dCS 900E / 902E
User Manual
Manual for Software Versions 1.3x to 1.5x
dCS
Ltd
12
th
June 2000
Manual part no: DOC0029021E1
Page 66
Document No: OS-MA-D0002-902.1E1
Contact
dCS
on + 44 1799 531 999
email to: [email protected]
(inside the UK r 44 with 0)
web site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Tables
Table 1 - Reference Clock and Sample Rates................................................... 15
Table 2 - Output Data format indication, higher sample rates ........................... 15
Table 3 – Noise Shaper Gain by Order and Sample Rate ................................. 36
Table 4 – AES/EBU i/o specifications ................................................................ 39
Table 5 – SDIF-2 i/o specifications .................................................................... 39
Table 6 – SPDIF (electrical) output specifications ............................................. 39
Table 7 – SPDIF (optical) output specifications ................................................. 40
Table 8 - Remote Control Interface Details........................................................ 40
Table 9 - Analogue XLR Interface Details.......................................................... 41
Table 10 – SDIF-2 Message Table .................................................................... 47
Table 11 – Dither and Noise Shaping Noise Powers ......................................... 51
Table 12 - Internal Error Codes.......................................................................... 58
Table 13 - System Error Codes......................................................................... 59
Table 14 –
dCS
Phone Numbers ........................................................................ 61
Figures
Figure 1 – Recording with a
dCS 900 / 902
........................................................... 8
Figure 2 – Rear Panel ........................................................................................ 10
Figure 3 – Front Panel........................................................................................ 12
Figure 4 – Menu Sequence ................................................................................ 19
Figure 5 – Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to AES Reference ............................... 24
Figure 6 – Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to Master Clock (AES) ........................ 25
Figure 7 – Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to Word Clock ..................................... 26
Figure 8 - Six Channel Set Up Sync’ed to Master Clock (Word Clock) ............. 27
Figure 9 – Multi-unit Remote Daisy Chain.......................................................... 28
Figure 10 – Recording Dual AES on a 4-Track Recorder .................................. 29
Figure 11 – Word Clock and AES3 outputs, 96 kS/s ......................................... 32
Figure 12 – Word Clock and AES3 outputs, 44.1 kS/s ...................................... 32
Figure 13 – Word Clock in to Word Clock out, 96 kS/s ..................................... 33
Figure 14 – Word Clock in to Word Clock out, 44.1 kS/s .................................. 33
Figure 15 – AES3 in to AES3 out, 96 kS/s ......................................................... 34
Figure 16 – AES3 in to AES3 out, 44.1 kS/s ...................................................... 34
Figure 17 – Word Clock in to AES3 out, 96 kS/s ............................................... 35
Figure 18 – Word Clock in to AES3 out, 44.1 kS/s ............................................ 35
Figure 19 – 1
st
Order Noise Shapers implemented on
dCS 90X
......................... 37
Figure 20 – 3
rd
Order Noise Shapers implemented on
dCS 90X
........................ 37
Figure 21 – 9
th
Order Noise Shapers implemented on
dCS 90X
........................ 38
Figure 22 – AES3 format at 48 kS/s over 16 metres ......................................... 43
Figure 23 – AES3 format at 48 kS/s over 94 metres ......................................... 43
Figure 24 – AES3 format at 96 kS/s over 16 metres ......................................... 44
Figure 25 – AES3 format at 96 kS/s over 94 metres ......................................... 44
Figure 26 – SDIF-2 PCM format at 96 kS/s ....................................................... 46
Figure 27 – SDIF-2 PCM format at 44.1 kS/s .................................................... 47
Figure 28 – Noise Shaping and Dither Spectra.................................................. 52
Figure 29 – Truncation Only Spectra ................................................................. 53
Figure 30 – Changing the Mains Fuse ............................................................... 56
