Manual-3
REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION
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XLR INPUT connectors
accommodate balanced INPUT signals. Rane adheres to the international and US standard for
balanced pin configuration: Pin 1 is chassis ground (neutral), pin 2 is hot (positive), and pin 3 is signal return (negative).
Choose either this XLR jack
or
the Euroblock, don't use both, they do not sum.
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Euroblock INPUT and OUTPUT connectors
provide an alternate method of getting signals in and out of the GE 215, one
for each Channel. The female portion of this connector may be removed so it is easier to connect the input/output wires.
Use only one input connector per Channel, the XLR
or
the Euroblock.
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XLR OUTPUT connectors
supply balanced OUTPUT signals. Rane adheres to the international and US standard for
balanced pin configuration: Pin 1 is chassis ground (Neutral), Pin 2 is Hot (Positive), and Pin 3 is signal return (negative). It
is permissible for both Euroblock and XLR OUTPUTS to connect to different devices simultaneously.
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Remote power supply input:
Use only an RS 1 or other remote AC power supply approved by Rane.
The GE 215 is
supplied from the factory with a remote power supply suitable for connection to this input jack.
It is not a telephone jack.
The power requirements of the GE 215 call for an 18-24 volt AC center-tapped transformer only.
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Chassis ground point:
A #6-32 screw and toothed washer is provided for a chassis ground connection. Since the GE 215
does not get chassis ground through the AC cord, this point is provided in case your system does not have another earth
ground such as the rack rails. See the CHASSIS GROUNDING note below.
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Optional power supply mounting location:
These screws can be used to mount the remote supply that came with the GE
130. Noise performance is only slightly degraded when the power supply is attached. The application will determine
whether this option is of benefit. Noise performance will still meet those in published specifications if this option is used.
CHASSIS GROUNDING
If after hooking up your system it exhibits excessive hum or buzzing, there is an incompatibility in the grounding
configuration between units somewhere. Your mission, should you accept it, is to discover how your particular system
wants to be grounded. Here are some things to try:
1. Try combinations of lifting grounds on units that are supplied with ground lift switches or links.
2. If your equipment is in a rack, verify that all chassis are tied to a good earth ground, either through the line cord
grounding pin or the rack screws to another grounded chassis.
3. Units with outboard power supplies do
not
ground the chassis through the line cord. Make sure that these units are
grounded either to another chassis which is earth grounded, or directly to the grounding screw on an AC outlet cover by
means of a wire connected to a screw on the chassis with a star washer to guarantee proper contact.
Please refer to RaneNote 110 “Sound System Interconnection” (supplied with this manual) for further information on
system grounding.
