button.

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The example indicates that the rmware version is
S2.32 2017-02-01.

PCM DSD

192 / 24 384 / 32 DSD-64 DSD-128 DSD-256

S/PDIF

AES/EBU

HDMI

USB

Audio Connection

Prior to powering your BDP-3 on, connect your

BDP-3 to your DAC using your choice of digital
interconnect or USB cable.

To discover your current rmware version from

the Bryston Web Interface, please consult your

Firmware User’s Manual.

Display Brightness & Auto Shutoff

Your BDP-3 is equipped with a very high quality

VFD dot-matrix display designed to operate without
fail for many years. To adjust its brightness and
congure its automatic shuto feature, press and

in rapid succession by sliding your nger across

them.

Use the up and down buttons to switch
between setting the brightness (from 1 to 4) and the
time delay (from always ON, 10 seconds, 1 minute,

5 minutes, OFF) using the le and right buttons.

The menu will disappear approximately 10 seconds

aer the last button press and settings will be saved.

Connecting To Your System

The BDP-3 is designed for the explicit purposes
of playing back your digital music library in a bit-

perfect manner. It receives music from your library

stored on a locally or network connected disk and
outputs bit-perfect digital audio to a compatible

DAC. Thus, the minimum hookup requirements
include attaching a music storage device and a DAC
such as the BDA3 to the BDP-3.

Local Storage Connection

Your BDP-3 can accept most USB storage media

including thumb drives, bus-powered hard drives,

and self-powered hard drives. USB 3.0 ports are
preferred when connecting USB 3.0 drives for the
speed advantage when updating your library.
Otherwise, USB 2.0 drives are compatible with all
USB storage media.

The BDP-3 also includes an internal wiring harness

which can accept an internal 2.5 inch SSD or hard
drive.

The preferred disk format for internal or USB
attached media is exFAT. FAT32, NTFS and EXT3 are
supported as well. HFS+ (the default format for Mac
computers) is not fully supported.

Network Connection

Your BDP-3 features a single gigabit ethernet
port designed to connect to your home network
router to facilitate control via portable devices or
computer, to obtain an internet connection useful
for streaming Tidal or internet radio, downloading

rmware updates, and if needed, permit Bryston

support personnel to access the unit via service

mode upon your request.

Use a CAT-5e, or better patch cable to connect your

BDP-3 to an available ethernet port in your room or

directly to your home router.

Successful network connection will be indicated

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by green and amber LEDs lighting on the BDP-3
ethernet port, and by assignment of an IP address

by the router. View the IP address on the front panel
by pressing the Down key. Your IP Address begins
aer eth0

You can use this IP address to access the Bryston
Web Interface from any web-enabled device on

the same local network as the BDP-3. Enter the
IP address in your web browser’s address bar.
Any device running the Bonjour service will also
respond to the URL http://bryston-bdp-3.local

All Macintosh computers and iOS have this service

built in. Windows computers can run this service
once downloaded from the Apple website. Android
devices do not currently support Bonjour and must
use the numerical IP address.

Control

Your BDP-3 is designed to be controlled primarily
using a portable web-enabled device like a tablet

or smartphone. You may also control it from a
computer. Some front panel controls are also
provided. Though you could control the unit
entirely from the front panel, you will quickly nd

that library navigation is much simpler using a web

enabled device. Basic transport controls are also
available on the optional BR-2 IR remote control.

Web User Interface

Instead of providing an app to download from an

app store, Bryston includes a “web app” which

is accessible from any Android, iOS, or most
other modern web enabled portable tablet or

smartphone. Use the web browser on your device
(usually Chrome on Android, Safari on iOS) to
access the webUI. Bryston has a convenient web­application useful for linking to your BDP-3. To nd
all BDPs running current rmware on your network,

use a web browser and navigate to
http://my.bryston.com then tap or click the link to

your BDP-3 Dashboard.

