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USB Player

12. USB playback volume

13. Tone control

14. USB connector and USB status LED

USB status LED

Information

continuous green

USB media has been successfully detected

flickering green

audio is being played

flashing orange

search in progress

continuous orange

no valid audio files have been found

continuous red

failed to detect USB media / over current

15. Playback control: 

previous

16. Playback control: 

play / pause

17. Playback control: 

next

Channel 1

18. Channel volume

19. Tone control: bass

20. Tone control: treble

Channel 2

21. Channel volume

22. Tone control: bass

23. Tone control: treble

Advanced Sound Control

24. LED matrix signifying the areas affected by the tone controls

Master

25. Master volume

26. Operating status LED

Operating status LED

Status

green

normal operation

orange

signal peak exceeded

red

over-temperature / overload

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Содержание Versio VL340

Страница 1: ...Operation Manual VL340 VL350 ...

Страница 2: ... CONTROLS 4 3 QUICK SETUP 7 4 OPERATION 9 4 1 Speaker placement 9 4 2 General Information 10 4 2 1 Handling the tiltable flange 10 4 2 2 Button Lock 11 4 2 3 Automatic operating state storage 11 4 2 4 Avoidance of Ground Loops 12 4 2 5 Peak limit indicator 12 4 3 Connecting sources and setting the input sensitivity 13 4 4 Setting channel and master volume 16 4 5 Tone Control Operation 17 5 USB pla...

Страница 3: ...utputs The High Z instrument jack III is especially tailored to the amplification of pick up equipped instruments Separate modes for Acoustic Guitar and Electric Guitar allow an easy and effective tone control Line Out Selectable Line Out signal The routing matrix provides the following combinations channel 1 only sum of Channel 1 and Channel 2 and sum of USB Player output Channel 1 and Channel 2 ...

Страница 4: ...3 Balanced microphone line input XLR connector 4 Balanced unbalanced Line input 6 3mm jack 5 Input mode selector sets Input sensitivity activates P48 supply automatically adapts tone control characteristics to intended input source 6 High Z unbalanced Line Instrument input 6 3mm jack Line Out 7 Balanced Line Out XLR connector 8 Line Out signal selector 4 Illustration 2 1 Input and Line Out connect...

Страница 5: ...ls Illustration 2 2 Mains power section POWER KLINGENTHALER MUSIKELEKTRONIK GmbH MADE IN GERMANY WARNING THIS EQUIPMENT MUST BE EARTHED PULL POWER PLUG BEFORE OPENING 230V AC 50 60 Hz P 600W FREE GND 10 11 9 VOL VOL VOL VOL STATUS AMP LIMIT CH PEAK USB PLAY II SOUND LO LO HI HI LO MID F R E Q U E N C Y HI CHANNEL 1 MIC LINE INSTRUMENT LINE MIC CHANNEL 2 ADVANCED SOUND CONTROL MASTER 12 13 14 15 16...

Страница 6: ... failed to detect USB media over current 15 Playback control previous 16 Playback control play pause 17 Playback control next Channel 1 18 Channel volume 19 Tone control bass 20 Tone control treble Channel 2 21 Channel volume 22 Tone control bass 23 Tone control treble Advanced Sound Control 24 LED matrix signifying the areas affected by the tone controls Master 25 Master volume 26 Operating statu...

Страница 7: ...volume Skip song press next 17 or previous 15 Change folder long press on next 17 or previous 15 Connect audio sources See Illustration 2 2 for connection possibilities Set input sensitivity mode to meet the requirements of the connected sources Pressing the input mode buttons 2 5 toggles the input modes The labels near the input mode buttons show the association of the selected mode with the disp...

Страница 8: ...y 13 O clock and subsequently set the Channel Volume 19 22 A good starting point can be found between 12 14 O clock position While the setting in 12 O clock position corresponds to a gain of roughly 0 dB in LINE Modes the modes MIC and Instrument mode offer about 10 30 dB gain Increase the gain should you not be able to hear the signal at high Master Volume setting Follow the guidelines in Chapter...

