Fender MA6 Owners Manual

Fender MA6 Manual

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  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 1
    • MADE IN U.S.A. MA6 MIXER AMPLIFIER (PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM) .2'• - •• • • •-• • • OPERATION INSTRUCTION MANUAL MANUAL NO. 014558 (REV. A)
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 2
    • • WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE. THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE • P/N 016637 •
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 3
    • MA6 MIXER AMPLIFIER OPERATION INSTRUCTION MANUAL BY d MADE IN U.S.A.iSts°1.° • it141 zittl;id . PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS (APPROXIMATE, FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES) MIXER AMPLIFIER SPEAKER COLUMN U.S. System Metric System U.S. System Metric System Weight 50
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 4
    Copyright7, 1979 CBS Musical Instruments a Division of CBS Inc. - • e
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 5
    • TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction SECTION I Functional Block Diagrams Input Channel Control Functions Gain Control Treble Control Bass Control Effects/Reverb Control Monitor Control Channel Level Control Master Section Control Functions Main Channel Master Level Control Monitor Channel
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 6
    • LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO. 1 Pre-Amp Section (one channel of six) Block Diagram 1 2 Master Section Block Diagram 2 3 Pre-Amp Section Controls 3 4 Pre-Amp Response Curves 4 5 Pre-Amp Jacks and Level Controls 4 6 Master Section Level Controls 4 7 Equalizer
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 7
    and a high frequency compression • driver with associated horn and crossover network mounted in a Thiele aligned vented enclosure. The remaining pages of this Manual detail the functions of the various controls and jacks (in total, the unit has 55 controls and 24 connectors and jacks). BEFORE
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 8
    • SECTION I FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAMS The architecture of the System is explained most easily with the accompanying functional block diagram which is divided into two sections, the Preamplifier (Fig. 1) and the Master Control (Fig. 2). Although only one preamplifier is shown, the actual System has
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 9
    MAIN SUMMING BUS MAIN DIRECT INPUT EFFECTS RECEIVE MONITOR DIRECT INPUT MONITOR SUMMING BUS MAIN LEVEL (MASTER VOLUME) SUM. AMP, 5 BAND EQUALIZER MAIN / MAIN CHANNEL EFFECTS EFFECTS LEVEL / MON. CHANNEL EFFECTS MAIN CHANNEL REVERB MON. • CHANNEL REVERB REVERS LEVEL SUM, AMP, 5 BAND
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 10
    • Bass Control (Fig. 3 - Item 3) This boosts or cuts the low frequency content of the input signal. See Figure 4 for the frequency response range of this control. Effects/Reverb (Eff/Rev) Control (Fig. 3 - Item 4) Turning this control clockwise from the center detented position sends the signal
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 11
    BASS MAXIMUM • 444 TREBLE MAXIMUM +10 AMPLITUDE IN de FLAT BASS MINIMUM 20 50 _ 6 _ 5 -- 3 2 C CHANNEL I 100 500 1000 2K FREQUENCY N 142 FIGURE 4 - Pre-Amp Response Curves 3 - s. CHANNEL 2 3 LO-Z HI-Z 1H1-Z (*). -4 ) 0 FLAT 10 TREBLE MINIMUM 5K 10K 20K L. r-st.. 7 a a
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 12
    • Monitor Channel Reverb On/Off Switch (Fig. 6 - Item 5) Turns the Reverb Return signal on and off in the Monitor (Mon) mix. Effects Return Control (Fig. 6 - Item 6) Controls the amount of effects signal added to the Main and/or Monitor mixes. Main Channel Effects On/Off Switch (Fig. 6 - Item 7)
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 13
    +10 AMPLITUDE IN dB 0 10 5 20 50 EFFECTS 100 500 1000 2K FREQUENCY IN Hz FIGURE 8 - Equalizer Response Curves 5K 10K 20K MAN Send (Fig. 9 - Item 3) This jack is used to send the signal from the 6 channels to the external effects device (minimum 2K ohms impedance) providing that the
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 14
    • AUXILIARY JACKS (Rear Panel) Auxiliary Reverb Send (Fig. 10 - Item 1) This jack is used to provide an input signal to an external reverb unit, bypassing the internal reverb unit. Auxiliary Reverb Return (Fig. 10 - Item 2) This jack is used to connect the output of the external reverb unit to the
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 15
    • SECTION II SETTING UP THE SYSTEM Speaker Placement Placing the speakers forward of the microphones (Fig. 11) will allow much higher volume levels before feedback occurs. Speaker Connection (Fig. 12) Connect speaker cables to the phone jacks on the rear panel of the Mixer, marked "Speaker." Use
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 16
    • Preliminary Control Settings 1. Set all Channel, Main, and Monitor Level controls ("faders") to their minimal positions (Fig. 5.- Item 3) (Fig. 6 - Item 1 and 2). 2. Turn Gain controls to "25" (Fig. 3 - Item 1). 3. Set all Bass and Treble tone controls (Fig. 3 - Item 2 and 3) to the "flat" (
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 17
    ple: If the room has a resonance around 120 Hz, simply lower the 150 Hz equalizer control until the feedback disappears. The center position indicates "flat" response. Explanation of the Equalizer Controls 150 Hz -This is a shelving-type control and acts like a bass tone control. Too much boost and
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 18
    • P A AKER K r MONITOR OUT MA6 MIXER ECTS A K R POWER AMP ER MONITOR SPEAKER FIGURE 15 - Typical Speaker, Monitor, and Tape Recording Connections Pre-Amp Output Jack (Fig. 16) To use an additional amplifier to power more speakers, connect the Pre-Amp Output jack to the Input of the
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 19
    • SPEAKER (HIGH) SPEAKER (HIGH) SPEAKER (LOW) SPEAKER "POWER AMP IN" LOW ELECTRONIC CROSSOVER SPEAKER (LOW) HIGH POWER AMP PRE. AMP OUT T J "MONITOR OUT" POWER AMP MONITOR SPEAKER MAS MIXER MONITOR SPEAKER FIGURE 17 - Bi-Amp Connections • **No S P E A K E R H TAPE RECORDER • 110
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 20
    • SECTION III 6 CHANNEL PA SPEAKER SYSTEM 12 HF Speaker Enclosure System (Fig. 19) The Fender MA6 Public Address System is supplied with two speaker enclosures. Each enclosure contains two high efficiency 12" low frequency speakers mounted in a Thiele aligned vented box enclosure and a compression
  • Fender MA6 | Owners Manual - Page 21
    NOTE: SEE ACCOMPANYING LIMITED WARRANTY FOLDER • MADE IN U.S.A. P.O. BOX 4137 • 1300 EAST VALENCIA DRIVE • FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA 92634
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MA6
MIXER
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ADDRESS
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OPERATION
INSTRUCTION
MANUAL
MANUAL
NO.
014558
(REV.
A)