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North Star Design Incanto Operating Manual
Summary of Incanto
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Incanto operating manual north star design ® incanto 384khz/32bit-dsd usb dac.
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Rev.1.0 november 14.
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Warning: to reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may...
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Important safety instructions please read all instructions and precautions carefully and completely before operating your north star design ® incanto . 1. Always disconnect your entire system from the ac mains before connecting or disconnecting any cables, or when cleaning any component. 2. This pro...
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Introduction welcome to the north star design “family” and congratulations on your purchase of what is unquestionably one of the world’s finest audio digital-to-analogue converter. With its combination of features, precision electronic circuitry and accurately machined chassis components throughout,...
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Installation locate the incanto as close as possible to its final installation point. Allows access to the rear panel for making connections. Front & rear panel function controls before attempting any system interconnection, please familiarize yourself with the front and rear panel controls of the i...
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Front panel 1 headphone output connector plug here your headphone. Refer to setup section to correctly select the headphone output level. 2 stand- by led indicator the stand- by led show the operating mode of your converter: glows red when the dac is in stand-by. Off the dac is ready to use. If the ...
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Rear panel caution! Switch off the incanto when you need to connect or disconnec t any cables. 8 coax input (coax 1) use this input to connect the dac to the digital output of a source (cd transport, dat tape, dvd player), using a 75 ohm digital cable provided with rca connectors (not shipped with t...
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An ac mains switch is located adjacent to the power cord on the rear panel of the converter. This switch may be used to disconnect the power supply from the ac mains without having to actually unplug the dac from the wall outlet. If you plan to be away for an extended period, or have any other reaso...
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D 0 analog gain 1vrms @0db headphone output off direct (no volume control) d 1 analog gain 2vrms @0db headphone output off direct (no volume control) d 2 analog gain 4vrms @0db headphone output off direct (no volume control) note: by setting d0/d1/d2 should be used connecting an external preamp! Pcm...
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On setup and subsetup display. . When incanto is in setup: – moving the knob to the right/left you scan the different configurations appearing on setup display. For some configuration (ah0..2,pcm, dsd, ph, pll) is provided a submenu setup in which you can enter with a small pressure of the knob. At ...
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Driver installation the incanto , in usb mode configuration, need proprietary drivers to be installed in the pc. Drivers are available for different operative systems: pc xp, vista/win7/win8 (both 32 and 64 bits) installation 1) connect the incanto input at one of the usb2.0 port of your pc 2) your ...
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Technical specifications digital input frequency 44.1 khz to 384khz, up to 32 bit – native dsd x64 – x128 - x256 (352,8-384khz and native dsd on usb only) dynamic range 126db distortion 0,0003% 0db digital input 4 s/pdif (2 rca coax, 2 toslink) 1 usb2.0 analogue output unbalanced 1 pair per channel ...
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Cd-rom installation drivers notes.
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North star design s.R.L. Via della canapiglia,13 56019 vecchiano (pi) italy phone/fax: +39-050-7846254/5 e-mail: info@northstar.It web: www.Northstar.It.