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Topic: DC detected. Phone deactivated

Just wondering what this error message mean and why is it happening.

DC detected. Phone deactivated. Pull out Phones plig to reset output state

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Re: DC detected. Phone deactivated

Hi Zerweast. smile

Try to unplug and to plug again the headphone. If it happens again, please see this thread:
https://www.forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=28887

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Re: DC detected. Phone deactivated

Yes, thats what I did. No problem so far.

But what do this error mean? Why is it happening?

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Re: DC detected. Phone deactivated

Explained in the manual...

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Re: DC detected. Phone deactivated

Ah ok, found it. I really love rme attention to engineering. But Im curious why in lay man terms.

I have both phones and iem plugged in and only the iem is playing audio. This error happen but my iem is still playing. The rme adi 2 is warmer than usual. Is the problem with the iem playing too loud and drawing too much power and as a safety precaution switched off the phone output even if its not playing?

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Re: DC detected. Phone deactivated

Is that a DAC or Pro?

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Re: DC detected. Phone deactivated

ah sorry, its the DAC

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Re: DC detected. Phone deactivated

Then you should check your source signal via the DAC's Analyzer. If the lowest band to the left is up then your source has DC content and might activate the protection via Phones output if volume is set to higher levels.

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