Since virtually all modern routers assign IP
addresses to client devices, this IP address may

periodically change which can be a nuisance.
To x your BDP-3’s IP address, either invoke the
DHCP reservation function in your router, or simply
set a Static IP address in Bryston Web Interface.

Instructions on how to do so are located in the

Firmware User’s Manual.

Wireless Bridge

If you do not have easy access to an ethernet
connection in your listening room, you may

purchase an aer-market “wireless bridge” or

powerline ethernet bridge from most computer

electronics stores. Contact Bryston for further
information as needed.

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iOS

Many customers prefer using an iPad or iPad mini

as a remote control for the BDP. Open Safari. Use
my.bryston.com or navigate directly to http://
bryston-bdp-3.local which brings up the Dashboard

- the home page of the Bryston WebUI. You can then

add the page as an icon on your home screen to

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access it just like an app by pressing the button,
the pressing Add to Home Screen. Your home

screen will then have a new Bryston icon which

can be used to open the WebUI.

Android

Android clients may also use a web browser to

access the WebUI via my.bryston.com or directly by

entering the numerical IP address in the address

bar of your browser of choice. The IP address is
assigned by the router. Save a shortcut on the home

screen by tapping the 3 vertical dots in the upper
right corner of your browser window and selecting

“Add to Home screen”.

your BDP to a static IP address by clicking Network
Interfaces under settings. Then click Wired (eth0).
You can change IP assignment from DHCP to Static.
Note that it is prudent to choose a static IP address
that is outside the range of DHCP reservation set
in the router. Some routers are tolerant of static
IP addresses within the DHCP range, but a router

can inadvertently assign the intended static IP
to another device unless you choose an address

outside the DHCP range.

DHCP Reservation in Router: Instead of setting a

static IP from within the BDP’s settings menu, you
may choose to use a DHCP reservation rule within
your router’s settings to ensure that the router
always assigns the same address to the BDP. Please
consult your specic router user documentation to
learn how.

Fixed IP address

If your router periodically changes the IP address

of your BDP, you have two options for xing the IP
address.

Setting Static IP: Use the BDP WebUI menu to set

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Software Introduction

At the time of writing, the current rmware on your
BDP-3 is a version we call Manic Moose. Manic
Moose describes the Bryston engineered rmware
running including our user interface. Unlike many

other products, the BDP can be operated entirely
within the web browser of a portable controller
such as an iPhone, iPad, Android device, desktop

or laptop computer. As such, there is no need to
download an app. On all devices, simply open the

web browser on your device and enter the following
address:

http://my.bryston.com

Then click the link that corresponds to your BDP-3

You will see the "Dashboard" for your player.

Media Player

Clicking or tapping Media Player from the

Dashboard takes you to the Media Player where

you will spend the most time enjoying your music.
Note that our web application is fully responsive

and re-orients itself depending on landscape or

portrait orientation of your device. For brevity,
illustrations below are for landscape orientation.

The Dashboard provides access to a variety of
settings, technical player information, system

notications, and most importantly, media. Media

Player is used to access your personal music library

stored on an NAS or USB attached drive. bRadio is

an internet radio directory, and Applications allows

access to Tidal online streaming service.

Within the scope of this brief introduction, we shall

explore Media Player. Please visit
support.bryston.com/downloads to access
the Manic Moose User Manual for an indepth
exploration of all features built into Manic Moose.

The Media Player can be understood by recognizing

four distinct areas: Transport Control (the horizontal
header), and the three vertical columns beneath it.
Le to right, they are the Now Playing area which
is your current queue, Current Track which shows

album art, artist, song title, album name, and
resolution for the currently playing song, and Add

Files which provides hierarchical access to your
music library.

Now Playing

To play music, add music from your library to the

queue. You can browse your music sorted into
folders just like it is organized on your drive, or by

select metadata tags such as artist name or album

name.

You can add entire artist collections, single albums,
single tracks or a combination thereof to the cue to

form a playlist. Simply click or tap the + icon beside
any eld, folder, or track name to add that item and
all music contained beneath it to the queue. The

illustration above shows 9 tracks from an album in

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the queue.

