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2 D r a g o n Fl y D AC – F l i g h t M a n u a l This shor t manual will take you through the few simple steps required to set up your computer operating system so that sound from music, movies, web videos, etc ., will play through DragonFly with the best possible sound quality … while your computer’ s chimes and aler ts are played through t[...]
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3 • Computer’ s main (oper ating syst em) v olume contr ol should be set to 25% of maximum. • Adjust to desir ed volume using the computer ’ s main volume c ontrol. When the music play er ’ s volume is set to maximum and the c omputer ’ s main volu me control is u se d, Dra gon Fly ’ s o nbo ard 64-pos iti on analog - dom ain vo lum e[...]
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4 Mac OS X Using “System P references” to send audio to DragonF ly, while keeping alerts and sound eects on the computer’ s speakers. Inser t DragonFly into your computer’ s USB port. O pe n “ S y s t e m P r e f e r e nc es ” from the Dock or from the Apple® drop-down menu top left. Click on the “Sound” icon. In the S ound pane[...]
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5 Setting up the “ Audio MIDI Setup” so comput er audio plays through DragonF ly. Op en the “ A ppl ica tion s” folde r , and th en the “Ut ili tie s” folde r . Within Utili ties, dou ble - click to open “ Audio MID I Set up. ” With in the “ Audio Dev ices” pan el, c lic k o n “ Audio Que st Drag onFly. ” Use the “F ormat?[...]
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6 Making certain that sound eects are routed to the computer’ s speakers and not to DragonFly . I n t he alre ady ope n “ Audio Dev ices” wi ndow, cl ick rs t to hi ghl ight “Buil t-I n Out put. ” Cl ick on th e ge ar ico n drop - dow n m enu. Ch eck th at “Play al er ts an d sou nd e ec ts thro ugh th is dev ice” is grayed o[...]
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8 W i n dows 7 Using “C ontrol Panel” “Sound” set ti ng s to se nd a ud io to DragonFly , while keeping al ert s an d s ou nd e e cts o n th e compu ter ’ s s peakers. I nse r t D rago nFly into you r comp uter ’ s US B p or t. Go to Sta r t m enu an d lau nch “Cont rol Pan el. ” Op en “Ha rdwa re an d Sou nd ” pan el. S elec[...]
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9 The Aud ioQ ues t D rago nFly is adde d a s “Spe ake rs. ” Ens ure i t i s t he “D efa ult Dev ice. ” Se lect “ Speake rs. ” Cl ick “Proper t ies” but ton for more set up opt ion s. Cl ick “ Advance d” tab. Use th e d ropd own men u to cho ose the sa mpl e ra te . .. mos t li kel y 2 4-bi t, 441 00 H z; ple ase read ex pla nat[...]
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10 Setting chimes and alerts to pla y thr ough the c omput er ’ s spe akers and no t Dra gonF ly . Cl ick “Sou nds” tab. For “So und s S che me” sel ec t “No So und s. ” Thi s pre vent s chi mes and co mput er ale r ts from pla yin g ba ck thro ugh Drag onFly. En ter “Dr ago nFly ” as sou nd sch eme (op tio nal ). Cl ick “OK. ?[...]
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12 W i n dows X P OR Setting “Sounds and Audio Devices” to send audio to DragonFly , while keeping alerts and sound eects on the computer’ s speakers. I nse r t D rago nFly into you r comp uter ’ s US B p or t. Go to “Star t ” me nu and lau nch “Cont rol Pan el. ” I f u sin g C lass ic vie w, open “So und an d Au dio De vice s [...]
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13 S elec t “ Au dio” tab. I n “So und Play bac k, ” se lec t Audio que st Drag onFl y a s the “Defa ult De vic e. ” Setting chimes and alerts to pla y thr ough the c omput er ’ s spe akers and no t Dra gonF ly . Cl ick “Sou nds” tab. For “So und s S che me” sel ec t “No So und s. ” Th is p reven ts comp uter al er ts an d[...]
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A ngel Y osemite V ictoriA s YdneY B ig s ur g olden g A te e Vergreen t ower ©2012 Aud ioQuest 2621 Wh ite Road , Irvine CA 92614 USA T e l (US): 949.585.0 111 T el (EU) : +31.165 .54.1404 www.audioquest.com September Getting the most from your DragonF ly Availab le i n t hes e 8 perfor manc e lev els: From DragonFly T o Amplier or Pow ered Sp[...]