Music Streaming Via Bluetooth; Aux Audio Input - Oppo SonicaDAC User Manual

Music Streaming via Bluetooth
Connect a Bluetooth‐capable device such as a smartphone or tablet by enabling Bluetooth on your
device and then pairing it with Sonica DAC. Refer to Bluetooth Connection in the Settings and Advanced
Operations section on pages 11 for pairing instructions. You can play music from your device either
through its local library or other music apps.
AUX Audio Input
You can connect an audio device with a stereo analog output into the AUX IN of Sonica DAC using a pair
of audio interconnect cables. The input signal will be digitized and made available for streaming to other
Sonica speakers on your network, and at the same time will be converted back to analog via the RCA
and XLR outputs. To select this source as the streaming audio input for your Sonica speakers, select AUX
IN as the source from the Sonica app or using the Source Selection screen on the Front Panel Display.
Certain analog audio devices, such as phono preamplifiers and turntables, might have a separate ground
wire. Connecting the ground wire to the ground terminal on Sonica DAC is optional. If connecting the
ground wire to Sonica DAC does not result in lower noise, it is not necessary for you to do so.
Note: Input signal from AUX IN passes through analog‐to‐digital and digital‐to‐analog conversions
before it reaches the XLR or RCA outputs. Although the signal quality is still excellent, this is quite
different than passing the same signal through an analog pre‐amplifier. For this reason Sonica DAC is not
recommended as a replacement for a pre‐amplifier for analog audio signals.
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