Mackie 1604-VLZ Pro Owner's Manual - Page 15

MAIN INSERT These 1/4" jacks are for connecting serial effects such as compressors, equalizers, deessers, or filters . The INSERT point is after the mix amps, but before the MAIN MIX fader. Insert cables must be wired thusly: ring tip sleeve (TRS plug) SEND to processor "tip" This plug connects to one of the mixer's Channel Insert jacks. "ring" RETURN from processor Tip = send (output to effects device) Ring = return (input from effects device) Sleeve = common ground (connect shield to all three sleeves) MAIN OUTS These 1/4" jacks are usually patched to the inputs of your 2-track mixdown deck (unless you've chosen to use the TAPE OUTPUT RCA jacks), or to the house amplifier during live sound sessions. To learn how signals are routed to these outputs: . To use these outputs to drive balanced inputs, connect 1/4" TRS (Tip-Ring-Sleeve) phone plugs like this: RING SLEEVE SLEEVE RING TIP TIP Tip = + (hot) RING Ring = - (cold) TIP SLEEVE Sleeve = ground To use these outputs to drive unbalanced inputs, connect 1/4" TS (Tip-Sleeve) phone plugs like this: SLEEVE SLEEVE TIP TIP Tip = signal TIP Sleeve = ground SLEEVE MONO OUTPUT It happens to everybody sooner or later: The forces that govern your world will demand a monaural output from your painstakinglycreated stereo panorama. The last thing you want to do is start twirling all your carefullyplaced PAN settings to one side. What to do? Stick a cord in this 1/4" jack, hand the other end to Mr. Mono, and you're done. He's got his mono mix and you've still got your stereo mix. The MONO output is nothing more than a mix of the left and right MAIN MIX. MONO LEVEL So, Mr. Mono comes running back, screaming about the mono mix being so loud that his camcorder is melting. Just reach for this knob and turn it down a bit. Just the thing for send- ing mono signals to mic inputs like camcorders, telephone interface boxes, even answering machines. With the pot all the way up (fully clockwise), you'll have 6dB of extra gain with unity gain halfway between the one and two o'clock positions. POWER CONNECTION Just in case you lose the cord provided with the 1604-VLZ PRO, its power jack accepts a standard 3-prong IEC cord like those found on most professional recorders, musical instruments, and computers. At the other end of our cord is - get this - a plug! Not a black cube or, as we're fond of calling them, a "wall wart." We did this for some very good reasons: The 1604-VLZ PRO has sophisticated power requirements that a wall wart cannot provide. Wall warts are inconvenient, fragile, radiate huge hum fields, hog extra jacks on your power strip and get in the way. If you lose a wall wart, you're in trouble, but if you lose the 1604-VLZ PRO's power cord, you can get a new one at any electronics, music, or computer store. You can even buy them at Radio Shack® (part # 278-1257). Plug the 1604-VLZ PRO into any standard grounded (3-pin) AC outlet or into a power strip of proper voltage. WARNING: Disconnecting the plug's ground pin can be dangerous. Please don't do it. FUSE The 1604-VLZ PRO is fused for your (and its own) protection. If you suspect a blown fuse, disconnect the power cord, pull the fuse drawer out (located just below the cord receptacle) and replace the fuse with a 1A SLO BLO, 5x20mm, available at electronics stores or your dealer (or a 500mA [0.5 amps] SLO BLO 5x20mm if your 1604-VLZ PRO is a 220V-240V unit). 120 VAC 50/60 Hz 20W 1A/250V SLO-BLO POWER PHANTOM ON ON CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE REPLACE WITH SAME TYPE FUSE AND RATING UUTTIILLIISSEEUUNNFFUUSSIIBBLLEEDDEERREECCHHAANNGGEEDDEEMMÊÊMMEETTYYPPEE..DDEEBBRRAANNCCHHEERRAAVVAANNTTDDEERREEMMPPLLAACCEERRLLEEFFUUSSIIBBLLEE INSERT INSERT INSERT MAIN OUT BAL/UNBAL L MONO R +6 INSERT OO MAIN INSERT (TIP SEND RING RETURN) L TAPE INPUT TAPE OUTPUT C-R OUT BAL/UNBAL L L L R R R R INSERT INSERT INSERT LINE 16 LINE 15 LINE 14 LINE 13 LINE 12 LINE 11 1 LINE BAL BAL BAL BAL BAL BAL BAL UN- UN- UN- UN- UN- UN- UN- BAL BAL BAL BAL BAL BAL BAL MIC 16 XDR MIC PRE MIC 15 XDR MIC PRE MIC 14 XDR MIC PRE MIC 13 XDR MIC PRE MIC 12 XDR MIC PRE MIC 11 XDR MIC PRE MIC 10 XDR MIC PRE XDRTM EXTENDED DY DESIGNED BY MACKOIDS IN WOODINVILLE, WA, USA • COPYRIGHT ©1998 • THE FOLLOWING ARE TRAD 15