Sd-25 w/DMX Configuration & Installation
Before the
Sd-25 w/DMX
can be used, you will need to drag-n-drop your SoundFiles onto a Sd or SdHC flash card,
attach a power supply, speakers, and (optionally) a switch or DMX-512 to start the
Sd-25 w/DMX
playing
. Select the
operating mode using the DipSwitch to tell the
Sd-25 w/DMX
how you would like your SoundFiles to be played.
Sd/SdHC Card:
Any standard Secure Digital (Sd) or SdHC
flash memory card can be used with the
Sd-25
. As of this writing, Sd and SdHC cards
are available in sizes up to
thirty-two GBytes. These can
hold months of continuous
audio playback. The
Sd-25
s u p p o r t s u p t o 2 5 5
SoundFiles in most operating
m o d e s . S o m e m o d e s
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SoundFiles.
The flash card should be
formatted ‘FAT’ or ‘FAT32’ (it
will probably come that way).
Most laptops now come with
a b u i l t - i n S d c a r d
reader/writer slot. If your PC
doesn’t have one of these,
you will need to use an Sd
card reader/writer attached
to your PC or Mac through
a USB port.
You load Mp3 and .wav
files onto the Sd card by
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y
dragging-n-dropping them
onto your Sd card.
On bootup, or when a Sd card is inserted in
the
Sd-25
, it will sort the SoundFiles. For
255 or less SoundFiles, they are played in
alphanumeric order, based upon the 8.3
DOS FileName. If there are more than 255
SoundFiles on the Sd card, then they will be
played in Windows Drag-n-Drop order.
For the
Sd-25s
to recognize a SoundFile, its
FileName must start with an
alphanumeric character, and it must
have the extension of either ‘.wav’
or ‘.Mp3’. If a SoundFile meets these
c r i t e r i a , t h e
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w i l l
attempt to play it. If the
Sd-25
can’t play a SoundFile
for any reason, it will give up
after a few seconds.
The
Sd-25
will play just
about all stereo Mp3 or .wav
file formats. Mp3 bit rates up
through 320 Kb/second are
supported. .Wav files of up to
4 8 K b y t e s / s e c o n d a n d
sixteen bit are supported.
If a file does not
play, it is most often
caused by a large
( m o r e t h a n 2
MBytes) ‘id3’ tag at
i t s f r o n t . T h e s e
typically hold the
album cover artwork for
files downloaded from iTunes and similar
sources. Since a
Sd-25
can’t use album
artwork, it simply takes up additional storage
space, delays the time it takes a SoundFile
to start playing, and (in the worst case), will
keep a SoundFile from playing at all. Most
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12-24 vdc
Power
Level
Sd-
Left
Line In
Level
Line In
Level Level
Sd-
Right
Mixer
Right
Mixer
Left
Audio Repeater/Amp
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Burbank, California
Sd-25
w/DMX
B
Left
Right
Power
12-24
vdc
A
Trigger
Inputs
Speakers
(8
Ω
)
Running
Status
Power Supply
12 to 24 vdc
Optional Line
Level In or
Line Level Out
Switch 'B'
Switch 'A'
