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dCS Delius

User Manual

Manual for Software Issue 2.3x

dCS

Ltd

September 2004

Manual filename: Delius Manual v2.3x.doc

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email: [email protected]

English version

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IEEE 1394

I/O

Type

High speed, multi-channel

Data format

dCS

encrypted DSD

Connectors

6-way (2)

Table 5 – IEEE 1394 Interface Electrical Characteristics

Sample Rates

•

32, 44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96kS/s on single wire interfaces and SDIF-2 /

Wordclock In

put, auto selected. Optical inputs are not guaranteed at

88.2kS/s and 96kS/s.

•

88.2, 96, 176.4 or 192kS/s on

Dual AES

interface, auto selected.

•

2.822MS/s for DSD, requires a 44.1kHz wordclock.

•

44.1kHz for

Wordclock Out

put in master mode, not temperature

compensated.

Frequency Response (set to Filter 1)

•

Fs=32kS/s

+/-0.1dB, 10Hz to 15kHz

•

Fs=44.1 or 48kS/s

+/-0.1dB, 10Hz to 20kHz

•

Fs=88.2 or 96kS/s

+/-0.1dB, 10Hz to 35kHz

•

Fs=176.4 or 192kS/s +0.25/-0.35dB, 10Hz to 55kHz

•

DSD

+0.2/-0.35dB, 10Hz to 55kHz

Filter 1 Frequency Responses

-24

-18

-12

-6

0.02

100

Tone Frequency (kHz)

evel

(

)

192k

176.4k

96k

88.2k

48k

44.1k

32k

DSD

Figure 10 – Frequency responses at all sample rates, set to Filter 1

The point of high sample rates is not to have a ruler flat response with a brick-wall filter. The roll-off is

deliberate. See for example “Effects in High Sample Rate Audio Material” by M.J.Story, R.Kelly, D.A.Macleod
& M.N.Harris, presented at the 20

Tonmeister Tagung at Karlsruhe in 1998.

Summary of Contents for Delius

Page 1: ... permission of dCS1 Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and whilst it is checked for accuracy no liabilities can be accepted for errors 1 dCS is Data Conversion Systems Ltd Company registered in England No 2072115 dCS Deliu...

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Page 3: ...ease of life Delius will also convert 24 bit 96kS s data from DVD players revealing the increased depth and spaciousness inherent in the more complex source information With the current software version Delius also has the ability to act as a master clock for your transport increasing the clocking precision of the overall system Units fitted with the IEEE 1394 interface option can convert DSD data...

Page 4: ...fast friends with Edvard Grieg the Norwegian composer He moved to Paris in 1888 where he found himself among kindred spirits such as Ravel and Gauguin His love of the city inspired him to write Paris The Song of a Great City In 1897 he and German artist Jekla Rosen settled in the quiet village of Grez sur Loing near the forest of Fontainbleau in France They married seven years later Delius music w...

Page 5: ...is devoted Jelka He was buried in Limpsfield Surrey England Recommended recordings Delius Orchestral Works Florida Suite Over the Hills and Far Away English Northern Philharmonia Naxos 553535 Delius Paris Brigg Fair Eventyr Irmelin La Calinda New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Myer Fredman Naxos 553001 Delius Brigg Fair Dance Rhapsody No 2 Two Pieces Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham Angel ...

Page 6: ...ipped Delius in Master Mode with Verdi 16 Using a 1394 Equipped Delius and Purcell with Verdi 17 Using a Standard Delius and Purcell with a CD Player 18 The Software The Menu 20 Using the Function Menu 21 Opening the Menu 21 Types of Menu Page 21 Closing the Menu 21 Menu Sequence 22 Filter Anti Imaging Filter Setting 22 Selecting a Filter x 22 MS Master Slave Operation 23 Setting to Master Mode x ...

