Now the validity of the S/PDIF input received by the Dakota must be checked. The ‘Digital Input Status’ section of the ‘Clock/Device Status’ Dakota Control Panel shows the validity of the S/PDIF input with the following 3 indicators:
S/PDIF input status indicators (From left to right): Signal Active/Inactive, Digital Audio Format Valid/Invalid, Dakota Locked/Unlocked
Firstly, click on ‘Clear Errors’ to initialize the indicators.
In this configuration, all indicators should be continuously showing green. If any of the indicators are red, or display a slash, the S/PDIF being outputted by the 328 is not correctly being interpreted by the Dakota. If this is the case, check the S/PDIF cable is correctly connected from the S/PDIF output of the 328 to the S/PDIF input of the Dakota. If the indicators are still showing errors, check also that all the correct 328 and Dakota settings have been made, as described so far in this Setup Guide.
A 75Ω coaxial S/PDIF cable must be used to correctly transfer the
NOTE S/PDIF digital data from the 328 to the Dakota. A standard phono cable will not guarantee satisfactory data transfer.
If all three indicators are continuously showing green, the Dakota is correctly slaving to the 328’s wordclock, and the S/PDIF data format is being correctly interpreted by the Dakota.
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