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- Page 1 PC-AD2 2 Stereo Analogue I/O & 2 Stereo AES-3 I/O PCIe Half Height Sound Card Manufacturers of audio & video products for radio & TV broadcasters...
- Page 2 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. Sonifex Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents & Figures Contents Figures Product Warranty - 2 Year Extended Fig 1-1: PC-AD2 With Small Bracket And Optional large Bracket Sonifex Warranty & Liability Terms & Conditions Fig 2-1: Device Manager Screen 1. Definitions Fig 2-2: PC-AD2 Properties/Configuration Screen 2. Warranty... - Page 4 Warranty Registration Register Online for an Extended 2 Year Warranty As standard, Sonifex products are supplied with a 1 year back to base warranty. Product: If you register the product online, you can increase your product warranty to 2 years and we can...
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Page 5: Product Warranty - 2 Year Extended
‘the Contract’ means the quotation, these Conditions of Sale and any other document incorporated in a contract between the Company and the As standard, Sonifex products are supplied with a 1 year back to base Purchaser. warranty. In order to register the date of purchase and so that we can keep... -
Page 6: Unpacking Your Product
Warranty the defect has not arisen from a design made, furnished or At the request and expense of the Purchaser the Company will test specified by the Purchaser; the Goods to ascertain performance levels and provide a report of the results of that test. The report will be accurate at the time of the vii. -
Page 7: Repairs & Returns
Please note that all products are either switchable between 115V and 230V, or have a universal power supply. Repairs & Returns Please contact Sonifex or your supplier if you have any problems with your Fuse Rating Sonifex product. Email technical.support@sonifex.co.uk for the repair/ The product is supplied with a single fuse in the live conducting path of the upgrade/returns procedure, or for support &... -
Page 8: Weee Directive
All products manufactured by Sonifex Ltd have the WEEE directive label Connect the equipment in accordance with the connection details and placed on the case. Sonifex Ltd will be happy to give you information about before applying power to the unit, check that the machine has the correct local organisations that can reprocess the product when it reaches its “end... -
Page 9: Pc-Ad2 2 Stereo Analogue I/O & 2 Stereo Aes-3 I/Opcie Half Height Sound Card
PC-AD2 - Introduction 1. PC-AD2 2 Stereo Analogue I/O & 2 Stereo AES-3 I/O PCIe Half Height Sound Card Introduction Fig 1-1: PC-AD2 With Small Bracket And Optional large Bracket... - Page 10 PC-AD2 - Introduction The PC-AD2 is a professional-quality half-height PCIe audio input-output Category: Professional Sound Cards & Radio Capture Cards. card, offering both analogue and AES-3 stereo inputs and outputs. It Product Function: Provides two AES-3 and two balanced analogue is supplied with a Windows WDM driver to provide full sound card audio inputs and outputs for use in a PC.
- Page 11 PC-AD2 - Introduction any sample rate can be played and recorded. Extended software bit depths of 32 and 24 bits are supported as well as 16 and 8 bits for playback and recording. For each AES-3 input, the received sampling rate, frame lock and sampling rate converter status is shown.
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Page 12: Installation
PC-AD2 - Installation 2. Installation Right-click on it, select Update Driver Software, then click on Browse my computer for driver software and click on the Browse button to navigate to The software package consists of the driver installation file (PCAD2x86.inf the driver’s location. - Page 13 PC-AD2 - Installation At the bottom of the configuration page the PLL and AES input status is shown. The PLL will indicate whether it is locked or unlocked and whether its source is internal or external. When a sync source other than None is selected, the source indicator will show external in green when it’s locked to that source, or internal in orange if it’s unable to do so (typically because the source sampling rate doesn’t match the card’s core sampling rate).
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Page 14: Windows Audio Operation
PC-AD2 - Windows Audio Operation 3. Windows Audio Operation Mixer API The legacy Windows mixer API is virtualised for each application, providing The audio subsystem of Windows 7, 8, 10 and corresponding server just a mute and volume control for each endpoint and affecting only the versions changed substantially from earlier versions of Windows, although audio going to and from that application. -
Page 15: Windows Mono Recording Bug
PC-AD2 - Windows Audio Operation PC-AD2 - GPIO default these are disabled, but can be individually enabled as follows. Right-click on the loudspeaker symbol in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and select Recording Devices. Right-click on any of the sources and check Show Disabled Devices, which should then reveal two additional sources called Input 1 Mono Mix and Input 2 Mono Mix. -
Page 16: Recording Endpoints
PC-AD2 - Windows Audio Operation Fig 3-2: PC-AD2 Line Output 1 Properties/Levels Screen Fig 3-3: PC-AD2 AES 3 Input 1 Properties/Levels Screen Recording Endpoints The Listen option allows the input’s audio to be routed by Windows to any audio output device on the PC. The listen settings are preserved across Each of the analogue and AES-3 recording endpoints has a fader and mute reboots and take effect even if no user is logged in. -
Page 17: Line Input 1 / Microphone Operation
PC-AD2 - Windows Audio Operation PC-AD2 - GPIO sample timing differences. All aliasing products are attenuated by more than 120dB. The converter’s passband frequency response is shown below, normalised to the lower of the input and core sampling rates. The vertical scale is 10dB per division. - Page 18 PC-AD2 - Windows Audio Operation To adjust the sensitivity of the microphone input, right-click on the endpoint, select Properties and click on the Levels tab. The default setting is -20dB but can be adjusted from 0dB to -60dB. Note that the setting display can be switched between percentage and decibels by right-clicking on it and selecting the desired option.
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Page 19: Gpio
PC-AD2 - GPIO 4. GPIO A simple demonstration program is included with the driver package to illustrate the operation of the GPIO API and to quickly test the GPIO The PC-AD2 has two optically-isolated general purpose inputs and outputs functionality. which are accessed through a programming API supplied with the driver package. -
Page 20: Technical Specification For Pc-Ad2
PC-AD2 - Technical Specification 5. Technical Specification For PC-AD2 Operating Systems Supported Digital Audio Interface: 2 x AES-3 (formerly known as AES/EBU) inputs/outputs Platform: Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 (32-bit and 64- bit versions Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2. Synchronisation Input: 1 x AES-11 input synchronisation: Output Sampling Rates:... - Page 21 Notes...
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