Page 7: ...dicator x 38 Function Button Select 38 Rotary Control x 38 Rear Panel 39 Key to Rear Panel 39 Balanced Analogue Outputs 39 Unbalanced Analogue Outputs 40 AES EBU Digital Inputs 40 SPDIF Digital Inputs 40 Toslink and ST Optical Inputs 40 REC Digital Output 41 1394 Interface 41 Wordclock Digital Input Output 41 SUC 41 IEC Power Inlet 42 Mains Fuse 42 Additional Information 42 Remote Control 43 Stand...

Page 8: ... 64 Non Audio disk 64 The unit is overheating 64 Troubleshooting Guide 65 The unit fails to power up 65 The unit fails to lock to a digital audio source or displays No Input 65 The unit locks but the audio output is low or absent 65 The output is monophonic 65 The unit fails to respond to the controls 66 The Main Display turns on briefly when a control is operated then turns off 66 The Left and Ri...

Page 9: ... page 46 information for first time users page 56 options maintenance and troubleshooting page 58 index section page 72 What does the coloured text mean If you are reading a colour print or a soft copy of this manual you will notice that some types of text are in colour Brown text in bold is a reference to another section or page Sometimes if you are reading a soft copy of the manual page numbers ...

Page 10: ...cal interfaces use Toslink fibre optic cables for IEEE 1394 interfaces use the IEEE 1394 cable provided with the unit For analogue inputs outputs use with screened cables of the correct type for balanced inputs outputs use screened twisted pair cables fitted with one male XLR connector and one female XLR connector for unbalanced inputs outputs use coax cables fitted with RCA Phono plugs do this Co...

Page 11: ...tput on your source equipment to the AES 1 input on the Delius rear panel and the AES 2 or AES B output to the AES 2 input using two XLR cables Ensure the cables are not swapped do this Press the Input button repeatedly until both AES 1 and AES 2 input indicators are lit The unit will lock to the source displaying in sequence Locking d xxx the BASE sample rate then the default display probably 24 ...

Page 12: ...r volume until the music is at the right level Using a power amplifier directly x do this Turn Delius rotary control counter clockwise to set the Volume to minimum Vol 60 0 on the display do this Connect either the balanced XLR connectors or unbalanced RCA phono connectors outputs on Delius rear panel to matching inputs on your power amplifier Switch on the power amplifier do this Turn Delius rota...

Page 13: ...setting Similarly if you are driving a power amplifier directly and Delius Volume setting for a comfortable listening level is higher than 10 0 or lower than 20 0 try changing the Output Level setting IMPORTANT Do not play music at a high level while changing the Output Level setting do this Press the Function button once then press the Mute button repeatedly until the display shows Out 2V or Out ...

Page 14: ...ss the Function button to open the menu then repeatedly press the Mute button until the display shows MS Slav Press the Select button repeatedly until the display changes to MS Mastr do this Allow the menu to time out IMPORTANT If you are using an Upsampler this MUST be set to convert a 44 1kS s source to either 44 1kS s 88 2kS s 176 4kS s or DSD If not Delius will be unable to lock The equipment ...

Page 15: ...Manual filename Delius Manual v2 3x doc Page 15 email more dcsltd co uk English version web site www dcsltd co uk Other Settings The basic set up procedure is complete Many more features are available through the Menu See the Menu section starting on page 20 for more information ...

Page 16: ... BNC RCA1 TOSLINK AES1 AES2 PUSH L R L R RCA2 ST PUSH DIGITALOUT REC 1 SUC 1394 1394 cable BNC cable L R R L Balanced Outputs To Power Amplifier or Preamplifier Unbalanced Outputs or XLR cable Figure 3 Using Delius in Master Mode with Verdi Connect up as shown above do this Open Delius menu and run the Factory routine Use the Input button to select the AES 1 input Set the MS page to MS Mastr and w...

