Using your Dream Player MC
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Dream Player MC – User Manual
2.7 Power Input
The MC may be supplied with AC or DC power ranging from 12-18 Volts and will
draw about 400ma when playing. The polarity is irrelevant on this board, you may
hook up the wires in either position and the device will still power on. The power
input is also used to power external PNET Trigger Input boards, so we suggest a
12VDC 2A or 3A power supply.
2.8 SD Card and Socket
Your Audio Content, CONFIG.TXT File, and any firmware updates are loaded onto a
Micro SD Card, and then inserted into the SD Card Socket. The connector used on the
Dream Players is unique in that the card is loaded from the top and not from the front
like standard connectors. One major feature of this style is that it ensures that the card
does not accidently fall out when the device is mounted. You can also mount the edge
of your Dream Player MC against another surface since you don’t need space to
extract the card from the side. To load the card into the connector, simply insert the
card into the socket from the top, gently push the card down, away from you and then
pull towards yourself. You will feel it when the card is secured. If the card is not
properly inserted into the socket, it will pop back up. The only time the card will
remain down is when it is correctly inserted into the connector.
2.9 Mode Switches
The Dream Player MC has an on board DIP switch that is used to designate the “slot
number” for use with external PNET Trigger Boards. Switches 1-4 will set the number
that the PNET will associate with that particular board. For more information about
this feature please see the Quick Start Guide for PNET Opto-Input and Output boards.
2.10
Creating WAV Files
Any suitable sound editor can be used to create WAV files. The Dream Player MC
will only play 8-channel, 16-bit samples, at a 44.1KHz sample rate. This is the same
format used for CD Players and is quite standard. The Dream Player MC also features
8-Channel Audio Playback which can be 4 Stereo Files combined to make a single 8-
channel file.
Note: The Dream Player can NOT play MP3 files or other non-wav files.
Please visit the PRICOM Design web site (
), for some ideas and tips
on creating your own 8-channel WAV Files. We have sample templates for Audacity,
ProTools, Reaper and Adobe Audition. Each of these programs has a different way of
handling multi-channel WAV files, but each can export in this format.
