An update to my earlier post, regarding the companion turning itself off, when I try to use a companion SPDIF input.
Oxford Audio Consultants had also kindly offered to try my configurations in their own dual mono that they had in store. They reported that with their Devialet's, everything worked as it should, including a CD player running through the companion input. In an earlier 'phone call Oxford Audio advised that they had a similar issue with another customer, in this case the issue was corrected by disabling the second USB input in the companion.
I had reported my problem to Devialet, they asked me to try switching the master and companion SD cards. I tried switching the master / companion SD cards. This resulted in identical functionality, albeit with the amps switched, and the remote control didn't work. (Which is exactly as you would expect) This is where things get interesting. Having tried the card switch, I thought that I would re-load the configurations as one last try. When on the configurator I tried selecting the companion USB input, then disabled it, just to see if I noticed anything, mindful of what OAC had told me. I created the master SD file, went back to the configurator to make the companion file, but the system hanged whilst generating the file. (this happens a lot with me) I Went back into the configurator, retried, and this time successfully generated the companion config. When I tried these in the amplifiers, I found that the USB was enabled (when it was not in the configurator, but even more surprisingly, the companion input now worked, for the very first time. I guess this proves at least that there are no issues with my hardware or trigger cables. When I went back to the configurator, I noticed that the master USB was indeed enabled on the master. This is wrong, considering that even when I messed around trying to turn the USB on and off, this was with the COMPANION input. I remade the cards, suffered the hanging issue again, tried them, the companion input no longer works. I tried making two more SD cards, this time deliberately enabling the USB to emulate my earlier success in getting the companion input to work, however, this time I had the same issue with the companion input, plus the USB that I don't use enabled.
I then decided to return the SD cards back to my original configuration, to remove the unwanted USB and unbelievably, everything now works perfectly, no rouge inputs selected, companion input working.
A further point to note, I did notice something similar to the USB mysteriously turning itself on before, but this was with one of the coax digital input deselecting itself between making the master and companion SD's.
I would have to conclude that there are bugs in the Devialet configurator, at least with dual mono set-ups trying to use companion inputs. (probably quite a rare combination)
Has anyone else noticed anything similar?
Another question, I note that all the input descriptions are orange coloured on the display on both amps, except when I use a companion input, it shows "CD" in orange on the companion but "CD" in white text on the master. Is this normal?
Oxford Audio Consultants had also kindly offered to try my configurations in their own dual mono that they had in store. They reported that with their Devialet's, everything worked as it should, including a CD player running through the companion input. In an earlier 'phone call Oxford Audio advised that they had a similar issue with another customer, in this case the issue was corrected by disabling the second USB input in the companion.
I had reported my problem to Devialet, they asked me to try switching the master and companion SD cards. I tried switching the master / companion SD cards. This resulted in identical functionality, albeit with the amps switched, and the remote control didn't work. (Which is exactly as you would expect) This is where things get interesting. Having tried the card switch, I thought that I would re-load the configurations as one last try. When on the configurator I tried selecting the companion USB input, then disabled it, just to see if I noticed anything, mindful of what OAC had told me. I created the master SD file, went back to the configurator to make the companion file, but the system hanged whilst generating the file. (this happens a lot with me) I Went back into the configurator, retried, and this time successfully generated the companion config. When I tried these in the amplifiers, I found that the USB was enabled (when it was not in the configurator, but even more surprisingly, the companion input now worked, for the very first time. I guess this proves at least that there are no issues with my hardware or trigger cables. When I went back to the configurator, I noticed that the master USB was indeed enabled on the master. This is wrong, considering that even when I messed around trying to turn the USB on and off, this was with the COMPANION input. I remade the cards, suffered the hanging issue again, tried them, the companion input no longer works. I tried making two more SD cards, this time deliberately enabling the USB to emulate my earlier success in getting the companion input to work, however, this time I had the same issue with the companion input, plus the USB that I don't use enabled.
I then decided to return the SD cards back to my original configuration, to remove the unwanted USB and unbelievably, everything now works perfectly, no rouge inputs selected, companion input working.
A further point to note, I did notice something similar to the USB mysteriously turning itself on before, but this was with one of the coax digital input deselecting itself between making the master and companion SD's.
I would have to conclude that there are bugs in the Devialet configurator, at least with dual mono set-ups trying to use companion inputs. (probably quite a rare combination)
Has anyone else noticed anything similar?
Another question, I note that all the input descriptions are orange coloured on the display on both amps, except when I use a companion input, it shows "CD" in orange on the companion but "CD" in white text on the master. Is this normal?
