DCS Rossini - USB Computer Audio Connection

dCS Rossini CD / Network Player User Manual Software Issue 1.0x
February 2016
Rossini Player Manual v1_0x Page 22 English version
STEP 5 – Using the USB1 interface with a computer
If you do not want to use a computer, you can miss out this step.
Compatibility
The USB1 interface can be connected to Windows™ 10, Windows™ 8 / 8.1, Windows™ 7 (SP1),
Windows™ Vista (SP2), Mac™ OSX (10.5.4 or later) PCs or a sound server, running software to
stream PCM data.
The interface should work with Linux Ubuntu servers and computers fitted with USB 2.0 interfaces that
natively support USB Audio Class 1 or Class 2 operation, but this has not been extensively tested.
Setting the USB Audio Class
There are two USB Audio classes, one of which must be set during system set-up. The Player is
shipped set to USB Audio Class 2.
USB Audio Class 1: The interface operates without a special driver at up to 96kS/s.
To select Class 1, open the menu, navigate to the Unit Settings > USB Class menu page.
The button sequence is: Menu, ►, ►, Menu, ►, ►, ► and then use the Menu button to
select the Class 1 icon.
USB Audio Class 2: The interface operates at up to 384kS/s (including up to DSD/128 over PCM).
For Mac OSX, version 10.6.3 or later is required.
For Windows, the dCS USB Class 2 Driver 2015 must be installed onto the computer before
use (see below).
To select Class 2, open the menu, navigate to the Unit Settings > USB Class menu page.
The button sequence is: Menu, ►, ►, Menu, ►, ►, ► and then use the Menu button to
select the Class 2 icon.
If an older version of the dCS USB Class 2 driver is installed on your Windows PC,
please un-install it and install the current version.
Loading the Windows driver for USB Class 2
• If ASIO4ALL or any other ASIO driver (e.g. for a sound card) is loaded on your computer, please
uninstall it - otherwise the dCS driver will not work correctly.
• Make sure the Player is set to USB Class 2 - otherwise the driver installation will fail.
• Power up the Player and the computer.
• Connect the Player’s USB1 port to the computer’s USB port.
• Go to http://dcsltd.co.uk/products/rossini-player/, click the Support link and download the dCS USB
Audio Class 2 Driver 2015.
• Unzip the file dCS_USBAudio_Driver_DriverSetup_v2.22.0.exe to a temporary directory and run
the file.
• Follow the on-screen prompts.
• Wait until installation is complete, then re-start the computer.
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If you connect the Player set for USB Audio Class 2 to a Windows computer without first
loading the driver, the interface will not operate.