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BOSS2 Manual

The document provides instructions for setting up and using the Boss2 digital audio player. It includes: 1) An overview of the Boss2's features such as its DAC, supported sampling frequencies, and clock oscillators. 2) A description of the Boss2's hardware including its front panel, connections on the side and rear, and power requirements. 3) Instructions for connecting single or dual power supplies and earthing the unit. 4) Information on installing the necessary driver and configuring the Boss2 through menu options controlled by the front panel buttons or remote.

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BOSS2 Manual

The document provides instructions for setting up and using the Boss2 digital audio player. It includes: 1) An overview of the Boss2's features such as its DAC, supported sampling frequencies, and clock oscillators. 2) A description of the Boss2's hardware including its front panel, connections on the side and rear, and power requirements. 3) Instructions for connecting single or dual power supplies and earthing the unit. 4) Information on installing the necessary driver and configuring the Boss2 through menu options controlled by the front panel buttons or remote.

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Boss2 Manual

1. Features
• DAC CS43198 (192 kHz/32bit )
• DAC output is selectable (1.7Vrms or 2Vrms) *
• Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz range.
• Dual Ultra low Phase noise NDK SDA oscillators are used for master
Clock generation.(MCLK)

* For 1.7V to 2V changeover , its not effect in live playing.


Next track playing only effect this.

* Note: For DoP64 playback - S24/176 PCM playback is


disabled in the driver.

2. Hardware Description:

RPI4, Boss2, Oled , Alu box and remote included .


1.

Front : IR sensor, OLED Display Switch, SD card Side-1: RPI Power, HDMI connectors.

Rear side: RPI USB, Ethernet, 5V-DC in, RCA: RED-


Right, Black - Left

3.Power:
Boss2 support single and Dual Power adapters.

Single PSU (default)

For single power J18 jumper must be closed as below picture .


Power required is 5V-3A and should be connected through back panel DC In
connector .
Dual Power Adapter:
For dual psu J18 jumper should be open , Power adapter interface should be as
below Picture .

Power Adapter rating:


1. RPI USB type C rating: 5V 3A.
2. Back panel DC In Connector : 5V , 250ma (or higher).

.
Earthing:
Protective earth wire should be connected bottom of metal box as below ( to
Shanti for example). You can earth the unit by using a Nirvana SMPS with
earth switch on .

Connection between BOSS2 and Shanti (Dual Power)

A
OLED

USB
TYPE C

BOSS2

DC USB

1A

DC 3A

SHANTI

DC 1A
Connection between BOSS2 and Nirvana(Dual Power)

OLED

USB
BOSS2 TYPE C

DC

DC
SW ON

Nirvana Nirvana
DC SW ON

Connection between BOSS2 and Nirvana(Single Power)

OLED

USB
BOSS2 TYPE C

DC

SW ON

Nirvana
DC
Software Boss2 Driver and Configuration :
Boss2 dac Driver is included on RPI 5.4.77 kernel onwards. In some players
(Moode and more) Boss2 is configurable through GUI.

Manually configuring Boss2-DAC .

Check for allo-boss2-dac dtbo


Goto /boot/overlays/
Check for allo-boss2-dac-audio.dtbo file.
If Present edit the /boot/config.txt file and add/replace dtoverlay
with dtoverlay=allo-boss2-dac-audio

Front panel Display/OLED configuration:

Boss2 player Front Panel Display (OLED) application is based on Python and
need to install on respective OS. Installation steps refer below link.
http://3.230.113.73:9011/Allocom/Boss2/Boss2_oled_install_steps

Boss2 Player User settings can set through Front panel buttons or IR Remote

Front Panel Buttons: Left, OK/M, Right, Up (+), Down (-)

Buttons:
UP/Down Buttons – Volume Control
LEFT/RIGHT Buttons – MENU navigation
CENTRE or OK Button – By default MUTE/UNMUTE, selection button on MENU

NOTE: In IR separate button for MUTE

MENU:

SYSINFO – system information

HV-EN - High Voltage Enable/Disable – RMS (1.7 or 2.0 Volt) voltage setting.
ON – 2.0 Volt
OFF – 1.7 Volt
FILTER – Filter selection
PHCOMP – phase-compensation Enable/Disable
HP-FIL – High Pass Filter Enable/Disable
DE-EMP – De Emphasis Enable/Disable
NON-OS – NonOversampling Enable/Disable
F-SPEED – Filter Roll-off Interpolation Selection – FAST/SLOW

Default SCREEN
Shows volume level, playing bit rate, sample rate, mute state

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