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Version 1.1

MPD-6

Digital to Analog Converter

USER MANUAL

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Summary of Contents for MPD-6

Page 1: ...Version 1 1 MPD 6 Digital to Analog Converter USER MANUAL EDELWEISS SERIES ...

Page 2: ...MPD 6 User Manual 2 ...

Page 3: ...t without appropriate approval may invalidate the user s right to operate the equipment WARRANTY Playback Designs warrants the MPD 6 product against defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of time specified by the product s serial number from the date of first delivery to the owner The warranty time period is for 30 days If within the first 30 days of ownershi...

Page 4: ...l unit with installed batteries Power cord 100 120V countries only User manual Registration Please take a moment and send us an email to info playbackdesigns com so we can register you for the warranty Installation Before connecting your MPD 6 to the AC mains make sure you select the correct voltage on the rear panel 100V 120V or 230 240V Operating this machine at the wrong AC voltage will cause s...

Page 5: ...onnection to computers and servers for PCM at sample rates up to 384kHz and DSD up to 11 2MHz STREAMER NETWORK Only available when Stream X2 option is installed Input from network sources See Stream X2 manual for more details STREAMER USB Only available when Stream X2 option is installed Input for USB flash sticks no HDD supported See Stream X2 manual for more details Analog outputs XLR Balanced p...

Page 6: ...pped with a very high quality analog volume control that is controlled from the remote If this analog volume control is not desired it can be bypassed in the settings menu In addition the output level in bypassed mode can be selected between 5 values to optimally match it with your other equipment see settings and specification chapter for more details Alphanumeric status display Volume level disp...

Page 7: ...normal operation these up and down arrows directly below the DAC button toggle through the active inputs of the MPD 6 During settings display these buttons toggle through the settings menu Inverts the phase on both analog outputs Dims the display on front panel Mutes all analog outputs Analog output volume control Need to enable variable output level see settings menu No function on MPD 6 ...

Page 8: ... INPUTS For selecting digital inputs the IR remote provides buttons with up and down arrows right below the DAC button With these buttons you can select any of the six digital inputs on the MPD 6 by toggling up and down through the list You can drastically shorten the list of selectable digital inputs by deactivating those that you don t use see setup menu for further details For instance if you o...

Page 9: ...llow instructions on your screen 3 Power on the MPD 6 and connect the included USB cable between the USB AUDIO connector on your MPD 6 and your computer 4 Select USB Input on your MPD 6 5 The computer will take a moment to enumerate the MPD 6 on its USB bus and notify you when it is installed successfully You can check successful driver installation and connection in the device manager where the d...

Page 10: ...ack Playback of DSD files The driver software and MPD 6 hardware are designed to support playback of DSD files at sample rates up to 11 2MHz You will need a playback software running on your computer that can read DSD files and play them to the USB driver On the Mac platform you will have to use a playback software that supports the DoP standard for playing DSD files General notes 1 For best perfo...

Page 11: ... your two inputs with the arrow buttons on the remote 2 Serial number of your MPD 6 This option is not user programmable 3 Firmware version This option is not user programmable 4 OUT LVL the analog output level can be set as variable therefore enabling volume control via remote control or fixed in the following values 6db 3db 0db 3db 6db 0db yields about 3 4Vrms with a 1kHz full level sine wave 5 ...

Page 12: ...it but can still sound a bit brittle 3 150 350 Hours Midrange will start smoothing out and clarity will increase but highs might continue to remain recessed At this point there probably will not be much change in the bass You will probably wonder how the Playback Designs converter will ever sound like others have described but we assure you that you will start to hear substantial changes within an...

Page 13: ...ector on rear panel 2 Use a small flat screw driver to pry open the fuse compartment as shown in above picture 3 Pull fuse compartment out and flip sideways as shown below 4 Replace both fuses with 1 6A 250V slow blow types Length is 20mm CLEANING THE CHASSIS OF THE MPD 6 It is possible that the chassis can stain slightly from finger prints or you may discover subtle stains on the surface after so...

Page 14: ...that Audirvana works perfectly on Mac computers On the Windows platform we have verified Foobar and Roon but JRiver won t play this file 4 Play the file 5 The front panel will indicate WRITING FLASH It is important that at this point you no longer touch the system nor your PC nor the remote don t change the input don t turn the power off Go have a glass of wine because it will take about 2 minutes...

Page 15: ...upported network protocols DLNA UPnP Roon Supported streaming services Tidal Qobuz Deezer vTuner CONNECTING STREAM X2 TO YOUR NETWORK MODEL MPD 6 MADE IN U S A TOSLINK COAX LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT AES RESET USB AUDIO DIGITAL I O AND CONTROL ANALOG OUTPUTS PLAYLINK OUT IN 50 60 Hz 100W max USB MEMORY N E T W K Streamer Network Connect this to your network router and make sure it is connected to the i...

Page 16: ...pp also incorporates features that are not supported in the standard DLNA protocol such as firmware update and complete set of features for all streaming services 3 mconnect Player there is also a Lite version These are general purpose DLNA apps and are therefore not free or come with advertising They do not support our additional features and only support limited streaming services While they wor...

Page 17: ...connected directly to the Stream X2 module Streamer USB connector on back panel In this case the Stream X2 module acts as a server Tapping on any of these lines will allow you to select any song that this particular storage device contains In this list you can also see a list of computers and other DLNA or UPnP servers with storage that might contain playable audio files The volume button to the l...

Page 18: ...Playlist button on upper right corner You will be prompted to select an existing playlist or to create a new one 4 On the next page you will be able to select the songs in the queue that you want to transfer into the playlist When done with your selections press the DONE button in upper right corner 5 Select Favorites view and My Playlists under favorites There you will see your playlist you just ...

Page 19: ...list from the list and the next page will show you the contents of your playlist 7 In this page you can edit your playlist by pressing the EDIT button or you can add more tracks by pressing the PLUS button Add to Playlist button Edit button ...

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