Manual

With the CXA switched to USB Audio Class 2 the CXA works with the native Mac OS-X 10.5 (Leopard) or above Audio 2.0 driver and can accept audio

up to 32-bit/384kHz.

1. With the CXA in Standby mode and/or the volume set to minimum, connect your Mac to the CXA via a USB A to B cable, or C to B cable depending

on the USB ports on your Mac.

2. Select the USB Audio source on the front panel of the CXA.

You can do this by pressing the Bluetooth/USB button, which will toggle between the two inputs. The USB Audio is shown by the symbol being lit

orange.

3. Choose the CXA as your output speaker via your Mac’s sound settings

Note: To ensure you are getting the highest quality play back possible, ensure that the maximum sample rate for the CXA is selected, up to 384

kHz.

This can be done via your Mac by selecting ‘Audio Midi Setup > ‘Sound’ > ‘Speaker Properties’ > ‘Advanced’ Tab, and selecting the maximum

sample rate and bit depth from the drop down menu.

Use with Linux

For most builds of Linux with the CXA switched to USB Audio Class 1 the CXA will work with the native Audio 1.0 driver and accept audio up to 24-

bit/96kHz.

Some very new builds of Linux are now supporting USB Audio Class 2 for which the CXA should be switched to Audio 2.0 to accept audio up to 32-

bit/384kHz.

For both cases because Linux builds vary according to their creators choice of software components including drivers it is not possible to guarantee

operation and Audio drivers may need to be loaded.

'Class drivers' as they are called for generic support of Audio Class 1.0 or Audio Class 2.0 devices may be available from the Linux community, we

do not supply these.

Note: It is not possible to connect a USB drive or HDD directly to the CXA61/81 via the ‘USB Audio’ input. The ‘USB Audio’ input on the CXA61/81

will only support a direct connection with a PC or Mac. You will, however, be able to use one of our network players in combination with the

CXA61/81 to do this.