Specifications

Chapter 2: Installing a Snake Card 3
Chapter 2: Installing a Snake Card
Adding a second Snake card expands your VENUE system’s
I/O capacity by allowing you to connect a second Stage Rack
to your FOH Rack.
You also need a second Snake card in order to use the HDx2
TDM Record option, even if you are not using a second Stage
Rack.
Installing a Snake Card
The Snake card is installed in the FOH Rack and is connected
with a ribbon cable to a Mix Engine Card inside the FOH Rack.
To install the Snake card:
1 Power down your system.
2 Disconnect all audio and power cables attached to the FOH
Rack.
3 Remove the FOH Rack front panel faceplate by unscrewing
its mounting screws (#1 Phillips).
4 On the back panel of the FOH Rack, do one of the following:
• If you are adding a second Snake card, remove the Snake
card expansion slot cover by removing the four screws
holding it in place.
– or –
• If you are replacing the existing Snake card, remove the
four screws holding it in place, disconnect the ribbon
and power cables located inside the FOH Rack (accessible
from the open front panel of the FOH Rack), and remove
the existing card from the FOH Rack.
Front panel of the FOH Rack
Faceplate
Mounting screws (remove all)
Back panel of the FOH Rack
Snake card
expansion
(remove cover)
slot