TC Electronic Studio Konnekt 48 - Manual (Page 36)

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TC Near prevents computer standby mode
Before setting your computer in standby mode the TC
Near control panel must be shut down. Computers handle
standby mode and hibernation in different ways. To
prevent instability on the audio interface after the
computer is turned back on, the TC Near control panel
must be closed. Most likely you will also need to close
you host application (Cubase or Logic or ...) The Konnekt units use the TC developed DICE II TM digital
interface chip from TC Applied Technologies. The DICE
II
TM chip provides a very stable digital clock to ensure
jitter free digital signal flow all the way through the
device.
Digital sound quality is not just "digital sound quality":
having a stable digital clock is crucial to the sound
quality.
Get perfect alignment of all your digital signals
With integrated JET
TM technology the Konnekt is able to
perfectly align all digital signals from external digital
sources. This means that all supported digital formats will
be aligned to ensure maximum digital quality.
JET - patent pending. Next generation of jitter elimination
and sync handling, based on experience from TC flag ship
System 6000, EQ station and AIR speakers.
DICE II TM has been specially developed for high
performing digital interfaces S/PDIF, ADAT, 1394 and
AD/DA. DICE II
TM is based on many years of research and
experience from making products for the top professional
market including studios and broadcast industry.
The DICE II
TM 's hardware based FireWire audio streaming
engine ensures robust, glitch free performance,
independent of how many channels are being streamed.
APPENDIX - FAQ APPENDIX - DICE BACKGROUND
Shortcut keys
The various main pages can be accessed using the
following shortcut keys:
Function Press
Device pages
Mixer
= M or 1
Setup = S or 2
Fabrik C = C or 3
Fabrik R = R or 4
About = A or 5
Monitor mix on/off = CTRL + M
System settings page = CTRL + S
Alternate between devices = CTRL + 1 to 4
• Press UPDATE FIRMWARE and you will be directed to
the folder where the firmware is located.
Example
• Select the “xxx.bin” file with the highest number. This
is the latest released firmware.
• Now press “Open” and wait while the firmware is
being updated.
Reset to Default
The Reset to Default function will reset the selected
Konnekt unit to factory default settings for the currently
loaded software.
The software will not be degraded to previous
software versions and no presets are affected.
FIRMWARE UPDATE & RESET TO DEFAULT
Versions
This section gives information on Control panel versions
and FireWire driver.
Check for updates
•
If the computer is connected to the Internet you may
check for updates by pressing “CHECK FOR
UPDATES”. You will be directed to the Konnekt
product page at www.tcelectronic.com
• Press “Click here to download the latest version” and
download the full installer.
• Run the installer.
Updating firmware
•
Once the installer has been run (see above), the latest
version of firmware is placed in the TC Near folder on
your hard drive.
• You will now need to update the firmware for each
Konnekt unit in the setup.
• Go to the “About page” for the unit you want to
update.
Example