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DCS reading problem

I recently aquired a DCS Elgar plus and La Scala. My La Scala seems to have problem reading disc. After many trails and erros, I realise that it could only ready SACD Dics amd had problem reading CDs. Can anyone pls tell me if this is the problem with my player or with my connection?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
KC
kctan
kctan OP
11 posts
 
Hi Gtfour45

Thanks very much your advise.

When I switched from SACD disc to a CD disc, the LaScala responded firstly by showing TOC, after which it show "0", When i pressed the play switch , it show "1" (the first track) After which it just went dead, the display keep showing "1" nothing else, no sound, no mvement of the digital display. After a couple of minutes, the display revert back to "0".

I will try your suggested setting and see if it works.

Thanks again for advise.

Regards,
KC
gtfour45
39 posts
 
Hi KC,

The dCS transports are a bit cranky in that they take their sweet time to do things and don't like to be interrupted in the middle of the process. If you do interrupt them, they get sulky and refuse to obey commands until they are rebooted.

I have a Verdi Encore (the later version of the La Scala), so my information may not be accurate for your machine.

When I load a CD I get the TOC message, then an ascending count through the tracks in groups of 5, then a STOPPED message, then the process halts displaying the number of tracks on the CD. Only when all of that is completed can I press Play.

Do a cold start on both the transport and the DAC. Then put in a CD and leave it alone (at least 2 - 5 minutes) until you are sure it has completed everything it wants to do.

Then press Play.

If it doesn't start, post all the messages that were displayed here. If we are lucky a La Scala owner will join in and advise what's normal and what isn't.
kctan OP
11 posts
 
Hi Gtfour45

thanks your advise and hope it works. will update.

Regards,
KC
kctan OP
11 posts
 
Tried all type of connection, waited for more than 10 minutes, nothing happen on the CD portion.

KC
gtfour45
39 posts
 
Hi KC,

It doesn't sound encouraging. I have one idea left - are you testing it with a commercial CD or a burnt CD?

I don't know specifically that the Verdi won't play burnt CDs but I would never use one while diagnosing a reading problem. By using a variety of commercial CDs you can remove at least one unknown variable.

Other than that it looks likely to me that your machine may be faulty. Does anyone else have any ideas?
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