5F InnoValley E Bldg., 255 Pangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (Zip 463-400) T 031 8018 7333 F 031 8018 7330 User Manual airDAC AD200 141x141x35 mm (WxDxH) 350 g Function Buttons F1/F2/F3 LED Indicators LED1/LED2/LED3 Headphone Amp Output Power and Volume Knob Front-side Optical Digital Output USB Input...
Index Introduction to airDAC AD200 …………………………………………………….. 3 1.1. Components and Applications 1.2. Features and Highlights 1.3. Specifications How to Use …………………………………………………………………………… 6 Connection Setup ……………………………………………………………………. 3.1. Using WPS Mode 3.2. Using SoftAP Mode Music Play …………………………………………………………………………… 4.1. Streaming music source from Windows/PC 4.2.
DC power supply + power cable • Applications airDAC play airDAC control - Both on IOS, Android market * Any other application supporting DLNA could be used etc. USB Cable (mini usb B type 5 pin) *usb cable does not included in airDAC AD200 pakage...
1.2 Features and Highlights Listen DETAILS RADSONE airDAC is a Hi-Fi DAC with Headphone Amplifier to play unlimited lossless sound sources from wireless or wired inputs. All Hi-Fi sound sources from local PCs, smartphones, and music streaming servers are reproduced through top-grade headphone/digital/analog outputs with Distinctive Clear Technololgy algorithm.
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1.3 Specifications Input • Wi-Fi - DLNA 1.5 & UPnP AV1.0 - Format: FLAC, WAV, Apple lossless, AIFF, AAC, MP3, WMA, OGG • USB - USB1.1/USB2.0 Up to 24-bit 96kHz PCM (Windows) Up to 24-bit 192kHz PCM (OSX) DSD64/128 (DoP v1.1, OSX) Output •...
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2. How to Use 1.1 Functions and Status Indications Power • On: Push volume knob shortly • Off: Push and hold volume knob Input Mode Selection • F1 Key - Wi-Fi: LED1 GREEN (LED1 ORANGE: SoftAP mode) - USB: LED1 * LED is blinking at streaming Output Mode Selection •...
3. Connection Setup (Firstly, Wi-Fi antenna should be mounted on the back panel of AD200) 3.1 Using WPS Mode WPS(Wi-Fi Protected Setup)? Setting the security and wireless connection between Wi-Fi devices at a time by pushing WPS button Entry to WPS Mode After Wi-Fi Booting status (about 40 sec after power on) Press and hold F3 over 3 sec.
After Wi-Fi Booting status (about 40 sec after power on) at Wi-Fi input mode Press and hold F2 over 3 sec (LED1 ORANGE Searching and Connecting to Nearby Aps 1. Entry to SoftAP mode 2. Connect your smartphone to airDAC by searching Wi-Fi signal (SSID: airDAC AD200, PW: password) ...
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3. Connect airDAC to nearby APs using airDAC play app. ✓ Settings> Device Setup > airDAC AD200 > WiFi Network Selection ✓ Choose your AP and Connect to it 4. Check connection success (LED1 GREEN on, wait for a while)
4. Music Play 4.1 Streaming music source from Windows/PC • USB (Full-speed / Windows) 1. Connect airDAC to PC with USB cable 2. Select audio output of PC to ‘airDAC AD200 FS’ ...
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• Audio Performance of DirectSound in Windows Unlike MAC, Windows DirectSound audio performance is very poor. Playing 1kHz 44.1KHz-sampled PCM On Windows DirectSound Mode ...
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• ASIO Setup (Full-speed / Windows) ASIO? Using defualt DirectSound provided in Windows, sound quality is degraded within the internal re-sampling process. To prevent this, playing through the ASIO plug-in from foobar2000 you can avoid the above sound quality degradation problem. ...
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• WASAPI 설정하기 (Full-speed / Windows) 5. Select Apply and OK. Installation will be finished ...
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• 8. Activate airDAC AD200 FS play through ASIO by clicking on Enable icon, additional setting are possible in advanced options Now, ready to play!
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• WASAPI Setup (Full-speed / Windows) WASPI? Using defualt DirectSound provided in Windows, sound quality is degraded within the internal re-sampling process. To prevent this, playing through the WASAPI plug-in from foobar2000 you can avoid the above sound quality degradation problem. ...
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• WASAPI 설정하기 (Full-speed / Windows) 5. Select Apply and OK. Installation will be finished ...
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• WASAPI 설정하기 (Full-speed / Windows) (Appendix.) 7. Activate Resampler in DSP Manager in foobar2000 Configure target sampling rate to 96000 Hz *This 7th step is only for additional preference ...
4.2 Streaming music source from OSX/MAC • USB (Full-speed) 1. Connect airDAC to MAC with USB cable 2. Select audio output of MAC to ‘airDAC AD200 FS’ ...
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3. Streaming your music source • USB (High-speed) 1. Connect airDAC to PC/MAC with USB cable 2. Connect to your airDAC with airDAC control app. (Please refer to section 2) 3. Select Mac in Setup USB Connection menu ...
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• USB (Full-speed) 4. Select audio output of PC/MAC to ‘airDAC AD200 HS’ ...
5. Firmware Update 5. Firware Update • airDAC control? - Mobile application to monitor and control airDAC through Wi-Fi - Available both iOS and Android market. • How to Update 1. Connect airDAC to nearby APs by WPS/SoftAP mode (please refer to section 2) ...
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• How to Update? 5. Select version menu on right bottom and push ‘Firmware Update’ button (The menu is activated only airDAC device is connected through Wi-Fi) ...
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• How to Update? 8. After downloading is finished, confirm firware update by selecting OK. Firmware updating process will be started. • All LEDs on your airDAC device will be blinking with color. ...