HEY! SPDIF ?

[o'clancey]

I cannot get the spdif in to work when using my sony TCD-D7 Dat Player. The out works fine (but in the output selection menu it reads not available.) I cannot get the in to work, and I do not have another DAT player to test it on. Any suggestions? I know that the cable does some sort of 7 pin to rca connection type conversion, but it works one way. Anyone else having problems with spdif in?

Paul

[This message has been edited by o'clancey (edited February 01, 2000).]

[BranDrums]

I read in Sound on Sound that Sony uses a proprietary digital format called sdif (*not a typo) that is SUPPOSED to be compatible with s/pdif with the right connection adapter

[graham potter]

Just a quick correction:

SDIF is the Sony Digital IO used on their 24 and 48 track Open Reel recorders. It uses a lead for each channel and a separate lead for wordclock.
The S in SPDIF stands for Sony (the P for Philips) and it is very unlikely they would use any other IO on a normal piece of kit like the D7. Incidentally I own a D7 but do not have the digital cable (I was told by my local dealer that they are no longer available - anybody know of a source for these, either the standard or optical one).

[noizboyz]

Check out core-sound.com

Rob

[graham potter]

Rob

Thanks for the info. Core-Sound also provide the explanation as to why the TCD-D7 output may not work: apparently the voltage levels are not to the S/PDIF standard, although Core-Sound claim to have successfully used their passive cables with the AMIII.

[o'clancey]

I Have further looked into this And found that the cable is only one way. The configuration of the 7 pin end and the conversion make it necesary to have two cables one for in and one for out. more info and links can be found here
http://www.fet.uni-hannover.de/~purnhage/dat/dat.html


Also my correction the DAT player I was refering to is SonyTCD-D7 portble DAT.

Paul

[AudioART]

Have you tried using an RM-D3K adapter unit? I don't know if they are still available, but with mine, I've had no S/PDIF problems with any digital transfers. (I'm still using PT 4.x/AM III, so I haven't yet tried it on 001).

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Nathan Lawrence, AudioART