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- Page 1 BDA-3 Digital to Analog Converter Owner’s Manual...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
As of 2006-02-22 Bryston will only warranty Bryston products purchased through authorized Bryston dealers. Bryston products with a date code of 0608 or higher (date code format is “yyww”, where “yy” is the two least significant digits of the year and “ww” is the week of the year) must be accompanied by a copy of the bill-of-sale from a Bryston authorized dealer to qualify for warranty service. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ........2 General.................4 Welcome ..............4 Description ............4 Features ..............4 Shipping Box and Packing Material ......4 Installation ..............4 Ventilation .............4 Connecting to A/C Power ........4 Audio Connections ............4 Connecting Source Components ......4 USB Audio ..............5 HDMI Audio ............5 Connecting to a Preamplifier .......5 HDMI Passthrough ..........5 Front Panel ..............6... -
Page 4: General
Ventilation Description The BDA-3 is a cool-running line level component. The BDA-3 is a state of the art stereo digital to It generates far less heat than amplifiers and many analog converter that accepts digital input from other components. It can be safely placed inside up to 10 source components and connects to an furniture or an equipment rack. -
Page 5: Usb Audio
Toslink HDMI Audio The BDA-3 can receive both PCM and DSD audio over the HDMI, but cannot receive encoded digital audio such as Dolby Digital or DTS. The BDA-3 will HDMI request 2-channel un-encoded audio from your source component. The question of which available input offers the best... -
Page 6: Front Panel
1. Power / Standby with the digital source component selected by observing the Lock LED. If lit green, the DAC Press this button to toggle the BDA-3 on or into and selected source are properly synchronized, standby mode. therefore the BDA-3 is properly receiving audio Unlit BDA-3 is not receiving power. -
Page 7: Rear Panel
HDMI Output conforms with your locality. Upon applying When an HDMI input is selected, the output will power, the BDA-3 will enter standby mode. See pass video signals along to the next connected “Connecting to A/C Power” on page 4. -
Page 8: Windows Driver Installation
NEXT. Unlike Macintosh and Linux systems which include device drivers which automatically recognize high resolution audio devices, using the BDA-3 at the highest possible resolutions with Windows based computers and music servers requires installation of the Bryston USB driver. -
Page 9: Configuring Playback Software
BDA-3 as the sound output device. Unless your goal Exclusive Access and Integer Mode should be is for the BDA-3 to play all audio from the computer, used. you will most likely want to configure your audio playback software to take exclusive control over 3. -
Page 10: Remote Control
It can also (optionally) Find complete documentation by accessing the broadcast automatic responses to certain system BDA-3 over your local area network or by contacting events such as front panel button presses. Bryston. Commands can be sent over RS232, RS485 (with an Comm. -
Page 11: Network Access
BDA-3 Digital to Analog Converter Network Access To use a Bryston BR2 with the BDA-3, press the D/A button. You can use the BR2 to select the inputs You may connect your BDA-3 to your local area SPDIF 1 and 2, TOSLINK, AES/EBU, and USB1. You network using CAT5 or better cable to facilitate use can also set upsampling on or off. -
Page 12: Firmware Update
You may need the file in an easy to remember location. to force refresh your browser window to see any new UI changes. Bryston Limited | 677 Neal Drive | Peterborough, Ontario K9J 6X7 Canada | Phone: 705-742-5325 | www.bryston.com 300047-3 05-26-2016...
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