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The Cary Audio Design DMS-500/550/600 incorporates copyright protected technology that is 
protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. The DMS-500/550/600 uses the 
following technologies:  

 

 

 

The MQA logo is a trademark of MQA Limited. © MQA Limited 2018. 
 
 
Roon Ready is a trakemark of Roon Labs © 2018 

 

Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) is the trademark of © 2016 Sony Corporation 

and 2016 © Koninklijke Philips  

 

 

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Summary of Contents for DMS-500

Page 1: ...o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o DMS 500 DMS 550 DMS 600 Network Audio Players NOTE Before installing your new component please read...

Page 2: ...ork USB SD Internet 19 Now Playing Screen SPDIF 17 Alternate Now Playing Display Screens 20 App Control For iOS and Android 20 Variable Volume Control Using as a Source Connecting to a Preamplifier et...

Page 3: ...yback and Connection 41 Bluetooth Connection 42 Bluetooth Playback 44 File Conversion and Upsampling PCM to DSD Conversion 45 PCM and DSD Upsampling 45 DSD Operation DSD Playback 47 MQA Operation MQA...

Page 4: ...t manufacturer as others may cause hazards 12 This unit requires a reliable connection to the socket outlet with protective earthing by means of the specified power cord set 13 As a safety feature the...

Page 5: ...es or modifications not expressly approved by Cary Audio Design could void the user s authority to operate the equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a C...

Page 6: ...IPMENT WEEE DIRECTIVE The European Union s WEEE directive requires that products sold into EU countries must have the crossed out trashbin label on the product or the package in some cases As defined...

Page 7: ...e products that offer incredible value for the money backed by superior engineering and design and supported by exceptional customer service Whether a headphone amplifier or a world class network audi...

Page 8: ...to a home network that can access Network Music for playback NAS Drive Network Attached Storage An external hard drive that connects directly to a network router wired or wirelessly unlike a USB hard...

Page 9: ...ell as from USB and SD card storage devices The DMS 500 550 600 can connect either wired or wireless to your network Additionally the computers and or NAS drives storing your digital music files can a...

Page 10: ...0V or 220V 240V AC at 50 60 Hz In the Box When unpacking your DMS 500 550 600 make sure the following accessories are included You should find the following items within the box Power Cable Remote Han...

Page 11: ...600 is not critical Certain precautions must be taken to ensure optimum performance Avoid extremely hot locations such as near radiators or other heating units Keep the top of the DMS 500 550 600 cle...

Page 12: ...is to fully integrate fi the digital information from the Qualcomm aptX HD Bluetooth receiver up to native 24 bit 48kHz better than CD audio into the entire digital circuit of the DMS 550 600 The DMS...

Page 13: ...source can be Upsampled to a higher DSD rate PCM to DSD conversion and DSD upsampling takes our TruBit technology to whole new level of pure silky smooth analog like sound like never before from digi...

Page 14: ...onsible for supporting such items as it relates to the installation and operation of the DMS 500 550 600 beyond what is discussed within this manual All operation methods herein refer to the DMS 500 5...

Page 15: ...lay to help guide you until you are familiar with the interface 3 HEADPHONE INPUT JACK DMS 550 only For connected headphone jack for listening with headphones though the built in headphone amplifier a...

Page 16: ...TAL OUTPUT JACK TOSLINK 16 24 Bit 44 1 kHz 192 kHz digital data output MQA nor DSD files can be outputted 6 DIGITAL OUTPUT JACK COAXIAL 16 24 Bit 44 1 kHz 192 kHz digital data output MQA nor DSD files...

Page 17: ...tted 15 DIGITAL INPUT JACK COAXIAL 2 16 24 Bit 44 1 kHz 192 kHz digital data Input MQA nor DSD files can be inputted 16 DIGITAL INPUT JACK AES EBU 16 24 Bit 44 1 kHz 192 kHz digital data Input MQA nor...

