RME Audio ADI-6432, User Manual

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User's Guide ADI-6432 © RME
Connecting devices with coaxial SPDIF ports to the ADI-6432 is accomplished by the above
cable adapter XLR/phono, but using a female XLR plug. Note that many consumer HiFi equip-
ment with phono SPDIF inputs will only accept signals with Channel Status ‘Consumer’. In such
cases the above adapter cable will not work.
Pinout of the D-sub connector, Outputs
Signal Out
1/2+
Out
1/2-
Out
3/4+
Out
3/4-
Out
5/6+
Out
5/6-
Out
7/8+
Out
7/8-
D-Sub 18 6 4 17 15 3 1 14
GND is connected to pins 2, 5, 8, 11, 16, 19, 22, 25. Pin 13 is not connected.
11. Word Clock
11.1 Word Clock Input and Output
SteadyClock guarantees an excellent performance in all clock modes. Its highly efficient jitter
suppression refreshes and cleans up any clock signal, and provides it as reference clock at the
BNC output (see section 14.5).
Input
The ADI-6432's transformer isolated word clock input is active when WCK is chosen in the
clock section. The signal at the BNC input can be Single, Double or Quad Speed, the ADI-6432
automatically adapts to it. As soon as a valid signal is detected, the WCK LED is constantly lit,
otherwise it is flashing.
Thanks to RME's
Signal Adaptation Circuit , the word clock input still works correctly even with
heavily mis-shaped, dc-prone, too small or overshoot-prone signals. Thanks to automatic signal
centering, 300 mV (0.3V) input level are sufficient in principle. An additional hysteresis reduces
sensitivity to 1.0 V, so that over- and undershoots and high frequency disturbances don't cause
a wrong trigger.
The ADI-6432's word clock input is shipped as high impedance
type (not terminated). A push switch allows to activate internal
termination (75 Ohms). The switch is found on the back beside
the BNC jacks. Use a small pencil or similar and carefully push
the blue switch so that it snaps into its lock position. Another
push will release it again and de-activate the termination.
Output
The word clock output is constantly active, providing the current sample frequency as word
clock signal. In master mode, the word clock will be fixed to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz (DS x 2, QS x
4). In any other case the sample rate is identical to the one present at the currently chosen
clock input. When the current word clock source fails, the last valid sample rate will be held
automatically.
The word clock signal received by the ADI-6432 can be distributed to other devices by using the
word clock output. With this the usual T-adapter can be avoided, and the ADI-6432I operates as
Signal Refresher . This kind of operation is highly recommended, because
•
Input and output are phase-locked and in phase (0°) to each other
•
SteadyClock removes nearly all jitter from the input signal
•
the exceptional input (1 Vpp sensitivity instead of the usual 2.5 Vpp, dc cut, Signal Adapta-
tion Circuit) plus SteadyClock guarantee a secure function also with most critical word
clock signals.