Installer’s Guide
Microphones, Cables, and Mounting
Arranging Microphone Inputs
– We recommend arranging your stage microphone channels
as shown. Here we show MIC 3 as your “main” or “chairperson’s” mic. Your mixer’s factory
default settings assume this: however you can easily change to another input (see page 20).
Microphone Cables
– Examine how your cables end at your sound rack. If they terminate as
plain wires, simply connect them to the black tool-less plugs on the rear panel of your new
mixer. For your convenience, these plugs are detachable -- so you can wire them separately
first.
To wire the connectors
– Strip approx. ¼” of insulation from the wires. Lift the locking
levers if not already open, insert each wire into the plug’s opening, and then close each
lever. If your mic cables are equipped with connectors, you’ve got a bit more work to do.
You could cut off the connectors, then wire the cut ends as above. If you would prefer to
keep the existing connectors, adapt them to the new plugs with short cables. For example,
your present mic cables might terminate in A3M connectors. In this case -- purchase some
short (18”) cables with female connectors on both ends, cut them in half, and wire the cut
ends to your new mixer’s tool-less plugs as above. This saves you the trouble of soldering a
bunch of A3F connectors. We recommend that you strain-relief these cables by tying them
to the mixer’s GND lug with a cable tie – so their weight doesn’t hang on the connectors.
Mounting
–
The
mixer fits into one space of a standard 19" rack. Be sure it’s accessible to
the operator. Allow a blank rack space between the mixer and heat-generating equipment,
such as power amplifiers.
Wireless mics
– If possible, connect each wireless receiver’s mic-level, balanced output to a
microphone input of the mixer. This way, the mixer handles each wireless mic as it does
other microphones, providing the gating and selectable compression features. Set any level
controls on the wireless receivers, and/or the Gain Presets on the mixer’s rear panel, to
match their level to that of your wired microphones.