Yamaha MG8 Owner's Manual - Page 18

Front & Rear Panels Input/Output Section 1 3 4 56 A 2 9 8 70 1 Channel Input Jacks (CHs 1, 2, 3/4, 5/6) • MIC jacks These are balanced XLR-type input jacks (1:Ground; 2:Hot; 3:Cold). • LINE jacks These are balanced phone-type input jacks. You can connect either balanced or unbalanced phone plugs to these jacks. NOTE Where an input channel provides both a MIC jack and a LINE jack, you may use either one of these jacks but you may not use both at the same time. Please connect to only one of these jacks on each channel. 2 INSERT I/O Jacks (CHs 1 and 2) These are unbalanced phone-type input/output jacks. Each of these jacks is positioned between the equalizer and Channel LEVEL Control of the corresponding input channel. These jacks can be used to independently connect these channels to devices such as graphic equalizers, compressors, and noise filters. These are TRS (tip, ring, sleeve) phone jacks that support bidirectional operation. NOTE Connection to an INSERT I/O jack requires a special separately-sold insertion cable such as illustrated below. To the input jack of the external processor To the INSERT I/O jack Sleeve Tip Sleeve Ring Tip To the output jack of the external processor The signal output from the INSERT I/O jacks is reverse-phased. This will not be a problem if connecting the jack to an effector. If using the jack to output to an external device, however, please be aware of possible phase conflicts with other signals. 3 Channel Input Jacks (CH 7/8) Each of these channel pairs can be used to input a stereo source signal. For each pair, the odd-numbered channel inputs the L signal, and the even-numbered channel inputs the R signal. Each channel offers a choice of two jack types: phone jack and RCA pin jack. All of these jacks are unbalanced. NOTE Where a channel provides both a phone jack and an RCA pin jack, you may use either one of these jacks but you may not use both at the same time. Please connect to only of these jacks on each channel. 4 2TR IN Jacks These are unbalanced RCA-pin input jacks. Use these jacks when you want to connect a stereo sound source (CD, DAT, etc.) directly to the mixer for monitoring. NOTE You can adjust the signal level using the 2TR IN control in the Master Control section. 5 REC OUT (L, R) Jacks These are unbalanced RCA-pin output jacks. These jacks output the mixed signal whose level is controlled by the ST Master LEVEL Control. You use these jacks, for example, to connect to an external recorder. 18 MG8/2FX