PS Audio Sprout Bedienungsanleitung

® Owner’s Reference Sprout

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Instructions for Use

Sprout®

® Owner’s Reference Sprout

4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder, CO 80301 . PH: 720.406.8946 . www.psaudio.com

One man’s quest for music

Sprout is my vision of a simple, elegant means of playing music at

home. I created it for those of us who want quality sound without the

hassles that sometimes come with it.

I’ve admired the design principles of Dieter Rams, who taught us to

design as little as possible. I fashioned Sprout to honor that ideal. I

wanted Sprout to be a device you and I connect with. Rather than

a display screen and endless menus, Sprout’s user interface is a

direct hand-to-Sprout connection through just two knobs. These

allow intuitive, direct control of Sprout, and provide feedback to the user

through a positive click and immediate response to changes in volume.

Sprout’s ease of use should make it appealing and accessible to those

who would nd most audio gear intimidating; it should also appeal to

those who have “been there, done that” and seek a better, simpler way

to play music in their home.

Sprout is for those of us who care about their home, their music, and

their enjoyment of music in the home.

Sprout is personal and I am honored you connected with it.

Thank you.

Scott McGowan

® Owner’s Reference Sprout

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WARNING. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL

SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOIS-

TURE.

Do not remove or bypass the ground pin on the end of the AC cord unless absolutely

necessary to reduce hum from ground loops of connected equipment. This may cause

RFI (radio frequency interference) to be induced into your playback setup. All PS products

ship with a grounding type plug. If the provided plug does not t into your outlet, consult

an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plugs,

convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus. Unplug this

apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

When making connections to this or any other component, make sure all components are

o. Turn o all systems’ power before connecting the PS Audio component to any other

component. Make sure all cable terminations are of the highest quality.

There are no user serviceable fuses inside this product.

THERE ARE NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE ANY PS AUDIO PRODUCT. REFER

ALL SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

Please contact your authorized dealer, distributor, or PS Audio if you have any questions

not addressed in this reference manual.

PS Audio® is a registered trademark of PS Audio Inc., and is restricted for use by PS

Audio, Inc., its subsidiaries, and authorized agents.

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You own Sprout

Nicely done

We hope you read this manual so you can make the most out of Sprout.

Audio equipment can be pretty confusing—but Sprout is simple. Give us

a sec, we’ll make it painless.

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What else is in the Box?

Accessories

Other than Sprout, you’ve got:

• Power Cable: 6ft

• Power Adaptors: (Only in 230V regions) Schuko, Australian UK

• Headphone Adaptor: 3.5mm to ¼” Jack

• Sprout Decal

• Owner’s manual

Where is your music?

Phone or tablet, Computer or MP3, CDs, TV, tape deck, vinyl records,

you name it.

Sprout has four inputs:

• Vinyl

• Analog

• Digital

• Bluetooth

Depending on how you store your music, you will have to select the

intended input. This is as easy as it sounds.

Let’s get connected

First things rst. Let’s connect Sprout up to your inputs and outputs.

Then we can get started playing music.

Onward!

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Connect the inputs rst

Sprout has four rear panel inputs you can connect your sources to:

two digital, one analog and one phono for your vinyl. It can connect

wirelessly via Bluetooth

Digital sources

Digital technology is the force behind our land-lines, smart phones,

computers, and the internet itself. It’s also a great way to hang on to

your music. We use digital formats, (like FLAC, ALAC ,WAV, and MP3s)

to store our favorite tunes. Sprout can play these formats using your

computer or smart phone.

Sprout can connect to three digital devices, two from the rear panel

connections and one wirelessly via Bluetooth from your phone,

computer or tablet.

The two digital inputs available on the rear panel are USB and COAX.

USB Connection. USB connects Sprout to your computer. Once

connected, Sprout will become the audio output of your computer,

playing from programs like iTunes or Windows Media Player. Using a

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standard USB cable, connect Sprout to your computer’s USB port.

