JBL EON Sub G2 manual

Signal sounds distorted even

Mixer or other source is overdriven

Review the Owner’s Manual

at moderate volumes, PEAK

for your mixer and adjust

light is not lit.

controls as needed

• Input sensitivity (gain)

• Channel faders

• Master faders

Hum or Buzz that increases

Improper A/C ground or faulty

Disconnect or mute

or decreases when the mixer

equipment connected to mixer

channels one at a time to

level controls are moved.

input

isolate the problem. Refer

to the owner’s manual of the

faulty equipment for

troubleshooting help.

Faulty cable between source

Substitute a known-good

equipment and mixer

cable for the suspected

faulty cable.

Hum or Buzz

Improper A/C grounding, ground

• Connect all speakers to a

loops

common power circuit.

• “Telescope” the audio

ground by using an XLR/F

to XLR/M adapter with

Pin1 disconnected on one

end.

• Re-route audio cables

away from AC power and

lighting cables.

Excessively long unbalanced cable

• Use the balanced outputs

run

(if available) of your mixer

or source equipment to

drive your EON speakers.

• Use a “DI” (direct injection)

box to convert your unbal-

anced equipment output

to a balanced output.

Improper system gain structure

Reduce the INPUT 1, LINE

2, and LINE 3 controls and

increase the output level of

your source devices.

Speakers feedback and howl

Microphones are pointed into the

Move the speakers so they

when the microphone volume

speakers

do not point into the micro-

is turned up

phone’s pick-up pattern.

Equalizer settings are incorrect

Locate the feedback fre

quency and reduce it using

the mixer EQ or an external

equalizer.

Excessive gain

Reduce the gain at the

mixer and move the micro-

phone closer to the sound

source.