Matrix Electronic Technology element P User manual

MUSIC STREAMER COMBO
User Manual

www.matrix-digi.com
HIGH
PERFORMANCE
AUDIO
Matrix Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
[phone]
B-801, No.111 Fengcheng 5th Rd.,
Xi'an, China
[e-mail]

Catalog
1. Packing list
2. Parts and name
2.1 Front panel
2.2 Rear panel
2.3 Display screen
2.3.1 Dispaly in main interface area
2.3.2 Volume control
2.3.3 Display for input channel
2.4 Remote control
3. Connection
3.1 Connect to AC power
3.2 Connect to input source
3.3 Connect to speakers
3.4 Connect to storage devices
3.5 Connect to LAN
3.6 Connect to WLAN
4. Play
4.1 Basic operation
4.1.1 Power on
4.1.2 Select the input source
4.1.3 Volume control
4.1.3.1 Volume adjustment
4.1.3.2 Mute
4.1.3.3 Hearing protection
4.1.4 Filter settings
4.1.5 Auto sleep and wake up
4.1.6 Remote control
4.2 Play music through optical, coaxial or IIS-LVDS port
4.3 Play music through AirPlay or DLNA
4.4 Play music from USB storage devices\SD Card\NAS
4.5 USB Audio mode
5. Settings
5.1 PCM Filters
5.2 DSD Filters
5.3 Dither
5.4 Jitter Eliminator
5.5 DPLL Bandwidth
5.6 IIS-LVDS Port Definition
5.7 Dimmer
5.8 Auto Sleep
5.9 User defined button settings
5.10 Network Type
5.11 Remote Control
5.12 Load Default
5.13 Product information
6. Appendix
6.1 File formats and sampling rate supported
6.2 About MQA
6.3 USB storage device requirements
6.4 IIS-LVDS Port
6.5 Technical specifications
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Catalog

Packing list
01
2.1 Front panel
1.Packing list 2.Parts and name
1
2 3
4
5
1. Standby
2. Menu
3. User-defined
4. Volume/control knob
5. Display
6. Remote control sensor
7. Indicator light
1. Product ×1
2. Remote×1
3. Wi-Fi antenna×2
4. USB cable×1
5. Power cable×1
7
2
36
451

Parts & name
02
2.3 Display screen 2.2 Rear panel
1. NAS connection status
2. USB storage device connection status
3. MicroSD card status
4. Wi-Fi and LAN connection status
5. Input channel
6. Sampling rate
7. Auxiliary information
8. Volume bar
9. Output volume dB level
1. Right channel speaker - output
2. Right channel speaker + output
3. Left channel speaker - output
4. Left channel speaker + output
5. Coaxial input
6. Wi-Fi antenna jack
7. MicroSD card slot
8. USB HOST port
9. LAN port
10. USB Audio port
11. IIS·LVDS input
12. Optical input
13. Power input
2.3.1 Dispaly in main interface area
PCM 44.1 10.0
Optical 1
Filter 5 dB k
5 6 7 984321
Speakers
L
RImpedance:4-8Ω
12 12 11 10 8 9
135 5 6 6 7 8421 3

Parts & name
03
2.4 Remote control
1
6
7
8
9
2
3
4
5
COA
OPT
IIS
USB
Filter
1. Current volume dB level
2. Volume bar
dB
10.0
2.3.2 Volume control
1 2
Coaxial 1
Input
1. Input channel
2. Select indicator
2.3.3 Display for input channel
1 2
1. Standby
2. Mute
3. Volume+
4. Volume-
5. Filter
6. Coaxial
7. Optical
8. IIS
9. USB/Network*
*This button can switch input channels between USB and
Network.

