Resonessence INVICTA Manuel utilisateur

INVICTA/MIRUS

User Guide

Front Panel Controls,

Remote Control,

Upgrading Firmware,

and arranty Description

Resonessence Labs,

Kelowna, BC Canada.

www.resonessencelabs.com

Operating

System

Revision 6.2

Overview

The MIRUS variant of INVICTA is

designed for those customers who prefer

to listen to music without headphones. It

replaces the Headphone module with

another ESS Sabre ES9018 module that is

made to work in parallel with the first

ES9018 module. Having two ES9018

improves performance even further. e

can guarantee >130dB of Dynamic range

and better than -114dB (0.0002%) THD +

Noise in the MIRUS rear-panel outputs.

INVICTA and MIRUS share the

same DSP platform and are upgradable

with the same upgrade file. Version 6.2.0

of the firmware adds Asian Character

support and the ability to fade out the

OLED display, plus other improvements.

DSD64 and DSD128 are supported, and

the maximum sample rate data rate is

384kS/S. e support (and ship with the

product) the Apple IR Remote Control1.

1 e no longer ship the original Resonessence Remote

control unit, but we continue to support it

There are six basic operating

modes corresponding to the six selectable

sources. Stereo digital audio data from

the currently selected source is played

back via the headphone, XLR, and RCA

analog outputs simultaneously, but

provide an option to disable any outputs

you are not currently using. Data from the

SD Card or USB is simultaneously output

on the TOSLINK optical output port in

S/PDIF digital format.

The volume control setting is

applied to all analog outputs. Preset trim

levels are available in the A and B

headphone channels to compensate for

variable headphone sensitivity.

USB mode supports Play/Pause,

Previous and Next track from the front

panel buttons or remote. SD Card mode

supports Play/Pause, Fast Forward, Next,

Rewind and Previous from the front panel

buttons or remote control.

Illustration 1: INVICTA showing SD Directory on HDMI Monitor

The SD Card source provides a scroll-

through list of song titles found on the

card. AV, AIFF, FLAC, DFF and DSD

data formats of up to 384kS/, 24 bit word

width are supported. Direct Stream

Digital (DSD) is supported on the SD

Card via the DSF and DFF file formats.

The SD Card may contain

directories and a browse feature displays

files of the supported types. SD, SDHC

and SDXC cards are supported.

The USB source supports

selectable, asynchronous USB Audio 2.0

and USB Audio 1.0 communication

protocols, and supports Direct Stream

Digital with DSD over PCM (DoP)

protocol.

Resonessence provides a driver

that you may install on your PC to enable

all the features of USB Audio 2.0 in the

indows OS.

User options such as default

source, headphone trim levels, display

brightness, etc may be set in a user

configurations menu. Legacy digital data

suffering from a known signal inversion

problem may be corrected by a setting in

the user options menu.

Seven different up-sampling filters

may be selected, five are Resonessence

designed audiophile audited advanced

filters. Each filter may be selected during

playback (it can be switched on-the-fly

and is glitch-free. To activate press the

“Filter Setting” button on the remote

while playing, or configure in “User

Settings” as explained later in this

document).

A track may be played repeatedly

by pressing the “Mode” button on the

front panel while playing.

The HDMI output displays the SD

Card directory structure and shows the

current track playing. In SD Card mode,

HDMI output shows Album Art in PNG,

BMP and JPG format. HDMI output is

720p 60Hz and as such operates with any

compatible TV or Computer Monitor.

The user may set the available

modes such that at power up Headphone,

XLR/RCA and HDMI are enabled or not.

This allows the INVICTA to power up in

your preferred mode.

System upgrade from SD Card

allows the user to conveniently update the

internal software from the SD Card. No

PC or MAC needed for software updates.

Operating System Rev 6.2.0 add the

following:

1. Support for Asian Characters

2. Ability to fade-out the OLED

display.

3. Option to disable Toslink output

(so that it remains in Input mode)

Operating System Rev. 5.0 adds the

following major features:

1. DSD 128

2. Apple Remote for Invicta/Mirus

3. Doubling of the maximum data rate

to 352.8kS/S and 384kS/S

The earlier 4.2.0 release already added:

4. DSD64

5. DSF and DFF file support on

SD Card.

6. DoP (DSD over PCM) via USB

Consequently the INVICTA and MIRUS

platform now supports DSD in its DSD64

and DSD128 formats.

Data Sources

1. BNC1 (S/PDIF): Data in consumer

or professional mode single-ended

Sony/Philips Digital Interface

Format from the BNC1 terminal.

2. BNC2 (S/PDIF): Data in consumer

or professional mode single-ended

Sony/Philips Digital Interface

Format from the BNC2 terminal.

3. TOSLINK (S/PDIF): Optical data

from the TOSLINK input is used as

the data source.

4. AES/EBU (S/PDIF): Data in

consumer or professional mode

differential S/PDIF is accepted

from the AES/EBU XLR connector

on the back panel.

5. USB Audio Streaming Driver: data

delivered by USB Audio 2.0 (Mac,

or PC with Resonessence driver) or

USB Audio 1.0 (Microsoft

indows native driver) is accepted

from the USB port.

