Matrix Audio NT-1 User guide

USERMANUAL

DigitalAudioTransport

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

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

Front 02. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rear 03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bottom 05. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Operationsbeforeusing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06

ConnecttoNetwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06

Connecttoexternalclock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06

MARemoteApp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06

Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07

Technicalspecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07

Weight&size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

Catalog

DigitalAudioTransport

01

Printedmaterials

Product

Powercable

Packlinglist

DigitalAudioTransport

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Poweron/Standby

Afterconnectingtopowersupply,pressthisbuttontopowerthedeviceon,pressitagaintoletthedevicestandby.Itwilltake
about30secondsforthefirststartupafterconnectingtothepowersupplyeverytime.

LCDscreen

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Statusi nfo

Stat usinclud ingtime,n et wor kco nnectio n,storag edevic e,N ASan dhardwa refunctio ns.

Set tingsbut ton

Taponthisbu ttontoenterth e"Settin gs"menuan dch angetheop tionsofthedevice.

Info rm ationofaudio

Inc ludingal bu mart,trackt itle,art ist,durat io n,audioformat,sa mplingratea ndthefilte rtypebein gused.

Pla ybackcon tro lbuttons

Wit hthesebut tons,youcancon tro ltheplayb ack,enab leanddisa bl eloopandsh uffle,ch ec ktheplay
que ueandthepl ay lists.

Myfavori tesb ut ton

Addt rackstoMyfavo ri tesorremovetra cksfromMyfavor itesbytappingont hi sbutton .

Con tro lbar

In putc han ne l꞉Sele ctt heinputch annel.
Out putchann el꞉S electtheo utputcha nnel.
Volumeandmu te꞉Whendigi talvo lumefunc ti onisenabl ed,usethi sbu ttontocha ngethevolumeor
mute .Whendigi talvo lu mefuncti onisoff,th isbuttonwi llnotbedis played.

A

B

C

D

E

Partsandnames

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Front

F

EA

B

C F

D

DigitalAudioTransport

Externalclockinput

To use external clock input, connect the externalclock source to the device through a
coaxialcablewith50Ωimpedance.Thenturntothe settings menu from the deviceand
choose"Externalclock".

Optical,coaxialandAES/EBUoutputs

The optical, coaxial and AES/EBUportsoutput up to24bit/192kHzPCM signals in S/PDIF
standardand1bit/DSD64signalsviaDoP.

Note When thesampling rateoftheplayedaudiofileexceedsthemaximum capabilityof꞉
theoutputport,theoutputwillbeturnedoff.

IIS-LVDSOutput

The  IIS‑LVDS port outputs maxim um  32b it /768 kH z sa mp ling rate PC M si gnals,
DSD64/128/256/512signalinNativeDSDstandard,andDSD64/128/256signalviaDoP.

ConnecttoDACswithIIS‑LVDSinputportfromMatrixAudioorothercompatibledevices
throughHDMIcables.Thedevicefeatures4kindsofIIS‑LVDSpindefinitions,whichcanbe
viewedandconfiguredfromtheMARemoteApp.

ThegroundwireoftheIIS‑LVDSportisisolatedfromthegroundwireofthedevice.

USBDACoutput

AnexternalUSBDACcanbeconnectedtotheproductviathisport.Theaudiospecs
dependontheexternalDAC.

Thisportprovidesupto5V/1AlownoisepowertotheexternalUSBDACs.

Note WhentheoutputchannelissettoUSBDAC,theoptical,coaxialandAES/EBU꞉
outputswillbeturnedoff.Thetwooutputcategoriescan'tworkatthesametime.

USB

ConnecttoUSBstoragedevicesorCDdrives.EachUSBportsprovideamaximum5V/1A
power.

LAN

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

SFPslot

SFPopticalorSFPtoRJ45modulescanbepluggedintothisslot.Theconnectionsupports
Gigabittransmission.

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Partsandnames

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3 4 5 6 7

Rear

DigitalAudioTransport

Resetbutton

Onlyusethisbuttonwhentheunitworksincorrectly,theunitcanberesettofactorystate.
PleaseoperateundertheinstructionsbyserviceteamfromMatrixAudio.

