User Guide - Resonessence Labs
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1.2. Visit _http resonessencelabs com downloads from time to time to check for any upgraded software prepared to provide the unit serial number when requesting support and be sure to include it in any Email Resonessence is pleased to provide a three year warranty under the terms described below but reserves the right to determine whether the warranty applies in each specific case We will attempt to determine if the warranty is applicable in the initial contact you make with us or our dealers but it may be necessary to return the unit for inspection to make the determination All returned items require a Return Materials Authorization RMA number which you will receive from us along with the shipping address to which the unit should be returned Please mark the shipping box with the RMA clearly visible on the outside We can only accept units for return or repair with the RMA attached By shipping a unit to us you agree to the terms and conditions of our repair and return policy outlined below LIMITED WARRANTY Subject to the conditions set forth below for three years after the original purchase date of the unit unless otherwise specified Resonessence will repair or if necessary replace the unit at no additional cost in the event of a defect in materials or workmanship of the hardware elements of the unit This watranty is extended only to an original purchaser of the unit from an authorized reseller or dir
3. Audio Driver SD Card Reader Set dB gt lt Set dB gt lt SeT dB gt Set 1 to 10 gt lt set 1 to 15 gt Set 1 to 15 gt USB Audio 2 0 USB Audio 1 0 Filter Type sabre Fast Roll Off sabre Slow Roll Otf Minimum Phase HR Minimum Phase Slow Roll Off Linear Phase Apodizing Linear Phase Fast Roll Off Linear Phase Slow Roll Otf HDMI Output Never When HRA HPB Active Toslink Output Disabled Enabled Track Title Track Number None BMP Only BMP and PNG BMP PNG small JPG Draw All Types Fade Out OLED lt Fade 1 5 Disabled gt Set dB Disabled gt Legacy and Apple Apple Only Legacy Only Disabled set dB gt lt Set dB gt HPA Powerup Disabled Enabled HPB Powerup Disabled Enabled Different al HP Upgrading INVICTA Software Resonessence recommends removal of any amplifier or headphone connection during the upgrade process All internal software is upgraded by the same unified process To upgrade insert an SD Card containing the upgrade file into the SD Card slot Cycle through the data sources until SD Card is selected Navigate to the track on the SD Card that is actually the data file It appears on the computer file system as lt revision number gt Upgrade bin but in the INVICTA display and on any connected HDMI monitor as INVICTA Upgrade followed by the version number Initiate the playing of this track by pressing the knob on the unit or the In
4. 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 Rotat
5. to fix defects in materials or workmanship of the hardware elements of the unit NON WARRANTY REPAIRS ETC Resonessence will charge for a minimum two hours of work at the prevailing hourly rate plus all shipping costs for any unit returned that does not qualify for the warranty service or is returned for upgrade technical audit or software re initialization Upon receipt of the unit we will inform you of the estimated cost of the work and await your approval to proceed Note that in all cases even if you do not agree to the additional work you will be responsible for the minimum two hours and shipping costs Parts and labour costs incurred to complete non warranty work even in the case where they exceed our estimate will be your responsibility REPLACED REPAIRED OR UPGRADED PARTS Any parts repaired or replaced either under warranty or as a paid service are themselves warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for three years after the service date Parts not replaced or repaired remain on the initial warranty schedule SHIPPING If a unit covered by warranty needs servicing during the first 30 days after the cover the cost of shipping the unit back as well as the return shipping to you After this initial 30 day period and for three years after the original purchase date Resonessence will only cover the cost of shipping the unit back to you and you are responsible for the cost of shipping the u
6. C 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 Windows OS J S Leonardo Amuedo l BSc First Moves D w Tente hifishow WAVE File volume 2 44 1kHz 16bit i i i A 1 g Mart jo er we GA z z Track 5 20 02 07 04 53 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 A 3 _ a o le _ ae aL an re ate The HDMI output displays the SD Card directory structure and shows the current track playing In SD Card mode HDMI output shows Album Art i
7. 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 Windows 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 When 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 WAV 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 When a file is selected the track will begin to play Any albu
