Theta Digital Casablanca II, Owner'S Manual

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Rear Panel Layout
Figure 7 - Rear Panel Layout
1. Main Power Switch. Master power switch. Disconnects AC to all circuits. It is recommended that this be left ON
at all times during regular use with the exception of whenever cables are connected/disconnected or when the unit
is not going to be used for an extended period of time.
2. AC Power connector: 3 wire, IEC 320 connector with an EMI filter.
3. RS232 DB9 and RJ45 connectors. A Casablanca upgraded to a Casablanca II has only the DB9 connector, on
the Main Digital Input board.
4. Remote Power jack. Activated/deactivated when associated front panel or remote button is pressed/pressed
again.
5. Main Power 1 jack. Activated/deactivated when front panel POWER button is pressed/pressed again. All Main
Power jacks can output a 12V pulse (variable duration) or 12VDC.
6. Main Power 2 jack. Activated when front panel POWER button is pressed once, plus x seconds. X represents
the time value that is stored in the SET-UP/GLOBAL/REM PWR/MTIM parameter. This jack is deactivated when
the front panel POWER button is pressed again (putting the Casablanca in Standby mode).
7. Main Power 3 jack. Activated when front panel POWER button is pressed once, plus two times
x
seconds.
X
represents the time value that is stored in the SET-UP/GLOBAL/REM PWR/MTIM parameter. This jack is
deactivated when the front panel POWER button is pressed again (putting the Casablanca in Standby mode).
8. Remote Extender jack. An externally mounted (remote) Infrared (IR) receiver plugs into this miniature stereo
phone jack. (its signal must be demodulated). Please refer to Appendix C on page 108 for additional information.
9. Power Supply Module .
10. Video Card . This optional card, necessary for on-screen display, provides six composite RCA and four S-Video
inputs, all assignable to any input select button. Video inputs are routed to the video tape output jack using the
TAPE OUT button. Only S-Video input signals can be present at the S-Video Main and/or Tape outputs. Another
option for this slot is a video card containing 8 S-Video inputs with 2 main and 2 tape outs. There are no
composite video jacks on this alternate optional card.
11. Main Digital Input card. Six Coaxial (RCA) and two TosLink inputs are provided for digital audio signals in the
S/PDIF format at 32K, 44.1K 48K or 96KHz sampling rates. There are two open spaces provided for optional
AT&T and/or Theta Single Mode Laserlinque optical input modules. There are two RCA digital Tape Out
connectors on this card whose digital source can be selected in the
TAPE OUT menu.
12. Auxiliary Digital Input card. This card provides two RCA Dolby Digital (AC-3) RF inputs, one AES/EBU
(balanced XLR) input, one BNC and one TosLink input. Additionally there is one space provided for an optional
AT&T or Theta Single Mode optical input.
13. Analog Input card. Six stereo RCA inputs are provided for any line level analog output devices such as VCR’s,
laserdisc, CD and DAT players, phono preamplifiers, external D/A converters, tape decks, AM/FM tuners, etc.
There are two pairs of analog tape outs for recording purposes, whose source can be selected in the
TAPE OUT
menu.