Triggerinput/output

Connecttoaudiodeviceswithtriggerportsthroughø3.5mmmonoplugcables,toachieve
linkagecontrolbetweentheelementdeviceandotherdevices.Thetriggeroutputprovides
a12VDCsignal.

Powerswitch

Ifyouneedthedevicetobeturnedoffcompletely,pleaseturnoffthisswitch.Otherwise,
thedevicestillconsumespowerinstandbymode.

Powerinput

Pleaseuseapowercablewhichincludesanearthwireandensureyouhaveareliable
earthwireconnection.Otherwise,thecasingofthedevicemayhaveaslightlycharged
touch.

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Partsandnames

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10 11

Rear

DigitalAudioTransport

SSDs lot

Youcaninstalla nNVMeprotoc olhigh‑s pe edSSDasinte rnalstorag e.Theslots upports22 80,2260,an d2240SSDs.

Ple aseturnoffandu np lugthepowe rcordthedevicebeforei nstallin gtheSSD.Th isex pansions lotdoesno tsu pporthotswapping.O pe ratingwhi lepoweredonm ay
ris kdamagin gth eSSDandthed evice .

Afte rinstalli ngSSDandtu rningonth edevic e,t hedevicewilln ot ifyyoutofor ma ttheSSD.Iti srecommen dedtoform atitondevicetoavoidcom pa tibilit yissues.I f
theS SDhasalrea dyb eenform attedbeforeinstalla tion,thesystemwillno tpromptyoutofor mat.Youca ncheckandformatthedr ivethro ughthe"In ternalStora ge"
opt ioninthedevicese tt ingmenu.

*Not e꞉Th edevi cesu ppor tsama ximu mpowe rspe cif ica tiono f3.3 V/3 AfortheS SD.U sin ganSS Dwit hawork ingc urre ntexce edi ng3Ama ycau sein stab ili ty.Ple aseve rif yandc onfi rmth isin form ati onont helab elofyo urSS D.

Partsandnames

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Bottom

DigitalAudioTransport

ConnecttoNetwork

LAN

ConnecttheproducttotheLANportofthenetworkrouterthroug hanEthernetcable.Itis
recommended to set upthe router asaDHCP ser ver,the d evice will be assigned an IP
address automatically. S elect "LAN" in option Network in Settings menu, you can
configurethenetworkspecsman ual ly,afterjoiningthenetwo rk,therewillbean icon
showninthestatu sbar.Asshownbe low꞉

SFP

Plug an SFP optical module or an SF P to RJ45 module, you'l l be able to connect the
devicetone tworkvia opticalorEthernetcables. It is recommendedto set up th erouter
asaDHCPserver,thedevicewillbea ssi gne danIPaddressautomatically.Selec t"SFP"in
option Network from Settings menu, you can configure the network sp ecs ma nua lly,
after join ing the n etwork, the re will be an      i con shown in t he status bar. As s hown
below꞉
Whentheconnection has no Internetaccess, the rewillbea   iconin thestatus bar,
asshownbelow꞉

Connecttoexternalclock

If you wan t to use an external cloc k source, connect the external clo ck to the MS‑1
through a 50Ω impedancecoaxialcable, select "External clock" in the devicesettings
menu. It s upports 10MHz sin e wave or square wave input.When the device detects an
external clock s ign al, the icon    willbe di spl ayed o n thestatu s bar.When the opt ion
Referenc eClockissetto"Exter nalClock"whilethecl ockdeviceisnotconnected,music
willnotbeplayed.

MARemoteApp

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

Let the device on the same network as your phone or tablet, the MA Remote App wi ll
automatically discover and connect to the device. If you need to add the device
manually,usetheAddDeviceWizard.

To control and c onf igure the eleme nt devices th rough MA Remote App, or pl ayb ack
st re ami ng mu sic  fro m t he de vic e, pl e as e refer to mat r ix‑d igi .co m/t u tori als  for
instructio ns.

