Using The Usb Dac Function; Installing The Driver - Esoteric N-01 Mode D'emploi

Using the USB DAC function

Installing the driver

This unit can be connected by USB and used with a computer running
one of the following operating systems.
Operation with other operating systems cannot be assured (as of July
2017).
When using Mac
OS X Lion (10.7)
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
OS X Mavericks (10.9)
OS X Yosemite (10.10)
OS X El Capitan (10.11)
macOS Sierra (10.12)
o This unit will work with the standard operating system driver, so
there is no need to install a special driver.
When using Windows
The driver works with the following versions.
Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Installing the driver on a computer
Before you can use this unit to play files on a computer, you must first
download the dedicated driver from the following ESOTERIC down-
load page and install it on your computer.
Driver software download page
http://www.esoteric.jp/products/esoteric/usb/usb_driver_e.html
Install the dedicated driver software after downloading it from the
above page.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
You must install the dedicated driver software before connecting this
unit with a computer using a USB cable.
If you connect the unit to the computer by USB before installing the
driver, it will not function properly.
For details about driver installation, see the instructions on the
ESOTERIC download page.
Depending on the composition of the computer hardware and
software, operation might not be possible even with the above oper-
ating systems.
Note about transmission mode
This unit connects using asynchronous HIGH SPEED mode.
The sampling frequencies that can be used for transmission are 44.1,
48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8, 384, 705.6 and 768 kHz as well as DSD at
2.8, 5.6, 11.2 and 22.5 MHz.
o Even though there is no dedicated driver software for Mac,
please use the latest version of ESOTERIC HR Audio Player to play
22.5MHz DSD sources.
o Use the latest version of the dedicated driver to play 22.5MHz DSD
sources on Windows.
When connected correctly, you will be able to select "ESOTERIC USB
AUDIO DEVICE" as the audio output for the operating system.
In asynchronous mode, the audio data transmitted from the com-
puter will be processed using this unit's clock, enabling it to reduce
jitter caused during data transmission.
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