grace design m201
mk2
owner’s manual
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1. Remove the 14 phillips head screws from the top lid but leave the lid in place.
2. Turn on the preamplifier and allow to warm up for at least 45 minutes. (go get a nice cup of
coffee and do some stretches)
3. Set all of the preamplifier gain controls to minimum (fully counter clockwise).
4. Set all +48V, polarity reverse, pad, and ribbon mode switches to OFF
5. Remove the top lid and locate the DC offset test points TP7 and TP8 (figure 3) on the channel
to be adjusted. Place the Volt meter probes into these holes and note the DC Volts. It should
be in the range of +/- 0.02V.
6. Rotate the gain control to maximum (fully clockwise) and note the DC Volts.
7. Locate DC offset potentiometer VR1 and rotate it for a reading that matches the minimum
gain reading. +/- 0.005V.
8. The objective is to get the minimum gain offset and the maximum gain offset to match as
closely as possible.
9. The input offset does drift with temperature and having the lid off will allow the circuitry to
cool. It is advisable to replace the lid and let the preamplifier warm up again (about 20 min-
utes) and then re-check your adjustments.
R2
R6
D7
R29
R31
D15
R5
R19 C16
D9
D16
+48V
C7
C5
R8
D4
C15
C18
R24
CAL
U6
U7
R34
R36
R37
C37
R39
R58
TP1
R1
TP2
GND
1
R3
TP3
D1
TP5
D2
C6
C8
J2
Q1
U4
D5
D3
R21
D8
C17
D10
R23
R25
R27
U8
R32
K1
D11
C29
C35
R38
C36
R45
TP9
D13
Q2
C41
R48
R49
R50
K4
R51
R52
D18
R54
C46
R55
R56
R57
L1
R59
C44 J4
C47
J1
C1
-18
-15
U2
C9
U1
R7 R9
TP8
R18
D6
TP7
C22
R22
C25
R30
R28
R35
C38
R44
C39
K3
J3
R53
D19
C45
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U3
C10
R4
R17
C19
R11
R13
R15
VR1
C14
R46
J6
C49
C11
-15V REG
C
12
C3
+15V REG
R16
C2
TP6
TP4
C13
C21
C24
C23
METER
CAL
R10
VR2
R14
R12
C20
C28
C26
C32
R41
U9
C33
K2
C34
U10
C40
U11
Q3
AUTO
+10dB
D12
C42
R43
D17
D14
TP10
+5V
C4
+15
+18
U5
R20
C48
R26
C30
R33
C27
C31
R40
R47
R42
GAIN
C43
J5
OFFSET
+48V
OFFSET
AT211 Rev
VR1
DC OFFSET CAL
TP7-TP8
DC OFFSET
TEST POINTS
J3
+10dB GAIN / AUTO
VR2
PEAK LED CAL
figure 3
- offset test point and peak LED adjust trimpots