The card fits into the amplifier’s rear panel expansion bay. The CDICA2 and CDI-CA4 are fitted with a standard RJ45 100 Mbit Ethernet port on the card faceplate to provide network connectivity, while the CDI-CA8 features dual gigabit ports.

 

The CDI-CA2, CDI-CA4 and CDI-CA8 cards are primarily intended for use in amplifiers with two, four and eight channels respectively. All three card types are electrically compatible with all amplifier models making It possible to fit a Dante input card with fewer channels than the amplifier, if the resulting restrictions are acceptable. For example, a CDI-CA2 card may be fitted in a CA4250 amplifier if only two Dante channels will ever be needed simultaneously: the amplifier’s rear panel input routing DIP switches will allow the two analogue outputs of the Dante card to be routed to multiple channels in the amplifier in the same manner as the amplifier’s normal analogue inputs. Amplifier channels not being sourced from the Dante card will still be able to operate normally from their analogue inputs.