User Guide

dCS Purcell User Manual Manual for Software Issue 2.2x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Purcell Manual v2.2x.doc Page 14 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Connecting the 1394 Interface x
Units fitted with an IEEE 1394 interface can output DSD data, which can be
decoded by a 1394–equipped dCS Elgar plus or Delius DAC.
do this: Check that your DAC is capable of DSD operation over an IEEE 1394 link. Set
the DAC to 1394 mode first.
do this: If you have set the output to DSD, connect ONE of the 1394 connectors on the
Purcell rear panel to the DAC using the IEEE 1394 cable supplied.
do this: Also connect Purcell‘s Wordclock OUT to Wordclock In on the DAC.
do this: Use the DAC’s Input button to select the 1394 input.
The 1394 interfaces will sync up, this may take 30 seconds. During this period,
Purcell may display Active and Inactive messages, finally setting down to
44.1→
→→
→DSD or similar.
The DAC may display Wait ..., followed by other messages before finally
settling down to Purcell.
LR
RL
Balanced
Outputs
To Power Amplifier or Preamplifier
Unbalanced
Outputs
- or -
dCS Purcell Upsampler
1394
DIGITAL INPUTS DIGITAL OUTPUTS POWER
1
RCA
BNC
AES RCA
BNC
AES1 AES2
PUSH
SUC
1394
OPTION
TOSLI NK
ST
AB
IN
WORDCLOCK
OUT
16 bits
44.1kS/s
PUSH PUSH
LROUTPUT
LEVEL
HIG H
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
dCS Elgar Plus DAC
DIGITAL OUT
L
R
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The Red Hot CD Player Co.
WORD CLK IN
44.1kHz
Wordclock
Figure 3 – Upsampling to DSD using an IEEE 1394 interface
IMPORTANT! Do not connect both of Purcell’s 1394 connectors to the DAC – this prevents
the IEEE 1394 interfaces synchronising.