8. INVICTA MIRUS o USB Speed oe Filter Type HDMI Output 352 8 INVICTA by Resonessence Labs AES EBU SPDIF USB Audio 2 0 SD Card Audio TOSLINK OUT TOSLINK IN ee oe W ARNINGI ATTENTION DIGITAL O AES EBU User Guide Front Panel Controls Remote Control ne Upgrading Firmware Revision 6 2 and Warranty Description Resonessence Labs Kelowna BC Canada www resonessencelabs com 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 We can guarantee gt 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 We support and ship with the product the Apple IR Remote Control gt DE Ot ae Ain t No Sunshine Sting Caravan Michael Kaeshammer Chan Chan Buena Vista Social Club Crying Shame Jack Johnson Easy Goin Leonardo Amue Hotel California Eagles If I Could Sing Your Blue
9. Remote Control Keys Resonessence Remote Pop Back Power On Standby D GD O lt gt Adjust Volume Level Up Pause Into Directory FF Next Down Filter Setting Out of Directory Rewind Previous Rear Panel Connectors 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 Right RCA AES EBU SPDIF Input BNC 1 SPDIF BNC 2 SPDIF HDMI Output USB Connector TOSLINK Input TOSLINK Output Left RCA Left XLR Right XLR 2 Weno 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
10. SB Audio 5 Devices v2 16 0 p Audio 2 0 device Setup will install RUSBAudio Driver for Resonessence USB Audio Devices v2 16 0 in the following folder To install in a different folder dick Browse and select another folder Click Install to start the installation 3 Run the setup exe file in the unzipped directory Destination Folder Space required 1 7MB Space available 178 6GB ea Gow Please check for the latest instructions and the driver file from the website http resonessencelabs com resonessence generic thesycon usb audio 2 0 6 Continue to choose Next when appropriate and the installation will complete after a short while la Setup Installation Complete Setup was completed successfully Execute regsvr32 s C Program Files Resonessence Labs RUSBAudio_Driver yusba Execute regsvr32 s C Program Files Resonessence Labs RUSBAudio_Driver usba Execute regsvr32 s C Program Files Resonessence Labs RUSBAudio_Driver yusba Preinstalling drivers This may take some time to complete Please wait or Setup Completing the RUSBAudio Driver for Resonessence USB Audio Devices v2 16 0 Setup Wizard Click Finish to complete the installation 7 At this point the driver software 1s in place ready to be found by Windows The next time Windows sees the INVICTA USB Audio 2 0 connected it will install the Thesycon specific INVICTA driver
11. SOME STATES JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU Appendix A Welcome to the RUSBAudio Driver Installing the Thesycon USB sol easier ee a e Audio 2 0 Driver Se Resonessence provides a driver eae eee from Thesycon specifically configured sentir peire tap ere arent acy for the INVICTA The driver is provided eee in a ZIP file called Resonessence USB _ Driver zip and is available from our WWW Site To install this USB Audio 2 0 driver on your Windows PC begin by 4 Follow the instructions to ensure copying the file from the SD Card to your that the INVICTA is plugged in and PC internal drive and unzipping the choose Next contents to a temporary directory ca Follow these steps to complete the Welcome to the RUSBAudio Driver installation for Resonessence USB Audio Devices v2 16 0 Setup Wizard Setup requires that the device is plugged in Please a 1 Configure the INVICTA for USB TAE cil dna saen Audio 2 0 operation as described in the User Settings section of this document and set the data source to be USB Audio 2 Plug the INVICTA into a High Speed USB 2 0 port of your Windows 7 PC Windows will not search for the driver since it Stuy i Choose Install Location recogniz CS that INVICTA 1S an Choose the folder in which to install RUSBAudio Driver for Resonessence U
12. To use the newly installed driver select the Resonessence INVICTA in the Sounds Manage Devices control panel Windows thereafter will direct digital audio over the USB Audio 2 0 connection with all the advanced 2 0 features such as 192ks s data rate available Appendix B Up sampling Filters in the INVICTA rev 3 0 Software The internal Fast Roll off filter pre installed in the Sabre DAC On the OLED display panel this appears as Sabre Fast Roll Off This is a classic FIR filter with symmetrical coefficients hence it is linear phase and non dispersive It achieves excellent suppression of 115db and so has to have a relatively large group delay of 35 samples That means that for a CD at 44 1 Khz the group delay is about 800uS less for higher sample rates This filter exhibits pre ringing but achieves perfection 1n rejection no sample rate artifacts above 22 05Khz are present in the output The internal Slow Roll off filter pre installed in the Sabre DAC On the OLED display panel this appears as Sabre Slow Roll Off This filter is designed to reduce the group delay present in the Fast Roll off filter It 1s a symmetrical impulse response i e it has symmetrical coefficients it is linear phase and non dispersive It achieves good rejection but the rejection begins slowly 24Khz or so is present in the output if the music content has signals near 20khz but signals higher than that are suppre
13. 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 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 HPA Powerup Setting HPB 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 Differential HP A and B may be used independently for two person listening or an advanced single headphone differential mode may be enabled INVICTA Options My Invicta lt Serial Number and Version gt BNC SPDIF TOSLINK SPDIF Left Channel Phase in Phase AES EBU SPDIF Inverted USB Audio oD Card Options INVICTA Options Right Channel Phase Startup Source BNC1 SPDIF BN C2 SPDIF TOSUNK SPDIF AES EBU SPDIF USB
