TC Electronic DB6, Manual

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English Manual (2014-03-05) a
Important safety instructions 1
About this manual
2
Before you get started 2
Register your product 2
Stay up-to-date on loudness 2
Unpacking and setup
3
Package contents 3
Software: TC Icon and DB6 firmware
3
DB6: An introduction 8
Keeping audio transparent 8
DB6 and AC3 transmission 8
Signal path transparency check 8
Solid foundations 8
One-step loudness management 9
Operating DB6 9
DB6 Single vs. DB6 Multi 10
3G Transmission cards 10
SDI: The Serial Digital Interface 10
DB6 AES 10
SDI vs. AES 10
DB6 presets 11
Getting to know DB6 12
Front panel indicators 12
Front panel reset button 13
Back panel connectors 13
Scenes, Routings, Engines 15
Setting up DB6 16
Networking basics and troubleshooting 16
Quick Setup 18
Updating DB6 software 19
Basic operation 20
Introduction 20
Basic TC Icon operation
20
Faders 20
On-screen keyboard
21
Accessing DB6 22
Operating multiple computers and / or DB6
units in one network
22
Scanning / rescanning a network for devices 22
Obtaining DB6 status information
23
Clock section 23
Status section 23
Setting up audio and syncing 25
I/O Setup – DB6 Single and Multi (SDI) 25
I/O Setup – DB6 AES 27
Setting up audio dithering 29
Setting up GPI/O
30
Setting up GPI 30
GPI 1: Preset Recall 30
GP Input Calibration 32
Setting up GPO 32
Recalling, storing and deleting settings
33
The Library concept 33
Library – Recall page 33
Library – Store page 33
Library – Delete page 34
Library – Bank page 35
Updating DB6 firmware 36
Icon Setup
42
Accessing the Icon Setup pages
42
Info page
42
Devices page 42
Security page 42
Joystick page 43
UI page 43
Color page 43
Loudness Wizard 44
An introduction to the Loudness Wizard 44
An introduction to the Loudness Wizard’s Up-
Con module
44
Loudness Wizard – Main page 44
Loudness Wizard – Format / Setup page 46
Loudness Wizard – Format / UpCon page 47
Loudness Wizard – Style page
47
Loudness Wizard – Weight page 48
Loudness Wizard – ALC page 49
Loudness Wizard – Limit page 50
LM6 52
LM6 – Introduction 52
LM6 – Basic Use 54
LM6 – Radar Page 54
LM6 – Main page 56
LM6 – Setup page 58
LM6 – Stat(istic)s page 59
Level versus loudness 59
Appendix 1:
Links and additional information
63
Appendix 2: DB6 GPI/O page 64
Technical specifications 66