Esoteric D00864200A manual Turning video on and off, Analog sound output 2CH/MULTI, Clock Mode

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Turning video on and off

Use the VIDEO ON/OFF button to turn video output to the television (monitor) on and off. It is not necessary to turn video off, but you may notice a slight improvement in audio quality if you turn off the video when playing back SACD discs and CDs without video images.

Note that this setting is not memorized when the power is turned off.

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Analog sound output (2CH/MULTI)

When playback is stopped, use the 2CH/MULTI button to select either 2CH (stereo) or MULTI (multi-channel surround) audio output.

This setting is also reflected in the configuration screen (see page 31).

2CH

The unit outputs 2-channel audio from the the i.LINK (AUDIO) and the AUDIO OUT terminals.

If multi-channel program material is played, the multi-channel material will be downmixed to two channels and the DOWNMIX indicator will light on the display.

See page 32 for how to set the downmix mode.

MULTI

The unit outputs the multi-channel surround sound.

Select this when the i.LINK (AUDIO) terminal is connected to a surround sound amplifier with a decoder.

5.1 indicator will light on the display.

<Note that if “MULTI” is selected, only the front L/R sound of the multi-channel material will be output from the analog AUDIO OUT terminals.

<This setting has no effect on the DIGITAL OUT terminals.

<This setting is ignored if you play a DVD-Video with the Audio Digital Out set to “Stream”(page 37) and the i.LINK output set to “i.60958”(page 42). To use this setting, set the Audio Digital Out to “Stream” and the i.LINK output to “i.PCM”.

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Clock Mode

Word sync

For highly accurate playback, you can use the word clock (sync) output of an external unit such as the Esoteric G-25U, D-70 or G-0s to synchronize your whole audio system.

Use the CLOCK MODE (main unit) button to switch between Word ON and Word OFF.

When the unit is synchronizing to the external clock, the ring surrounding the button flashes. When it is locked, the button lights.

The main unit can accept and synchronize to the following frequencies received from external devices:

44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 100kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz as well as frequencies which are 96% of these values, in the 4% DOWN mode.

Note that the sync connection should be made before the CLOCK MODE button is pressed. If no valid word sync signal is received, the display shows “No Word!”.

4% DOWN mode

This allows a 4% reduction in frame rate. PAL video plays back at 25 frames per second (fps), but movies are shot at 24fps. This mode helps to resolve the discrepancy by allowing an external clock source at 4% less than standard to be received. The external clock source should be set to this 4% frequency reduction (called “PAL FILM” on the G-0 and G-0s models).

Press and hold the CLOCK MODE button on the main unit for three seconds or more to enter this mode.

The ring surrounding the button lights orange. Pressing this button again turns off the word sync.

Note that the signals from the S-Video and composite video outputs are cancelled when this mode is selected. In addition, the audio pitch drops.

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