Page 17: ...T STARE INTO BEAM CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT BNC cable dCS Verdi SACDTransport 1394 cable XLR cables RCA phono cables ANALOGUE OUTPUTS DIGITALINPUTS POWER IN WORDCLOCK OUT BNC RCA1 TOSLINK AES1 AES2 PUSH L R L R RCA2 ST PUSH DIGITALOUT REC 1 SUC 1394 Figure 4 Using Delius in Master Mode with Verdi and Purcell do this Connect up as shown above do this Open Delius and Purcell s menu and run the Factory r...

Page 18: ...its 44 1kS s dCS Delius DAC DIGITAL OUT L R Hand Crafted by The Red Hot CD Player Co WORD CLK IN ANALOGUE OUTPUTS DIGITAL INPUTS POWER IN WORDCLOCK OUT BNC RCA1 TOSLINK AES1 AES2 PUSH L R L R RCA2 ST PUSH DIGITAL OUT REC 1 SUC 1394 24 bits 192kS s Figure 5 Using Delius with Purcell and a CD player do this Connect up as shown above Purcell setup do this Open the menu and run the Factory routine You...

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Page 20: ...Off Phse Nor Bright 7 Out 2V Disp Vol Swap Off Auto Phse Inv Out 6V Disp Fs Swap On 50 15us Bright 0 Disp Fs CCITT Disp Inp Balance Bal mode Global TimeOut PLL NAud Allows Balance adjustment by rotary control Sets the balance display mode Stores global or input related settings Sets the Function Menu time out delay Sets the PLL tracking bandwidth Controls muting when receiving non audio data e g C...

Page 21: ...icular page but must enter at the top of the Menu and then page through until you reach the page you want Types of Menu Page There are three types of page in the Menu Parameter Pages Information Pages and Test Pages Parameter pages allow the user to check and also change the current settings of the operating parameters for example Filter When a parameter page is displayed the first press of the Se...

Page 22: ...ese are intended to progressively reduce the out of band noise level Filter 1 generally gives the widest bandwidth but results are system dependent if your system gives undesirable effects with Filter 1 try in this order Filter 2 then Filter 3 then Filter 4 These reduce the out of band energy at the expense of reduced bandwidth Filter 4 is really intended for metering applications not for listenin...

Page 23: ...s might go for example to a CD transport The CD transport output is then locked to the DAC VCXO and the DAC only has to decode the data coming in it knows the clock frequency MS Sync In sync mode the PLL locks to a master clock or other clock source connected to Wordclock In while taking data from the selected input The source must also be locked to the master clock or generating the clock If the ...

Page 24: ...Phase for Elgar the selected input will be reset to Slav If you get stuck use the Rst Sync menu to reset the unit Mute Mute Mute Mute Mute Fade Time This sets the length of the fade out time before muting and the fade in time before unmuting do this Open the Function Menu and step through until you come to the Mute page Press the Select button repeatedly and the display will cycle through Mute Nor...

Page 25: ...nnected the right way around or the channels will be swapped Changing inputs between single wire and Dual AES may cause the DAC to default to single AES mode To avoid this problem the Dual AES page offers the following four options Off Disables Dual AES mode for when no Dual AES capable sources are in use On Allows Dual AES mode to be manually selected from the front panel Input button see page 36...

Page 26: ... the following Disp Vol The display reverts to Volume after time out e g Vol 12 0 Disp Fs The display reverts to Sample Rate after time out e g 44 1kS s Disp Fs The display reverts to Input Bits Sample Rate format after time out e g 24 192 If receiving digital silence 0 input bits will be correctly displayed Disp Inp The display reverts to the selected input after time out e g AES1 do this Choose ...

Page 27: ...e to Phse Inv do this Run through this sequence again if you want to change back De Emph De Emph De Emph De Emph De Emphasis Behaviour Recording with high frequency emphasis is a hangover from the days of recording onto noisy magnetic tapes To combat tape hiss the high frequency part of the music was recorded at a higher level pre emphasis The high frequency response was corrected at playback by a...

Page 28: ... Volume adjustment It is usually more convenient to adjust the Balance from the listening position using the Remote Control see Vol Bal button on page 44 Bal Mode Bal Mode Bal Mode Bal Mode Balance Information Display Use this to select one of two types of balance display do this Open the Function Menu and step through until the display shows Bal Bar or Bal Num do this Press Select to change betwe...

