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Internal Jumpers 
 

Monitor is shipped from the factory with its internal jumpers set to interface with 
balanced equipment. There are rare cases that certain gear may cause a buzz in the 
speakers with the factory presets. The following sections have information that can help 
the installer achieve quiet performance. 

 

   

If one is uncomfortable with opening gear and changing jumpers or making 

adjustments, please seek qualified help if necessary. 

 

   

If adjustments or jumper changes are required, please disconnect the mains plug 

before opening the top

. Dropped screws or tools on a live circuit board can manifest themselves 

as burn marks and smoked components. This type of damage is not covered by the warranty. 

 
 
Input cable Shield Header Jumpers are on the main circuit board to facilitate proper 
system shielding. If a speaker buzzing problem is encountered, the method to trouble 
shoot this situation is to disconnect input wires until the buzz disappears. The cable 
pulled when the problem cleared up tells one which shield header jumper should have its 
position changed. The jumpers are clearly marked on the main circuit board. 
 

 

 
If disconnecting all the inputs does not clear the trouble but disconnecting the amp feeds 
does, then there is a ground loop or missing ground reference to the power amplifiers. 
The following section on interface may give some clues as to how to solve these types of 
problems. 
 
 
 

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Summary of Contents for Dangerous Monitor

Page 1: ...ment that brings you the highest quality for your purchase This manual will assist you in the installation and use of the Monitor There are helpful hints for safety grounding and terminology that appl...

Page 2: ...r supplies at least several rack spaces if not in a different rack away from equipment that deals with low level signals Separation of high level and low level equipment can pre empt trouble caused by...

Page 3: ...y between the converters in separate pieces of gear Many times the engineer can be fooled by differences in sound quality of clones DAT from a CD because the different brands of equipment don t sound...

Page 4: ...drive power amplifiers These feeds are balanced and low impedance feeds capable of driving long cables The AC IN jack is where the power supply cable goes It is best to make sure that the power supply...

Page 5: ...control is a 21 position stepped attenuator It was decided in the design process to use an attenuator for its accuracy and repeatability It was also found that attenuators provide consistent sound qu...

Page 6: ...ed Digital Input to be monitored is fed to the D MTR XLR on the rear panel This output is a standard AES digital output that goes to MQ s AES input or another digital meter or phase scope Interface Th...

Page 7: ...s stay put inside their respective pieces of gear Unbalanced Audio Connections An unbalanced source driving a Monitor input usually presents no problem because of the differential action of the input...

Page 8: ...fest themselves as burn marks and smoked components This type of damage is not covered by the warranty Input cable Shield Header Jumpers are on the main circuit board to facilitate proper system shiel...

Page 9: ...t and recording equipment manufacturers from the 50 s to the 80 s had chapters on how to fix hum and noise problems and it is from this wealth of information that this writer draws ideas from for trou...

Page 10: ...uble shooting buzz issues is to make a short XLR cable with the shield lifted on the male connector and use this to test whether or not an XLR interface warrants a shield lift Alignment The Dangerous...

Page 11: ...eally Pin 1 shield Pin 2 signal Pin 3 signal The A MTR jack is a male 6 pin XLR A breakout cable is provided with the unit but one can roll one s own with the following pinout Pin 1 Left shield Pin 2...

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