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Users
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Summary of Contents for aD 96

Page 1: ...Users Manual...

Page 2: ...f conformity To whom it may concern This letter is our statement of conformity to the appro priate CE certifications Based on testing performed in September 1999 our products Swissonic AD96 and Swisso...

Page 3: ...nding screw on an AC outlet The AD96 unit is a DVD compatible 4 channel 24 bit A D converter capable of operation at 44 1 kHz 48 0 kHz 88 2 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates with the choice of internal or e...

Page 4: ...he range 21 0 dBFS the scale provides a 3 dB step whilst in the range 60 21dBFS the step is 5dB n 15 0 The ledbar will display the amplitude of the channel in dBFS according to the metering scale 2 Th...

Page 5: ...e output n x2 The unit will output a clock in the 80 kHz 100kHz range If the unit is set for 44 48kHz operation it will multiply it s internal sample clock frequency by two before deriving the output...

Page 6: ...icates that the unit is supplied with power and turned on 12 Power switch Turns the unit on and off The front panel settings are saved into non volatile storage when the power is turned off and subseq...

Page 7: ...on and the capabilities of your Adat machine 8 After changing the sample rate and clock source the Cal LED will light momentarily then turn off Once the LED turns off you can start recording Note Duri...

Page 8: ...5 V The input voltage range for both and signals is 12 V There is no degradation of performance anywhere within this range The balanced input configuration is used in professional equipment for it s a...

Page 9: ...on mode range of 6V to be accommodated without clipping This includes operation with one input tied to ground A larger common mode voltage will cause clipping This rare situation will not be signaled...

Page 10: ...2 to position 2 3 The jumpers are labeled JP1 8 corresponding to channels 1 to 4 JP1 and 2 for channel 1 etc Mixing balanced and unbalanced equipment is generally a bad idea as the two systems aren t...

Page 11: ...fails you may need to lift the shield on one end of the interconnections If you already have an established shield lifting practice use that If not we recommend lifting the ground at the transmitter...

Page 12: ...played on an exponential scale for one over a single led will light for two 21 two leds will light while for 1024 210 eleven leds will light The 14 leds allow the display of values in the range 0 213...

Page 13: ...bility to operate at 88 96kHz while generating and locking to 44 48kHz word clock signals becomes essential when the unit s Adat output is used as most Adat compatible equipment does not support 88 96...

Page 14: ...ed to an external 48 kHz clock source upper The AD96 can be used to convert from a 96 kHz source to the 48 kHz needed by an Adat MDM lower Figure 9 Multiple units are slaved to an exter nal clock sour...

Page 15: ...e The two methods can be used simultaneously thus allowing 24 96 recording on 16 48 equipment When B MUX and S MUX are used together only two chan nels 1 and 2 are output on the Adat interface Data fo...

Page 16: ...ter that transforms the balanced AES EBU out to the unbalanced S PDIF coax inter face is shown in figure 14 Figure 13 Mapping of converter data to Adat channels for various operation modes AES EBU out...

Page 17: ...between 44 1 48 0 88 2 96 0 kHz The AD96 will automatically perform a calibration cycle whenever one of these events occur It is advised that the AD96 be calibrated after the device has reached therma...

Page 18: ...rmonic Distortion 0 001 1 dBFS input level Interchannel Phase Deviation 0 1 deg Interchannel Isolation 110 dB Analog Inputs Connector type XLR 1 GND 2 Hot 3 Cold fully balanced Full scale differential...

Page 19: ...topband Attenuation 117 dB Group Delay 350 s FS 96 0 kHz 385 s FS 88 2 kHz 700 s FS 48 0 kHz 770 s FS 44 1 kHz Group delay variation vs Frequency 0 s Wordclock input Type BNC optically isolated Impeda...

Page 20: ...solated Impedance 110 balanced Output Voltage 5 Vp p into 110 Format Professional Jumper options Internal jumpers select 75 impedance 0 5 Vp p output level and consumer format Adat Output Type Toslink...

Page 21: ...downtime goodwill damage or replacement of equipment and property and cost of recovering reprogramming or reproducing any program or data stored in or used with Swissonic products Some states do not a...

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