Aardvark AardSync II Owner's manual

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Owner's

Manual

Master

Digital

Audio

Sync

Generator

Congratulatlons

on havlng

purchased

the

mos$!rofesslonal

dlgltal

sudlo syno

genorator

avallable. The

AardSync ll ls

a

Mast6r Sync Generator

deelgned to

synchronlze

your

onllre

sludlo. The new AardSync ll comblnes

more flexlblllly and

durablllty

wllh superlor

lltter

and

ground

loop nolse reductlon.

We

are

confldent

that

you

wlll enJoy many

years

of superlor

perlormance

lrom

your

new

AardSync

ll.

I

Stable DtgltalAudlo

Sync Locked

to

Vtdeo

I

Low

Dlgllal

Audlo

Jltler

(150.200

Plcoseconds)

-

100d8

of Jltter Reductlon

In ths Crltlcatty Audlbte Regton

I

0.000% Drilt

Over Tlme

I

AllStandard

Sampllng

Rates Includlng All Pull-Ups

and Pull-Downs

I

Sonses and

Locks

to NTSC, PAL, SECAM Vldeo Standards

I

Video Slandard

Indlcator on Front

Panel

I

AES/EBU Sync

Outputs

I

Word Clock Oulpuls

I

Dtgldeslgn@2so

FS Syno Outputs

I

SPDIF Sync

OpllonalWllh

Adapter

Allthese lsalures

add up

to

a solld, flexlble

sync

generalor

lhat wlllsustaln

you

through

yoars

of conelant

use. Take

a few mlnutee

to read through

lhle manual.

li

wlllgulde

you

lhrough AardSync

ll operatlon

and

wlll

have

you

up and runnlng

In moments.

Once

you

undersland

the

baslc

luncllons

of

your

AardSync

ll,

you'll

have full

access to the

power

and

flexlblllty

of Aardvark

onglneerlng.

ThlE

€qulpment has boon

tosted and lound

io comply wllh tho llmlt6lor

a claBo A dlgllel dovlco,

pureuanl

to

parl

16ol

lho FCC tules, Thosollmltsatodeelgnodto

provldo

reasonableprotoctlon

agaln0l

harmlullnlcderoncewhon

ths €qulpmont

ls oporatod

In a commerclal onvlronment.

Thl6 oqulpmenl0onerat€8,

usos, and con radlato radlo

kequency

onolgy and, ll nol Installod

and u6ed

In

ac€ordanco

vrllh lhe Inslrucllon

manual, may

cause

harmful

Into116r€nce to radlo communlcallons.

Oporallon

of thls oqulpmont In

a resldenllal eaoa ls llkoly lo oauso harmtul

Inlederonce In

vJhlch ca6o the

u6or wlll bo

requlrod to corroct

tho

Inlerlorenco

al hl8

own oxpense.

@

lS€0

AErdvatk

Computor Sy6tsms,

Ino. Atl

tlghts

rosgruod.

For

your

safely,

record

your

serlainumber

below:

Serlal:

ra-+

xo.

258

WC

ilc

oo 5

00*5

d,d,

Front Panel

lu

Back

Panel

d,

ffi

n.r.

Scoctlon Swiich

Solects

lhe dlgjtel e..:Cio sampllng rate,

(goo

Sampllng

Rate lablo on

followlng

page)

@

vrceo In Indlcator

When on, Indlcales the

presence

of a vldeo Input

slgnal. ll no

vldeo Input le

provlded,

the unll wlll free run

uslng lnt€rnal

clocklng,

ffi

Vfceo Standard Indlcatore

(PAUSECAM;

NTSC color; NTSC b/w).

@

Syotem Look lndlcator

When on, Indlcalos lhal

lhe

unlt

ls

locked

to

lhe vldeo

sync,

ffi

Ro*.r

Indlcator

(S

ro*.t

Power

ewllch.

Unlt

Operatlon

1.

Altach

power

adapter lo unll and

plug

Into wall outlet.

2,

Plug Input

and oulput

cables Into

rear

XLR

con',rectors,

3.

Turn unlt

on al

lhe

power

swltch.

ffii,

ffi

6B

({p

6,fii}

(.?

Power

Connectlon

lor

power

adapter.

Dlgldeelgno

256

Clock

Internally

lumperable

to Word

Clock

Sync

Oulput.

Word Clock Sync

Output

Internally

lumperable

lo DlglDeslgno

256 clock.

