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CONTENTS
Getting Started .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
In the box ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Other required system components ........................................................................................................................... 5
Preparing for Setup: Know Your NAS ............................................................................................................................ 6
Getting to know The Black Box™ ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Setting Up Your System – Hardware Connections ..................................................................................................... 8
Step 1
: Connect The Black Box™ to all peripheral components ......................................................................... 8
Step 2:
Connect your Black Box™ to your network ................................................................................................. 9
Step 3:
Connect The Black Box™ to a DAC ................................................................................................................... 9
Step 4:
Set the hardware upsampling toggle switch ............................................................................................. 10
Setting up your system — Software Configurations ............................................................................................... 11
Step 1
: Turn on The Black Box™ .................................................................................................................................... 11
Step 2
: Rip music and create your music library on the server ....................................................................... 12
Enable BitPerfect™ Ripper to search the Internet for album information. ............................. 12
Set the correct output path ......................................................................................................................... 13
Rip a CD ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Listening to Your Music ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Step 1
: Build your music library .................................................................................................................................... 14
Using Media Center to build your library .............................................................................................. 15
Use Media Player to build your library................................................................................................... 16
Step 2:
Choose the sample rate for playback ........................................................................................................... 17
Choose the sample rate on your Black Box™ ....................................................................................... 17
Hardware upsampling ................................................................................................................................... 18
Software upsampling ..................................................................................................................................... 20
Step 3
: Using the BitPerfect™ volume lock ............................................................................................................... 23
Step 4
: Listening to your music files ............................................................................................................................ 24
Use Media Center to play your music ...................................................................................................... 24
Use Media Player to play your music ...................................................................................................... 25
Playing High-Resolution Music Files ............................................................................................................................. 28