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Page 1 Audio Gain USER GUIDE...
Page 2 Contents Package Components Main Features Speciﬁcations Names of Parts & Functions 9-13 Android Basic Features Introduction 14-25 15-16 WiFi Connection/Bluetooth Connection Application (APP) Installation/App， to Uninstall/USB Connections 17-20 System Settings 21-25 Power Oﬀ/Reboot/System Switching iBasso Mango Music Player Application 27-59 Playback Screen (home screen) Music Screen 28-38...
Page 3 Package Components DX300 Player Leather Case Coaxial Cable Balanced Burn-in Cable USB-C cable Screen Protector Quick Start Guide Warranty Card...
Page 4 Leather Case： Use the leather case to protect the DX300 chassis from scratches. Coaxial Cable： Connect the coaxial cable to an external DAC, to allow the DX300 to work as a digital transport. Balanced Burn-in Cable： Plug the burn-in cable into the output socket and keep playing music to burn-in the DX300.
Page 5 It is also not mandatory to use the burn-in cable, we supply it as a convenience for when you are not listening to the DX300 and you would like to get your dap conditioned as soon as possible.
Page 6 Main Features - Quad Cirrus Logic CS43198 DAC Chips are incorporated, with a four-channel balanced headphone ampliﬁcation circuit. - Bit for Bit playback with support up to 32bit/384kHz. - Support of Native DSD up to 256x. - 6.5″ IPS full screen (1080*2340), with In-Cell capacitive touch panel.
Page 7 - 3 settings for hardware gain control. - 100 steps for volume control. - Patented replaceable AMP card design. - Audio Formats Supported: MQA, APE, FLAC, WAV, WMA, AAC, ALAC, AIFF, OGG, MP3, DFF, DSF, and DXD. - Support for M3U playlists. - Patented dual battery power structure with dedicated power management for each battery.
Page 8 Speciﬁcations 4.4mm/2.5mm Balanced Phone Port： Maximum output level： 7.1Vrms Output Power： 1240mW@32ohm, 168mW@300ohm Frequency Response： 10Hz~40kHz +/-0.3dB S/N： 125dB Dynamic Range： 125dB THD+N： -113dB (no Load, 3Vrms) -109dB (300R Load) -101dB (32R Load) Crosstalk： -120dB Output impedance： 0.39ohm 3.5mm Single Ended Phone Out: Maximum output level：...
Page 9 4.4mm/2.5mm Balanced Line Out： Maximum output level： 7.1Vrms Frequency Response： 10Hz~40kHz +/-0.3dB S/N： 125dB Dynamic Range： 125dB THD+N： -111dB (no Load, 3Vrms) Crosstalk： -119dB 3.5mm Single Ended Line Out： Maximum output level： 3.5Vrms Frequency Response： 10Hz~40kHz +/-0.3dB S/N： 123dB Dynamic Range： 123dB THD+N：...
Page 10 Names of Parts & Functions Micro SD USB-C Port Coaxial Output Port Amp Card 4.4mm Balanced 3.5mm Single Ended 2.5mm Balanced...
Page 11 The output of this port is up to 24bit/384kHz or DoP DSD128. USB-C Port Connect the DX300 to a computer or a USB charger to charge the DX300. Connect the DX300 to a computer to allow the DX300 to work as a card reader or an external storage.
Page 12 USB-C 6.5inch LCD Coaxial Output Port Power/Volume Previous/Rewind Play/Pause Next/Fast Forward...
Page 13 Power： Short Press - Power the LCD screen on and oﬀ. Long Press - To display the pop up window with three options that are Power oﬀ, Reboot, and To Mango. Volume： Rotate the wheel clockwise to increase the volume. Rotate the wheel counter clockwise to decrease the volume.
Page 14 Power on/oﬀ: 1. Press and hold the power button to power on. 2. After the DX300 is powered on, a long press of the Power button to display the pop up window, press Power Oﬀ button to power oﬀ the DX300.
Page 15 Android Basic Features Introduction WiFi Battery indicator Digital Filter for analog section Gain Battery indicator for Volume digital section Time...
Page 16 WiFi Connection: ① On the Android desktop, from the top, swipe down the screen to display the notiﬁcation bar. ② Press the Wireless local area network(WLAN) to turn on the WiFi function. The ﬁrst time you enter the WLAN, you need to choose the hot spot you will be using and enter the password.
Page 17 The DX300 will automatically search for the nearby Bluetooth device. At the same time, the DX300 will be visible to the nearby devices. Choose the device that you would like to pair with. After the device has been paired, you can use the...
Page 18 APP Installation: Method 1: ① APKPure and CoolAPK are pre-installed on the DX300. They are similar to Play Store. ② Launch one of them. ③ Search for the APP that you would like to install. ④ Download the APP and install it.