Word

Clock

Sync Oulpule

Slandard

fiL level

squaro

wavo

at sampllng rate.

AES/EBU

Dlgltal Output

XLRo'

Dlgllal

audlo reference

slgnal

(DARS).

Vldeo

Input

Vldoo

elgnallo tock

to

(NTSC,

PAUSECAM).

'Protesslonal

dlgltal

connectors conflgurable

to con0umer

plugs

uslng opllonal

adaptors

Your

AardSync

ll ls ready

lo

operate.

lf

you

have

applled

a vldeo Input

slgnal

but

the vldeo Indlcator does not llghl,

check cabllng

and lhe

sourcs devlce.

Unlt

Operailon

1.

Atlach

power

adapter

lo

unrt

and

plug

lnto

wall

oullet.

2.

Plug

Input

and

oulput

cabtes

into

rear

connectors.

3.

Turn

unll

on

al

lho

po,*er

svritch.

Your

AardSync

ll

ls reacy

to

operale.

lf

you

have

applled

lJ]d:o

fnp_ur

stgnat

bur

rhe

viU'eo

fndtcaioi

OoJ,

nor

llgt

r,

chock

cabllng

and

the

scurce

devlce.

J, ll .no,vlee_o

e

tgnat

lo

rhe

vldeo

Inpul,

the

unlt

wlll

lree

run

produclng

DAFTS

from

Intornal

.rirrfrL

SJ

Ou.ireO

eam.

pllng

rate

vla rate

selecllon

swltch.

l:f,pf

vldec

signat

il

vtdeo

eync

te

deehed,

Wlth

vtdoo

apptted,

vtdeo

indlcator

shoutd

lighl

up

triie?aiely,

anO

tn

2

serconds

or

tess

lock

jndtcaio,

.h;ij-ildil

tt

,tu"o

ldf:l.l

dcesn'r

nghr,

check

rh;

;jo-t;;'bii

anrr

rhe

source

dovico,

lf vldeo

lndlcator

tfghts

builoci

lndl.uro,

doesn

r iighr

or tr

flashes,.

the

""fr

ii

,^JOf"

io

ioct

ro

fne

vide r

s

i gn

at

s

uppued.

rnrs.

hoicaies

irl.irt',

ir

j.o

rrgn.r

ls

loo

nolsy

or

unslablo

to

bs

us€d.

Instrucllone

for

Rack

mountlng

The

AardSync

ll

unlt

ls

capable

of

dashop

or

rack-mounled

operatlon.

For

rack.modnilng

appttcaflSne,

iree'only

ffre

provlded

nylon

10-02

x

S/1O'isciewe.

lWarnlng:

To-malntaln

voltage

requlremenle,

usE

0nly

the

lecommended

adapters.

ft'fr

i"'ft*lfllfff

-'tffi

'd'$$ffi

li,

NOTEr

F[3,1',,ll1ggPliiJi*lili8f

Jslf.lTrr*r.&60kHz,

To

AardSync

ll

n

\,/

Dlglt6lOUI

XtR

Mate

User

Gonllguratlon

Cuslom

conllguratlon

of

the AardSync

ll's operallon

may

be

accompllehed

vta

reposltlonlng

of lhe

lntelnal

Jumper

setup,

To

access

the

Jumpers,

s€o

the followlng

6ocllon,

Alterlng

Jumper

Conf

lguratlon

Once

you

have

removed

the cover,

look

at

lhe

AardSync

ll's clrcullboard.

lt

should

resemble

lhe lllustrailon

below.

t

S|}11ffiil.'*01,JP100

f, JP4

8Io alwave

ueer

O

{P50

A

JP!02

mlghl

bo noodod It

the opuonal

Vtdoo

Gonomtor

BoErd [E InslsllBd.

I

JPO lo

NoT

UoorConnguroblot

Removlng

the

Cere

I Warnlng:

Thlr

unlt

la a

alailc.senslilve

componenl.

Be eure

to take

proper

precaullone,

or

clrcullry

may

be

damaged.

Tb accese

Jumpere;

.l)

Romove

the

back

panel

and

bezel

by

flrst

removlng

lhe

two

back

panel

Bcrowe,

2)

Remove

lhe 5 hex

rlngs

lrom

BNC

conneclors.

3)

Remove

the

base

covsr

Gcrew,

4) Sllde

ofl lhe

untt'e

cover

by

pulllng

lt

toward

lhe

back

of lho

unlt.

