
dCS 954
User Manual
Manual for Standard Software Version 1.5x
dCS
Ltd
June 2000
Manual part no: DOC136954 iss 2B1
Page 20
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Menu Items
Issue
--
Displays the software issue when
Set
is pressed.
DSD
-
Selects DSD mode. When on and locked, the unit displays “
dSd
”. This mode
takes about 15 seconds to load, during which time the menu cannot be used.
There are two options:
Off
The unit operates in PCM mode.
On
The unit will accept either DSD via the SDIF input
connectors (automatically selecting SDIF-2 or
SDIF-3 format) or DSD packed into 4 AES3
44.1kS/s links.
P3D units have a slightly more explicit menu sequence for this item:
Off
The unit operates in PCM mode.
P3D
The unit will accept DSD via the SDIF input
connectors (automatically selecting SDIF-2 or
SDIF-3 format) or DSD packed in P3D format on
connectors AES1-3
DSD4
The unit will accept DSD via the SDIF input
connectors (automatically selecting SDIF-2 or
SDIF-3 format) or DSD packed into 4 AES3
44.1kS/s links.
To select DSD on the SDIF inputs, first set the
dSd
menu option to
On
. Connect
the 2 data lines plus a 44.1kS/s Word Clock and press the
BNC
button. The
LED above the button will brighten and the display will show
dSd
.
To select 4-wire DSD mode, first set the
dSd
menu option to
On
. Connect the
four-wire encoded DSD 44.1kS/s data streams to the AES1 – 4 inputs, taking
care to ensure they are in the correct order, and press the
AES1
button. The 4
LEDs above the buttons will brighten, the unit will display
dSd
and unmute. The
unit detects swapped or missing wires by displaying (for example)
1324
or
1-34
.
DSD is so different from PCM that many of the PCM related features are no
longer appropriate or are not implemented.
-
the
Mute
and
Coarse Lock
buttons operate as usual
-
the
Phase
and
De-Emphasis
buttons do not work and
-
the
Volume
control is disabled.
-
the following Menu items are disabled or have their functions
locked:
Data, A-Cut, A-Sel, Tone, Sys, I-For, BNC I, BNC, BNC
O, Panel
and
Flip.
Filt
works – there are 4 filter options in DSD mode. See the section on
“DSD”
starting on page 40 for more details – they trade-off ultrasonic signal bandwidth
and out-of-band noise.
A-Cut
is set to
On
, as DSD data in multi-wire AES
formats should be flagged as Non-Audio. The
Ref In
option is disabled in SDIF
DSD mode.