Page 29: ...s in the source sample rate In this mode the unit locks in less than 100 milliseconds To change the setting do this Open the Function Menu and step through until the display shows PLL Fine or PLL Wide do this Press the Select button to change between these two settings Select PLL Wide if you are having locking problems If you are using Delius in master mode or with a Master Clock the PLL should be...

Page 30: ...Use this feature to check if the stereo outputs on your system are swapped It is disabled when in DSD SACD mode do this Set up your system to play music at a comfortable level do this Open the Menu and step through until the display shows Ch Check do this Press the Select button once to start the test After briefly displaying Wait the following sequence occurs Left A modulated tone should appear o...

Page 31: ...r wiring errors from the unit output onwards You cannot correct this error on a dCS DAC using the Phase feature as this inverts both channels Burn In Burn In Burn In Burn In Burn In Signal Generation IMPORTANT Read all the steps in this section before starting the System Burn in routine The Burn in routine outputs a signal at maximum volume IMPORTANT This routine is NOT suitable for burning in lou...

Page 32: ...splay shows Issue do this Press the Select button once to display the software issue do this For units fitted with a 1394 interface press the Select button again to display the 1394 interface software issue Temp Temp Temp Temp Unit Internal Temperature This displays the temperature inside the unit close to the crystal oscillators do this Open the Menu and page through until the display shows Temp ...

Page 33: ...u have just connected Set the other device to bit for bit mode Cloning on a dCS Upsampler Disconnect any 1394 interface cables If in doubt connect the DAC directly to the transport If you are updating a dCS Verona do this Disconnect ALL cables from the unit except the power cable Open the Menu on the unit to be updated and step through until the display shows CDUpdate do this Make sure the transpo...

Page 34: ...ving dot counts down slowly from about 3 to 0 After about 15 minutes the update is complete and the unit will reboot itself do this If the CD is still playing you can stop it now do this If the unit being updated has a 1394 interface wait until the unit has settled about 30 seconds switch it off for 10 seconds then on again If the unit detects no change in the 1394 interface code it will boot up a...

Page 35: ...to Filter1 Phase to Normal Swap to Off Master Slave to MS Slav on all inputs Brightness to Bright 4 Display to Fs Mute to Off Normal speed Dual AES to Auto if an Upsampler is detected otherwise Off Fade to On De Emphasis to Auto Balance to centre Balance display to Bal Num Volume to 30 Global Timeout to Normal PLL mode to Fine Non Audio to Mute Delius only Output level to Out 2V Other settings as ...

Page 36: ...To switch on press the Power button briefly If power is available the PWR indicator will light and Delius will run through the power up routine Note that the Power button will not click when turning power on this is normal do this When you have finished listening press the Power button briefly to set the unit to standby mode The Analogue Outputs will mute all displays will turn off except the PWR ...

Page 37: ...if you need to over ride an incorrectly set Non Audio flag on a disk or tape The Mute button doubles as the Step button used for paging forwards through the Function Menu see page 21 Status Indicator x This consists of 4 indicators PWR is lit when power is connected and the unit is turned on STBY is lit when the unit has been placed in Standby mode The PWR indicator will also be lit but all other ...

Page 38: ...y mode is set by the Bal item in the Menu see page 28 The display changes back to normal 5 seconds after the last change When accessing the Function Menu see page 20 menu options are displayed here If an error occurs during power up or normal use the details of the fault will be displayed See Fault Indication on page 64 Input Indicator x This bank of indicators shows which digital input is selecte...

Page 39: ...ctors K Unbalanced Analogue Outputs L R on RCA phono connectors L M AES EBU digital inputs AES 1 AES 2 on XLR female connector N O SPDIF digital inputs RCA1 RCA2 on RCA phono connectors P Spare Q SPDIF optical input on Toslink connector R SPDIF digital input on BNC connector S Wordclock digital Input T Wordclock digital Output U SPDIF digital output REC on RCA phono connector V Optional IEEE 1394 ...

