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The Dangerous Monitor Manual 

 
 

 
Thank you for choosing products from the exciting line of 

Dangerous 

recording equipment. Many years of dependable and trouble free service can 
be expected from our gear. This has been made possible by careful design, 
construction, and top shelf component choices by recording industry 
veterans. We are committed to providing equipment that brings you the 
highest quality for your purchase. 
 
This manual will assist you in the installation and use of the 

Monitor

. There 

are helpful hints for safety, grounding, and terminology that apply to all 
recording equipment. Please take a few minutes to read the manual and 
familiarize yourself with the outstanding features of your purchase. 
 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

Contents 

 
Introduction ……………………….  1 
Safety Review …………………….  2 
Overview and hook up ……………  3 
Usage Examples …………………..  5 
Meter Wiring ……………………...  6 
Balanced Audio Connections……...  7 
Internal Jumpers …………………..  8 
Equipment Interface……………….  9 
Alignment …………………………  10 
Specifications and Pinouts ………...  11 
 

Содержание Dangerous Monitor

Страница 1: ...ment that brings you the highest quality for your purchase This manual will assist you in the installation and use of the Monitor There are helpful hints for safety grounding and terminology that appl...

Страница 2: ...r supplies at least several rack spaces if not in a different rack away from equipment that deals with low level signals Separation of high level and low level equipment can pre empt trouble caused by...

Страница 3: ...y between the converters in separate pieces of gear Many times the engineer can be fooled by differences in sound quality of clones DAT from a CD because the different brands of equipment don t sound...

Страница 4: ...drive power amplifiers These feeds are balanced and low impedance feeds capable of driving long cables The AC IN jack is where the power supply cable goes It is best to make sure that the power supply...

Страница 5: ...control is a 21 position stepped attenuator It was decided in the design process to use an attenuator for its accuracy and repeatability It was also found that attenuators provide consistent sound qu...

Страница 6: ...ed Digital Input to be monitored is fed to the D MTR XLR on the rear panel This output is a standard AES digital output that goes to MQ s AES input or another digital meter or phase scope Interface Th...

Страница 7: ...s stay put inside their respective pieces of gear Unbalanced Audio Connections An unbalanced source driving a Monitor input usually presents no problem because of the differential action of the input...

Страница 8: ...fest themselves as burn marks and smoked components This type of damage is not covered by the warranty Input cable Shield Header Jumpers are on the main circuit board to facilitate proper system shiel...

Страница 9: ...t and recording equipment manufacturers from the 50 s to the 80 s had chapters on how to fix hum and noise problems and it is from this wealth of information that this writer draws ideas from for trou...

Страница 10: ...uble shooting buzz issues is to make a short XLR cable with the shield lifted on the male connector and use this to test whether or not an XLR interface warrants a shield lift Alignment The Dangerous...

Страница 11: ...eally Pin 1 shield Pin 2 signal Pin 3 signal The A MTR jack is a male 6 pin XLR A breakout cable is provided with the unit but one can roll one s own with the following pinout Pin 1 Left shield Pin 2...

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