Vinyl Converter User Guide

User Guide

Vinyl Converter

Contents

2 Introduction

2 Features

3 Hardware specifications

3 What’s in the box

4 Connecting the Vinyl Converter to your computer

5 Connecting your vinyl turntable

7 Connecting your audio casette player

8 Windows installation

11 Mac installation

14 Configuring the SoundSaver Express software

16 Software license information

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Introduction

Congratulations on the purchase of your Kaiser Baas Vinyl Converter. This user guide will explain how to connect the Vinyl Converter to your computer and how to install and configure the SoundSaver Express software.

Features

• Built-inpreamptechnologythatwillboosttheturntablesignaltothe correct recording level

• Highqualityanaloguetodigitalconverterforaudiocapturewith low noise

• PoweredbyUSB,noadditionalpowerisrequired

• IncludestheeasytouseSoundSaverExpresssoftwaretoremove pops and clicks from vinyl and cassette recordings

• OutputyourrecordingstoMP3orcreateandburnanAudioCD

• Includes aheadphoneoutputtomonitorrecordingsanda3.5mm audio input to record from a cassette player or other audio sources

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Hardware specifications

Sample rate: 8 / 11.025 / 16 / 22.05 / 32 / 44.1 / 48 KHz

Totalharmonicdistortion+noise:-89~-96db

Audioinput:RCAx2,3.5mmx1

Audiooutput:3.5mmx1

USB:Bplug

Other:Powerbutton,earthconnection

Unitdimension:72x44x19mm

Weight: 44g

What’s in the box

Vinyl Converter

USBcable

Earth cable

3.5mm/RCAaudiocable

Software disc

Userguide

Cleaning cloth

Warranty card

ConnectthesuppliedUSBcabletotherearoftheVinylConverter–

ConnecttheotherendintoanavailableUSBportonthecomputer.ThecomputerwillautomaticallydetecttheVinylConverterasaUSBaudiodevice–

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Connecting the Vinyl Converter to your computer

IfyourvinylturntablehasanRCAaudiocableattached,connectthiscabletotheleftandrightRCAaudioinputsontheVinylConverter–

IfyourvinylturntabledoesnothaveanRCAaudiocableattached,youwillneedtoprovidethiscable,soyoucanconnecttheturntabletotheVinylConverter–

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Connecting your vinyl turntable

(cable not included)

Ifyourvinylturntablehasanearthconnection,itisrecommendedtoconnecttheprovidedearthcableasillustrated–

Connect the other end of the cable to the earth connection on your vinylturntable–

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(cable not included) Ifyourvinylturntabledoesnothaveanearthconnection,theearthcableisnotrequired.

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You can connect your audio cassette player to the 3.5mm audio input on theVinylConverter.Wehaveprovideda3.5mm/RCAaudiocableincaseyoudon’thaveone–

OtherdeviceswithanRCAor3.5mmaudiooutputcanalsobeconnected.

Connecting your audio casette player

Insertthesoftwarediscintoyourcomputer’sCD/DVD-ROMdrive–

Ifyouseeaflashingshieldicononyourtaskbar,selectitand continue with the installation.

Thefollowinglaunchscreenwillappear–

Youwillhaveanumberofoptionsavailable.WehaveprovidedaPDFoftheSoundSaverExpressquickstartguideinthe‘User Guides’folder,acopyofAdobeReadersoyoucanviewPDFfilesinthe‘Utilities’ folder and our tutorialvideosinthe‘Videos’ folder.

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Windows installation

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Click the ‘Install’ button to install the SoundSaver Express software.

Followtheon-screenpromptstocompletetheinstallation.

ToruntheSoundSaverExpresssoftware,click‘Start’,‘All Programs’,‘BIAS’, ‘SoundSaver’ then ‘SoundSaver Express’.

Youwillseethefollowingscreen–

Click‘Authorize’andthenclick‘Yes’.Youwillnowseethefollowingscreen–

Select‘BIAS SoundSaver Express 1’ and enter your email address and serial number. The provided serial number is located on the front ofthediscsleeve.Aninternetconnectionisrequiredtoauthorizetheserial number.

Afteryouhaveinputtheserialnumber,clickthe‘Submit’ button.

Whentheserialnumberhasbeenauthorized,youwillseethefollowingscreen–

Click ‘ok’ then click ‘Done’.

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Insertthesoftwarediscintoyourcomputer’sCD/DVD-ROMdrive–

DoubleclicktheCDicon,doubleclickthe‘Mac’folder,andthendoubleclickthe‘SoundSaver Express Installer.mpkg’ file to install the SoundSaver Express software.

Followtheon-screenpromptstocompletetheinstallation.

WehaveprovidedaPDFoftheSoundSaverExpressquickstartguideinthe‘User Guides’folder,acopyofAdobeReadersoyoucanviewPDFfiles in the ‘Utilities’folderandourtutorialvideosinthe‘Videos’ folder.

Mac Installation

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ToruntheSoundSaverExpresssoftware,click‘Go’,‘Applications’ and thendoubleclickthe‘SoundSaver Express’ icon. You will see the followingscreen–

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Select ‘BIAS SoundSaver Express 1’ and enter your email address and serial number. The provided serial number is located on the front of the disc sleeve.Aninternetconnectionisrequiredtoauthorizetheserialnumber.

Afteryouhaveinputtheserialnumber,clickthe‘Submit’ button.

Whentheserialnumberhasbeenauthorized,youwillseethefollowingscreen–

Click ‘ok’ then click ‘Done’.

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YouwillnowseetheSoundSaverExpresssoftwareon-screen–

Click the ‘Preferences’ button then click the ‘Audio’ tab–

Configuring the SoundSaver Express software

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For‘Input’ select‘Line (CM6317A USB Capture Device)’.

For‘Output’ select your default sound device.

Clickthe‘Browse’ button to select a location on your hard drive for the recording directory.

Clickthe‘OK’ button to continue.

You are now ready to capture from your vinyl turntable or audio cassette player. FormorecomprehensiveinstructionsontheSoundSaverExpresssoftware,pleasehavealookinthe‘User Guides’ folder on the software disc.

RCA audio inputHeadphone output

Audio input

Power button

TheVinylConverterhasaheadphoneoutput,soyoucanconnectapairofheadphones to monitor the playback of your vinyl record or audio cassette duringcapture–

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WhentheVinylConverterisnotinuse,pressthepowerbuttontoturnoffthedevice–

The serial number for the SoundSaver Express software provided with theVinylConverter,canbeusedontwocomputers,forexample,twocomputersrunningWindows,twoMaccomputersoroneWindowscomputer and one Mac computer.

If you need to install the SoundSaver Express software on a different computer,youwillhavetoderegistertheserialnumberusingtheBIASAuthorizationManager.

Whiletheserialnumbercanbeusedtoauthorizetwocomputers,itisasinglelicense–bothauthorizationsrequirethesameemailaddress.

If your computer has broken down or have been unable to deregister theserialnumber,additionalauthorizationscanberequested.

Software license information

www.kaiserbaas.com