USB-XIII User Manual
10
6-CHANNEL PLAYBACK FROM COMPUTER USING MERLOT DAC
In this application the UBS-XIII is used to connect up to three Merlot DACs to a computer or server for 6-
channel playback via USB. This mode supports all PCM sample rates up to 384kHz and DSD up to 5.6MHz.
Quad DSD is not supported for 6 channels as it exceeds the packet size of USB.
SR L/R
C / LFE
PLINK OUT
FR L / R
PLINK
IN
COAX
DoP Out
AES / DoP
OUT
Playback Designs USB-XIII
USB
POWER
GREEN: NORMAL OPERATION
AMBER: PROGRAMMING
RED: ERROR
LOCK
INPUT MODE
RST
AUX
1
4
Playback Designs USB-XIII
USB cable
PLink input
PLink input
PLink input
Front
Back
Merlot
Surround channels
Merlot
Front channels
Merlot
Center / LFE channels
to computer
or server
ANALOG OUT
DIGITAL IN / OUT
R
L
R
L
PLAYLINK
IN
OUT
SERVER
COAX IN
AUX
AES IN
ANALOG OUT
DIGITAL IN / OUT
R
L
R
L
PLAYLINK
IN
OUT
SERVER
COAX IN
AUX
AES IN
ANALOG OUT
DIGITAL IN / OUT
R
L
R
L
PLAYLINK
IN
OUT
SERVER
COAX IN
AUX
AES IN
optical PLink cables
Settings for USB-XIII
Settings for Merlot
INPUT
middle position
Firmware
version 014 or higher
MODE 1
up for 6-channel operation
Input
PLink on all 3 units
MODE 2
up for Sonoma format
MODE 3
not used
MODE 4
not used
NOTE: after changing the MODE switches it is important to either press the reset button or to turn power off
and on again.
If you need additional optical cables than provided, only use ST-ST 62.5/125 multimode fiber optical cable
types.
