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Table of Contents

Introduction   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What’s in the Box?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

About the Delta DiO 2496   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Product Features & Specifications   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Minimum System Requirements   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Quick Guide to Getting Started   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Hardware Installation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Windows 95/98 Driver Software Installation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Windows 98 Installation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Windows 95 Installation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Windows Driver Configuration   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Delta Theory of Operation   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Digital Monitor Mixer   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Synchronization   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using Delta DiO 2496 with your Software Application   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Delta DiO 2496 Control Panel Software  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Monitor Mixer Page   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Patchbay/Router Page   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Hardware Settings Page   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

S/PDIF Page  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

About Page  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Save, Delete, Load Buttons; H/W Installed  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Typical Delta DiO Setup   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Troubleshooting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Lifetime Limited Warranty   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Delta DiO-2496 Manual

version: 

D2496-102799

Summary of Contents for Delta DiO 2496

Page 1: ...s 95 Installation 7 Windows Driver Configuration 7 Delta Theory of Operation 8 The Digital Monitor Mixer 8 Synchronization 8 Using Delta DiO 2496 with your Software Application 8 Delta DiO 2496 Contro...

Page 2: ...O available up to 24bit data width and any sampling rate from 8kHz to 96kHz Record a digital audio signal from your DAT MiniDisc CD or external A D converter via one of the Delta DiO s S PDIF inputs...

Page 3: ...evels Built in digital mixer allows the D A converter to monitor digital inputs act as its own independent stereo output or as a mixture of both Measured D A specs 101dB A weighted dynamic range 0 002...

Page 4: ...ight line level signals to your monitoring or mix down device The signal lev els for each output may be set to 4dBu or 10dBV via jumpers on the PCI card Quick Guide to Getting Started Here is a list o...

Page 5: ...uter in order to dissipate any static elec tricity your body may have accumulated You might want to pick up a ground ing wrist strap available from electronics stores like Radio Shack if you want to b...

Page 6: ...ill give you a selection of locations to search Make sure that Floppy disk drives is checked or click on the check box to do so Insert the Delta DiO 95 98 Driver Software disk into your floppy drive C...

Page 7: ...sk Once this process completes itself your Delta DiO will be ready for action After completion of the driver installation Windows 95 may require you to restart Windows If it does request a restart rem...

Page 8: ...s operate at the same sample rate Most of the time the master clock is taken from the Delta DiO s internal crystal oscillators However the S PDIF In may be receiving a data stream that is completely a...

Page 9: ...lta DiO input and output devices of your choice Delta DiO 2496 Control Panel Software Once your Delta DiO 2496 is properly installed in your system you will see a M Audio Delta H W icon in your Window...

Page 10: ...f the 36 bit resolution built into the mixer hardware MIXER INPUTS The Mixer Inputs are inputs to the monitor mixer These inputs are hardware audio streams and software audio streams combined to make...

Page 11: ...sources 1 The default setting WavOut 1 2 connects the DiO s analog outputs to your music software or Windows multimedia applet In other words when music software plays audio to the device named Delta...

Page 12: ...thin the control panel software to become proficient in routing and mixing If somewhere in the process you become confused you may always restore the default settings to use the card as a straight 2 i...

Page 13: ...is disabled greyed out when the master clock is set to internal crystal When S PDIF In is used as the master clock the software applications need to be manually informed of the S PDIF Input sample rat...

Page 14: ...d checkbox will allow you to force the settings of a few particular status bits in the outgoing digital audio stream The advanced option is for expert users only otherwise select Restore Defaults to a...

Page 15: ...AVE DELETE LOAD The Delta Control Panel will retain the last settings that were entered except for mixer channels with solo settings they will default back to on and not to solo or muted However the S...

Page 16: ...r computer off before making the connections In this example we will connect a DAT to the Delta DiO card using coaxial S PDIF cables typically 75 ohm We ll also connect the DiO s analog outputs to a s...

Page 17: ...recording from an S PDIF input you will need to setup the DiO board to synchronize its master clock with the S PDIF input To do this open the Hardware Settings page of the control panel software Unde...

Page 18: ...gital audio is making it into the DiO correctly Transferring from DiO to DAT monitoring with DAT 1 Connect the DiO coaxial S PDIF Output to the DAT coaxial S PDIF Input using a good quality digital ca...

Page 19: ...e outputs of your music software will be sent to the DiO S PDIF Out and consequently to the DAT 5 Next let s make sure the S PDIF output format is correct Open the S PDIF page of the control panel sof...

Page 20: ...ossible that there is a resource problem that is not showing up in the conflicting resource list or as a yellow exclamation point in the Device Manager If you have any doubt about the configuration of...

Page 21: ...sets of hardware profiles See your Windows documentation for help in this area NOTE When resolving conflicts between PnP and non PnP devices it is usually easier to re adjust the resource settings of...

Page 22: ...e 1 Wrong S PDIF input coaxial or optical is selected in the Delta Control Panel software Possible Cause 2 The Delta DiO input s are not properly selected in the user s application software Possible C...

Page 23: ...f system bandwidth preventing the recording buffer of an audio card from keeping up with demand This can cause clicks in the recording This problem may often be solved by reducing or turning off the g...

Page 24: ...customer will have the option to pay this fee and have the unit repaired and returned or not pay this fee and have the unit returned unre paired The remedy for breach of this limited warranty shall no...

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