Theta Digital Casablanca III, Owner'S Manual

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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.
14. First Analog Output card. Configured as a 2 channel D/A converter/preamp there would be a 2 channel (L & R)
superior quality balanced card loaded in this slot. Configured as a surround processor, this slot could contain
one of the following: A four channel Xtreme quality DAC (pictured), a six channel standard quality single ended
D/A card (left, right, center, sub, left surround and right surround) or a three channel balanced card (left, right and
center). A balanced card can be either standard or superior quality. All 3 channel balanced cards also have
single ended outputs; the standard card has a plus and minus single ended output for each channel whereas the
superior quality balanced card is equipped with one gold plated single ended output jack on each channel. The
Xtreme card does not have single-ended outputs. The channel sets that can be routed to an Xtreme card (in any
DAC slot) are listed in the specifications section of this manual.
15. Second Analog Output card. This slot could contain one of the following options: A four channel Xtreme quality
DAC card; a three channel standard quality balanced card, a three channel superior quality balanced card
(pictured) or a six channel single-ended standard quality card. If only two 3 channel balanced analog output
cards are installed, this slot would typically contain outputs for sub, left surround and right surround channels.
16. Third Analog Output card. This slot could contain either a four channel balanced Xtreme quality card; a three
channel standard quality balanced card (pictured), a three channel superior quality balanced card, or a six
channel single-ended standard quality card. If it is a balanced card containing additional Sub channels, it must
be the same quality as the second card.
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A Digital Output card can be installed in any available slot. This card has 12 digital output channels and comes with or
without a center analog output channel. Additionally it can have an optional AT&T optical output installed on it for the
front left and right channels.
Figure 9 - All optional Single-Ended D/A Cards
Figure 10 - All optional Standard Balanced D/A Cards
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