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Maintaining Your Zdac 

 

Your Zdac requires no periodic maintenance and has no user serviceable parts inside. 
To avoid risk of electric shock do not remove the top cover. To keep it clean use only a soft 
cloth moistened with a few drops of clear water or window cleaner. Never use any solvents or 
abrasives. 

 

 

Are You Having Difficulty? 

 
Warranty Repair 

Call your Parasound dealer first. If the dealer can’t help you with your problem we encourage 
you to call Parasound’s Technical Service Department at 

415-397-7100

, Monday - Friday, 8am 

- 4pm Pacific time. We can suggest other diagnostic tests you can easily perform. 
If we determine that your Zdac should be returned to Parasound or an Authorized 
Parasound Warranty Center for inspection and possible servicing, we will provide the location of 
a warranty center near you or shipping 

instructions for the unit’s return to Parasound. 

Read your accompanying Parasound Limited Warranty carefully to understand the applicable 
rights and limitations. This section provides instructions for obtaining repairs, both for units covered 
under the Parasound Limited Warranty and for units or situations which are outside the Warranty. 

 
Unit is not eligible for repair under the terms of the Parasound warranty if: 

1. Unit was not purchased from a Parasound Authorized Dealer. 
2. You do not have the original bill of sale or sales receipt from a Parasound Authorized Dealer. 
3. You are not the original owner. The Parasound warranty is not transferable. 
4. Unit’s serial number was removed, modified, or defaced. 
5. Unit shows evidence of abuse and/or misuse. 
6. Unit was modified in any way. 

7. A prior repair was attempted by an unauthorized repair station. 

 
Before You Return Any Unit to Parasound for Service 

Before you send your unit to Parasound, you will need to obtain a specific Return Authorization 
(RA) 

number and shipping instructions from Parasound’s Technical Department. The RA 

number must be clearly marked on the outer carton. Use the original factory packing materials 
and arrange adequate insurance to cover its value. You must include a copy of your purchase 
receipt, since this document establishes the validity of this unit’s warranty. Warranty repairs are 
only performed by Parasound or Parasound Authorized warranty centers when your purchase 
receipt is from a Parasound Authorized Dealer or Parasound Authorized Reseller.   
 

Do not ship to Parasound by the USPS- we will not accept delivery.  We will also refuse delivery 
of units whose cartons show evidence of damage caused by inadequate packing. 

Summary of Contents for Zdac

Page 1: ...Zdac 192kHz Digital to Analog Converter OWNER S GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...n If the Zdac should require warranty repair you will need its original carton and foam packing inserts to ship it Please do not throw away the carton or foam packing inserts Parasound Zdac Serial ______________________________ Parasound Dealer ___________________________________ Parasound Dealer Phone Number _______________________ Date of Purchase ____________________________________ Important W...

Page 3: ...4 115V 230V AC Mains Voltage 5 Connecting Your Zdac 6 Operating Your Zdac 8 Zdac Headphone Listening 8 USB Computer Setup 9 Use With a DVD or Blu ray Player 9 Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting 10 If You Require Assistance or Warranty Repair 11 Specifications 12 ...

Page 4: ...tween other components A ventilation fan is also recommended where other heat producing equipment must be mounted close to the Zdac If you re installing the Zdac yourself use input and output cables that are long enough to leave at least two feet of slack that will enable you to pull the Zdac out of a cabinet to check or to change connections without inadvertently disconnecting cables If you re pu...

Page 5: ...ine voltages between 110V 120V which is correct for North America including Mexico and also in Taiwan In some countries such as Brazil AC voltages are different by region Most other countries require setting it to 230V With the 230V setting the Zdac can operate safely with AC line voltages between 220V 240V If you are not certain of your local AC voltage call your dealer The following website will...

Page 6: ... from your source to the Zdac Coax Coaxial The Coax input connector is an RCA jack also called S PDIF It is compatible with any S PDIF coaxial digital output The coaxial input accepts these standard sampling rates 8kHz 11 025kHz 16kHz 32 kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz 176kHz 192kHz It accepts16 bit and 24 bit word lengths Note Please use a 75 ohm digital interconnect cable Standard audio and vide...

Page 7: ...servers such as Sonos or Squeezebox Never connect the Zdac directly to a power amplifier if you have a digital source without its own volume control connected to one of the Zdac s inputs This could result in a very loud blast of sound that could damage your loudspeakers or hearing Non variable digital sources include all CD DVD Blu ray players cable sat boxes and the optical output from an HD tele...

Page 8: ...driven by a high current low noise operational amplifier running in pure class A It can drive headphones from 32 ohms to 600 ohms at substantial undistorted listening levels If your headphones use a 6 3mm plug you can use a 6 3mm to 3 5mm stereo adaptor for the Zdac headphone jack Some headphones include this adapter Note The Zdac s Analog XLR and RCA output jacks will be automatically muted whene...

Page 9: ...he Control Panel and select the Zdac as the default playback device For a Mac with OS X Go to the Apple Menu Select System Preferences Select Sound from the Hardware Menu Select ZDAC in the Sounds Menu Playing Music From Your Computer Once initial setup is complete your Zdac will be ready for use with your PC or Mac Simply start playing any music on your computer and it will be sent to the Zdac vi...

Page 10: ...nd re insert it Your computer should indicate that it has found and identified the Zdac If it doesn t then try rebooting it with the Zdac connected Turn off the Zdac for about 10 seconds and turn it on again Is your computer operating correctly Is the music playing or paused I can hear a hum or buzzing noise from my speakers and headphones Cable TV is the most common source of hum If you have a ca...

Page 11: ...ty Unit is not eligible for repair under the terms of the Parasound warranty if 1 Unit was not purchased from a Parasound Authorized Dealer 2 You do not have the original bill of sale or sales receipt from a Parasound Authorized Dealer 3 You are not the original owner The Parasound warranty is not transferable 4 Unit s serial number was removed modified or defaced 5 Unit shows evidence of abuse an...

Page 12: ...z 20 kHz Signal to Noise Ratio 110 dB A weighted THD Noise 0 015 Audio Output Level Unbalanced 2 1V rms Balanced 4 2V rms Output Impedance Line out 160 ohms balanced or unbalanced Headphone out 10 ohms AC Power Requirement 10 watts 110 130 VAC 60 Hz 220 240 VAC 50 Hz voltage is selected on the chassis bottom Dimensions Width 9 5 241 mm black 8 5 220 mm silver Depth 10 254 mm Height with feet 2 51 ...

Page 13: ...13 Installation Notes ...

Page 14: ...14 Parasound Products Inc 2250 McKinnon Ave San Francisco CA 94124 Customer Service 415 397 7100 www parasound com ...

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