Audionet ART G3, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 Aligned Resonance Transport Compact Disc Player User s Manual ...

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Page 3: ...uts Digital Audio 13 5 3 Digital output formats 14 5 3 1 LowBit mode 14 5 3 2 HighBit mode 15 5 4 USB SPDIF digital audio input 16 5 4 1 Connecting the computer to the USB audio input 16 5 4 2 Using the SPDIF inputs 20 5 5 Audionet Link 21 6 Usage 23 6 1 Switching on and off 23 6 1 1 Mains phase detection 24 6 1 2 Using Audionet Link 24 6 2 Inserting and removing discs 25 6 3 Control elements on t...

Page 4: ... 4 Random playback 42 10 5 Repeat disc 42 10 6 Repeat track 43 10 7 Repeat a section A B Repeat 44 10 8 Compiling a playlist 45 10 9 Playing a playlist 47 10 10 Edit a playlist 48 10 11 Delete a playlist 49 11 Setup menu Global Setup 51 11 1 Set SPDIF Digital Input 52 11 2 Set Digital Output Mode 52 11 3 Set Display Brightness 53 11 4 Set AutoOff 54 11 5 Set AutoPlay 55 11 6 Overview factory defau...

Page 5: ...an be used via further digital systems especially computers This is possible via optical and electrical digital inputs The ART G3 is geared towards the requirements of classical stereophony Expert connoisseurs of high quality musical reproduction will find the product not only delivers the aural satisfaction they dream of but even opens up previously unknown musical realms Combining craft with pre...

Page 6: ...e ART G3 only in the included package Never leave CD or the stabilizer inside the ART G3 during transport The sensitive mechanics of the drive could suffer damage Always use the plastic bag to prevent scratches on the housing Please allow the ART G3 to adapt to the climatic conditions in your listening room after transport As known for every optical device low temperatures and humidity may cause t...

Page 7: ...7 2 Overview front panel power key stop set key IR remote control receiver back pause key skip play key Display ...

Page 8: ...ed 6 Analog output Left balanced 7 Analog output Left RCA 8 Input for external power supply Audionet EPS 9 Digital output 1 RCA 10 Digital output 2 RCA 11 Digital output 3 AES EBU 12 Mains input 13 Marking mains phase 14 Digital output 4 optical 15 Digital input IN 1 USB SPDIF 16 Digital input IN 2 SPDIF optical 12 13 14 15 11 10 9 16 8 7 6 5 4 2 1 3 ...

Page 9: ...the ART G3 in close range to heat sources like radia tors Do not place the ART G3 on top of other units especially not on top of power amplifiers pre amplifiers or similar that produce heat Both units could suffer damage from thermal overload Do not use the unit in a place where it is exposed to vibrations Do not place the unit close to loudspeakers or into the corner of a room where it is exposed...

Page 10: ... polarization of mains is important for reasons of audio clarity and stability Please connect the mains cord that the hot pin of the wall outlet is connected to the pin of mains input 12 marked PHASE 13 on the back panel of the unit Your Audionet ART G3 is able to detect a wrong polarization of the mains plug during start up If the message Attention Mains Phase incorrect appears in the display swi...

Page 11: ...y mode use the key power on the front panel or keys Power Off or Power Toggle of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One Important Never switch on or off the EPS on its back panel while the ART G3 is switched on or during playback For further information referring to the external power supply EPS please consult its user s manual Tip Use a high quality cable for example the Audionet P10 to c...

Page 12: ...hort cut cables could damage the ART G3 and or any other connected units 5 1 Outputs Analog Audio 4 RIGHT analog audio output of right channel RCA 5 XLR RIGHT analog audio output of right channel balanced XLR 6 XLR LEFT analog audio output of left channel balanced XLR 7 LEFT analog audio output of left channel RCA Connect the analog outputs 4 and 7 of your ART G3 to your pre amplifier using high q...

