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Summary of Contents for Playback Designs USB-X4
- Page 1 USB-X4 Interface USER MANUAL Version 1.1...
- Page 2 USB-X4 User Manual...
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Page 3: Information To The User
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 4: Before Using The Product
USB-X4 User Manual BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT What is in the box: USB-X4 interface system USB cable PLINK optical cable User manual Registration If you purchased this product from a dealer please take a moment and send us an email to info@playbackdesigns.com... - Page 5 Designs equipment and natively supports all formats of PCM and DSD. Because its media is fiber optic it separates the sensitive circuitry in your Playback Designs DAC from the generally "noisy" digital sources with high clock jitter. This separation can result in a dramatic sonic improvement when compared to a direct connection with the DAC via for instance USB.
- Page 6 USB-X4 User Manual FRONT PANEL STATUS LED ("ReTurn For Manual") The front panel has a single LED with the following functions: Green solid: USB cable is connected and USB connection to server is established. Green blinking: Power is applied via external (optional) power supply, but no USB connection is established yet.
- Page 7 62.5/125 um, OM1, multimode. It is available through mail order or computer stores. POWER: The USB-X4 is designed to be powered off the USB bus and therefore does not require an external power supply. However, an external power source can be connected. The...
- Page 8 USB-X4 User Manual CONNECTING THE USB-X4 TO A PLAYBACK DESIGNS DAC For playing files from a computer or server use this connection diagram as guideline: PLINK OUT USB AUDIO RESET POWER 8-10VDC USB cable connected to computer or server PLINK cable connected...
- Page 9 In order for your computer to communicate with the USB-X4 and to exchange audio data a custom driver software needs to be installed before you can connect it to the USB-X4. 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 10 Playback of DSD files The driver software and USB-X4 hardware are designed to support playback of DSD files at sample rates up to 11.2MHz. You will need a playback software running on your computer that can read DSD files and play them to the USB driver.
- Page 11 USB-X4 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 USB-X4 via its USB input just like any other audio file. The USB-X4 processor will automatically detect this file and update the firmware.
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