USB-XIII User Manual
11
6-CHANNEL PLAYBACK FROM OPPO PLAYER USING MERLOT DAC
In this application the UBS-XIII is used to connect up to three Merlot DACs to the Oppo103 player with the
OpBox Modification for 6-channel playback. This mode supports all PCM sample rates up to 384kHz and
DSD up to 5.6MHz.
SR L/R
C / LFE
PLINK OUT
FR L / R
PLINK
IN
COAX
DoP Out
AES / DoP
OUT
Playback Designs USB-XIII
PLink input
PLink input
PLink input
Oppo103 with OpBox Modification
Back
Merlot
Surround channels
Merlot
Front channels
Merlot
Center / LFE channels
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 OpBox
INPUT
down position
PLINK OUT Select Sonoma format
MODE 1
up for 6-channel operation
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.
