User manual AUDIO ANALOGUE CRESCENDO TUNER USB DAC

[. . . ] Dear Audiophile, congratulations and thank you for choosing Crescendo Tuner/USBDAC. the Crescendo Tuner/USBDAC is an extremely interesting and innovative product. It is not just a Tuner but also includes an entire high performance USBDAC section. The Crescendo Tuner/USBDAC can be seen as two different audio sources combined in a single piece of equipment, each source corresponding to a different working mode: Tuner Mode and USBDAC Mode. [. . . ] When in "Storage" mode, pressing this button allows you to choose the memory allocation where you would like to store the selected radio station. Please refer to "Radio stations storage" paragraph for further details about storage procedure. Please refer to "Stored Radio stations tuning" paragraph for further details about radio station tuning. USBDAC mode ( PREVIOUS TRACK): During playback, starts previous track playback on your play list, when playback is stopped it allows you to choose the previous track on your play list. (the availability of this function depends on the software player used). NEXT TRACK / MEMORY UP: multifunction key, the function depends on the mode the unit is working in: Tuner or USBDAC TUNER mode ( MEMORY UP): Pressing this button when the unit is in normal mode tunes the radio on the station stored in the memory allocation that follows the last selected allocation. When the unit exits the Standby mode and when changing modulation type, pressing this button tunes the radio to the station stored in the 1st memory allocation. If no radio station is stored on the selected allocation, an EMPTY signal shows on the display and the radio switches back to the previous station. When in "Storage" mode, pressing this button allows you to choose the memory allocation where to store the selected radio station. Please refer to "Radio stations storage" paragraph for further details about storage procedure. Please refer to "Stored Radio stations tuning" paragraph for further details about radio stations tuning. USBDAC mode ( NEXT TRACK): During playback, starts next track playback on your play list, when playback is stopped it allows you to choose the next track on your play list. (the availability of this function depends on the software player used) 6) AM/FM / PLAY/PAUSE: multifunction key, the function depends on the mode the unit is working in: Tuner or USBDAC TUNER mode (AM/FM): Pressing this button changes modulation type. USBDAC mode ( PLAY/PAUSE): Starts/Pauses track playback (the availability of this function depends on the software player used). 4) Input USB: connect it to a USB port of your PC or MAC using a USB cable. If necessary, replace them with others of the same kind (see back panel). STANDBY TUNER: multifunction key: one press of this button switches the mode between TUNER and USBDAC. Keeping the button pushed for some seconds puts the unit in stand by mode. MEMORY+ (NEXT TRACK): multifunction key, the function depends on the mode the unit is working in: Tuner or USBDAC: TUNER mode: for the description of this function refer to the front panel description. USBDAC mode: NEXT TRACK, for the description of this function refer to the front panel description. (the availability of this function depends on the software player used). MEMORY- (PREV TRACK): multifunction key, the function depends on the mode the unit is working in: Tuner or USBDAC: TUNER mode: for the description of this function refers to the front panel description. [. . . ] For Windows 98SE and Windows Me, the HID functions, depending on the player, are not perfectly functional. Mac's requirements: Hardware requirements: Crescendo tuner/usbdac has been designed to work with any MAC having a USB port. 4 and its higher revision, and Mac OS X, with driver USB Audio 1. Software you can use with the Crescendo tuner/usbdac Any software able to reproduce an audio signal on your PC or MAC can be used with Crescendo VT TUNER/USBDAC. [. . . ]