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Wordclock input
A dedicated wordclock input may be required in professional recording and broadcast
applications, generally wordclock outputs are not found in domestic audio products.
As Red Reference is a reference-grade CD player, it is very likely that our Professional
Audio customers will use it as a CD source and so may need to synchronise it within a larger
digital system.
The wordclock input operates at 44KHz only and automatically switches when a signal is
connected.
Digital inputs
The Red Reference comes equipped with three different types of digital inputs, allowing
compatibility with virtually any digital audio source equipment. Digital audio source
equipment includes CD transports, DVD players and Mini Disc players and now USB
computer connection. The digital inputs consist of one AES balanced XLR input (XLR), one
Plastic Fibre Optical TOSLink input (OPT) and one 24 bit, 192KHz USB input (USB).
These inputs can be selected via the I/P button on the front panel and will output analogue
audio from both the balanced and unbalanced connections.
WORDCLOCK
INPUT
AES/EBU
Input
Optical
Input
HD USB
Input