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3 Hookup
3.1
Front Panel
StudioLive™ Series III Rack Mixers
Owner’s Manual
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Hookup
3.1
Front Panel
Power/Status LED. This displays the current state of your StudioLive Series III
rackmount mixer:
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Off. The mixer is not turned on.
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Blue. The mixer is powered on and operating normally.
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Flashing Red. There was an error booting the mixer.
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Flashing Yellow. The mixer is in the process of updating firmware.
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Green. The mixer has completed loading new firmware.
Control LED. This displays the status of the LAN network you are using to control
your mixer.
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Off. The mixer is not turned on.
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Blue. The mixer is powered on and a control device is connected.
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Red. The mixer is powered on and no control device is connected.
SD Card Record Indicator. This LED displays the recording status of the
SD recorder. When the SD Card is recording, this LED will illuminate Red. When it is
not, it will be off.
SD Card Playback Indicator. This LED displays the playback status of the SD
recorder. When the SD Card is recording or playing back, the LED will illuminate
green. When it is not, it will be off.
Headphones. This ¼-inch TRS connection is for use with headphones. The Phones
knob controls the level.
Mute All. Mutes all inputs and mix outputs. This button is linked with the Mute All
button in the Global Settings view of UC Surface software.
Power User Tip:
The Mute All button is both latching and momentary. When the button is
pressed and immediately released, it will latch in the “on” state. When the button is
pressed and held it, will turn on while held and off when released.
Power User Tip:
The mute state of each channel and bus is retained while Mute All is
active. In this way, if a channel was muted before Mute All was enabled, it will still be
muted when Mute All is turned off
Mic/Line Inputs. These inputs use TRS-XLR combo jacks that can accept both XLR
and balanced or unbalanced 1/4” cables. The ¼-inch TRS connectors bypass the gain
stage and are scaled to accept line-level signals up to +18 dBFS.
Power User Tip:
When the line inputs are engaged, the microphone preamp circuit is
bypassed completely, and no trim control is available. Typical examples of line-level
connections are synthesizer outputs, signal processors, and stand-alone mic preamps
and channel strips. Use the output level control on your line-level device to adjust its level.
Note:
As with many audio devices, plugging a microphone or line-level device, or
enabling/disabling phantom power can create a momentary noise spike in the audio
output of your StudioLive mixer. It is highly recommended that you mute or turn down a
channel’s fader before changing connections or toggling phantom power on or off.
