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Apogee AD-500E Operation Manual

Apogee AD-500E Operation Manual (51 pages)

Portable Reference Analog to Digital Converter

Brand: Apogee | Category: Media Converter | Size: 30 MB

Table of Contents

Parts View
4
Specifications
5
Accessories
6
Features
7
Product View
7
Unpacking
9
How to Use
10
Installation
11
Operation
12
Understanding Analog Audio Versus Digital Audio
12
Cleaning up Timing Jitter
13
Digital Timing and Sync Block Diagram
14
Timing and the Unit
15
Selecting Sync Source and Sampling Rate
15
Selecting the Internal Crystal Sync Source
15
Selecting an External Sync Source/Clock Accuracy
15
Video Levels
16
Locking to a NTSC Video Sync Source
16
Locking to a PAL Video Sync Source
16
Common Timing Accuracy Standards
16
Special Video Sync Facilities
17
Special Sampling Rates
17
Film Varient Crystal Sync Frequencies
17
47.952Khz Locked to NTSC
17
Locking to External Word Sync Inputs
18
AES Sync Inputs
18
S/P DIF Sync Input
19
Optical Sync Input
19
Sync Inputs Table
20
Analog Audio Inputs
21
Pin 3 Hot/Pin 2 Hot
21
Input Features
21
Input Impedance
21
Accessing the Second Left and Right Inputs (Input B)
22
Wiring Instructions for Additional Right and Left Inputs
22
Analog Input Block Diagram
23
Input Gain Controls
24
Balanced or Unbalanced Inputs
25
Common Mode Rejection
25
THD+N Analog Input to Digital Output
25
Headroom
25
Metering
26
Calibration of Headroom
27
Emphasis
27
Dynamics Control - Soft Limit Function
28
Detailed Effects of Soft Limit Function
29
Dynamics Control - Soft Saturate
30
Mute and off Analog Input Selector Positions
31
Digital Outputs
32
Digital Audio Output
32
Sync (Word Clock) Output
32
Digital Audio Output Format and Selection
33
Channel Status
34
Digital Audio
35
Adapter for S/P DIF out
35
Adapter for Balance Word Sync (WC) out
35
Adapter for Unbalanced Word Sync (WC) out
36
Copy Protection
37
Professional/Consumer Mode Copy Protect
37
Scms
37
Technical Description of S/P DIF Copy Protect
37
Table for PCM or DAT Category
38
Table for CD Category
39
Table for General Category
39
REV a and REV B Boards
40
DAT Category Versus General Category
41
REV C Boards
41
Some Machines Conveniently Ignore Copy Protect
41
Copy Protection - the Painless Version
41
Grounding
42
Power Supply
42
Maintenance
44
Service Information
44
Case Disassembly
44
Enhancements
49
Optional Continuous Adjustment of Soft Limit Threshold
49
Drilling Front Panel Hole for Soft Limit Screw Driver Adjust
49
Locating and Attaching the 20K Multiturn Pot
49
Wiring the Multi-Turn Trimmer to R162
50
Changing the Red Meter Light to Better Indicate Overs
50
To Move the Red LED Threshold to 0.5 Db
50

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