User Guide

dCS Verdi User Manual Manual for Software Issue 1.2x
dCS Ltd September 2004
Manual filename: Verdi Manual v1.2x.doc Page 18 email: [e-mail]
English version web-site: www.dcsltd.co.uk
Upsampling the CD Data to DSD, DAC in Master mode
You can use a dCS Purcell (equipped with an optional 1394 interface) to
upsample the CD data to DSD while the DAC is in Master mode.
LR
RL
Balanced
Outputs
To Power Amplifier or Preamplifier
Unbalanced
Outputs
- or -
dCS Purcell Upsampler
1394
(SACD/CD)
DIGITAL INPUTS DIGITAL OUTPUTS POWER
1
RCA
BNC
AES RCA
BNC
AES1 AES2
PUSH
SUC
1394
OPTI ON
TOSLINK
ST
AB
IN
WORDCLOCK
OUT
16 bits
44.1kS/s
PUSH PUSH
LROUTPUT
LEVEL
HIG H
LOW
L
R
AES 1 AES 2 RCA1 ST
TOSL INKRCA2
CH1
DSD / SDIF
REC OUT
SUC POWE R
1394
CH2
IN - WORDCLOCK - OUT
BNC
A
B
dCS Elgar Plus DAC
1394
(SACD)
44.1kHz
Wordclock
dCS Verdi SACD Transport
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 4 – Upsampling the CD data to DSD, DAC in Master mode
do this: Connect up as shown in Figure 4. Note that the Wordclock connections are
different to those in Figure 3.The first time you use this arrangement, open
the Purcell and Elgar Plus menus and run the Factory and Rst Sync routines.
Purcell setup for software version 2.2x or later:
do this: You can connect any of Verdi’s AES or SPDIF digital outputs to matching inputs
on Purcell - use Purcell’s Input button to select it. Use the Output button to set
the output mode to DSD.
Elgar Plus setup for software version 4.2x or later:
do this: Use the Input button to select the 1394 input. Open the menu again, choose a
different Filter if you wish, then set the MS page to MS: Mastr.
do this: When the system has re-locked, use the Volume control to set a comfortable
listening level. Elgar Plus will automatically select either the SACD channel
(Verdi) or the CD channel (Purcell).