USB-XIII User Manual
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UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE IN THE USB-XIII INTERFACE
Playback Designs is constantly innovating new algorithms and methods for audio processing and from time to
time may release new firmware for the USB-XIII interface that may further enhance the sonic performance or
add new features. New releases will be distributed as audio wave files. They can be played into the USB-XIII
just like any other audio file. The USB-XIII processor will automatically detect this file and update the
firmware. No audio will be audible as the processor will automatically set the volume to 0.
Upgrade Procedure:
1. Power on USB-XIII.
2. Connect your computer with the included USB cable.
3. Load the wave file with the update firmware into your player software on your computer.
4. Play the file.
5. The front panel LED will turn from green to amber. It is important that at this point you no
longer touch the system, nor your PC, don't change the input, don't turn the power off. Go
have a glass of Playback Designs wine, because it will take about 2 minutes for this to finish.
6. Once playback has finished the front panel LED will return to green indicating a successful
update, or it will turn red indicating a failure. A failure can happen when you didn't follow the
instructions in the previous steps or your PC had a dropout during playback. If this failure
happens, don't panic, but follow the next steps precisely:
a. DO NOT POWER OFF the USB-XIII (doing so will render your Pinot inoperable).
b. Disconnect your computer from the USB-XIII.
c. Push the Reset button on the front panel.
d. Re-connect the USB cable.
f. Go to step 3.
7. If playback of the update file has finished and the front panel does not display any error
message, but indicates normal operation then stop playback and disconnect the USB cable.
8. power off the USB-XIII.
9. power on the USB-XIII and proceed to normal operation.
Now that you made it all the way to here it is time to take a deep breath and enjoy the high-rez
immersion:
