How To Connect The Hbc 1 Base Station - Beyerdynamic Headzone Home Notice D'utilisation

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS - ENGLISH

5.1 How to connect the HBC 1 base station

1. Connect the headphone to the headphone socket
Important:
• When connecting the headphone please ensure that the volume is turned down to
minimum (i.e. turn the multifunction control
after putting on the headphone.
. • Headzone ® Home version WITH head tracker:
Never connect more than one headphone (via Y adapters) to the headphone socket, as
the function of the head tracker system could be affected.
2. Headzone Home version WITH head tracker:
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Connect the HR 1 head tracking receiver to the socket
Note: The position between the head tracker with the ultrasonic exciters on the DT 880 HT
headphone and the HR 1 head tracking receiver must always be within sight of each other
without any obstacles! The maximum distance between head tracker and head tracking
receiver is 4 metres. Obstacles such as plants cause dropouts.
3. Connect a DVD/Blu-ray player, CD player, game console or PC sound card to the S/PDIF input
or ¸. Stereo signals as well as encoded surround signals such as Dolby Digital or DTS
be transmitted via the digital S/PDIF connection. The format is automatically recognised by
the HBC 1 base station and indicated by the illuminating, appropriate "Input Format" LED
on the front.
Use the supplied optical cable to connect the optical S/PDIF input
cable with an impedance of 75 ohms, if you use the coaxial S/PDIF input ¸. The maximum
length is 10 metres, if you would like to use a longer coaxial cable.
4. Switch the "Input select" switch µ to the "Optical" or "Coaxial" position, depending on the
S/PDIF input to which the audio source has been connected.
The signal of the selected input is also available at the optical S/PDIF output
routed to other devices.
5. Connect the supplied power supply to the DC socket ¹.
Important:
• Connecting any power supply other than the beyerdynamic device included can
damage the HBC 1 base station.
• If you want to unplug the power supply from the HBC 1 base station, turn off the base
station with the standby button
6. The optical S/PDIF output
to other devices (e.g. another HBC 1 base station). The connection always provides the
identical signal of the selected S/PDIF input. Depending on the position of the "Input select"
switch µ the optical S/PDIF output provides the signal of the optical
input ¸.
first. The appropriate LED will illuminate red.
in the TOSLINK format is used to route the digital audio signal
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of the HBC 1 base station.
to the very left). Adjust the volume
of the HBC 1 base station.
or the supplied coaxial
or the coaxial S/PDIF
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and can be