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DCD-8

Word Clock Distripalyzer

Owner’s manual

Version 2.31

May 2011

All materials herein © Brainstorm Electronics, Inc.

Brainstorm Electronics reserves the right to change or modify the contents

of this manual at any time.

Credits

Concept: AID, Brainstorm Electronics

Software: Gerry Lester

Manual: Bernard Frings, Gerry Lester, Janice

Technical Assistance: Jim Pace, Jeff Evans

Brainstorm Electronics, Inc.

www.brainstormtime.com

Summary of Contents for DCD-8

Page 1: ...ics Inc Brainstorm Electronics reserves the right to change or modify the contents of this manual at any time Credits Concept AID Brainstorm Electronics Software Gerry Lester Manual Bernard Frings Ger...

Page 2: ...asing the DCD 8 Word Clock Distripalyzer In the tradition of the Brainstorm Distripalyzers the DCD 8 is a Word Clock distributor striper and analyzer Inside the DCD 8 is a very flexible generator with...

Page 3: ...these steps Press the set up key the set up LED lights up Press the up key once to go to Menu 02 Press the right navigation key once to go to the REF selection Press the up or down keys to select the...

Page 4: ...generated 5 4 WARNING LED S REF ERROR a failure of the selected reference occurred ALT REF the DCD 8 had to switch to the alternate reference PHASE ERROR one of the inputs is out of phase see menu 41...

Page 5: ...omatically Auto Learn See chapter 11 for more information on these functions 8 Menus Description Please note that some of the menu options will change based on your selections As an example if S PDIF...

Page 6: ...happens the DCD 8 smoothly switches to the alternate reference For more on Alternate Reference see chapter 13 Similar to menu 02 when selecting any of the external sources a RATE menu appears on the...

Page 7: ...give an indication Ideally the value displayed should be 75 If 48 the word Double is displayed if 30 Triple if 500 Open If any output is double or triple terminated the termination warning LED lights...

Page 8: ...hen using this function the user can potentially mislead the DCD 8 and affect the output frequency even if that is also SET This could be done intentionally but caution should be used here For example...

Page 9: ...Step 2 After about 2 seconds the generator switches smoothly to the alternate reference During Step 1 the Lock status on the LCD display indicates HOLDING During Step 2 the lock status goes from LOCKE...

Page 10: ...described in 13 1 above 14 Audio Routing The DCD 8 is able to re clock an audio input and route it to an audio output Audio routing is done through either of the 2 domains The audio path for Domain A...

Page 11: ...user needs to set the desired output channels in the speaker map ping section of the Brainstorm DCD 8 control panel 15 4 FIRMWARE UPDATES In addition to transmitting and receiving digital audio the F...

Page 12: ...ailable FSx1 FSx2 FSx4 FSx64 FSx128 FSx256 192 KHz 192 0KHz X X 12 2880MHz X X 176 KHz 176 4KHz X X 11 2896MHz X X 96 KHz 96 0KHz 192 0KHz X 6 1440MHz 12 2880MHz X 88 KHz 88 2KHz 176 4KHz X 5 6448MHz...

Page 13: ...n and off on the bottom line of the LCD display along with the REF ERROR LED Pressing the enter key gives several options To access these options use the up and down keys The options available vary de...

Page 14: ...625i 25 PAL 720p 50 720p 59 94 720p 60 1080i 25 1080i 25 295M 1080i 29 97 1080i 30 1080sF 23 976 1080sF 24 1080sF 25 1080sF 29 97 1080sF 30 1080p 23 976 1080p 24 1080p 25 1080p 29 97 1080p 30 1080p 50...

Page 15: ...This chart can be used to documents the User s Settings on your unit USER 0 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 NAME RATE A REF A ALT REF A WCLK OUT AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN A AUDIO IN B RATE B REF B Optical I O AES In De...

Page 16: ...Operation Manual Software version 2 3 1 BRAINSTORM ELECTRONICS INC www brainstormtime com Distributed Exclusively by plus24 1155 N La Brea Avenue West Hollywood CA 90038 USA Tel 323 845 1171 Fax 323...