User's Guide AEB4/8-I
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1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the RME AEB technology. The Analog Expansion Boards add 4 or 8
analog inputs in professional quality to RME's digital audio cards. Level adju4 dBu/-10
dBV, 107 dBA SNR and highest suppression of PC-noise guarantee perfect sound quality.
2. Package Contents
Please ensure that all the following parts are included in the AEB's packaging box:
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Analog Expansion Board
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1 Clock cable 3-core
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1 Data cable 2-core
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1 Cable adapter 5 ¼" to 2 x 3,5"
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1 Set of nuts
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Manual, drill template
3. Hardware Requirements
AEBs can only be used with RME cards.
DIGI96 Series
AEBs use the internal ADAT interface of the DIGI cards. Therefore they do not work with the
DIGI96 (which did not support ADAT). To operate the AEB4-I and AEB8-I the used DIGIs must
have the connectors ST6/7 on board (for the Word Clock Module). These were not present on
the very first cards of the DIGI96 series (1998 to beginning of 1999). DIGI96/8 revision 1.2 or
lower have no connector ST7 (introduced with rev. 1.3, the blue board).
One AEBx-I and one AEBx-O can be connected and operated simultaneously, in all possible
combinations.
Hammerfall Series
An operation with the Hammerfall or Hammerfall Light requires board revision 1.5 or higher,
because the internal connectors ADAT1Out, ADAT2Out and ST7 were not implemented in
earlier versions.
One AEBx-I and two AEBx-O can be connected and operated simultaneously, in all possible
combinations.
HDSP 9652
Two AEBx-I and two AEBx-O can be connected and operated simultaneously, in all possible
combinations.
Hammerfall DSP Multiface / Digiface
Multiface and Digiface use the Hammerfall DSP PCI card. This card has no internal inputs or
outputs. Therefore no Expansion Boards can be used.
