RPi model B with PiFi DAC v 1.0

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Hi,

I am trying to make the first steps into RPi and DAC HAT world.
So I bought a chinese clone of PiFi DAC v1.0.
I just set up volumio and when palying back some music I see playback has started but no sound comes from the speakers.
I am only connected to the storage disk on my pc by ethernet. Is this ok or should I use usb instead.
Also how do I check that the PiFi DAc is correctly recognized by Volumio?

Thank you so much for your help

Mario

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Hi Mario,

What i2s DAC setting did you choose in Volumio ?

Br
Josef

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Hi Josef

First of all thnk you for your reply.
In DAC Model I am using HiFi Berry DAC Plus
IS hi the right one and should any further config be done via comandline?
Thank you once again

Mario

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Hi Mario,

That is all right.
No need to add something to config.txt or to do something on the commandline.

There is a red LED indicating the power supply is working and green one that lights up if it is initialized by Volumio.

I also started with some of those cheap clones. At 1 of them a capacitor (100nF) was missing and therefore the sound has been ugly. Quality does meet the low price. After adding this part it did also work.

Could you add pictures of the powered system ?

br
Josef

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Hi Josef,

I send you the pictures of the powered on system and also of an error that appears when i try to play some music.

thanks

BR

Mario

IMG_20210318_093354873
IMG_20210318_0933548733072×4096 2.48 MB

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IMG_20210318_093311565
IMG_20210318_0933115654096×3072 2.16 MB

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did you take care about the 8pin connector ?

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Yes, I soldered the connectors but I guess my skills are not so good. Maybe that’s the issue!

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I have the same setup… what 8pin connector? Im not able to find anything about this.

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Hi Miguel,

This is only for the „old“ model.
Look at the picture from durius.

br
Josef

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Since I was struggling with this issue as well, I made the following table with relevant pins.
Since it took me half day to find all relevant info (I2S interface, pinout P5, used pins on the board) I also reply here.

Please note, that P1 on the P5 header is on the right (on the P8 header, it’s on the left)

Pi P5 header = Old Pi P5 GPIO = I2S interface assignment = new Pi header

Pin1 = VCC = VCC = pin2
Pin6 = GPIO31 = DOUT = pin40
Pin4 = GPIO29 = LRCK = pin35
Pin3 = GPIO28 = CLK = pin12
Pin7 = GND = GND = pin6

br
Jos

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you should select RPI-DAC, not Hifiberry Dac Plus