Connecing the Balanced Desktop Amp to your Portable Player via headphone jack or line out.
All hard drive players provide a headphone jack. An RCA to Mini Cable will allow you to connect the headphone jack/line out of your player into the RCA inputs on the Balanced Desktop. Be sure to note that as always, red or ‘R’, designates right channel. Switch the Source Selector Switch to analog. Also Switch the Analog Input Switch to unbalanced. Use the line out if your player has it. Line out bypasses the player’s volume control completely; use the amp’s instead.
Connecting Your Balanced Desktop Amp to a Home CD player or other Analog Sources(unbalanced) via RCA outputs.
If your source has RCA outputs, an RCA to RCA interconnect cable will connect the Balanced Desktop. Plug the RCA inputs into the back of the Balanced Desktop Amp, and connect the other end to the line output of your analog source. Make sure to switch the Source Selector Switch to analog. Also switch the Analog Input Switch to unbalanced.
Connecting your Balanced Desktop Amp to a Balanced Home CD Player or other balanced source via balanced analog outputs.
If you have a balanced CD player or other source, you will need a set of balanced interconnects. To connect your Balanced CD player to the amp via balanced interconnects, simply connect the balanced outputs to the balanced inputs on the back of the amplifier. Make sure to switch the Source Selector Switch to analog. Also switch the Analog Input Switch to balanced.
Connecting Your Balanced Desktop Amp to a Computer.
The most convenient and common way to get a high quality signal out of your computer is with USB output. (If you have optical or coaxial outputs on your machine, then skip to the next section.) Simply plug a USB cable into your computer, and plug the smaller end into the back of the amp. In most cases your computer will instantly recognize the amplifier, but you will need to restart your music management program. If your computer does not recognize the device, restart; if it still is not recognized, you may need to go into your control panel/audio devices or system preferences/sound output and select ‘USB Audio Codec’ as your default audio device. Make sure to switch the Souce Selector Switch to Digital. Also switch the Digital Input Selector Switch to USB.
Connecting your Balanced Desktop Amp to other digital players with Optical/Coaxial inputs.
You will need an appropriate coaxial or optical cable, visit headphone.com to purchase a cable. Plug one end into your source and connect the other end into the appropriate input on the back of the amp. Make sure to switch the Source Selector Switch to digital. Also switch the Digital Input Selector switch to "coaxial" or "optical".