Страница 9: ...opposing the loudspeakers front side in 90 of angle In other cases such as microphones exhibiting bidirectional characteristics whose backward sensitivity is not sufficiently low a slightly sidewards turned placement of the speakers is recommendable Keep the microphones speaking distance low to minimise the needed gain Maximise the dis tance between microphone and loudspeakers Also avoid using dra...

Страница 10: ...Slightly raise the speaker as shown in Illustration 4 1 this will enable you to align the angle Take care if lifted to high the speaker will be taken out of the flange and thus be loosened After lowering the speaker down ensure the flange locks in place The angle is adjustable to 20 degrees in 4 steps 10 correct wrong Illustration 4 1 Speaker stand insertion ...

Страница 11: ...makes setting these modes again after a power on off cycle or power loss superfluous 11 L Precaution is demanded in case of enabled Phantom Power As the Phantom Power state is also affected by the operating state storage you should always ensure before switching on there is no equipment connected to Channel 1 XLR that might be damaged by applying Phantom Power Please consult the manufacturers docu...

Страница 12: ...ot bring relief it is advisable to insert DI Boxes before the Inputs In this manner balanced interference signals should be cancelled to a reasonable extent 4 2 5 Peak limit indicator The peak limit indicator labeled 26 located beneath the master volume control displays the status of the integrated protection circuits The operating status is indicated by these displayed colors Peak Limit Indicator...

Страница 13: ...0 10 30 10 10 Input impedance 5 6 kΩ 18 kΩ 1 MΩ 18 9 kΩ bal unbal Phantom Power yes no no no Application Microphones P48 Line Sources such as Keyboards CD Players Mixer outputs Microphones Line Sources such as Keyboards CD Players Mixer outputs Instruments e g Acoustic and Electric Guitar Accordion Keyboard other instruments bearing a pickup Line Sources such as Keyboards CD Players Mixer outputs ...

Страница 14: ...s that require Phantom Power e g condenser microphones and active DI Boxes Similarly the maximum gain is 50 dB To switch on P48 Hold down the mode button 2 of channel 1 until it lights up red To switch off P48 repeat the last described action Mode LINE Suitable for Line sources This will set the input sensitivity to the typical line level of 0 dBu 0 775Vrms respectively Max imum possible gain is 1...

Страница 15: ...should be used High Z sources such as Guitars equipped with passive pick up electronics can be connected to jack II This high impedance input is especially suitable for this purpose since it will preserve the sig nal integrity If High Z pick ups are shown low impedances they may suffer from high cut and general level attenuation This input will preserve the tonal characteristics of your instrument...

Страница 16: ...n of 10 dB XLR I with a maximum gain of 10 dB If both jack II and III are connected their sensitivity will be automatically set to line level providing 10 dB gain Mode MIC Suitable for microphones using XLR I If only one microphone is in operation we recommend the connection to Channel 1 since it offers more gain and P48 if desired 4 4 16 ...

Страница 17: ... INSTRUMENT MIC the channel will have a adapted control range Following illustration clarifies the specific operation 17 Illustration 4 4 Different control ranges of the channel volume VOL 0 dB 0 d B 2 0 d B 0 dB VOL 1 0 dB 10 d B 5 0 d B 10 dB VOL 6 dB 6 d B 3 0 d B 6 dB LINE Mode INSTRUMENT Mode MIC P48 Mode ...

Страница 18: ...of different signal sources For effective control an instrument demands for different center frequencies for equalisation than a line source To meet these indi vidual needs the adaptive tone control will alter the boost and cut frequencies and also set an appropriate gain margin range 15 dB max This mode of operation very much resembles a parametric equaliser whereas here several parameters are al...

Страница 19: ...nd the highs at 8 kHz Turning the con trols towards their right left stop will broaden the cut boost effect see illustration 4 9 Mode INSTRUMENT E GUIT To adapt for electric guitars the bass is shaped at 120 Hz while the mid high center frequency will be shifted in the region of 5 7 kHz This takes into account for the distinctive midrange of electric guitars Similar to other modes in the leftmost ...

Страница 20: ...ion 4 10 Frequency response curves in E GUIT mode LO LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH Bass Control LOW MID HIGH LO LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH Treble Control LOW MID HIGH Illustration 4 8 Frequency response curves in A GUIT mode HI linear LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LO linear LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH LOW MID HIGH Bass...

