Powered Monitors; Connecting To A Home Stereo - Apogee Duet 2 User Manual

Powered Monitors

Duet is also the best way to listen to audio from your Mac, be it from your iTunes library, an
Internet radio station, or CD/DVD playback.
To connect Duet's line outputs directly to powered monitors (Duet will not power
unpowered monitors), you'll need 2 cables with 1/4" tip-ring-sleeve plugs on one end to
connect to Duet's OUT-L and OUT-R jacks and the appropriate connector on the other
ends to connect your monitors.

Connecting To A Home Stereo

To connect Duet directly to your home audio system, insert 1/4" to RCA adapters in Duet's
OUT-L and OUT-R jacks and use a commonly available RCA to RCA cable to connect to
the AUX or CD input of your receiver.
When connecting to a home audio system, set Duet's output to 0 dBFS (i.e full volume)
and use the receiver's volume control to set playback level.
Once audio connections have been made, connect Duet's USB port to your Mac using the
provided USB 2 cable. Once connected, the dialog box shown below will appear. Click
Yes to choose Duet for Mac sound output and input.
This selection may also be made in the System Preferences > Sound > Output panel.
In iTunes, select Computer as the sound output. Any audio that is played back in iTunes
will now be routed to Duet and the output will be available on your home audio system.
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