Owner's Manual

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USB media
The CXN can also playback audio content from standard USB hard-drives
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connect it to the front or back USB sockets of the unit.
Press the Home button to get to the top menu. Select the 'Music Library'
menu.
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or 'By Artist'.
Queue
Viewing the queue
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playback to any point in the queue by navigating up/down the list and pressing
the Enter button.
Editing the queue
Tracks can be removed from the queue by highlighting them with the navigator
and pressing the Stop button.
To clear an entire queue, navigate to the bottom of the queue to highlight
[Clear Queue] and press the Enter button.
Note: Switching the CXN into standby will delete the queue, unless Standby
Mode is set to 'Network Standby'.
Playlist
The CXN also supports various playlist formats. For permanent storage of
favourite media selections it is recommended to use suitable software to
create playlist.
These can then be accessed by the CXN from USB Media or UPnP servers
that support Playlist serving.
Inputs
» USB
» D1-D2 (S/PDIF Coax/TOSLINK Optical)
» Bluetooth
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» Spotify
The CXN has 3 digital inputs, USB Audio, S/P DIF co-axial and TOSLINK
optical. The digital inputs allow you to play audio sent from a separate digital
audio source such as a PC or CD player with digital outputs. This can optimise
sound quality, for example where the CXN USB Audio is used instead of the
PC soundcard or the upsampled and re-clocked low jitter DACs of the CXN
are used instead of a CD player DACs.
The USB Audio input directly connects to a PC or Mac computer. The CXN
can be setup to stream via the simple setup USB1.1 or the high sample rate
24-bit/192kHz via USB2.0. Also note that the SP DIF co-axial and TOSLINK
inputs are capable of high sample rates up to 24-bit/192kHz, but your source
equipment and interconnect cables must be capable of this sample rate to
achieve this.
Advanced USB audio
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compatible.
It should also work with the new USB 3.0 ports where the PC will simply treat
the CXN as if it were a USB 2.0 or 1.1 device.
The CXN also supports two USB Audio protocols (not the same as the port
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nearly all common operating systems and computer types without drivers and
supports up to 24-bit/96kHz audio, simply plug in and play.
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to your computer that it can handle any sample rate from 32kHz to 96kHz.
However in some Windows/Mac operating system variants the operating
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See our online guide at www.cambridgeaudio.com on USB Audio for more
details on this. With careful choice of playback software and settings many
pitfalls can be avoided.
In particular our free Windows USB Audio 2.0 driver (available from our
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modes that can give enhanced performance.
A brief explanation of your choices are below:
Use with PCs
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will work with the native Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8 Audio 1.0 driver
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With the CXN switched to USB Audio 2.0 the CXN needs the Cambridge Audio
USB Audio 2.0 Driver to be loaded and can then accept up to 24-bit/192kHz
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The driver is available from www.cambridgeaudio.com.
Use with Macs
No extra drivers are required. With the CXN switched to USB Audio 1.0 the
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driver and accept audio up to 24-bit/96kHz.
With the CXN switched to USB Audio 2.0 the CXN works with the native Mac
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24-bit/192kHz.
Use with Linux
In USB Audio 1.0 mode the CXN will work with most Linux distributions,
allowing the playback of audio up to 24-bit/96kHz.
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which the CXN should be switched to USB Audio 2.0 to accept audio up to
24-bit/192kHz.
For both cases because Linux distributions vary according to their creators'
choice of software components, including drivers, it is not possible to
guarantee operation and Audio drivers may need to be loaded.
‘Class drivers’ for generic support of USB Audio Class 1.0 or USB Audio Class
2.0 devices may be available from the Linux community, we do not supply
these.
BT100 and Bluetooth audio streaming
The CXN is compatible with the optional BT100 Bluetooth adaptor from
Cambridge Audio.
When a BT100 is plugged into the rear USB socket an extra menu item called
Bluetooth appears in the Digital Inputs menu.
Selecting this allows the CXN to receive wireless Bluetooth audio from most
phones/tablets and laptops.
Both the standard SBC CODEC and newer high quality aptX CODEC are
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