SETUP GUIDE: MOON USB HD DSD Driver. MOON Nēo 340i D 3 MOON Nēo 350P D 3. MOON Evolution 780D. Musical Ecstasy. Date Code:

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1 SETUP GUIDE: MOON USB HD DSD Driver MOON Nēo 230HAD MOON Nēo 280D DSD MOON Nēo 340i D 3 MOON Nēo 350P D 3 MOON Nēo 380D DSD MOON Nēo 430HA MOON Evolution 780D Musical Ecstasy Date Code:

2 USB HD DSD Driver v Filename: MOON_USB_HD_DSD_Audio_Setup_ zip Applicable Models: MOON Nēo 230HAD MOON Nēo 280D MOON Nēo 340i with D 3 DAC MOON Nēo 350P with D 3 DAC MOON Nēo 380D DSD MOON Neo 430HA with DAC MOON 780D Function: Allows the DAC s USB input to accept Hi-Resolution audio files including DSD & DSX Installation of this software is required to accomplish a USB connection with both DSD and 32-bit/384kHz performance between your computer and your MOON 380D DSD DAC or MOON 430HA s optional DAC. As well, there are certain configuration requirements for your music playing software. There are 2 required drivers: the MOON USD HD DSD Driver and the MOON USB HD DSD ASIO Driver which are installed onto your computer in a one-step installation procedure. Make sure that your MOON component is connected to your compuer with a USB connection during the entire installation procedure If you are using a MAC OS-X (v or higher) based computer, you do not need to do any of the following since your operating system provides native support for the USB interface - it is already equipped to realize the maximum potential of this interface for digital audio playback. Installation: For all versions of Windows, run the following file: MOON_USB_HD_DSD_Audio_Setup_ exe Follow the on-screen installation instructions until you reach the Completing the MOON USB HD DSD Audio Setup Wizard dialog box and click Finish. Then you must configure several windows Control panel settings. Make sure that your MOON DAC is connected to your computer via USB. Note: If you have previously installed our USB HD Driver (non DSD), you do not need to uninstall it from your computer before proceeding with the installation of this USB HD DSD Driver. Confirmations Windows Vista, 7 and 8: The "Sounds" section of the windows Control Panel should appear like the image to the lower left, showing the Digital Output: MOON USB HD DSD driver as the default playback device. Click on the Properties button in the lower right and you see a dialog window similar to the image on the right, where both "Exclusive Mode" options should be checked on: 2

3 Windows XP: The Sounds and Audio Devices section of the windows Control Panel should appear like the image below, showing the Default Device for Sound Playback is MOON USB HD DSD Audio Streaming J-River Media Center settings To play DSD files with J-River Media Center, you will have to change several settings in the Tools Options section. For Audio Device you must select the MOON USB HD DSD {WASAPI] as shown below Then you must make the following changes for DSD Support in the Settings section for Bitstreaming : Select the Custom option and a new dialog box will appear, where you must check-off the DSD box. Click OK and then exit the Options dialog menu. Now you are ready to play DSD files 3

4 foobar2000 settings To play DSD files with foobar2000, you are required to have the following three drivers installed on your computer; The previously described MOON USB HD DSD driver, an ASIO output driver and the SACD Decoder driver. The following instructions assume that you have already installed both foobar2000 and the MOON HD USB DSD driver. Make sure that your computer is connected to your MOON USB HD DSD DAC via a USB cable. Download the ASIO output plug-in for foobar2000 from Save the file foo_out_asio.fb2k-component onto your computer. Then Double-click on this file to start installing the ASIO output driver, following the onscreen instructions: foobar2000 will launch and a dialog box will appear. Click on the Yes button to proceed with the installation of the foo_out_asio component package: The foobar2000 Installed Components window appears; click on the Apply button on the bottom right corner: 4

5 Finally click on the OK button in the small dialog window to restart foobar2000: Upon restarting foobar2000, select File Preferences Components and verify that ASIO Support (foo_out_asio) appears in the Installed Components window: Download the latest version of the SACD Decoder plug-in for Foobar2000 (foo_input_sacd-0.*.*.zip) from the following website: sourceforge.net/projects/sacddecoder/files/foo_input_sacd/. Then uncompress this zip file and go to the uncompressed folder where you will find the file named ASIOProxyInstall-0.*.*.exe : 5

6 Double-click on this file to start installing the SACD Decoder, following the onscreen instructions: Then, in the same folder, double-click on the file named foo_input_sacd.fb2k-component : foobar2000 will launch and a dialog box will appear. Click on the Yes button to proceed with the installation of the foo_input_sacd component package: 6

7 The foobar2000 Installed Components window appears; click on the Apply button on the bottom right corner: Then click OK to restart Foobar2000: Finally, when you look at the Installed Components list (File Preferences Components) you will see the Super Audio CD Decoder ( foo_input_sacd) is listed: 7

8 Now that everything required to play DSD files with foobar2000 has been successfully installed, we need to configure foobar2000 for DSD playback using the preferences menu. First go to File Preferences Playback Output and from the Device pull down menu select ASIO:foo_dsd_asio and click OK. Then click on ASIO (directly below Output in the left window) and click foo_dsd_asio in ASIO drivers window and check the box for Use 64-bit ASIO Drivers. Then click on the Apply button in the bottom right corner: 8

9 Then click OK to restart Foobar2000: After foobar2000 restarts, return to the same location on the Preferences page where you just were; File Preferences Playback Output ASIO : Double click on the foo_dsd_asio entry in the ASIO Drivers menu and the following window will appear where you must select MOON USB HD DSD ASIO Driver as the ASIO Driver and ASIO Native as the DSD Playback Method. As well, make sure that both the DSD to DSD Method and the PCM to DSD Method are both set to None. Close the window using the x : 9

10 Finally, click on SACD directly below Tools (left window), set the ASIO Driver Mode to DSD and click OK. Now you are ready to play DSD files using foobar