Hello , I have a little bit of input bit no definite answer . I just bought a mini a few weeks ago and hooked it up . I am using a Tranquility dac and Tranquility usb cable. My dac shows up . I did nothing to make it show up . Yours not showing up is a mystery . Audio Reseach is the place to get your answer . Maybe it is the usb cable ? One thing i need to do is manually choose between the hdmi and dac . I needed to shut off the sounds from hdmi . That was self explanetary .Again I would call AR .