Page 40: ...y connected to the source for Dual AES operation or the channels will be swapped This usually involves connecting AES 1 or AES A on the source to AES 1 on Delius and AES 2 or AES B on the source to AES 2 on Delius Use with 110 ohm screened twisted pair cable designed for digital audio or RF Do not use unscreened cables as they may pick up interference from other appliances SPDIF Digital Inputs The...

Page 41: ...rce must generate a 44 1kHz wordclock or be locked to a master clock running at 44 1kHz and this must be connected to Delius Wordclock In connector We recommend using the 1 8 metre long 6 way IEEE 1394 cable assembly and the BNC cable assembly provided See the IEEE 1394 Overview section on page 50 for more information Wordclock Digital Input Output The Wordclock Input accepts a Wordclock at sample...

Page 42: ... Mains Fuse Replace only with a 20 x 5mm 0 5A T HRC fuse Please see page 60 for replacement details Additional Information The rear panel displays the following information about the unit Supply voltage setting frequency range and rated power Model dCS Delius The short form of the unit serial number We will need the serial number preferably the full serial number from the menu to give you support ...

Page 43: ...se Filter BNC Input Vol Bal Display Mute dCS α β ζ θ η γ δ ε ι κ Figure 9 The Remote Control Standby Button α Puts Delius in Standby mode this saves energy but keeps the unit warm and ready for use Press again to return to normal operation Function Button β Opens the Function Menu see page 21 Use the and buttons κ to page through the menu and press Function again to change a setting Note that the ...

Page 44: ...ht up for about 5 seconds During this time the Standby Function Input selector Filter and Display buttons will control the Upsampler instead of Delius Sending a Purcell command will keep the Remote Control in Purcell mode and the LED on for another 5 seconds Press the Purcell button again while the blue LED is lit to return to Delius mode or just wait 5 seconds If the blue LED is on the Upsampler ...

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Page 46: ... 2 Signal Connections Pin 3 Signal Table 1 AES EBU Interface Electrical Characteristics SPDIF electrical Input REC Output Type Single ended ground referred Impedance 75 75 Ω Sensitivity unloaded 0 5 1 0 V pk pk Maximum Wordlength 24 24 bits Connectors RCA Phono BNC RCA Phono Table 2 SPDIF Interface Electrical Characteristics SPDIF optical Toslink Input ST Input Type Optical Wavelength 660 850 nm M...

Page 47: ... wordclock 44 1kHz for Wordclock Output in master mode not temperature compensated Frequency Response set to Filter 1 Fs 32kS s 0 1dB 10Hz to 15kHz Fs 44 1 or 48kS s 0 1dB 10Hz to 20kHz Fs 88 2 or 96kS s 0 1dB 10Hz to 35kHz Fs 176 4 or 192kS s 0 25 0 35dB 10Hz to 55kHz 5 DSD 0 2 0 35dB 10Hz to 55kHz Filter 1 Frequency Responses 24 18 12 6 0 6 0 02 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Tone Frequency kHz ...

Page 48: ...no 2 Connections Signal on pin 2 Signal on pin 3 Table 6 Analogue Output Electrical Characteristics Clocking The sample clock quality significantly determines the output performance of the converter The highest quality clocks that are available are crystals so we use these Delius uses two on board voltage controlled crystal oscillators VCXO s as clock sources one for the 44 1kS s related outputs a...

Page 49: ...a 461mm 18 15 413mm 16 18 69mm 2 70 8 5kg 18 7lbs Delius 461mm 18 15 413mm 16 18 69mm 2 70 8 8kg 19 4lbs Elgar Plus 461mm 18 15 406mm 16 0 75mm 2 94 12 0kg 26 4lbs Verdi La Scala 461mm 18 15 415mm 16 34 137mm 5 39 17kg 37 4lbs Table 8 Size and weight for consumer products Delius only the control knob protrudes out of the front by 20mm 0 79 Verdi La Scala only the control knob protrudes out of the ...

