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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AUDIO ANALOGUE maestro CD PLAYER 192/24 DAC SPECIAL EDITION OWNER’S MANUAL MANUALE D’ISTRUZIONI Manual rev1.0...
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(such as the sample frequency). The Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE also has a digital input which permits you to use the CD player like a digital to analogue converter as well. In this use the Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE can accept a SPDIF digital audio signal with a sample frequency of up to 192Khz.
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AUDIO ANALOGUE. The information contained in this manual is related to the data kept by AUDIO ANALOGUE at the moment of the issue of this publication; AUDIO ANALOGUE has the right to make changes to this document without prior notice.
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Nessuna parte del presente manuale può essere riprodotta con alcun mezzo, trasmessa o copiata per usi pubblici e/o privati senza la previa autorizzazione di AUDIO ANALOGUE. Le informazioni contenute nel presente manuale sono relative ai dati in possesso di AUDIO ANALOGUE al momento della pubblicazione; AUDIO ANALOGUE si riserva il diritto di apportare cambiamenti al presente documento senza alcun preavviso.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Features High performance power supply with two transformers (one of which toroidal) and eight different voltage regulation sections. High-performance 192KHz/24bit D/A converter. The Over-Sampling of the DAC is present in all configurations and allows the use of low slope filters.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Front panel 1) STANDBY: When pressing this button you wake up the unit from “stand by mode” or enter the unit into “stand by mode”. 2) VFD display. 3) CD tray. 4) IR receiver. 5) OPEN: pressing this button opens/closes the CD tray.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Back panel 1) S/PDIF DIGITAL IN: Digital In connector. 2) S/PDIF DIGITAL OUT: Digital Out connector. 3) RIGHT OUT: Unbalanced right digital out connector. 4) RIGHT BALANCED OUT: Balanced right digital out connector. 5) LEFT OUT: Unbalanced left digital out connector.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Remote control • PLAY / PAUSE By pressing this button, you start CD playback or interrupt/resume CD playback (pause). • STOP / OPEN By pressing this button, you stop CD playback or open/close CD tray.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Descrizione del telecomando • PLAY / PAUSE: La pressione di questo tasto attiva la riproduzione del disco oppure attiva o disattiva il momentaneo arresto della lettura (pausa) quando il CD è già in riproduzione. •...
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Where to place the Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE The Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE is a unit that may generate heat. Please locate the unit in a well-ventilated place. In particular, you should leave at least 5cm around and above the unit and avoid placing it close to heat sources (radiators, heaters, amplifiers, television sets).
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How to configure the Digital chain The Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE is a CD player but it can also work as a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). In fact it can work using the CD mechanism as a SPDIF digital source, and so working like a CD Player. Moreover, it is also possible to use the Digital Input with a S/PDIF IN and then the Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE works just like a true DAC.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com represents the digital audio receiver, the PLL one represents the inner PLL (implemented by discrete components) and the SRC is the Sample Rate Converter. The CPLD is a circuit which has the task of selecting and sending the signal according to the mode selected by the user.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PLL Mode / Modalità PLL PLL Mode – This mode is available only when the selected digital signal is the one coming from the CD TOTAL TIME mechanism. The system clock from the SPDIF RX is sent to the PLL, which, if it can lock to it, regenerates and 26 - 35:42 cleans it reducing the jitter for frequencies higher than 20Hz (according to a second order filter).
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Menu SETUP The SETUP menu can be entered pressing the switch: “TIME/MENU” on the remote when the unit is not playing (STOP Mode). When the unit is in the menu it is possible to move between the different menu parts using the switches: ▲(2) e ▼(8) on the remote and the switch OK(5) on the remote to enter an inner menu if available and to set and memorize a value or configuration.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PLL Mode Sub Menu Sotto menu Modalità PLL SETUP 2. PLL SETUP: PLL Exit from the setup menu. 2.1: Exit Uscire dal menu setup. SETUP: PLL Confirm the activation of the PLL Mode. Pressing OK(5) enters a specific submenu where you 2.2: ON can enable or disable the SRC and select the Up-Sampling factor.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SRC Mode Sub menu Sotto menu Modalità SRC (Sample Rate Converter) SETUP 3. SRC Exit from the setup menu. SETUP: SRC Uscire dal menu setup . 3.1: Exit Confirm the activation of the SRC Mode. Pressing OK(5) enters a specific submenu where you SETUP: SRC can choose the sample frequency.
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Setup selected INPUT Sub menu / Sotto menu di Selezione dell’ingresso The Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE works not only as CD Player, but it can also work like a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). In fact, it is possible to select the source to play: between the CD mechanism or the S/PDIF input.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Maestro CD Player 192/24 DAC SE permette di memorizzare nel microcontrollore i settagli preferiti per un rapido ricaricamento delle configurazioni. I Preset vengono gestiti mediante i comandi di: Save (salva la configurazione in un Preset) e Load (carica una configurazione precedentemente salvata in un preset) all’interno del sotto menu dei Preset.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Premendo il tasto OK(5) viene caricata la configurazione (che prevede il segnale proveniente dalla meccanica come segnale digitale) salvata dall’utente in questo preset. L’apparecchio carica la configurazione e esce dal menu riportandosi in una condizione di normale funzionamento. Se non è...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Premendo il tasto OK(5) sul telecomando la configurazione presente sull’apparecchio verrà memorizzata in questa posizione di preset. L’apparecchio salva il preset e esce quindi dal setup tornando ad una funzionalità normale. Note**: the presets “CD” and “DIN” require the selection of a specific digital input in the currently running configuration to be saved. The “ CD” preset requires that the selected input in the actual configuration, which is the one you are going to save, is the signal from the CD Mechanism therefore the “CD”...
You’re standing too far or on an exceeding angle Get closer to the unit or reduce angle from the front panel If the suggested remedies should not work or the problem is not shown in the list above, please contact your local Audio Analogue retailer. RICERCA GUASTI...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com WARNING! All of our CD players may not be able to read some specific CD’s manufactured with a unique protection system against copying. If in doubt, please try to read the CD using a PC CD-ROM drive. When the CD-ROM drive is incapable of accessing the tracks on the CD, please do not play the CD in question with the our CD players.
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Please contact your Audio Analogue dealer who will inform you about the take-back and recycling. Small products (and apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche insieme ai small amounts) might be taken back by your local collection facilities. normali rifiuti domestici. Per tali prodotti è previsto un sistema di raccolta a parte.
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