User Guide

dCS Verdi Encore User Manual Manual for Software Issue 4.0x
dCS Ltd August 2005
Manual filename: Verdi Encore Manual v1.0x.doc Page 56 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Key to Cable Identification
If you are reading a colour print or a soft copy of this manual, cable types shown
in figures can be identified from Table 10.
Cable Type Colour / Style
XLR Analogue Brown, solid
RCA Phono Analogue Brown, long dash
XLR Digital (AES3) Blue, solid
BNC Digital Pale blue, solid
RCA Phono Digital (SPDIF) Pale blue, short dash
Optical (SPDIF) Dark magenta, solid
IEEE 1394 Red, solid
Sync Link Green, solid
Word Clock Dark green, solid
AES Reference Dark green, long dash
GPS Reference Dark green, short dash
RS-232 Purple, solid
Table 10 – Cable colours and styles
Where more than one cable of any type is used in a drawing, they can be
identified by a coloured sleeve at the source and a coloured arrow head at the
destination.
List of Tables
Table 1 – IEEE 1394 Interface Electrical Characteristics.................................. 28
Table 2 – AES/EBU Interface Electrical Characteristics ................................... 28
Table 3 – SPDIF Interface Electrical Characteristics ........................................ 28
Table 4 – Optical Interfaces Electrical Characteristics...................................... 28
Table 5 – SDIF / Word Clock Interface Electrical Characteristics..................... 29
Table 6 – Power consumption for consumer products...................................... 29
Table 7 – Size and weight for consumer products ............................................ 30
Table 8 – Options available............................................................................... 40
Table 9 – dCS Contact Information.................................................................... 54
Table 10 – Cable colours and styles ................................................................. 56
List of Figures
Figure 1 – Connecting Verdi Encore to Elgar Plus ............................................. 11
Figure 2 – Using a DAC in Master mode........................................................... 14
Figure 3 – Menu flow chart................................................................................ 16
Figure 4 – dCS Encore Front Panel.................................................................... 20
Figure 5 – dCS Verdi Encore Rear Panel ........................................................... 23
Figure 6 – Changing the Mains Fuse ................................................................ 42
Figure 7 – View of the top of the unit showing the transit screws ..................... 43
Figure 8 – Locating the Top Glass Plate........................................................... 44
Figure 9 – Securing the Top Glass Plate .......................................................... 44
Figure 10 – Removing the Remote Control battery cover................................. 45
Figure 11 – Changing the Remote Control unit batteries.................................. 45