Page 50: ...er Elgar Plus or Delius will accept DSD data from the 1394 interface and convert it to high quality analogue The hardware interface is very flexible and software configurable We will add other features and data formats at a later date adopting industry standard formats as they stabilise Synchronising IEEE 1394 interfaces The IEEE 1394 system is great for carrying large amounts or digital audio dat...

Page 51: ...inds The priority order is AES1 and Dual AES first AES2 RCA1 RCA2 TOS ST BNC If the active input is not derived from Verdi you may have to manually select the source you want If none of the PCM inputs are active the DAC will remain selected to the original 1394 channel This arrangement works best with only two inputs connected to the DAC Verdi s 1394 feed for SACD s and either a PCM feed from Verd...

Page 52: ...that unit IMPORTANT Please note that dCS cannot accept responsibility for any difficulties experienced with other manufacturer s remote control units Upsampler For Purcell the category code is 29 decimal These Upsampler codes are in use on the Elgar Plus Delius Remote v2 0 and Transport Remote v2 0 Button Code Decimal Hexadecimal Purcell RC button 1 01 RCA1 RCA2 3 03 AES1 AES2 6 06 BNC 7 07 Displa...

Page 53: ...utton or Function Code Decimal Hexadecimal Elgar Plus Delius RC function Elgar RC button 1 01 RCA1 Coax1 2 02 Opt2 3 03 AES1 AES1 4 04 AES2 AES2 5 05 Opt1 6 06 BNC Coax2 7 07 Display Display 8 08 Vol Bal Vol Bal 9 09 Phase Phase 12 0C Standby Standby 13 0D Mute Mute 14 0E Filter Filter 15 0F RCA2 16 10 up up 17 11 down down 26 1A Function 27 1B Input Input 32 20 Dual AES 33 21 SDIF 34 22 1394 CH 0...

Page 54: ...ypad 4 5 05 Keypad 5 6 06 Keypad 6 7 07 Keypad 7 8 08 Keypad 8 9 09 Keypad 9 10 0A Standby ON 11 0B Standby OFF 12 0C Standby toggle 15 0F Display 25 19 Stop Rewind 26 1A Stop Fast Forward 29 1D Repeat 32 20 Next Track 33 21 Previous Track 34 22 Next Index 35 23 Previous Index 36 24 Play Mode 41 29 Program 43 2B Fast Forward 50 32 Rewind 53 35 Play 54 36 Stop Eject 55 37 Power OFF 6 58 3A Clear 59...

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Page 56: ...fitting details see the Maintenance and Support section starting on page 60 Units fitted with an IEEE 1394 interface 8 should also be supplied with the following IEEE 1394 cable assembly BNC cable Check the contents of the inner carton very carefully against the list above Notify your dealer as soon as possible if anything is missing or damaged dCS suggest that all of the original packaging is ret...

Page 57: ...tempt to use the unit Contact your dealer to arrange to have the unit reset Using the Delius with the wrong mains setting for your local supply may result in serious damage to the unit and will invalidate the warranty DO NOT attempt to reset the unit yourself IMPORTANT Please use a sensible power cable such as the one supplied with the unit Some audiophile power cables presently available are exce...

Page 58: ...al number of your unit and contact your dCS distributor for advice This option must be fitted at dCS to allow full checking See the Rear Panel section on page 39 and IEEE 1394 Overview on page 50 Mains Supply Voltage Any unit may be set for operation from 230 240V 215 220V 200V 115 120V or 100V A C Units are shipped set for the mains supply voltage according to the destination The voltage setting ...

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Page 60: ...ower inlet accessible from the outside of the unit If the fuse blows it may be changed by the user The current consumption of the unit is very low so it only blows if power surges occur or there is a fault in the unit Usually power surges cause no other damage but if the fuse blows repeatedly on replacement some other damage will have been done and the unit must be returned to dCS for repair Fuse ...

