Connecting To A Computer - Pro-Ject Audio Systems DAC Box RS User Manual

Connecting to a computer and settings
Connect the USB input of the DAC to a free USB socket on your computer. The DAC will be
automatically recognised by the computer when turned on.
For Windows® operating systems a 24Bit/192kHz driver (supplied on CD) has to be installed.
(Mac OS® operating systems support 24Bit/192kHz as a standard). Insert the supplied CD into
the drive of your PC and follow the instructions.
After installing the Pro-Ject USB audio driver, some settings have to be done.
For example Windows 7 and 8 operating system:
Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound: Select Project RS USB 2.0 Audio Out
Properties > Level: Sound setting must be 100; Enhancements: disable all enhancements;
Advanced: Default format set to 24/192 studio quality.
DSD settings
Pro-Ject DAC Box RS is capable of playing DSD64 and DSD128 files. For playing DSD files you
will require player in your computer which is capable to play DSD files (for example JRiver
Mediacenter, Foobar2000 etc.)
Required settings for DSD:
DSD Playback Method: DoP (DSD over PCM), DoP Marker 0x05/0xFA
Recommended settings for USB streaming mode is SAFE and ASIO buffer size 8192 or higher.
Please note that DSD requires high data rate and slower computers may have problems with
playing DSD.
Pro-Ject DAC Box RS User´s manual, 18.3.2014