User Guide

dCS Verdi User Manual Manual for Software Issue 1.2x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Verdi Manual v1.2x.doc Page 11 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Step 1 – Connecting the System
You must connect a 1394 interface to your DAC to play SACDs and a PCM
output to your DAC to play ordinary CDs. We recommend the dCS Elgar Plus
DAC or the dCS Delius DAC equipped with the 1394 option.
LR
RL
Balanced
Outputs
To Power Amplifier or Preamplifier
Unbalanced
Outputs
- or -
1394
(SACD)
PUSH PUSH
LROUTPUT
LEVEL
HIGH
LOW
L
R
AES 1 AES 2 RCA1 ST
TOSLI NKRCA2
CH1
DSD / SDIF
REC OUT
SUC
POWER
1394
CH2
IN - WORDCLOCK - OUT
BNC
A
B
dCS Elgar Plus DAC
44.1kHz
Wordclock
dCS Verdi SACD Transport
16 bit
44.1kS/s
(CD)
WORDCLOCK
CH1RCA TOSLINK
AES
BNC
1
SUC1394
SDIF
CAUTION: VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
LASER RADIATION. WHEN OPEN,
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.
CLASS 1
LASER PRODUCT
CH2
IN
OUT
POWER
LINK
Figure 1 – Connecting Verdi to Elgar Plus
Connecting the 1394 Interface x
While playing an SACD or the SACD layer of a hybrid disc, DSD data is
available from either of the 1394 connectors. This can be decoded by a 1394–
equipped dCS Elgar Plus or Delius DAC.
do this: Check that your DAC is capable of DSD operation over an IEEE 1394 link. Set
the DAC to 1394 mode first.
do this: Connect ONE of the 1394 connectors on Verdi’s rear panel to the DAC using
the IEEE 1394 cable supplied.
do this: Also connect Verdi‘s Wordclock Out to Wordclock In on the DAC.
IMPORTANT! Do not connect both of Verdi’s 1394 connectors to the DAC – this prevents
the IEEE 1394 interfaces synchronising.