Manual Cambridge Audio Minx Xi (page 9 of 20) (English)

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The Minx Xi is powered by our Stream Magic platform and is able to receive and

play back media from several distinct types of source. Here we have attempted to

give an overview of the various types of service available and the terminology you

may encounter.

Internet Radio

These are 'radio' stations broadcast over the internet. Currently the Stream

Magic range can access about 20,000 internet radio stations all sorted by us

into Location, Language and Genre. The list of available stations is constantly

maintained and automatically updated to your unit via the internet. If you register

on the Stream Magic website (www.stream-magic.com) you will also be able to

browse the stations and set presets on your units from your PC.

You can also add stations to your units that are currently not in the Stream Magic's

Radio database, suggest new stations to us and more. There are also links and

help for setting up third-party Streaming Services from a wide variety of other

suppliers. Other Stream Magic features will be launched in the future, check the

website from time to time to see the latest developments.

Streaming Services

Streaming Services are similar to Internet Radio but come from other suppliers and

often have an element of interaction with the user. Because Streaming Services

generally allow the user some choice over the content they listen to, they are also

licensed differently to iRadio by the music companies and often each service only

has arrangements in certain countries and may also charge a subscription for

membership.

Examples of such services are Aupeo!, Pandora, Rhapsody, SIRIUS/XM, Live365

and others. All allow some control of the content from 'play me something that

sounds like U2' to the ability to select and play whole albums of your choice. Some

also offer the ability to download content for use off-line as well.

The Minx Xi supports many of these services, navigate to Streaming Services on

the unit for a list or even better check out our website at www.stream-magic.com

for more details of which services are available in your area, what they do and

how to sign up. These services come from third parties and although we support

connections to them they do not come from us and we are not responsible for their

service in any way. Your account will be with the service, we are merely acting as

a website to make the connection simpler and more convenient plus we support

the correct software on our unit to allow playback and browsing of their content.

Network Media

The Minx Xi supports a wide range of compressed formats; MP3, AAC, WMA and

Ogg Vorbis le types are all supported, plus for true audiophile use, the Minx Xi also

supports either uncompressed PCM (in a WAV container) or losslessly compressed

FLAC, both can contain from 16-bits/44.1kHz from CDs right up to 24-bit/96kHz for

"better than CD quality" from suitable download sites.

Note: For this to work your server will also need to support the CODEC you wish to

play as some have limitations and may not serve FLAC for instance. Always check

that the server you wish to use also supports your favoured CODECs.

Also for lossless/uncompressed formats both the server and network connection

will need to sustain the high bitrate necessary.

Note: It is not recommended to use Wi-Fi connections for content above

16-bits/44.1kHz/48kHz if lossless/uncompressed.

USB Media

The Minx Xi also supports local media from USB Flash-disks or USB hard-drives and

has two USB1.1 ports for this purpose; one on the front and one on the back. Here

the Minx Xi simply browses the folders present on the media attached and displays

them. This feature is provided for convenient access to temporary storage devices.

It is however highly recommended that UPnP is used for continued use of stored

media as the UPnP system is able to support album art, sophisticated content

browsing and ltering and other features not possible with simple folder browsing.

Podcasts

Podcasts are archived audio recordings downloadable over the internet. Often

podcasts are recordings of previous live broadcasts or episodic content.

The Minx Xi supports various third party podcast services, navigate to Podcasts

on the unit for the list available in your area. In addition the Minx Xi supports your

own personal choice of podcasts where you know its URL (weblink) via the Stream

Magic portal, see later section.

Bluetooth

The Minx Xi is supplied with our BT100 Bluetooth adaptor which allows direct

wireless streaming of audio from many phones, tablets and laptop PCs.

Bluetooth audio not only allows playback from the native music playback features of

those devices but also from any streaming service Apps that you have downloaded

to them.

In this way you can simply download and use Apps such as Spotify, Napster,

Pandora, Rhapsody or others on your Bluetooth device and direct playback to your

Minx Xi for the best possible sound quality.

Overview

IMPORTANT! Make sure that the unit is off before making any connections. And

also when plugging and unplugging devices to the Minx Xi.

Network connections

Before you can use your Minx Xi for iRadio/Streaming you must have the following:

• A broadband internet connection (such as ADSL) to a suitable internet service

provider (ISP).

• A network connection either wirelessly via 802.11b/g or n Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet

connection (10 or 100 M bits/sec via an RJ45 connection).

Note: If you wish to play 24/48 or 24/96 content from a UPnP server, a wired

Ethernet connection will be required as the high data rate of these les is beyond

most Wi-Fi networks capability.

In many cases the broadband modem, router and wireless access point will be a

single combined unit supplied by your Internet Service Provider or bought from a

computer store.

If your wireless network is congured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Wi-Fi

Protected Access (WPA) data encryption then you will need to know your WEP or WPA

key so you can get the Minx Xi to communi cate with the network.

IMPORTANT:

Before you continue, make sure that your wireless access point or router is

powered up and working with your broadband internet service (use your computer

to verify this). To get this part of the system working you must read the instructions

supplied with the wireless access point or router.

The Minx Xi can be congured to connect to a Wired or Wireless network or has

a (default) Auto setting. In Auto the Minx Xi looks for a each connection type

and selects whichever is present. You can also force the unit to one or the other

connection type, see later Settings section.

Connecting to a wired network

Plug one end of a network cable (Category 5/5E straight through Ethernet cable)

into the LAN port on the back of the unit.

Broadband Router/Modem

Internet

Ethernet cable

Note: Only connect the LAN port of the player to an Ethernet port that supports

10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. Connecting to any other ports or jacks, such as a phone

jack, can damage the unit

The Minx Xi should automatically connect to your network as below via DHCP; this

means it will be given an IP address by your router automatically.

Getting connected

I have been using the Cambridge Audio Minx Xi for a few years now. The most recent firmware update has been done successfully. Now I am having issues with song display on the radio stations I am using. The designated radio stations are showing in the display screen, however, the message is" Station unavailable". This ist only for the stations in Germany SWR1 Baden-Württemberg Submitted on 1-4-2022 at 14:41
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I have been using the Cambridge Audio Minx Xi for a few years now. The most recent firmware update has been done successfully. Now I am having issues with song display on the radio stations I am using. The designated radio stations are showing in the display screen, however, a blank screen where the song playing should show. Any suggestions would be most helpful? Thanks.

Mike. Submitted on 23-3-2022 at 19:17
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