Installing the driver on a Windows-based PC Installing the driver on a Mac Configuring the computer to UC384 USB TO SPDIF/IIS D2D converter package Configuring a PC with Windows XP Configuring a PC with Vista or Win7 ...
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A. CONTENTS OF KINGREX UC384 USB TO S/PDIF CONVERTER PACKAGE UC384 CONVERTER *1PC DC 7.5V global switching power adaptor *1 USB cable *1 User manual *1 Warranty card *1...
Important safety instructions! Thank you for choose KINGREX UC384 USB TO S/PDIF CONVERTER. We sincerely hope you could keep the user manual for whole KingRex UC384 digital to digital converter(DDC) lifetime, it provides you with better protection for connected equipment.
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-Do not install the UC384 DDC in a place where it might be exposed to oil, smoke or steam (for example, near a cooking table or humidifier). Otherwise, fire or electrical shock may result.
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-If you plan not to use the UC384 DDC for a long period of time (such as when you are on vacation), remove the power plug from the AC outlet. Otherwise, a fire could possibly result.
KingRex UC384 USB to S/PDIF Digital to Digital Converter is a high-quality computer transport interface for those wishing to stream high-resolution playbacks to an existing DAC. The UC384 DDC can transfer from PC or Mac at 16bit/44.1KHz to 32bit/384Khz by IIS output and 24bit/192Khz by SPDIF & AES/EBU outputs. The UC384 DDC runs asynchronous to transfer the best digital signals in very low jitter.
E. Operation environment presentation Front panel details & rear panel details (Figure 1) 1. DC JACK: FOR 7.5V power input – Apply a voltage in DC7.5V. Tip is positive, ring is negative. This input is protected against polarity inversion. 2.1mm tip jack supply connector.
2,4,6,8 Ground 1) BCK 3)DATA 5)LRCK 7)MCLK Warning! This output can use by KingRex IIS cable directly connected to a North Star Design DAC such as Model 192 or Extremo! CAUTION : AES/EBU & SPDIF CAN NOT BE USED AT THE SAME TIME. PLEASE CONNECT ONLY AES/EBU OR SPDIF FOR STREAM OUT THE SIGNAL TO YOUR DAC.
UC384 DDC. Connect the USB-A plug of the cable to a 2.0 USB port of your computer. Connect a power supply connector (7.5V switching adaptor) of UC384 DDC. The power indicator will lit. Some PC OS will install the Basic driver of UC384 DDC automatically.
INTERFACE,SO IT ONLY ABOUT TO OUTPUT 44.1K IIS OUTPUT TO UC384) P.S. For getting the best performance, the firmware of UC384 DDC is fully designed by asynchronous. It will not able to fit MAC OS 10.4 accordingly. Please update your Mac OS to 10.5 at least.
Installing the driver on a Windows-based PC 1. Automatic (guided) installation. Apply power to UC384 and connect it to the PC. Following the negotiation process,open the driver folder select “SETUP(SETUP LUNCHER) the driver installation wizard is automatically proceed as in Figure 4.
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2. Click on the button to proceed. A window apprears as show in Figure 5: (Figure 5) 3. Click on the blank space. Press “Next” for next step. (Figure 6)
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4. Choose “Continue Anyway”(as recommended) and proceed to next step. The windows shown in figure7 will show. (Figure 7) 5. Please press “Next” and go on next window. (Figure 8)
Go to the control panel and launch the “System” utility, then select Hardware tab. Open the peripheral management window (see figure XX). You will find UC384 listed under Audio, Video, and Game controllers. Installing the driver on a Mac...
Configuring a PC with Windows Vista or Win7 A PC with Windows Vista or Win7 can use UC384 in two different way: Direct Sound (DS), ASIO4ALL, and WASAPI. DS is suitable for players which cannot operate WASAPI or for Internet streaming.
(Figure 10) Configuring for Windows XP, Vista, or Win7 Open control Panel and select Hardware and Sounds. Under Audio, click to open the Manage Audio Devices window which will show KingRex UC384.
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(Figure 11) Open control panel and select hardware and sounds. Please go the path foobar 2000-> File->Preference->ASIO Virtual Device Editior-> ASIO4ALL control panel-> KingRex UC384-> SPDIF or IIS.
Configuring ASIO output for Windows system Go to system preference and select sounds. The following windows as shown, please select UC384 for output as indicated Figure 13. Under the UC384, the first device is I2S output; the second device is SPDIF ouput.
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FooBar 2000 To use FooBar with WASAPI under Win7 it is necessary to download the DLL’s for WASAPI or ASIO output support from the FooBar 2000 website component and install it in the Components sub-folder inside FooBar2000 main folder in your hard disk. The DLL can be found at http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_wasapi (click on...
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REMARK: Kingrex UC384 already pass the compatibility test for PCs and Macs. If the UC384 cannot work with your PC or Mac, the most common problem is the outmoded OS system. Please try to update your OS system first or work with...