Once tracks are placed into the Now Playing

queue, they can be reordered or removed from

the queue entirely. Click or tap-and-hold the track

number then drag it into the desired position in the

queue to reorder or onto the Now Playing area to
remove. To clear the entire playlist, click or tap the
Clear instruction beneath the track timeline in the
Transport Control area.

Stored Playlists

Store any Now Playing queue for future
recall by clicking SAVE in the Now Playing
area. Title the playlist and click Save.

Alternate Views

Clicking brings up the Song View which
displays a table of information for songs in the

current queue.

Clicking brings up the Artist View which lists
artists down the narrow le column. Clicking on any
artist displays albums by that artist.

Recall saved
playlists by
clicking Playlists

in the Add Files
area.

Adding Music to Library

The BDP-3 shares any USB attached media over

the local network by default allowing users to
move music onto the BDP-3's attached media over

the network. Mac and PC computers will nd the
BDP-3 under Network in Finder and File Explorer
respectively. Click on the share, login with bryston
as both the login and password. You may now copy
music to the drive.

The BDP-3 will not automatically recognize new

les added to the drive. Re-index the music drive by
clicking or tapping the Update text in the Transport
Control area. Update will appear in blue during the

re-indexing process and will return to white when

done.

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Alternative Playback Services

The powerful BDP-3 can not only play music from
your personal collection, but can also play music

from a variety of other sources and services.

TIDAL

TIDAL is a lossless quality streaming service

available with a monthly subscription. To access,
from the Dashboard, click Applications, then TIDAL.

Login using the login name and password you

chose when you setup your TIDAL account.

The interface works best with a tablet or computer

monitor oriented horizontally. It is not currently
optimized for mobile phones.

If your BDP is connected to a DAC via USB, you may
need to adjust the settings on the TIDAL interface

to correctly indicate that it should play through that

DAC. You can also adjust the audio quality. When
lossless is selected, the HIFI logo in the lower le

corner of the screen will glow teal when lossless

music is playing.

Roon Ready

Roon is a highly intuitive and graphically rich
lossless bit perfect music playback system for which

Bryston makes compatible players. You must have
Roon Core installed on a host computer on your
home network. See more about how Roon works
https://roonlabs.com/howroonworks.html

To enable your BDP-3 to be a Roon Ready endpoint,
simply change the Playback Method to Roon using

the dropdown menu on the dashboard.

bRadio

An internet radio interface is built in to facilitate
playback of radio stations included in the Shoutcast

directory in addition to custom URLs. Use the genre

and subgenre dropdown menus to browse radio

stations based on interest. Or, use the white text
entry box to search for stations. The text entry box

can also be used to insert custom internet radio

URLs found online. Playable links will end in .m3u,
.mp3, or .pls. There is limited support for using
radio station URLs that do not end with a playable
extension. When pasting generic URLs like www.
kexp.org, the BDP will attempt to nd playable

links and add all such links found to the playlist

automatically.

From within the Roon remote control app, enable
the BDP-3 as an audio device. Name the zone
however you like.

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11.25 in.

2.75 in.

Advanced Roon settings can be found from the BDP-

3’s Services menu accessed from the Dashboard.
Click Roon Ready, then Advanced.

Shairport Sync

The BDP-3 includes a plugin that allows Apple
devices to transmit audio to the BDP-3 using the

Airplay protocol. Note that the BDP-3 is not Airplay
certied, but uses third party soware to achieve
this feature.

From the Dashboard, click the Playback Method
dropdown menu and choose Shairport Sync. Aer a

few seconds, the BDP-3 should show up as an audio

output option on iOS and Apple devices.

DLNA Client makes another devices shared library

available in Media Player

DLNA Renderer allows a DLNA client to stream
music from a DLNA server to the BDP.

Squeezeslave / Squeezelite

These two services enable the BDP-3 to emulate
audio outputs compatible with legacy Squeezebox

systems by Logitech.