Page 19 App, to Uninstall: ① Press the Settings icon on the desktop and scroll down and press APPs. ② Press the APP that you would like to uninstall. ③ Press uninstall to delete the APP.
Page 20 USB Connections: Connect the DX300 to the computer using the furnished USB-C cable. The DX300 will show on the computer as an external storage. Users can transfer ﬁles by copying and pasting. *If you are using a Mac computer, please make sure the...
Page 21 DX300. USB Soundcard: Turn the DX300 to the USB DAC mode, connect the DX300 to a computer via the USB-C cable. After the DX300 is detected, the soundcard driver will be installed automatically.
Page 22 System Settings: Press Settings icon on the DX300 desktop to go into system settings.
Page 23 Audio Settings: Press Settings Icon, then press Audio Settings. ① Gain: One of the three gains can be selected. ② Digital Filter: A total of Five ﬁlters are available for user setting. ③ Volume Limitation: This sets the volume to a maximum preset point. ④...
Page 24 Firmware Update: Online Update: ① Make sure the DX300 is connected to WiFi. ② After online update is selected, press Check Update. ③ Press Download, the DX300 will start downloading the available update package. ④ After the download complete, press Update Now to...
Page 25 Local Update: ① Download the ﬁrmware ﬁle from our website. If it is a rar ﬁle, extract it. ② Press the icon located on the top right corner, then press Local Update. ③ Browse the folder where the ﬁrmware ﬁle is saved, and select the ﬁrmware ﬁle.
Page 26 Firmware Version: ① Press Settings icon, System, About DX300. ② Scroll down the page, the Build number is the ﬁrmware version.
Page 27 Power Oﬀ, Reboot, And System Switching: ① Long press the power button for 3 seconds. ② There is a pop up window with three options. ③ When To Mango is selected, system will be switched to Mango OS.
Page 28 Mango Music Player Application iBasso Audio Mango music player is composed of the Playback screen (home screen), Music screen and Settings. When on the playback screen, one can swipe left and right on the Album artwork area ③ to switch a song: Press the icon on the top left corner ①...
Page 29 Playback Screen (home screen): Sample Rate Equalizer WiFi Battery indicator for Digital Filter analog section L/R Balance Battery indicator for Gain digital section Volume 44.1 Settings Music screen Now Playing Track title Artist name Play Mode Music info Next/Fast Forward Previous/Rewind Play/Pause...
Page 30 Now Playing Screen: Press the icon located on the bottom right to display the now playing screen. One can swipe a song to the left to display the Delete button. Press the delete button to remove it from this now playing list. ①...
Page 31 Music Screen: Directory view ② Search bar ③ Detail view ① Navigation bar ④ Navigation bar management ⑥ Now playing Music order Music format Track title /Artist name Long press ⑤ Playback bar Play/Pause Thumbnail artwork ⑦ Track title and artist name of the song that is playing.
Page 32 Search bar: Press the search bar to go into the search page to search the desired music or album. Navigation Bar: One can swipe it left or right to choose: All Music view, Album view, Artist view, Genre view, Now Playing view, or Playlist view.
Page 33 Long Press Pop-up: Further Options: Long Press of a song will pop up a window with further options that allows to play this song, add this song to a playlist, or delete this song.
Page 34 Album View: Thumbnail view Artwork view Artist View: Thumbnail view Artwork view...
Page 35 Playlist View: New Playlist: Press the New Playlist to create a playlist. On the pop-up window, one can name the playlist and add playlist description. Further Options: A Long press of the playlist will popup a window with further options, which allows renaming the playlist, exporting the pla ylist, or deletion of the playlist.
Page 36 Navigation Bar Management Screen: Press the icon located on the right side of the navigation bar to go into the navigation bar management and music sorting screen.
Page 37 Navigation Bar Management: One can customize the navigation bar. When selected, the icon is highlighted. Press the icon again to unselect. The selected icon will be shown on the navigation bar. Otherwise, it will not be shown. All Music View Sorting: One can sort the all music view by title, album, artist, added time, or folder.
Page 38 Directory View: Press the Directory View icon① to go into directory view. ① ② ④ ③ Press the Directory View icon① to go into directory view. One can browse the music ﬁles under internal storage and SD card via folder structure. Press Internal Storage②...
Page 39 Search Screen: Input the keywords to search a track, an album, or an artist.
Page 40 Settings Screen: Press the Settings icon to go into settings screen. Gapless: One can enable the gapless to eliminate the gap between two tracks. Gain: There are three gain settings. The low gain has the lowest noise ﬂoor, it is good for ultra sensitive IEMs.
