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- Page 1 MPD-3 Music Playback System USER MANUAL Version 1.1...
- Page 2 MPD-3 User Manual...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
Playback Designs will pay for return shipping charges (domestically) back to the owner when the product is sent to Playback Designs within the first 30 days after purchase and the fault can be confirmed by Playback Designs. Otherwise, owner will be responsible for... -
Page 4: Before Using The Product
MPD-3 User Manual all shipping charges to and from Playback Designs. International customers must deal with their local dealer or distributor. For all warranty claims, a copy of the original invoice must accompany the product. Opening the product or modifying it in any way by the owner, including but not limited to cryogenic treatment, will void any warranty. - Page 5 Before connecting the converter to the AC mains, please make sure that the rated voltage for the MPD-3 is set correctly as indicated on the rear panel. Operating the converter at the wrong voltage will damage the unit. The voltage rating of the power supply cannot be changed by the user.
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Page 6: Remote Control Unit
MPD-3 User Manual REMOTE CONTROL UNIT MUTE Mutes the analog outputs. Input Selections: DISC No function. Selects the AES input for conversion to analog. COAX Selects the COAX input for conversion to analog. Selects the USB input from PC. No function. - Page 7 MPD-3 User Manual CHANGING BATTERIES ON REMOTE The remote operates with 2 AAA size batteries. In order to change them the back cover needs to be removed as shown in picture on the left. Make sure that replacement batteries are inserted with their polarities as indicated in the picture.
- Page 8 In order for your computer to communicate with the MPD-3 and to exchange audio data custom driver software needs to be installed before you can connect it to the MPD-3. If your computer is a Mac running OSX 10.6.6 or later you don’t need any driver software as OSX already supports all PCM formats up to 384kHz sample rate.
- Page 9 8. The computer will take a moment to enumerate the MPD-3 on its USB bus and notify you when it is installed successfully. Do not attempt to play anything before the computer tells you that the device is ready to use.
- Page 10 Playback of DSD files The driver software and MPD-3 hardware are designed to support playback of DSD files at 2 sample rates: the standard 2.8224MHz as used on all SA-CDs and the double rate 5.6448MHz as supported by some professional recording equipment.
- Page 11 PC input is selected. 4. If all the controls on your computer are set correctly then the front panel on the MPD-3 will indicate this by displaying ”BIT PERF” for 5 seconds at the end of the playback. If it doesn’t show this then at least 1 control on your computer is impacting the performance of your system.
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Page 12: Specifications
BREAKING IN THE MPD-3 Breaking in the Playback Designs MPD-3 is time consuming but well worth the effort. It would be a mistake to pre-judge the converter based on what you might hear at first listen. This is what you can expect to hear at different intervals during break-in: 1. - Page 13 CHANGING THE FUSE ON THE MPD-3 Inside the power connector on the rear panel of the MPD-3 is a fuse that protects the player from dangerous power surges. If the converter fails to power up or no light on the front panel is lit then proceed as follows to change the fuse: 1.
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