Audio-Technica 4000, 5000 Receiver Installation

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Receiver Installation (Continued)

Front-mount Antennas

AEW-R4100: Provision has been made to move the antenna

jacks from the rear to the front of the receiver. However,

because this involves opening the receiver case and exposing

AC power circuitry, instructions are not included in this manual.

A qualified service technician must perform this modification.

AEW-R5200: BNC-to-BNC connectors and jumper cables are

included with the unit to permit mounting antennas on the front

panel.

• BNC-BNC through-panel connectors: Remove the nut and

lock-washer from each connector. Install the connectors

from the front into the two panel holes. Note that the flat

on the threaded section must be aligned with the flat in

each panel hole. Secure each connector from the back with

its lock-washer and nut, tightening the nut firmly.

• BNC-BNC cable jumpers: Connect the jumpers to the rear

antenna jacks first; then attach them to the BNC connectors

on the front panel. Make certain the bayonet twist-rings are

fully latched on the connectors at both ends.

Headphone Jack

A headphone jack on the front panel provides monitoring of the

receiver’s output. The 1/4" TRS jack is intended for use with

stereo headphones. The Phones Level control affects the

headphone jack only. Note: On an operating unit, be careful

not to press the Power switch accidentally when inserting a

headphone jack or adjusting the headphone level. In addition

to interrupting receiver operation, even a momentary loss of

power to a single unit within a linked multi-channel system will

cause the loss of linking connection to the affected receiver and

all those “downstream” from it.

AEW-R5200: Press and release the Phones Level control knob

to switch headphone monitoring from Channel 1 to Channel 2

and back again. Small, lighted indicators just above the knob

show which receiver channel is being monitored.

Power Connections

The switching power supply is designed to operate properly

from any AC power source 100–240V, 50/60 Hz without user

adjustment. Simply connect the receiver to a standard AC

power outlet, using only an IEC-type input cordset approved

for the country of use. Power to the unit is controlled by the

front-panel Power switch.

AEW-R5200: An auxiliary AC “jumper” (pass-through) outlet is

provided on the rear panel, and a ”jumper” power cordset is

included, to simplify power connections by “daisy-chaining”

an array of AEW-R5200’s. Maximum output from the auxiliary

outlet is 5 Amperes, which will easily handle a full complement

of AEW-R5200 units.

“Link” Connections

Artist Elite Series multi-channel systems can comprise all

AEW-R4100, all AEW-R5200, or combinations of AEW-R4100

and AEW-R5200 receivers. The exclusive IntelliScan™channel

assignment system provides easy, automatic scanning of the

RF spectrum and assignment of usable, compatible frequencies

to all linked AEW receiver channels.

Both AEW receiver models can be interconnected using Link

In/Out jacks and included link cables. In addition, the

AEW-R5200 offers a built-in Ethernet 10 BaseT connection,

with interface software provided on CD-ROM. See the separate

AEW Control Interface manual provided with AEW-R5200

receivers and 5000 Series systems.

All AEW receivers in a linked multi-channel system should be

interconnected with included link cables. When the system is

properly configured, the “slave” units will “link data in” to the

“Master” unit. (See Figure B for an example.)

1.First, decide which receiver will be the “Master” unit.

Connect a link cable to the Link In jack only. (In an

AEW-R5200, the Channel 1 unit is the Master and Channel 2

becomes the first “slave.”)

2.Connect the free end of the link cable from the Master unit

(in #1 above) to the Link Out jack of the desired “next” unit.

3.Connect one end of a new link cable to the Link In jack of

the unit in #2 above.

4.Connect the free end of the link cable from the unit in #2

above to the Link Out jack of the desired “next” unit.

5.Continue this process of “daisy-chaining” the system’s

receivers together with link cables. The “last” unit in the

system will have a cable connected to its Link Out jack, but

no connection to its Link In jack.

Installing link cables starting with the last slave unit and working

toward the Master unit is also acceptable practice.

The attachment order of link cables establishes the numerical

order of the receivers in the multi-channel system, from the

selected Master unit through all the slave units. (In the case of

AEW-R5200 receivers, a unit’s Channel 1 always comes before

its Channel 2.) In a multi-channel system that includes both

models of receivers, it’s common practice to position all the

AEW-R5200 units first in the chain; followed any AEW-R4100

units.

Note 1: For the receiver linking to work, all receivers in the

system must have AC power applied at the same time, or the

Master receiver must be turned on last.

Note 2: In addition, if AC power is interrupted or a link connec-

tion is broken at any receiver in a linked system, even for an

instant, receivers from that unit onward are no longer linked to

the system. When all power and linking have been restored, the

system must be restarted by turning all the receivers Off,

then On (all turned on simultaneously, or the Master receiver

must be turned on last). This will re-initialize the system and

re-establish all the data links.

Figure B

AEW-R5200

AEW-R4100

MASTER SLV 1

SLV 2 SLV 3

SLV 4 SLV 5

SLV 6

SLV 7

OUT

IN (N/A)

OUT (N/A)

LINKS