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Playback Designs MPD-5 User Manual

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MPD-5
Music Playback D/A Converter
USER MANUAL
Version 2.5

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  • Page 1 MPD-5 Music Playback D/A Converter USER MANUAL Version 2.5...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    MPD-5 User Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS  Read and follow these instructions and keep this manual in a safe place.  Do not use this apparatus near water.  Clean only with dry cloth.  Do not block any ventilation openings.

  • Page 4: Warranty

    Playback Designs will pay for return shipping charges (domestically) back to the owner when the product is sent to Playback Designs within the first 30 days after purchase and the fault can be confirmed by Playback Designs. Otherwise, owner will be responsible for all shipping charges to and from Playback Designs.

  • Page 5: Before Using The Product

    When moving the converter, make sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord. FRONT PANEL FUNCTIONS Alphanumeric status display The front panel has no user buttons or switches, just an alphanumeric display. All functions of the MPD-5 are controlled via the IR remote or the serial RS-232 interface.
  • Page 6 Before connecting the converter to the AC mains, please make sure that the rated voltage for the MPD-5 is set correctly as indicated on the rear panel. Operating the converter at the wrong voltage will damage the unit. The voltage rating of the power supply cannot be...

  • Page 7: Remote Control Unit

    MUTE Mutes the analog outputs, but not the digital ones. Input Selections: DISC Not used on MPD-5. Selects the AES input for conversion to analog. COAX Selects the COAX input for conversion to analog. Selects the TosLink input for conversion to analog.
  • Page 8 1. CONNECTING THE MPD-5 TO A PC VIA ITS INTERNAL USB INTERFACE Again, the MPD-5 is equipped with an internal USB port that only supports PCM in 16bits and 44.1/48kHz. In order to guarantee the best sonic performance of the MPD-5 when playing from other sources connected to other inputs or from its internal transport the USB port is disabled.
  • Page 9 2. Connect the optical cables as outlined in the drawing below. For this you have to remove the protective caps on all cable ends as well as on the connectors on the rear panel of the MPD-5. If the optical cables provided with the MPD-5 are not long enough you can easily replace them with much longer ones.
  • Page 10 This will install the driver necessary to communicate with the Playback Designs products via USB. 4. Once your computer is properly configured, power on the MPD-5, make sure the optical cables are connected as explained in the previous paragraph and connect the USB cable that was included with the MPD-5 between USB-X and your computer.
  • Page 11 MPD-5 User Manual 6. The computer will take a moment to enumerate the MPD-5 on its USB bus and notify you when it is installed successfully. Do not attempt to play anything before the computer tells you that the device is ready to use.
  • Page 12 PLINK input is selected. 4. If all the controls on your computer are set correctly then the front panel on the MPD-5 will indicate this by displaying ”BIT PERF” for 5 seconds at the end of the playback. If it doesn’t show this then at...
  • Page 13 USB-X. 4. Make sure you use the USB cable that was shipped with the MPD-5. Other USB cables can be used, but they need to be USB2.0 compatible.

  • Page 14: Setup Menu

    This function is only programmable for the MPS-5. 6. PLINK Input format: The MPD-5 needs to know if the device you are connecting to its PLINK input is the optical USB-X interface (USB-XII) or any other device that supports the PLINK format.

  • Page 15: External Clock

    In fact, the MP-5 performs equally well with jittery sources as with higher quality ones. For this reason the MPD-5 does not require an external clock nor does it require to be set up as a clock master.
  • Page 16 CHANGING THE FUSE ON THE MPD-5 Inside the power connector on the rear panel of the MPD-5 is a fuse that protects the converter from dangerous power surges. If the converter fails to power up or no light on the front panel is lit then proceed as follows to change the fuse: 1.

  • Page 17: Appendix A: Serial Remote Control (Rs-232)

    Received commands are not stored in a stack and, therefore, need to be sent in intervals of at least 100ms to allow enough time for the MPD-5 to execute a command before receiving the next one.
  • Page 18 MPD-5 User Manual Byte 6 bit 2-0 0: unefined 1: AES input selected 2: RCA input selected 3: TosLink input selected 4: PlayLink input selected 5: USB (PC) input selected 6: Aux input selected bit 6-3 1: 44.1kHz detected on digital input 2: 48kHz detected on digital input 3: 88.2kHz detected on digital input...

  • Page 19: Appendix B: Upgrading The Software In Your Mpd

    MPD-5 that may further enhance the sonic performance or add new features. As new releases become available you will be able to download it to the MPD-5 from a PC via a dedicated USB connection on the back of the unit. It will be distributed along with a software application...
  • Page 20 After you have used the PDSetup utility for the first time a shortcut PDUpdate is installed on the desktop of your PC as well as in the START>PROGRAMS>Playback Designs folder. There is no need to launch the “PDSetup.exe” application anymore.

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