User Guide

dCS Verdi La Scala User Manual Manual for Software Issue 1.0x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Verdi LS Manual v1.0x.doc Page 12 email: more@dcsltd.co.uk
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Connecting the DAC Outputs x
do this: Connect the DAC analogue outputs to matching inputs on your preamplifier /
power amplifier. Connect the power amplifier outputs to your loudspeakers.
do this: Set the preamplifier or DAC Volume control to a low level.
do this: Ensure all system components are switched on.
This set-up is shown in Figure 1.
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 La Scala 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 La
Scala rear panel to the matching inputs on the DAC using suitable cables. Also
connect the Wordclock Out output on the La Scala rear panel to the Wordclock
In connector on the DAC.