Page 13: ...nd Set Digital Output Mode on page 52 14 Digital output OUT 4 optical TOSLink Use an optical TOSLink cable to connect the optical digital output OUT 4 of the ART G3 to any unit with an optical digital input The output signal depends on the setting of option Set Digital Out put Mode refer to sections Digital output format on page 14 and Set Digital Output Mode on page 52 15 Digital input IN 1 USB S...

Page 14: ...tal format at which sample rate and resolution is available at the digital audio outputs The decision whether to use the HighBit or the LowBit mode depends on the kind of digital receiver unit your ART G3 is connected to Digital Output Mode OUT 1 10 SPDIF OUT 2 11 SPDIF OUT 3 12 AES EBU OUT 4 15 optical LowBit Mode 44 1kHz 16bit Stereo PCM 44 1kHz 16bit Stereo PCM 44 1kHz 16bit Stereo PCM 44 1kHz ...

Page 15: ...vel noise from the speakers which might damage your ear and or equipment In order to transmit digital audio data from your ART G3 to an Audionet pre amplifier you have to connect digital output OUT 1 9 of the ART G3 to the digital audio input Digital In 2 of the MAP V2 or Digital Audio IN 1 of the MAP 1 Additionally connect digital output OUT 2 10 of the ART G3 to digital audio input Digital In 3 ...

Page 16: ...USB 1 1 or above and supports the Full Speed USB protocol 2 Start your computer then switch on the ART G3 The ART G3 is recognized as newly added hardware by your computer Depending on the operating system installed on your computer it might occur that at the first connection of the ART G3 the operating system prompts you to install a driver for the new hardware If necessary Windows may prompt you...

Page 17: ...es dialog of your Windows Set tings menu Click on the tab Audio and select Audionet ART G3 from the list of standard devices see the following example b Mac OS X Open the System Preferences and select the preference pane Sound Click on the tab Output and select Audionet ART G3 as output device ...

Page 18: ...t all or the sound has low volume while playing back sound and music files with your ART G3 please make sure that your volume settings of your operating system or sound application are not muted or set to a low level Important The USB Audio function of the ART G3 can only be used if the loaded disc is stopped or no disc is loaded at all During playback of any disc with the ART G3 you will hear onl...

Page 19: ... sampling frequency and 16 bits resolution Which audio formats are played back depends on the capabilities of your Microsoft Windows system and or your sound application only In case you like to check if Microsoft Windows recognized your ART G3 correctly please open up the Device Manager of your Windows system You will find the ART G3 in the following 3 places in the list of devices 1 Sound video ...

Page 20: ...ch on the source device and start the playback on the source device The music of the source device is now played back using the sophisti cated digital to analog converters of the ART G3 Note The ART G3 supports the following formats PCM Stereo sample rate 32 kHz up to 96kHz 16 bit and 24 bit resolution Important The SPDIF Audio function of the ART G3 can only be used if the loaded disc is stopped ...

Page 21: ... switched on off automatically when you switch on off your pre amplifier at the front panel or by remote control In case you would like to automatically control further Audionet units in your system with the Audionet Link interface please connect the Audio net Link output OUT 1 2 or OUT 2 3 of the ART G3 to the Audionet Link input of the next Audionet unit e g power amplifier using a simple optica...

Page 22: ...ff in 30 min the ART G3 shuts down to stand by mode automatically if the disc is stopped or no disc inserted and no key of the front panel or remote control is used for at least 30 minutes This function works independ ently from a pre amplifier that is connected via Audionet Link i e the ART G3 shuts down automatically even if the pre amplifier is still switched on refer to section Set AutoOff on ...

Page 23: ...moving discs on page 25 and Playing discs on page 35 for how to insert remove and play discs If you would like to switch off the unit press the power key on the front panel The display will show Going to sleep while powering down the unit Now the display is dark and the ART G3 is in stand by mode Note In case option Set AutoPlay is set to power on only or power on disc change refer to section Set ...