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Operationsbeforeusing

DigitalAudioTransport

Technicalspecifications

Dig ita lOutput

COAXIAL,O PTICAL&AES/EBU

PCM1 6‑24Bit/4 4.1kHz,4 8k Hz,88.2k Hz,96kHz ,176.4k Hz,192kH z

DSD2 .8MHz(Do P)

IISLVDS

PCM1 6‑32Bit/ 44 .1kHz,48 kHz,88.2 kHz,96kH z,1 76.4 kHz,192k Hz ,352.8kH z,

384 kHz,705.6kH z,768 kH z

DSD2 .82MHz,3 .07 MHz,5.64 MHz,6.14 MH z,11.29M Hz,12.29 MH z,22.58M Hz,

24.5 8MHz

USBDAC

Dep endsonthes pe cificat ionssupp ortedbyt heconnec tedUSBDACdev ic e.

Noth ighertha nPC M32Bit/768kH zan dDSD24.5 8M Hz.

TheU SBDACpo rtprovi desamaxim umof5 V/1Alow‑noisep owe rsupply.

Net work

LAN꞉1 0/100/1 00 0Mbps

SFP꞉1 0/100/1 00 0Mbps

USB

USB3 .0x2

TheU SBportprovidesama ximumpowerof5V/1 A.

TheU SBportworkswithdevicesw hichconformtotheUS Bmassstorag e
stan dardandsup portsFAT,FAT32,exFAT,andNTFSfil eformats ,butisnot
gua ranteedtobeco mpatibl ewithallsto ragedev ices.

Extern alClockIn pu t

10M Hz/50Ω/Sinewaveo rsquarewavei np ut.

Trigger

Trigg erin꞉DC6‑12 V<1 0mA

Trigg erout꞉DC12V /5 0mAMAX

StorageExtens ion

M.22 28022602240N VM ePCIeSSDsl ot×1

Them aximumpowers pecific ationprovidedbytheexpan si onslotisDC3 .3V/3A.

MAPl ayer

Con trollerap p꞉MAR emoteAp p

LocalPl ayback

Forma tSu pported꞉Mp 3,WMA,WAV,AIF,AIFC ,AIFF,AAC,F LAC,OG G,APE,ALAC,

M4A ,DSF,DFF,CUE,I SO

PCM1 6‑24Bit/ 44.1kHz ,48 kHz,88.2 kHz,96kH z,176.4 kHz,192k Hz,352.8 kH z,

384 kHz,705.6kH z,768 kH z

DSD2 .82MHz,3 .07 MHz,5.64 MHz,6.14 MH z,11.29M Hz,12.29 MH z,22.58M Hz,

24.5 8MHz

Roo nReady

PCM1 6‑24Bit/44 .1kHz,48k Hz ,88.2kHz ,96kHz,176.4kHz ,192kHz,3 52.8kHz ,

384 kHz,705.6kH z,768 kH z

DSD2 .82MHz,5 .6 4MHz,11. 29MHz,22 .58MHz

QQMusic,Air Pla y2,DL NA/ UPnP,TIDALConnect,SpotifyConnect,vTuner,RadioParadise
Theaudiospec sdep endo nthes erviceprovider.

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Appendix

DigitalAudioTransport

Powe rSp ecs

Powe rVoltage꞉AC100 V‑ 120V50/6 0HzorAC2 20V‑240V5 0/60Hz,A utoRange
Stan dbyP owe rConsump tion꞉< 5W
Max imumPowerCon sumptio n꞉< 50W

Weig ht&size

Weig ht꞉4.6kg(1 0. 14pounds )
Size꞉Wid th꞉330mm(12 .9 9inches)

Dep th꞉267mm( 10.51inc he s)
Hei ght꞉97mm(3.82in ch es)

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Precautions

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
throughtheairvents.

Thedevicemustnotbesubjecttowaterdropletsorsplashes.Pleasedonotplacestuffsfilled
withliquidssuchasvasesandcupsonornearthedevice.

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