Summary of Fluxio
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Fluxio operating manual north star design ® fluxio 192khz/32bit usb dac.
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Rev. 1.0 august 12.
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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 ® fluxio . 1. Always disconnect your entire system from the ac mains before connecting or disconnecting any cables, or when cleaning any component. 2. This prod...
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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 fluxio as close as possible to its final installation point. Allow 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 flu...
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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 shows 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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9 optical input (opt 1) 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). 10 optical input (opt 2) use this input to connect the dac to the digital output of a source (cd trans...
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Danger! Potentially dangerous voltages and current capabilities exist within the fluxio dac, when connected to the ac mains. Do not attempt to open any portion of the dac cabinet. There are no user-serviceable parts inside the fluxio dac. All service of this product must be referred to a qualified n...
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Ph submenu 0 degree output phase (normal mode) 180 degree output phase note: in flt and ph menu you cannot exit from setup mode. You have to return to others menu (a0..2, ah0..2,d0..2)! Optimal setting selection. The fluxio analog gain need to be set to allows a right listening level for a volume fe...
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Remote control 1 . Volume up/down; use the +/- volume button to change the output level of fluxio 2 . Input up/down; use the +/- input button to change the input source. 3 . Mute button; use this button to mute (40 db attenuation) the fluxio output. Press newly the mute button or change the volume t...
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Driver installation the fluxio , in usb mode configuration, need proprietary drivers to be installed in the pc/mac. Drivers are available for different operative systems: pc xp, vista/win7 (both 32 and 64 bits) mac mountain lion/lion 10.7/snow leopard 10.6, leopard 10.5, tiger 10.4 pc installation 1...
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For vista/win7 users - in the file- → preferences, playback → output to select the output device select the wasapi : north star design usb hi-speed interface 5) for xp users - set the buffer length to more than 4000ms and the output data format to 32bit for vista/win7 users - set the buffer length a...
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Specifications digital inpunt frequency 32 khz to 192 khz, up to 32 bit dynamic range 126db (24 bit input) s/n ratio 112db input 4 s/pdif (2 rca coax, 2 toslink),1 xlr aes/ebu, 1 usb2.0, 1 i2s rj45 output unbalanced 1 pair per channel (rca) output balanced 1 pair per channel (xlr) headphone output 1...
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Driver installation disk.
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Notes.
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North star design s.R.L. Via lenin, 132 56017 san giuliano terme (pi) italy phone/fax: +39-050-859166 e-mail: info@northstar.It web: www.Northstar.It.