Page 24: ... of your mains socket and mains cord You have to ensure a stable connection to earth for the ART G3 to work correctly 6 1 2 Using Audionet Link For your convenience the ART G3 can be controlled remotely by one of Audionet s multi channel pre amplifiers MAP or MAP 1 as well as one of Audionet s stereo pre amplifiers PRE PRE G2 PRE 1 or PRE 1 G3 using the Audionet Link interface You only need a simp...

Page 25: ...ll switched on refer to section Set AutoOff on page 54 6 2 Inserting and removing discs Open the cover on top of the ART G3 by pushing it to the back using the handle Put a disc onto the spindle with its printed side facing up Fix disc with included stabilizer Puck Please make sure that the stabilizer gives the disc a centred and level position Close the disc drawer The display reads now Close and...

Page 26: ...d a disc and closed the cover refer to section Set AutoPlay on page 55 6 3 Control elements on the front panel The front panel has 4 keys for controlling the ART G3 refer to section Overview front panelOverview on page 7 With these keys you can control all basic playback functions as well as all setup options in the Global Setup menu power Switch on off the unit stop set Push the key shortly to st...

Page 27: ... For detailed infor mation on how to customize and use Activities on your Harmony One please consult the separate user s manual that came with your Harmony One 1 Power key for use with Activities turns all devices off that are in cluded into the current Activity See separate user s manual of Har mony One 2 Depending on the operational mode the touch screen of the Har mony One shows a list of Activ...

Page 28: ... below to control the ART G3 refer to the fac tory default programming of the Audionet System Remote Con trol Harmony One Understandably any changes done to this setup by the user cannot be discussed here Tip In order to switch the ART G3 on off without using an Activity please use the keys Power On Power Off and or Power Toggle on screen page 3 see section Screen page 3 on page 33 Of course it is...

Page 29: ...een page 1 see section Screen page 1 on page 39 2 Time mode selection key Info select time display see section Selection of time display on page 39 This key has the same function as key Time on screen page 1 see section Screen page 1 on page 39 4 3 5 10 2 8 12 6 9 Set ART G3 1 3 pages Devices Mi 14 51 Current Activity Digital Output Digital Input Dim Display Go To Time Time 7 11 1 ...

Page 30: ...obal Setup menu see section Setup menu Global Setup on page 51 8 Stop key stops playback see section Basic playback control on page 37 and Delete a playlist on page 49 9 Pause key pauses playback at current disc position Press again to resume play back see section Basic playback control on page 37 10 Digit keys 0 9 for direct access and programming of tracks or time search see sec tions Direct tra...

Page 31: ...r the ART G3 D A Converter see section Set Digital Output Mode on page 52 4 Setup key Dim Display to adjust the brightness of the display see section Set Display Brightness on page 53 5 Time search key Goto Time to enter time search mode see section Time search on page 41 6 Time mode selection key Time select time display see section Selection of time display on page 39 This key has the same funct...

Page 32: ...y Repeat select track or disc repeat function see sections Repeat disc on page 42 and Repeat track on page 43 4 Edit key Edit to edit a playlist see section Edit on page 48 5 Programming key Program for compiling a playlist and for switching between program and normal playback mode see sections Compiling a playlist on page 45 and Playing a playlist on page 47 6 Random playback key Random plays bac...

Page 33: ...ch the unit on 2 Use Power Toggle to switch on off the ART G3 This key has the same function as the power key on the front panel If the ART G3 is in stand by mode Power Toggle switches on the unit If the ART G3 is already switched on Power Toggle switches off the unit to stand by mode 3 If the ART G3 is switched on use key Power Off to power down the unit to stand by mode ...

Page 34: ...k Repeat A B repeat section between A and B Random random playback Program program playback Erase or clear erase programmed tracks Edit edit programmed tracks stop set 1x long Digital Input select the active digital input stop set 2x long Digital Output select output format of digital outputs stop set 3x long Dim Display adjust display brightness stop set 4x long Set or Menu setup further options ...

