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 21 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
do this: Press the Select button slowly several times. The display will in turn show:
Filter 2, Filter 3, ... and finally Filter 1 again. Select the filter you want to use
then wait for the Function Menu to time-out.
There is a slight delay whilst the unit changes filters, during which it will not
respond to further button presses. Selecting the most appropriate filter is simply
a matter of flipping through the options as you play a CD and choosing the one
that you think sounds best. Try listening for changes in imaging, ambience and
low level information, bass definition and vocal clarity.
You can change filters more quickly from the listening position using the Filter
button on the Remote Control, see page 43.
MS
MSMS
MS – Master/Slave Operation
This is set on a per input basis, and determines whether that input acts as a
master or a slave. The options available (independently, for each input) are:
MS:Slav (Slave) In slave mode (most DACs operate in this mode)
the PLL locks to the incoming signal, and tracks it. This
setting is not available in DSD mode.
MS:Mastr (Master) In master mode, Elgar Plus acts as a master
clock, and outputs an autonomous 44.1kHz clock on
Wordclock Out. This might go, for example, to a CD
transport. The CD transport output is then locked to the
DAC VCXO, and the DAC only has to decode the data
coming in – it knows the clock frequency.
MS:Sync In sync mode, the PLL locks to a master clock (or other
clock source) connected to Wordclock In while taking
data from the selected input. The source must also be
locked to the master clock, or generating the clock. If the
Wordclock is not at a standard frequency, is out of
capture range or is a “superclock”, the unit will display
Locking…, Fs=??? for 1 minute, then Revert to Slave
for 10 seconds and reset itself to MS:Slav.
There are some restrictions on master mode operation. The source (usually a
CD transport or player) must run at 44.1kS/s ONLY. Elgar Plus may be used in
this mode with an Upsampler, but the Upsampler output must be set to
44.1kS/s, 88.2kS/s, 176.4kS/s or DSD.
Setting to Master Mode x
If you wish to use master mode (we recommend this for CD transports that will
accept a 44.1kHz word clock), then do the following:
do this: Connect the CD transport (or other source equipment) to Elgar Plus and select
that input.
do this: Connect Wordclock Out to the wordclock input on the CD transport.
do this: Open the Menu and step through until the display shows MS: Slav.
do this: Press the
Select button to change the display to MS: Mastr.
(Run through this sequence again if you want to change back to MS:Slav.)
If a source is connected and selected, Elgar Plus will display d 44.1, then
MS:Mastr and 44.1kS/s alternately for about 10 seconds. After that it will
enable its outputs and is ready for listening.