You probably have a bad word clock sync connection if:

•You hear audio but it cuts in and out at regular intervals.

•There is no audio signal at the input of the Digital X Bus even though everything seems to be connected properly.

•All meters are full on and you hear a very ugly grating, grinding, static sound.

•When the record/playback device transport is engaged, you see the sample rate indicator flashing at the top of the right screen.

Troubleshooting Word Clock Problems

•Troubleshoot through the system from the mas- ter through the slaves. Connect the first two de- vices and verify their functionality. Once they’re up and running, add the next device, and so on. This is the most efficient manner to check out a system.

•Verify connection, integrity, and quality of all sync cables.

•Verify a consistent sample rate setting on all connected sync devices (all set to the same sample rate—44.1, 48k, etc.)

•Verify that the master sync source word clock output is connected to the word clock input of the slave, and that additional slaves also receive word clock. Slaves can either receive word clock directly from the master device or daisy-chained through connected slaves. Patch word clock out of a connected slave into the word clock input of any other slave.

•Verify that the master device word clock status is set to INTERNAL.

•Verify that all slave devices are set to follow EXTERNAL word clock.

•If the system doesn’t seem to work correctly,

you might have an intermittent or broken sync cable. Always use high-quality 75Ω BNC word clock cables.

Manual Owner's

Owner's Manual

69