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New Sony HAP-Z1ES Firmware Out Today
I installed the newest firmware today and was pleasantly surprised that the player now supports an external DAC via the USB connection. It now does DSD over USB2 and there is a provision to turn it on/off. I played a couple of different artists and the player seems to work perfectly with the iPad remote. Here is the skinny, direct from Sony:
This firmware upgrade (version 18033R) provides the following improvements over version 17384R:
- Adds support for the Media Server function
- Adds support for the USB digital output function (USB hub support for connecting each of one HDD drive, one CD drive, and one USB DAC)
- Adds support for Seek operations
- Adds support for the Fade In/Out function
- Adds the Go to genre/artist/album/folder function to the Options menu
- Adds the following operations:
- Queuing the track next to the one currently playing, and queuing the track last
- Deleting the track from the play queue
- Creating a playlist with the play queue
- Deleting the playlist
- Deleting the track from the playlist
- Deleting the information of a disconnected external hard disk drive
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The HAP-Z1ES firmware could be rolled-back to the previous version "press and hold the Home Button while turning the Unit on, you will see the light above the power button flash a few times and then hear a click and it will stop flashing, it will turn on the Special Mode (in the display menu), choose the 3rd option down and it will roll-back to the previous version firmware". My set-up (HAP-Z1ES via USB into Devialet Expert 400) will not work with the current 0018120R version firmware, but works fine with the previous 0018033R version firmware. |
That's the problem, as I just bought it, the previous firmware is not the 18033R, but one that is 2 years old and does not yet support USB DAC. :) PS : As expected the support was of no use. (Japanese support has understood my problem, which I doubt in others ^^) I'll make one last attempt with a non XMOS DAC to see if it works, then I'll give up. Either there will be another firmware, or when I change my amp, maybe I'll hear some sound if it outputs all the streams to DSD. |
I finished my project, for those who use a DAC, that can be interesting. Sony HAP S1/Z1ES remote control key remapping demonstration video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIhKWJwfVIU |
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