Yamaha MGP24X Owner's Manual - Page 40

Troubleshooting - 24 channel mixer with effects

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Troubleshooting  Power doesn't come on.  No sound.  No sound from the STEREO OUT jacks  No sound from the AUX1 to AUX6 jacks  No sound from the MONITOR OUT and/or PHONES jacks  No sound from the CH29/ 30, CH31/32 {CH21/22, CH23/24} jacks  Sound is faint, distorted, or noisy.  No effect is applied.  I want spoken words to be heard more clearly.  I want to output a monitor signal for the mixer through speakers.  Cannot record to a USB device  Is an independent power-supply unit such as a power generator, or a power strip with switch plugged into the mixer? Make sure that the power is turned on.  Are microphones, external devices, and speakers connected correctly?  Is a Y-shaped cable used to connect the INSERT connector or an external device?  Are your cables connected properly, or are they shorted or faulty?  Are the channel GAIN knobs, channel faders, STEREO master fader and GROUP faders set to appropriate levels?  Are the bus assign switch and switches in the USB IN section and in the iPod IN section set properly?  Are the ON switch and ST switch of the channels you are using turned ON?  Is the ON switch of the STEREO master turned on?  Are the respective SEND MASTER knob, AUX1 to AUX6 knobs, FX1 and FX2 knobs of each channel set to appropriate levels?  Are the PFL switches for the channels that you are not using turned on? Make sure to turn off the PFL switch.  Is the AFL switch of the bus channel you want to monitor turned on?  Is the input select switch set to USB IN/iPod IN ( )? Make sure to set the switch to ANA- LOG ( ).  Are the channel GAIN knobs, channel faders, STEREO master fader and GROUP faders set to appropriate levels?  Is the 26dB switch turned on? Make sure to turn off the switch when a low-level source, such as a microphone, is input.  Is the output signal from the connected device set to an appropriate level?  Are you applying the effects and compressor at appropriate levels? You may have to lower the FX1, FX2 knobs, FX RTN fader, and COMP knob levels.  Are two different instruments connected to the XLR-type and phone jacks, or to the phone and RCA pin jacks on one channel? Make sure to connect to only one of these jacks on each channel.  Are microphones connected to the INPUT A input jacks?  If you are using condenser microphones, is the +48V switch turned ON?  If you are connecting a device which has a specified output level of +4dBu, turn on the 26dB (PAD) switch of the mono channels or use stereo channels.  (Stereo channel) Is the DUCKER switch turned on? When a signal is constantly input to CH24 {CH16} or the GROUP 1 bus, the sound becomes faint.  Check that the FX1 and FX2 knobs on each channel are adjusted correctly.  Check whether the ON button of the FX1 RTN and/or FX2 RTN channel is turned on.  Be sure that Knob 2, and the FX1 RTN and/or FX2 RTN faders are correctly adjusted.  Check that the switch for the desired bus in the FX1 RTN and/or FX2 RTN bus assign switches is turned on.  When an effects processing unit is connected to the SEND(AUX1 to AUX6) jacks, are the AUX1 to AUX6 knobs on the SEND MASTER set to appropriate levels?  Make sure that the switch is turned ON.  Are the equalizers (HIGH, MID, and LOW knobs) on each channel adjusted appropriately?  Connect a powered speaker to the MONITOR OUT jack. Make sure to adjust the level of output signal from the MONITOR OUT jack with the MONITOR knob.  Is the USB device write-protected?  Does the USB device have sufficient capacity to save the data?  Is the USB device formatted in FAT32 format?  The transmission speed of the USB device might be too slow to record data. If the recording format is WAV or MP3:320k, a high transmission speed is required. Change the recording to a format with a high compression rate: MP3:128k, MP3:192k, or MP3:256k.  If the memory is fragmented significantly, try running a defragmentation program on the computer. 40 MGP32X/MGP24X Owner's Manual

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MGP32X/MGP24X
Owner’s Manual
40
Troubleshooting
Power doesn’t come on.
Is an independent power-supply unit such as a power generator, or a power strip with switch
plugged into the mixer?
Make sure that the power is turned on.
No sound.
Are microphones, external devices, and speakers connected correctly?
Is a Y-shaped cable used to connect the INSERT connector or an external device?
Are your cables connected properly, or are they shorted or faulty?
Are the channel GAIN knobs, channel faders, STEREO master fader and GROUP faders set
to appropriate levels?
Are the bus assign switch and switches in the USB IN section and in the iPod IN section set
properly?
No sound from the STE-
REO OUT jacks
Are the ON switch and ST switch of the channels you are using turned ON?
Is the ON switch of the STEREO master turned on?
No sound from the AUX1
to AUX6 jacks
Are the respective SEND MASTER knob, AUX1 to AUX6 knobs, FX1 and FX2 knobs of each
channel set to appropriate levels?
No sound from the MONI-
TOR OUT and/or PHONES
jacks
Are the PFL switches for the channels that you are not using turned on? Make sure to turn off
the PFL switch.
Is the AFL switch of the bus channel you want to monitor turned on?
No sound from the CH29/
30, CH31/32 {CH21/22,
CH23/24} jacks
Is the input select switch set to USB IN/iPod IN (
)? Make sure to set the switch to ANA-
LOG (
).
Sound is faint, distorted,
or noisy.
Are the channel GAIN knobs, channel faders, STEREO master fader and GROUP faders set
to appropriate levels?
Is the 26dB switch turned on?
Make sure to turn off the switch when a low-level source, such as a microphone, is input.
Is the output signal from the connected device set to an appropriate level?
Are you applying the effects and compressor at appropriate levels?
You may have to lower the FX1, FX2 knobs, FX RTN fader, and COMP knob levels.
Are two different instruments connected to the XLR-type and phone jacks, or to the phone and
RCA pin jacks on one channel?
Make sure to connect to only one of these jacks on each channel.
Are microphones connected to the INPUT A input jacks?
If you are using condenser microphones, is the +48V switch turned ON?
If you are connecting a device which has a specified output level of +4dBu, turn on the 26dB
(PAD) switch of the mono channels or use stereo channels.
(Stereo channel) Is the DUCKER switch turned on?
When a signal is constantly input to CH24 {CH16} or the GROUP 1 bus, the sound becomes
faint.
No effect is applied.
Check that the FX1 and FX2 knobs on each channel are adjusted correctly.
Check whether the ON button of the FX1 RTN and/or FX2 RTN channel is turned on.
Be sure that Knob 2, and the FX1 RTN and/or FX2 RTN faders are correctly adjusted.
Check that the switch for the desired bus in the FX1 RTN and/or FX2 RTN bus assign
switches is turned on.
When an effects processing unit is connected to the SEND(AUX1 to AUX6) jacks, are the
AUX1 to AUX6 knobs on the SEND MASTER set to appropriate levels?
I want spoken words to be
heard more clearly.
Make sure that the
switch is turned ON.
Are the equalizers (HIGH, MID, and LOW knobs) on each channel adjusted appropriately?
I want to output a monitor
signal for the mixer
through speakers.
Connect a powered speaker to the MONITOR OUT jack.
Make sure to adjust the level of output signal from the MONITOR OUT jack with the MONI-
TOR knob.
Cannot record to a USB
device
Is the USB device write-protected?
Does the USB device have sufficient capacity to save the data?
Is the USB device formatted in FAT32 format?
The transmission speed of the USB device might be too slow to record data. If the recording
format is WAV or MP3:320k, a high transmission speed is required. Change the recording to a
format with a high compression rate: MP3:128k, MP3:192k, or MP3:256k.
If the memory is fragmented significantly, try running a defragmentation program on the com-
puter.