Dali Io-12 Bedienungsanleitung

MANUAL

VERSION 1.0 - AUGUST 2023

CONTENT

1. Introduction .....................................3

2. DALI IO-12 Technology and Sound Quali.........4

3. Geing to Know Your DALI IO-12 Headphones ....6

4. Using Your DALI IO-12 Headphones ..............7

4.1 Geing started ................................7

4.2 Connection Modes ...........................8

4.3 Bluetooth Connection ....................... 10

4.4 Wired Connections ...........................11

4.5 Controlling Your DALI IO-12 Headphones ... 13

4.6 Noise-Cancelling..............................14

4.7 Sound Modes ................................ 15

5. Maintaining Your DALI IO-12 headphones ........16

5.1 Ear Pads ..................................... 16

5.2 Cleaning...................................... 16

5.3 Restart and Reset ............................17

6. DALI IO-12 Technical Speciﬁcations .............18

Thank you for choosing DALI IO-12 headphones. At DALI, we are driven by a raw passion for music and its honest

reproduction. The development and reﬁnement of new technologies to increase the realism of the sound experience is the

main objective in our quest to create what we believe to be the ﬁnest audiophile wired and wireless headphones in the world.

NOTE

Please be careful not to

damage any items while

unpacking the carton.

In the unlikely event

that anything is missing,

please contact your

DALI retailer or distrib-

utor. You may wish to

consider keeping the

packaging for potential

future use. Otherwise,

please dispose of the

packaging responsibly,

recycling components

as appropriate.

1. INTRODUCTION

Your DALI IO-12 headphone packaging contains:

1.2 m USB-C cable (for charging and USB audio)

1.2 m long 3.5 mm mini jack stereo cable

3 m long 3.5 mm mini jack stereo cable

3.5 mm stereo mini jack to 6.3 mm jack adaptor

Flight adaptor

Luxury travel case

Your DALI IO-12 headphones incorporate multiple

technologies and engineering solutions designed to

perfect their audio performance and ensure that their

sound quali is among the best available.

SMC Drivers

DALI is acknowledged worldwide as a pioneer in the

use of non-conducting magnetic materials, such as our

unique So Magnetic Compound (SMC), in speaker

drivers. Our DALI KORE ﬂagship audiophile speaker,

for example, owes its genre-deﬁning performance

partly to SMC. And now, with the IO-12, the same

patented SMC technology has been incorporated in a

pair of headphones for the ﬁrst time.

2. DALI IO-12 TECHNOLOGY

AND SOUND QUALITY

Despite their dierence in size, headphone and speaker

drivers share a very similar architecture. As is the case

with DALI SMC speaker drivers, DALI SMC headphone

driver components that would normally be made from

iron based materials are manufactured in SMC. While it is

intensely conductive to magnetic ﬁelds, SMC is electrically

non-conducting, so its use ensures that distortion causing

eddy currents set up by voice-coil movement in conductive

motor components are prevented. SMC also minimises

voice-coil inductance modulation, again signiﬁcantly

reducing distortion. SMC in the DALI IO-12 results in a

signiﬁcant increase in clari and musical communication.

SMC deﬁnes a ground-breaking advance in headphone

audio quali, and it is unique to DALI.

NOTE

The top plate, boom

plate and pole piece of the

magnet system is made

entirely from SMC.

Along with the neodymium

magnet disc, this means

that the IO-12 is our very

ﬁrst driver to not use any

iron in the magnet system.

Paper Fibre Driver Diaphragms

DALI speaker driver diaphragms are made exclusively

from proprietary paper and wood ﬁbre materials

reﬁned over decades of development. A closely

related paper ﬁbre material is used in the IO-12

drivers that employs randomly aligned ﬁbres of

variable length to create a light yet sti diaphragm that

oers optimal damping. The result is natural, relaxed

sound quali brimming with detail.

Hi-Res Audio Certiﬁed

The IO-12 supports from 16 - 24 bit audio with sample

rates from 32 – 96 kHz. The DALI IO-12 internal audio

processing is based on 48kHz audio sampling – the

same rate as most USB and Bluetooth aptX Adaptive

streamed audio sources. This means that sample rate

conversion, a process that oen results in audible

artefacts, is unnecessary. The result is clearer and

more insightful sound quali. The IO-12 also supports

up to 96kHz sample rate over USB, with full 48 kHz

audio bandwidth and no down sampling applied, for

ultimate sound quali.

Wired or Wireless

Our aim with the new IO-12 is simple – to produce

a headphone model that covers both wired or

wireless use, equally brilliantly. The IO-12 is among the

highest performing conventional, passive analogue

headphones available, yet it can also play the wireless,

noise-cancelling, on-the-go convenience role to

perfection.

Bluetooth aptX Adaptive

DALI IO-12 headphones are compatible with the latest

and highest performance iteration of the Bluetooth

wireless audio streaming protocol: aptX Adaptive. It

oers all the sound quali of previous iterations but

incorporates both a signiﬁcantly more eective low-

latency codec and adaptive features that intelligently

optimises the streaming bit rate for dierent media

pes and wireless environments.

More detailed and comprehensive information about

IO-12 technologies can be found in the IO-12 White Paper

available for download from the DALI website.

2. DALI IO-12 TECHNOLOGY

AND SOUND QUALITY

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3. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR

DALI IO-12 HEADPHONES

NOTE

Your IO-12 headphones

will play messages to

guide and alert you to

their operational status.

