Dear Acoustic Research customer Thank you for purchasing the Acoustic Research UA1 High Fidelity HD USB DAC with headphone amplifier. This product will enable genuine high definition music playback with high fidelity on your Windows or Mac computer system. You can also manage your music contents on your computer with the JRiver Media Center included with this product.
3. General controls LED Status Display 6.3mm Headphone Output Headphone Volume Control RCA (Right) Output Optical Output* RCA (Left) Output USB to Computer * Optical output supports up to 96 kHz LED Status Display White 44.1kHz Blue 88.2 kHz 176.4 kHz Cyan 48 kHz Purple...
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Installation through Internet Download • Visit Acoustic Research web site http://www.acoustic-research.com • Enter UA1 in the search bar to find the UA1 product information • Under the product information, click Downloads • Click Driver for Windows 7/Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit) to download the driver •...
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4. Click Next 5. The installation program will detect the existence of the USB sound module. Click Next. If the program fails to detect the hardware 6. The license agreement will appear. Please read through the content carefully. To continue, please check “I accept...” and click Next...
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7. Choose the installation path if you would like to change it. Click Install to continue 8. Click Finish to complete the installation 5. Driver Installation for Mac OS X 10.6.8 or above 1. Connect the High Fidelity HD USB DAC with headphone amplifier to an available USB 2.0/3.0 port with supplied USB cable 2.
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6. Default audio device for Windows and Mac By default, UA1 High Fidelity HD USB DAC with headphone amplifier is an auxiliary audio device in Windows. While music applications are typically set to output sound through the primary audio device, you will not hear any sound from the High Fidelity HD USB DAC with headphone amplifier. Please expect it as the normal behavior.
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The required license key can be found on the envelope of the CD • Configuring JRiver Media Center to utilize the USB audio module in Windows 1.Make sure UA1 is connected and driver has been installed. Run JRiver Media Center 2.Click Tools and select Options...
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4.Under Settings..., click DSP & output format... 5.In Output Format, select 192,000 Hz Output for Input Greater than 192,000 Hz 6.Close the DSP Studio window and click OK to save the configurations...
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The required license key can be found on the envelope of the CD • Configuring JRiver Media Center to utilize the USB audio module in Mac OS X 1.Make sure UA1 is connected and driver has been installed. Run JRiver Media Center 2.Click Tools and select Options...
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4.Under Settings..., click DSP & output format... 5.In Output Format, select 192,000 Hz Output for Input Greater than 192,000 Hz 6.Close the DSP Studio window and click OK to save the configurations...