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User’s Guide ADI-2 Pro FS - v 2.5

How can I quickly change between USB playback and the digital input to monitor these?

The ADI-2 Pro actually addresses this case with its auto mode – which fails when the USB

cable remains in the ADI-2 Pro, and the computer is still powered on. The switching of the

source of the Main Output 1/2 is blocked in USB mode, as it is used for playback. The solution

is to manually change the Basic Mode from Auto to AD / DA. More is not necessary. In factory

configuration the ADI-2 Pro will recognize a digital signal at the coaxial or optical input, and

immediately play it through Mains Out 1/2.

The Basic Mode is located in the menu SETUP - Options - Device Mode / DSD. As the unit

remembers the last menu selected, the entire operation is ideally done by pressing the SETUP

key and turning encoder 2 to toggle between USB (or Auto) and AD / DA.

However, depending on the configuration the process may also become more complex. For

example if the SRC is intentionally disabled, the ADI-2 Pro must usually be synchronized to the

digital input signal. While the Clock Source (same menu SETUP - Options, page Clock) for USB

in home use is typically set to INT(ernal), now the setting SPDIF is required. When returning to

USB, Basic Mode and Clock Source must be reset to the former values. A fully normal

procedure in the studio world looks quite cumbersome in private usage.

Fortunately the ADI-2 Pro also has a solution for this issue: storable setups, and the assignment

of these setups to the function keys as quick access. This is how it works:

First, the current state is stored as Setup 1 during USB playback:

Press the SETUP key, turn encoder 1 (menu Setups appears), turn encoder 2 until the field

Setup Select shows the choice Store 1. Now press encoder 2 until the cursor has jumped down

to the lowest field and the setup has been saved (or alternatively enter a different name in-

between - but this can also be done later).

Now reconfigure the device for playback of the digital source - Basic Mode AD / DA, Clock

Source SPDIF etc. Next, this state is stored in the memory location 2. Operation carried out as

above, but this time with the selection Store 2.

In the same menu you can now load Setup 1 or Setup 2. A direct switching between these two

setups/states without having to go into the menu can be accomplished via Remap Function

Keys, in the menu SETUP – Options, SPDIF / Remap Keys. After activating the entry Remap

Keys (ON), the entries below are no longer grayed out. Setup 1 and Setup 2 can now be

assigned to the VOL and I / O keys, for example.

After that pressing the VOL button loads Setup 1, that is, the USB mode, and pressing I/O loads

Setup 2, the 'Digital In' mode. The name of the setup appears briefly in a pop-up window, so

changing the name is worthwhile.

The original function of the respective function key, entering the menu, is still possible by

pressing and holding the button for a brief moment (0.5 s).