Basic Operation - C.E.C. DA5 Owner's Manual

Basic Operation

Playback of a digital audio device at COAX,
TOS or AES/EBU connection
Power on DA5 and CD transport or the other digital
audio player connected to DA5. Current digital volume
level ex. "0" blinks and 5 seconds later the other
current settings are displayed.
Press the INPUT button on the front panel or remote
control unit, or a direct input selector button to select
the input connected with the digital audio player. A
sampling frequency is displayed as soon as the input
signal transferred from the digital audio player is
detected.
FLAT USB
PULSE AES
Ex. PCM 44.1kHz through COAX connection in FLAT digital
fi lter
Note: Connecting with a digital audio player which
generates the signal for locking only under playback,
the sampling frequency indicator may show three bars
"- - -" during stopping or skipping. Even playing a music
does not indicate any sampling frequency DA5 should
be unlocking with the player. Check the connection and
player condition carefully again.
Power on the amplifier after lower the volume on the
amplifer or DA5.
Start the playback on the digital audio player, and
adjust the volume on the amplifi er or DA5.
10
COAX PCM
TOS DSD
Playback of PC music at USB connection
Mac PC (X10.6.8 or newer) does not require
any additional driver for USB 2.0 audio device
but Windows PC (XP or newer) needs to install
CEC specialized USB driver to recognize DA5
as USB audio device and play PCM music fi les.
Compatible PC-Music player should be prepared
yourself.
Installing ASIO and DSD drivers to a freeware
PC-Music player foobar2000 for Windows,
DSD64/128/256 fi les can be reproduced as well.
Those drivers are appeared at download site in
CEC home page.
Visit at www.cec-web.co.jp/service/download/
driver/index_ex.html to download the drivers and
setup before connecting with a PC. Refer to "USB
driver installation and setup for Windows PC" from
page 14.
Ready PC connected via USB will recognize DA5 as
CEC DA5 HS USB Audio.
Press the INPUT button on the front panel or the USB
button on the remote control unit to select USB. USB
indicator and a sampling frequency of the input signal
will appear on the display.
FLAT USB COAX
PULSE AES TOS
Ex. PCM 48kHz through USB connection in PULSE digital
fi lter
Start on the PC music player and adjust the volume at
the amplifi er or DA5.
FLAT USB COAX
PULSE AES TOS
Ex. DSD256 11.2MHz through USB connection in FLAT
digital fi lter (PULSE fi lter is not available with DSD)
PCM
DSD
PCM
DSD