RME Audio ADI-192 DD User's Guide

User's Guide ADI-192 DD SyncAlign™ SyncCheck™ Intelligent Clock Control™ Hi-Precision 24 Bit / 192 kHz 8-Channel Triple

10 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 5. Warranty Each individual ADI-192 DD undergoes comprehensive quality control an

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME11 CE / FCC Compliance CE This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the European Counc

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User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME13 User's Guide ADI-192 DD Usage and Operation

14 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 5. Front panel Controls 5.1 INPUT MONITOR The status of the inputs is displayed

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME15 The function RANGE tells the SRC which frequency its input signal has. The frequency of its output signal (th

16 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME Activation of Follow Clock: while the firmware version is shown press the CLOCK ST

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME17 6. Inputs 6.1 AES/EBU At the rear side of the ADI-192 DD there are four XLR sockets for the AES/EBU inputs.

18 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 6.2 TDIF The ADI-192 DD has two TDIF-1 ports. In standard operation only the port

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME19 6.3 ADAT Optical The ADI-192 DD has two ADAT optical inputs. In standard operation only the port labelled MA

2 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME General 1 Introduction ...

20 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 7. Outputs 7.1 AES/EBU At the rear side of the ADI-192 DD there are four XLR soc

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME21 The outputs of the ADI-192 DD support all currently known formats in the range of 32 kHz up to 192 kHz. The c

22 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 7.3 ADAT Optical The ADI-192 DD provides two digital outputs in ADAT optical form

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME23 8. The Sample Rate Converter 8.1 General The ADI-192 DD includes an eight-channel sample rate converter (SR

24 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME In many input formats, the input signal's effective sample rate stays unclear

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME25 TDIF After a HiFS addition to the TDIF-1 specification, and the introduction of Tascam's DA98HR, the TDI

26 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 9. Word Clock 9.1 Word Clock Input and Output Input The transformer isolated wo

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME27 9.2 Technical Description and Background In the analog domain one can connect any device to another device,

28 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME The TDIF format is especially critical with respect to word clock. We have mention

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME29 User's Guide ADI-192 DD Technical Reference

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME3 Important Safety Instructions ATTENTION! Do not open chassis – risk of electric shock The unit has non-iso

30 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 10. Technical Specifications 10.1 Inputs AES/EBU • 4 x XLR, transformer balance

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME31 10.2 Outputs AES/EBU • 4 x XLR, transformer balanced, ground-free, according to AES3-1992 • Output voltage

32 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 10.4 Sample Rate Converter • Self adjusting, high order aliasing filter (-144 dB

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME33 10.7 Firmware The ADI-192 DD's main part has been realized using programmable logic. By exchanging a li

34 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 11. Technical Background 11.1 Terminology Single Speed Sample rate range origina

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME35 11.2 Lock, SyncCheck and SyncAlign Digital signals consist of a carrier and the data. If a digital signal is

36 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 11.3 DS - Double Speed When activating the Double Speed mode the ADI-192 DD opera

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME37 In QS operation, the ADI-192 DD spreads two channel's data on all 8 channels of an ADAT and TDIF port ac

38 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 11.6 Group Delay – I/O Latency Every digital device has a specific delay time bet

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME39 11.7 SteadyClock The SteadyClock technology of the ADI-192 DD guarantees an excellent performance in all clo

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40 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 12. Block Diagram

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME5 User's Guide ADI-192 DD General

6 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 1. Introduction With the ADI-192 DD you have an incredibly versatile digital inter

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME7 4. First Usage – Quick Start 4.1 Controls and Connectors The front of the ADI-192 DD features nine buttons a

8 User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME 4.2 Quick Start In the INPUT MONITOR section 19 LEDs provide detailed information

User's Guide ADI-192 DD © RME9 4.3 The DD plain and simple The user interface of the ADI-192 DD is characterized by a clearly structured arc