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AUTOCOM PRO MDX1400

9. WARRANTY

The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced or

transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording of any kind, for any

purpose, without the express written permission of BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH.

BEHRINGER and AUTOCOM are registered trademarks. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

© 2001 BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH.

BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH, Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Str. 36-38, 47877 Willich-Münchheide II, Germany

Tel. +49 (0) 21 54 / 92 06-0, Fax +49 (0) 21 54 / 92 06-30

9. WARRANTY

§ 1 WARRANTY CARD/ONLINE REGISTRATION

To be protected by the extended warranty, the buyer must com-

plete  and  return  the  enclosed  warranty  card  within  14  days  of

the  date  of  purchase  to  BEHRINGER  Spezielle  Studiotechnik

GmbH, in accordance with the conditions stipulated in § 3. Fail-

ure to return the card in due time (date as per postmark) will void

any  extended  warranty  claims.
Based on the conditions herein, the buyer may also choose to

use  the  online  registration  option  via  the  Internet

(www.behringer.com  or  www.behringer.de).

§ 2 WARRANTY

1. BEHRINGER (BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH in-

cluding all BEHRINGER subsidiaries listed on the enclosed page,

except BEHRINGER Japan) warrants the mechanical and elec-

tronic components of this product to be free of defects in mate-

rial  and  workmanship  for  a  period  of  one  (1)  year  from  the

original date of purchase, in accordance with the warranty regu-

lations described below. If the product shows any defects within

the  specified  warranty  period  that  are  not  due  to  normal  wear

and tear and/or improper handling by the user, BEHRINGER shall,

at its sole discretion, either repair or replace the product.
2. If the warranty claim proves to be justified, the product will be

returned to the user freight prepaid.
3.  Warranty  claims  other  than  those  indicated  above  are  ex-

pressly  excluded.

§ 3 RETURN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER

1. To obtain warranty service, the buyer (or his authorized dealer)

must call BEHRINGER (see enclosed list) during normal business

hours 

BEFORE

 returning the product. All inquiries must be ac-

companied by a description of the problem. BEHRINGER will then

issue a return authorization number.
2.  Subsequently,  the  product  must  be  returned  in  its  original

shipping carton, together with the return authorization number to

the address indicated by BEHRINGER.
3. Shipments without freight prepaid will not be accepted.

§ 4 WARRANTY REGULATIONS

1.  Warranty  services  will  be  furnished  only  if  the  product  is

accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  original  retail  dealer’s  invoice.

Any  product  deemed  eligible  for  repair  or  replacement  by

BEHRINGER under the terms of this warranty will be repaired or

replaced within 30 days of receipt of the product at BEHRINGER.
2.  If  the  product  needs  to  be  modified  or  adapted  in  order  to

comply  with  applicable  technical  or  safety  standards  on  a  na-

tional or local level, in any country which is not the country for

which the product was originally developed and manufactured,

this modification/adaptation shall not be considered a defect in

materials  or  workmanship.  The  warranty  does  not  cover  any

such  modification/adaptation,  irrespective  of  whether  it  was

carried  out  properly  or  not.  Under  the  terms  of  this  warranty,

BEHRINGER shall not be held responsible for any cost resulting

from such a modification/adaptation.

3. Free inspections and maintenance/repair work are expressly

excluded from this warranty, in particular, if caused by improper

handling of the product by the user.
This also applies to defects caused by normal wear and tear, in

particular,  of  faders,  potentiometers,  keys/buttons  and  similar

parts.
4. Damages/defects caused by the following conditions are not

covered  by  this  warranty:

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misuse, neglect or failure to operate the unit in compliance

with  the  instructions  given  in  BEHRINGER  user  or  service

manuals.

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connection or operation of the unit in any way that does not

comply with the technical or safety regulations applicable in

the  country  where  the  product  is  used.

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damages/defects  caused  by  force  majeure  or  any  other

condition that is beyond the control of BEHRINGER.

5. Any repair or opening of the unit carried out by unauthorized

personnel  (user  included)  will  void  the  warranty.
6. If an inspection of the product by BEHRINGER shows that the

defect in question is not covered by the warranty, the inspection

costs are payable by the customer.
7. Products which do not meet the terms of this warranty will be

repaired  exclusively  at  the  buyer’s  expense.  BEHRINGER  will

inform the buyer of any such circumstance. If the buyer fails to

submit  a  written  repair  order  within  6  weeks  after  notification,

BEHRINGER will return the unit C.O.D. with a separate invoice

for freight and packing. Such costs will also be invoiced sepa-

rately  when  the  buyer  has  sent  in  a  written  repair  order.

§ 5 WARRANTY TRANSFERABILITY

This warranty is extended exclusively to the original buyer (cus-

tomer  of  retail  dealer)  and  is  not  transferable  to  anyone  who

may  subsequently  purchase  this  product.  No  other  person  (re-

tail dealer, etc.) shall be entitled to give any warranty promise on

behalf of BEHRINGER.

§ 6 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES

Failure of BEHRINGER to provide proper warranty service shall

not  entitle  the  buyer  to  claim  (consequential)  damages.  In  no

event shall the liability of BEHRINGER exceed the invoiced value

of  the  product.

§ 7 OTHER WARRANTY RIGHTS AND NATIONAL LAW

1. This warranty does not exclude or limit the buyer’s statutory

rights  provided  by  national  law,  in  particular,  any  such  rights

against  the  seller  that  arise  from  a  legally  effective  purchase

contract.
2.  The  warranty  regulations  mentioned  herein  are  applicable

unless they constitute an infringement of national warranty law.

