Matrix Audio Mini-i Pro 4 User guide

Music Streamer

User Manual

Catalog

Packinglist.....................................................................01

Partsandnames ................................................................02

Top...................................................................................02

Front.................................................................................02

LCDScreen.............................................................................02

Rear..................................................................................03

Remotecontrol..........................................................................04

Operationsbeforeusing............................................................05

Connecttonetwork.......................................................................05

MARemoteApp..........................................................................05

DriverforUSBAudio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06

Appendix.......................................................................08

Technicalspecifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08

Powerspecifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

Otherspecifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

AboutMQA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

AboutRoonReady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

AboutSpotify. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Packing list

Product

Powercable

Remotecontrol

Quickstartguide,warrantycard

01

Parts and names

Top

1

1

Poweron/Standby

Afterconnectingtothepowersupply,pressthisbuttontoturnontheunit,

holdthebuttonfortwosecondstostandby.Ittakesabout30secondsforthe

firststartupafterconnectingtothepowersupplyeachtime.

Whenthedeviceisworking,pressthisbuttontomute,pressagaintounmute.

Front

1

Headphonejack

The6.35mmheadphonejackisforsingle-endedheadphones,the4.4mm

headphonejackisforbalancedheadphones.

2

LCDscreen

3

Volumekey

Taponthearrowkeystochangethevolumestepbystep.

Holdthearrowkeysformorethantwosecondstochangethevolumerapidly.

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2

LCDscreen

Maininformation

Mediaandaudioinformation

1

Includingalbumart,tracktitle,artist,duration,audioformat,samplingrateofthetrack

andthefiltertypebeingused.

2

Inputchannel

Thenameofselectedinputchannel.

3

Statusbar

Includingstatusofclockandnetworkconnection.

Outputchannelandvolume

4

Theselectedoutputchannelandvolumelevel.

Operationoftouchscreen

Swiperighttoopentheshortcutpage.

Swipelefttoopenthemenu.

02

Parts and names

Rear

1

1

ACinput

ThisunitadaptstoAC100-240Vpowervoltagerange.Pleasemakesuretousethe

productinthepowervoltagerangementionedabove.

Pleaseusethepowercablewhichincludesanearthwire.Pleaseensureyouhaveareliableearthwire



connection.Otherwise,thecasingoftheunitmayhaveaslightlychargedtouch.Ifyouneedtheunitto

beturnedoffcompletely,pleaseunplugthepowercable.

2

Ethernet

ConnecttoLANportofthenetworkrouter,theconnectionsupportsuptoGigabit

Ethernettransmission.

3

USBTypeC

ConnecttoUSBstoragedeviceswhichrequiresnothigherthan5V/1Apowersupply.

4

USBAudio

Connecttocomputers,smartphonesandtabletsasexternalaudiosourcedevices

throughUSB-Bcables.

3

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6

5

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5

Resetbutton

Onlyusethisbuttonwhenthedeviceworksincorrectly,thedevicecanberesetto

factorystate.PleaseoperateundertheinstructionsbyserviceteamfromMatrixAudio.

6

HDMIARC

ConnecttoTVswithARC(AudioReturnChannel)functionalitiesthroughHDMIcables.

7

Optical&Coaxialinput

Connecttofront-enddeviceswithS/PDIFsignaloutputsthroughopticalor

coaxialcables.

8

Analoginput

ConnecttovinylturntablesordeviceswithanalogoutputsthroughRCAcables.

9

Analogoutput

ConnecttoactivespeakersoramplifiersthroughRCAorXLRcables.

03

Parts and names

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

CR2032

Remotecontrol

1

Poweron/Standby

2

Volume

3

Mute/Unmute

4

Playbackcontrolarea

5

Dimmer

6

Programmablebutton

7

Inputchannels

TheremotecontrolusesaCR2032battery.Slidethebatterycoverinthedirection

ofthearrowtoopenthebatteryholder.Pleasepayattentiontothepolarities

wheninstallingthebattery.

1

2

3

4

Presstomute,pressagaintounmute.Youalsocanunmute

bypressingthe/buttonsinmutestate.

Whentheinputchannelsupports,theplaybackcanbecontrolled

bythesebuttons.

