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- Page 1 High Quality 192kHz DAC with USB Audio Interface User’s Guide...
- Page 2 ESI - Copyright © 2009-2011 Revision 3, October 2011 www.esi-audio.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Dr. DAC prime INDEX 1. Introduction..........................4 2. Description............................ 4 2.1 Front Panel................................4 2.2 Rear Panel ................................5 2.3 Power Supply ............................... 5 3. Operation & Usage........................5 3.1 Computer Interface .............................. 5 3.1.1 Installation & Connection ..........................6 3.1.2 Driver for Windows XP .......................... -
Page 4: Introduction
Dr. DAC prime 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI Dr. DAC prime. Dr. DAC prime provides everything you need in order to listen to digital music with pristine audio quality on the road or at your home. Dr. DAC prime works with up to 24bit/192kHz and is not only equipped with both an optical (via the included miniplug-toslink adapter) and coaxial S/PDIF input but also with a full USB audio interface (up to 24bit/96kHz) for bit-perfect audio transfer. -
Page 5: Rear Panel
Dr. DAC prime HEADPHONE outputs: there is a 1/4" and a 1/8" TRS connector, allowing you to connect a headphone without the use of an adapter. Both headphone outputs send out the same signal. 2.2 Rear Panel The rear panel provides the following connectors and functions from left to right: LINE OUTPUT connectors: these two RCA connectors are the main analog line level output. -
Page 6: Installation & Connection
Dr. DAC prime 3.1.1 Installation & Connection Dr. DAC prime is simply connected to an available USB port of your computer. The supplied USB cable connects to the USB connector on the back panel of Dr. DAC prime. The other end of the cable is plugged it into your computer. -
Page 7: Driver For Windows Vista And 7
You can now finally click OK on the Information dialog and then proceed with Continue Anyway once or several times. The installation is now finished. To confirm this, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below. - Page 8 7 informs that the driver is installed via a bubble message box. You can now finally click OK on the Information dialog. The installation is now finished. To confirm this, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below.
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Page 9: Control Panel For Windows
3.1.4 Control Panel for Windows This chapter describes the Dr. DAC prime Control Panel under Windows. To open the control panel double click on the ESI icon in the task notification area. The following dialog will appear: The panel has the following functions and sections: INPUT section: this section controls the input monitoring volume of the incoming signal from the hardware. -
Page 10: Digital To Analog Converter
Dr. DAC prime 3.2 Digital to Analog Converter Dr. DAC prime works as a digital to analog converter with extremely high quality. The digital signal source can either be the optical or coaxial S/PDIF input on the rear panel (the SOURCE switch has to be set to DIGITAL in that case) or it can be the playback from your audio application when Dr. -
Page 11: Specifications
Dr. DAC prime The playback volume of the headphone signal can be set using the VOLUME potentiometer on the front panel. 4. Specifications Device Type: - digital to analog converter - USB audio interface - headphone amplifier Key Specifications and Features: - max. -
Page 12: General Information
- 12V / 1.5A DC adapter included 5. General Information 5.1 Trademarks ESI, Dr. DAC, and Dr. DAC prime are trademarks of ESI Audiotechnik GmbH. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.