Frame - system - main, State, Power state – TC Electronic DB8 MKII User Manual

Page 32: Clock status

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State

Clock Master
Sets the master clock of the processor. A machine with

SDI option always expects an SDI input signal. If SDI is

not available, the machine reverts to 48 kHz internal rate

operation, which should be regarded an error condition.

Clock Fallback
Determines how the processor reacts if it looses external

reference. If “Halt” is selected, signal processing stops. If

“Internal” is selected, the clock switches to the selected

Internal Clockrate in case of lost external reference.

Internal Clock Rate

The internal Clock Rate can be set to 44.1 or 48 kHz.

As it is considered “unconventional” to use the DB8 internal

clock in broadcast setups, a yellow indication will appear

on the frame select page when internal is selected.

Clock Status

Locked Clock Rate

The Clock Rate to which the Mainframe is currently locked.

Color indications

The yellow color indicates that:

- Auto Revert to Internal is selected and...

- the selected Clock Master has been present at one point

but is now lost and...

- the frame has switched to the selected internal clock rate.

The red color indicates “no lock” - check cables and clock

source.

Detected Sample Rate

This is a read-only parameter indicating the actual

incoming Sample Rate. The tolerance of this detection is

+/- 10Hz.

Example: An incoming Sample Rate of 44.056kHz will be

detected as approx. 44.06kHz and the system indicates the

Locked Clock Rate 44.100kHz.

The system will lock to and reject jitter at any Sample Rate

between:

• 42.5 - 45.5kHz

• 46.5 - 48.5kHz

Power State

Display Power State
Off – No indication at power failure

Error – Failure of one power connection indicated by a red

indicator on the Frame tab.

Warning – Failure of one power connection indicated by a

yellow indicator on the Frame tab.

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