User Guide
dCS Delius User Manual Manual for Software Issue 2.3x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Delius Manual v2.3x.doc Page 8 email: more@dcsltd.co.uk
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
General Technical Information.......................................................................50
IEEE 1394 Overview 50
Synchronising IEEE 1394 interfaces 50
Automatic Input Selection 50
dCS IR Remote Control Codes 52
Upsampler 52
DACs 53
Transports 54
Using your dCS Delius for the first time..........................................................56
What’s in the Box? 56
Safety Notice 56
Mains Voltage Setting 57
Positioning the Unit 57
Options .............................................................................................................58
IEEE 1394 Interface 58
Mains Supply Voltage 58
Having Your Options Changed 58
Maintenance and Support...............................................................................60
Service & Maintenance 60
Obtaining Service 60
Mains Fuse 60
Replacing a Blown Fuse x 60
Fitting or Replacing the Batteries in the Remote Control 61
Opening the battery compartment and removing batteries 61
Fitting new batteries and closing the case 61
Updating your Delius 62
Software Updates x 62
Hardware Updates x 62
Safety and Electrical Safety 63
Cleaning the Case 63
Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................64
Fault Indication 64
Power interruption 64
Power up test errors 64
Non-Audio disk 64
The unit is overheating 64
Troubleshooting Guide 65
The unit fails to power up 65
The unit fails to lock to a digital audio source or displays “No Input” 65
The unit locks but the audio output is low or absent 65
The output is monophonic 65
The unit fails to respond to the controls 66
The Main Display turns on briefly when a control is operated, then turns off 66
The Left and Right channels are swapped 66
One audio output channel is low or absent 66
The sound has a peculiar tonal balance 66
Crackles or pops occur while playing music 67
Erratic operation when locked to 96 or 88.2kS/s on Toslink or ST inputs 67
The unit will not decode Dual AES 67
The unit drops out of Dual AES mode into AES1 or AES2 67
A digital recorder fails to record from the REC Output 67
The Remote Control fails to control the unit 68
While playing a DVD, a burst of noise is heard, Delius mutes and changes
sample rate 68
CD Update is interrupted or fails 68
CD Update is interrupted and fails to recover 68
Troubleshooting the IEEE 1394 Interface 69
Upsampler or Transport displays “Inactive”69
The Unit keeps displaying “No Comms” 69
The Unit keeps displaying “Search..” 69
The DAC displays “Verdi Wordclock Missing” 69
The DAC displays “Missing Wordclock between Clk Out & Verdi Clk In” 69