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Setup and Installation
Caution!
For your protection, review “Important Safety Instructions”
before you install your Nº30.5/PLS-330.
Nº30.5 Input Names
The Nº30.5 allows you to assign any of a wide variety of names to each of the
eight digital inputs, shown below:
NOT USED
(any unused input)
DAT
Digital Audio Tape
DCC
Digital Compact Cassette
MD
Mini Disc
CDR
Compact Disc, Recordable
CDI
Compact Disc, Interactive
DBS
Digital Broadcast Satellite
LD
Laser Disc
CD
Compact Disc
ADC
Analog to Digital Converter
AUX
Auxiliary (other digital sources)
DCA
Digital Cable Audio
PCD
Proceed Compact Disc player
PDT
Proceed Digital Transport
CDD
Compact Disc Drive
The name you assign to an input is shown on the
display
when a source is se-
lected (see “Display, Nº30.5”). Before operating your Nº30.5, you’ll want to custom-
ize it to match the digital sources in your system.
The Nº30.5 digital audio processor is shipped with inputs 1 and 4 named
CD
,
since you will probably want to hook up your new component and start using it
right away.
CD1
is an AES/EBU (XLR) digital input, and
CD4
is a S/PDIF (RCA)
digital input, and both are ready for use as soon as the Nº30.5 is powered up and
connected to the rest of the system. Other inputs are named
NOT USED
and must
be renamed before they may be used. (See “Making Digital Connections” and
“Making Analog Connections” below.)
Making Digital Connections
The Nº30.5 incorporates RCA-type and XLR-type electrical connectors, and ST-
type and EIAJ-type optical connectors for digital audio signal input. Digital out-
puts are available in both XLR-type electrical and EIAJ-type optical connectors.
(See “Rear panel, Nº30.5,” above.)
Unlike previous generations of digital audio processors, the performance of which
was highly dependent on the digital interface and the digital interconnect, the
technology of the Nº30.5 allows it to deliver optimal performance despite the in-
herent limitations of interfaces such as the EIAJ standard (sometimes called
“Toslink™”). As a consequence, you can feel free to use whichever interconnec-
tion standard is convenient, given the provisions of your various digital sources.
