T+A MP 2000 R Mk II, User Manual

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The MP 3100 HV as D/A Converter
General Information on
D/A Converter Operation The

MP 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
MP 3100 HV features two
optical and two electrical S/P-DIF digital inputs on the back panel to allow this
usage.
A USB-DAC input on the back panel permits to use the
MP 3100 HV as D/A
converter for computers.
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You can connect devices with electrical co-axial, BNC, AES-EBU or optical
output to the digital inputs of the
MP 3100 HV . At the optical inputs Digital In 1
and Digital In 2 the MP 3100 HV accepts digital stereo signals conforming to
the S/P-DIF norm, with sampling rates of 32 to 96 kHz. At the co-ax input and
the BNC and AES-EBU inputs Digital In 3 to Digital In 6 the range of sampling
rates is from 32 to 192 kHz.
At the
USB DAC IN input the MP 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* and DSD512*.
If you wish the
MP 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.
*
DSD256 and DSD512 only with a Windows PC.
D/A Converter Operation
Selecting a D/A Converter
Source
Select the MP 3100 HV as listening source on your amplifier.
Choose the digital input to which you have already connected the source
device which is to be played. by pressing the

-button on the FD100
remote or by turning the SOURCE -Knob on the front panel of the MP 3100 HV .
As soon as the source device delivers digital music data, the MP 3100 HV
automatically adjusts itself to the format and sampling rate of the signal, and
you will hear the music.
Screen Display
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During D/A converter operations the MP 3100 HV integral screen displays the
characteristics of the digital input signal.