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miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong /

/ Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice

2.3

USB

To play audio through the

U-DAC8

, connect the USB port of the

U-DAC8

to a USB 2.0 port on your computer

using the supplied cable. The U-DAC8 should also be connected for initial driver installation under Windows.

Summary of Contents for U-DAC8

Page 1: ...miniDSP Ltd Hong Kong www minidsp com Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice 1 U DAC8 8 CHANNEL HIGH RESOLUTION USB DAC User Manual...

Page 2: ...hange without prior notice 2 Revision history Revision Description Date 1 0 First public release 12 March 2015 1 1 Error corrections Windows signing 28 October 2015 1 2 Updated installation procedure...

Page 3: ...DC Power 7 2 3 USB 8 3 Installation and Configuration Windows 9 3 1 Before you start 9 3 2 Installation 9 3 2 1 Download the latest driver 9 3 2 2 Connect your U DAC8 9 3 2 3 Setup the driver package...

Page 4: ...ow to operate and use this product as incorrect use or use beyond the parameters and ways recommended in this manual have the potential to cause damage to your audio system Please also note that many...

Page 5: ...d radio TV technician for help Notice Shielded interface cable must be used in order to comply with emission limits Notice Changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for c...

Page 6: ...audio playback at sample rates up to 192 kHz and is an ideal solution for High resolution multi channel audio Computer based HTPC home theater Surround sound mixing and mastering Computer based active...

Page 7: ...og outputs to your A V receiver multichannel preamp or directly to amplification and subwoofer Always be sure to turn off all equipment before connecting or disconnecting audio signal cables 2 2 DC PO...

Page 8: ...ons subject to change without prior notice 8 2 3 USB To play audio through the U DAC8 connect the USB port of the U DAC8 to a USB 2 0 port on your computer using the supplied cable The U DAC8 should a...

Page 9: ...8 1 so that you can install unsigned drivers http www top password com blog how to disable driver signature enforcement in windows 10 8 7 3 2 INSTALLATION The U DAC8 is a USB Audio Class 2 0 device F...

Page 10: ...f the U DAC8 then continue with installing the driver Installation will take several minutes Accept the defaults for screens such as install location If you receive a warning that Windows cannot verif...

Page 11: ...e high amounts of CPU and memory and may not work on some machines If you do not require lowest latency we recommend that you do not depart from the default safe settings 3 3 3 Firmware upgrade This s...

Page 12: ...e of overloading the bandwidth of the controller The current sample rate shown reflects the sample rate of the file being played by the Windows player This setting cannot be changed in the Control pan...

Page 13: ...k the 0dB button o To mute all channels click the M button above MASTER o To mute a pair of channels click the M button above the names of the channel pair 3 3 6 Clock source This pane displays the cl...

Page 14: ...tomatically be detected by Mac OS X as a compliant multichannel USB audio interface 4 2 CONFIGURATION Open the program Audio MIDI Setup in Applications Utilities The U DAC8 will appear automatically i...

Page 15: ...yed The sample rate can be set to all common rates from 44 1 to 192 kHz 3 Select 24 bit or 16 bit data The default 24 bit is usually fine 4 To set up the U DAC8 for multichannel audio click on Configu...

Page 16: ...the next step and even damage a loudspeaker On the multichannel layout diagram confirm that the speaker channels are as expected Click on the name of each speaker to generate the test signal Increase...

Page 17: ...y Dimensions H x W x D 31 x 161 x 110 mm 5 2 FIRMWARE UPGRADE If a firmware upgrade has been provided to enhance features or functionality use the USBStreamer Control Panel to update the U DAC8 Firmwa...