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 14 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Using a DAC in Master Mode
You can reduce the jitter in your system by using a dCS DAC in Master mode to
clock the Transport.
LR
RL
Balanced
Outputs
To Power Amplifier or Preamplifier
Unbalanced
Outputs
- or -
1394
PUSH PUSH
L R OUTP UT
LEVEL
HIG H
LOW
L
R
AES 1 AES 2 RCA1 ST
TOSL INKRCA2
CH1
DSD / SDIF
REC OUT
SUC
POWER
1394
CH2
IN - WORDCLOCK - OUT
BNC
A
B
dCS Elgar Plus DAC
44.1kHz
Wordclock
dCS Verdi Encore SACD Transport
IN - WORDCLOCK - OUT
CH1
RCA
TOSLINK
AES
BNC
1
SUC
1394SDIF
CAUTION: VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
LASER RADIATION. WHEN OPEN,
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.
CLASS 1
LASER PRODUCT
CH2
POWER
LIN K
PUSH
AES
RCA
DIGITAL
OUTPUTS
DIGITAL
INPUTS
Figure 2 – Using a DAC in Master mode
do this: Connect up as shown in Figure 2.
IMPORTANT! Note that the Word Clock connections are different to those in Figure 1.
Elgar Plus setup for software version 4.2x or later:
do this: The first time you use this arrangement, open the menu and run the Factory
routine.
do this: While playing an SACD, use the Input button to select the 1394 input and allow
the unit to settle. Open the menu again, choose a Filter if you wish, then set the
MS page to MS:Mastr.
do this: When the system has re-locked, use the Volume control to set a comfortable
listening level.