Definethefunctionalitiesoftheprogrammablebuttonthrough

MARemoteApp,thefunctionissetto'Filter'bydefault.

5

6

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7

Removethebattery

123

Pointtheremotecontroltothedevicewhenusingit,theoperatingdistanceisabout8meters.

Whenthebatteryislow,therewillbeamessageshowingonthedevicedisplaytonotifyyou

aboutreplacingthebattery.

IftherearemorethanoneMatrixAudiodeviceinasingleenvironment,inordertoprevent1

remotecontrolfromcontrollingmultipledevicesatthesametime,wepreset5sets of

addresscodesintheremotecontrol,theseaddresscodescanbeconfiguredintheSettings

menushowingbelow,andfollowtheinstructionsonthedevicedisplay.

04

Operations before using

TocontrolandconfigurethedevicethroughMARemoteApp,or

playbackstreamingmusicfromtheelementdevices,pleasereferto

www.matrix-digi.com/tutorialsforinstructions.

Connecttonetwork

LAN

ConnecttheproducttotheLANportofthenetworkrouterthroughanEthernet

cable.ItisrecommendedtosetuptherouterasaDHCPserver.Theunitwill

beassigned anIPaddressautomatically.Select"LAN"inoptionNetwork

inSettingsmenu,afterjoiningthenetwork,therewillbeashownin

thestatusbar.

Wi-Fi

EnterSettingsmenu-Network-Wi-Fi,afternetworkscanningcomplete,choose

theSSIDofyournetworkandenterthepasswords,therewillbea

showninthestatusbarafterconnected.Thedevicesupports2.4GHz/5GHz

wirelessnetwork.

WhentheconnectionhasnoInternetaccess,therewillbeainthestatusbar.

MARemoteApp

InstallMARemoteAppforyouriPad,iPhoneorAndroidphone.

Opentheapp,itwillautomaticallysearchforthedeviceandenterthehomepage

afterthedeviceisadded.

Ifyouneedtoaddthedevicemanually,youcanfollowthepromptsintheapp

wizardandscanthehostQRcodetoadditmanually.

PleasemakesurethedeviceandyourphoneoriPadinthesamenetworkbeforeconnection.

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Operations before using

DriverforUSBAudio

WhenconnectingthedevicetoaWindows7/8/10/11computerviaUSB

connectionasanexternalaudiodevice,pleaseinstalldriversasfollowing

instructions:

1.Double-clickthedriverinstallationpackageandclick"Next".

2.Selectinstallationpathandclick"Install".

3.Click"Next"aftertheinstallationiscomplete.

4.Click"Finish"toclosetheSetupWizard.

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Operations before using

It’snoneedtoinstalldriversformacOS,justselect“mini-iSeries”astheaudio

outputdeviceinSoundPreferences.

ThedevicecanbeconnectedtoaniPhoneoriPadviaaLightningtoUSB

CameraAdapter.

ThedevicecanbeconnectedtoAndroiddevicesviaanOTGadapter,butnot

everyAndroiddevicesarecompatiblewiththedeviceviaOTGconnection.

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Technicalspecifications

HardwarePlatform

CPU： QuadCortex-A552.0GHz

D/AChip：ES9039Q2M

DigitalInput

COAXIAL&OPTICAL

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,192kHz

DSD 2.8MHz(DoP)

HDMIARC

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,192kHz

USBAudio

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHz,705.6kHz,768kHz

MQA 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHzMQAorMQAStudiostream

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz(DoP)

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz,22.4MHz(Native)

AuxInput

SNR:100dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.0035%@1k,<0.0035%@20Hz-20kHz

Frequency

ChannelCrosstalk:>-105dB

InputLevel:2.1VRMSMaximum

LineOutput

XLR

SNR:127dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00008%@1k,<0.00010%@20Hz-20kHz

Response:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@46kHz

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@90kHz

Crosstalk:>-146dB

OutputLevel:4.4VRMS@0dB

RCA

SNR:121dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00015%@1k,<0.00020%@20Hz-20kHz

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@90kHz

ChannelCrosstalk:>-133dB

OutputLevel:2.2VRMS@0dB

HeadphoneOutput

4.4mmBalanced

SNR:117dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.0004%@20Hz-20kHz4VRMS

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@90kHz

OutputImpedance:<22Ω

OutputPower:2200mW@33Ω,950mW@300Ω,500mW@600Ω,1%THD

Gain:+14dB

6.35mmSingle-ended

SNR:116dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.0005%@20Hz-20kHz2VRMS

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@90kHz

OutputImpedance:<11Ω

OutputPower:1200mW@33Ω,260mW@300Ω,130mW@600Ω,1%THD

Gain:+14dB

Network

LAN：10/100/1000Mbps

WLAN：2.4GHz/5GHz

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USBTypeC

TheUSBTypeCportprovidesamaximumpowerof5V/1A.

