North Star 3 User Manual

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    Model 3 high performance 96/24 d/a converter user manual serial # : ___________________ revisione 3 – 8/2/2000 (1 di 7).

  • Page 2: Instruction For Use:

    Instruction for use: caution: 1. Be careful handling the mains cable please, pay attention not to damage or stretch the mains cable. Otherwise, risk of electric shock or damage can arise. Keep tightly the mains plug when pulling it away from the wall socket, never pull the cable. 2. Don’t remove the...

  • Page 3: Note:

    Equipment is connected to a mains socket or to any other equipment. Refer to the appropriate section of this manual for the digital input settings. 3. Don’t insert any object into the equipment don’t insert metallic objects into the equipment and pay attention not to throw liquids on it. Otherwise, ...

  • Page 4: . Lock Led

    6 7 8 10 1 . Lock led it will glow red when no signal is fed into any digital input. Feeding a digital signal through an enabled input will turn this led to green. 2 . 44.1 led this led glowing red while the lock led glows green means that a 44.1 khz sampling rate has been recognized on any enabled ...

  • Page 5: . Optical Input (Toslink)

    7 . Optical input (toslink) use this input to connect the dac to the digital output of a source (cd transport, dat tape, dvd player), using a digital fiber optic cable (not shipped with the equipment). 8 . Balanced input (aes/ebu) use this input to connect the dac to the digital output of a source (...

  • Page 6: Warning

    S/pdif or optical input selecting the enabled digital input setting two jumpers located on the pcb is necessary to select the appropriate digital input. The default setting enables the coaxial and the optical inputs. It’s possible to ask for a custom setting either directly to north star design or t...

  • Page 7: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications sampling rates: 30khz-100khz word width: 16, 18, 20, 24 bit oversampling: 8x clock recovery: double pll dynamic range: 110db s/n ratio: 109db max. Output voltage: 2vrms output impedance: output sockets: gold plated rca posts inputs: s/pdif (rca coax and toslink optical), aes...