Dansai question link to minidisc?

[p_chally]

Hi got a Dansai for xmas and I want to record to a minidisc recorder but I havent managed it yet. There are three options for audio out and its obviously not the analogue one. Anyone know which option to use.

[kcxdev]

digital optical (if its one of the 3)

[Simes]

It depends on how you are connecting to your minidisc...

If using an optical cable , you would have to set the sound output to spdif/pcm...It will probably still work at spdif/raw.

If connecting by twin phono cables the output should be set to analogue.

[culabula]

I'd recommend twin phonos over the optical out *in this case* as recordings made be me using a Toslink had the first few seconds of each track systematically chopped off; you could see the MD report *no signal* between tracks and then not react fast enough when the music kicked back in and the sync started again.

Eamonn

[Simes]

Culabula,
When listening to CDs through the digital output (connected to my Digitheatre), i don't lose any of the track.So it seems strange you should lose some of the track when connecting to minidisc from the same output.

Hmmm ... Just a thought.. Did you use the output set at spdif/pcm ?
Its just that in that mode the player surely has to detect whether its a DTS or straight pro-logic (or stereo) soundtrack .Cos this is the setting for DTS output.I'm guessing this could cause mometary sound loss whilst the mode is detected.Perhaps it works better in spdif/raw (this is the mode i use - it works for DD 5:1, pro-logic and stereo).

[culabula]

Yes, you're probably right; I didn't try the RAW setting but I shall.