168 Digital I/O, Setup, and Utilities
Digital Recording Console 02R User’s Guide
•Category – This shows the status of the “category bit” which is
implemented only for the IEC958 Part2 (Consumer) format. The
following items are included:
General – Used temporarily.
Laser Optical – Laser optical device
D/D Conv – Digital-to-digital converter and signal processor
Magnetic – Magnetic tape device and magnetic disk device
D. Broadcast – Digital broadcast reception
Instruments – Musical instruments, microphones and the sources that
generate the original signal
A/D Conv – A/D Converter (Without copyright information)
A/D Conv with (C) – A/D Converter (With copyright information)
Solid Memory – Solid memory device
Experimental – Experimental device
Unknown – Unknown
•Copy – This shows the status of “C bit” (Copyright information) that
has been implemented in only the IEC958 Part 2 (Consumer) format.
The following items will be shown:
Ok – Copy allowed.
Prohibit – Copy prohibited.
Note: If you monitor a signal in the IEC958 Part3 (AES/EBU –
Professional) format (which does not have a category code bit), the Category
column will show “AES/EBU”.
Note: If you monitor a signal in the IEC958 Part3 (AES/EBU –
Professional) format (which does not have a “C” bit), the Copy column will
show “---”.