Enlightened Audio Designs TheaterMaster, Owner'S Manual

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Connect the TheaterMaster to your digital or analog sources.*
*TheaterMaster achieves a high degree of transport insensitivity through its advanced Digital Fly-
wheel™ reclocking circuitry. Extremely low jitter is achieved irrespective of the digital source or digi-
tal interconnect. However, for best results from your digital inputs, we recommend use of a high-quali-
ty calibrated 75-ohm coaxial interconnect. The 75-ohm coaxial interface offers much greater time-
coherence than the plastic optical TOSLINK interface, and also offers a much higher intrinsic band-
width, providing exceptionally fast rise-times and correspondingly precise triggering.
For Dolby Digital playback from a laserdisc transport, the laserdisc transport must be
equipped with AC-3 RF output,
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. In addition, EAD’s
SmartCable
or similar RF demodu-
lator is needed to convert the RF signal to the SPDIF digital format. Connect the laserdisc
AC-3 RF output to the RF demodulator input, and connect the RF demodulator output to
one of the digital inputs on the TheaterMaster (see figure, below.) Be sure to also connect
the standard PCM digital output on the laserdisc transport to a digital input on the Theater-
Master for playback of non Dolby Digital material, such as the Dolby Surround-encoded
linear PCM tracks on a laserdisc or a music CD. In addition, the two-channel analog outputs
of the laserdisc player should be connected to an analog input on the TheaterMaster. This
setup will allow playback of Dolby Digital, normal PCM digital, and analog soundtrack
material.
Tape/monitor outputs:
TheaterMaster is equipped with a digital tape/monitor output for hooking up a DAT
recorder, recordable CD, or a digital equalizer/signal processor. TheaterMaster
Signature
is
also equipped with analog tape/monitor outputs for hooking up an analog tape deck or
VCR. These “Tape/Mon” outputs can be used to tape a program which can be different
from the main, selected program material.
To utilize these Tape/Mon outputs, connect your tape deck, VCR, or signal processor inputs
to the analog or digital Tape/Mon output, as appropriate. The outputs from the tape
deck/signal processor should be connected to a digital or analog input on the TheaterMas-
ter. (See Chapter VII: “I. Taping a source”, and Chapter III: “E. Programming a tape/moni-
tor lock-out”.)
LD analog
R-channel
LD Com-
posite
Video
LD
S-Video
LD standard
digital
RF Demodu-
lator
LD AC-3
RF
Typical Laserdisc Hookup
LD analog
L-channel