No complex and smart

phone baery draining

app is required for the

enjoyment of your DALI

IO-12 headphones. All

the controls you need

are on the right ear cup.

IO-12 headphones boast

a remarkable 35 hour

pical baery life. You

should only need to

charge your IO-12 head-

phones occasionally.

DALI IO-12 are rechargeable, Bluetooth wireless, noise-

cancelling (ANC) headphones that can also be used with either

a USB or a conventional wired connection with the same

outstanding performance, no maer the connection pe.

The control buons, connection sockets and indicators of

the IO-12 headphones are illustrated in the diagram to the le.

They are described in the next sections.

ANC

4.1 Geing started

Your IO-12 headphones are shipped with adequate baery

charge for initial use so they can be switched on and enjoyed

immediately.

To switch on your IO-12 headphones press the power

buon so that the green indicator illuminates. When

switched on and disconnected from a baery charger,

the remaining baery charge level will be displayed by the

baery indicator. The baery indicator will change colour

from green (>50% charge) via orange to red to indicate

decreasing charge. The indicator will ﬂash red when

baery charge is critically low.

Even though your IO-12 headphones will have baery

charge when ﬁrst switched on, it is recommended that you

connect them to a charger using the USB cable supplied. A

standard USB mobile phone charger or a computer USB

socket that incorporates an appropriate power supply can

be used. When connected to a charger, the headphone

baery indicator will ﬂash amber while charging and

illuminate in solid green when fully charged.

NOTE

Baery charge level is

reported audibly by a

headphone voice prompt

at switch on and when

critically low.

If your IO-12 headphones

are le switched on with

no audio source playing,

with no mini jack connec-

tion, and with noise-can-

celling disengaged, they

will switch o automati-

cally aer 20 minutes.

4. USING YOUR DALI IO-12 HEADPHONES

4.2 Connection Modes

Your IO-12 headphones incorporate four dierent

connection modes. Each mode oers features suited to

dierent needs and scenarios. The table on the following

page illustrates the features of each connection mode

described in the paragraphs below.

Wireless Active Mode

Switch on and connect your headphones via Bluetooth

to a source device such as a smart phone, tablet or

computer. All the IO-12 active noise-cancelling, DSP and

sound mode functions will be available. This is the best

connection mode for headphone use on-the-go when

travelling, for freedom of movement and for avoiding

cables.

Wired Active USB Mode

Switch on and connect your headphones using the

supplied USB cable to a computer with a USB audio

output socket. All the IO-12 active noise-cancelling, DSP

and sound mode functions will be available.

Analogue Wired Active Mode

Switch on and connect your headphones via the supplied

3.5 mm mini jack cable to a source device with an

analogue jack output. All the IO-12 active noise-cancelling,

DSP and sound mode functions will be available. This is

the best connection mode to use with a source device

ﬁed with a conventional analogue headphone output. For

instance, use this mode when ﬂying/connected to in-ﬂight

entertainment systems.

Analogue Wired Passive Mode

With your IO-12 headphones switched-o, connect

them using the supplied 3.5 mm mini jack cable to a

source device with an analogue jack output. In this

passive connection mode none of the IO-12 active

noise-cancelling, DSP and sound mode functions will be

available. Use this connection mode if your IO-12 baery

is exhausted or simply if you prefer the inherent sound

of a particular source device or headphone ampliﬁer.

Headphone volume control in passive, and wired active

mode will default to the source device.

4. USING YOUR DALI IO-12 HEADPHONES

4.2 Connection Modes

The IO-12 connection modes described on the previous page are illustrated in the table below.

Wireless Active

Mode

Wired Active USB

Mode

Analogue Wired

Active Mode

Analogue Wired

Passive Mode

Internal Ampliﬁcation –

Digital Signal Processing –

D to A Conversion – –

Active Noise Cancellation –

Control Buons – –

Voice Assistance – – –

Sound Modes –

Hands-free Telephony – – –

4. USING YOUR DALI IO-12 HEADPHONES

1 sec

To engage Bluetooth pairing mode, press and hold the Power

buon for 1 second. The headphone Bluetooth indicator will

pulse blue to indicate pairing mode.

Now, open the Bluetooth setup menu on the device you wish to

pair with your IO-12 headphones and select “DALI IO-12” in the

list of available connections.

The Bluetooth indicator on the headphones will illuminate

continuously blue when connected to a Bluetooth device. When

you subsequently play music or make and receive calls from the

Bluetooth device, its audio stream will be routed through the

headphones.

Your IO-12 headphones will remember a total of four previously

connected Bluetooth devices and will automatically aempt to

connect to the most recently used device when switched on. If the

most recently used device is not available, the headphones will work

down the list of previously used devices.

The IO-12 additionally supports Bluetooth Dual Mode that enables

simultaneous connection of two sources to the same headphones,

– a smartphone and a computer for example.

NOTE

If no device is paired

within 3 minutes, your

IO-12 headphones will

automatically disengage

Bluetooth pairing mode.

You may need speciﬁcal-

ly to select your IO-12

headphones as the

playback device in some

audio apps.

If required, you can re-

name your IO-12 head-

phones via the Bluetooth

setup menu of a paired

audio device.

If your IO-12 headphones

are playing audio via a

USB connection when a

Bluetooth connection is

made, the Bluetooth con-

nection will take priori.

4.3 Bluetooth Connection

To connect your IO-12 headphones to a Bluetooth

audio source such as a smart phone, the headphones

must be switched to Bluetooth pairing mode.

4. USING YOUR DALI IO-12 HEADPHONES

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