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Owner’s Manual
Owner’
s Manual
Contents
CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION ............................... 15
“U” LIKE UNITY GAIN ............................ 15
25. CHANNEL FADER ..................................... 15
A CLEAN FADE ........................................ 15
26. ASSIGN (1–2, 3–4, L–R) ........................ 15
27. SOLO ..................................................... 16
28. –20 (SOLO) LED ..................................... 16
29. OL (MUTE) LED ....................................... 16
30. MUTE .................................................... 16
31. PAN....................................................... 17
STEREO
SOURCES
................................... 17
CONSTANT LOUDNESS ! ! ! ...................... 17
32. 3-BAND MID-SWEEP EQ ......................... 17
33. LOW CUT .............................................. 18
34. AUX 1, 2, 3, & 4 .................................... 18
35. PRE ....................................................... 18
36. 5/6 SHIFT ............................................. 18
OUTPUT SECTION DESCRIPTION ............................. 19
37. MAIN MIX FADER ................................... 19
38. SUBGROUP FADERS ............................... 19
39. ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX ............................ 19
40. TAPE IN (LEVEL) ..................................... 20
41. TAPE TO MAIN MIX ................................ 20
42. SOURCE ................................................ 20
43. CTL ROOM/PHONES .............................. 20
44. MODE (NORMAL (AFL)/LEVEL SET (PFL)) . 21
45. LEVEL SET LED ........................................ 21
46. SOLO (LEVEL) ......................................... 21
47. RUDE SOLO LIGHT .................................. 21
48. METERS ................................................. 22
METERS VS. REALITY .............................. 22
AUX
TALK
.............................................. 23
49. AUX SENDS (MASTER) ............................ 23
50. AUX SENDS SOLO .................................. 23
51. STEREO RETURNS (LEVEL) ....................... 23
52. TO AUX 1 AND TO AUX 2 ....................... 24
53. MAIN MIX TO SUBS (STEREO RET 3) ....... 24
54. 1–2/3–4 (STEREO RETURN 3) ................ 24
55. C-R/PHNS ONLY (STEREO RETURN 4) ..... 25
56. RETURNS SOLO AND LED ........................ 25
APPENDIX A: SERVICE INFORMATION .................... 26
APPENDIX B: CONNECTIONS.................................. 27
APPENDIX C: TECHNICAL INFORMATION ................ 30
SPECIFICATIONS
............................................. 30
TRACK
SHEET.................................................. 32
BLOCK
DIAGRAM
............................................ 34
1604-VLZ3 LIMITED WARRANTY ........................... 35
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ........................ 2
INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 4
HOOKUP DIAGRAMS............................................... 6
CONVERTING TO RACKMOUNT MODE ...................... 8
PATCHBAY DESCRIPTION ......................................... 9
E-Z
INTERFACE
......................................... 9
1. MIC
INPUTS
............................................. 9
PHANTOM
POWER
.................................... 9
2. LINE
INPUTS
.......................................... 10
3. GAIN
.................................................... 10
4. INSERT
.................................................. 10
5. DIRECT
OUT
........................................... 10
SPLIT
MONITORING
............................... 10
6. AUX SEND OUTPUTS ............................. 11
EFFECTS: SERIAL OR PARALLEL? .............. 11
7. STEREO
RETURNS
................................... 12
8. SUB OUTS ............................................. 12
DOUBLE
BUSING
.................................... 12
9. C-R OUTS (CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS) ... 12
10. PHONES OUTPUT (ON FRONT PANEL)...... 12
11. TAPE OUTPUT ........................................ 12
12. TAPE INPUT ........................................... 13
13. MAIN INSERT ......................................... 13
14. MAIN OUTS .......................................... 13
15. MONO OUTPUT
...................................... 13
16. MONO LEVEL ......................................... 13
17. VOLTAGE SELECTOR ................................ 13
18. POWER CONNECTION
............................. 13
19. FUSE
...................................................... 14
20. POWER SWITCH
..................................... 14
21. POWER LED ........................................... 14
22. PHANTOM SWITCH ................................ 14
23. 48V LED ................................................ 14
24. BNC LAMP SOCKET ................................. 14
