Owner`s manual

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exacting standards. Use of any other cable, such as a
computer printer cable, will result in unacceptably high
crosstalk and noise, thereby substantially reducing the
system’s overall audio quality. Though similar to the cable
provided with Darla24 and the older Gina product, this
cable carries both analog and digital data.
It is not
compatible with any other Echo products and should only be
used with Gina24.
If longer cable lengths are required, the
correct approach is to extend the audio cables between the
Gina breakout box and your mixer/amplifier rather than
the cable between the breakout box and the PCI card.
Do
not use any other cable with Gina24.
10. You can now attach external audio devices to the interface box. Gina24
can accommodate two analog input signals and can generate eight
independent analog output signals. In addition, Gina24 provides stereo
S/PDIF digital input and output via coaxial RCA or optical connectors,
and eight channels of ADAT optical I/O. The analog and digital inputs
and outputs on Gina24 are simultaneously active, except that the digital
mode must be set to either S/PDIF or ADAT.
The S/PDIF and ADAT I/O
cannot be used simultaneously
. This allows you to record up to 10
channels of audio (two analog and eight digital) while playing back 16
channels (eight analog and eight digital) in ADAT mode, or record up to
4 channels (two analog and two digital) while playing back 10 channels
(eight analog and two digital) in S/PDIF mode. Additional information on
attaching external devices to Gina24 may be found in the
Connecting to
Gina24’s Audio Interface
section. (NOTE: When connecting devices to
the S/PDIF jacks on Gina24, do not use standard analog RCA audio
cables. For reliable S/PDIF operation, 75ohm coaxial video cables are
recommended).