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Data Conversion Systems Vivaldi One User Manual

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dCS Vivaldi One
Digital Playback System
User Manual
Software Release 1.0x
September 2017
This product incorporates the following dCS proprietary technology:
Ring DAC™
© Data Conversion Systems Ltd. 2017
Price UK £10.00
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dCS is Data Conversion Systems Ltd. Company registered in England No. 2072115.

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  • Page 1 Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice, and whilst it is checked for accuracy, no liabilities can be accepted for errors. dCS is Data Conversion Systems Ltd. Company registered in England No. 2072115.
  • Page 2 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Page 2 Vivaldi One Manual v1_0x English version...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Contents Using the dCS Vivaldi One for the first time ..................5   What’s in the box?   Positioning the unit   Important Safety Instructions   Condensation  ...
  • Page 4 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Rear Panel ............................36   Analogue Outputs   AES Digital Inputs   SPDIF Digital Inputs   USB Interfaces   Wordclock Inputs and Output   Network Interface  ...

  • Page 5: Using The Dcs Vivaldi One For The First Time

    To prevent overheating, we recommend that you leave free space of 300mm around the unit to allow for ventilation. Do not cover or stack other components on top of Vivaldi One. You can use the feet to level the unit. With all feet screwed fully home, the unit will sit level on a flat surface.

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Important Safety Instructions The following statements are required to comply with U.S. safety standard UL60065. • Read these instructions. • Keep these instructions. • Heed all warnings.

  • Page 7: Safety Notice

    50Hz or 60Hz ONLY. Damage caused to your Vivaldi One by misuse of a mains regenerator or by a malfunctioning mains regenerator is not covered by the warranty.

  • Page 8: Made For Iphone ® And Ipad

    Apple performance standards. Apple is not responsible for the operation of this device or its compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Vivaldi One has been certified with the following products: • iPhone 7 Plus ...

  • Page 9: Laser Radiation

    September 2017 Laser Radiation dCS Vivaldi One is a Class 1 Laser Product, it complies with U.S. FDA 21CFR subchapter J. In normal use, there is no risk of exposure to laser radiation. The case should only be opened by authorised service personnel. The case protects the user from indirect exposure to visible and invisible laser radiation, as well as risk of electric shock.

  • Page 10: Step-By-Step Guide

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 UIDE This section guides you through setting up the unit for basic operation. Preliminaries The Menu Guide sheet details the menu structure and describes the two most common set-ups.

  • Page 11: Step 1 - Connecting The Analogue Outputs

    Figure 1 – Output connections for the Vivaldi One The Vivaldi One has independent balanced and unbalanced output stages, you can connect them to different amplifiers if you wish. Page 11 Vivaldi One Manual v1_0x...

  • Page 12: Step 2 - Upnp Network Connection

    (e.g. a NAS drive). It then passes this address to the renderer (e.g. a Vivaldi One) to play. The renderer directly retrieves the item from the specified address on the server, decodes and plays the media as it arrives over the network from the server.
  • Page 13 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 • The system will search for Vivaldi One players or Upsamplers. Tap Configure to change the player’s settings, find information about the unit or use the test features. Tap...
  • Page 14 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 • Navigate down to the track list. • Choose either All Tracks to play the whole album or Selected Tracks and then tap on the tracks you want to play.
  • Page 15 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 • Current track: Shuffle tracks. Repeat track / repeat playlist. Change phase. Adjust volume. Set the volume slider as required, then tap the white to close the volume panel.
  • Page 16 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 To delete a Playlist, swipe it to the left and tap Delete. Tap on a list or the Play Queue to open it. Select a track and tap the Play icon to start playing it.
  • Page 17 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 While browsing albums, artists or tracks, you can search for some text in the list. Tap on the Search icon – the keyboard will appear. Type the text you want to search for (or just part of it).

  • Page 18: Playing Music With Airplay

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Playing music with AirPlay • When the player is connected to a network, music can be streamed from an Apple device via AirPlay to the player. When AirPlay is active, the player’s Network input is automatically selected.

  • Page 19: Step 3 - Using The Player's Pcm Inputs

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 STEP 3 – Using the player’s PCM Inputs The player has 6 standard PCM inputs, which may be used with a wide variety of sources. When playing data over AES or SPDIF from a device that does not have a wordclock input, always set that input to Audio sync –...
  • Page 20 September 2017 Analogue outputs Figure 3 – Connecting Vivaldi One to a Blu-ray Player If the inputs have been renamed, the standard names will not be displayed. Why does the player display 0 bits? Is it faulty? No, the player is working correctly. When the source equipment is connected but is not playing, there is no data –...