Page 18: ...the player displays various brightness levels or turn the display off 8 INPUT SOURCE SELECTOR Use to select the desired input source 9 VOLUME Decrease or increase volume 10 MUTE Use to mute sound Pre...

Page 19: ...e you press the 5 key is will display as follows simply stop on the number or letter to select it Note For spaces press the 0 key for a blank box For special characters press the _ key USER TIPS Navig...

Page 20: ...CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS NOW PLAYING SCREEN NETWORK USB SD INTERNET MQA NOW PLAYING SCREEN NETWORK USB SD INTERNET NOW PLAYING SCREEN SPDIF 19...

Page 21: ...either iOS on iTunes Store or Android on Google Play Store Each app is highly intuitive and easy to operate Please refer to the apps for instructions The below is a cursory overview of the app From le...

Page 22: ...ult Reset Independent Volume setting is 13 5 USING AS A DIGITAL PREAMPLIFIER CONNECTING DIRECT TO AN AMPLIFER When using the DMS 500 550 600 as a digital preamplifier connecting it directly to an ampl...

Page 23: ...ollows Main Setting Menu Using the Up Down arrow keys on the IR remote to scroll to the desired selection and press Enter or press the Right arrow key to expand Volume Menu Select Master when using th...

Page 24: ...of all IR command control If this happens and you have previously connected an iOS or Android app to the DMS you can use the app to change this setting If not you must reset the DMS Network Menu Setup...

Page 25: ...ist of connected USB sources Select USB 1 2 or 3 input at startup III SD Card Select SD Card input at startup IV Internet Select your preferred Internet Music Service at startup V Coaxial Select Coaxi...

Page 26: ...and press the right arrow key 2 Highlight IR Code A Red Power LED and press Enter on the IR remote You ll notice the IR remote no longer works after change the setting in the DMS You now need to matc...

Page 27: ...Ethernet cable to the back of the DMS 500 550 600 and plug the other end into your router or Ethernet Port 3 If connection isn t automatically established Press Menu on the IR remote and navigate to...

Page 28: ...cially true for exceptionally high resolution files such as DSD files or PCM files greater than 192kHz When possible a wired Ethernet connection is preferred 1 Place the DMS 500 550 600 anywhere withi...

Page 29: ...ell MANUAL WIRELESS WI FI SETUP 1 Press Menu on the IR remote and navigate to Network Settings Select Wi Fi and DHCP for automatic configuration and press Connect Then follow steps 3 4 above If you pr...

Page 30: ...haring protocol from Windows and Apple without running installed server software PC Share and the DMS 500 550 600 can also act as a Renderer So before going further make sure your media server softwar...

Page 31: ...le Sharing on your MAC https support apple com en us HT204445 PROS AND CONS OF MEDIA SERVER VS PC SHARE SMB VS RENDERER PROS AND CONS OF MEDIA SERVER VS PC SHARE SMB VS RENDERER Media Server PC Share...

Page 32: ...ssed in one easy to use custom app 1 Press the Network button on the IR remote This will show a list of all available PC Share and or Media Servers on the network The DMS 500 550 600 also lets you fil...

Page 33: ...press Enter or press on the hand held remote to expand Notice the Hierarchy difference between a Media Server and PC Share Home Screens The folder view s for media Servers are dependent on how your m...

Page 34: ...io but cannot access all features of the DMS 500 550 600 so a combination of a third party app and IR remote must be used in conjunction Renderer operations is very simple as outlined below 1 Turn on...

Page 35: ...NETWORK AND INTERNET PLAYBACK OPERATION JRiver MC21 Example Window Media Player 12 Example 4 The Now Playing screen of The DMS 500 550 600 will display your selection 34...

Page 36: ...er your credentials for that given service It is highly recommended to use the DMS app to login to your music services as it will be much faster and easier If you do try to sign in from the DMS front...

Page 37: ...d is formatted to FAT or FAT32 exFAT can sometimes be used If you encounter a playback issue from SD or an updating error message using SD check the formatting and try another format 1 Insert a USB ha...

