dCS 900E / 902E User Manual Manual for Software Versions 1.3x to 1.5x
dCS Ltd 12
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June 2000
Manual part no: DOC0029021E1 Page 66 Document No: OS-MA-D0002-902.1E1
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Tables
Table 1 - Reference Clock and Sample Rates...................................................15
Table 2 - Output Data format indication, higher sample rates ...........................15
Table 3 – Noise Shaper Gain by Order and Sample Rate.................................36
Table 4 – AES/EBU i/o specifications ................................................................39
Table 5 – SDIF-2 i/o specifications ....................................................................39
Table 6 – SPDIF (electrical) output specifications .............................................39
Table 7 – SPDIF (optical) output specifications .................................................40
Table 8 - Remote Control Interface Details........................................................40
Table 9 - Analogue XLR Interface Details..........................................................41
Table 10 – SDIF-2 Message Table ....................................................................47
Table 11 – Dither and Noise Shaping Noise Powers.........................................51
Table 12 - Internal Error Codes..........................................................................58
Table 13 - System Error Codes.........................................................................59
Table 14 – dCS Phone Numbers........................................................................61
Figures
Figure 1 – Recording with a dCS 900 / 902 ...........................................................8
Figure 2 – Rear Panel ........................................................................................10
Figure 3 – Front Panel........................................................................................12
Figure 4 – Menu Sequence................................................................................19
Figure 5 – Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to AES Reference ...............................24
Figure 6 – Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to Master Clock (AES) ........................25
Figure 7 – Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to Word Clock .....................................26
Figure 8 - Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to Master Clock (Word Clock) .............27
Figure 9 – Multi-unit Remote Daisy Chain..........................................................28
Figure 10 – Recording Dual AES on a 4-Track Recorder..................................29
Figure 11 – Word Clock and AES3 outputs, 96 kS/s .........................................32
Figure 12 – Word Clock and AES3 outputs, 44.1 kS/s ......................................32
Figure 13 – Word Clock in to Word Clock out, 96 kS/s .....................................33
Figure 14 – Word Clock in to Word Clock out, 44.1 kS/s ..................................33
Figure 15 – AES3 in to AES3 out, 96 kS/s.........................................................34
Figure 16 – AES3 in to AES3 out, 44.1 kS/s......................................................34
Figure 17 – Word Clock in to AES3 out, 96 kS/s ...............................................35
Figure 18 – Word Clock in to AES3 out, 44.1 kS/s ............................................35
Figure 19 – 1
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Order Noise Shapers implemented on dCS 90X.........................37
Figure 20 – 3
rd
Order Noise Shapers implemented on dCS 90X ........................37
Figure 21 – 9
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Order Noise Shapers implemented on dCS 90X ........................38
Figure 22 – AES3 format at 48 kS/s over 16 metres .........................................43
Figure 23 – AES3 format at 48 kS/s over 94 metres .........................................43
Figure 24 – AES3 format at 96 kS/s over 16 metres .........................................44
Figure 25 – AES3 format at 96 kS/s over 94 metres .........................................44
Figure 26 – SDIF-2 PCM format at 96 kS/s .......................................................46
Figure 27 – SDIF-2 PCM format at 44.1 kS/s ....................................................47
Figure 28 – Noise Shaping and Dither Spectra..................................................52
Figure 29 – Truncation Only Spectra .................................................................53
Figure 30 – Changing the Mains Fuse...............................................................56