User Guide

dCS Verdi Encore User Manual Manual for Software Issue 1.0x
dCS Ltd August 2005
Manual filename: Verdi Encore Manual v1.0x.doc Page 12 email: [e-mail]
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Connecting a PCM Output x
For the best sound quality, use the 1394 interface. Standard CD data is
available from all of the PCM outputs, if you want to use them.
do this: Connect any of the AES, RCA, BNC or Toslink outputs on the Verdi Encore
rear panel to the matching inputs on the DAC using suitable cables.
do this: If you want to use SDIF-2 instead, connect the CH1 and CH2 outputs on the
Verdi Encore rear panel to the matching inputs on the DAC using suitable
cables. Also connect the Word Clock Out output on the Verdi Encore rear panel
to the Word Clock In connector on the DAC.
Step 2 – Playing a Disc
do this: Press the Stop/Eject button.
The display will show Opening then Open.
do this: Load a disc into the tray and either push the tray in gently or press the Eject
button again.
The display will show Closing, then Reading. The disc will be identified as a
CD, SACD. Either the CD or the SACD indicator will light. In this release, the
unit will play the SACD layer of a hybrid disc by default.
Depending on the type of disc inserted, the Verdi Encore behaves as follows:
• CD - When the Verdi Encore detects a CD, the unit displays CDDA PCM,
CDDA Stopped and then CDDA {number of tracks}. Press Play to start
playing the disc.
• SACD - When the Verdi Encore detects an SACD, the unit displays
SACD DSD, SACD Stopped and then SACD {number of tracks}. Press
Play to start playing the disc.
• HYBRID - When the Verdi Encore detects a Hybrid disc, it will select the
SACD layer. It will display SACD DSD, SACD Stopped, SACD 01 and
starts playing the disc.
do this: Select the 1394 input on the DAC.
do this: Allow the DAC to lock and un-mute.
do this: Press the Play button. Turn up the Volume to a comfortable level.
You should have audio.
For all discs, the disc type and elapsed time will be displayed.
do this: Press the Play/Pause button to pause playing, press again to resume playing.
do this: Press the Next Track or Previous Track buttons to skip to another track.
IMPORTANT! Please be patient, do not overload the unit with commands. If two many
Previous Track commands are sent, the unit may freeze at track 1. To
correct this, press the Next Track button once to go to track 2.
do this: Press the Stop/Eject button to stop the disc. Press it again to open the tray.