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The | The Phones Mix menu option allows the user to define how the | |||||
bit samples suitable for recording onto a CD. | headphone monitoring operates when the front panel PHONES | |||||
Analogue inputs always have dither added to the | SELECT button is set to “Drive 1 + Drive 2” (see page 14). | |||||
Priority can be assigned to one or other of the drives. The signal | ||||||
from the | from a drive will be the playback audio if the drive is in PLAY | |||||
If an AES/EBU or S/PDIF input signal has its channel status bits | mode, or the | |||||
RECORD mode, or if the front panel MONITOR button [18] is | ||||||
set to indicate a true | pressed. |
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the Input Dither option will not be selectable. However, dither |
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may be applied to | Four options are available: | |||||
user’s discretion. |
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The two settings for the Input Dither option are Auto and Off. | Option | Phones operation |
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Priority CD1 | If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 1 |
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The default setting is Auto, thus dither will be automatically |
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applied to digital input signals with more than 16 bits. | Priority CD2 | If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 2 |
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Note that the Input Dither setting cannot be changed while the |
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1+2 |
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1+2 | The signals from the two drives are mixed together, but |
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Note also that no dither should be added to encoded bitstreams |
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The factory default setting is 1+2. | ||||||
such as DTS, Dolby E, Dolby Digital or HDCD as it would destroy | ||||||
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their data formats. Detection of such bitstreams will, in most | Output Mix |
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cases, be automatic and will ensure that Input Dither is selected |
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Off. However, there may be situations where the formats are |
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not automatically detected; in these cases, the user should set |
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Input Dither to Off manually. |
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The Output Mix menu option allows the user to set the output mix routed to the rear panel audio outputs. Priority can be assigned to one or other of the drives. The signal from a drive will be the playback audio if the drive is in PLAY mode, or the
Five options | are available: | |
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Priority CD1 |
| If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 1 |
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Priority CD2 |
| If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 2 |
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1+2 |
| The signals from both drives are mixed together |
1+2 |
| The signals from the two drives are mixed together, but |
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As Phones |
| The output sockets will carry the same signal as that at |
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| PHONES SELECT button and Phones Mix menu setting |
The factory default setting is As Phones.
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