Page 35: ...ayback 9 1 Playable disc types The following disc types are suitable for playback Audio CD CD R Discs of types CD R can be played back if they were recorded in the Audio CD format Due to characteristics of the disc or recording condi tions in some cases playback might not be possible Important Possibly some Audio CDs not compliant to the Red Book standard will not play correctly or not at all on t...

Page 36: ...dionet HighBit Interface using digital output OUT 1 OUT 2 Make a sec ond connection from digital output OUT 4 of the ART G3 to the op tical digital input of the Audionet pre amplifier The advantage of this setup is that you can leave the digital output format of the ART G3 set to HighBit mode Listen to normal audio CDs in HighBit mode with all your preferred settings for 2 channel playback In case...

Page 37: ...ion PLAY or 4 Start playback PAUSE or Pause and resume playback STOP or Stop playback 7 Search backwards Press play or 4 to return to normal playback 8 Search forward Press play or 4 to return to normal playback 9 Skips to beginning of current track Press again to skip to start of previ ous track Skip to beginning of next track 9 3 Searching You can search discs forward and backwards with several ...

Page 38: ...e mode Search mode is suspended as soon as any other playback or menu function is selected While searching in one direction the search speed is reduced one step each time the search key for the opposite direction is selected until the normal playback speed is reached ...

Page 39: ... Info of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One to cycle through all 4 time display modes Track Time shows the time the current track is playing Track Remain is the remaining playback time of the current track Total Remain shows the total remaining playback time of the current disc Note During playback of a playlist the total remaining time of the playlist Prog Remain is shown instead of t...

Page 40: ...play shows the selected track number and the start time of the track in minutes and seconds Example You would like to listen to track No 12 First press key 1 then 2 to select the track The time display shows 47 53 i e Track 12 starts at 47 minutes and 53 seconds Now press play 4 or enter to start playback of track 12 Note If you enter a track number that is not included on the disc the display sho...

Page 41: ...r mony One Press enter to start or continue playback at the entered time The display shows the entered time and the track number corresponding to that time Example You would like to playback at time 47 minutes and 53 seconds First press Goto Time and then the digit keys 4 7 5 and 3 Ac knowledge your entry by pressing key enter Playback starts contin ues at 47 minutes and 53 seconds Note If you ent...

Page 42: ...ylist only the tracks of the playlist will be played back in a random order If you defined times A and B of the A B Repeat function the tracks between both times A and B will be played back in random order Nevertheless if time B is reached playback resumes at time A 10 5 Repeat disc If you would like to repeat the currently inserted disc press the key Repeat of the Audionet System Remote Control H...

Page 43: ...eat track If you would like to repeat only one track of a disc press the key Repeat of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One twice The track repeat mode is indicated by the symbol one in the dis play The current track will be looped until you switch off the track repeat function or stop playback To deactivate the track repeat function press key Repeat once The track repeat symbol one is n...

Page 44: ...epeat function press the key Repeat A B of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One again The AB Repeat symbol A B is now removed from the display Note After defining time A you can use all search function of the front panel back pause and skip play the Audionet Harmony One 9 7 and 8 to find time B quickly Start time A may be defined after time B in respect to the absolute disc playing time ...

Page 45: ...The fourth line shows the number of the track currently selected to be added to the next program step of the playlist In this example it is track no 7 Now there are two different ways to add a track to the playlist Use the keys 9 and of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One to select the desired track Check your current selection by looking at line 4 of the display Alternatively use can u...

Page 46: ...rom the playlist Tip In case you would like to playback a whole disc besides only some very few tracks you dislike press key Erase or clear of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One Now all tracks of the disc are added automatically to the playlist Contrary to the method explained above you now just enter the tracks that will be deleted from the playlist of all tracks of a disc Please note...

Page 47: ...in the playlist Note If the random play function is active symbol Prog is replaced by symbol Random in the display Nevertheless the number of the cur rent program step playing and the total number of program steps in the playlist is still indicated If you stop playback the playlist still resides in the memory If you start playback again the playlist will be played again To delete a playlist please...