Page 61: ...rged batteries press the end back against the spring and pull that end out of the unit A small key or screwdriver may be used if the battery is a tight fit Dispose of the discharged batteries safely Fitting new batteries and closing the case do this To fit a new battery press the end the flat end against one of the spring contacts in the battery holder then press the battery into its slot Battery ...

Page 62: ...ave older hardware some of the features added by new software may not be available due to for example a missing connector For recent hardware this is mentioned in the Upgrader s notes in this manual If you need the missing feature contact your dealer or dCS to arrange a hardware update If the software currently loaded includes a CD Update page you can update the software yourself Contact dCS for a...

Page 63: ...or changing the fuse There are no substances hazardous to health inside Delius Cleaning the Case Do not apply any of the following cleaning products to the case as they will damage or alter the finish Corrosive or abrasive agents Spirit or alcohol based cleaners Wax polish do this To remove dust wipe with a moist soft cloth do this To remove deposits from the case first disconnect the power cable ...

Page 64: ...ents occurring during system configuration For Bad Checksum press any button to try to clear the fault Otherwise try switching off waiting 20 seconds then switching on again If the fault persists please consult your dealer Non Audio disk Playing a Non Audio CD e g CD I CD R Photo CD etc causes Delius to remain muted and display Nonaudio If you are SURE the disk is playable audio Delius can be set ...

Page 65: ...t unless the disc is playing set the player in play mode and check that the unit locks Occasionally we find a CD player whose sample rate is outside the standard 300ppm tolerance specified for CD players If Delius locks to another source but not to your CD player the player may need servicing If you are using Master mode or a Master Clock try slaving to the audio input If the unit locks check the ...

Page 66: ...eft and Right channels are swapped Check that the audio output cables are not reversed Open the menu and page through until the Swap page is displayed If it is set to Swap On change it to Swap Off Check that the channels are not swapped elsewhere in the system If you are using Dual AES mode ensure that AES 1 input is connected to the output on the source equipment carrying the Left channel data pr...

Page 67: ...al AES operation Check the manual for the source equipment The unit drops out of Dual AES mode into AES1 or AES2 Dual AES mode is only available if AES data streams are available on both AES 1 and AES 2 inputs If either of these are interrupted or become corrupted while in Dual AES mode the unit may default to single AES mode and select the valid input Check for faulty wiring to the input which ha...

Page 68: ... Delius mutes and changes sample rate We have found that some DVDs have been compiled with tracks recorded at different sample rates e g 96kS s 48kS s There is no warning of this sudden change in sample rate this could be done by using the Non Audio flag or by changing the sample rate code in the data stream so the DAC tries to decode corrupted data momentarily before registering loss of sync muti...

Page 69: ...s from one unit to both 1394 connectors on another unit or set up a loop This prevents the 1394 bus settling Check that the 1394 cables are correctly fitted The DAC displays Verdi Wordclock Missing With the DAC in slave mode check there is an undamaged BNC cable connecting Verdi s WClk Out to the DAC s WClk In Ensure the cable is D C coupled A C coupled cables are not suitable for use with Wordclo...

Page 70: ...If all else is in order switch off the Transport the Upsampler and the DAC then switch them on again If this situation keeps recurring please consult your dealer The DAC takes a long time to unmute The 1394 interface can take around 30 seconds to settle and unmute Try setting the DAC to 1394 mode before setting the Upsampler to DSD mode If your system is in standby mode or switched off try turning...

Page 71: ...ontact us by phone or fax on Inside the UK Outside the UK Telephone 01799 531 999 44 1799 531 999 Fax 01799 531 681 44 1799 531 681 Table 10 dCS Contact Information You can write to us at dCS Ltd Mull House Great Chesterford Court Great Chesterford Saffron Walden CB10 1PF UK Our email address more dcsltd co uk Our web site is www dcsltd co uk The web site is regularly updated You will find full de...