  • Page 21: Step 4 - Cd / Sacd Playback

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 STEP 4 – CD / SACD Playback • Use the Input button to select Disc mode. • Press the Stop/Eject button to open the disc tray. The display will show OPENING - OPEN.

  • Page 22: Controlling Cd Playback With The App

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Controlling CD playback with the app Go to the Home page and tap Disc. The Vivaldi 2.0 App or the Remote Control gives access to other features, such as track number selection, repeat track or disc and programming a track sequence.

  • Page 23: Step 5 - Using The Usb1 Interface With A Computer

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 STEP 5 – Using the USB1 interface with a computer If you do not want to use a computer, you can miss out this step. Compatibility USB1 interface can be connected to Windows™...

  • Page 24: Basic Setup With A Pc

    This arrangement avoids the use of the computer’s inaccurate and jittery clock. Analogue outputs Figure 4 – Using Vivaldi One with a laptop A word about music playing software There are countless programs that can play music on Windows and Apple Mac PCs. Unfortunately, not all of them present the data completely unprocessed to the USB ports.

  • Page 25: Selecting The Vivaldi One As Your Audio Output Device

    Selecting the Vivaldi One as your Audio Output device Whichever program you are using to play your music, your computer may not automatically select the Vivaldi One as the preferred playback device. Once you have connected the player and switched it on, you can correct this as follows:...

  • Page 26: Step 6 - Using The Usb2 Input

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 STEP 6 – Using the USB2 input You can play compatible music files that are stored on a flash drive or low-power USB HDD, formatted as FAT16, FAT32 or non-encrypted NTFS. Drives in other formats are not compatible.

  • Page 27: Step 7 - Clocking

    Using the Vivaldi Clock The performance can be improved further by adding a Vivaldi Master Clock to the system. Analogue outputs Figure 5 – Using the Vivaldi One and Clock together • Use the Player’s Input button to select the input you want to lock to the Clock – this will usually be Network, USB1 or Disc mode.

  • Page 28: Further Suggestions

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Further suggestions • If you wish, you can set the player to insert a DSD or DSDx2 upsampling stage at the end of the PCM oversampling sequence by changing the Unit Settings >...

  • Page 29: Renaming Your Vivaldi One

    September 2017 Renaming your Vivaldi One To identify more than one Vivaldi One unit on the same network, you can change the network name of each Vivaldi One as follows. • Connect a PC, tablet or phone and the Vivaldi One to the same network.

  • Page 30: Front Panel

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 RONT ANEL D E F Figure 6 – Front panel Display – Network Renderer While streaming music from the Network or a USB flash drive, the display (A) is split into 4 areas:...

  • Page 31: Display - Cd / Sacd Playback

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Display – CD / SACD Playback With the input set to Disc, the display is again split into 4 areas: -------------1------------ ------------------2-------------------- -------------3------------ --------------4-------------- Area 1: The symbol indicates the CD mechanism status:...

  • Page 32: Display - Dac Mode

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Display – DAC Mode With one of the digital inputs selected or if the Network input is selected but is not active, the display is again split into 4 areas:...

  • Page 33: Control Modes

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Control Modes The functions of the front panel controls depend on the current operating mode of the player, as shown in the table below. MODE Play/ Stop/...

  • Page 34: Input Button

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Input button Press the Input button (E) repeatedly to cycle through the available digital inputs. Inputs which are not connected to an active source do not appear in the list and so cannot be selected.

  • Page 35: Rotary Control

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Rotary Control The Rotary Control (K) usually controls the Volume setting. The Volume setting changes in 0.5dB steps between 0dB (full volume) and -50dB, in 1dB steps down to -80dB and then mutes below -80dB. When the volume is changed, the volume setting is displayed in large text for a few seconds.

  • Page 36: Rear Panel

    “thin” sound. If you want to use the Vivaldi One with this type of input, link pin 3 to pin 1 in the cable at the amplifier end. In such cases, we recommend that you use the Unbalanced Outputs instead.

