User's Manual

dCS 954 User Manual Manual for Standard Software Version 1.5x
dCS Ltd June 2000
Manual part no: DOC136954 iss 2B1
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CONTENTS
Product Features ................................................................................................3
CONTENTS..........................................................................................................4
About this Manual 5
Using Your dCS 954 For The First Time ............................................................6
Product Overview 6
What’s in the Box? 6
Mains Voltages 6
Installing Unit in a Rack 7
Getting Started 8
The Hardware – Controls and Connectors.....................................................10
Rear Panel 10
Front Panel 12
The Software – the Menu .................................................................................18
Overview 18
The Menu Sequence 19
Menu Items 20
Typical Applications.........................................................................................30
Using a dCS 954 for DSD 30
Using a Master Clock to Sync a dCS 954 30
Replaying DSD from an 8 track 16/44.1 PCM Recorder 31
Operating Several Units on One Remote Chain 31
Six Channel PCM Set Up 32
Replaying 6 channel DSD from a 24 track 16/44.1 PCM Recorder 33
Replaying 8 Channel P3D DSD 34
Upsampling a CD 35
Converting Quad AES to Single AES 36
Converting 4-wire DSD to SDIF DSD 36
Replaying 24/192 from 2 Nagra-D recorders 37
dCS 954 Technical Information.........................................................................38
Anti Image Filtering 38
Clocking 39
DSD 40
Sample Alignment 41
Digital Interface Specifications 45
Analogue Interface Specifications 46
Frequency Response 47
Group Delay 48
AES3 (AES/EBU) Format 49
SDIF-2 52
P3D Behaviour 55
RS-232 Remote Control Interface 56
Power Consumption 65
Size and Weight 65
Operating Conditions 66
General Technical Information........................................................................68
Jitter and PLL bandwidths 68
Options ..............................................................................................................70
Maintenance and Support................................................................................72
Hardware 72
Software 73
Hardware Update or Calibration 74
Warranty 74