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Playback Designs MPS-6 User Manual

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MPS-6
Music Playback System
USER MANUAL
EDELWEISS SERIES
Version 1.1

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  • Page 1 MPS-6 Music Playback System USER MANUAL EDELWEISS SERIES Version 1.1...
  • Page 2 MPS-6 User Manual...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    MPS-6 User Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS  Read and follow these instructions and keep this manual in a safe place.  Do not use this apparatus near water.  Do not block any ventilation openings.  Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heaters, or other apparatus (including pre- amplifiers and amplifiers) that produce heat.

  • Page 4: Warranty

    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 all shipping charges to and from Playback Designs.
  • Page 5 Warning: Never use a stabilizer on the discs as they will damage the mechanism and cause it to malfunction. Before connecting the MPS-6 to AC power make sure you select the correct voltage for your country on the Voltage Selector switch located on the rear panel.
  • Page 6 MPS-6, similar to a power cycle. Power: Before connecting the MPS-6 to the AC mains, please make sure you select the correct voltage for your country on the Voltage Selector switch located on the rear panel.

  • Page 7: Front Panel Functions

    CONTROL OF ANALOG OUTPUT LEVELS The MPS-6 is equipped with a very high quality analog volume control that is controlled from the remote. If this analog volume control is not desired it can be bypassed in the settings menu. In addition the output level in bypassed mode can be selected between 5 values to optimally match it with your other equipment (see settings and specification chapter for more details).

  • Page 8: Remote Control Unit

    MPS-6 User Manual REMOTE CONTROL UNIT Opens the settings menu on front panel. Press the DISC button first to select the MPS-8 settings. During normal operation these up and down arrows directly below the DISC button toggle through the active inputs of the MPS-8.
  • Page 9 For selecting digital inputs the IR remote provides buttons with up and down arrows right below the DISC button. With these buttons you can select any of the seven digital inputs on the MPS-6 by toggling up and down through the list.
  • Page 10 In order for your computer to communicate with the MPS-6 and to exchange audio data a custom driver software needs to be installed before you can connect it to the MPS-6. If your computer is a Mac running OSX 10.6.6 or later or you are using a Linux computer you don’t need any driver software. DSD file playback is supported on Mac via the DoP standard, and on Linux computers natively up to DSD4x.
  • Page 11 MPS-6. 2. While the MPS-6 has no problem supporting playback via USB while it is switched to a different input (i.e. disc playback, AES or Coax input) it is a good idea to stop playback on your computer before selecting another input.

  • Page 12: Setup Menu

    3.4Vrms with a 1kHz full level sine wave. 5. PLINK OUT: if you want to connect your MPS-6 to a classic Playback Designs DAC (such as MPS-5) you need to select the "Classic" format. All other products use the "Sonoma" format.

  • Page 13: External Clock

    In fact, the MPS-6 performs equally well with jittery sources as with higher quality ones. For this reason the MPS-6 does not require an external clock nor does it require to be set up as a clock master. BREAKING IN THE MPS-6 Breaking in the MPS-6 is time consuming but well worth the effort.
  • Page 14 CHANGING THE FUSE ON THE MPS-6 Inside the power connector on the rear panel of the MPS-6 are two fuses that protect the machine from dangerous power surges. If the machine fails to power up or no light on the front panel is lit after pressing the standby power button on the front panel then proceed as follows to change the fuses: 1.
  • Page 15 MPS-6 that may further enhance the sonic performance or add new features. New releases will be distributed as audio wave files. They can be played into the MPS-6 via its USB input just like any other audio file. The MPS-6 processor will automatically detect this file and update the firmware.
  • Page 16 Tidal, Quobuz, Deezer and vTuner. It can also be used to stream from network storage (NAS) or from USB flash stick (no HDD supported) that is directly attached its own USB connector (Streamer USB). It is a DLNA renderer and server and also supports the Roon network protocol. It makes your MPS-6 "Roon ready".
  • Page 17 4. Check that your tablet is connected to the same network as Stream-X2 5. If not done so already, power on your Stream-X2 (select STREAMER input on your MPS-6). After a fresh power up, it may take a few seconds to start. Just wait until the front panel indicates a valid sample rate.
  • Page 18 The volume button to the left of the transport keys can be used to directly control the analog output volume of the MPS-6 if its volume is enabled (see setup menu of MPS-6). 8. In the upper right corner you can select the view between Browser, Queue and Favorites: The browser allows you to browse and select streaming services or files in the list of storage ...

  • Page 19: Creating And Editing Playlists

    MPS-6 User Manual CREATING AND EDITING PLAYLISTS 1. Select a song in the browser page. This will automatically take that song to the queue and play it along with any other song that might be in the same album. 2. Switch to the Queue page (press Queue in upper right corner). You will see the following page with...
  • Page 20 MPS-6 User Manual 6. Select your playlist from the list and the next page will show you the contents of your playlist. 7. In this page you can edit your playlist by pressing the EDIT button or you can add more tracks by...

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