Yamaha DA824 - Manual

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

Introduction 1 DA824—Owner’s Manual 1 Introduction Welcome Thank you for choosing the Yamaha DA824 DA Converter. The DA824 is a high-performance 8-channel digital-to-analog converter, with 24-bit linear digital-to-analog converters and 128-times oversampling providing a typical dynamic range of 110 ...

2 Chapter 2—Touring the DA824 DA824—Owner’s Manual 2 Touring the DA824 Front Panel A PEAK, NOMINAL & SIGNAL indicators These indicators show the signal 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 w...

Rear Panel 3 DA824—Owner’s Manual Rear Panel A COM port This port is for updating the DA824’s internal firmware and is not used in normal oper-ation. B WORD CLOCK THRU connector This BNC connector transmits the wordclock signal received at the WORD CLOCK IN. C WORD CLOCK 75 Ω ON/OFF switch This swit...

4 Chapter 3—Digital I/O Cards DA824—Owner’s Manual 3 Digital I/O Cards About Digital I/O Cards For digital input, the DA824 uses optional mini YGDAI (Yamaha General Digital Audio Interface) cards, which are available in all the popular digital audio interconnect for-mats, including AES/EBU, ADAT, an...

6 Chapter 4—Hookup Examples DA824—Owner’s Manual 4 Hookup Examples In the following hookup examples, the “Digital Audio Device” could be any device with a compatible AES/EBU or ADAT interface, including the following Yamaha products with the necessary I/O cards installed: DME32 Digital Mixing Engine...

AES/EBU Connection with Splitter Cable 7 DA824—Owner’s Manual AES/EBU Connection with Splitter Cable This example shows how both an AD824 and DA824 can be connected to a digital audio device with a single AES/EBU interface by using MY8-AE I/O cards and a custom AES/EBU splitter cable. Pin wiring det...

8 Chapter 5—Wordclocks DA824—Owner’s Manual 5 Wordclocks About Wordclocks For correct operation and digital-to-analog processing, it is essential that the DA824 is wordclock locked to the digital audio device transmitting the digital audio signals. Nor-mally, the DA824 locks to a wordclock signal de...

Wordclock Termination 9 DA824—Owner’s Manual Wordclock Termination For correct and reliable operation, wordclock signals distributed via BNC cables must be terminated correctly. Termination is typically applied at the last device, although it depends on the distribution method being used. The DA824’...

10 Appendix DA824—Owner’s Manual Appendix Specifications Sampling rate MY8-AE, MY8-TD 39.69–50.88 kHz MY8-AT 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; e...

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 ...

12 Appendix DA824—Owner’s Manual Dimensions Specifications and external appearance subject to change without notice. For European Model Purchaser/User Information specified in EN55103-1 and EN55103-2.Inrush Current: 10AConformed Environment: E1, E2, E3 and E4 67.5 67.5 345 430 13 88 H: 97.5 30 30 48...