5 Setup
Placing the mixer
The mixer can be used as a table top unit or it can be installed into a console. Please make sure that there is
enough space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat dissipation. Steady overheating will damage the
unit.
Cable connections
The mixer offers numerous, highly flexible possibilities for balanced or unbalanced connection of
professional audio equipment. To avoid interfering noise, switch off the mixer or set the output controls to
minimum prior to connecting and disconnecting equipment. Be sure to use only short, high-grade cables.
The illustrations below show the wiring of these cables.
Connector
XLR, male
XLR, female
6.3mm jack, stereo
6.3 mm jack, mono
RCA
Powering up
To protect your audio equipment, specifically your speakers, follow this power-up sequence: Set all output
volume controls of any equipment to minimum. Switch on your audio sources first, then the mixer. Always
switch on amplifiers last. Then turn up the volume control on your sources (if provided) and set the output
volume of the mixer to a low level. Turn up the volume controls of your amplifier(s) slowly. Make adjustments
to all volume settings as needed. For switching off, follow the inverse sequence: always switch off amplifiers
first, then the mixer and then the audio sources.
Structure
Balanced
connection
red = 2
black = 3
shield = 1
red = 2
black = 3
shield = 1
red = tip
black = ring
shield = sleeve
red = tip
black = ring
shield = n/c
red = tip
black = sleeve
shield = n/c
16 • EN
Unbalanced
connection
red = 2
shield = 1 + 3
red = 2
shield = 1 + 3
red = tip
shield = sleeve +
ring
red = tip
shield = sleeve
red = tip
shield = sleeve