Page 38: ...add an Artist to the queue in server mode IF there are album folders within This is also dependent on the server folder hierarchy as they can vary from server to server Note Pressing and holding the...

Page 39: ...aylist command in the blue box to the right of the list and highlight the Playlist you wish to add the queue to Press Enter on the remote Now that queue is part of that playlist Note Pressing and hold...

Page 40: ...the button on the remote Select DELETE from the blue box to the right and press Enter Confirm your choice To RENAME a Playlist While viewing Playlists highlight the desired Playlist and press the butt...

Page 41: ...ired input by pressing COAXIAL 1 or 2 AES EBU or OPTICAL button on the IR remote or control App 2 If no source is connected to the selected input it will say so 3 Initiate playback of the correspondin...

Page 42: ...nds it to the DMS 500 550 600 either Wi Fi or wired Ethernet depending on how your DMS 500 550 600 are connected to your network router The advantages of AirPlay and PhoneShare is that since it relies...

Page 43: ...500 when using Bluetooth device capable of aptX and aptX HD For more information please visit Qualcomm s web site at https www aptx com aptx hd Pairing a device with the DMS 500 550 600 When connectin...

Page 44: ...as follows once you initiate playback rom your portable device NOTE If pairing information is deleted from your device you will need to perform pairing of that device again in order to connect NOTE Ar...

Page 45: ...in your music app tap it and select CARY DMS 500 550 600 to ensure the signal is playing to the DMS 500 550 600 NOTE To get the most of our fi Bluetooth Implementation during playback you can utilize...

Page 46: ...C chip s without you knowing it PCM AND DSD UPSAMPLING TruBit Upsampling is a powerful upsampling technology used to upsample lower sample rates to higher sample rate and increases the bit depth to 32...

Page 47: ...e rate as well as change the bit depth to 32 bits for PCM or 1 bit for DSD Any signals played that are equal to or higher than the selected upsample rate will playback unchanged as evident by the disp...

Page 48: ...on You can also choose to access a computer that is connected wirelessly to your network as well However this adds another potential interruption in the signal path when playing large files such as DS...

Page 49: ...owner as provenance to what was heard in the studio MQA Green indicates a file that has been MQA encoded without provenance MQA Magenta indicates the MQA file s first unfold was decoded by software on...

Page 50: ...well as any other Roon integrated feature such as TIDAL However all other DMS 500 550 600 features are only accessible from the DMS 500 550 600 IR or app remotes ROON SETUP To enable Roon Ready from...

Page 51: ...en Audio 2 Scroll down to the Networked section You should see the DMS 500 550 600 listed 3 Once the DMS 500 550 600 are listed it will show a blue Enable box If not turn on the DMS 500 550 600 first...

Page 52: ...0 in their default setting Pressing DSP Engine will take you to DSP Setting 6 This shows how to disable the DSP setting in Roon A word on DSP setting in Roon The DMS 500 550 600 are already capable of...

Page 53: ...es are handled as well as sample rate and bit depth capabilities of the playback device Roon Defaults the DMS 500 550 600 as both an MQA Decoder and Renderer but you could select Decoder Only to not a...

Page 54: ...re are now two steps to the MQA decoding process First the Roon Core software will decode the first unfold then the DMS will render the second and third unfolding For most circumstances this is not ne...

Page 55: ...and downloading installing setting up the Roon Core computer software you can follow the below steps to playback music files via the Roon Ecosystem 1 Open the Roon tablet or phone app 2 Press the Sel...

Page 56: ...go you can simply browse the Roon App interface to select any music you wish Once you select Play it will send the music to the DMS 500 550 600 via a bit perfect stream of data The first time you do...

Page 57: ...ignal non inverting Pin 3 Signal inverting Connector ground lug chassis ground Refer to your digital input source signal player or other digital source s operating manual to verify that the XLR pin as...

