User Guide
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AP11137 iss.1
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ALLEN
&
HEATH
4.
Rear Panel
USB port
–
For data transfer
between ME-500 mixers or
to back up the settings to
computer.
The preset is stored as a file
named PRESET.ME5 in the
ME500PST folder on the
USB device.
Also used for updating the
ME-500 operating firmware.
Phones
–
3.5mm mini-jack
and ¼” TRS stereo jack to
connect one or two
headphones or earpieces,
or stereo line level
equipment such as a
wireless in-ear transmitter.
Tip=Left, Ring=Right.
Mono Out
–
Balanced TRS
jack to connect to mono line
level equipment such as a
powered speaker or drum
throne.
The output is the mono sum of
the Left and Right mix.
Tip=Hot, Ring=Cold
DC In
–
External PSU (power
supply) input. Plug in the DC
cable of the mains power unit
provided with the ME mixer.
Note
Only use power supply:
ENG Electric 6A-161WP12
(A&H part code AM10314)
Alternatively, the mixer can be
powered via the Link In Cat5
cable when connected to a
PoE (Power over Ethernet)
switch or the ME-U hub.
Link Out
–
Locking EtherCON
connector to plug a Cat5
cable to feed audio to the next
ME mixer when daisy
chaining them together.
Link Out does not carry PoE
power. Daisy chained mixers
are powered using their
external power units.
Link In
–
Locking EtherCON
connector to plug a Cat5
cable from the source.
Receives up to 32 channels
of audio and stereo link
information when connected
to a ME compatible Allen &
Heath console, or 16
channels when connected
to Aviom
®
A-Net 16.
The mixer can receive
power over this Cat5 link if
connected to a
PoE
switch
or the ME-U hub.
Monitor Link
–
Proprietary Allen & Heath Ethernet based Cat5 connection that
carries 40 channels of 48kHz digital audio and stereo link data from the source
console to ME personal monitor mixers.
ME-1
uses CH1-40. Channels can be assigned to its keys in any order and be
configured for single, stereo or grouped operation at the ME-1.
ME-500
uses CH1-32 depending on how many channels are linked for stereo
operation at the source console. Channels are automatically assigned to the 16
keys starting with CH1. Stereo linked pairs are assigned to a single key.