  • Page 37: Spdif Digital Inputs

    USB Interfaces Both USB interfaces operate in True Asynchronous USB mode, which makes the Vivaldi One immune to clock jitter from the computer / sound server. The player uses its own internal clock or locks to the Master Clock connected to the Wordclock inputs.

  • Page 38: Network Interface

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Network Interface Network Main connection on an RJ45 socket (V) allows the player to act as a UPnP renderer, streaming music data from a NAS drive or a local computer over a standard 10/100/1000 Ethernet network.

  • Page 39: The Menu

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Page 39 Vivaldi One Manual v1_0x English version...

  • Page 40: Using The Menu

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Figure 8 – The menu sequence Using the Menu The menu gives the user access to a range of additional features. It also allows new features and performance enhancements to be added later by software updates.

  • Page 41: Information Menu

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 INFORMATION Menu Unit Status Unit Status page displays: • The long version of the serial number, including the hardware configuration code. • The unit name. • The internal temperature ..°C.

  • Page 42: Audio Settings Menu

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 AUDIO SETTINGS Menu Phase Use this page to change the phase of all the analogue outputs from normal phase… …to inverted phase, to correct for absolute phase errors on recorded music. This icon is displayed when the outputs are inverted.

  • Page 43: Mapper

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Mapper Mapper controls the way in which data is presented to the Ring DAC™ core. There are 3 Mapper options: Map 1 is the new default mapper. It drives the Ring DAC™ core at either 5.644 or 6.14MHz.

  • Page 44: Unit Settings Menu

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 UNIT SETTINGS Menu These settings are usually “set and forget”. Sync Mode This page sets the clocking for the digital input that is currently selected. The Player...

  • Page 45: Dual Aes

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Dual AES This setting allows the AES1 AES2 inputs to be used together to accept PCM data at high sample rates (88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8 or 384kS/s) or DSD/64 or DSD/128 from a Dual AES source.

  • Page 46: Configuration Menu

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 CONFIGURATION Menu Settings Lock When set to Locked, this icon appears on the main display and the following settings cannot be changed: • • Mapper DSD Filter •...

  • Page 47: Display Settings Menu

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 DISPLAY SETTINGS Menu Brightness Set the display Brightness to a comfortable level using the ◄ ► buttons. Press the Menu button to exit. Display On/Off This page is usually set to On.

  • Page 48: Specification

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 PECIFICATION Converter type dCS proprietary Ring DAC topology. Dual laser CD / SACD mechanism. Mechanism type Digital inputs UPnP Network interface on an RJ45 connector streams music files from a NAS or local computer over an Ethernet network.
  • Page 49 Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Frequency response Fs = 44.1kS/s & CD +/-0.1dB, 10Hz to 20kHz (set to Filter 1) Fs = 48kS/s +/-0.1dB, 10Hz to 20kHz Fs = 88.2 or 96kS/s +/-0.1dB, 10Hz to 20kHz...

  • Page 50: Maintenance And Support

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 AINTENANCE AND UPPORT Service and Maintenance dCS audio products are designed not to need regular maintenance, and contain no user serviceable parts apart from the mains fuse. If your unit is damaged in any way, please contact your dealer.

  • Page 51: Cleaning The Case

    Never use spirit based cleaners. If you are at all uncertain about setting up, operating or caring for your Vivaldi One, your dealer will be pleased to assist you.

  • Page 52: Limited Warranty

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 Limited Warranty General dCS warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 3 years from the date the unit was originally shipped from dCS. If the product is purchased and registered with dCS within 6 months of the date the unit was originally shipped from dCS, we will start the warranty on the purchase date.

  • Page 53: If You Need More Help

    Check the dCS web-site occasionally for news of the latest software updates. This manual is for Vivaldi One software version 1.0x. Issue 1.00 The first issue with Front Panel v1.00, Interface Board v1.00 and Network firmware v350.

  • Page 54: Software Update

    September 2017 Software update The Vivaldi One can be updated from the internet over the network using the Vivaldi 2.0 App. Tap Configuration > Information > Version > Check for Updates. If an update is available, please follow the prompts and then wait until the process is complete.

  • Page 55: Index

    Vivaldi One Digital Playback System User Manual Software Issue 1.0x September 2017 NDEX power button ....10, 34 0  I  preamplifier ...... 11 0/44.1 display ....20 information menu ..... 41 R  input A  AES ......19, 36 rear panel ......36 Dual AES ....

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