User Guide

dCS Verdi User Manual Manual for Software Issue 1.2x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Verdi Manual v1.2x.doc Page 12 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Connecting a PCM Output x
While playing an ordinary CD or the CD layer of a hybrid disc, signals are
available from any of the PCM outputs simultaneously. The 1394 interface
carries digital silence.
do this: Connect any one of the AES, RCA, BNC or Toslink outputs on the Verdi 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
Verdi rear panel to the matching inputs on the DAC using suitable cables. Also
connect the Wordclock Out output on the Verdi rear panel to the Wordclock In
connector on the DAC
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.