Pule

2 Oulput

Forfist

m

fifi#sil-

[n

l;[E?'g'$"xnf,

Vidoo Inoul Pluo

0

il +:flliR,,;

E

i[";'ii#igsi

Top

ot Un[

ba06o5u

I

Warnlng:

do

not temove

the

front

cover

panel.

ll ls

lhe

hard

way

to

get

Inslde

the case.

Gontlnuous DARS Synchronlzatlon

and SMPTE Trlgger,

VTR Based

Dlgltalaudlo clocklng ls dodvod

from vldoo

olgnal by

lho

AardSync

ll,

whlch

gonerates

a DlgltalAudlo

Retor€nco

Slgnal

(DAFS)

and a Word

Clock

(WC)

slgnal.

All olherdevlceederlvelhelrdlgltal

audloclocklng

from

elthor the DARS or lhe

WC

elgnal

provlded

by

lhe

AardSync

ll.

The 0lgltal

Audlo Wotkslallon

(DAW)

genlocke

lo DARS to derlvo

tlmlng

for th6

dlgltal audlo

lt B€nds

lo lhe D/Ai lhe Aardverior

gonlockE

to DARS to

gonorale

lhe

llmlng for

lhe

Iy'D.

Tno StIPTE

LITC

recorded on one ol lhe WR'e

audlo lracke le used

lo trlgger

playback

of a

pofllon

ot audlo,

Advsnlages:

.

The

dlgllal audlo le locked

lo

lhe WR vldeo slgnal,

For lhle reaeon,

ll will

nol drltl.

.

The Aardsync

ll

provldes

a DARS whlch

lracks long.lerm changes

of

WR

playback

rale, bul llllere oul

lltlers

lhal would

be caueed by lhe

wow, flullor

and skew Inherenl In

lhe WR kanoporl.

.Ths

AardSync

ll usos

proprlolary

dlgltal

lechnlques to reduco

lltter,

thuo

provldlng

lhe hlghosl

poeelble quallty

DAFS for

dlgllal audlo

r€cordlng.

.

Tho Aardsync ll

provldes

acce88 to all lho varlou8

pulhup

and

pull.

down frequencles

requlred

by

lhe

professlonal

vldoo

post

snvlron.

menl,

.

ooesn'l requlre

an oxt€rnal hou8o

sync

ggnolator.

.

All of

lhe dlgltal devlcee are locked lo lhe dlgllal maeler,

Thls makee

ll

po6slblo

for multlple

dlgllal audlo devlcee lo work

togolhor.

Dlsadvantagos:

.

Bscausg

an extornal houBo sync

gonsralor

lB nol uaed, lhe

quallty

of

lhe llmlng

of lhe vldeo slgnal le low, and

lB llmlted by

lho

mechanlcal

wow, lluller

and skewlng of lhe WR lransporl, The

AardSyno

ll

wlll

In

lar00

parl

compsnsale tor ihso Bhorlcomlnge, bul

lhe hlghesl

quallty

recordlngs wlll

be made

wilh

lhe

house

sync

goneralor,

Contlnuoue

OARS

Synchronlzatlon

and SMPTE

Trlgger,

Vldeo

House

Sync Based

Dlgllal

audlo clocklng

le dorlvod

kom vldoo

black

burat elgnal

by lho

AardSync

ll, whlch

g€noratos

a 0lgltalAudlo Referonce

Slgnal(OARg)

and a Word

Clock

(WC)

slgnal. All

olher devlcee dedve

lhelr

dlgllal

audlo clocklng lrom

olthor

the

DARS

or lhe WG elgnal

provlded

by

the

Aardgync

ll. The

DAW

genlocks

to DAFS

lodedve

ilmlngforthodlgltal

audlo lt Eendslolho

D/Ailho

Aardvortorgenlock8lo

DARS

togenoralo

lhe llmlng lor lhe

A/D,

The SMPTE Generatorproducee

9MPIE

L|TCdedv€d

kom

the slablo

vldeo

black burat

creat€d

by lhe Houoo

6yno

qonorator.

