360 Systems DigiCart/EX - Manual (Page 55)

Chapter 6
Playback
DigiCart/EX can play audio files in many different ways. These range from the straight-forward press
of the PLAY button, to using Hot Keys, to building complex Playlists. Playback can be initiated from
the front panel, a keyboard, dedicated RC-series remote control, GPI, or serial control via DigiCart
serial protocol or Peripheral Bus. DigiCart/EX can play audio from its internal hard disk or directly
from a network drive. To play from a network drive, simply select the drive, directory, and file
location as you would for a local drive.
Front Panel Indicators
Four front panel I/O indicators indicate the sample rate present at the digital outputs during playback,
regardless of the Sample Rate Converter (SRC) setting. Available sample rates are 44.1K, 48K, 88.2K,
96K. During Playback, the recorded sample rate of the file being played is displayed on the LCD
while the I/O indicators show the sample rate at the connectors. DigiCart/EX has separate Setup
menu settings for record and play sample rates, see “Setup Menu Features” on page 22 for
descriptions.
SRC illuminates to indicate that the Sample Rate Converter has been switched into the data path
between the recorded file and connectors. SRC settings can be changed in the Setup menus.
DigiCart/EX cannot perform “off-line” file-based sample rate conversions.
Two front panel Format indicators note the word size (24- or 16-bit) present at the connectors during
playback, regardless of the Dithered setting. DigiCart/EX can dither 24-bit files to 16-bit format
during playback. During Playback, the recorded word size of the file being played is displayed on
the LCD while the Format indicators show the Word Size at the connectors. DigiCart/EX has
separate Setup menu settings for record and play Word Size, see “Setup Menu Features” on page 22
for descriptions.
The Dithered LED illuminates to indicate that the word size of the recorded file is different than the
word size present at the connectors. Dithering settings can be changed in the Setup menus.
Ext Sync illuminates to indicate that the sync source is set to an external reference in the Setup menu.
The LED blinks if there is no valid sync signal presented at the connector. Note that this may happen
when the D-NET file receiver is on, even if the playback sync is not set for an external reference.
Turn off D-NET if you do not have another transmitting DigiCart connected.
Playback
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