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PONTUS II DAC
OWNER'S MANUAL
V1.0
5th Feb 2021
© DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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  • Page 1 PONTUS II DAC OWNER’S MANUAL V1.0 5th Feb 2021 © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    DAC ARCHITECTURE ....................6 OPERATING INSTRUCTION ....................7 Quick Start Guide ......................7 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION – WINDOWS OS ............12 SPECIFICATIONS ........................ 16 WARRANTY ........................17 © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 3: Installation & Safety Instructions

     The electronics in modern hi-fi equipment is complex and may, therefore, be adversely affected or damaged by lightning. For protection of the audio system during electrical storms, disconnect the mains plugs. © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    We are confident Pontus sound quality far exceed its modest price tag. © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 5: Design Highlights

    3. DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS 3.1 ADAPTIVE FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING The DENAFRIPS approach to address the jitters issue by FIFO BUFFER RECLOCKING. The adaptive FIFO buffer store the source digital audio data in the memory. These data are read from the memory using the low phase noise, precision FEMTO Clock, located right in the DAC.

  • Page 6: Nos/Os

    PCM format can be perfectly decoded, at the same time, the DSD format can be perfectly decoded as well. It is rare in the currently market that a R-2R DAC can hardware decode both the PCM and DSD formats. © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 7: Dac Architecture

    R-2R ladder network arrays. The linearity of the conversion is guaranteed by the high-precision thin film resistors, with low thermal effect temperature coefficient of the low 10/15ppm. © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 8: Operating Instruction

    Press the button to toggle between OS/NOS model. The LED lit to indicate the DAC is in NOS mode. d. MUTE Press the button to enable/disable Mute. When mute, the Input Signal LED will be blinking from Left to Right. © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 9 768 kHz 32X = 4X + 8X 1536 kHz DSD 64 DSD 128 DSD 256 DSD 512 16X = 2X + 8X DSD 1024 Table 1. Sampling Rate © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 10 000-111  PSAUDIO I²S Standard = 1X On, 2X 4X Off = 100 4. Wait for 10s 5. DAC back in operational mode Video Guide: https://www.denafrips.com/config-pontus © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 11 DATA(+) BCK(+) BCK(-) L/RCLK(+) L/RCLK(-) DATA(+) DATA(-) BCK(+) BCK(-) L/RCLK(-) L/RCLK(+) DATA(+) DATA(-) BCK(+) BCK(-) L/RCLK(+) L/RCLK(-) Table 2. I2S PINOUT CONFIGURATION Figure 2. HDMI i2s Input © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 12 It is not recommended to use both RCA and XLR output simultaneously. (3) Digital Input Interface There are 8 Digital Input Interfaces, namely, COAX, AES1, AES2, OPT, I2S-A, I2S-B, I2S-C, USB. © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 13: Usb Driver Installation - Windows Os

     Double click the “DENAFRIPS_UsbAudio_v4.82.0” (or the latest version) to install the USB driver.  Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the installation Figure 4. Welcome screen © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 14 Figure 5. Default Installation Directory Figure 6. Preinstallation Successful © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 15  Power on the DAC. Select USB input  The USB DAC shall be detected. The driver status can be monitored as follows Figure 8. Taskbar & Control Panel © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
  • Page 16  Select DENAFRIPS USB DAC as default Windows OS Soundcard Press Set Default button Properties of the DENAFRIPS USB DAC Direct-Sound default format ASIO Buffer Size Playback software recommendation:  roon  JRiver  Foobar2000  Sonicstudio Amarra © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE)

  • Page 17: Specifications

    44.1 – 1536 kHz USB & I²S Only S/N Ratio 115dB(RCA), 114dB(XLR) Dynamic Range >117dB (RCA), >121dB(XLR) Stereo Crosstalk ≤-100dB(RCA), ≤100dB(XLR) Dimension 320 *330 *80 mm Weight 8.5kg © DENAFRIPS CO. LTD. & VINSHINE AUDIO PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 18: Warranty

    6. WARRANTY DENAFRIPS PONTUS purchased from the Authorized Distributor comes with 36 months of warranty from the date of purchase / delivery (whichever later). Defective Warranty Policy Within First 30 Days DENAFRIPS to bear both way shipping fee. Within 1st Year Customer to bear one-way shipping fee.

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