Simaudio Neo 260D CD Transport / DAC - Manual (Page 9)

260 D CD Transport w/ Optional DAC
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For units equipped with the optional 32-bit DAC , the
“Input” button is used to select an external digital
source by sequentially scrolling through four (4)
digital inputs: D1 and D2 use an RCA connector for
a S/PDIF digital signal; D3 uses a TosLink connector
for an optical digital signal and D4 uses a USB type
B connector for use with a computer equipped with
a USB port and music player software such as
iTunes, J-River, Winamp, etc. Note: you cannot
connect a USB flash drive or external hard drive to
the “D4” input. When you change inputs, the display
window will show the new digital input and briefly,
four (4) dashes “----”. These dashes indicate that
the Nēo 260D is in the process of locking onto a
digital signal – this may take several seconds.
Once the Nēo 260D successfully locks onto the
digital signal, the four dashes will be replaced by the
sampling rate frequency of this digital signal. When
the DAC cannot lock onto the selected digital input
signal, “----” remains in the display window. The
260D’s DAC is capable of processing a digital signal
at one of the following six (6) different sampling
rates: “44.1”, “48.0”, “88.2”, “96.0” , “176.4” and
“192.0” (all in kHz). To return back to the disc input,
simply press the “Input” button; the disc input
follows the “D4” input.
The “Random” button, when pressed, will play each
of the tracks on a compact disc in a completely
random order, as opposed to the sequential order as
they appear on the disc. If you have already created
a program of selected tracks, it will play these
programmed tracks in a random order. The LED
located immediately to the left of the “Random”
button will illuminate when you’ve engaged the
random mode.
The “Time” button allows you to scroll through the
four (4) different display modes for time related
information. Each time you press the “Time” button,
the system scrolls to the next time information
mode. By default, the Nēo 260D will display the
elapsed time of the track currently playing. The
scrolling order is as follows:
1. Elapsed time of the current track
2. Remaining time of the current track
3. Elapsed time of the entire disc (or program)
4. Remaining time of the entire disc (or program)
If you want to turn the display off, press and hold
the “Display” button for 3 seconds. When the
display is turned off, it will still come back on for a
short period of time whenever you press any of the
buttons located on the front panel or the remote
control; the display will automatically turn off again
once you are done. To turn the display back on,
simply press and hold the “Display” button for 3
seconds. Finally, the display mode that you select
will continue to be used until you either select
another mode or power down the Nēo 260D using
the main power switch located on the rear panel.
To load a compact disc into the Nēo 260D, press S
to open the drawer. While the drawer is opened,
four (4) dashes “----” will appear in the display.
Place the CD in the drawer with the label side facing
up. To close the drawer, press S again; Once the
CD is successfully read, the total number of tracks
and total playing time will appear in the display
window. As a result of various copy protection
schemes, some CDs will take longer to read than
others.
When you load a CD that contains no musical tracks
(i.e. data only), the word ‘DATA’ will appear in the
display window. As well, if you load a disc that is not
compatible with the 260D (i.e. SACD, DVD-A, DVD-
Video etc), the phrase ‘NO DISC’ will appear in the
display window. Finally, when you inadvertently
leave the drawer open, it will automatically
close after approximately three (3) minutes.
Press X to begin playing a compact disc. Pressing
X while a track is already playing will result in the
current track immediately playing again, starting
from the beginning. Press to search backward or
to search forward through the compact disc’s
tracks. When you’ve located the track number, press
X to begin playing that track. When you initiate a
forward or backward track change while a disc is
already playing, it will automatically start playing the
track you select; you need not press X.
Press to pause the compact disc currently playing.
The disc will continue spinning and the laser will be
suspended in its current position. Press a second
time or X to resume playing the disc. Press „ to
stop the compact disc from playing. The laser will
return to the start position of the disc.