Page 72: ...eport any cabling faults 1394 Src menu deleted 1394 sources are selected with the Input button or automatically selected by a Verdi Clock menu deleted In Master mode Delius outputs a Wordclock at 44 1kHz only Wordclock Out is disabled in Slave or Sync modes Part No menu deleted After a Factory reset the inputs are set up to match the other dCS units in the system 1394 operation generally improved ...

Page 73: ...le sine wave in a sampled system So 0dB0 is full scale dBu A signal level relative to 0 775V rms making no allowance for external loading DDC Digital to Digital Converter sometimes referred to as a D D Converter DSD Direct Stream Digital a single bit digital audio format sampled at 2 822MS s kS s Sample rate in kilo samples per second This replaces kHz which is technically incorrect when referring...

Page 74: ...our Style XLR Analogue Brown solid RCA Phono Analogue Brown long dash XLR Digital AES3 Blue solid BNC Digital Pale blue solid RCA Phono Digital SPDIF Pale blue short dash Optical SPDIF Dark magenta solid IEEE 1394 Red solid Sync Link Green solid Wordclock Dark green solid AES Reference Dark green long dash GPS Reference Dark green short dash RS 232 Purple solid Table 11 Cable colours and styles Wh...

Page 75: ...products 49 Table 8 Size and weight for consumer products 49 Table 9 Options available 58 Table 10 dCS Contact Information 71 Table 11 Cable colours and styles 74 List of Figures Figure 1 Basic setup with a CD player 12 Figure 2 Using Master Mode with a CD player 14 Figure 3 Using Delius in Master Mode with Verdi 16 Figure 4 Using Delius in Master Mode with Verdi and Purcell 17 Figure 5 Using Deli...

Page 76: ...e 44 button Function 38 button Function remote 43 button Input 36 button Input remote 44 button Menu Select 20 button Menu Step 20 button Menu Step Back 20 button Mute 37 button Mute remote 44 button Phase remote 44 button Power 36 button Purcell remote 44 button Select 38 button Standby remote 43 button Step 37 button Step Back 37 button Vol Bal remote 44 buttons Up and Down remote 44 C cable ide...

Page 77: ...sis message flag wrong 26 F factory default settings 34 Factory menu 34 Fade in after re lock 23 Fade menu 23 fade out time before mute 23 fade up time after mute 23 fails to respond 66 fault indication 64 Filter button remote 44 Filter menu 21 Filter anti image 21 Filter choosing 21 filter energy smear 21 44 Filter interpolation 21 Filter transient response 21 first time use 56 flashing AES indic...

Page 78: ...by Delius 5 Mute button 37 Mute button remote 44 mute fade time 23 MUTE indicator 37 Mute menu 23 muting automatic 37 muting Non Audio 37 N NAud menu 28 no audio output 65 No Comms message 69 No Input message 37 38 No Track message 33 noisy ST or Toslink input 67 Non Seq message 33 Nonaudio message 64 Non Audio muting 28 37 64 Non Audio muting disable 29 Non Audio muting override 28 Non Audio muti...

Page 79: ...tor 41 software version 72 source synchronising to 48 SPDIF 40 73 SPDIF input selecting 11 SPDIF inputs 40 SPDIF output 41 specification 46 specification AES3 I O 46 specification analogue outputs 48 specification IEEE 1394 interface 46 specification optical I O 46 specification SDIF wordclock I O 46 specification SPDIF I O 46 ST optical input option 40 Standby button remote 43 standby mode 36 37 ...

Page 80: ...e dcsltd co uk English version web site www dcsltd co uk Volume 27 38 48 Volume display 38 Volume global 27 Volume local 27 Volume per input 27 Vx xx message 33 W weight 49 Word Clock 73 Wordclock input 41 Wordclock output 41 47 Wrong CD message 33 Wrong Wordclock Verdi Clk In message from DAC 69 Wrong message 33 X xxx xxx message 38 ...

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