USB Phono Preamp for professional vinyl & tape transfers User’s Guide
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ESI PHONORAMA INDEX 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Description of PHONORAMA ................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Front Panel........................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Rear Panel ........................
ESI PHONORAMA 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI PHONORAMA. The stylish USB audio adapter allows you to record, transfer and edit your record and tape collection. Simply connect your turntable to the adjustable phono input and hook it up with a ground connection wire, and then start recording. The powerful audio restoration software BIAS SoundSaver Express for Mac and PC is included. It allows you to easily record your audio collection with unparalleled results.
ESI PHONORAMA The rear panel of PHONORAMA contains the following items from left to right: - headphone; use this output to connect PHONORAMA to a pair of stereo headphones - power LED; this LED will show the operation status of PHONORAMA - left (L) and right (R) peak LED to show when the input signal of the phono & line input reaches 0dB input level - line level output; use this output to connect PHONORAMA to your amplifier or active monitors a using a 1/4" TRS stereo cable 2.
ESI PHONORAMA The installer now informs you that the driver installation will start as shown on the left picture below. Confirm this with Next. During the following process you will see a dialog box once or several times that informs you that the driver software has not passed Windows Logo testing. Please be assured that our drivers have been tested in various different ways and are OK to be used. Confirm any such dialog with Continue Anyway.
ESI PHONORAMA You can now finally click OK on the Information dialog. The installation is now finished. To confirm this, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below. If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully. 3.2 Windows Vista / 7 Disconnect PHONORAMA before you install the driver if it has been connected already. Then launch setup.
ESI PHONORAMA You will now be prompted to connect the hardware on the next dialog that is shown below on the left. Plug in PHONORAMA. Do not click Next yet. Instead, wait a few seconds for the automatic device driver installation. You can monitor this in the task notification area where Windows Vista / 7 informs that the driver is installed via a bubble message box. You can now finally click OK on the Information dialog. The installation is now finished.
ESI PHONORAMA The panel has the following functions and sections: INPUT section: this section controls the input monitoring volume of the incoming signal from the hardware. A pair of mono faders can be controlled together or individually depending on your mouse position The Mute button at the bottom allows you to mute the signal. A red Mute button indicates that the mute function is enabled. When disabled, the button is gray.
ESI PHONORAMA 5.1 Windows Multimedia setup The Windows Multimedia setup is required if you want to use your PHONORAMA as the main sound device for Windows multimedia applications. Go to My computer-> Control panel -> Sounds and Audio Device Properties -> Audio. Select the PHONORAMA entry as your playback device to make sure that all standard signals are played via the PHONORAMA hardware. 5.
ESI PHONORAMA In the next dialog, choose I do accept the terns of the license agreement and confirm this with Next. After that you can choose if you want to install SoundSaver Express completely or in portions only. We recommend to select Complete and then proceed with clicking Next. The next dialog asks you to proceed with the installation process by clicking Install.
ESI PHONORAMA The installation is now finished and you can launch SoundSaver Express via its entry in the Windows start menu. 6.2 Installation under Mac OS X For the installation under Mac OS X, open the file BIAS SoundSaver Express.dmg in the SoundSaver Express folder of the included CD. Then launch the contained installer by double clicking on it. Then follow the instructions on screen. The first two dialogs should each be confirmed with Continue.
ESI PHONORAMA The following dialog allows you to change the destination folder (Change Install Location). We recommend the installation on the Macintosh HD partition by clicking Install. After the files are copied (which can take some time), the installation will be completed – which can be confirmed with Close. Now the installation is completed and you can launch SoundSaver Express via its icon in the Applications folder of your system. 6.
ESI PHONORAMA Enter your email address under Email Address and then under Serial Number, enter the serial number that is included on the postcard of the original retail box of PHONORAMA. Confirm this with Submit.
ESI PHONORAMA 6.4 Audio Setup After launching SoundSaver Express for the first time, you need to select PHONORAMA as audio device. This makes sure that the application will not access the integrated audio hardware of your PC or Mac instead. To do that, click on Audio Settings ... under START and then select PHONORAMA (as USB audio device) under Input and Output.
ESI PHONORAMA 8. General Information Trademarks ESI and PHONORAMA are trademarks of ESI Audiotechnik GmbH. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. The FCC and CE Regulation Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
