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MAINS CONNECTIONS

 

Your BACKBONE has been factory set to the correct mains voltage for your country. The voltage setting is 

marked on the serial badge, located on the rear panel. Check that this complies with your local supply.

 

 

Export units for certain markets have a moulded mains plug fitted to comply with local requirements. If your unit 

does not have a plug fitted the coloured wires should be connected to the appropriate plug terminals in accordance 

with the following code:

GREEN/YELLOW  

EARTH

BLUE 

  NEUTRAL

BROWN 

  LIVE

 

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead may not correspond with the coloured marking identifying the termi-

nals in your plug proceed as follows:

The wire which is coloured GREEN/YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is 

marked by the letter E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN or GREEN and YELLOW.

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the letter 

N or coloured BLACK.

The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the 

letter L or coloured RED.

DO NOT CONNECT/SWITCH ON THE MAINS SUPPLY UNTIL ALL OTHER CONNECTIONS HAVE 

BEEN MADE.

Note: This unit has been factory wired for your country. If you plan to take the unit to countries with a differ-

ent mains voltage you will need to send the BACKBONE to a qualified service technician or to the Manley Labs 

Service Center for the correct transformer primaries wiring conversion. Alternatively, you may use outboard 

AC voltage step-up or step-down transformers as appropriate.

TRANSFORMER WIRED IN PARALLEL for 100V and 120V operation. Uses a 1A SLO-BLO fuse.

TRANSFORMER WIRED IN SERIES for 220-240V operation. Uses a 0.5A SLO-BLO fuse.

***Fuses for ALL VOLTAGES are 5x20mm GDC packaged fuses.***

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Information for customers:

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have issued the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. The purpose of the Direc-

tive is the prevention of waste of electrical and electronic equipment, and to promote the reuse and recycling and other forms of recovery of such waste. As such 

the Directive concerns producers, distributors and consumers.

The WEEE directive requires that both manufacturers and end-consumers dispose of electrical and electronic equipment and parts in an environmentally safe man-

ner, and that equipment and waste are reused or recovered for their materials or energy. Electrical and electronic equipment and parts must not be disposed of with 

normal household wastage; all electrical and electronic equipment and parts must be collected and disposed of separately.

Products and equipment which must be collected for reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery are marked with the following pictogram:

Small products may not always be marked with this pictogram in which case this is present in the instructions for use, on the guarantee certificate and printed on 

the packaging.

 

When disposing of electrical and electronic equipment by use of the collection systems available in your country, you protect the environment, human health and 

contribute to the prudent and rational use of natural resources. Collecting electrical and electronic equipment and waste prevents the potential contamination of 

nature with the hazardous substances which may be present in electrical and electronic products and equipment.

Your MANLEY or LANGEVIN retailer will assist with and advise you of the correct way of disposal in your country.

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Страница 2: ...erts 6 8 8 Mix Fade Knob 8 Output Level Switches 9 THE BACK PANEL 10 11 THE GUTZ 12 SOME THOUGHTS FROM OUR LAB 13 16 LABELING YOUR SWITCHES 16 TROUBLESHOOTING 17 PATCHABLE SENDS RETURNS 18 ELCO PINOUT...

Страница 3: ...ey like the famous guys use The Manley BACKBONE is one part of our solution In fact it represents an evolution in performance from where we left off in our custom designs The Manley BACKBONE is built...

Страница 4: ...FORMER WIRED IN SERIES for 220 240V operation Uses a 0 5A SLO BLO fuse Fuses for ALL VOLTAGES are 5x20mm GDC packaged fuses Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Information for customers The...

Страница 5: ...engaged For more info see pages 7 13 E Inserts 1 8 Push to activate the outboard processor that is patched into that insert point See page 7 8 for details F SUM DIF Press to engage SUM DIF circuit fo...

Страница 6: ...ally worth a quick check to verify which way seems to sound best and or seems to have the kick pushing the woofer outward If in doubt leave the absolute polarity alone The Input Selection Left Right R...

Страница 7: ...NOT pushed and lit the main audio path is hard wire bypassed of course However a little isolation ampli fier is engaged to feed that box This is to pre drive a compressor so that it is already doing...

Страница 8: ...essor insert be used to sometimes push the level after keeping the signal at more reasonable and conventional levels earlier in the chain Between INSERT 7 and INSERT 8 is a multi purpose function Push...

Страница 9: ...he FADER MIX and OUTPUT LEVEL controls precede INSERT 8 This way you can patch your final limiter in 8 and semi permanently set thresholds and gains and use the OUTPUT LEVEL controls as a very handy w...

Страница 10: ...nnectors ELCO DB 25 connectors for the first 4 inserts H Selected Input L R The selected input s dry signal comes out here I Inputs 3 sets of inputs for whatever you want to plug into the BACKBONE We...

Страница 11: ...e BACKBONE opening up the manual which is probably open already if you re reading this attempting to interpret the map on page 18 and moving some ribbon cables but dealing with ribbon cables seems to...

Страница 12: ...cause of the precision calibrations especially in the SUM DIF circuits we advise that after a temporary swap the boards should go back to their original locations If one board or switch develops a pro...

Страница 13: ...g trying it for the sake of an idea but suggesting a listening experiment because in the end it is more about the particular collection of gear that you have chosen and the collection of input output...

Страница 14: ...ase line A typical high quality resistor may have a tolerance rating of 1 which means it is likely we only get 40 dB of separa tion in practice Even a superb resistor might be 0 1 tolerance which tran...

Страница 15: ...lity is introducing a processor that might ordinarily be considered too colored or distorted for mastering but if mixed in lightly as opposed to running the full signal through it can be brought in un...

Страница 16: ...ne has about 1 100th the level of a line level one and the BACKBONE has not been opti mized for such a signal it simply wouldn t function correctly for this application With that said once a signal ha...

Страница 17: ...r or be otherwise altered Also try checking the signal from the output labeled SEL INPUT on the rear of the BACKBONE this output is hard wired directly from your selected source If this is muted as we...

Страница 18: ...eaders INSERTS 1 8 Shown is Insert 6 using either both Patchable XLRs and ELCO EDAC Keep This End In Place Keep This End In Place RHT LFT Interior View of Back Panel ELCO EDAC Version HOW TO PATCH PAT...

Страница 19: ...ELCO PINOUT This diagram is drawn from the perspective of OUTSIDE THE UNIT looking AT THE BACK PANEL 19...

Страница 20: ...SEND 5 R SEND 6 R 24 12 25 10 23 11 21 9 22 7 20 8 18 6 19 4 17 5 15 3 16 1 14 2 13 HOT COLD GROUND HOT COLD GROUND HOT COLD GROUND HOT COLD GROUND HOT COLD GROUND HOT COLD GROUND HOT COLD GROUND HOT...

Страница 21: ...Y CABLE DIAGRAM Note that the Y cable coming from the SUM output should be wired differently from the Y cable coming from the DIFF output 21...

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Страница 23: ...inal sound up in the mix already bring up the parallel mix You ll hear a weight and punchiness added to the sound but you still retain all the transient response and dynamic range of the original sign...

Страница 24: ...board They are labeled J5 J9 and are for the left channel Jumpers for the right channel inputs live directly below these on the bottom board facing down and are labeled J16 J17 The jumpers are factory...

Страница 25: ...150 ohms Input Or Output Stepped Gain accuracy 0 05dB Power Consumption 60 watts Mains Fuse 120VAC 1A 240VAC 5A Use 5mm x 20mm SLO BLO glass fuses 250V AC rating NOTE Operating mains voltage Units are...

Страница 26: ...SETTINGS TEMPLATE Notes...

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