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located on the right hand side panel of the mixer. This switch is normally set to
the stereo position. Under special circumstances, you may wish to monitor your
headphones in Mono or decode MS signals when recording in MS Stereo.
Please see MS Stereo section of this manual.
*
SAFETY NOTE
*
ALWAYS TURN DOWN THE HEADPHONE VOLUME
BEFORE PLUGGING IN YOUR HEADPHONES.
F. TAPE
RETURN
The M4mkII Mixer is equipped with tape returns used to monitor tape confidence
heads from most any recording device. These tape monitor amplifiers can be
adjusted to match the signal levels of most any device. These levels are
adjusted using a small jewelers screwdriver (or “Greenie” screwdriver). The
adjustment points are located directly above the Mutlipin connector. The
tape/direct switch is located on the upper right hand corner of the front panel.
When set to ”D” (Direct) the phone amplifiers to monitor the mixers output signal.
If switched to “T” (Tape), then the phone amplifies monitor the external source
such as the Betacam.
METERS:
A.
PEAK READING METERS
The M4mkII Mixer is equipped with a custom made LCD meter. We designed
this meter to be easy to read and camera emulating. Because the most common
use of this type of mixer is with Betacams, we designed the M4mkII’s meters to
emulate the peak reading attributes found on many Betacams. In this manor,
you can be confident of your recording levels even when the Betacam is being
fed via Betasnake cable or wireless transmission. The LCD meter also displays
Left and Right Limiter functions as well as Low Battery Warning. When the “Lo
Bat” indicator comes on, you have approximately 30 minutes of battery life
remaining. You should replace the batteries at your earliest convenience. This
low battery indicator automatically senses the use of a NP-1 rechargeable battery
or AA alkaline batteries and adjusts itself accordingly.
The M4mkII Mixer is equipped with meter lamps used for night viewing of the
meters. The light source for this meter back lighting is provided by a 2200mc
(2.2 candela) high performance “white” LED in conjunction with a specially made
woven fiber optic light transmission panel. These two new technologies were
chosen as they provide good quality back lighting without adding noise to the
mixer as some Electro-luminescent systems do. The use of the meter back
lighting adds approximately 30mA of power consumption to the mixer.