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User manual – Dante
TM
adapter NA2-IO-DLINE | BDA 537-V2 2018/12
About this document
1 About this document
This user manual provides an overview of the necessary operation steps and settings on the product.
1.1 Significance of the user manual
This user manual is an integral component of the product and part of the product's safety
concept.
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Make sure that all persons who work with the product have fully read and also
understood this user manual.
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Observe all instructions exactly, especially the safety instructions.
This user manual contains important information for safely and properly operating the
product.
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Keep this user manual in the immediate vicinity of the product so personnel have access
to it at all times.
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Pass this user manual on to every user, e.g., by lending it, or to the future owner of the product.
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If this user manual is lost or damaged, a copy of it can be downloaded from the Neutrik's
website (www.neutrik.com).
1.2 Designations
Designation
Explanation
Dante
TM
adapter
Dante
TM
adapter NA2-IO-DLINE; to create the easy-to-read texts, the
device is hereinafter referred to as Dante
TM
adapter.
Dante
TM
audio
networking
Dante
TM
audio networking (hereinafter referred to as Dante
TM
) Dante
TM
stands for
D
igital
A
udio
N
etwork
T
hrough
E
thernet and is an audio
network protocol developed by the Australian company Audinate. Dante
TM
delivers uncompressed, multichannel, low-latency digital audio over a
standard Ethernet network using Layer 3 IP packets.
PoE
Power over Ethernet; the device is supplied with power via the network
connection.
Peripheral devices
All devices that can be connected to the Dante
TM
adapter: audio sources
(transmitters) and audio sinks (receivers)
Audio source
All devices that emit an audio signal
Audio sink
All devices that receive the audio signals, e.g., loudspeakers, audio
systems (amplifiers, mixing consoles, etc.)
