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Playback Designs MPD-8AI User Manual

Digital to analog converter with analog inputs
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MPD-8AI
Digital to Analog Converter
with Analog Inputs
USER MANUAL
Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 MPD-8AI Digital to Analog Converter with Analog Inputs USER MANUAL Version 1.0...

  • 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 all shipping charges to and from Playback Designs.

  • Page 4: Before Using The Product

    MPD-8AI User Manual Playback Designs products are sold worldwide through authorized dealers with restricted territories. If any Playback Designs product is purchased from non-authorized dealers or from a dealer selling outside his / her authorized territory all warranties will be void.
  • Page 5 MPT-8 IN: Proprietary and high qualityoptical link from the Dream Transport MPT- 8. This connection supports multiple audio formats natively for PCM and DSD. PLINK IN: Proprietary and high quality optical link to other Playback Designs equipment. This connection supports multiple audio formats natively for PCM and DSD.

  • Page 6: Front Panel Functions

    Before connecting the DAC to the AC mains, please make sure that the rated voltage for the MPD-8AI is set correctly as indicated on the rear panel. Operating the player at the wrong voltage will damage the unit. The voltage rating of the power supply cannot be changed by the user.

  • Page 7: Remote Control Unit

    Opens the settings menu on front panel. Press the DAC button first to select the MPD-8AI settings. During normal operation these up and down arrows directly below the MUTE DAC button toggle through the active inputs of the MPD-8AI. During settings display these buttons toggle through the settings menu. DISC Inverts the phase on digital input signals only.
  • Page 8 For selecting inputs the IR remote provides buttons with up and down arrows right below the DAC button. With these buttons you can select any of the six digital and two analog inputs on the MPD-8AI by toggling up and down through the list.
  • Page 9 In order for your computer to communicate with the MPD-8AI and to exchange audio data a custom driver software needs to be installed before you can connect it to the MPD-8AI. 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 10 2. While the MPD-8AI 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 11: Setup Menu

    4.1Vrms with a 1kHz full level sine wave. 5. PLINK OUT: if you want to connect your MPD-8AI 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 12: External Clock

    BREAKING IN THE MPD-8AI Breaking in the MPD-8AI is time consuming but well worth the effort. It would be a mistake to pre-judge the player 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-8AI Inside the power connector on the rear panel of the MPD-8AI 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 14 MPD-8AI 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 MPD-8AI via its USB input just like any other audio file. The MPD-8AI processor will automatically detect this file and update the firmware.

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