6. SD Card: files in AV, AIFF,

FLAC, DSF and DFF format

present in the directory structure

of the data card in the front panel

slot are used as the data source.

The default data source at power up may

be set in the user options menu.

Front Panel Controls

Mirus has all the same controls with the exception of those associated with the headphone output.

Remote Control Keys (Apple IR Remote Control)

MIRUS and INVICTA with software revisions of 5.0.0 or later respond to both the Apple IR Remote

Control (which we ship with the units) and also to the older Resonessence remote control.

There are not as many keys on the Apple Remote as on the Resonessence Remote Control, but we have

mapped the following functions to the Apple Remote which cover all the requirements. The remote

buttons operate differently depending whether music is playing, (or more accurately, if the large

volume level numbers are visible) or not.

Common Operations (whether playing music or not)

Hold Down the Center Button

for more than a brief period Power Down/Power Up. Used to shut down and power

up the unit.

Hold Down the Menu Button

for more than a brief period

OLED Video Mute/Un-

Mute.

Used to blank the OLED

Display.

hile Navigating (music not playing, volume indicator not visible)

Up Button Scroll UP in the menus.

Down Button Scroll DO N in the menus.

Center Button Select or push into the

selected item.

Menu Button Pop out of the current menu

item.

hile Playing (music playing, that is, volume indicator is visible)

Up Button Volume level increase.

Down Button Volume level decrease.

Left Button Previous Track/Rewind. USB and SD Card. Rewind

applies only to the SD Card.

Right Button Next Track/Fast Forward.

USB and SD Card. Fast

Forward applies only to the

SD Card.

Play/Pause Button Pauses and resumes the

track

Applies to music from the

USB or SD Card. Mutes other

sources.

Play/Pause Button pressed for

more than a brief period

Cycle through the filter

options.

Used to change the filter on-

the-fly to the listener’s

preference.

Menu Button Select another audio source. Used to switch to another

audio source.

Remote Control Keys (Resonessence Remote)2

Press briefly on the “Pop / Back”

button of the remote to return to the top

level menu. Press the “Up” or “Down”

button to select the Data Source.

Press briefly on the “Power On /

Standby” button of the remote to blank the

OLED display, press and hold to enter or

leave the standby state.

Press and hold the Volume and

Function/Select Knob to enter or leave the

power down state from the front panel.

During playback, press the “Filter

Setting” button to choose any of the seven

audiophile quality up-sampling filters.

†Fast Forward, Play/Pause and Rewind

operate in SD Card and USB mode.

Rear Panel Connectors

2 e no longer ship the Resonessence Remote control but we continue to support it.

Using Headphones (INVICTA)

Connect the Headphone into the

“A” or “B” headphone port on the front

panel. To activate the headphone output,

press the button above the socket to

illuminate the LED. Each headphone

output has a “trim level” - used to reduce

the output to a sensitive headphone so

that the perceived level is similar when

both headphone outputs are used at the

same time. To adjust the trim level, press

and hold the A or B button to activate the

trim control feature and turn the volume

knob. (A default trim level may be stored

in the User Settings menu.) Significant

power can be output to the headphones,

take care to ensure that the volume level

is set to a reasonable level before

activating the headphone output.

For advanced users, the headphone

output may be switched to differential

mode. In this configuration the 'A' output

becomes a differential drive to the Left

headphone and the 'B' output becomes a

differential drive to the Right headphone.

Amplifier with Loudspeakers

Connect the power amplifier input

to either the balanced XLR outputs or to

the single-ended RCA output terminals.

The output amplitudes are designed to

drive the power amplifier input section of

commercial and professional amplifiers.

If the input must be provided to the

preamplifier input terminals, ensure the

volume level is set to -30dB initially, after

which you may increase the level if

needed. (Refer to resonessencelabs.com/?

page_id=314 for more details. An

appropriate default start-up level may

then be stored in the User Settings menu).

Selection of Data Sources

To select the Digital Data source,

press the “Pop / Back” button on the

front panel or remote to return to the top

most menu. That menu contains BNC1,

BNC2, TOSLINK, AES, USB, SD Card

and INVICTA Options. Rotate the knob

or press Up and Down on the remote to

select the desired data source and either

press the knob or the Next button on the

remote. That data source is now active

and if the choice was to use USB, the

INVICTA will initiate the enumeration

sequence to connect to the host computer

in the USB Audio 1.0 or USB Audio 2.0

mode.

Please read the notes below on the

use of USB Audio 2.0 on a indows PC.

USB Digital Data

If you plan to use the Resonessence

SB Audio 2.0 driver on your Windows

PC, please refer to Appendix A for

installation instructions. Without this

driver, Windows only has SB Audio 1.0

capability.

Begin by ensuring that the

INVICTA USB is set to use the audio

specification that you wish to use. USB

Audio 1.0 or 2.0 is selected in the “User

Settings”, see the section below for

instructions on how to change settings.

The Mac computer can use USB

Audio 2.0 without any further

configuration, and the best performance

will result when USB 2.0 is selected in

the user settings.