Connection
Please use the right three-phase power cable which includes the ground terminal and
ensure the ground is correctly connected, or you will have the possibility of electric
shock when you touch it.
Please unplug the power cable, if you need the element P to be disconnected from the
power.
element P is compatible with AC100-120V and AC220-240V power specifications.
Please make sure to switch the bottom power voltage according to your local valtage
enviroment before using. As shown:
The two sections of the voltage switch are 115V and 230V, each section for:
115V position is fit for AC100V-120V 50/60Hz
230V position is fit for AC220V-240V 50/60Hz
3.1 Connect to AC power
04
3. Connection
230
115
AC 220-240V
AC 100-120V
L
R
XLRXLR
RCA RCA

Connection
05
Connect to front-end devices including S/PDIF output signal through coaxial and
optical port, connect to Matrix digital audio interface products through IIS port.
3.2 Connect to input source
Connect 4-8Ω passive speakers to the connectors at the rear panel of element P.
Please disconnect the power supply of element P before connect the speakers to it,
and make sure the speaker cables are not shorted.
3.3 Connect to speakers
Speakers
L
RImpedance:4-8Ω
TV CD player
Game console Computer
Speakers
L
RImpedance:4-8Ω
Speaker R Speaker L

Connection
06
There are two USB Host ports on the rear panel to connect with standard mass
storage USB devices.
The MicroSD card support up to 128GB，push to install or popup the card.
3.4 Connect to storage devices
XLR
R
XLR
Connect to LAN, please use ethernet cable to connect element P with router ( recom-
mend using CAT-5 or higher version shielded ethernet cable), and let element P in the
network status as shown below:
It is advisable to set up the router as DHCP server, and this function will allocate the
device IP address in LAN automatically.
3.5 Connect to LAN
Speakers
L
RImpedance:4-8Ω
Connect to LAN port
Connect to WAN port
Connect to LAN port
Connect to LAN port
Router
Computer NAS
Internet

Connection
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3.6.2. Let element P in the network status as shown below:
Connect to LAN port
Connect to WAN port
Connect to LAN port
Router
Computer NAS
Internet
MA Remote APP
3.6.1. Please make sure to properly install the two Wi-Fi antennas on the rear panel
(insert the Wi-Fi antenna into the jack and tighten it clockwise). You can adjust the
antenna angle to change the signal effect.
3.6 Connect to WLAN
Speakers
L
RImpedance:4-8Ω
1 2 3
3.7.3. Scan QR code below to download MA Remote app, please run the app on your
mobile device and follow the configuration wizard to set up the wireless network.

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The LED indicator will turn to dimmed after element P is connected to power supply,
indicating that it was entered the standby status, press the 'Standby' key on the unit
body or remote control, element P will power on, and the LED indicator will turn to
highlight white.
When element P is on, press the standby key for about 2 seconds to turn it into stand-
by mode and the LED indicator will turn to dark white.
4.1. Basic operation
4.1.1 Power on
4. Play
COA
OPT
AES
USB
Filter
4.1.2 Select the input source
USB
COAX 1 COAX 2 OPT1
OPT2
IIS LVDS
Repeat pressing the menu key ' ' and switch to channel option menu, then rotate
the knob to select between auto, coaxial 1, coaxial 2, optical 1, optical 2, IIS LVDS,
USB Audio and network, you can press the knob to confirm the selection .
Under 'Auto' mode, element X will automatically scan all digital input channels, the
first connected input channel will be locked immediately. It will continue to scan
other channels until the current channel signal is lost. When there are several input
channels being connected, element X is always locking the signal which is detected at
first. The order of input channel scanning is as shown,

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When selected 'Auto' channel and the input signal being locked, it will show the auto
scan mark beside the channel name. As shown,
The volume can be adjusted by the knob or the and key on the remote control,
and the screen will show the current volume level at the same time. Line output and
headphone output have independent volume control level, also, the line output can
be configured as fixed level output.
4.1.3 Volume control
4.1.3.1 Volume adjustment
COA
OPT
AES
USB
Filter
COA
OPT
AES
USB
Filter
Filter 5
PCM 44.1 10.0
dB
k
Optical 1
In playback status, you can press the volume knob or 'Mute' on the remote control to
activate mute; press the 'Mute' again or turn the volume knob to exit mute. There will
be a mute icon on the screen when mute is activated.
4.1.3.2 Mute
In order to protect your hearing and avoid scaring by loud sound, when the volume
level is higher than -20dB, the volume will be recovered to -20dB after reboot; if the
volume level is lower than -20dB, it will return to the same volume as you set last time.
4.1.3.3 Hearing protection
COA
OPT
AES
USB
Filter
When using network related music source such as AirPlay, DLNA, ROON or MA player,
please select Network input channel.

