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The SDV 3100 HV as D/A Converter
General Information The SDV 3100 HV can be used as a high-quality D/A converter for other
devices such as computers, streamer, digital radios etc. which are fitted with
poor-quality converters or no converter at all. The
SDV 3100 HV features two
optical, five electrical S/P-DIF digital inputs and two HDMI -inputs on the
back panel to allow this usage.
Two
USB-DAC inputs on the back panel permits to use the SDV 3100 HV as
D/A converter for computers.
S/P-DIF (Digital IN 1 … IN7 You can connect devices with electrical co-axial, BNC, AES-EBU or optical
output to the digital inputs of the
SDV 3100 HV . At inputs DIGITAL IN 1 to
DIGITAL IN 7 the SDV 3100 HV accepts digital stereo signals conforming to
the S/P-DIF norm, with sampling rates of 32 to 192 kHz.
HDMI At the HDMI 1 and HDMI 2 inputs, the SDV 3100 HV accepts digital PCM
encoded stereo signals with sampling rates of 44.1 … 384 kHz (32 bit) and
DSD data with a sampling rate of DSD64.
If a TV is connected to the
HDMI OUT output, the TV sound can be
transmitted to the SDV 3100 HV via ARC (Audio Return Channel) if supported
by the TV.
If necessary, the
SDV 3100 HV can be switched to By-Pass mode by a long
press on the

button. In this case, the sound is played back on the TV.
 To use the ARC function, the TV must support it and the SDV 3100 HV must
be connected to an ARC compatible input.
USB DAC At the USB DAC inputs the SDV 3100 HV accepts digital PCM-encoded stereo
signals with sampling rates of 44.1 to 384 kHz (32-bit) and DSD data with
sampling rates of DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 DSD512* and DSD1024*.
*
DSD512 and DSD1024 only with a Windows PC.

If you wish the SDV 3100 HV to convert audio files from a Windows PC
connected to it, you must first install driver software on the computer (see
the chapter entitled
‘USB DAC operation in detail’ ). If you are using a
computer running Mac OS X 10.6 or higher no drivers are necessary.
 Before switching to another input, you should stop playback in the player
software.
If you switch to another USB input, the connection will be lost.
D/A Converter Operation
Selecting a D/A Converter
Source
Choose the digital input to which you have already connected the source
device which is to be played.
As soon as the source device delivers digital music data, the
SDV 3100 HV
automatically adjusts itself to the format and sampling rate of the signal,
and you will hear the music.
Screen Display  During D/A converter operations the SDV 3100 HV integral screen displays
the characteristics of the digital input signal.