MPD

MPD is the default music playback application
used by the BDP-3 and must be enabled for normal
operation unless one of the above applications is

being used instead. If one of the above mentioned
audio services (except bRadio and TIDAL) are being
used, MPD is automatically switched o. Once MPD
is switched back on, the other service is turned o.

Dimensions

Weight 6.4kg | 14 lbs

Dimensions Inches: 17 or 19 W x 2.75 H x 11.25 D

Cm: 43. or 48.3 W x 7 H x 28.6 D

Power

Consumption

at 120V/60Hz

Standby:

Typical use:

Maximum:

0.5W
35W
40W

Shairport Sync is a great solution for streaming

audio from otherwise unsupported services.

Compatibility with all devices, iOS and MacOS
versions is not guaranteed.

uPnP / DLNA

The BDP-3 can implement all 3 major functions
common to the uPnP and DLNA standard. They
are disabled by default. Enable them through the
services menu.

DLNA Server publishes your BDP-3’s music library as
a DLNA share accessible by other DLNA devices on

the same network

17 or 19 in.

2.75 in.

11.25 in.

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Front Panel

1 2 3 4 58

1. Infrared Sensor:

Receives control signals from IR remote controls
such as the Bryston BR-2 to control basic

transport operations (play, pause, next, etc.)

2. Dot Matrix VFD Display:

Provides basic visual feedback when navigating

menu or playing back music.

3. Navigation Keys:

Up , Down , Le , and Right . Use the
Up and Down keys to step through a list of
connected USB storage devices (thumb drives,
hard drives) and to scroll through menus and
options. Use Right and Le keys to select

options and step backwards through the

hierarchy respectively. See “Front Panel Menu
Navigation” on page 14 for the full menu tree.

When using these keys to initiate playback, the

Right key will open selected folders identied by

a icon and will Play the selected track when

a le identied by the  icon is selected. Press

the Play button when a drive, folder or playlist is

selected to play all les contained within.

4. Transport Function Keys:

Play, Pause, Stop, Previous, and Next function

in essentially the same manner as they would

on a CD player. Next and Previous skip ahead

or behind the currently queued track in the
playlist.
Transport keys control the currently selected

audio service. If you are using MPD to listen to

music stored on an attached hard drive, SSD,

or NAS, the transport controls will control MPD.

If you are listening to Tidal or Roon, transport

controls will control those features. They are not
currently enabled for tertiary features like DLNA
Renderer, Shairport-Sync (an Airplay emulator)
or Squeezelite (a Squeezebox emulator).

5. Power Button & LED Indicator:

When the LED above the power switch is lit red,

the unit is in standby. When it is green, the unit
is fully powered up. If your unit is equipped with

an optional blue/red LED, blue represents the

power on state.

6. RS232:

For connecting hard-wired control systems like
AMX, Crestron, Savant, etc. See Firmware User’s
Manual to enable.

7. VGA:

Analog connection to video monitor or TV.
Currently this is not enabled.

8. Ethernet Input

Connect your BDP-3 to your home network
using CAT5e or better cable using this port. The

network connection can operate at speeds up to

1 gigabit per second.

9. USB Ports:

The BDP-3 features 8 USB ports occupying two
separate buses. Ports marked by numeral 8 in
the diagrams above operate on a joint bus, and

the two ports marked by numeral 9 are on a

separate bus. Ports marked with an are
USB 3.0 and will oer much greater speed when

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RS232

VGA

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7 10 11 12 14139

ETHERNET

USB 3.0

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Rear Panel

connected to USB 3.0 specied drives. Note that
by denition, USB is bi-directional so any USB
port can function as an input (to receive a drive
containing music les) or an output (to feed a
compatible USB DAC.

10. Bus 2 USB Ports:

The BDP-3 includes two USB 3.0 ports on

a separate hardware bus from the other 6

ports. That these two ports are on a separate

hardware bus from the other ports is useful for

those who wish to use a Streamlength USB DAC
(Wavelength, Ayre, Berkeley, et. al). Such DACs

require that they are the only device on the

entire USB bus, so those wishing to use such
DACs are advised to use one bus for the DAC and
the other bus for connecting USB media.

