High Quality 192kHz DAC with USB Audio Interface User’s Guide
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ESI Dr. DAC prime INDEX 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Description.................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Front Panel........................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Rear Panel .
ESI Dr. DAC prime 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI Dr. DAC prime. Dr. DAC prime provides everything you need in order to listen to digital music with pristine audio quality on the road or at your home. Dr. DAC prime works with up to 24bit/192kHz and is not only equipped with both an optical (via the included miniplug-toslink adapter) and coaxial S/PDIF input but also with a full USB audio interface (up to 24bit/96kHz) for bit-perfect audio transfer.
ESI Dr. DAC prime HEADPHONE outputs: there is a 1/4" and a 1/8" TRS connector, allowing you to connect a headphone without the use of an adapter. Both headphone outputs send out the same signal. 2.2 Rear Panel The rear panel provides the following connectors and functions from left to right: LINE OUTPUT connectors: these two RCA connectors are the main analog line level output. For example, connect these to your active monitoring speakers or to your amplifier.
ESI Dr. DAC prime 3.1.1 Installation & Connection Dr. DAC prime is simply connected to an available USB port of your computer. The supplied USB cable connects to the USB connector on the back panel of Dr. DAC prime. The other end of the cable is plugged it into your computer. USB port of a computer After the connection of Dr. DAC prime, the operating system automatically detects it as a new hardware device.
ESI Dr. DAC prime You will now be prompted to connect the hardware on the next dialog that is shown below on the left. Plug in Dr. DAC prime. Do not click Next yet. During the driver installation, Windows might again prompt you to confirm the Windows Logo testing dialog once or several times with Continue Anway before the driver installation is finalized. You can now finally click OK on the Information dialog and then proceed with Continue Anyway once or several times. The installation is now finished.
ESI Dr. DAC prime The installer now informs you that the driver installation will start as shown on the left picture below. Confirm this with Next. During the following process you will see a Windows Security dialog box once or several times that asks you for confirmation to install the driver software. Confirm any such dialog with Install. You will now be prompted to connect the hardware on the next dialog that is shown below on the left. Plug in Dr. DAC prime. Do not click Next yet.
ESI Dr. DAC prime If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully. 3.1.4 Control Panel for Windows This chapter describes the Dr. DAC prime Control Panel under Windows. To open the control panel double click on the ESI icon in the task notification area. The following dialog will appear: The panel has the following functions and sections: INPUT section: this section controls the input monitoring volume of the incoming signal from the hardware.
ESI Dr. DAC prime 3.2 Digital to Analog Converter Dr. DAC prime works as a digital to analog converter with extremely high quality. The digital signal source can either be the optical or coaxial S/PDIF input on the rear panel (the SOURCE switch has to be set to DIGITAL in that case) or it can be the playback from your audio application when Dr. DAC prime is connected to a computer via USB (in that case, the SOURCE switch has to be set to USB).
ESI Dr. DAC prime The playback volume of the headphone signal can be set using the VOLUME potentiometer on the front panel. 4. Specifications Device Type: - digital to analog converter - USB audio interface - headphone amplifier Key Specifications and Features: - max. 24bit/192khz - S/PDIF input => - S/PDIF input => - S/PDIF input => S/PDIF input: coaxial & optical combo receiver module S/PDIF output bypass support line & headphone output support computer recording support - max.
ESI Dr. DAC prime - standby/power on switch - standby (red) - power on (blue) - S/PDIF & USB input bypass / 192kHz upsampling: 2 position toggle switch - multi-colored LED display - MUTE (red) - NO SIGNAL (orange) - NON-PCM (pure green) - PCM (pure green) - 192kHz upsampling (pure blue) - DC 9V~24V wide range power input - 12V / 1.5A DC adapter included 5. General Information 5.1 Trademarks ESI, Dr. DAC, and Dr. DAC prime are trademarks of ESI Audiotechnik GmbH.
