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Contents

NOTICE ................................................................................................. 1

Required components ......................................................................... 1

Installing foobar2000 ........................................................................... 2

Installing Yamaha HiFi USB Driver ..................................................... 2

Installing the “ASIO support” component ......................................... 3

Installing the “Super Audio CD Decoder” component ..................... 5

Configuring DSD playback settings of foobar2000........................... 7

• “foobar2000” is not Yamaha product. Yamaha cannot be held responsible for any damages arising out of the use of the software.

• “foobar2000” is installable only on Windows computers. The procedures described in this documentation are based on Windows 7.

• The documentation is based on information as at September 2015 (We have no plans to offer updates).

foobar2000

“foobar2000” is an advanced freeware audio player for Windows. By installing foobar2000 and other components on your Windows

computer, you can enjoy DSD (Direct Stream Digital) audio playback on the unit (via USB DAC).

Yamaha HiFi USB Driver

Driver software required for connecting a device compatible with Yamaha HiFi USB Driver to a computer.

ASIO support

A component required for DSD audio playback on foobar2000.

Super Audio CD Decoder

A decoder required for direct DSD playback of Super Audio CD ISO images, DSDIFF and DSF files on compatible devices.

Reference Information

Playing back DSD audio using foobar2000

NOTICE

Required components

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Reference Information Playing back DSD audio using foobar2000 Contents NOTICE ................................................................................................. Required components ......................................................................... Installing foobar2000 ........................................................................... Installing Yamaha HiFi USB Driver ..................................................... Installing the “ASIO support” component ................
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Installing foobar2000 1 Download the latest stable version of foobar2000 at the following website. http://www.foobar2000.org/download 2 Double-click the downloaded file “foobar2000_v*.*.*.exe” to start installation. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software. Installing Yamaha HiFi USB Driver 1 Download “Yamaha HiFi USB Driver” at the following Yamaha website. http://download.yamaha.
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Installing the “ASIO support” component 1 Download the “ASIO support” component (foo_out_asio) at the following website. http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/ foo_out_asio 2 3 4 Run foobar2000, then select [File] [Preferences]. Click [Components] [Install]. Select the downloaded component “foo_out_asio.fb2k-component”, then click [Open].
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5 6 7 Click [Apply]. In the dialog box, click [OK] to restart foolbar2000. If foolbar2000 is restarted, click [File] [Preferences] [Components], then confirm “ASIO support” is listed in “Installed components”. Installation of the “ASIO support” component is now completed.
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Installing the “Super Audio CD Decoder” component 1 Download the latest version of “foo_input_sacd0.*.*.zip” at the following website. http://sourceforge.net/projects/sacddecoder/ files/foo_input_sacd/ 2 3 4 Uncompress the downloaded file “foo_input_sacd-0.*.*.zip”. In the uncompressed folder, double-click “ASIOProxyInstall-0.*.*.exe” to start installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the component. 5 Run foobar2000, then select [File] [Preferences].
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7 8 9 10 Select “foo_input_sacd.fb2k-component” in the “foo_input_sacd-0.*.*” folder uncompressed in step 2, then click [Open]. Click [Apply]. In the dialog box, click [OK] to restart foolbar2000. If foolbar2000 is restarted, click [File] [Preferences] [Components], then confirm “Super Audio CD Decoder” is listed in “Installed components”. Installation of the “Super Audio CD Decoder” component is now completed.
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Configuring DSD playback settings of foobar2000 1 2 3 Click [File] [Preferences] [Playback] [Output], then select “ASIO:foo_dsd_asio” from the “Device” pull-down list. Click [Output] [ASIO], then double-click “foo_dsd_asio” in “ASIO drivers”. Configure the following settings. ASIO Driver: Yamaha HiFi USB Driver DSD Playback Method: ASIO Native 4 5 Click [X] (close button) to close the window. Click [Tools] [SACD], configure the following setting. Output Mode: DSD 6 Click [OK].