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When element P is playing PCM or DSD music, users can select the digital filters to get
different sound performance. Users can switch on the 1st and 2nd option in the
setting menu or add the Filter setting to shortcut key '〇' on 9th option to fast switch
it (page 13-14). The current selected filter will display in the auxiliary information area
on the screen, and the encoding mode of DSD audio is also displayed there.
When playing MQA files, the PCM filter will invalid.
4.1.4 Filter settings
4.1.5 Auto sleep and wake up
PCM Filter
MOD 12
DSD Filter
47kHz3
Remote control uses a CR2032 button cell battery. Pull out the battary slot at the
bottom to install battery and make sure to put in the right polarity.
Please point the remote control to the remote sensor in the area in the following
picture, the remote distance is about 8 meters and the battery life is about one year,
please replace the battery if the remote distance becomes shorter or loses sensitivity.
4.1.6 Remote control
About 8 meters
30° 30°
COA
OPT
AES
USB
Filter
element P will enter sleep mode when the current selected digital channel has no
input signal and no operation for more than 5 minutes.
The following operations can wake up element P from sleep status,
· Press the volume knob on the front panel of element P
· Press the 'Standby' button on element P or remote control
· Recover the input signal of the selected channel or recover signal of any digital
channels under Auto Scan mode
When element P has stopped playing for more than 5 minutes on the Network input
channel, and no operation for more than 5 minutes, it will enter sleep mode automati-
cally, and will wake up by the following conditions:
· Push music to element P through AirPlay or DLNA
· Play music through MA player
· Play music as a ROON endpointv

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element P can play the music from USB storage devices\MicroSD Card\NAS through
MA player. Download MA Remote APP to get more detail about user guide.
MA player can play kinds of lossless format audio files, as well as DSD music, it also
includes MQA full decoder technology, we believe you will feel a new experience when
enjoying music collections.
4.4 Play music from USB storage devices\MicroSD Card\NAS
4.5 USB Audio
Double-click the driver
installation file,
and click 'Next'
Step 1：
Install the Windows driver for element P
When it is connected with front-end devices, which including S/PDIF output digital
signal through coaxial and optical port or Matrix digital audio interface products
through IIS port, the screen will show sampling rate and signal format of the selected
input channel.
If the sampling rate and signal format on the screen is not displayed correctly, please
check if the cable is correctly connected or the front-end device is outputting signal.
4.2 Play music through optical, coaxial or IIS-LVDS port
When the element P connected to the local area network, the mobile devices in the
same network can push music to element P through AirPlay or DLNA.
Connect the Wi-Fi of your iPhone or iPad to the same local area network as the element
P, and click AirPlay to select element P as audio device, then choose and enjoy your
favored music.
Connect the Android devices and element P through Wi-Fi under the same LAN, and
open the APP including DLNA function, then play music and push it to element P.
The experience of using element P with an Android device is due to the compatibility
of music APPs, not all the Android devices or music APPs have DLNA function.
4.3 Play music through AirPlay or DLNA
PCM 44.1 10.0
Optical 1
Filter 5
dB
k
When the element P needs to be connected to computer as an USB DAC, please install
driver for Windows 7/8/10 which can be found in Matrix official website, the URL of the
download page is: https://matrix-digi.com/en/downloads/, the installation process as
follow,

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Please select the
installation path
and click 'Install'
Step 2：
Installation is
completed
and click 'Next'
Step 3：
Click 'Finish', the
driver installation
is completed.
Step 4：
Use Apple Lightening to USB Camera Kits to connect element P with iOS devices.
element P can be connected to an Android device with Micro USB or Type-C USB port
via the OTG cable，but it's not guaranteed to be compatible with all Android devices.
Mac OS X does not need a driver. Please select the audio device as 'element Series'
in System Preferences.
Use element P under Mac OS X
Connect element P to mobile devices via USB port

