HiBy R2 - HiBy's entry-level HiFi digital audio player

[marekm]

There must be some size limit for the album arts, which I haven't encountered with any other similar player yet.

Probably 900 x 900. Hiby R3 Pro has this limitation.

 

[XTF1]

LMS with upnp bridge plugin - DLNA on R2 - WiFi. LMS control using Material skin plugin.

Confirmed it works with the R2-II Right now, it stops at the end of each track, which appears to be a common issue with UPnP: have you been able to solve this and if yes, how?
One think I did not realize is that, since it "points" the R2-II player to another source (different from the SD card), it means that things such as MSEB and EQ are enabled (unlike AirPlay).

 

[castalla]

Confirmed it works with the R2-II Right now, it stops at the end of each track, which appears to be a common issue with UPnP: have you been able to solve this and if yes, how?
One think I did not realize is that, since it "points" the R2-II player to another source (different from the SD card), it means that things such as MSEB and EQ are enabled (unlike AirPlay).

I haven't seen the stop you mention. I used the default config but set the HTTP mode to fixed.

 

[castalla]

I forgot to mention that I've also set Transcode to mp3. Haven't tried the other options.

 

[happyblack]

So it's not just me, gotta wait for first system update I guess?

I hope it comes soon, because yesterday I experienced another overnight (to be exact: I left it off for over 25 hours) battery drain. From 73% to 1%.

Ugh..

 

[happyblack]

What's more, HiBy deleted my post on HiBy User Group on Facebook in which I reported that something is going on.

"Post został usunięty" means: The post was removed.

 

[castalla]

I hope that the fix can be made via firmware.
I have a WiFi speaker which had severe battery drain when off. The fault lay in the badly designed circuit board.
Good luck.

 

[DjBobby]

I doubt it could be solved with the firmware update. The battery drains when the unit is completely off, not operational. More probably as @castalla says, the problem might be the design of the cicuit board.
I do hope that some other flaws, like the Tidal usability, could be solved with the firmware update.

 

[marekm]

What's more, HiBy deleted my post on HiBy User Group on Facebook in which I reported that something is going on.

Total fail. Reason enough to stay away from Hiby altogether

 

[DjBobby]

DSD output mode in the settings is grayed out. Not possible to change it, showing always „pcm“ as output. Another one on the list for next firmware.

 

[XTF1]

DSD output mode in the settings is grayed out. Not possible to change it, showing always „pcm“ as output. Another one on the list for next firmware.

Appears to be intentional:

R2 (and R3-Pro 2022): when no HP is connected, the R2 switches to “coax” mode, and “DSD output mode” is grayed out. As soon as you connect something, the option is enabled. You may have to exit the player settings and come back.

R2-II behaves differently: you can only change the “DSD output mode” when it’s in “coax” mode, or nothing is connected.

Not sure about the logic though…

 

[Sven2015]

any chance to see the R2 II in Germany?

 

[DjBobby]

Appears to be intentional:

R2 (and R3-Pro 2022): when no HP is connected, the R2 switches to “coax” mode, and “DSD output mode” is grayed out. As soon as you connect something, the option is enabled. You may have to exit the player settings and come back.

R2-II behaves differently: you can only change the “DSD output mode” when it’s in “coax” mode, or nothing is connected.

Not sure about the logic though…

Thanks a lot for the advice! It worked out.
So that means that there is no unified HiBy OS implementation, if it behaves differently on different devices.

Still trying to figure out, how to be able to listen to my entire Tidal library Including all my playlists, and not just only the same 4 shown playlists over and over again.
Is the R3 Pro Saber better for that matter?

 

[h0las]

I hope it comes soon, because yesterday I experienced another overnight (to be exact: I left it off for over 25 hours) battery drain. From 73% to 1%.

Same battery drain issue. Not so huge, but certainly it happens when devise is off. Battery life also less than declared 15h. It's about 7-10h actually

 

[DjBobby]

OK, I think I figured out about the missing playlists in Tidal. Found the information on the R3 forum and applied it to the R2 II and it works.
It seems that the problem is on the Tidal's side or how Tidal communicates with the HiBy OS. As I have Apple Music and Spotify subscriptions, beside Tidal, I often copy and transfer playlists between them using the Soundiiz. It seems that imported playlists are for some reasons not recognized, only the one which were originally made in the Tidal app. So, following the advice from the R3 thread, I copied all songs from the imported playlist to a newly created playlist and all of a sudden the playlist was visible in the R2 II. Now just need to repeat it with all other playlists as well and then entire Tidal library will be visible and accessible.