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CONTENTS
AUX
............................................................... 20
PRE
............................................................... 21
5/6 SHIFT
..................................................... 21
OUTPUT SECTION DESCRIPTION
............................ 22
MAIN L-R MIX FADER
.................................... 22
VLZ MIX ARCHITECTURE
................................ 22
SUB FADERS
* ................................................. 22
ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX
* ................................. 22
TAPE IN (LEVEL)
* ............................................ 23
TAPE TO MAIN MIX
* ...................................... 23
SOURCE
* ....................................................... 23
C-R/PHONES
* ............................................... 23
MODE (NORMAL (AFL)/LEVEL SET (PFL))
* ....... 24
LEVEL SET LED
* .............................................. 24
SOLO (LEVEL)
* ............................................... 24
RUDE SOLO LIGHT
.......................................... 24
METERS
......................................................... 25
AUX TALK
...................................................... 25
AUX SEND (MASTER)
* ................................... 25
AUX SEND SOLO
* .......................................... 26
AUX RETURNS (LEVEL)
................................... 26
EFFECTS TO MONITOR
* ................................. 26
MAIN MIX TO SUBS (AUX RET 3)
* ................. 26
1-2/3-4 (AUX RET 3)
* .................................. 26
C-R/PHNS ONLY (AUX RET 4)
* ...................... 27
RETURNS SOLO
.............................................. 27
CR1604-VLZ MODIFICATIONS
............................. 28
CR1604-VLZ BLOCK DIAGRAM
............................ 30
GAIN STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
................................. 31
SPECIFICATIONS
.................................................... 32
SERVICE INFO
....................................................... 33
APPENDIX: Glossary
............................................. 34
APPENDIX: Connections
......................................... 42
APPENDIX: Balanced Lines, Phantom Powering,
Grounding and Other Arcane Mysteries
.................. 46
NEW! IMPROVED!
LOADED WITH
PROFESSIONAL FEATURES!
For those of you accustomed to the original,
classic CR-1604, do not be daunted by all the
new features — we added them just for you!
Asterisked items indicate features that we’ve
added to the New Improved CR1604-VLZ.
*
LEVEL-SETTING PROCEDURE
.................................... 3
INSTANT MIXING
.................................................... 3
HOOKUP DIAGRAMS
.............................................. 6
CONVERTING TO RACKMOUNT MODE
.................... 9
SWITCHING POSITIONS
................................... 9
PATCHBAY DESCRIPTION
......................................... 10
E-Z INTERFACE
............................................... 10
MIC/LINE INPUTS ON EVERY CHANNEL
* ......... 10
MIC INPUTS
................................................... 10
PHANTOM POWER
........................................ 10
LINE INPUTS
.................................................. 11
TRIM
............................................................. 11
INSERT
* ......................................................... 11
DIRECT OUT
* ................................................. 11
SPLIT MONITORING
....................................... 12
AUX SEND OUTPUTS
...................................... 12
EFFECTS: SERIAL OR PARALLEL?
..................... 13
AUX RETURN INPUTS
..................................... 13
SUB OUTS
* .................................................... 13
C-R OUTS (CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS)
* .... 14
PHONES OUTPUT
........................................... 14
TAPE OUTPUT
* .............................................. 14
TAPE INPUT
* ................................................. 14
MAIN INSERT
................................................. 15
MAIN OUTS
................................................... 15
MONO OUTPUT
............................................. 15
MONO LEVEL
* ............................................... 15
POWER CONNECTION
.................................... 15
FUSE
.............................................................. 15
POWER SWITCH
............................................ 16
POWER LED
................................................... 16
PHANTOM SWITCH
........................................ 16
PHANTOM LED
* ............................................. 16
BNC LAMP SOCKET
........................................ 16
CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION
.............................. 17
“U” LIKE UNITY GAIN
.................................. 17
FADER
........................................................... 17
ASSIGN (1-2, 3-4, L-R)
* ................................ 17
SOLO
............................................................. 18
–20 (SOLO) LED
* ........................................... 18
OL (MUTE) LED
* ............................................. 18
MUTE
............................................................. 19
PAN
............................................................... 19
3-BAND MID-SWEEP EQ
* ............................... 19
LOW CUT
* ..................................................... 20