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Page 1: ...D AUTOCOM PRO MDX1400 www behringer com ENGLISH User s Manual Version 1 4 June 2001 Downloaded from www Manualslib com manuals search engine...

Page 2: ...rs that produce heat Power Source The appliance should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the appliance Grounding or Polarization P...

Page 3: ...portant member of the BEHRINGER family With your highly competent suggestions for new products you ve greatly contributed to shaping our company and making it successful In return we guarantee you unc...

Page 4: ...lows for inaudible elimination of disturbing noise signals s Dynamic Enhancer for compression dependent equalization s Extremely low noise operational amplifiers and high grade VCA s s High quality de...

Page 5: ...uplication 17 4 1 1 The AUTOCOM PRO In Digital RecordingAnd Sampling 18 4 1 2 TheAUTOCOM PRO In Mastering 18 4 2 TheAUTOCOM PROAs AProtective Device 18 4 2 1 Protection Of ASystem With A Passive Cross...

Page 6: ...ncept of a hard knee compressor with the characteristics of a soft knee approach This program dependent regulation scheme forms the prerequisite both for inaudible and musical program compression and...

Page 7: ...packaging and its contents for any signs of physical damage which may have occurred during transit If the unit is damaged please do not return it to BEHRINGER but notify your dealer and the shipping...

Page 8: ...f channel 1 take over the functions of channel 2 Should you wish to use the SC EXT function in stereo mode then be sure that both SC RETURN jacks are connected to the external control signal and that...

Page 9: ...ttack and release controls will function 10 The OUTPUT control allows for the increase or decrease of the output signal by a maximum of 20 dB Thus a level loss due to the compression or limiting proce...

Page 10: ...t between Off and 6 Dynamic enhancement allows you to replenish any high frequencies lost through the compression process for absolutely natural sounding dynamics control Enhancement is only added whe...

Page 11: ...ression Levelling Limiting Clipping Now that the functions of the individual sections have been clearly explained we would like to acquaint you with more terms and relationships of the dynamics proces...

Page 12: ...nt on the program material The response characteristics of conventional expanders tend to cut into the signal abruptly and the result of this is unacceptable most of the time Gain changes become audib...

Page 13: ...Now turn the control clockwise until all unwanted noise is removed and only the sound of the desired instrument can be heard To adapt the unit to the program material properly you can additionally cho...

Page 14: ...fined threshold The reverberation can be controlled by using the THRESHOLD control and the RELEASE switch The decay characteristics of the instrument can be controlled using the release switch so that...

Page 15: ...h IN SC EXT switch OUT SC MON switch OUT INTERACTIVE switch IN SC FILTER switch OUT THRESHOLD control 20 dB RATIO control 3 1 AUTO switch IN OUTPUT control 0 dB Tab 3 2 Initial settings for the compre...

Page 16: ...ame effect is experienced when processing reverberated or ambient sounds The solution commonly used to this basic problem is either to reduce the compression ratio or to slow down the attack time so t...

Page 17: ...one should always take care to utilize the full dynamic range of the tape recorder DAT recorder etc Principally it is possible to control the recording level by riding faders which means with low lev...

Page 18: ...AT recorder Now increase the recording level of the recorder back to unity The result is a clearly louder recording without any loss of sound 4 2 The AUTOCOM PRO As A Protective Device Sound system di...

Page 19: ...the loudspeaker In some units the crossover frequencies in the crossover unit are further changed during high signal levels to achieve a loudness contour suited to the human hearing But in many cases...

Page 20: ...ive amount of high frequency information within the program material as in a normal compressor the VCA is activated and the overall level is reduced As this type of compression affects the whole frequ...

Page 21: ...ick actions Generally it can be said that relatively high threshold settings prevent the overall sound from being impaired and lead to the compression of solo instruments or very loud sounds 5 2 4 Emp...

Page 22: ...requencies are equally affected we term this white noise It is fairly obvious that electronics cannot function without components Even if special low noise components are used a certain degree of basi...

Page 23: ...control is simply not fast enough to be satisfactory t P dB 20 0 20 40 60 80 Clipping Headroom Operating level Effective SNR Noise floor Fig 6 2 The interactive relationship between the operating lev...

Page 24: ...fect noise will be masked and thus becomes inaudible as soon as considerably louder sound signals in the same frequency band are added Nevertheless the further the level that the desired signal decrea...

Page 25: ...ty Please ensure that only qualified persons install and operate the AUTOCOM PRO During installation and operation the user must have sufficient electrical contact to earth Electro static charges migh...

Page 26: ...z 0 0 5 dB Frequency Response 0 35 Hz to 200 kHz 0 3 dB Noise 95 dBu unweighted 22 Hz to 22 kHz THD 0 008 typ 4 dBu 1 kHz Gain 1 0 04 typ 20 dBu 1 kHz Gain 1 IMD 0 01 typ SMPTE Crosstalk 100 dB 22 Hz...

Page 27: ...ement LED display 1 2 4 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 dB Input Output Level 12 element LED display 30 24 18 12 6 0 3 6 9 12 18 dB Expander Gate Threshold 2 LEDs for under and above Function switch LED indi...

Page 28: ...RINGER 2 If the product needs to be modified or adapted in order to comply with applicable technical or safety standards on a na tional or local level in any country which is not the country for which...

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