Dynacord 1000-3, 2200-3, 1600-3 owner manual Setting up, PowerMate Cable Application

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2+ and 2- are connected through. This provides the pos- sibility to use these cables in an active 2-way system con- figuration, as well. DYNACORD’s accessory assortment comprises different speaker cables with Speakon con- nectors, available at your local professional audio dealer.

LF-CABLES - BALANCED OR UNBALANCED?

For LF-cabling – all the low current wiring – your best choice are balanced cables (2 signal conductors + ground shielding) with XLR-type connectors or stereo phone plugs. The cables should be step-on proof, shielded, and never longer than really needed. Too many too long ca- bles mostly lead to confusion and generate unnecessary problems. Of course, connecting unbalanced cables with monaural phone plugs to the PowerMate’s in- and out- puts is also possible and in most cases no interference will occur because of its superb grounding managing sys- tem. Generally spoken, if you have the choice, a balanced LF-cable is always the better solution. Today’s modern

audio equipment – like amplifiers, equalizers, FX units, mixing consoles, and even some keyboards – offers bal- anced in- and outputs. In a balanced signal path the cable screen provides gapless connection of all metal parts, of- fering efficient shielding against the induction of external noise. The balanced cabling in conjunction with the com- monmode rejection of the PowerMate’s input stage effec- tively eliminates even existing artifacts of interference. All inputs of the PowerMate provide balanced audio connec- tions and high common-mode rejection. The mixing stage outputs – FX, AUX, MASTER, MON, etc. – are laid out in GND-SENSING technology – a special pin assignment of the output jacks, offering all advantages of the balanced signal transmission, but lets you also connect monaural phone plugs without a problem. Nevertheless – as men- tioned above – when longer cables are involved, using stereo phone plugs and balanced cables are the better al- ternative. The diagrams below show the pin assignments of plugs and cables that are used with the PowerMate.

PowerMate	Cable								Application
MIC INPUT	2 HOT (+)						2 HOT (+)		balanced	connection of	micro-
									phones
		2						2
	3 COLD (-) 3	1					1	3 3 COLD (-)
	1 SHIELD						1 SHIELD
All phone jack in/outputs	Cable connection phone to XLR-type, unbalanced								unbalanced external equipment with
(except PHONES)									XLR-type in/output jacks
				+
			hot				2
		shield	cold	-			1 3
	Cable connection phone to XLR-type, balanced								balanced	external equipment with
									XLR-type in/output jacks
		hot +	cold -
							2
		shield				1	3
Channel Insert	Standard phone-type, unbalanced								Direct OUT via INSERT,		uninter-
									rupted signal path
				+
			hot
		shield		-
All phone jack in/outputs									unbalanced external equipment with
(except PHONES)									phone jack in/output jacks
	Standard phone-type, balanced								balanced	external equipment with
									phone jack in/output jacks
		hot +			-
				cold
		shield
Channel Insert									Y-type cable for the connection of
									external FX units and signal proces-
									sors with phone jacks

5.3 Setting up

1.Place the PowerMate in a way that allows unob- structed operation and connect the mains cord.

2.Try to locate the best position where you want to place the loudspeaker systems. If possible, the woofers should be placed on the floor while the Hi

cabinets’ most favorable position is above the Lo cabinets, on the same vertical axis. It is important that the lower edge of the Hi cabinets is approxi- mately at the same height level or slightly higher as the heads of the audience. Either you use the pole

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