User Guide

dCS Delius User Manual Manual for Software Issue 2.3x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Delius Manual v2.3x.doc Page 30 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Disabling Non-Audio Muting x
If for some reason, you need to disable Non-Audio muting for longer periods,
you can turn it off in the Function Menu as follows.
do this: Open the Function Menu and step through until the display shows NAud:Mut.
do this: To ignore the non-audio flag, press the
Select button once and the display will
change to NAud:Ign.
Delius is now set to ignore non-audio message flags – and your protection
against playing non-audio data is removed. When powered up in this mode,
“Ignoring Non-Audio Flag” scrolls across the display to warn you.
Restoring Non-Audio Muting x
To turn non-audio muting back on:
do this: Open the Function Menu and step through until the display shows NAud:Ign.
do this: Press the
Select button once and the display will change to NAud:Mut.
Ch.Check
Ch.CheckCh.Check
Ch.Check - Channel Check Test
Use this feature to check if the stereo outputs on your system are swapped. It is
disabled when in DSD/SACD mode.
do this: Set up your system to play music at a comfortable level.
do this: Open the Menu and step through until the display shows:
Ch.Check
do this: Press the Select button once to start the test. After briefly displaying Wait, the
following sequence occurs:
Left
A modulated tone should appear on the left channel only for several seconds.
None
Both outputs are muted for a second.
Right
A modulated tone should appear on the right channel only for several seconds.
Done
This is displayed briefly at the end of the test.
If the channels are swapped, check for wiring errors from the unit output
onwards. If you correct this temporarily using the Swap function on a dCS DAC,
note that the Swap setting is NOT remembered at power down.
Ph.Check
Ph.CheckPh.Check
Ph.Check - Phase Check Test
Use this feature to check if one channel in your system is phase inverted
4
. It is
disabled when in DSD/SACD mode.
do this: Set up your system to play music at a comfortable level.
4
The ear responds to positive pressure substantially more than it does to negative pressure for low
frequencies, so it is worth getting the phasing correct.