dCS Verona User Manual

Manual for Software Issue 1.0x

dCS Ltd

September 2004

 

 

Serial – Unit Serial Number

This displays the full serial number, including the hardware configuration code. We will need this information to assemble upgraded software to suit your unit.

do this: Have a pen and paper handy to note down the number. Open the Menu and step through until the display shows Serial.

do this: Press the Select button once and the serial number will scroll across the display.

Contact - Contact information

This displays dCS’ email address and web-site URL.

do this: Open the Menu and step through until the display shows Contact.

do this: Press the Select button once and the contact information will scroll across the display.

CDUpdate – Software Update By CD

Current software for dCS Elgar Plus, Elgar, Delius or Purcell and all Verdi, La Scala or Verona software features a CD Update menu page. You can update the software inside any of these products loaded with CD Update software quickly and easily from a CD supplied by dCS.

IMPORTANT! Please follow the latest update instructions supplied with the CD. The following is for guidance only.

You will need a standard CD Transport, a CD player or a dCS Verdi to play the CD. A few CD players are not suitable because they upsample to 48kS/s or change some of the data bits in other ways (one example is the ML37). Don’t worry - the CD Update routine detects these and stops, preventing any changes to the internal software.

If you are updating a dCS Upsampler or DAC:

do this: Connect an AES or RCA digital output from the Transport to the Upsampler or DAC and select the input you have just connected. Disconnect any 1394 interface cables.

If you are updating a dCS DAC connected to the Transport through another device:

do this: Connect an AES or RCA digital output from the other device to the DAC and select the input you have just connected. Set the other device to bit-for-bit mode (Cloning on a dCS Upsampler). Disconnect any 1394 interface cables.

If in doubt, connect the DAC directly to the transport.

If you are updating a dCS Verona:

do this: Disconnect ALL cables from the unit, except the power cable. Open the Menu on the unit to be updated and step through until the display shows CDUpdate.

do this: Make sure the transport is in STOP mode.

do this: Press the Select button to start the routine.

do this: When the unit displays Cable, connect a BNC cable from the Ext Ref Input to a BNC SPDIF digital output on the transport. The unit will lock to the transport, then display Wait.

If you are updating a dCS Transport, the Transport plays the CD and updates itself, missing out some of the early steps. Disconnect any 1394 interface cables.

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