M-Audio 2626 manual Rear Panel, ProFire, User Guide

ProFire 2626 User Guide 8

Rear Panel

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11.Power Supply Connector: Connect the included power supply here. Use only the power supply provided with the interface or an equivalent power supply with the same rating and polarity.

12.FireWire Port: Connect the ProFire 2626 interface to your computer using one of the supplied FireWire cables. Note that ProFire 2626 has two FireWire ports. Connect either one of these ports to your computer only; the second port can be used to connect another FireWire device (such as a hard disk, etc.) to your computer.**

NOTE: The power supply must always be used when operating ProFire 2626. The interface cannot be bus powered through the FireWire connection.

▶IMPORTANT: The FireWire cable should only be connected or disconnected when the interface is powered off.

13.Optical Connectors: There are two optical input ports and two optical output ports on the back of ProFire 2626. The format and sample rate are determined within the Control Panel software. See the “Control Panel Application” section of this guide to learn more about the Control Panel.

14.Breakout Cable Connector: Connect the supplied breakout cable to this port. The multi-pin breakout cable provides MIDI, Word Clock and coaxial (RCA) S/PDIF input and output connectors.

15.1/4” TRS Line Outputs: These eight jacks output balanced, line-level signals for monitoring, mixing, or external effects processing.

16.Combo Jacks: These eight inputs accept signals from XLR (microphone-level) or 1/4” (line-level) sources. The XLR inputs are routed to the preamps whereas the 1/4” line-level inputs bypass the preamps and are not influenced by the Gain Adjustment Knobs (4).

**If your computer has a second FireWire port, M-Audio recommends connecting any additional FireWire devices to that port instead of daisy-chaining them to ProFire 2626. Alternatively, if your computer includes an additional PCI or PCMCIA FireWire expansion card, we recommend connecting additional FireWire devices to the ports on that card while ProFire 2626 should remain connected to the computer’s built-in FireWire port. Operating ProFire 2626 and other FireWire peripherals on separate FireWire busses should help to prevent potential bandwidth overload and other possible FireWire bus related conflicts between devices.