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    DA CONVER TER Owner’ s Manual E ON OFF POWER DA CONVERTER LOCK PEAK SIGNAL NOMINAL PEAK SIGNAL NOMINAL 1 2345678 Keep This Manual For Future Reference.[...]

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    FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessori[...]

  • Page 3

    i DA824—Owner’s Manual Important Information Please read before operating the DA824 W arnings •D o not subject the D A824 to extr eme temperatures, humidity , direct sunlight, or dust, which could be a pot ential fire or electrical shock hazard. •D o not allow wat er to enter the D A824 or allow it t o become wet. Fire or electrical shock [...]

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    ii DA824—Owner’s Manual •B e sure to c onnect to an appropriate outlet with a prot ective grounding c onnection. Im proper grounding can result in electrical shock. Cautions •I f this de vice is to be mounted in an EIA -standard rack, leave the back of the rack open and make sur e that it is at least 10 cm awa y from walls or surfaces. Also[...]

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    iii DA824—Owner’s Manual Package Contents The D A824 package should contain the follo w ing items. Contact y our Y amaha dealer if an y thing is missing. •D A824 D A Con verter •P o w e r c o r d •T his manual T rademarks AD A T M ultiChannel Optical Digital Interface is a trademark of Alesis C or poration. T ascam Digital Interface is a [...]

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    iv Contents DA824—Owner’s Manual Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Introduction 1 DA824—Owner’s Manual 1 Introduction W elcome Thank you for c hoosing the Y amaha D A824 D A Con verter . The D A824 is a high-performance 8-channel digital-to-analog con verter , w ith 24-bit linear digital-to-analog con verters and 128-times ov ersampling providing a ty pical d ynamic range of 110 dB. Optional mini Y GD AI ( Y a[...]

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    2 Chapter 2—Touring the DA824 DA824—Owner’s Manual 2 T ouring the DA824 Front Panel A PEAK, NOMINAL & SIGNAL indicators These indicators sho w the sig nal level of each channel. PEAK —This indicator lights up when the signal level is 3 dB below full-scale output. NOMINAL —This indicator lights up when the signal level is 14 dB below f[...]

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    Rear Panel 3 DA824—Owner’s Manual Rear Panel A COM port This port is for updating the D A824’ s internal firmwar e and is not used in normal oper- ation. B WORD CLOCK THRU connector This BNC connect or tr ansmits the wor dclock sig nal rec eived at the W ORD CLOCK IN. C WORD CLOCK 75 Ω ON/OFF switch This switch is used to terminat e the wo[...]

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    4 Chapter 3—Digital I/O Cards DA824—Owner’s Manual 3 Digital I/O Cards About Digital I/O Cards Fo r dig ital input, the D A824 uses optional mini Y GD AI (Y amaha Gener al Digital A udio In te rface) cards, which are a vailable in all the popular digital audio interconnect for - mats, including AES/EBU , AD A T , and T ascam TDIF-1. The follo[...]

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    Installing I/O Cards 5 DA824—Owner’s Manual Installing I/O Cards This section explains how t o install mini Y GD AI cards in the D A824. 1 T urn off the DA824. 2 Undo the two fixing screws and remove the slot cover , as shown below . Ke ep the cove r and fixing screws in a safe place for future use. 3 Insert the card between the guide rails a[...]

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    6 Chapter 4—Hookup Examples DA824—Owner’s Manual 4 Hookup Examples In the following hookup examples, the “Dig ital A udio De vice” could be any device with a compatible AES/EBU or AD A T interface, including the following Y amaha pr oducts w ith the necessary I/O cards installed: DME32 Digital Mixing Engine, 02R Dig ital Re cor ding Conso[...]

  • Page 13

    AES/EBU Connection with Splitter Cable 7 DA824—Owner’s Manual AES/EBU Connection with Splitter Cable This example shows ho w both an AD824 and D A824 can be connected t o a dig ital audio device w ith a single AES/EBU int erface by using MY8-AE I/O cards and a cust om AES/EBU splitter cable. Pin w iring details for the AES/EBU interfac e are su[...]

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    8 Chapter 5—Wordclocks DA824—Owner’s Manual 5 W ordclocks About W ordclocks Fo r correct operation and digital-to-analog processing, it is essential that the D A824 is wo rd clock locked to the digital audio dev ice transmitting the digital audio signals. N or- mally , the D A824 locks to a wordclock signal deriv ed from the SL OT digital aud[...]

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    Wordclock Termination 9 DA824—Owner’s Manual W ordclock T ermination Fo r correct and reliable operation, wordclock signals distributed via BNC cables must be terminated c orrectly . T ermination is ty pically applied at the last device, althoug h it depends on the distribution method being used. The D A824’ s W ORD CLOCK 75 Ω ON/OFF switch[...]

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    10 Appendix DA824—Owner’s Manual Appendix Specifications Sampling rate MY8-AE, MY8-TD 39.69–50.88 kHz MY8-A T 41.013–50.88 kHz DA conversion resolution 24-bit linear , 128-times oversampling Frequency response –3, +1 dB, 20 Hz–20 kHz Dynamic Range 1 1. Measured with a 6 dB/octave filter at 12.7 kHz; equivalent to a 20 kHz filter with[...]

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    Specifications 11 DA824—Owner’s Manual Analog Output Digital I/O Connection GAIN SW Actual Source Impedance For Use with Nominal Output Level Connector Nominal Max. before clip OUTPUT 1–8 1 1. 24-bit 128-times oversampling D/A converters. +24 dB 150 Ω lines 600 Ω lines +10 dB (2.45 V) +24 dB (12.28 V) XLR-3-32 type (balanced) 2 & TRS [...]

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    12 Appendix DA824—Owner’s Manual Dimensions Specifications and external appearance subject t o change w ithout notice. Fo r Euro pean Model Pu rc haser/User I nfor mation specified in EN55103-1 and EN55103-2. Inr ush C ur rent: 10A Co nformed Environment: E1, E2, E3 and E4 67.5 67.5 345 430 13 88 H: 97.5 30 30 48 (33) 274 355 D: 366.8 W: 480 [...]

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    YAMAHA CORPORATION V554060 R3 1 IP 20 Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division P.O. Box 3, Hamamatsu, 430-8651, Japan 07 08 400 AP Printed in Japan[...]