Страница 21: ...s representing the low mid and high frequency band The brightness of each LED corresponds to the boost or cut gain Example To exemplify the functioning of the LED matrix display the illustration 4 11 shows how the tone controls position is in conjunction with the actual frequency response and the displayed LED brightness 21 Illustration 4 11 Conjunction of frequency response and LED matrix display...

Страница 22: ...root directory previous jump to previous track jump into previous folder next jump to next track jump into next folder 5 1 2 USB LED status information The USB LED 14 indicates these operating states USB LED 14 Status information off no USB media connected continuous green USB media detected flashing green audio is being played continuous red Fault either USB device is not supported or Over curren...

Страница 23: ...kipped To sort out the first track the USB player will firstly examine the root directory for audio and sub sequently jump into the alphabetically first folder and find the first track there as well The search progress will go forth in this manner including all sub folders The later section will describe this in detail 5 1 5 Playback order A reasonable playback order is kept by the alphabetical so...

Страница 24: ...well keep order without using playlists 5 1 6 Folder change Folder navigation is controlled by a long press on either the next 17 or the previous button 15 The illustration below clarifies this function Here the playback order is identified by the num bers to the left Following the root directory as the starting position the next folder is entered aft all files in the root directory have been play...

Страница 25: ...ss the playlist and skip any remaining files and sub folders located in this current directory Next the player will jump into the successive folder starting from the last valid path here Music Favorites which is the folder Various Artists If a folder change is triggered manually while a playlist is active also the next folder following the last accessed path will be used this will be the folder Va...

Страница 26: ...n mind that if relative path definition is used the playlist needs to be moved together with its audio files and sub folders if absolute path definition is used the playlist may be freely moved but requires leaving the audio files at the same location For simplicity reasons we recommend using relative path definitions and the unified storage of both playlist and its associated audio files 5 2 Sele...

Страница 27: ... the sum of all channels including the USB player As with the SPLIT L R mode the respective channel volume and master volume controls have effect on the output signal level Setting up monitor systems with multiple speaker units Follow these steps Set the mode Link Master Post for the VL3x0 unit that will be directly connected to your sources This will enable you to control the over all volume with...

Страница 28: ...d and cool atmosphere to warm temperature surroundings we advise to wait a reasonable amount of time before powering on the unit In this manner humidity can exit This is important since condensed humidity on the electronics may cause malfunction or even damage when switched on under these conditions Do not cover the cooling slots in order to guarantee sufficient heat dissipation Keep the VL3x0 awa...

Страница 29: ...operating status LED 26 is continuously red this means the unit is in protection state and therefore needs to cool down first before it is again ready for operation Otherwise check your source connection and make sure the operating status LED 26 shows continuous green Otherwise recheck your connections and settings Constant hum is present aside the amplified signal source Hum trouble can among oth...

Страница 30: ...k Protection circuits Short circuit over load over temperature mains voltage mismatch Power consumption 450 watts Mains power input Audio processing 32 bit 48 MHz Clock rate fix point processing Latency Sampling 24 bit Supported media USB Mass Storage Device UMS Compatible file systems Max USB port output current Number of channels USB Player MP3 Wave Format Mic Line Mic with 48Volt Phantom power ...

Страница 31: ...conformity of the European Communities is the result of an examination carried out by the Quality Assurance Department of Klingenthaler Musikelektronik GmbH in accordance with the European Standards VDE 0839 6 1 2007 10 DIN EN 610000 6 1 VDE DIN EN 610000 6 3 VDE DIN EN 610000 3 2 VDE 0838 3 2009 06 DIN EN 610000 3 3 VDE 0860 2011 10 DIN EN 60065 VDE 0875 103 1 2010 07 DIN EN 55103 1 VDE 0875 103 ...

Страница 32: ...our city office waste disposal service or shop where you purchased the product WEEE Reg Nr DE 84296747 K M E Klingenthaler Musikelektronik GmbH Auerbacher Str 268 08248 Klingenthal Germany Phone 49 0 37467 558 0 Fax 49 0 37467 558 33 E Mail service kme sound com Internet www kme sound com Copyright 2013 K M E Klingenthaler Musikelektronik GmbH Revision September 2013 All rights reserved The entire...

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