ThlB

OMpTE

LITC eync

elgnal

ls

u8sd

lo lrlgger

playback

of a

pofllon

of audlo

and

lo

provldo

lhe olgnal

lo

genlock

to,

Advanlages:

o

The

dlgltal audlo la

locked

to lho houee vldeo

sync. For

lhle reason,

ll wlll nol

drlfl,

.The

Houee

Sync Oonoratorprovldee

AardSynollwlth

a etablellmlng

referenco. The Aardsyno

ll uso8

proprlolary

dlglte!

iechnlquos

lo

provlde

addltlonal

llttor

romoval

neceeeary

to

roduco

llner

Inlo

lhe

plcoeecond

range, Thle

conllgurallon

wlllproduce

lhe hlgheet

quallty

dlgltal

audlo

poeslble,

.

Tho Aardgyno

ll

provldee

accoos to all lhe varloue

pull.up

and

pull

down lroquenclee

requked

by

lhe

profeealonal

vldao

poBl

onvlron.

menl.

.

All ol

lhe

dlgllal

devlcse

are lockod

lo lhe dlgltal

maeler.

Thla

makes

ll

poeelble

for multlple dlgltal

audlo

devlces

to woR

logolher.

o

WRs lhal record

dlgllal

audlo tiacks wlll

wofi well

In

lhle conllgura.

llon,

Thesemachlnesrequlrelhedlgllalaudlotobolnpodocilockwlth

the vldeo lramee.

Low Coet

Fleld

Recordtng

ol Dlgltal Audlo Lockcd to Vldeo

The AatdSyno ll

provldea

a rock aolld DAFS

whlch le locked

lo

lhe

vldeo elgnal

gonsralod

by

tho camota

or tho vldoo 0yn0

genelatol.

BocauBe lho Aardverlercsn lockto OAF8,long

perlode

of dlgltalaudlo

dala can bo

r€cordod

wlthoul los0

ol eynchronlzallon,

AdvanlagoB:

o

The dlgltal

audlo

lr

lock€d

lo lhe

vld€o

slgnal. For lhle roa8on ll wlll

nol drlfl. Recordlnge

of any length c€n bo

made and lho audlo and

vldoo can

be euccaeelully recomblned at

lhe etudlo,

.

A low

cosl DAT

can be

used

lo

make

the

recordlng,

Synchronous

Sampls

Rato

Converelon Appllcatlon

AES/ESU

44.1kHz

AES/EBU

48

kHz

The AardSyno ll

provldee

a wlde

range ol

pull-up

and

pull.down

ftequenclee ueelul for rale converslon

or

pulllng

oporallons,

Advanlsgos:

.

The Aardgync ll

usos

proprlolary

dlgllal

technlquos

lo

r0duce

llller,

lhue

provldlng

lhe

hlghesl

poeelble quallty

DAFS lor dlgllal audlo

r0cordlng.

.

The

playback

devlce rung In eync wllh

vldeo eo ll

wlll

not

drlft,

.

Tho

AardSyno ll

provldee

accoss lo

all lho varloue

pull.up

and

pull'

down lrequenclea requlred by lhe

proleeelonal

vldeo

posl

envlron-

monl.

Vldeo Input

Speclf lcallons

Input Level:

1 Vp.p

(termlnat€d

Into 76

Ohtns).

Input

lmpedanco:

75

Ohme. Termlnatlon

ls

lumper

seleclable,

Vld€o

Frequenclss:

NTSC-3o Hz,

NTSC.29,97

Hz, PAL, SECAM,

Vldeo

Frequency lndlcator:

3 LED Indlcatore.

Sync Outpul Speclllballone

AES

Sync Oulpul:

2 AES/EBU.92

XLRe,

'

Opllonal S/PDIF RCA

adaplers.

Word Clock

Oulpuls:

I TTL BNCo.

250 sync oulpute:

1

fiL BNC,

Sampllng

Ratea

Oufput Sampllng Ralos:

32, 42.336, 44.056, 44.1,44.144,46.937,

40.080,

47.552, 48, 48.048, 60 kHz,and

1

programmable.

Jltter

Reducllon:

>70

dB @ 60 Hz;

>100

dB

above

000 Hz,

Unlt Speclllcallons

Nomlnal DC Power:

12 Volt D.G,,

@ .3 amp,

wolghl:

2,261bs,

(1.1Kg).

Dlmonslons:

7 x

I x

1.5

In

(.|7.8

x22.9 x 3,8 cm).

Operatlng Temperalure:

32'lo

104o F

(0.

to

40"

C).

202

E. Washlngion

Sulle 300

Ann Arbor,

Ml 48104

Ph:313.685-8899 FAX:313€65.0804

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