HHB comm CDR-882 user manual Input Dither, Phones Mix, Output Mix, Menu System

Menu System

Input Dither Phones Mix

The CDR-882 adds dither to some input signals to produce 16-	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 24-bit output	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 A-D converters.	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 currently-selected input signal if the drive is in
	RECORD mode, or if the front panel MONITOR button [18] is
set to indicate a true 16-bit signal, dither will not be applied, and	pressed.
the Input Dither option will not be selectable. However, dither
may be applied to 20-bit or 24-bit digital input signals at the	Four options are available:
user’s discretion.
The two settings for the Input Dither option are Auto and Off.	Option	Phones operation
	Priority CD1	If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 1
The default setting is Auto, thus dither will be automatically
		is heard
applied to digital input signals with more than 16 bits.	Priority CD2	If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 2
Note that the Input Dither setting cannot be changed while the		is heard
	1+2	The signals from both drives are mixed together
CDR-882 is in RECORD mode.
	1+2 (-6dB)	The signals from the two drives are mixed together, but
Note also that no dither should be added to encoded bitstreams		reduced in level by 6dB
	The factory default setting is 1+2.
such as DTS, Dolby E, Dolby Digital or HDCD as it would destroy
their data formats. Detection of such bitstreams will, in most	Output Mix
cases, be automatic and will ensure that Input Dither is selected
Off. However, there may be situations where the formats are
not automatically detected; in these cases, the user should set
Input Dither to Off manually.

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 currently-selected input signal if the drive is in RECORD mode, or if the front panel MONITOR button [18] is pressed.

Five options	are available:
Option		Phones operation
Priority CD1		If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 1
		is heard
Priority CD2		If both drives have an active signal, only that from Drive 2
		is heard
1+2		The signals from both drives are mixed together
1+2 (-6dB)		The signals from the two drives are mixed together, but
		reduced in level by 6dB
As Phones		The output sockets will carry the same signal as that at
		the front panel headphones socket, as determined by the
		PHONES SELECT button and Phones Mix menu setting

The factory default setting is As Phones.

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