Owner`s manual

After a few seconds, the display will return to its normal mode,

which is to display the selected source and current sampling fre-

quency.

toggle HDCD gain adjustment

To toggle between HDCD Auto gain (thereby lowering the volume

of non-HDCD sources by 6 decibels, relative to an HDCD source)

and HDCD Manual gain (requiring you to make appropriate vol-

ume adjustments as you see fit, but avoiding any digital attenua-

tion), enter the setup mode by pressing and holding the

mode but-

ton until the input name for the currently selected input is dis-

played. Then toggle the HDCD setting using the

polarity invert

button. The unit will time out after a few seconds and your change

will be saved for all inputs. (Note: the Nº360 will return to its de-

fault setting of HDCD Auto after a loss of power.)

5 emphasis LED

The compact disc standard, as created by Sony and Philips, allows

a high-frequency boost to be employed during recording. This

boost, called recording pre-emphasis, increases the signal-to-noise

ratio at high frequencies, but must be countered by a high-fre-

quency cut before playback to restore a recording’s normal fre-

quency response. De-emphasis may be done as the recording is

being mastered, or the compact disc (or digital audio tape) may be

made with the pre-emphasis still on, and the de-emphasis per-

formed in the playback unit.

The emphasis LED lights when the Nº360 detects recording pre-

emphasis in the digital program being processed, and subse-

quently employs its de-emphasis circuitry. In the Nº360, the de-

emphasis filtering is done in the digital domain.

Note: The de-emphasis circuitry of the Nº360 is designed to

be compatible with all known digital standards. How-

ever, it is possible for the emphasis LED to light in er-

ror when there is no disc being played. This is not a

malfunction of the Nº360. Rather, it is the result of

the transport generating ambiguous signals in the ab-

sence of a spinning disc to read. You may never see

this condition. Even when the condition exists, it has

no effect on sonic quality, as it can only occur when

there is no disc playing.

6 polarity invert

Pressing this button inverts the polarity of the digital signal, to

compensate for polarity differences during the recording process.

Some recordings may simply “sound better” when this function is

active.