Chord BLU MKII Quick Start Manual

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BLU MKII | Quickstart Manual
Quickstart Manual

Introduction

Welcome to the BLU MKII Quickstart Guide. This shortened guide is
supplementary to the main manual which should be referred to for full
safety and operational information.
Please note, more information on any of these topics is listed within
the full manual.

Warranty

The BLU MK II comes with a comprehensive 5-year warranty. To
activate this warranty, please register your device via the Chord
Electronics website:
chordelectronics.co.uk/register-product
Connecting to a source
BLU MKII
In order to use your BLU MKII as an upscaler/upsampler, you must
connect your source to any input of BLU MK II. You can connect up
to 2 devices. If you are using a MAC/Linux device you will not need
a driver but a Windows device will need a driver from the BLU MKII
section of our website:
chordelectronics.co.uk/product/blu-mk-2/
The Pumphouse, Farleigh Lane, East Farleigh, Kent, ME16 9NB, United Kingdom
info@chordelectronics.co.uk
chordelectronics.co.uk
1.0
1.1
2.0
Input
Input
For more in-depth information on the safety and warranty of the BLU MKII
please see the full manual.

Connecting BLU MKII to DAVE

Connect BLU MKII to DAVE via dual data mode. You can use either
BNC 1 and 2 or BNC 3 and 4. Navigate forward (not backwards) to
BNC 1 if outputs from BLU MKII are connected to BNC inputs 1 and 2
on DAVE, or navigate to BNC 3 if outputs from BLU MKII are connected
to BNC inputs 3 and 4.

Connecting BLU MKII to third-party DACs

Use the Dual BNC, single BNC or AES outputs to connect your BLU
MKII with a third-party DAC. Dual BNC will only fuction with the 2
further right hand side BNC ports. The bottom left BNC port can not
be used as a Dual BNC connector.
For single BNC connectors use any of the 3 BNC outputs shown below
in Blue. The top left hand side BNC port is only to be used for an input
into the BLU MKII.
3.0
OR
4.0
Output