Quick Start; Front Panel - MyTek Manhattan II Owner's Manual

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4. Quick Start

4.1 Front Panel

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1. On / Off Switch. Powers the unit on or off
2. Left navigation button - use the button to navigate in the menu (knob changes the settings)
3. Right navigation button - use the button to navigate in the menu (knob changes the settings)
4. Functional button enables the user to quickly choose an option, change and configure the device's
settings.
5. LED display
6. Functional button enables the user to quickly choose an option, change and configure the device's
settings.
7. Rotary Encoder Knob. This encoder is both a knob and a button. It's primary function is to control
the volume level. It also functions as MENU navigation for configuring device's options.
8. Headphone Output Section, Dual Mono, with Balanced Operation mode. Top jack connects unbalanced
phones in absolute phase. Bottom jack connects unbalanced phones in absolute out of phase. A
special 2x 1/4" jack to 4 pin FXLR allows for connection of single balanced headphones. Balanced
headphones will play twice as loud (+6dB) as unbalanced headphones with output voltage swing of
+-12V and output impedance below 0.5 Ohm.
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1. Headphone Gain Switch. User should arbitrarily set this switch for an optimum loudness of a
particular headphone type. Some headphones are louder than other, this switch will compensate
for differences.
2. Phono ground connector
3. S/PDIF Coaxial Input 1 and S/PDIF Coaxial Input 2 . These are digital inputs which accept up to
192kHz/24bit. They also accept DSD DOP standard input up to DSD64. This input can also be used
to transmit digital audio into computer via USB2 connection. To obtain best results, use a high
quality 75 ohm digital RCA interconnect cable.
4. Mytek proprietary USB 2.0 Class 2, up to 32bit/384k, DSD256, also accepts digital AES, SPDIF
and Toslink inputs. This USB interface also allows stacking of multiple Mytek units for multichannel
operation.
5. Wordclock BNC input. Can be used for professional clock distribution and for syncing multiple units
and as DSD reference clock. Can also be used for connecting the Manhattan II to external clock.
However, we recommend running Mytek on Internal Clock, using the built in Mytek FemtoClock
which is by far superior (<1ps jitter) to any clock source connected from outside.S/PDIF Coaxial
Input 1 and S/PDIF Coaxial Input 2 . These are digital inputs which accept up to 192kHz/24bit. They
also accept DSD DOP standard input up to DSD64. This input can also be used to transmit digital
audio into computer via USB2 connection. To obtain best results, use a high quality 75 ohm digital
RCA interconnect cable.
6. Wordclock BNC output. Used for professional clock distribution. 192KHz and DSD reference clock.
Mytek Femtoclock Generator (tm)" 0.82ps internal jitter, Wordclock Input and Output (allows
stacking multiple units for multichannel operation, includes multichannel DSD).
7. Optical Input (Toslink / ADAT). Digital input which accepts up to 192kHz/24bit. Accepts DSD DOP
standard input up to DSD64. This input can also be used to transmit digital audio into computer via
USB2 connection. For best results use short high quality TOSLINK cable. Special glass fiber Toslink
cable allows for longer cable runs and is less jittery than regular plastic fiber.
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