dCS 954 User Manual

Manual for Standard Software Version 1.5x

dCS Ltd

June 2000

 

 

O.xxxx

Channel origin (alphanumeric), or ...

NonE

Emphasis not indicated, or...

50 15

50/15∝s emphasis, or ...

D ----

Unable to decode emphasis.

Sixth field

Channel destination (alphanumeric), or ...

D.xxxx

Cd

CD source, or ...

Enc

2-channel encoder / decoder, or ...

dAt

DAT machine, or ...

S----

Unknown source.

7-Seg

Disables the main 7 segment LED display. When set to Off, the Sample Rate display turns off 5 seconds after the last button press. A dot in the lower right hand corner of the display remains lit to indicate that the display has been deliberately blanked. The display springs back into life (temporarily) if the menu is used subsequently. Error or warning messages are displayed regardless of this setting. The Mode display is not affected.

Heat

Displays the internal temperature of the unit. Press Set to toggle between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

A-Cut

Automatically mutes the analogue outputs if the selected AES/EBU data stream is flagged as Non Audio. This gives useful protection and should normally be set to On. Set to Off to disable Auto-Muting. To warn you of this, the Mute LED will flash when the unit is not muted.

IMPORTANT! Auto-Muting should not be disabled unless absolutely necessary as this will prevent the unit muting if data errors occur or a non-audio CD is played. Monitoring such data can cause loudspeaker and hearing damage!

A-Sel

When set to On, automatic input selection is active. The unit will detect the inputs connected to an active source and select one in the priority order AES1, AES2, AES3, AES4, BNC. If the selected input is disconnected or turned off, the unit will select the active input with the highest priority. You can select a different input by pressing the appropriate button.

You might wish to use this function when a main signal is being fed into one input, with a backup signal from another source being fed into a different input. If the main signal fails, the unit will automatically switch to the backup. Or, if you wish the dCS 954 to just play whatever you plug into it, and not worry about which input you are using, you might wish to set A-Selto On.

If the I-Formenu item (“Input Format”, see page 25) is set to Auto, the unit will read the multi-wire format from the message flags in the AES3 data streams, selecting Dual or Quad AES groups as necessary. If the message flags are incorrectly set, the unit may set the wrong multi-wire format.

Manual part no: DOC136954 iss 2B1

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