Settings
13
Repeat pressing the 'Menu' key to enter configuration
menu, then press the knob to enter configuration items.
As shown:
There are 13 items in the configuration menu as follow:
5. Settings
Push knob enter settings
Settings
Configure to turn ON/OFF the dither function, it can
effectively reduce the quantizing distortion.
ON （Default）
OFF
5.3 Dither
Dither
ON 3
Set the internal time-base jitter elimination circuit for
turn ON or OFF.
ON （Default）
OFF
5.4 Jitter Eliminator
Jitter Eliminator
ON 4
7 configurable digital filters with different frequency
response curves, to set filters for different timbre
MOD1 fast roll-off, minimum phase filter (Default)
MOD2 slow roll-off, minimum phase filter
MOD3 fast roll-off, linear phase filter
MOD4 slow roll-off, linear phase filter
MOD5 brickwall filter
MOD6 hybrid, fast roll-off, minimum phase filter
MOD7 Apodizing, fast roll-off, linear phase filter
5.1 PCM Filters
PCM Filter
MOD 1 1
5.2 DSD Filters
DSD Filter
47kHz 2
The frequency response curve of 7 different filters are
as follow:
(Tested at 1kHz)
Set the cut-off frequency of DSD digital filter
47kHz （Default）， 50kHz， 60kHz， 70kHz， AUTO
Suggestion:
DSD64 - 47k, DSD128 - 50k, and so on. When this
option sets to AUTO, the DSD filter will be selected
automatically.

Settings
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It's recommended to set the DPLL bandwidth to
default, but when the quality of digital signal which
output from front-end device is poor and the element
P can not lock the signal stablely, please select high
bandwidth, The sound quality may be reduced in high
bandwidth mode.
5.5 DPLL Bandwidth
There are 4 kinds of IIS-LVDS port definition for option,
the different definitions are shown in the appendix,
TYPE A （Default）
TYPE B
TYPE C
TYPE D
Please select 'TYPE A' when collocated with Matrix
audio products.
5.6 IIS-LVDS Port Definition
In order to avoid the interference from the LED indica-
tor and the screen, element P can enter dimmer mode
after no operation for 5 minutes, when this option is
turned on. At dimmer mode, the LED indicator will
reduce brightness and the screen will turn off. The
screen can be activated by operating on the remote
control or on the unit body. Turn off this option to
prevent element P enter dimmer mode.
ON
OFF （Default）
5.7 Dimmer
When there is no input signal from the selected
channel and no operation for more than 5 minutes,
element P will enter Sleep mode. element P will not
enter 'Auto Sleep' mode when 'Auto Sleep' function is
off.
ON
OFF （Default）
5.8 Auto Sleep
DPLL Bandwidth
Normal 5
IIS-LVDS Port
TYPE A 6
Dimmer
ON 7
Auto Sleep
ON 8
Set the function of '〇' button on the front panel
There are three functions available:
INPUT（set as quick-switch input channels, every
keystroke switch to another input channel）
OUTPUT（set as quick-switch output channels, every
keystroke switch to another output channel）
FILTER（set as quick-switch filters, every keystroke
switch to another filter）
5.9 User defined button settings
9
"o"Button Func OUTPUT
Set the DPLL Bandwidth
Low: Low bandwidth High: High bandwidth
Normal: Standard bandwidth (Default)
Select network access method for element X, when
you select the option LAN, Wi-Fi is disabled and vice
versa if you select Wi-Fi, ethernet is disabled.
LAN： Wired network
Wi-Fi： Wireless network (Default)
5.10 Network Type
10
Wi-Fi
N etwork Type

Appendix
15
If there are more than 1 Matrix device in the same
place, in order to prevent one remote control from
controlling multiple device at the same time, element
P has 5 built-in sets of remote control address codes,
which can be switched under this option to achieve
'one-to-one' control between the remote control and
the host.
5.11 Remote Control
Remote Control Enter
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Press the knob in this option, all the settings will return
to default.
5.12 Load Default
Enter 12
Load Default
Push the knob under this option, the hardware and
software information will shown on the screen.
5.13 Product information
Enter 13
Product info
MA player supports the following audio file formats：
MP3, WMA, WAV, AIF, AIFC, AIFF, AAC, FLAC, OGG, APE,
ALAC, M4A, DSF, DFF
PCM sampling rate support up to：
PCM
DSD sampling rate support up to：
DSD 2.8 MHz, 5.6 MHz, 11.2 MHz, 22.4MHz
More audio file formats could be supported through
future firmware updates.
6.1 Audio file formats and sampling rate supported
6. Appendix
16/24/32Bit_44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz,
176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 705.6kHz,
768kHz
6.2 About MQA (Master Quality Authenticated)
MQA is an award-winning British technology that
delivers the sound of the original master recording.
The master MQA file is fully authenticated and is small
enough to stream or download.
'MQA' or ' MQA.' indicates that the product is decoding
and playing an MQA stream or file, and denotes prove-
nance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of
the source material.
'MQA.' indicates it is playing an MQA Studio file, which
Set
ADD: 1
Key: Filter
Press the knob to enter the remote control settings as
shown below, at this time, you will see the current
remote control address code on the screen, press the
button on the remote control and the screen will
display the corresponding name. Hold the Standby
and Filter buttons on the remote control for 5 seconds
at the same time, the screen will display a new address
code, press the 2 buttons again within 5 seconds to
switch to the next address code, repeat the operations
above to select the address code, press ' ' or '〇' to
return to the menu page.

