Setup guide
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2 Choose the clock source from the Clock 
Source pop-up menu.
3 Click OK.
Optical Format
The Optical port can be set for eight channels of 
ADAT Optical I/O (supporting up to 48 kHz) or 
two channels of S/PDIF Optical I/O. The Optical 
Format ADAT option is replaced by None for ses-
sion rates 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz.
If you are using an optical device for recording, 
you need to set the Optical Format.
To select the digital format of the Optical I/O port:
1 Choose Setup > Hardware. 
2 In the Optical Format section, do one of the 
following:
• Select ADAT if your optical device is using 
the ADAT format.
– or –
• Select S/PDIF if your optical source device is 
using the S/PDIF format.
3 Click OK.
Hardware Setup dialog
Your digital input device must be connected 
and turned on for Pro Tools to synchronize 
to it. If your input device is not turned on, 
leave the Clock Source set to Internal.
Only one S/PDIF input pair can be used at a 
time. When you select S/PDIF (RCA) as the 
Clock Source, the Optical Format setting 
will switch to ADAT (for sample rates 
44.1 kHz and 48 kHz), or to None (for sam-
ple rates 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz).
Conversely, when you select S/PDIF as the 
Optical Format, the Clock Source setting 
will switch to Internal if it was previously 
set to S/PDIF (RCA).
Only one S/PDIF input pair can be used at a 
time. When you select S/PDIF as the 
Optical Format, the Clock Source setting 
will switch to internal if it was previously 
set to S/PDIF (RCA).
Conversely, when you select S/PDIF (RCA) 
as the Clock Source, the Optical Format set-
ting will switch to ADAT (for sample rates 
44.1 kHz and 48 kHz), or to None (for sam-
ple rates 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz).










