Esoteric D00864200A - Manual (Page 27)

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Turning video on and off
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Use the VIDEO ON/OFF button to turn video output to the
television (monitor) on and off. It is not necessary to turn video
off, but you may notice a slight improvement in audio quality if
you turn off the video when playing back SACD discs and CDs
without video images.
Note that this setting is not memorized when the power is
turned off.
Analog sound output (2CH/MULTI)
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When playback is stopped, use the 2CH/MULTI button to select
either 2CH (stereo) or MULTI (multi-channel surround) audio
output.
This setting is also reflected in the configuration screen (see page 31).
2CH
The unit outputs 2-channel audio from the the i.LINK (AUDIO)
and the AUDIO OUT terminals.
If multi-channel program material is played, the multi-channel
material will be downmixed to two channels and the
DOWNMIX indicator will light on the display.
See page 32 for how to set the downmix mode.
MULTI
The unit outputs the multi-channel surround sound.
Select this when the i.LINK (AUDIO) terminal is connected to a
surround sound amplifier with a decoder.
5.1 indicator will light on the display.
< Note that if “MULTI” is selected, only the front L/R sound of
the multi-channel material will be output from the analog
AUDIO OUT terminals.
< This setting has no effect on the DIGITAL OUT terminals.
< This setting is ignored if you play a DVD-Video with the Audio
Digital Out set to “Stream”(page 37) and the i.LINK output
set to “i.60958”(page 42). To use this setting, set the Audio
Digital Out to “Stream” and the i.LINK output to “i.PCM”.
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Clock Mode
Word sync
For highly accurate playback, you can use the word clock
(sync) output of an external unit such as the Esoteric G-25U,
D-70 or G-0s to synchronize your whole audio system.
Use the CLOCK MODE (main unit) button to switch
between Word ON and Word OFF.
When the unit is synchronizing to the external clock, the ring
surrounding the button flashes. When it is locked, the button
lights.
The main unit can accept and synchronize to the following
frequencies received from external devices:
44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 100kHz, 176.4kHz,
192kHz as well as frequencies which are 96% of these
values, in the 4% DOWN mode.
Note that the sync connection should be made before the
CLOCK MODE button is pressed. If no valid word sync signal
is received, the display shows “No Word!”.
4% DOWN mode
This allows a 4% reduction in frame rate. PAL video plays
back at 25 frames per second (fps), but movies are shot at
24fps. This mode helps to resolve the discrepancy by allowing
an external clock source at 4% less than standard to be
received. The external clock source should be set to this 4%
frequency reduction (called “PAL FILM” on the G-0 and G-0s
models).
Press and hold the CLOCK MODE button on the main
unit for three seconds or more to enter this mode.
The ring surrounding the button lights orange. Pressing this
button again turns off the word sync.
Note that the signals from the S-Video and composite video
outputs are cancelled when this mode is selected. In addition,
the audio pitch drops.