JOPLIN MKIII
384
k
H
z
/32bit ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER
REVISION P
R
A – APRIL 2019
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5. Connecting and powering the unit
ADVICE: all connections to other equipment in the system must be done when all
equipment are off. Failing to comply to this advice may expose the
JOPLIN MKIII
to the
risk of damages.
ADVICE: Windows users must install the driver prior to connecting the
JOPLIN MKIII
to
the PC (please refer to section 6).
Please refer to section 3, “Back Panel Description”.
Connect the “B” plug of a 2.0 USB A-B cable to the USB connector (Figure 2, 13) of the
JOPLIN MKIII
.
Connect the “A” plug of the cable to a 2.0 USB port of your computer.
Connect two interconnects to the analogue inputs of the
JOPLIN MKIII
(Figure 2, 6) and to
the outputs of your analogue source (be it a turntable, a tuner, a tape recorder or even the
tape rec output of your amplifier).
Connect a digital cable with suitable termination (RCA, XLR, optical Toslink™ or HDMI)
from the
JOPLIN MKIII
to your amplifier’s digital inputs or to a DAC (Figure 2, 9/10/12/14).
If you need to route the output of a digital source to your computer or to the amplifier, you
may connect the source to the
JOPLIN MKIII
using an RCA digital interconnect (Figure 2,
11).
Connect the wall adaptor provided with the
JOPLIN MKIII
or one output of the
Van Der Graaf
MkII
to the supply connector (Figure 2, 15) of the
JOPLIN MKIII
.