DENON DA-300USB D/A Converter User Guide

: June 13, 2024
: Denon

Table of Contents

Before You Begin
Setup
Documents / Resources

DA-300USB
D/A CONVERTER
Getting Started

Welcome
Thank you for choosing a Denon D/A Converter. This guide provides step-by- step instructions for setting up your D/A Converter.
If you have setup problems:
If you need additional help in solving problems, contact Denon customer service in your area.
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Before You Begin

What’s In the Box

DENON DA 300USB DA Converter - Box

Required for setup

USB cable

These drawings are for illustrative purposes only and may not represent the actual product(s).

Setup

There are five steps to the setup process.

Installing the driver software onto your PC (Windows OS only)
Placing this unit
Connecting the D/A Converter to the amplifier or the headphone
Connecting the AC adapter
Enjoying music using PC or Mac

1. Installing the driver software onto your PC (Windows OS only)

Download the dedicated driver from the “Download” section of the DA-300USB page of the Denon website ( http://www.denon.com/pages/home.aspx ) onto your PC.
Unzip the downloaded file.
Select the 32 bit or 64 bit exe file that matches your Windows operating system, and doubleclick the file.
Install the driver.
Select the language to use for the installation.
Click “OK”.
The wizard menu is displayed. Click “Next”.
Read the Software Licensing Agreement, and click “I accept the terms in the license agreement”.
Click “Next”.
Click “Install” on the installation start dialog.
• The installation starts. Do not perform any operation on the PC until the installation is completed.
In the Windows security dialog, select “Always trust software from DandM Holdings Inc.”.
Click “Install”.
When the installation is completed, click “Finish”.

2 Placing this unit
■ Horizontal placement

DENON DA 300USB DA Converter - Horizontal

Attach the feet for horizontal placement as shown in the figure.

■ Vertical placement

DENON DA 300USB DA Converter - placement

Align the rear edge of this unit to the guide position.
Press down this unit onto the stand until it clicks.
Slide this unit in the arrow direction to align the edge of this unit with that of the stand.

3. Connecting the D/A Converter to the amplifier or the headphone
■ Connecting the amplifier

DENON DA 300USB DA Converter - amplifier

An amplifier and speaker need to be connected in order to playback music. See the owner’s manual of the device you are using for details on how to connect it.

■ Connecting the headphone

DENON DA 300USB DA Converter - headphone

4. Connecting the AC adapter

DENON DA 300USB DA Converter - AC adapter

5. Enjoying music using PC or Mac
■ Connect to PC or Mac

Connect to PC or Mac.
Press on this unit.
• When the unit power is turned on, the computer automatically finds and connects to the unit.

■ Listen to PC or Mac Audio

Touch to change the input source to “USBDAC”.
Checking the installed driver. (Windows OS only)
Click the “Start” button and click “Control Panel” on the PC.
• The control panel setting list is displayed.
Click the “Sound” icon.
• The sound menu window is displayed.
Check that there is a checkmark next to “Default Device” under in “Digital Audio Interface” of the “Playback” tab.
• When there is a checkmark for a different device, click “Denon USB Audio” and “Set Default”.
Checking audio output. (Windows OS only)
• Outputs a TEST signal from the PC and checks the audio output from the USB- DAC function.
Select “Digital Audio Interface” and click “Properties”.
• The Digital Audio Interface Properties window is displayed.
Click the “Advanced” tab.
Select the sampling rate and bit rate to be applied to the D/A converter.
• It is recommended that “24 bit, 192000 Hz (Studio uality)” is selected.
Click “Apply”.
Click “Test”.
• Check that audio from this unit is output from the PC.
Play back a music file with music playback software such as Windows Media Player, iTunes, foobar2000, Audirvana Plus and JRiver Media Center.

DENON DA 300USB DA Converter - Audirvana Plus

The type of music file, sampling frequency and volume are displayed.
NOTE

Adjust the volume to an appropriate level on the computer.
When using this unit with headphones connected, turn the headphone volume adjustment knob to adjust the volume.
Further settings might be required in your dedicated media player software such as JRiver to enable high resolution audio playback. Please refer to the owner’s manual of the software.
Please refer to the owner’s manual about the required specifications of suiting computer.

Owner’s Manual
The included CD-ROM contains an Adobe PDF version of the full owner’s manual for the D/A Converter.
Please reference this manual for more details about the setup and operation of the D/A Converter and it’s features.