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The Cala as D/A Converter
General
Information on
D/A Converter
Operation
The

can be used as a high-quality D/A converter for
other devices such as computers, digital radios etc. which are fitted with
poor-quality converters or no converter at all. The
features two
optical and one electrical S/P-DIF digital input on the back panel to allow
this usage.

You can connect devices with electrical co-axial or optical light-pipe
output to the digital inputs of the
. At the optical inputs DIG 1
and DIG 2 the accepts digital stereo signals conforming to the
S/P-DIF norm, with sampling rates of 32 to 96 kHz. At the electrical co-
axial input DIG 3 the range of sampling rates is from 32 to 192 kHz.
D/A Converter Operation
Selecting a
D/A Converter
Source
Choose the digital input to which you have already connected the source
device which is to be played by pressing the

button on the
FM1000 (repeatedly if necessary).
As soon as the source device delivers digital music data, the
automatically adjusts itself to the format and sampling rate of the signal,
and you will hear the music.
Front panel
display

During D/A converter operations the integral screen displays
the characteristics of the digital input signal.