TheUSBTypeCportworkswithdeviceswhichconformtotheUSBmass

storagestandardandsupportsFAT,FAT32,exFAT,andNTFSfileformats,

butisnotguaranteedtobecompatiblewithallstoragedevices.

MAPlayer

Controllerapp： MARemoteApp

LocalPlayback：

FormatSupported

MP3,WMA,WAV,AIF,AIFC,AIFF,AAC,FLAC,OGG,APE,ALAC,

M4A,DSF,DFF,CUE

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHz,705.6kHz,768kHz

MQA 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHzMQAorMQAStudiostream

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz,22.4MHz

RoonReady:

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHz,705.6kHz,768kHz

MQA 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHzMQAorMQAStudiostream

DSD2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz,22.4MHz

AirPlay2,DLNA/UPnP,TIDALConnect,SpotifyConnect,vTuner，Radio

Paradise,HIRESAUDIO,theaudiospecsdependontheserviceprovider.

Powerspecifications

PowerVoltage：AC100V-240V50/60Hz

StandbyPowerConsumption：<5W

MaximumPowerConsumption：<30W

Otherspecifications

Weight：1.3kg(2.87pounds)

Size：Width224mm(8.80inches)

Depth186mm(7.32inches)

Height53mm(2.07inches)

224ｍ ｍ

186ｍ ｍ

53ｍ ｍ

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Specificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

Appendix

AboutRoonReady

BeingRoonReadymeansthatMatrixAudiomusicstreamerstransparently

discoverandconnecttoRoonwithoutanyconfiguration,andbit-perfectaudio

isdeliveredfromRoontoyourmusicstreamers.

AboutSpotify

Useyourphone,tabletorcomputerasaremotecontrolforSpotify.Goto

www.spotify.com/connecttolearnhow.

TheSpotifySoftwareissubjecttothirdpartylicensesfoundhere:

https://www.spotify.com/connect/third-party-licenses

AboutMQA(MasterQualityAuthenticated)

ThisunitincludesaMQAfulldecoder,whichenablesyoutoplaybackMQA

audiofilesviastreamingorUSBaudioport,deliveringthesoundoftheoriginal

masterrecording.

ThedotsbesidetheMQAlogogreenorbluetoindicatethat

theunitisdecodingandplayinganMQAstreamorfile,anddenotes

provenancetoensurethatthesoundisidenticaltothatofthesourcematerial.It

glowsbluetoindicateitisplayinganMQAStudiofile,whichhas

eitherbeenapprovedinthestudiobytheartist/producerorhasbeenverifiedby

thecopyrightowner.

ThedotglowsmagentatoindicatethattheunitisrenderinganMQA

streamorfile.ThisdeliversthefinalunfoldoftheMQAfile.

MQAandtheSoundWaveDeviceareregisteredtrademarksofMQALimited.©2016

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Attention

·Thisproductisforindooruseonly.

·Forfullventilation,itisrecommendedtoreserveaspaceoflargerthan5cmaroundthedevice.

·Donotcovertheairventswithstuffssuchaspapers,tablecloths,andcurtainstoobstructventilation.

·Donotplacestuffwithflame,suchaslightedcandles,onthedevice.

·Ifthedeviceisusedintropicalareas,pleasebecarefultopreventinsectsfromenteringtheunit

·Thedevicemustnotbesubjecttowaterdropletsorsplashes.Pleasedonotplacestuffsfilledwith

·DonotputstuffsaroundthedevicepowerplugandtheACpowersocket,inordertodisconnectthe

throughtheairvents.

liquidssuchasvasesandcupsonornearthedevice.

powersupplyeasilywhenneeded.

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