Node X with external DAC: Nothing switches off. Node is constantly on!

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Tom

• May 19, 2023 21:41

Hi.

I'm using a Node X with the Topping E30 II DAC. I'm satisfied with the result in audio quality and love the combination of the Node X with an external DAC.

I am having one big issue though:

The Node X doesn't switch off at all. Not even after 15 Minutes. The DAC things, it's still receiving signal from the DAC and also doesn't go into standby.

When I use Vacation Mode (Long-press the blue button on top of the Node X) the DAC switches off completely after losing signal. 

How can I tell the Node to switch off after 15 minutes of idling? It doesn't go into a standby state at all.

Thanks

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  Mark Everett

  • May 19, 2023 22:30
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  Irritatingly the digital outputs of all variants of the Node are always 'on' - even when in standby/sleep mode. The outputs are only disabled if either Vacation Mode is invoked or the Node is powered down.

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  Tom

  • May 19, 2023 23:10
  • Edited

  Meaning that the DAC will never Auto-power itself off, because it's always "receiving" signal, right?

  There is absolutely no solution to this?

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  Mark Everett

  • May 19, 2023 23:42

  Correct. We've been waiting years for this 'feature' to be fixed...

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  Stu Burden

  • July 22, 2023 06:01

  It is annoying this and the explanations that seem to come from Bluesound don’t add up. You would think it would not be a hard fix.

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