Dac and HD light when can I expect to see it?

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Originally posted by Aleg:

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Originally posted by Dustysox:
Hi Chaps,

Still no joy. Using Music Coverter and varying compression still nothing.

One thing I have noticed is that the sync light on DAC goes off?? I am then unable to play any music format through Transporter. I have to run through Transporter set up (wireless/IP etc) and then sync light comes back on and normal service is resummed.

I am at a loss (less!!!) as to what to do. Any thoughts on sync light switching off?

On my DAC the sync-light always goes off for a split second when a new file is being played. I guess it syncs with the new signal then.

Yours staying off would suggest two possible causes to me.
1. there is no signal coming through to the DAC. So check:
a. your cables between Transporter and DAC.
b. your network connection between Transporter and storage.

2. The signal received from Transporter is not on one of the standard sampling frequencies. Given the quality of the Transporter I can hardly imagine that being the case.

On the other hand you having to go through the network setup of the Transporter, I would think there is some problem with maintaining network connections between Transporter and storage. So that would be my first guess to start sorting things out (not the easiest part though).

Hope this helps a bit.

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aleg

Hi aleg,

Once again thank you for your input.

I will try this evening after work (pesky work keeps getting in the way of things I most enjoy!!!).

Following up from what your saying. Would things improve if i wired Transporter to router rather than run it wireless? Also, I don't have any problems running standard ripped discs in FLAC format. Does that tell us anything?

quote:

Originally posted by Dustysox:

quote:

Originally posted by Aleg:

quote:

Originally posted by Dustysox:
Hi Chaps,

Still no joy. Using Music Coverter and varying compression still nothing.

One thing I have noticed is that the sync light on DAC goes off?? I am then unable to play any music format through Transporter. I have to run through Transporter set up (wireless/IP etc) and then sync light comes back on and normal service is resummed.

I am at a loss (less!!!) as to what to do. Any thoughts on sync light switching off?

On my DAC the sync-light always goes off for a split second when a new file is being played. I guess it syncs with the new signal then.

Yours staying off would suggest two possible causes to me.
1. there is no signal coming through to the DAC. So check:
a. your cables between Transporter and DAC.
b. your network connection between Transporter and storage.

2. The signal received from Transporter is not on one of the standard sampling frequencies. Given the quality of the Transporter I can hardly imagine that being the case.

On the other hand you having to go through the network setup of the Transporter, I would think there is some problem with maintaining network connections between Transporter and storage. So that would be my first guess to start sorting things out (not the easiest part though).

Hope this helps a bit.

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aleg

Hi aleg,

Once again thank you for your input.

I will try this evening after work (pesky work keeps getting in the way of things I most enjoy!!!).

Following up from what your saying. Would things improve if i wired Transporter to router rather than run it wireless? Also, I don't have any problems running standard ripped discs in FLAC format. Does that tell us anything?

Yes, that could tell us something.

High resolution audio requires a lot more bandwidth (i.e. the number of bits/sec that needs to be transported) then low-resolution audio.
Wired connections have (usually) at least 100 Mb/sec (some have 1000Mb/sec) network bandwidth, depending on other network usage the actual bandwidth might be less but is most often still quite sufficient for High-resolution audio.

Wireless connections have either a maximum of 54Mbit/sec (802.11.g standard) or 300Mbit/sec (802.11n standard). As you see much less then wired connections, but also wireless connections are more prone to drop outs due to bad reception or interference from neighbours etc. On your wireless monitor you often see a substantial drop of your actual bandwidth (in my case I have a 300 Mbit/sec wireless but actually most of the time it runs at 54Mbit/sec and sometimes at 108 Mb/sec and that is on a dedicated wireless connection without any neighbour interference and no other wireless usage).
Also if you share your wireless with other usage (laptop, iPod, son/daughter downloading, etc) less will remain for you audio playback.
If you add it all up, your actual bandwidth for audio replay may turn out to be pretty miserable.


But try it with your Transporter hard wired to you router first. If it works OK, then you know you lose too much bandwidth in your wireless connection or have to many disconnects between Transport and wireless Access-Point.

We can look further from that point onwards.

What is the Router/wireless Access-Point you use?
What wireless standard does it use?
Are there any other wireless devices using the same Access-Point?

Good luck this evening

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aleg

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Originally posted by Frizzlefry:
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