Page 41 After a full media scan, or rescan the library, you can go to Directory and select a song under a folder. After this folder is played, the DX300 will play the next folder. L/R Balance: Press to go into the L/R balance setting page.
Page 42 Equalizer: The DX300 has two types of Equalizers, Graphic EQ and Parametric...
Page 43 Graphic Equalizer: Press the button of the Graphic Equalizer to enable the Graphic Equalizer. Pre-set EQ: There are 5 kinds of pre-set EQ and a custom option. One can quickly set the equalizer as desired by selecting them. How to Adjust The EQ Settings: Press on the response curve, the 10 band slide bars will show up.
Page 44 Parametric Equalizer: Press the button of the Parametric Equalizer to enable the it. Parametric Equalizer: Press the button of the Parametric Equalizer to enable the it. How to Go Into The Parametric EQ Setting Screen: Press the response curve to go into the parametric EQ setting screen.
Page 45 Parametric Equalizer Setting Screen: ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ① Settings on the Selection Bar: One can swipe left and right to select a setting.
Page 46 ② Filter Navigation Bar: There are maximum of 6 ﬁlters allowed for each setting. One can swipe left and right to select a ﬁlter, then customize it. ③ Status: Status of each ﬁlter. One can turn on or turn oﬀ the selected ﬁlter.
Page 47 Parametric Equalizer Setting Instruction: Central Frequency (Fc): The central frequency of each ﬁlter setting. Gain: The gain for the central frequency. Quality Factor: The range of eﬀect of the ﬁlter. As shown on the pictures below, the larger value of the Q factor, the smaller the eﬀect compared the central frequency.
Page 48 2. High Pass Filter The frequency smaller than the central frequency will be aﬀected. Gain setting is ineﬀective with high pass ﬁlter. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 200 300 ③.
Page 49 4. Band Filter There is not a large eﬀect on the central frequency. The frequency beside the central frequency has similar eﬀect. Gain setting is ineﬀective with band ﬁlter. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 200 300 ⑥.
Page 50 6. Notch Filter The central frequency has obvious reduction. The frequency beside the central frequency has similar eﬀect. Gain setting is ineﬀective with notch ﬁlter. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 ⑩.
Page 51 8. Low Shelf Filter There is a wide eﬀect on the frequency that is lower than the central frequency. 2 3 4 5 6 20 30 100 200 200 300 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 30 40 50 ⑭.
Page 52 L/R Balance: Slide clockwise to decrease the volume in right channel. Slide in counterclockwise to decrease the volume in left channel.
Page 53 Digital Filter: Digital Filter: There are ﬁve digital ﬁlters available. Press a digital ﬁlter to unfold the ﬁgure.
Page 54 Advanced To access more system settings.
Page 55 USB DAC: The DX300 can work as a USB DAC for Windows PC, Mac computer, and Linux computer. It is driver free. Turn the DX300 into the USB DAC mode, connect the DX300 to a computer via the USB-C cable. After the DX300 is detected, the soundcard driver will be installed automatically.
Page 56 Bluetooth DAC: DX300 Bluetooth DAC. After turning on the Bluetooth DAC, Bluetooth devices such as a mobile phone can be paired with the DX300. The DX300 can now stream from the connected Bluetooth device. Note: When in Bluetooth DAC mode, the DX300 supports...
Page 57 Display Settings: instead Ambient mode: use album artwork as the background picture. Normal mode: use the selected picture as the background picture. Playback screen album artwork, choose to display rectangular artwork or rounded artwork. Lock screen artwork: display the album artwork on the lock screen. Year tag: display year information of the ID3 on the playback screen.
Page 58 Sleep Timer: Set the count down sleep timer to power oﬀ the DX300. The left hand side is the value of hours. The right hand is the value of minutes. The DX300 will be powered oﬀ after the counter has completed. If there are any operat ions in the meanwhile, the DX300 will start the counter again after the last operation.
Page 59 System Info: One can see the Mango music player APP version on this screen. Also, one can see the space available of the internal memory and micro SD card.
Page 60 Mango OS To reboot to Mango OS from Android, ﬁrst of all, long press the power button for 3 seconds to pop up a window with three options. When “To Mango” is selected, the system will switch to the Mango OS.
Page 61 The Mango OS User interface is composed of three parts: Music playback screen (homepage), my music, and settings. On the Music playback screen, press the icon① to go to My Music, press the icon② to go to Settings. ① ② * The Mango OS operation is similar to the iBasso Mango APP, please refer to the iBasso Mango APP instruction for any questions.
Page 62 To return to the Android System, go into the settings menu, press “Android System”, then press “Yes”.
Page 63 MTP (File Transfer) After MTP is turned on, the DX300 can be connected to a computer for ﬁle transfer.
Page 64 (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 ﬁle, and denotes provenance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of the source material.

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