Specifications
UPSAMPLING
1
ml
0/A
CONVERTOR
COAXIAL
input
OPERATION
To
use the COAXIAL input, press the input select button
on
the front panel until the COAXIAL input LED
is
lit.
The "UPSAMPLING at 192kHz" green LED will light if a valid digital signal
is
present. The incoming sample rate
is
also indicated by a blue LED
in
the row below.
N.B. This shows the actual sample rate
of
the digital data going into the
M1
DAC; which is not necessarily the
same as the original source material sample rate.
AES BALANCED
input
To use the AES BALANCED input, press the input select button
on
the front panel until the AES BALANCED
input LED
is
lit. The "UPSAMPLING at 192kHz" green LED will light if a valid digital signal
is
present. The
incoming sample rate
is
also indicated by a blue LED
in
the row below.
N.B. This shows the actual sample rate
of
the digital data going into the
M1
DAC; which is not necessarily the
same as the original source material sample rate.
OPTICAL
input
To use the OPTICAL input, press the input select button
on
the front panel until the OPTICAL input LED is lit.
The "UPSAMPLING at 192kHz" green LED will light if a valid digital signal is present. The incoming sample rate
is also indicated by a blue LED
in
the row below.
N.B. This shows the actual sample rate
of
the digital data going into the
M1
DAC; which is not necessarily the
same as the original source material sample rate.
USB
input
To use the USB input, press the input select button
on
the front panel until the USB input LED
is
lit. The
"UPSAMPLING at 192kHz" green
LED
will light if a valid digital signal
is
present. The incoming sample rate
is
also indicated by a blue LED
in
the row below.
N.B. This shows the actual sample rate
of
the digital data going into the
M1
DAC; which is not necessarily the
same as the original source material sample rate.
Computer
settings
for
USB
A good quality USB A to B cable is required to connect the unit
to
the computer.
Plug the B (square) end into the socket
in
the back of the unit, and the A (rectangle)
end
into a free USB socket
on
the computer.
The computer should now detect the new hardware and install a generic driver automatically (No setup or driver
disk should
be
required).
CD,
MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, and
all
other audio file types played
on
any software should now play through the
unit. This device has been designed to work with
PC
Windows
98,
ME,
2000,
XP,
Vista
and
7,
as
well
as
Apple
Macintosh OS
X,
Snow Leopard and later.
PC
users-
Check the computer has picked up the device
and
is
currently using it by clicking: (most Windows
versions)
-Start
-Settings
- Control panel
- Sounds and Multimedia
-Audio
Check that "USB audio device" appears under
PREFERRED AUDIO DEVICE tab
A second mixer will
now
be
available which will
be
the default mixer whenever the unit
is
plugged
in.
Use this mixer to select the source or adjust levels
if required.
Mac users-
Check the computer has picked
up
the device
and
is currently using it by clicking: (MAC
OS
X)
- System preferences
-Hardware
-Sound
Check that "USB audio DAC" is selected under the
OUTPUT tab.
If the computer's warning sounds/chimes are to
played through the unit, make sure it
is
selected
under the
SOUND EFFECTS tab too.
Note: USB may also
be
selected
as
an
output
in
some individual programs.
Please note: This device is a high speed serial data processor, and
by
its nature, requires a very high volume
of
USB band width. It will benefit greatly from being the only device connected on its USB 'bus'. Sharing the same
bus with other devices
may
cause unwanted artifacts such as dropouts
or
temporary loss
of
signal. This
especially includes the use
of
the unit on a USB hub/splitter alongside other USB components
M1
DAC issue 5
MUSICAL
FIDELITY
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