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Installation
1. If rack mounting, fit the mixer to the rack before commencing with the
rest of the set-up.
2. Connect 15 V DC power supply provided to the 2.1mm DC connector on
the rear panel.
3. Turn the mixer on using the Power switch on the front panel.
Basic Set-up for Microphones
1. Connect a microphone to any input channel.
2. Using the CHANNEL button select the appropriate channel.
3. Use headphones in the Monitor Socket.
4. Select Mono or Stereo.
5. Select Level as appropriate. Microphone or Microphone + Phantom
power as required.
6. Adjust the Gain so that the Level Indicator peaks at 0dB when speaking
loudly into the microphone.
7. Adjust Compression to get the quietest sounds to the required level.
8. Adjust the EQ Low and EQ High for the required tonal quality.
9. Select Output to Bus X, Bus Y or Both Busses as required.
10. Select Priority as required.
11. Set the Gate Attenuation (Off Attenuation) to the level that is required
when the microphone is not active. This can be set to between 6dB and
40dB and completely muted.
12. Set the Detector Type to Auto speech detection.
13. Set the Hold time setting required 50mS, 100mS, 200mS, 500mS,
1
second and 2 seconds.
14. Decide if the channel should be included in the NOMA calculation.
15. Connect any further microphones to the remaining input channels and
carry out stages 2 to 13.
16. Select the Output A+B Channels and select the source for the output
channel A and Channel B.
17. Select the Output A+B Channel Gain and adjust the ChA and ChB output
levels to the required nominal level. Typical levels for microphone use
are –40dBV and for line levels 0dBV or –10dBV. The channel A and
channel B gain controls can be either set together or individually.