The indows OS natively only

supports USB Audio 1.0, and

consequently, third-party drivers are

needed to support USB Audio 2.0 on

indows. (Resonessence supplies such a

driver, see Appendix A for installation

instructions.) Use of indows without

any special driver requires the INVICTA

be configured for USB Audio 1.0.

Connect the INVICTA to the host

computer USB port. The INVICTA uses

the high speed USB ports of the host. So

called “Full-Speed” USB ports are slower

than the “High-Speed” ports, ensure the

INVICTA is connected to a High-Speed

port. Once connected and with USB

selected as the data source, the host

computer will recognize the INVICTA as

a potential audio output device. Select the

INVICTA as the default output in the host

computer's audio control panel.

Any music now played on the host

(via indows Media Player or similar)

will be routed to the INVICTA. The

Pause, Next and Previous buttons (on the

front panel and remote) will operate with

the host's music playing application.

USB data will be sent out via the

TOSLINK output port to any additional

external devices.

SD Card Data Source

hen the SD Card is selected as

the data source, any card inserted into the

front panel slot will be read and the

directory structure will be visible on the

front display and on any HDMI

connected monitor. Please note that the

SD Card must be formatted for the FAT32

file system format.

Files in AV, AIFF, FLAC, DSF,

and DFF format will be presented as

playable items. (Both DSD64 and

DSD128 are supported.) Navigate to the

desired track using the knob (push to

enter directory) and the left most button

(push to exit directory), or the “Up”,

“Down”, “Into” and “Out” of Directory

buttons on the remote. The files and

directories are presented vertically, and

moving right selects the item.

hen a file is selected the track

will begin to play. Any album art will be

displayed on an attached HDMI monitor,

and the playback status will also be

shown. See 'User Settings' to configure

the HDMI output.

SD Card data will be sent out via

the TOSLINK output port to any

additional external devices while the

track plays.

Other Data Sources

hen valid S/PDIF data is detected

on the selected source, the INVICTA will

start to decode and present the audio

output to all enabled analog outputs. Use

this method to connect to CD/DVD/BD

players via the TOSLINK input port, or to

professional audio equipment via the

BNC and AES ports. Note that the

INVICTA decodes stereo S/PDIF (i.e.

uncompressed) data sources.

User Settings

Various configuration settings can

be set as default in the user setting menu.

Press and release the “Pop / Back” on the

front panel or remote until the top menu

is reached. Navigate down to the last item

which is “INVICTA Options”. Move right

to select this item.

The following items are provided

for user settings, each is non-volatile and

preserved between power on cycles.

Generally, to change an item push

the “Up / Pause” button on the remote or

press in the knob on the front panel.

To move to another user setting,

rotate the knob or press the “Previous” /

“Next” button the remote. Continuous

parameters (ones that are not just simply

on or off) are changed by pressing the

knob, rotating and then pressing the knob

again, or, on the remote, by pressing the

“Up/Pause”, “Next” and “Previous” to

adjust, then “Up/Pause” again.

User Setting Description

My Invicta Shows the serial number and software version number.

Left Channel Phase Each may be set to In-Phase or Inverted. (Allows correction of

certain legacy digital recordings that have a phase mismatch.)

Right Channel Phase

Startup Source Allows start-up in customers typical configuration.

Startup Volume Level (XLR) These features exist to prevent high volume levels at switch on.

Startup Level (HPA)

Startup Level (HPB)

Maximum Volume Level An adjustable parameter that limits the maximum volume level.

OLED Screen Brightness 0 (off) to 10 (Bright) allows the INVICTA to match the brightness

level of other audio equipment in the customer configuration.

“LED Brightness” refers to the Blue LED, “Standby LED

Brightness” refers to the Red LED behind the Resonessence logo.

LED Brightness

Standby LED Brightness

USB Speed Setting Specify the USB Audio protocol: Version 1.0 or 2.0

Oversampling Filter Type Choose one of the seven filters. See Appendix B below.

HDMI Output Option to disabled the HDMI output if not required.

Mute XLR hen Using HPs Turn off the XLR and RCA outputs when Headphones in use.

Toslink Output Enable or disable the optical (Toslink) output mode.

Sort By The display of tracks on the SD Card may be sorted by Title or by

Track number (when meta-data is available)

Album Art BMP, PNG and JPG album art may be enabled and disabled

independently and the size of JPG may be limited to prevent time-

consuming decode of very large JPG files

Asian Characters Enable/Disable Asian characters on OLED and HDMI display

Fade Out OLED Configures the OLED to slowly fade to dim after use

Fixed Level Option to keep the XLR and RCA outputs at a fixed level. Helpful

when the INVICTA drives a preamp that has volume control

IR Support Option to disable/enable the Apple and Resonessence IR

Startup Headphone A Offset Allow differing sensitivity headphones to have the same perceived

level, or to reduce the volume on one pair relative to another.

Startup Headphone A Offset

HPA Powerup Setting These options allow the user to set headphone outputs (A and B

independently) to be available at power up (rather than having to

hit the front panel button to enable them).

HPB Powerup Setting

Differential HP A and B may be used independently for two-person listening or an

advanced single headphone differential mode may be enabled.

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