Panasonic WR-DA7 - Manual (Page 250)

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D A 7 U s e r s ’ G u i d e 17 - 7
17
Options
17-3 AES/EBU & S/PDIF Card, WR-AESS
AES/EBU (Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union) is a
digital audio interface standard used in most modern professional
equipment. S/PDIF (Sony/Phillips Digital InterFace) is the standard interface
used by many consumer-level components. This option card has four toggle
switches, located on the card itself, to choose the output signal, either the
AES/EBU (RS-422/110
Ω
) or S/PDIF (0.5 V[p-p]/75
Ω
). The status
information contained in the output signals is always “professional”
regardless of the switch position.
This AES/EBU & S/PDIF card can be used as an interface between digital
equipment and the DA7. If you need to send audio signals to an external
recorder, use a breakout cable with a connector which connects to the
AES/EBU & S/PDIF card and eight male XLR connectors which make up the
other end, or the tail. When doing this, make sure the four toggle switches
on the option card are set to
AES/EBU.
The [D-I/O>TO SLOT] window shows which card is connected to what
SLOT, and allows you to program the DA7 to output up to eight different
sources to the external recorder. Simultaneously, by using female XLR
connectors (or turnarounds on the male XLR connectors) from the external
device, the eight tracks of the recorder can be routed back as inputs to the
DA7.
If attempting to connect a consumer level recorder to the DA7, the same
procedure will work, but the breakout cable should have RCA connectors on
the tail. When connecting with the RCA plugs, be sure to set the four
switches on the option card to
S/PDIF. See Chapter 12, D-I/O, and Chapter
2, DA7 Tour for additional information on connecting and using the three
option card slots on the Rear Panel of the DA7. Cable information is shown
in Appendix E, Cables and Connections.
WR-AESS AES/EBU&S/PDIF
AES/EBU&S/PDIF I/O Card
AES/EBU & S/PDIF I/O Card
AES/EBU SW1 SPDIF
AES/EBU SW2 SPDIF
AES/EBU SW3 SPDIF
AES/EBU SW4 SPDIF
WR-AESS