Cayin N5 MK2S User manual
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Table of Content
1. Introduction to N5 MK2S............................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1Packaging and Accessories.................................................................................................................................... 3
1.2Control and Operation.......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.3Connect to other devices...................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 Power Management.............................................................................................................................................5
2. Add Music Files to Player............................................................................................................................................... 5
3. Listen to Music............................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1Select Music Files.................................................................................................................................................. 6
3.2 Playback.............................................................................................................................................................7
4. Networking Tools........................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.1 WiFi & BT....................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 Private Cloud....................................................................................................................................................... 9
5. Third-Party Applications...............................................................................................................................................10
5.1Installation package.............................................................................................................................................10
5.2 Google play..................................................................................................................................................... 11
5.3Uninstall application............................................................................................................................................11
6. Music Settings and System Settings.............................................................................................................................11
6.1Music Settings..................................................................................................................................................... 11
6.2System Settings................................................................................................................................................... 12
7. USB DAC....................................................................................................................................................................... 12
8. Firmware Update......................................................................................................................................................... 13
9. Safety Information........................................................................................................................................................13
9.1Product safety..................................................................................................................................................... 13
9.2 Battery Safety..................................................................................................................................................... 13
10. Disclaimer...................................................................................................................................................................13
11. Trouble Shooting........................................................................................................................................................13
12. Specifications............................................................................................................................................................. 14
** This function might not be available due to regulation or limitation of different region/countries.
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1. Introduction to N5 MK2S
1.1 Packaging and Accessories
The Cayin N5 MK2S Digital Audio Player comes with the following accessories in the package.
Please check carefully and make sure everything is in place. Please contact our distributors if any
accessory is missing.
Cayin N5 MK2S Master Quality Digital Audio Player x 1
Type-C USB Cable x 1
Quick User Guide (attached with Warranty Card and QA Certificate) x 1
Tempered Glass Protective Screen x 1 (pre-applied on LCD screen)
Protective screen for back panel x 1 (pre-applied on back panel)
Hi-Res Audio label x 2
N5 MK2S Protective Case x1
1.2 Control and Operation
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1) Power On/Off : Turn on or off the device when pressed for 2 second, can also be used to light
up or turn off screen (Lockup) when clicked.
2) Balanced Headphone Output: Designed to work with 2.5mm TRRS balanced headphone with
impedance ranged from 8 ohm to 300 ohm
3) Line Out/ Headphone Out:
Headphone Out - designed to work with regular 3.5mm non-balanced headphone with
impedance ranged from 8 ohm to 300 ohm
Line out - output analogue signal with regular 3.5mm analogue audio cable to external
amplifier for power amplification. Output level is fixed and cannot be altered by volume
control of the player.
4) Volume: rotate clockwise to increase or counter-clockwise to decrease volume output.
5) Previous: select and playback previous track at playback menu, or hold to rewind from current
playback, and release the button to resume playback at designated location.
6) Play/Pause/Stop: click to confirm selection and start to play selected file at playlist, or click to
play or pause at playback screen.
7) Next: select and playback next track at playback menu, or hold to fast forward from current
playback, and release the button to resume playback at designated location.
8) TF Card Slot 1: accommodate one TF card up to 400GB
9) TF Card Slot 2: accommodate one TF card up to 400GB
10) USB/SPDIF Port: With the provided USB Type-C cable, you can transfer data, use the DAP as an
USB DAC by connecting the device to a computer, or charge up the device when connect to an
external charger (not provided). The player can also output S/PDIF signal to outboard
decoder devices through this port, but that will require a special Type-C to coaxial cable
(purchased separately)
11) Back/Home: Click once to go back one step, hold to go back main screen directly.
12) LCD Touch Screen
13) Charging Indicator ：will flash while charging, and remain always-on when charging is
completed.
(When the DAP is turned on the first time, the system will go through a initialization process, this
will take around 3 minutes, please wait patiently and do not operate the player until the process is
completed.)
1.3 Connect to other devices
1) Unbalanced Headphone: Insert the 3.5mm connector of your unbalanced earphone or
headphone to the shared line out/headphone output port at the top of the player.
2) Balanced Headphone: Insert the 2.5mm connector of your balanced earphone or headphone
to the balanced headphone output port at the top of the player.
3) Line Out: connect your audio equipment to the shared line out/headphone output port at the
top of the player with an appropriate analogue audio cable.
4) Computer: connecting N5 MK2S to a computer via an USB Type C cable to copy, paste, and
delete data file from internal storage or TF card. Please make sure the process is completed
before you disconnect the player from the computer
5) Memory Card: Insert a TF card into the TF card slot 1 or 2 (upto 400GB), N5 MK2S will detect
the card automatically.
6) OTG: Connect an external USB storage with Type C interface or cable to the USB port, N5 MK2S
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can copy or play the file in the storage directly.
7) USB Audio: N5 MK2S can output USB Audio signal and connect to an USB DAC device for
outboard digital audio conversion, or it can accept an USB Audio source (such as a computer)
and function as an USB DAC.
8) S/PDIF: Connect to external audio device with coaxial input via a Type C to Coaxial S/PDIF
cable.