Appendix
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TYPE_A:
· element P can use devices that comply with the USB
mass storage standard, but cannot guarantee compat-
ibility with all storage devices or memory cards.
· USB storage devices support FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS
formats.
· If the USB storage device is partitioned, each
partition will be treated as a separated device.
· When using extension cable to connect a USB
storage device may result in unstable connection.
· When using a USB hub to connect the USB storage
device to element P, it may not work properly.
· The USB port of element P cannot supply more than
500 mA to the peripherals.
· If USB storage device comes with a power adapter,
please connect power adapter to the storage device.
6.3 USB storage device requirements
The IIS port of element P is a standard 19-pin HDMI
connector. It uses four sets of LVDS differential signals
to transmit IIS data. It supports up to 32Bit/768kHz
PCM signal input and 1Bit/45.1MHz DSD signal input.
The PCM format is the standard IIS format, the DSD
format supports the original DSD format (Native DSD)
and DoP (DSD over PCM) encoding.
The IIS port of element P could be defined as TYPE A,
B, C and D, which can be configured in the setting
menu.
The port definition as shown bellow:
6.4 IIS-LVDS Port
Matrix Audio is not responsible for data loss,
modification, or failure to the USB storage
devices. We strongly recommend you back
up the data in the USB storage device before
using it on element P.
CAUTION：
IIC SCL/DSD/PCM
IIS standard definition
TYPE_B:
TYPE_C:
IIS reverse definition
TYPE_D:
IIS reverse definition
IIC SCL/DSD/PCM
IIC SCL/DSD/PCM
IIC SCL/DSD/PCM
IIS reverse definition
has either been approved in the studio by the
artist/producer or has been verified by the copyright
owner. The MA player delivers the final unfold of the
MQA file and displays the original sample rate of the
file. The sampling rate for MQA encoded playback
covers 44.1k-384kHz.
BAL
352.8
k
MA player

Appendix
Power Supply
Power voltage：
230V position is fit for AC220V-240V 50/60Hz
115V position is fit for AC100V-120V 50/60Hz
Standby power consumption：< 1W
Sleep power consumption：< 4W
Non-playing power consumption: <22W
Speaker output
SNR: >-121dB
THD+N: <0.008% @1W (8Ω, 1kHz)
Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.25 -3dB@85kHz
Output impedance: <25mΩ
Output power: 230W@4Ω, 110W@8Ω (1%THD+N)
Gain: +40dB
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IIS-LVDS:
PCM 16-32Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz
176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz,
705.6kHz, 768kHz
DSD DSD64/128/256/(DoP)
DSD DSD64/128/256/512/1024(Native)
USB audio:
PCM 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz,
176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz,
705.6kHz, 768kHz
DSD DSD64/128/256(DoP)
DSD DSD64/128/256/512(Native)
Digital Input
Coaxial and optical:
PCM_16-24Bit/44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz,
176.4kHz, 192kHz
DSD DSD64(DoP)
6.5 Technical Specifications
Network
LAN：10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
WLAN： 2.4GHz/5GHz, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n standard
Dimension
340×281×60mm
（L×W×H, including the protruding part)
60mm 238mm
281mm
50mm
340mm
Weight
4.5kg
128mm
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 stuffs 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
machine 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.
- Do not put stuffs around the device power plug and the
AC power socket, in order to disconnect the power
supply easily when needed.