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Setup and Installation
Caution!
For your protection, review “Important Safety Instructions”
before you install your Nº30.6/PLS-330.
Nº30.6 Input Names
The Nº30.6 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)
CD
Compact Disc
DVD
Digital Video (or “Versatile”) Disc
LD
Laser Disc
DAT
Digital Audio Tape
DCC
Digital Compact Cassette
MD
Mini Disc
CDR
Compact Disc, Recordable
CDI
Compact Disc, Interactive
DBS
Direct Broadcast Satellite
DSS
Digital Satellite System (“DirecTV” or “USSB”)
AUX
Auxiliary (other digital sources)
DCR
Digital Cable Radio
The name you assign to an input is shown on the
display
when a source is se-
lected (see “Display, Nº30.6”). Before operating your Nº30.6, you’ll want to custom-
ize it to match the digital sources in your system.
The Nº30.6 digital audio processor is shipped with inputs 1 and 5 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
CD5
is a
S
/
PDIF
(RCA) digital
input, and both are ready for use as soon as the Nº30.6 is powered up and con-
nected 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 “Mak-
ing Analog Connections” below.)
Making Digital Connections
The Nº30.6 incorporates
RCA
-type and
XLR
-type electrical connectors, and
ST
-type
and
EIAJ
-type optical connectors for digital audio signal input. Digital outputs are
available in both
XLR
-type electrical and
EIAJ
-type optical connectors. (See “Rear
panel, Nº30.6,” 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 Nº30.6 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.
For electrical digital interconnection, we recommend Madrigal MDC cable. MDC-1
is designed for
AES
/
EBU
interconnection (via XLR-type connectors); MDC-2 is de-