Behringer user manual ULTRA-CURVEPRO DSP8024

ULTRA-CURVE PRO DSP8024

Unbalanced use of mono 1/4" jack plugs

Tip =

Signal

Sleeve =

Ground / Shield

Tip

Sleeve

Strain relief clamp

Balanced use of stereo 1/4" jack plugs

Tip = hot (+ve)

Ring = cold (-ve)

Sleeve =

Ground / Shield

Tip

Ring

Sleeve

Strain relief clamp

For connection of balanced and unbalanced plugs, ring and sleeve have to be bridged at the stereo plug.

	Balanced use with XLR connectors
2	1	1	= Ground / Shield	1	2
		2	= hot (+ve)
		3	= cold (-ve)

3	3
Input	Output
For unbalanced use pin 1 and pin 3 have to be bridged

Fig. 6.1: Different plug types

6.3 Digital audio connections per AES/EBU (optional)

The AES/EBU interface (Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union) is the most widely used digital interface for professional audio devices. The connection is balanced, negative earth, using bipolar shielded cable with XLR connectors. We recommend the use of a high quality low capacitance cable capable of transmitting the wide bandwidth signal (with frequencies of over 3 MHz) error free. The AES/EBU signal can carry, in addition to the pure audio material (up to 24-bit), various code signals using a built in emphasis, including the sampling rate present, time code information and user-definable bits. The S/PDIF digital format found in consumer products has similarities in its data structure to the AES/EBU format. It is in principle possible to connect an S/PDIF device (Sony Philips Digital Interface Format) to the ULTRA-CURVE PRO AES/EBU input, although this was not intended in the design of the two formats. The S/PDIF connector is normally an unbalanced RCA socket, requiring the use of an adaptor. Connect the tip of the RCA socket to pin 2 of the XLR, and the RCA shield to pin 3 of the XLR. The connection between the two devices should be as short as possible.

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