User Guide

dCS Delius User Manual Manual for Software Issue 2.3x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Delius Manual v2.3x.doc Page 11 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Step 1 – Selecting a Digital Input
Switch on the source equipment. If appropriate, load a disk / tape and set the
machine in PLAY mode to ensure it is generating a digital audio data stream.
Choose one of the following three sections:
Connecting to a Single AES or SPDIF source
Most source equipment (such as CD transports, DVD players) is fitted with a
single wire digital output, usually on an RCA phono connector.
do this: Connect your source equipment to the matching input on the Delius rear panel
using a suitable cable.
do this: Press the Input button repeatedly until your chosen input is displayed on the
input indicator, to the right of the display. This will be either AES 1, AES 2,
RCA1, RCA2, TOS, or BNC.
The unit will lock to the source, displaying in sequence Locking, d xxx (the
sample rate) then the default display (probably 16/44, depending on the Disp
menu setting and the source format).
Connecting to a Dual AES Source x
do this: Check that your source equipment is capable of Dual AES operation.
do this: Connect the AES 1 (or AES A) output on your source equipment to the AES 1
input on the Delius rear panel and the AES 2 (or AES B) output to the AES 2
input, using two XLR cables. Ensure the cables are not swapped.
do this: Press the Input button repeatedly until both AES 1 and AES 2 input indicators
are lit.
The unit will lock to the source, displaying in sequence Locking, d xxx (the
BASE sample rate) then the default display (probably 24/192 depending on the
Disp menu setting and the source format).
Connecting to an IEEE 1394 DSD Source
(This section applies to units fitted with the IEEE 1394 interface option.)
do this: Check that your source equipment (probably an SACD player or a dCS
Upsampler) is capable of DSD operation over a 1394 link, generates a 44.1kHz
wordclock and is set up correctly.
do this: Connect one 1394 output on your source equipment to one 1394 input on the
Delius rear panel. Also connect the wordclock output on your source equipment
to the Wordclock In connector on the Delius rear panel.
do this: Press the Input button repeatedly until the 1394 input indicator is lit.
The unit may display Wait ..., No-WClk or Search.. messages before finally
settling down to the source name (probably Purcell or Verdi). If necessary, use
the Input button to select the 1394 source you want to listen to. You may find
Delius settles more quickly if you set it to 1394 mode before setting the source
to DSD mode (or switching the source on).
do this: Proceed to Step 2.