OWNERS MANUAL FOR WEISS MEDUS D/A CONVERTER
Firewire Connection
First install the software on your computer as described in a separate paragraph below.
Then connect the computer to the MEDUS via an appropriate Firewire cable. There are three
types of cables applicable:
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4 pin Firewire 400 (computer side) to 6 pin Firewire 400 (MEDUS side)
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6 pin Firewire 400 (computer side) to 6 pin Firewire 400 (MEDUS side)
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9 pin Firewire 800 (computer side) to 6 pin Firewire 400 (MEDUS side)
Chose the proper cable as required by your computer.
Make sure to plug in the Firewire cable in the proper orientation! If the connector is
plugged in reversed the MEDUS Firewire interface can be destroyed because of the bus
power on the Firewire bus.
The MEDUS should now be recognized by the computer, i.e. if you start the Weiss Firewire I/O
application the MEDUS shows up as a ”INT202” device. INT202 because the hardware used for
the MEDUS Firewire interface is a INT202 board.
You now should be able to play music from the computer through the MEDUS.
For the single wire version select input # 3 to play the Firewire input. For the dual wire version
you need to switch between input # 1 and input # 2 depending on the sampling rates:
For sampling rates of 176.4 kHz or 192 kHz select input # 1, the MEDUS should then go into dual
wire mode, i.e. both LEDs of input # 1 and # 2 are lit.
For all other sampling rates (44.1, 48, 88.2, 96) select input # 2.
