DCS (AUDIO) dCS Verdi with dCS Elgar Plus User Manual

Quick Set-Up Guide – dCS Verdi with dCS Elgar Plus

This sheet guides you through setting up Verdi and Elgar Plus to play CDs and
SACDs, with Elgar Plus. This applies from software issues: Verdi v1.2x and
Elgar Plus v4.2x.

Basic Set-Up

do this: Connect power cables to all units, press the Power buttons. Connect up as

shown below.
The first time you use this set-up, run these reset routines:

do this: For Verdi, press the Menu button on the front panel, then press the ←←←← Step

button repeatedl y until the displa y shows Factory – press the Menu button.
Wait 30 seconds for the unit to settle down.

do this: For Elgar Plus, hold down the Display button on the front panel, press the

Volume/Balance button and release . Press the Display button repeatedl y until

the display shows Factory – press the Volume/Balance button. Wait 60
seconds for the unit to settle down.

dCS Verdi SACD Transport

XLR

cables

CAUTION: VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
LASER RADIATION. WHEN OPEN,

AES 1

L R OUTPUT

LR

Balanced

Outputs

- or -

DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

AES 2 AES 3

RCA TOSLINK

XLR

cable

LRAES 1 AES 2 RCA1 ST

LEVEL

HIGH

LOW

PUSH PUSH

L

R

RCA phono

cables

Unbalanced

Outputs

BNC ST

A

BNC

CH1

IN - WORDCL O C K - O U T

BNC

cable

CH1

TOSLINKRCA2

LASER PRODUCT

CH2

SDIF

DSD / SDIF

IN - WORDCL OCK - OUT

CLASS 1

CH2

1394

1394

SUC

1

1394
cable

SUC

dCS Elgar Plus DAC

B

POWER

REC OUT

To Pow e r Amplif ie r or Pr eamplifier

do this: Once the set-up is complete, load a disc, press the Play button and adjust

Elgar’s Volume control.
The system will automaticall y select the C D data if you are pla ying a CD (Elgar

displays 16/44.1) or the SACD data if yo u are playing an SACD / hybrid disc
(Elgar displays Verdi).

That is all you need to do, except - enjoy the music!

Quick Setup - Verdi-Elgar12.doc October 2002

Adding an Upsampler

You can use a dCS Purcell Upsampler fitted with a 1394 interface and v2.2x
software to upsample the CD data to DSD.

do this: Connect power cables to all units, press the Power buttons. Connect up as

shown below.
The first time you use this set-up, run these reset routines:

do this: For Verdi, press the Menu button on the front panel, then press the ←←←← Step

button repeatedl y until the display shows Factory – pr ess the Menu button.
Wait 30 seconds for the unit to settle down.

do this: For Purcell, press the Function button on the front panel, press the ←←←← Step

button repeatedly until the display shows Factory – press the Function
button.

do this: For Elgar Plus, hold down the Display button on the front panel, press the

Volume/Balance button and release . Press the Display button repeatedl y until

the display shows Factory – press the Volume/Balance button. Wait 60
seconds for the unit to settle down.

dCS Verdi SACD Transport

CAUTION: VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
LASER RADIATION. WHEN OPEN,

DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

AES 1

AES 2 AES 3

XLR

cable

DIGITAL INPUTS DIGITAL OUTPUTS POWER

RCA

AES RCA

PUSH

L R OUTPUT

LR

ST

BNC

TOSLIN K

LRAES 1 AES 2 RCA1 ST

LEVEL

HIGH

LOW

RL

XLR

cables

Balanced

Outputs

- or -

Unbalanced

Outputs

T o P ow er Amplifier or Preamplifier

RCA TOSLINK

WORDCLOCK

AB

IN

OUT

PUSH PUSH

RCA phono

cables

BNC ST

AES1 AES2

A

BNC

TOSLINKRCA2

CH1

SDIF

IN - WORD C LOCK - OUT

BNC

CH1

IN - WORDCLOCK - OUT

BNC

cable

DSD / SDIF

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

CH2

1394

OPTION

1394

CH2

1394

SUC

1

1394
cable

SUC

1

1394
cable

SUC

dCS P u rce ll U psa mpler

dCS Elgar Plus DAC

B

POWER

REC OUT

do this: Once the set-up is complete, load a disc, press the Play button and adjust

Elgar’s Volume control.
The system will automaticall y select the C D data if you are pla ying a CD (Elgar

displays Purcell) or the SACD data if you are playing an SACD / hybrid disc
(Elgar displays Verdi).

That is all you need to do, except - enjoy the music!