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◊Please note that all units must be properly grounded. For your own safety, you should never remove any ground connectors from electrical devices or power cables, or render them inoperative.

◊Please ensure that only qualified people install and operate the mixing console. During installation and operation, the user must have sufficient electrical contact to earth, otherwise electrostatic discharges might affect the operation of the unit.

1.3.3 Online Registration

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Should your BEHRINGER product malfunction, it is our intention to have it repaired as quickly as possible. To arrange for warranty service, please contact the BEHRINGER retailer from whom the equipment was purchased. Should your BEHRINGER dealer not be located in your vicinity, you may directly contact one of our subsidiaries. Corresponding contact information is included in the original equipment packaging (Global Contact Information/European Contact Information). Should your country not be listed, please contact the distributor nearest you. A list of distributors can be found in the support area of our website (http://www.behringer.com).

Registering your purchase and equipment with us helps us process your repair claims more quickly and efficiently.

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2.Control elements and connectors

This chapter describes the various control elements of your mixing console. All controls, switches and connectors will be discussed in detail.

2.1 Mono channels

2.1.1 Microphone and line inputs

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MIC

Each mono input channel offers a balanced microphone input via the XLR connector and also features switchable

+48 V phantom power supply for condenser microphones. The XENYX preamps provide undistorted and noise-free gain as is typically known only from costly outboard preamps.

◊Please mute your playback system before you activate the phantom power supply to prevent switch-on thumps being directed to your loudspeakers. Please also note the instructions in chapter 2.3.5“Phantom power and LED displays”.

LINE IN

Each mono input also features a balanced line input on a ¼" connector. Unbalanced devices (mono jacks) can also be connected to these inputs.

◊Please remember that you can only use either the microphone or the line input of a channel at any one time. You can never use both simultaneously!

GAIN

Use the GAIN control to adjust the input gain. This control should always be turned fully counterclockwise whenever you connect or disconnect a signal source to one of the inputs.

2.1.2 Equalizer

All mono input channels include a 3-band equalizer, except for the 502, which is equipped with a 2-band EQ. All bands provide boost or cut of up to 15 dB. In the central position, the equalizer is inactive.

The circuitry of the British EQs is based on the technology used in the best-known top-of-the-line consoles and providing a warm sound without any unwanted side effects. The result are extremely musical equalizers which, unlike simple equalizers, cause no side effects such as phase shifting or bandwidth limitation, even with extreme gain settings of ±15 dB.

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LOW CUT

In addition, the mono channels (1002 and 1202) are equipped with a steep LOW CUT filter (slope at 18 dB/oct., -3 dB at 75 Hz) designed to eliminate unwanted low- frequency signal components.

2.1.3 FX sends, panorama and level adjustment

Fig. 2.3: The FX send/panorama/level controls

FX (802/1002/1202 only)

FX sends (or AUX sends) enable you to feed signals via a variable control from one or more channels and sum these signals to a bus. The bus appears at the console’s FX send output and can be fed from there to an external effects device. The return from the effects unit is then brought back into the console on the aux return connectors (802) or normal channel inputs. Each FX send is mono and features up to +15 dB gain.

As the name suggests, the FX sends of the XENYX mixing consoles are intended to drive effects devices (reverb, delay, etc) and are therefore configured post-fader. This means that the mix between dry signal and effect remains at the level determined by the channel’s aux send, irrespective of the channel fader setting. If this were not the case, the effects signal of the channel would remain audible even when the fader is lowered to zero.

PAN

The PAN control determines the position of the channel signal within the stereo image. This control features a constant-power characteristic, which means the signal is always maintained at a constant level, irrespective of position in the stereo panorama.

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2.2 Stereo channels

2.2.1 Stereo line inputs

Fig. 2.4: Stereo line inputs

LINE IN

Each stereo channel has two balanced line level inputs on ¼" jacks for left and right channels. If only the jack marked “L”(left) is used, the channel operates in mono. The stereo channels are designed to handle typical line level signals.

Both inputs will also accept unbalanced jacks.
2.2.2 Equalizer stereo channels (802)

The XENYX 802 features a stereo 3-band EQ in each stereo channel. The filter characteristics and cut-off frequencies are the same as those in the mono channels.

Fig. 2.5: The equalizer of the stereo input channels

A stereo EQ is highly preferable to two mono equalizers. when working on a stereo signal, as two separate EQ’s will usually produce an unwanted discrepancy between the left and right channels.

2.2.3 FX sends, balance and level adjustment

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Fig. 2.2: The equalizer of the mono input channels

 

 

 

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The upper (HI) and the lower band (LO) are shelving filters

 

 

 

 

 

 

that increase or decrease all frequencies above or below

Fig. 2.1: Connectors and controls of mic/line inputs

their cut-off frequency. The cut-off frequencies of the upper

and lower band are 12 kHz and 80 Hz respectively. The mid

 

 

 

band (802/1002/1202) is configured as a peak filter with a

 

 

 

center frequency of 2.5 kHz.
LEVEL
The LEVEL control determines the level of the channel signal in the main mix.
CLIP

The CLIP LED’s of the mono channels illuminate when the input signal is driven too high, which could cause distortion. If this happens, use the GAIN control to reduce the preamp level until the LED does not light anymore.

Fig. 2.6: The FX send/balance/level controls