Apogee Groove Quick start guide

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Groove

Getting Started

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Thank you for Choosing Groove

Since 1985, Apogee has produced award-winning technology that powers many

of the world’s most respected studios.Apogee products have been instrumental

in capturing countless GRAMMY® and OSCAR® winning performances by the

most successful artists.

Now you can experience the same legendary quality with Apogee Groove™. Not

only does Groove deliver the sound of the studio to your laptop, it’s also the rst

headphone amp/DAC designed to make all headphones sound their best using

Apogee’s unique Constant Current Drive™ technology.

Learn more about Constant Current Drive:

www.apogeedigital.com/groove/

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Register your Apogee Product

When you register your new Apogee product it helps us provide you with the

best possible customer experience.

Benets of registration:

• Get help from our technical support experts

• Be notied immediately when updates are available for your product

• Communicate your thoughts and feedback in our customer survey

• Find out rst about new Apogee products

Go here to register Groove:

www.apogeedigital.com/register

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Connecting to Mac

Apogee Groove is fully class-compliant with OS X. No special software is required.

See your Groove box for system requirements.

To select Groove as your Output device on OS X:

1. Connect Groove to your computer using the supplied USB cable

2. Open Mac System Preferences and select the Sound icon

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3. In the Sound Output tab, select Groove from the list

Audio played from iTunes, Safari, and other general Mac applications will output

through Groove.

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Connecting to Windows

Install the Driver

Driver software is required for Groove to work on computers running the

Windows operating system. See your Groove box for system requirements.

To download the Windows driver, register Groove on the Apogee website:

www.apogeedigital.com/register/

1. Log into your Support Account

2. Register Groove. In the “My Registered Products” page, click the Download

Driver link and save the le

3. Unzip the download and run the Apogee_DriverSetup le inside

Follow the prompts to complete installation

• NOTE: If a prompt appears asking for permission to make changes to the computer, click “Yes”.

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Select Groove as the Output Device

To select Groove as your output device in Windows:

1. Click Start

2. In the Search bar, type “Manage audio devices”

3. Select “Manage audio devices” from the search results

4. In the Sound screen, select the “Playback” tab

5. Select Apogee Groove from the list

6. Click the “Set Default” button

7. Click OK to close the Sound screen

Audio played from iTunes, Windows Media Player,

and other general programs will output through Groove.

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Using Groove

Groove has 3 multi-color LEDs and 2 up/down volume control buttons.

What do the LED colors mean?

A single blue LED indicates Groove is connected and ready but not streaming

audio from an application.

Purple LEDs display the listening level you’ve set with the up/down volume controls.

Green LEDs display the level of the audio le you’re playing back, regardless of the

listening level.

NOTE: If the green LED playback level seems low, check the volume control of your

playback application and increase output as necessary in the application.

The two buttons adjust the analog volume up or down.

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Blue LED

Ready but

not streaming

audio

Green LEDs

Audio playback level

Red: Turn application

volume down

Purple LEDs

Listening level set

using volume

up/down buttons

Volume up

Volume down

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APOGEE ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONwarrants this product to be free of defects in material and manufacture under

normal use for a period of 12 months. The term of this warranty begins on the date of sale to the purchaser from an

authorized Apogee dealer (proof of purchase in the form of a receipt may be required). Units returned for warranty

repair to Apogee or an authorized Apogee warranty repair facility will be repaired or replaced with a functional

equivalent product that is new or refurbished at the manufacturer’s option, free of charge. Please note this guarantee

may be subject to other conditions as dictated by the customer’s legal warranty rights under the applicable national

legislation governing the sale of

consumer goods.

Apogee reserves the right to change or improve design at any time without prior notication. Design changes are not

implemented retroactively, and the incorporation of design changes into future units does not imply the availability of

an upgrade to existing units. This warranty is void if Apogee determines, in its sole business judgment, the defect to be

the result of abuse, neglect, alteration or attempted repair by unauthorized personnel. The buyer acknowledges and

agrees that in no event shall the company be held liable for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages,

or for injury, loss or damage sustained by any person or property, that may result from this product failing to operate

correctly at any time.

Warranty details are subject to change. For the latest warranty information please visit

www.apogeedigital.com.

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Declarations of Conformity

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits

of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

CAUTION: Changes or modications not expressly approved by Apogee Electronics Corporation compliance could

void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Rating: 3.3-5V 100mA USB 2.0

Industry Canada Notice This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing

Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le

matérial brouilleur du Canada.

Declaration of Conformity – CE

Apogee Electronics Corporation hereby declares that the product, Groove, to which this declaration relates, is in

material conformity with the following standards or other normative documents:

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(EN50081-1/EN55022; 1995) and (EN50082-1/IEC 801-2, 3, 4; 1992)

following the provisions of: (73/23/EEC – Low Voltage Directive) and (89/336/EEC – EMC Directive)

Declaration of Conformity – CE

Apogee Electronics Corporation hereby declares that the product, Groove, to which this declaration relates, is in

material conformity with the following standards or other normative documents:

(EN50081-1/EN55022; 1995) and (EN50082-1/IEC 801-2, 3, 4; 1992)

following the provisions of: (73/23/EEC – Low Voltage Directive) and (89/336/EEC – EMC Directive)

Declaration of Conformity – Japan

Apogee Electronics Corporation hereby declares that Groove, to which this declaration relates, is in material

conformity with the VCCI Class A standard.

Declaration of Conformity – Australia

Apogee Electronics Corporation hereby declares that the Groove is in material conformity with AN/NZS

standard requirements.

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Contact Information

Apogee Technical Support:

www.apogeedigital.com/support

Apogee Electronics Corporation:

1715 Berkeley St. Santa Monica,CA 90404, USA

TEL: +1 310 584-9394, FAX: +1 310 584-9385

www.apogeedigital.com

Mac, the Mac logo and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

OSCAR is a registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

GRAMMY is a registered trademark of the Grammy Foundation.

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