1.4 Power Management
1) The device will start to charge up the battery when you connect the device to a USB charger or
the USB port of a computer via USB cable (as supplied). The battery installed in the device is
rated at 3000mAH (3.8V), it will take around 3.5 hours to completely charge up by a 2.0A
charger
2) We recommend our customer to use high quality charger with N5 MK2S because inferior
charger might introduced high risk in the long run. Please charge up the battery at room
temperature. Charging at very high or low temperature might cause battery failure during
the charging process. When N5 MK2S is connected to a USB charger, it can play music while
charging is in progress. If N5 MK2S is connected to an USB port of a computer and charging,
the player will stop playing music.
3) Charging Recommendation: Appropriate battery care can extend the lifetime of the battery
and the player. Lithium Polymer battery does not have memory effect, it can be charged
regardless of its current capacity, given that it has no negative effect in its performance. Fully
discharging and charging the battery repeatedly is not recommended. If the battery have
been used without a complete full discharge after a very long period, it might result in
inaccurate gauge and lead to incorrect battery capacity estimation, a full discharge followed by
a full charge immediately will calibrate the gauge.
2. Add Music Files to Player
You can add music file to the Digital Audio Player by one of the following methods.
1. Internal Storage: Set the USB mode of the player to MTP, connect the N5 MK2S player to a
compute with an appropriate USB cable, and copy music files to a subfolder (normally by the
name of Music) at the internal storage (32GB).
2. Expandable Storage: Copy the music files to a TF card and insert the TF card into either Slot 1 or
Slot 2 of the side panel of the N5 MK2S player.
3. OTG Storage: Insert an external storage device to the Type-C Connector at the bottom of N5 MK2S
with appropriate cable, copy music file to Internal Storage or Expandable Storage, or playback the
music files on the OTG storage directly.
4. Streaming: Turn on Wifi and connect N5 MK2S to Internet, install appropriate third party
applications (such as Tidal or Spotify), playback or download music from subscribed streaming
service.
5. Networking: Turn on WiFi and connect N5 MK2S to a LAN, playback or download music from NAS
or shared folder of connected computer facilities.
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3. Listen to Music
3.1 Select Music Files
N5 MK2S organizes music files according to folder, album, artist, genre, and tracks, you can
browse through your music resource according to your favorite pattern.
1) Folder: This is the default home screen showing the total and available capacity of all the local
storage options. Click to select the storage you want to playback from and N5 MK2S will display
the folders and files on the storage in a hierarchal listing.
2) Album: A thumbnail display of all albums according to the Album Art recognized by N5 MK2S,
with number of files collected under this album.
3) Artist: All music is sorted by artist with number of music file available, when click into an artist,
the player will present the music files according to albums in thumbnail display;
4) Genre: All music is sorted in accordance with the different genres, and shows number of music
file available under each genre, when click into a genre, the music files will show in alphabetic
order of Track Title;
5) Tracks: All music file is sorted in alphabetic order of Track Title.
Note: With the exception of Folder category, all other four categories will required a Music Scan
from Application Menu before the information can be displayed correctly.
Status Bar, with the
following icon from
left to right:
1. Volume
2. Current Volume
Value
3. Gain Setting
4. Connected to PC
5. Playing Now
6. Bluetooth
7. Line Out
8. Phone Out
9. WIFI
10. Battery capacity
11. Battery status
12. Time
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3.2 Playback
1) Choice of three Playback Themes：
Equalizer
Playlist
Add to New playlist
or Favorite
Wipe left and right
to switch among
Album art, lyrics,
and VU Meter
Next Tracks
Playback progress
bar: click or drag to
jump to desired
playback position.
Play/pause
Select playback
mode：Play Once,
Repeat Current,
Repeat All, Shuffle.
Previous track
Select from three
different playback
themes
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2) Choice of three playback effect: Album Art, Lyrics, VU Meter
3) Equalizer
N5 MK2S comes with eight pre-set EQ: Dance, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Metal, Classic, and Vocals,
you can click the appropriate icon to enable any one of these preset EQ. You can also click
“Custom” to customize the 10-bands equalizer settings by yourself. The EQ screen will only
show 5 bands at a time, you can wipe left or right to display another 5 bands.
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4) Add to
Add tracks to new playlist or favorite
4. Networking Tools
4.1 WiFi & BT
You can connect N5 MK2S to Bluetooth device and enjoy your music in wireless. Bluetooth
device must be paired with N5 MK2S in advance, please refer to the electronic version User
Manual for more details. You can also select the WiFi icon on the status bar to connect N5 MK2S
to WiFi for streaming or networked music resources.
Note: the WiFi of N5 MK2S doesn’t support channel 14 (2.484GHz) of 2.4GHz band.
4.2 Private Cloud
Click the LAN button, the player can search, browse and playback the music files stored on the NAS
or shared folder of connected computer facilities.
WIFI Connection
Bluetooth Connection
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5. Third-Party Applications
N5 MK2S support third party applications, user can download and install applications as they need.
Please be reminded that this DAP is a fully-customized Android device, it is fundamentally different
from generic Android mobile device as a lot of features such as Camera and Contact List are not
available, hence might cause malfunction in a lot of applications. Some applications might introduce
background tasks that will affect the performance of the DAP. For these reasons we recommend user
paid special attention to the instruction and purpose of the third party applications before installation.
5.1 Installation package
1) Download the installation package of the third party application, normally suffix with xxx.apk,
and copy the file to the internal storage or TF card of the player.
2) Sweep from the left side of Main screen to bring out the Application Menu, select Third Party
Applications
3) Select ES File Explorer, specify the location of the installation package.
4) Select the installation package, complete the installation process as instructed. The
application icon will display in Third Party Applications at end of installation.
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