Page 58: ...pling Rates Fs 44 1 kHz to 384 kHz Digital Filter 32 Bit 8x Oversampling Digital Filter Digital Analog Converters 2 2 channel AK4490 EQ for working on true balanced output BLUETOOTH Bluetooth v 4 0 wi...

Page 59: ...kHz Total Harmonic Distortion 0 0004 1 kHz Audio Output Level 2 0V RMS 220 output impedance for Volume in 0 0dB 3 0V RMS 220 output impedance for Volume in 8 0dB Balanced XLR Output 2 0V RMS 440 outp...

Page 60: ...nce for Volume in 8 0dB SPDIF PLAYBACK COAXIAL TOSLINK AES EBU lPCM Frequency Range 2 Hz 100 kHz Signal System 16 20 and 24 bit Sampling Frequency 44 1 kHz to 192 kHz PCM Dynamic Range 123 dB System C...

Page 61: ...s 44 1 kHz to 768 kHz Digital Filter 32 Bit 8x Oversampling Digital Filter Digital Analog Converters 2 2 channel AK4493EQ for working on true balanced output BLUETOOTH CSR Bluetooth v 4 0 with aptX HD...

Page 62: ...Distortion 0 0004 1 kHz Audio Output Level 2 0V RMS 220 output impedance for Volume in 0 0dB 3 0V RMS 220 output impedance for Volume in 8 0dB Balanced XLR Output 2 0V RMS 440 output impedance for Vo...

Page 63: ...System 16 20 and 24 bit Sampling Frequency 44 1 kHz to 192 kHz PCM Dynamic Range 123 dB System Clock Frequency 22 5792 MHz Signal to Noise Ratio 112 dB Audio Output Level 2 0V RMS 220 output impedance...

Page 64: ...SPECIFICATIONS Max Voltage Out V RMS Headphone Impedance Z Output power per channel mW 5 2 600 45 1 5 2 300 90 1 5 2 100 270 4 5 2 60 450 7 5 2 50 540 8 5 2 32 850 0 5 2 16 1690 0 5 2 8 3380 0 63...

Page 65: ...44 1 kHz to 768 kHz Digital Filter 32 Bit 8x Oversampling Digital Filter Digital Analog Converters 2 2 channel AK4497EQ for working on true balanced output BLUETOOTH CSR Bluetooth v 4 0 with aptX HD...

Page 66: ...Distortion 0 0004 1 kHz Audio Output Level 2 0V RMS 220 output impedance for Volume in 0 0dB 3 0V RMS 220 output impedance for Volume in 8 0dB Balanced XLR Output 2 0V RMS 440 output impedance for Vo...

Page 67: ...lume in 0 0dB 3 0V RMS 220 output impedance for Volume in 8 0dB Balanced XLR Output 2 0V RMS 440 output impedance for Volume in 0 0dB 3 0V RMS 440 output impedance for Volume in 8 0dB Master Quality A...

Page 68: ...roblems or requests for service should be referred to our Customer Service Department at 919 355 0010 DO NOT return the DMS 500 550 600 to the factory without a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA nu...

Page 69: ...date of the original purchase from Cary Audio Limitations on Non Cary Audio Provided Services Certain Cary Audio Products are designed to employ non Cary Audio provided services such as by way of exam...

Page 70: ...d within 15 days of purchase What Will We Pay For We will pay for all labor and material expenses for items covered by the warranty Payment of shipping charges is discussed in the next section of this...

Page 71: ...y any defects in Cary Audio products damages based upon inconvenience or loss of use of the product or any other damages whether incidental consequential or otherwise How State Law Relates to the Warr...

Page 72: ...operty rights The DMS 500 550 600 uses the following technologies The MQA logo is a trademark of MQA Limited MQA Limited 2018 Roon Ready is a trakemark of Roon Labs 2018 Direct Stream Digital DSD is t...

Page 73: ...0010 caryaudio com carydirect com o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o...

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