Hello friends
i needed NAD3045 or NAD3060 service manual and schematics
Any help and assistance will be appreciated Thanks in advance
your sincerely
Neppr
i needed NAD3045 or NAD3060 service manual and schematics
Any help and assistance will be appreciated Thanks in advance
your sincerely
Neppr
Hi Neppr - I suspect they'll be hard / impossible to find for free, but stereomanuals.com do list the service manual for the NAD 3045 at $13 + Postage - may be worth considering.
They provide very good quality reproduction copies - I've used them before, and have no hesitation to recommend them.
They provide very good quality reproduction copies - I've used them before, and have no hesitation to recommend them.
NAD 3045 chassis opening
I have a NAD 3045 hybrid DAC amp. Does anyone know how to open the case without damage. It appears to be glued.
I have a NAD 3045 hybrid DAC amp. Does anyone know how to open the case without damage. It appears to be glued.
As I found with another NAD product of the same case design when checking up for a poster NAD states it does not provide diagrams for those products and they must --quote--be repaired by the own trained engineers .
This modern glue sealing is to stop anybody ( the public ) doing their own repairs as it applies to other domestic products as well and complaints come in regularly by customers on the public help website I used to be on.
Can it be opened --? -- yes but it needs the correct heat applied EVENLY --NOT too hot all round it .
Inside is SMD requiring an SMD soldering station --unless of course you have a high quality miniature iron ?
The circuits are not simple and are very close together , it can be done but a steady hand is required and of course NAD will refuse to look at it after you open it.
This modern glue sealing is to stop anybody ( the public ) doing their own repairs as it applies to other domestic products as well and complaints come in regularly by customers on the public help website I used to be on.
Can it be opened --? -- yes but it needs the correct heat applied EVENLY --NOT too hot all round it .
Inside is SMD requiring an SMD soldering station --unless of course you have a high quality miniature iron ?
The circuits are not simple and are very close together , it can be done but a steady hand is required and of course NAD will refuse to look at it after you open it.
Re: NAD 3045 opening.
Perhaps I asked the wrong question. I am happy with the 3045 when connecting to a Windows computer. This computer has a Realtec ALC1220 codec which is bypassed when the 3045 is connected via USB. Since the 3045 is class-D, music files can be played without conversion to analogue. It is digital all the way.
I have another mini-itx which runs Linux and has an ALC892. I want to use this one as the main source for the 3045. However, the 3045 USB is not Linux compatible so I must connect the computer audio jack to the RCA jacks on the NAD. This means digital to analog conversion and then analog to digital in the NAD.
I find nothing wrong with these computer codecs .. no noise or distortion. I just want to investigate options and use the NAD USB with Linux.
Perhaps I asked the wrong question. I am happy with the 3045 when connecting to a Windows computer. This computer has a Realtec ALC1220 codec which is bypassed when the 3045 is connected via USB. Since the 3045 is class-D, music files can be played without conversion to analogue. It is digital all the way.
I have another mini-itx which runs Linux and has an ALC892. I want to use this one as the main source for the 3045. However, the 3045 USB is not Linux compatible so I must connect the computer audio jack to the RCA jacks on the NAD. This means digital to analog conversion and then analog to digital in the NAD.
I find nothing wrong with these computer codecs .. no noise or distortion. I just want to investigate options and use the NAD USB with Linux.
Then why not try USB -Serial adapters for Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Windows now owns about 15 % of LInux Foundation and has its own version of Linux --"if you cant beat them ---then buy them out business philosophy".
This isn't a problem I have come across but the ALC1220 chip is used in ASUS and Creative modern PCExpress audio card slots and they work in Linux but I note you say its bypassed .
Here is some info that might (or might not ) interest you.-
Use USB-Serial adapters via Windows Subsystem for Linux | Scientific Computing | SciVision
How To Make A Windows USB From The Linux Terminal
Windows now owns about 15 % of LInux Foundation and has its own version of Linux --"if you cant beat them ---then buy them out business philosophy".
This isn't a problem I have come across but the ALC1220 chip is used in ASUS and Creative modern PCExpress audio card slots and they work in Linux but I note you say its bypassed .
Here is some info that might (or might not ) interest you.-
Use USB-Serial adapters via Windows Subsystem for Linux | Scientific Computing | SciVision
How To Make A Windows USB From The Linux Terminal
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Duncan, I have two objectives:-
1. Connect a Linux computer USB to NAD3045. For now, I use analog RCA jacks since Linux cannot identify the 3045 DAC.
2. Evaluate the relative value of an external DAC vs the multi-channel codecs found in recent computers. I suspect that some people would be better off to spend extra $$ on speakers, not DACs.
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Have you tried it using Wine ?
You are looking for a compatible interface obviously its programmed for Windows if it accepts that systems USB .
So you either have to have a "work around " = reprogramming it or a "digital buffer " of some sort .
Another though --your a Canadian--NAD is a Canadian company --Pickering -Ontario you could try phoning them all you would need to ask is---is it possible to use a Linux system PC to connect to a NAD 3045?
My "entertainment PC " has a real collectors audio card ,now very obsolete in the days before Gaming took over so its purely audio .
Its the Creative PCIexpress Sound Blaster -X-Fi -Titanium HD ,got it cheap as young people didn't like the lack of gaming "bells & whistles ",
worth a lot more than I paid for it now ,still have the box got its own DAC , no problem with Linux compatibility ,worked first time .
Just a guess but could you get a cable converter and plug it into a PCIE slot instead of a USB socket , sometimes that works ?
I haven't found any real info on the workings of the DAC yet .
You are looking for a compatible interface obviously its programmed for Windows if it accepts that systems USB .
So you either have to have a "work around " = reprogramming it or a "digital buffer " of some sort .
Another though --your a Canadian--NAD is a Canadian company --Pickering -Ontario you could try phoning them all you would need to ask is---is it possible to use a Linux system PC to connect to a NAD 3045?
My "entertainment PC " has a real collectors audio card ,now very obsolete in the days before Gaming took over so its purely audio .
Its the Creative PCIexpress Sound Blaster -X-Fi -Titanium HD ,got it cheap as young people didn't like the lack of gaming "bells & whistles ",
worth a lot more than I paid for it now ,still have the box got its own DAC , no problem with Linux compatibility ,worked first time .
Just a guess but could you get a cable converter and plug it into a PCIE slot instead of a USB socket , sometimes that works ?
I haven't found any real info on the workings of the DAC yet .
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