Setting Up and Using the DA-5L
If necessary, longer runs of standard low-capacitance (50-ohm) coaxial cabling with BNC connectors can be substituted for the supplied cables.
Note that, even though the DA-5L allows receiver antenna inputs to be shared, each receiver (and accompanying transmitter) in your system must still be tuned to a discrete channel for multi-user operation.
4.Connect the supplied 3-pin “EEC”
plug to the rear panel AC connector and plug the other end into any grounded AC socket (see the “DA-5L Grounding Techniques” section on page 33).
Then depress the front-panel power switch to turn the unit on. The “Power” LED will light up.
5.Turn on the power first to all connected wireless components and then to your audio system. Now we recommend you do a walkaround in order to make sure that coverage is provided for your entire performance area. With all transmitters unmuted, and the level of your audio system set as before, have an assistant walk through the entire area that will need to be covered while speaking, singing, or playing into each trans- mitter at a normal performance level. The presence of the DA-5L should serve to increase the effective transmission range within your system—if you do find that any new “dead spots” result instead, try changing the angle of the DA-5L antennas. The basic rule of thumb for all wireless audio systems is to always try to minimize the distance between trans- mitter and receiver as much as possible and also to try to maintain “line of sight” between the two (that is, the person using the transmitter should be able to see the receiver antennas). The idea is to ensure that the strongest possible signal is received from all planned transmission points. In fixed installations such as A/V or corporate conference rooms or for extended range applications (where the transmitters and receivers are more than 150 feet apart), it may be desirable to remote the DA-5L antennas altogether by using standard BNC connectors and 50 ohm coaxial cabling that is suitable for up to 1 gigaHertz bandwidth usage.
If you have followed all the steps above and are still experiencing diffi- culties, call Samson Technical Support (1-800-372-6766) between 9 AM and 5 PM EST.
