Front Panel 1. The power switch is a rotary switch. Clockwise direction powers ON while counterclockwise powers OFF. 2. The display shows the main menu, which contents the items: encoding formats, digital filtering, sampling rate, volume control and etc.. 3. Multifunction knob can be rotated and pressed. It executes all the functions. Real Panel - 22 -...
The following figure shows the main menu. Screen Brightness and Machine Activation When there is no operation more than 30 seconds, LCD of DAC-X20 will return to main menu, while the brightness will automatically switch to the pre-set user defined level.
There are six items in the main menu, and they are: a. Source Input DAC-X20 has five input sources in total and they are COAX, BNC, AES, USB and IIS. Turning the multipurpose knob clockwise will explored in turn, and vice versa. For instance, when using the coaxial interface for input, the “Source Input”...
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*Under the “Auto” mode, the quality of the master clock of DAC-X20 will be more or less depended by the quality of the superior clock. This mode is recommended to be used only for the clock of the front-end audio equipment in good condition.
DAC-X20 main menu is shown by pressing this button. Four Directions Button. In DAC-X20 main menu,different item can be explored by UP and DOWN buttons, and different options in an item can be selected by LEFT and RIGHT buttons. Return Button.
Volume Increase Button. It can increase volume only when DAC-X20 shows the main menu on the screen. Mute Button. DAC-X20 will be muted when this button is pressed, and mute will be released after another pressing. Note 1) Operating distance of the remoter varies depending on the angle.
W380mm * H65mm * D260mm(Excluding protruding part) Weight: 6.5Kg(With packaging) Services Thank you very much to buy GUSTARD hi-fi products. To protect your rights, please read the following warranties carefully, so you can access to the right services from GUSTARD in time. Product Warranty: You will enjoy the 2-year free warranty and lifetime maintenance after the date purchasing GUSTARD’s DAC-X20 product.
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9. Connecting DAC-X20 to a computer by a USB cable, and then powering on. The computer will prompt the discovery of new hardware and attempt to install the driver. If nothing happens, please try another USB port or re-power DAC-X20.
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11. Following the prompts, then click next to install. 12. Checking system status. If showing red text prompts “Setup requires that the device - 31 -...
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DAC-X20 or reconnect the USB cable. 13. If a security warning pops up, you can just ignore it by clicking "Install this driver software anyway", and then complete the driver installation. 14. Here shows the screen of a successful driver installation. Clicking “Finish”...
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◆ Setting DAC-X20 (XMOS XS1-U8 MFA) as the default system playback device 3. Finding the speaker icon at the lower right corner of the windows desktop, right-clicking, and then clicking the menu item "Playback Devices". - 33 -...
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4. Selecting "XMOS XS1-U8 FMA (ST)", and clicking on the bottom "Set to the Default Value", and setting the maximum system volume。 ◆ Setting DAC-X20 as Common Output Playback Device - 34 -...
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Configuration in foobar2000 ● 3. Clicking File->Preferences 4. Clicking Playback->Output, selecting“ASIO:XMOS USB Audio 2.0 ST 3033” on the drop-down menu from “Device”. ◆ Archiving DSD hardware decoding by most common play-back application Setting in foobar2000 ● 7. Opening folder “ASIO Proxy for Foobar2000” ,double clicking “ASIOProxyInstall - 35 -...
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-0.7.1.2.exe” icon,and clicking “next” for finishing installation. 8. Pressing combination keys “Ctrl+P” under the main screen of foorbar2000. Showing “Preferences” dialog box. Finding “foo_dsd_asio” clicking “Playback->Output->ASIO” from the left panel in turn. 9. Double clicking ““foo_dsd_asio”, showing “foo_dsd_asio v0.7.1.2” dialog box. - 36 -...
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From “ASIO Driver” drop-down menu, selecting “XMOS USB Audio 2.0 ST 3033”; From “DSD Playback Method” drop-down menu, selecting “DoP Marker 0x05/0xFA”. Leaving all the others unchanged. 10. Clicking Playback->Output. From “Device”drop-down menu, selecting “ASIO:foo_dsd_asio”. 11. Clicking Tools->SACD. From “Output Mode” drop-down menu, selecting “DSD”. - 37 -...
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Clicking “OK” for finishing all settings. 12. Making sure the playback volume of XMOS is the maximum value, otherwise, nothing can be heard. Problem and Solution for DSD playback For using foobar2000 application ● 5. Why there is no “ASIO” under the path “Playback->Output” in “Preferences” dialog - 38 -...
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box? Solution: The main reason is no ASIO component installation. Opening folder “foobar2000 Components” and dragging file “foo_out_asio.fb2k-component” to the right place in the “Preferences: Components” dialog box as depicting by the following figure. Clicking “Apply” button afterwards, and restarting foobar2000. After restarting, you can find “ASIO”.
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Components” and dragging file “foo_input_sacd.fb2k-component” to the right place in the “Preferences: Components” dialog box as showing in the following figure. Clicking “Apply” button afterwards, and restarting foobar2000. After restarting, you can find “SACD”. 7. Why there is no sound when playing DSD64/DSD128 music file, but the LCD still displays “176.4K/352.8K”...
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"XMOS XS1-U8 FMA (ST)", and popping up a “Speaking Properties” dialog box. Setting the speaker volume to the maximum level. 8. Why all the above settings are correct, but still getting the error as shown by the following figure when playing back DSD file? Because the version conflict between ASIOProxy and SACD decoder component.
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Some users are using an older version of foobar2000, its SACD decoding component ID is starts from 0.6.X. If you install ASIOProxyInstall-0.7.1.2.exe program, then foo_dsd_asio version is 0.7.1.2, and components conflict happens. Solutions: To solve the above problem, there are two solutions in totals. The first solution is to update the SACD component, as the methods described in Question 2.
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