Front Panel Controls - moon 380D Neo Series Owner's Manual

Front Panel Controls

The front panel will look similar to Figure 1 (above). The large digital display window indicates the selected digital
input ("D1" thru "D8") its corresponding sampling frequency in kHz ("44.1" thru "192.0") of the source material
currently being played. The "Standby" button disengages all outputs from the rest of the Nēo 380D's circuitry and
turns off the digital display. However, when in "Standby" mode, all digital and analog audio circuitry remains
powered up to help maintain optimal performance. When switching back from "Standby" to the "on" mode, the
selected 'input' will be memorized from the previous listening session. The blue indicator LED turns off when the
380D is in "Standby" mode.
The "Display" button allows you to turn the digital
display on and off. The "Mute" button mutes all analog
output signals. Pressing the "Mute" button a second
time will reinstate all analog output signals. When the
output signal is muted, the aforementioned contents in
the digital display window will repeatedly flash on and
off.
The "Digital Monitor" button provides for a dedicated
loop to be used with either a digital audio component
that can record & playback (DAT, CD-Recorder, etc.) or a
digital signal processor such as a room correction
device. Pressing this button allows you to (1) monitor
the recording as it occurs on the recording device or (2)
engage the effects of the signal processor. The monitor
component's digital output must be connected to the
380D's "Digital Monitor In" and its digital input must be
connected to the 380D's "Digital Monitor Out". The
corresponding LED to the right of the display window
will illuminate when the "Digital Monitor" function is
engaged.
The two (2) buttons labeled "◄ Input ►" allow you to
sequentially scroll, either forward "►" or backward "◄"
through all the digital inputs. The inputs are ordered as
follows going forward (►): "D1", "D2", "D3" , "D4" , "D5" ,
"D6" , "D7" and "D8". When you change inputs, the
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Figure 1: Nēo 380D Front panel
display window will show the new digital input and
briefly four (4) dashes "----". These dashes indicate that
the Nēo 380D is in the process of locking onto a digital
signal – this may take several seconds. Once the 380D
successfully locks onto the digital signal, the four dashes
will be replaced by the sampling rate frequency of this
digital signal. When the selected digital input signal
cannot be locked onto, "----" remains in the display
window. The 380D is capable of processing a PCM
digital signal at one of the following eight (8) different
sampling rates: "44.1", "48.0", "88.2", "96.0" , "176.4" ,
"192.0" , "352.8" and "384.0" (all in kHz) or a DSD digital
signal at one of the following three (3) data rates DSD64
(2.82MHz), DSD128 (5.64MHz) and DSD256 (11.28MHz);
For DSD input signals, the corresponding information
will appear in the display window as "DSd" , "DSd.2" and
"DSd.4" for these data rates, respectively.
Notes: (i) DSD format signals can ONLY be
played through the USB ("D8") input. (ii) PCM
format signals with sample-rates of 352.8kHz
and 384kHz can ONLY be played through the
USB ("D8") input (iii) The digital outputs are not
enabled when the D8 (USB) or D9 (Network)
input is selected .