14. e 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 Windows PC USB Digital Data If you plan to use the Resonessence USB Audio 2 0 driver on your Windows PC please refer to Appendix A for installation instructions Without this driver Windows only has USB 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 Windows OS natively only supports USB Audio 1 0 and consequently third party drivers are needed to support USB Audio 2 0 on Windows Resonessence supplies such a driver see Appendix A for installation instructions Use of Windows 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
15. ectly from Resonessence We do not provide a warranty of any kind if the unit has been purchased from an unrecognized or unauthorized reseller We may request proof of purchase prior to providing any warranty service We may at our discretion not extend the warranty to units used as rental units by a third party business if not approved by Resonessence or our authorized dealers This warranty only covers failures due to defects in materials or workmanship in the hardware elements of the system Damages incurred while in shipping or due to accident inappropriate use of the unit or power surges of any kind are not covered Alterations to the unit undertaken by unauthorized individuals or organizations are not covered Damage incurred during attempted reverse engineering design data extraction or attempted internal measurements of any kind are specifically excluded from any warranty Installation of any unapproved software or external algorithms of any kind designed to expose or debug the operation of the unit or to circumvent or otherwise interfere with the unit s unique identity code causing damage or thereby erasing the unit s operating system or similar are not covered by any warranty THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OTHERS WHICH VARY FROM STATE JURISDICTION TO STATE JURISDICTION REPAIRS MADE UNDER WARRANTY Resonessence will be responsible for all parts and labour necessary
16. emote by pressing the Up Pause Next and Previous to adjust then Up Pause again 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 Right Channel Phase certain legacy digital recordings that have a phase mismatch Startup Source Allows start up in customers typical configuration Startup Volume Level XLR Startup Level HPA Startup Level HPB These features exist to prevent high volume levels at switch on Maximum Volume Level An adjustable parameter that limits the maximum volume level OLED Screen Brightness LED Brightness Standby LED 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 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 When 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
17. ential 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 Windows native driver 1s accepted from the USB port 6 SD Card files in WAV 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 Volume and Function Select Knob Press to Play and Pause Data rate indicators OLED Display Area INVICTA by Resonessence Labs SD Card Slot Into Directory Next Filter Fast Forward Next Rewind Previous Pop up out of directory Back B Headphone and On Off Adjust Button A Headphone and On Off Adjust Button 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 o
18. hase Fast Roll off On the OLED display panel this appears as Linear Phase Fast Roll Off The ultimate FIR filter in the classic linear phase category This filter delivers ultra high suppression of 120db and extreme flatness in the band It exceeds the performance of the Sabre DAC pre installed Fast Roll off filter Resonessence designed Linear Phase Slow Roll off On the OLED display panel this appears as Linear Phase Slow Roll Off Designed as an enhanced version of the pre installed Sabre DAC Slow roll off filter this is a linear phase hence non dispersive low group delay filter that has less ripple in band and higher rejection that the Sabre Slow Roll off filter Appendix C Using Direct Stream Digital with INVICTA Version 4 2 and later of the software provides DSD Direct Stream Digital modes of operation DSD music files in DSF and DFF format these are file formats commonly used to store DSD data are read from the SD Card and DSD over PCM DoP is supported via the USB Audio 2 0 Playing of DSD from the SD Card slot is straightforward simply select the DSF or DFF file and initiate playback INVICTA will switch internally to DSD mode automatically We support DSD64 and DSD128 Playing of DSD from a computer via USB requires additional software on the computer and Resonessence shows an example of how to configure Audirvarna on our WWW site at http resonessencelabs com dsd over pcm
19. m 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 When 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 1s 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 User Setting knob rotating and then pressing the knob again or on the r
20. n 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 BNCI1 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 differ
