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Dangerous Music, Inc.

154 East 2

nd

 Street #4

New York, NY  10009

www.dangerousmusic.com

Dangerous MQ Manual1c.doc

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©2004 Dangerous Music, Inc.

Connector Pin-outs and Specifications page

All the analog input connectors are 3-pin XLR females wired pin 2 hot. The nominal
level for these inputs is +4dBu.

The AES meter input is also pin 2 hot and will lock to an AES digital input with a sample
rate between 32 kHz and 96 kHz.

DC IN

Shell ground
1,2

common

3

+5v at 5 amps

4

-15v

.8 amps

5

+15v .9 amps

Talkback Remote

1

cable shield

2

relay coil

3

relay common

connect pins 2 and 3 to operate the talkback function

Slate Out

1

cable shield

2

audio +

3

audio –

Cue Amp Outputs

1

audio common

2

left power amp +

3

right power amp +

The cue amps are rated for .006% THD+N at 20 watts per channel into 8 ohms.  They are
not heat-sinked to drive speaker loads. They can drive several pairs of headphones to way
beyond comfortable levels. Please use caution driving headphones to not damage
equipment or injure the talent! The XLR outputs are designed to feed cue boxes like the
Redco 

Little Red Cue Box

 or similar devices available at pro audio dealers or from

Redco.com

Summary of Contents for MQ

Page 1: ...mix level awareness as well as an easy to use dual stereo cue system complete with headphone amplifiers and talkback communications The Metering section has a pair of Sifam Clarity Focus VU movements...

Page 2: ...ook like beauty to a technician or equipment designer If the front panel is hot it is roasting inside the box 3 Avoid areas of high magnetic fields The steel chassis of MQ is designed to shield the ci...

Page 3: ...our MQ 1 The first connector is for the power supply It is good engineering practice to make all the other connections to MQ before applying power 2 The next six connectors are audio inputs that feed...

Page 4: ...Monitor It is easy to incorporate the MQ into other systems by buying or making the appropriate cables using the information on the Connector Pinouts page 8 MQ front panel The cue mixer section is ne...

Page 5: ...to a singer and turn down the bass for instance by assigning the bass to one of the mono inputs pushing the phase switch and adjusting the level control to cancel some of the bass signal in the main m...

Page 6: ...the benefit of the 6VU button on the Monitor The factory calibration for this offset is 4dB to accommodate the two most popular 0VU settings 14dBfs for mastering 4dBu and 14dBfs for recording 8dBu Th...

Page 7: ...The jumpers can be lifted to provide what is known as conductor s talkback where communication with the artist happens without dimming the music feed Input shield lifts chassis isolation These jumper...

Page 8: ...amps 5 15v 9 amps Talkback Remote 1 cable shield 2 relay coil 3 relay common connect pins 2 and 3 to operate the talkback function Slate Out 1 cable shield 2 audio 3 audio Cue Amp Outputs 1 audio com...

Page 9: ...two years from date of purchase when the warranty card is sent back to Dangerous Music Inc before the first period is over Damage caused by improper shipping unauthorized repairs or modifications wil...

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