PDI•8 Card

The PDI•8 card options include sample rate conversion for each stereo AES/EBU input, and status bit control (pro/consumer mode) for each output. When a PDI•8 card is first installed, its default settings are for sample rate conversion Off, and channel status bits set to indicate the Pro (AES/EBU) format. In most circumstances you won’t need to change these settings. However, if the device(s) connected to the PDI•8 inputs cannot be made a clock master or slave (such as a CD player with a digital out), enabling sample rate conversion on each affected input will effectively re-clock the incoming data.

Occasionally you’ll run across a device that will not recognize the digital audio output from the PDI•8 card. Changing the status bits on the affected output(s) from Pro to Consumer (S/PDIF) may solve the problem.

Remember that with the AES/EBU format, channels come in pairs, so rather than eight settings, you have four, one for each pair of channels.

To set the PDI•8 card options:

1.

Press Digi I/O to enter the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL I/O Card Setup

 

 

 

Digital I/O Card Setup

 

 

 

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

Stat

Rate

 

 

 

DIGI-I/O

 

 

 

2.

Select Rate Convert. The

In

Out Bits

Convert

 

Sample Rate Convert screen

 

 

 

 

 

shows you the Sample Rate

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion settings for inputs 1-8.

 

 

 

 

 

SAMPLE RATE CONVERT ->

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Press the Select button

1-2

3-4

5-6 7-8

 

corresponding to the desired input

 

channel(s) and toggle the selection.

ON

OFF

OFF ON

On enables sample rate conversion,

Off disables it (default).

4. Press the Page Right (>) button to scroll to channels 9-16. Repeat the procedure for channels 9-16 and 17-24. Press Page Left (<) until you return to the Digital I/O Card Setup screen.

5.

Select Stat Bits. The Setup Status

SETUP STATUS BITS

 

 

Bits screen shows you the current

 

 

Status Bit settings for outputs 1-8.

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

 

 

6.

Press the Select button

Pro

Pro

Pro

Consu

 

corresponding to the desired output

 

 

 

 

 

channel(s) to toggle the selection between Pro (default) and Consu.

 

7.Press the Page Right (>) button to scroll to channels 9-16. Repeat the procedure for channels 9-16 and 17-24. Press Digi I/O to exit.

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Quick Start Guide

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