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 33 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
If the Verdi starts playing an SACD, the DAC selects that 1394 channel.
If the Verdi starts playing a CD and:
• there is a second source on the 1394 bus (such as a Purcell), the DAC will
select the other source.
• there are more than two other sources on the 1394 bus (such as a Purcell
or another Verdi), the DAC will select one of the other sources. You may
have to manually select the source you want.
• Verdi is the only source on the 1394 bus, the DAC will scan the PCM inputs
and select the first active one it finds. The priority order is: AES1 (and Dual
AES) first, AES2, RCA1, RCA2, TOS, ST, BNC. If the active input is not
derived from Verdi, you may have to manually select the source you want.
If none of the PCM inputs are active, the DAC will remain selected to the
original 1394 channel.
This arrangement works best with only two inputs connected to the DAC –
Verdi’s 1394 feed for SACD’s and either a PCM feed from Verdi or an
upsampled feed from Verdi. The DAC can be in master or slave mode – we
recommend master mode.
If you are using a Purcell in Dual AES mode (rather than DSD mode), you
should set the DAC’s Dual AES menu page to either Lock or Auto.
The DAC has enough information about the system set-up to report connection
and setting errors. These are:
• Verdi Word Clock Missing
• Please Check Source Slaved to Delius / Elgar Plus Word Clock Out
• Missing Word Clock between ClkOut and Verdi Clk In
• Wrong Fs @ Verdi Clk In