21. nit to Resonessence You are responsible for all shipping costs both to and from Resonessence for non watranty work You are responsible for paying all taxes import duties or similar fees imposed by foreign countries or original purchase date Resonessence will other jurisdictions LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS RESONESSENCE DOES NOT BY VIRTUE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR BY ANY COURSE OF PERFORMANCE COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED RESONESSENCE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED INDEMNITIES RESONESSENCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL PUNITIVE SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY LOSSES OR DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES TO RECORDINGS DATA STORAGE DEVICES TAPES DISKS DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION LOSS OF GOODWILL COVER OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT OR ARISING FROM BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY EVEN IF RESONESSENCE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES ANY DAMAGES THAT RESONESSENCE IS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER SHALL NOT EXCEED THE ORIGINAL COST PAID TO RESONESSENCE FOR THE APPLICABLE UNIT BECAUSE
22. r more accurately if the large volume level numbers are visible or not Common Operations whether playing music or not Hold Down the Center Button Used to shut down and power l Power Down Power Up i for more than a brief period up the unit Hold Down the Menu Button OLED Video Mute Un Used to blank the OLED for more than a brief period Mute Display While Navigating music not playing volume indicator not visible Up Button Scroll UP in the menus Down Button Scroll DOWN in the menus Select or push into the Center Button selected item Pop out of the current menu Menu Button item While Playing music playing that is volume indicator is visible Up Button Volume level increase Down Button Volume level decrease USB and SD Card Rewind applies only to the SD Card USB and SD Card Fast Right Button Next Track Fast Forward Forward applies only to the SD Card Left Button Previous Track Rewind Pauses and resumes the Applies to music from the Play Pause Button USB or SD Card Mutes other track sources Used to change the filter on the fly to the listener s preference Play Pause Button pressed for Cycle through the filter more than a brief period options Used to switch to another Menu Button Select another audio source audio source
23. s Sara K Isn t She Lovely Livi aylor Maxine Pueblo Nuevo Buena Vista Social Club Lm PJ y us 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 1 We no longer ship the original Resonessence Remote control unit but we continue to support it The SD Card source provides a scroll through list of song titles found on the card WAV 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 SDX
24. ssed The group delay however is much less being only 6 25 samples or 140uS at 44 1Khz This filter also exhibits pre ringing Resonessence designed Minimum Phase IIR Filter On the OLED display panel this appears as Minimum Phase IIR This filter is designed from an analog filter prototype and exhibits no pre ringing at all To achieve this it has to compromise the steepness of the filter it corresponds to a fourth order analog filter This is a dispersive non linear phase filter but the dispersion has been optimized to the absolute minimum consistent with no pre ringing e Resonessence designed Minimum Phase Slow Roll off On the OLED display panel this appears as Minimum Phase Slow Roll Off This is a FIR filter that exceeds the specification of the above IIR filter achieving 100db stop band It is not a linear phase filter because it has non symmetric coefficients but has been designed to exhibit virtually no pre ringing but it does have some with the minimum of dispersion Resonessence designed Linear Phase Apodizing Filter On the OLED display panel this appears as Linear Phase Apodizing Perfectly symmetrical impulse response hence linear phase and non dispersive this filter achieves a high 96db rejection at fs 2 and exhibits the minimum of pre ringing possible while achieving this excellent rejection This is the preferred filter of many of our beta testers Resonessence designed Linear P
25. to Dir button on the remote The Operating system will then verify the upgrade code and ask you to choose whether to upgrade or not Select Yes Returning the INVICTA for Repair under Warranty If you find any problems faults or unexpected performance in the INVICTA unit in the first three years of operation it may well be covered by our warranty policy The first step in returning a unit to Resonessence is to contact your local dealer or directly by phone to us at our Canadian headquarters 778 477 5536 We are in the North America Pacific Coast time zone and the country code for international calls is 1 You may also email _ to support resonessence com Please be with the knob on the unit or the Next button on the remote and click to accept by pressing the knob on the unit or the Up Pause button on the remote After a few seconds of erasing the old operating system the new system will be installed The message Writing Firmware or similar will appear and after a short time you will be asked to cycle the power Turn off the power at the rear of the unit for a brief time about 10 seconds is sufficient After removing any connected devices turn the power on again The new software is now installed Note that the latest software powers up in power down mode with the red light illuminated on the logo Press the knob or press Power On on the remote to start playing music
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