Chapter 3: Getting Started

Connecting the power cable

Making sure that the mains power at the power outlet is off, connect the mains cable supplied with your DN540 to the mains power outlet and then to the mains socket at the rear of your unit.

Connecting the audio cables

Making sure that all equipment is switched off, connect your DN540 to the rest of your audio equipment as shown in the following subsections. For more information on balancing, see “Balanced/unbalanced audio” on page 37.

Channel I/O pin-outs

The following shows the channel I/O pin-outs for the male and female XLR connectors, on both balanced and unbalanced circuits.

Male XLR

Female XLR

chassis

chassis

connector

connector

1

3

Rear of DN540

1

3

2 2

Pin-out

Balanced I/O

Unbalanced I/O

 

 

 

1

Screen/ground

Screen/ground (not connected

 

 

at unbalanced end)

2

Hot signal

Hot signal

3

Cold signal

Ground at unbalanced end

 

 

 

 

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Klark Teknik DN540 specifications Connecting the power cable, Connecting the audio cables, Getting Started