REFERENCE GUIDE Table of Contents Important Safety and Installation Instructions .................................................................... 3 Declaration of Conformity ........................................................................................... 7 NADAC Warranty Information ............................................................................................ 8 Before you do anything else please read this page .............................................................. 9 MERGING+NADAC Network Attached D/A Converter ..............................................................9 About this manual .....................................................................................................................9 What’s in the Box .......................................................................................................................9 Introduction to the MERGING+NADAC ...............................................................................10 The MERGING+NADAC Network Attached D/A Converter ..................................................... 10 Environmentally Friendly by Design ...................................................................................... 10 Key Features ............................................................................................................................ 10 Product variants .................................................................................................................... 11 The MERGING+NADAC D/A Converter .................................................................................... 11 MERGING+NADAC D/A Converter Hardware .......................................................................... 13 Front Panel ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Back Panel – 2-Channel version (ST2) .............................................................................................. 13 Back Panel – 8 Channel version (MC8)............................................................................................. 13 NADAC PLAYER Hardware ...................................................................................................... 14 Front Panel ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Back Panel – 2-Channel version (PL2) .............................................................................................. 14 ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Back Panel – 8 Channel version (PL8) .............................................................................................. 14 ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Specifications .......................................................................................................................... 15 How to Connect the MERGING+NADAC .............................................................................19 Connecting the RAVENNA Ethernet cable to the Network input .................................................... 19 Connecting the NADAC using AES/EBU and SPDIF digital interfaces ............................................... 19 Connecting the word clock input ..................................................................................................... 20 How to connect the balanced line output to an unbalanced input ................................................. 21 Power Supply ....................................................................................................................22 Power supply options....................................................................................................................... 22 Using an AC power source ............................................................................................................... 22 Using a DC power source ................................................................................................................. 22 Switching on your MERGING+NADAC.................................................................................23 MERGING+NADAC Front Panel Display Interface ................................................................24 MERGING+NADAC Menu Tree ................................................................................................. 24 Navigating the Menu .............................................................................................................. 25 Rotary Control Function Overview ......................................................................................... 25 Home Screen Explanation ....................................................................................................... 27 Screen item descriptions ......................................................................................................... 27 Dual Zone Capability ............................................................................................................... 27 The Quick Menu....................................................................................................................... 28 The Main Menu ........................................................................................................................ 30 nadac.merging.com Page 1 Sources menu .................................................................................................................................. 30 Trim/Polarity menu ......................................................................................................................... 32 System Menu ................................................................................................................................... 33 Network Menu ................................................................................................................................. 37 Info Menu......................................................................................................................................... 39 Exit Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 40 Synchronizing the MERGING+NADAC to an External Source ...............................................42 Connecting the MERGING+NADAC to a Network ................................................................43 Basic Network Configuration ..................................................................................................... 43 Advanced Network Configuration .............................................................................................. 46 Home networks and Gigabit switches ........................................................................................ 50 NADAC Driver Installation and Configuration .....................................................................51 MERGING+NADAC ASIO Driver for Windows .............................................................................. 51 MERGING+NADAC Core Audio Driver for MAC OS X ................................................................... 55 The NADAC App: MERGING+NADAC Remote Control ........................................................61 To launch the MERGING+NADAC App from Windows ................................................................. 62 To launch the MERGING+NADAC App from Mac OS X ................................................................. 63 To launch the MERGING+NADAC App from Apple iOS for iPad and iPhone .................................. 64 Media player configuration recommendations ........................................................................... 67 MERGING+NADAC Discovery or RAVENNA I/O connection problems .......................................... 67 Other trouble shooting information ........................................................................................... 67 Using Roon with the NADAC PLAYER ..................................................................................68 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 68 Setting up Roon for the first time ............................................................................................... 69 Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 69 Configuring a basic Roon system ................................................................................................ 70 Setting up the NADAC PLAYER ......................................................................................................... 70 Setting up Roon ................................................................................................................................ 74 Playing music from Roon for the first time. ................................................................................ 81 Adjusting the volume level .............................................................................................................. 82 Playing a track 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