If you are running a Mac computer, the driver for Sprout is built in. If

you are instead on a Windows computer, you will need to download

and install the USB driver onto your computer. To download the USB

driver go to PS Audio’s website: www.psaudio.com. Go to Support-

>Downloads and download the USB driver.

It will be necessary to unzip the le and install it on your computer. This

will connect your Windows computer to Sprout. You must then select

“PS Audio USB 2.0 Audio Out” (on a Mac) as your output device or, “PS

Audio Sprout” on Windows.

COAX Connection. If you have a CD player, transport, Apple TV 1,

Sonos or any digital audio device with a coaxial digital output, use a

standard RCA interconnect cable to connect the digital output of your

device to Sprout’s COAXIAL input as shown in the back panel diagram.

Wireless Bluetooth Connection. Sprout’s wireless Bluetooth antenna

is built into the back panel as shown on the rear panel diagram. It is

unnecessary to connect anything for this to operate. See operating

instructions to understand its use.

Vinyl Turntable Connection. Do you listen to records? We do too. To

use Sprout for vinyl, the phono inputs must be connected only to a

turntable. Connecting a standard analog source that is not a turntable

into these inputs is going to sound pretty strange. Some turntables are

already amplied, do not plug this into Sprout. Sprout will connect to a

standard Moving Magnet cartridge turntable without any problems.

Plug the left and right cables from your turntable into Sprout’s input

labeled Vinyl. The red vinyl input is right, the white is left.

Sprout plays both grounded and ungrounded turntables. Most

turntables have a ground wire, in addition to the RCA output cables.

This ground wire lowers the chance for hum. Connect the turntable

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ground wire to the rear panel ground binding post located directly

above the analog in and out connections.

Analog inputs and outputs. Sweet! Facing Sprout’s rear panel there

are two small connectors labeled Analog, Out, In.

Analog Output. The connector labeled “Out” located above “Analog”

on the rear panel is a buered stereo line output. This is the full audio

output directly from Sprout’s volume control. Whatever you are listening

to on Sprout will be available on this output. Connect this output to a

separate power amplier or subwoofer.

Connecting a subwoofer. Many small speaker pairs benet from the

addition of a subwoofer to augment the low bass of the little speakers,

giving a much richer, full range musical sound. Use the Analog Output

of Sprout to feed a subwoofer. Most subwoofers have RCA input

connections. Sprout’s output is a smaller 3.5mm connector. Use a

3.5mm to RCA adapter to connect the two devices.

Analog Input. The connector labeled “In” located above “Analog” on

the rear panel is a stereo line input. Use this input to connect the output

of a mobile device, television, tape deck or any source with an analog

output. The connector is a 3.5mm stereo jack. It may be necessary to

use a 3.5mm to RCA adapter to connect some devices to Sprout.

Connecting a television or cable box. Sprout can easily be connected

to a television or cable TV box through its analog inputs. Most modern

TVs and cable set top boxes have an analog (line) audio output

available. Many use Sprout’s 3.5mm connector, while others use the

larger RCA connections. It may be necessary to use a 3.5mm to RCA

adapter if the outputs and input connectors don’t line up.

It is also possible to connect a television or cable box digital output to

Sprout. Using the analog inputs is preferred because this arrangement

uses the television volume control with the device’s remote control.

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Speaker Connections

Sprout’s power amplier provides enough wattage to power just

about any loudspeaker pair. However, we recommend only one pair of

loudspeakers be connected at a time.

Loudspeaker Connections. It is important to make sure you match

colors and channels from Sprout to your loudspeakers correctly. Red

should go to red, black to black. Failure to do so will produce some

funky sounds, lack of bass and won’t give you what Sprout’s capable of.

Facing Sprout’s rear panel, the right loudspeaker pair is on the left, the

left loudspeaker pair is on the right. This might seem backwards but

viewed from the front panel, it is correct.

Connect red (+) of the right speaker to Sprout’s red (+) right speaker

output. Connect the black (-) of the right speaker to Sprout’s (-) right

speaker output directly below it. Follow the same convention for the left.

Make sure none of the wires touch each other or Sprout will not play.

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