User Guide

dCS Elgar Plus User Manual Manual for Software Issue 4.3x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Elgar Manual v4.3x.doc Page 13 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Step 4 - Using Elgar Plus in Master Mode
If your CD transport (or other source equipment sampling at 44.1kS/s) has a
Wordclock input, you can reduce the jitter in your system by using Elgar Plus in
Master mode and slaving the source to it. If not, you can miss out this step.
IMPORTANT! You can only use Master Mode if your source sample rate is 44.1kS/s.
do this: Connect Elgar Plus Wordclock Out connector to the wordclock input on the
source equipment. You may need to set the source equipment to slave to
wordclock.
do this: Hold down the Display button and press the Vol/Bal button to open the menu,
then repeatedly press the Display button until the display shows MS:Slav.
Press the Vol/Bal button repeatedly until the display changes to MS:Mastr.
do this: Allow the menu to time-out.
IMPORTANT! If you are using an Upsampler, this MUST be set to convert a 44.1kS/s source
to either 44.1kS/s, 88.2kS/s, 176.4kS/s or DSD. If not, Elgar Plus will be
unable to lock.
The equipment will take several seconds to re-lock and settle down, then Elgar
Plus will unmute.
A Master mode setup using a CD player is shown below.
16 bit / 44.1kS/s
LR
Balanced
Outputs
Unbalanced
Outputs
- or -
LR
To Power Amplifier or Preamplifier
Elgar Plus
PUSH PUSH
L R OUTPUT
LEVEL
HI GH
LOW
L
R
AES 1 AES 2 RCA1 ST
TOSLINKRCA2
CH1
DSD / SDIF
REC OUT
SUC
POWER
1394
CH2
IN - WORDCLOCK - OUT
BNC
A
B
DIGITAL OUT
L
R
Hand Crafted by
The Red Hot CD Player Co.
WORDCLOCK
44.1kHz Wordclock
Figure 3 – Using Master Mode with a CD player
Other Settings
The basic set-up procedure is complete. Many more features are available
through the Menu. See the Menu section starting on page 18 for more
information.