USB 3.0 BUS 2

AES/EBUS/PDIF

IN OUT

BD -3P D IGITAL M USIC PLAYER

MADE IN

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTUSB 2.0USB 2.0 HDMI

TRIGGER

FABRIQUE AU ONTARIO

CANADA

PETERBOROUGH

IEC 320-C14

POWER INLET

conductor phone jacks for implementing a
remote power On/O function. Supplying a
DC control voltage between 3 and 12 volts (at
greater than or equal to 1mA) to the Trigger
IN port will allow you to remotely power your
BDP-1 on or o. The control voltage is applied to
the IN port will be routed to the OUT connector
via an isolated relay aer the BDP-3 has fully
powered up. The remote trigger input takes

precedence over the front panel push-button

switch. When a valid control voltage is present
at the IN port, the unit cannot be powered o.

13. Data Plate:

This label provides the unit’s exact model

number, serial number, electrical rating and

date of manufacture. Do not remove.

11. Digital Audio Out

Two digital audio outputs (AES/EBU and S/
PDIF) are available to connect the BDP-3 to
your choice of DAC. Both are exceptionally

high quality transformer coupled outputs with

exceptionally low jitter. Which sounds better
depends largely on your DAC. Note that DSD is
not supported through these outputs. To pass
DSD, you must use a DSD compatible USB DAC.

The S/PDIF output requires a 75Ω BNC

terminated digital audio interconnect on the

BDP-3 end. The AES/EBU output requires a 110Ω
XLR-3 terminated digital audio interconnect.

12. Remote Power ON/OFF Trigger:

The BDP-3 is equipped with two 3.5mm two

14. IEC Power Inlet:

The IEC -320 C14 power inlet accepts IEC-320
C13 equipped power cords such as the unit
provided. Use only appropriate power cords
that have been approved for your region.

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Front Panel Menu Navigation

Pressing the up arrow

and le arrow in quick

succession brings up a
menu that allows for the

following adjustments:

Display Brightness: 1-4

Display Timeout: 10

seconds to never.

IR Address: 1-7 (for

controlling multiple

devices)

Device ID: 6-BR2 Control,

9-future IR remote control

Error Codes

Your BDP-3 may display an error code in certain power line disruption events or if there is a problem booting.
The following is a brief description of each.

ERROR 03

ERROR 04

ERROR 05

ERROR 09

Microprocessor does not detect voltage on main Analog Power Supply perhaps due to blown fuse faulty power

supply wiring harness. BEFORE INVESTIGATING POWER SUPPLY ISSUES, DISCONNECT MAINS POWER FROM UNIT!

AC Line voltage has momentarily sagged below threshold suicient to maintain power to main board. Minimum
line voltage specs for 120V and 240V units are approximately 100V and 190V respectively. Simply rebooting the unit
will clear this error presuming the faulty AC mains condition no longer exists.

AC Line voltage has momentarily exceeded the high threshold the power supply can tolerate. Maximum line
voltage specs for 120V and 240V units are approximately 128V and 254V respectively. Simply rebooting the unit will
clear this error presuming the faulty AC mains condition no longer exists.

This message occurs if the microprocessor doesn’t receive a response from the main board running the main
operating system. This can happen if the rmware on the built-in ash card becomes corrupted, if the BDP is

mistakenly trying to boot from an attached drive, or in rare instances, if the serial cable connecting the main board

to the power supply is loose.

If the error occurs aer a power failure, failed rmware upgrade, or other major system disruption, contact Bryston
for information on how to re-ash your BDP-3’s internal CF card. If the error occurs upon the rst boot sequence
aer connecting a new USB drive, try removing the drive and restarting again. If it boots with no problem, contact
Bryston for instructions on resolving the problem with your drive.

If neither of these work, contact Bryston for instructions on how to verify the integrity of the internal serial cable.

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BDP-3 High Resolution DIgital Music Player

system storage

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