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Instructions and Manual
Rev 1.0
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Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC
Mhdt Labs
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  • Page 1 Instructions and Manual Rev 1.0 lêÅÜáÇ= Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC Mhdt Labs Audio Products...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    DAC. Please take a few moments to read over this instruction manual to get the most out of your unit. The manual describes how to operate the Mhdt Labs’ Orchid DAC and provides some technical background information. Should you have any further questions or suggestions on how to improve this manual, please feel welcome to get in touch with us.
  • Page 3 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ apparatus. Unplug the unit from the mains supply before cleaning. The case should normally only be cleaned with a dry, soft, non-fluffy cloth. Do not spray any liquid cleaner onto the cabinet, as this may lead to dangerous shocks.

  • Page 4: Connections And Operation

    lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ 1. Introduction lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ DAC is capable of up to 24bits/192kHz digital signal inputs. lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ DAC is a non over-sampling, no digital filter, no op-amp, no feedback structured DAC.
  • Page 5 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ 6 Digital input select switch – T, Toslink input, SPDIF format When any of digital inputs is selected, this input is stored after selection, and will remain the last selection after disconnection from mains power.

  • Page 6: Technical Specifications

    lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ panel. 2.3 Powering up lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Before applying power to the DAC, ensure that the correct mains voltage is used. This can be either 220-240VAC or 100-120 VAC (50/60Hz). The factory preset voltage is indicated on the rear panel.

  • Page 7: Warranty

    lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Dimensions w/ socket (W x D X H) 295 x 170 x 60 mm Weight 2 kg 4. Warranty Warranty of this product is one year after original purchase. During the period of warranty, all repair needed parts, labor and shipment is free.
  • Page 8 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Or directly download from http://www.mhdtlab.com/CM6631_6631A-1.03(CR).rar The use and setup of USB2.0 can be referred to our USBridge user manual located in: http://www.mhdtlab.com/Usbdriver.htm, Let’s take W7 (32/64) as example: Installed driver version: CM6631_6631A-1.03(CR) After drivers installed, please check control panel to see if the drivers is properly installed.
  • Page 9 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Test if the supported formats sounded normally., Rev 1.0 May, 2017...
  • Page 10 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Note: If you want to install different version of drivers, please uninstall previous drivers before install new driver. The uninstall is operated in control panel like following: Rev 1.0 May, 2017...
  • Page 11 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ After driver is installed properly, you may try to run media agent to play the USB2.0 audio. The lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ USB2.0 input supports: 16, 24 bits 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, lêÅÜáÇ...
  • Page 12 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Copy these ASIO drivers to the Components folder of Foobar2000 if you are using Foobar and restart Foobar. Then, you are ready to use ASIO. 6.
  • Page 13 Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ 7. Tube, Fuse Replacement The vacuum tube installed in Orchid DAC is GE JAN 5670W. The reason we choose 5670W is that this tube is very reliable, durable, good sounding and easy to find in nowadays’ market, The typical life of GE JAN 5670W is about 6000-8000 hours.

  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    DAC accepts USB audio signal via USB port. Be sure the input is USB audio signal. Orchid DAC accepts only SPDIF (PCM) format digital signal for the rest of inputs; BNC, RCA and Toslink. Other format like dts, ac3… is not accepted.
  • Page 15 lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ= = = = lêÅÜáÇ lêÅÜáÇ Mhdt Laboratory Changhua, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ may not work properly and also decrease the sound performance. If none of these suggestions cure the problem, please do not hesitate to contact Latest version of firmware/driver can be downloaded from our website: http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Rev 1.0 May, 2017...

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