M2TECH HiFace Manuel utilisateur

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USER MANUAL

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Warning!

Changes or modifications not authorized by the manufacturer can invalidate the

compliance to CE regulations and cause the unit to be no more suitable to use. The

manufacturer refuses every responsibility regarding damages to people or things

due to the use of a unit which has been subject to unauthorized modifications or to

misuse or to malfunction of a unit which has been subject to unauthorized

modifications.

This unit is compliant with the following CE regulations when an SB cable less than 3m is used: CEI EN

55022:2009 Class B (Radiated Emissions), CEI EN 55024:1999, CEI EN 55024:A2/2003, CEI EN

55024:IS1/2008 (Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 50Hz Magnetic Field Immunity Test and

Electrostatic Discharges – ESD).

Recycling

The label above, printed on the product case, indicates that the product, when no more usable, can’t be

treated as generic garbage, but must be disposed of at a collection point for recycling of electrical and

electronic equipment, in compliance with the WEEE regulation (Waste of Electrical and Electronic

Equipment).

By making sure that this unit is correctly recycled, you will help preventing potential damages to environment

and human health, which could be caused by a wrong treatment of this product as generic garbage.

Materials recycling helps saving natural resources. For more in-depth information about recycling this

product, please contact M2Tech Snc di Manunta & Marino.

WARNING: the information contained in this manual are considered to be reliable and accurate.

2Tech reserves the right to change or modify the information any time, without prior advice. It’s up

to the customer to ensure that the manual being consulted is the latest version.

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Dear customer,

thank you for purchasing hi

ce. What you have is a first-rate SB-to-S/PDIF converter

with many unique features conceived to obtain the best audio performance out of a music

file.

Even if getting digital music out of a PC or a Mac is nowadays quite simple, much harder is

to obtain the best sonic performance from it, due to intrinsic limits in SB 1.1 audio

standard and the implementation of digital audio interfaces in computers. Please visit

M2Tech website (www.m2tech.biz) to find extensive literature about this topic.

ce overcomes all the limits of usual SB-to-audio interfaces by implementing

proprietary drivers and by using asynchronous data transfer, along with a sophisticated

electronic design.

ce is available with either RCA or true 75 Ohms output connector which suites virtually

all DAC’s and A/V receivers around.

We feel that your expectations will be fulfilled by hi

ce: you’ll hear your DAC and your

music files in a way like never before, prepare for a whole new experience!

Nadia Marino, CEO

Please annotate here your hiFace purchase date for future reference:

Date of purchase: _________________________

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INDEX

1. Connections.....................................................................................................................5

2. Connection to the host.....................................................................................................6

3.1. Obtaining the driver ...................................................................................................7

3.2. Installing the driver on a Windows-based PC............................................................7

3.2.1. Automatic (guided) installation...........................................................................7

3.2.2. Manual installation ..............................................................................................9

3.3. Installing the driver on a Mac ..................................................................................10

3.4. nistalling the driver................................................................................................12

3.4.1. ninstalling the driver on a Windows-based PC after installation with

setup32.exe or setup64.exe .......................................................................................12

3.4.2. Manually uninstalling the driver on a Windows-based PC ................................12

3.4.3. ninstalling the driver on a Mac........................................................................13

4. Configuring the computer to use hiFace ........................................................................14

4.1. Configuring a PC with Windows XP ........................................................................14

4.1.1. Configuring for Direct Sound with Windows XP................................................14

4.1.2. Configuring for Kernel Streaming with Windows XP .........................................15

4.1.3. sing hiFace in both Kernel Streaming and Direct Sound mode. .....................15

4.2. Configuring a PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7...............................................16

4.2.1. Configuring for Direct Sound with Windows Vista or Windows 7 ......................16

4.2.2. Configuring for Kernel Streaming with Windows Vista or Windows 7 ...............17

4.2.3. Configuring for WASAPI with Windows Vista or Windows 7.............................17

4.3. Configuring a Mac ...................................................................................................17

5.1. FooBar ....................................................................................................................18

5.2. Winamp and MediaMonkey.....................................................................................18

6. Configuring the player for WASAPI: an example ...........................................................20

6.1. FooBar ....................................................................................................................20

7. Interface special features...............................................................................................21

7.1. Output voltage.........................................................................................................21

7.2. Sampling frequency coding in the bitstream............................................................21

7.3. Output connector choice .........................................................................................21

8. Technical Specifications ................................................................................................22

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1. Connections

Figure 1

1) USB input. Connect directly to the SB 2.0 port of a PC or Mac, or use an SB

extender (A male to A female). In the latter, the extender must be compliant with SB 2.0

an less than 4m, otherwise the bus performance will decrease and the correct operation of

the interface will not be guaranteed. SB type A male connector

2) S/PDIF output. Connect to the DAC input with a 75 Ohms digital cable. RCA male

connector or BNC 75 Ohms male connector.

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2. Connection to the host

Please refer to section 1, “Connections”.

Connect the hiFace to the host SB 2.0 port by inserting its SB plug (Figure 1, 1) into the

host socket. If straight insertion is difficult or when in need of avoiding straight insertion, an

SB 2.0 extender cable (A male to A female) can be used. Please avoid using extenders

more than 4m, to avoid invalidating the bus performance.

If a driver hasn’t been installed on your computer, an automatic driver installation wizard

may appear.

Note: If you want to avoid the automatic driver installation, please connect hiFace to

the computer after manually installing the driver (see section 3).

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3. Driver installation

3.1. Obtaining the driver

The drivers for hiFace are available on the M2Tech website, in the download page

(www.m2tech.biz/download.asp). Download the driver you need for your computer and

operating system. Windows drivers are contained in zip files, Mac drivers are contained in

dmg files.

3.2. Installing the driver on a Windows-based PC

Create a temporary folder in the hard disk of your computer (you can even create it on the

desktop). Then, double-click on the zip file to open it. Select and drag all files in the

temporary folder: this automatically unzips all files.

3.2.1. Automatic (guided) installation

Connect hiFace to the PC. Following the negotiation process, the driver installation wizard

is automatically launched. Select the option “Not now”, as in Figure 2.

Figure 2

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Click on the button to proceed. A window appears as shown in figure 3:

Figure 3

Choose automatic installation (as recommended) and proceed to next step. Indicate the

folder where you have previously unzipped the driver and proceed to installation. The

window shown in figure 4 will appear:

Figure 4

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Click on Continue. The installation will proceed to the end. The window shown in figure 5

will appear. Click on Finish to complete the driver installation.

Figure 5

Note: the wizard appearance and the guided installation procedure may slightly vary

from XP to Vista to Windows 7.

3.2.2. anual installation

Sometimes it’s necessary or advisable to install the driver manually. The installation

package offers two installation utilities, “setup32.exe” and “setup64.exe”. The former is for

32 bits operating systems, while the latter is for 64 bits operating systems. Without

connecting hiFace to the PC, double-click on either “setup64.exe” or “setup32.exe”,

depending on your operating system: the driver will be installed in your PC.

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3.3. Installing the driver on a ac

Double-click on the zip file to open it. It contains a single dmg file. Extract it from the zip

and double-click on it to open it. It only contains a pkg file. Double click on it to start driver

installation. The window shown in figure 6 will appear.

Figure 6

Click on the Continue button. The installation process will go on and the window in figure 7

will appear.

Figure 7

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