EMMLabs DAC2 Owner's Manual

Summary of DAC2

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    © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual 001 version 1.3.

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    Thank you for choosing emm labs... Welcome 002 © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual.

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    Appendix a - serial remote control (rs232) front panel & functions features & specifications dac2 audio converter 003 table of contents welcome 002 warranty 004 005 006 008 rear panel & functions 010 operation 012 infrared remote control 015 016 © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs re...

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    Warranty warranty emm labs warrants the dac2 product against defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of time specified by the product’s serial number from the date of first delivery to the owner. The warranty time period is 5 years. Warranty is limited to the or...

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    005 dac2 audio converter dac2 audio converter the dac2 is a high-performance stereo d/a converter with a wide variety of user selectable digital inputs. It has evolved from emm labs acclaimed converter systems which are used worldwide in professional studios to create some of the finest recordings. ...

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    006 features & specifications features & specifications 2-channel d/a conversions: • from pcm (44.1khz, 48khz, 88.2khz, 96khz) to analog • from dsd to analog supported digital input formats: • aes/ebu (1 connector) • spdif (coax) • two optical toslink spdif • emm optilink • usb audio analog outputs ...

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    007 features & specifications features & specifications system control via wired infrared remote and serial rs-232 ports (see appendix a) power supply: • power factor corrected • factory set to 100v or 115v or 230v, 50/60hz operation • power consumption: 50w • remote control: infrared • dimensions w...

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    008 front panel & functions © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual front panel & functions 1. Standby/power-save button: toggles the operation between on and power-save mode. In power...

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    009 front panel & functions © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual front panel & functions 3. Polarity inverted button: when this button is lit the polarity of all analog outputs are ...

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    010 rear panel & functions © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual rear panel & functions 1. Main power switch 2. Main power connector and fuse holder: main fuse holder as well as incl...

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    011 rear panel & functions © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual rear panel & functions 5. Analog line output: • left and right balanced (xlr) connectors • left and right un-balanced...

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    012 operation © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual basic operations and input connections 1. Memory: after 10 seconds when no button has been pushed or changed, the dac2 memorizes i...

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    013 operation © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual basic operations and input connections 2. Dac2 input connections (cont’d): emm optilink is selected as the digital source (connect...

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    014 operation © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual basic operations and input connections 4. Tsd1+dac2 quick connect: connect the emm optilink cable from the tsd1 to the dac2 make s...

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    015 infrared remote control this function toggles the front panel leds on or off on the dac2 when in off mode only the lock led would be lit. These buttons are used to select the digital source input: • emm : selects the emm optilink input. • aes : selects aes/ebu format pcm digital audio via xlr • ...

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    016 appendix a - serial remote control (rs232) © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual serial remote control (rs232) the dac2 is equipped with a 9-pin rs232 port for system remote cont...

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    017 appendix a - serial remote control (rs232) © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual commands to the dac2 (cont`d) status bytes sent from dac2 the dac2 sends back 4 bytes terminated ...

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    018 appendix a - serial remote control (rs232) © 2010 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Dac2 audio converter owner’s manual status bytes sent from dac2 (cont`d) byte 3 bit 5 not used bit 6 status of mute (0 when muted) bi...