Onkyo TX-8390 User Manual English - Page 46

Playing MQA files, mqa.co.uk

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Contents ≫ Connections ≫ Playback ≫ Setup ≫ Playing MQA files MQA and the Sound Wave Device are registered trade marks of MQA Limited. © 2016 MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is an award-winning British technology that delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully authenticated and is available to stream, download and on CD. Visit mqa.co.uk for more information. Playing MQA files To play MQA files on this unit, you can connect the USB storage device containing the MQA files to the USB port of this unit ( p47) or use the "Music Server" functionality ( p50) of this unit to play MQA files stored on an NAS or PC. Note that the "Music Server" feature does not support playback of WAV format MQA files. It can play FLAC format MQA files that are provided by music distribution services. • To playback MQA-CD, download the MQA-CD music files and use the MQA Tag Renaming Application to manage files*. This application can examine files ripped from CD, determine whether they are MQA and build a subfolder containing correctly formed MQA files. Files that are not MQA remain unchanged. * The link to MQA Tag Renaming Application: https://www.mqa.co.uk/customer/tag435sdf43te • When you play MQA files, the listening mode automatically switches to Direct. • There is no change to the sound if you try to adjust the sound quality with functions such as BASS or TREBLE while you are playing MQA files. • MQA audio is not output from the ZONE 2 terminals. 46 Front Panel≫ Rear Panel≫ Remote≫

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Front Panel
Rear Panel
Remote
Contents
Connections
Playback
Setup
MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is an award-winning British technology that
delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully
authenticated and is available to stream, download and on CD. Visit
mqa.co.uk
for more information.
Playing MQA files
To play MQA files on this unit, you can connect the USB storage device
containing the MQA files to the USB port of this unit (
p47
) or use the "Music
Server" functionality (
p50
) of this unit to play MQA files stored on an NAS
or PC. Note that the "Music Server" feature does not support playback of WAV
format MQA files. It can play FLAC format MQA files that are provided by music
distribution services.
• To playback MQA-CD, download the MQA-CD music files and use the MQA
Tag Renaming Application to manage files
*
. This application can examine
files ripped from CD, determine whether they are MQA and build a sub-
folder containing correctly formed MQA files. Files that are not MQA remain
unchanged.
*
The link to MQA Tag Renaming Application:
• When you play MQA files, the listening mode automatically switches to Direct.
• There is no change to the sound if you try to adjust the sound quality with
functions such as BASS or TREBLE while you are playing MQA files.
MQA audio is not output from the ZONE 2 terminals.
MQA and the Sound Wave Device are registered trade marks of MQA Limited. ©
2016
Playing MQA files