User's Manual

User’s Guide ADI-2 DAC v2.2 © RME

5.3. Operation at the Unit

Useful information for a smooth start:

Turning the big VOLUME knob brings up the Volume screen

of the currently active output. The status bar at the bottom of

the display shows the current volume settings' dB value.

The header shows the currently selected output, the

hardware reference level and Auto Ref Level mode if

activated (Ref Lev, see chapter 12.1).

The EQ is set up either directly within the I/O menu structure (key I/O, turn encoder 2 to access

Settings, Parametric EQ, Bass/Treble and Loudness), or via the graphical EQ screen which is

shown after pressing the EQ key. In this screen the cursor has three positions: top, the EQ pa-

rameter line below the Bode plot (frequency response curve), and the filter selection type for

band 1 and 5 (Peak, Shelf, Low/High Cut). The cursor is moved up or down by pushing encoder

1 or 2 repeatedly.

With the cursor in the top position only the current band is

highlighted (B1…). Turning VOLUME changes the band's

gain, pushing it changes to the next band. Switching

between the bands can also be done by turning encoder 2.

When in the EQ parameter line, all values are no longer

grayed out. In this state the big encoder steers Gain,

encoder 1 Frequency, and encoder 2 Quality factor. This

way the EQ is extremely fast set up and edited.

The graph has 5 different colors matching the 5 bands that can be adjusted. If the line is just

grey the EQ is disabled (bypass). The EQ can be enabled in the second menu which comes up

by pushing the EQ key a second time.

The unit offers four informative screens on the top level: Analyzer, State Overview, Dark Vol-

ume and Dark Volume Details. Change between them by pushing encoder 1 or 2 whenever

any of them is displayed. To quickly call them up simply press any of the four function keys

several times.

In all these top level screens turning encoder 1 and 2 brings up the quick access to Bass and

Treble, with ± 6 dB maximum boost/cut.

The included remote control uses a standard lithium battery CR2025. The remote allows to turn

the ADI-2 DAC on and off (standby), to change the volume, to mute the output and to select the

playback source (SPDIF, optical, USB). Additionally it has four freely programmable keys that

can be assigned to 32 different commands/actions (see chapter 14.1.1).