User Manual
Pearl-2 User Guide                                      Selecting an audio source
Audio source
Input 
port
Gain
Professional mixer
XLR Nominal
RCA Not recommended.
USB microphone USB Nominal
Dynamic, condenser, or 
electret microphones 
XLR
Not recommended. 
To connect microphones to the pro line level XLR inputs, you must 
use an external preamp to boost the microphone signal enough to 
provide the proper line level signal at the XLR input port, see 
Connecting microphones to the XLR line level inputs.
To choose a different audio device for the channel:
1.  Using a web browser on the admin computer, go to the IPaddress of your Pearl-2 and log in, see 
Connect to the Admin panel. 
2.  From the Channels menu, select your channel (i.e. Auto A or Auto B) and click Layouts. The custom 
channel layout editor page opens.
Audio for Auto channels are selected automatically.
3.  Check the audio source that you want to use for the layout and click Save.
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