Page 48: ...rogram or key enter of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One The selected track will be added to the playlist after the currently displayed program step All further program steps will be pushed one step ahead In the example above track no 7 will be inserted after program step 5 in this case track no 2 The playlist will then consist of 17 program steps The total playing time of the playlis...

Page 49: ...ew playback order is Program step 1 2 3 4 Track no 07 12 09 03 Note If you press key Edit without a playlist in memory the ART G3 issues the warning u No program available t Important This function is only available if you use the Audionet System Re mote Control Harmony One 10 11 Delete a playlist In order to delete a playlist from the memory press key stop set on the front panel or of the Audione...

Page 50: ... stopped you can also delete a playlist if you press key ERASE or clear of the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One The same dialog as described above will appear in the display Use key stop set or to delete the playlist ...

Page 51: ...ys of the front panel but much more comfortable is the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One refer to section Audionet Sys tem Remote Contro on page 27 Note You can enter the Global Setup menu at any time by holding key stop set for longer than 2 seconds even during playback If you adjust an option of the Global Setup menu during playback pressing key stop set shortly less than 2 seconds will...

Page 52: ...opti cal input Digital Audio IN 1 16 Tip On the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One press key Digital Input on screen page 1 to branch directly to option Set SPDIF Digital Input Use keys 9 and to select the preferred digital input 11 2 Set Digital Output Mode To adjust the output format of the digital outputs of the ART G3 press key stop set long twice Use keys back pause and skip play to s...

Page 53: ... 16bit Stereo PCM 44 1kHz 16bit Stereo PCM HighBit Mode 192kHz 24bit Stereo Upsampling Audionet High Bit Mode 96kHz 24bit Stereo Downsampling PCM 44 1kHz 16bit Stereo PCM disabled no signal no signal no signal no signal Tip On the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One press key Digital Output on screen page 3 to branch directly to option Set Digital Output Mode Use keys 9 and to select the di...

Page 54: ...ge 3 to branch directly to option Set Dis play Brightness Use keys 9 and to adjust the brightness of the display 11 4 Set AutoOff To adjust the automatic shut off feature of the ART G3 press key stop set long for 3 times Use keys back pause and skip play to select the preferred function never auto shut off The automatic shut off feature is deac tivated The ART G3 stays switched on until it is swit...

Page 55: ...G3 by a timer disc change only As soon as a disc is inserted and the cover closed playback starts automati cally after reading the table of contents of the disc power on disc change Combination of settings power on only and Disc change only Tip On the Audionet System Remote Control Harmony One press key Set on screen page 3 twice to branch directly to the option Set AutoPlay Use keys 9 and to sele...

Page 56: ... unit Do not open the unit Unauthorised opening will void warranty Do not short circuit the outputs During connecting or removing the ART G3 to from a pre amplifier both units and the corresponding power amplifiers have to be switched off to prevent damage of the ART G3 or any of the other connected units Use dry cloth for cleaning We would like to wish you many exciting listening experiences you ...

Page 57: ...insulated 1 pair of XLR analog gold plated 2 RCA digital gold plated 600 mVss in 75 Ohm 1 AES EBU digital 110 Ohm gold plated 1 SPDIF optical digital 2 Audionet Link optical All digital outputs can be de activated Inputs 1 USB as USB Audio 44 1 kHz 16 bit 48 kHz 16 bit or SPDIF 32 kHz 96 kHz 24 bit 1 SPDIF optical TosLink 32 kHz 96 kHz 24 bit 1 Audionet Link optical Output impedance analog 33 Ohm ...

Page 58: ...nology special stabilizer made of POM separate power supplies for digital and analog sec tions Audionet Intelligent Sampling technology discrete extremely fast and stable filter and output stages fully DC coupled no capacitors in the signal path Audionet HighBit interface disengageable digital outputs capable of de emphasis processing optional external power supply Audionet EPS for the analog sect...