User Manual
wall will cause diraction, which leads to 
inferior frequency response and stereo 
image. Ensure that  the enclosure is ush 
with the surface of the wall.
If a decorative cloth frame is used to 
cover the wall, make sure that the edges 
adjacent to the monitor are less than 20 
mm (3/4 in) deep. The cloth must be very 
thin Tricot or acoustically transparent 
material, otherwise the high frequency 
response of the system will be adversely 
affected. Genelec approved cloth grilles 
are available.
Recess for Cable 
Connectors
The Speakon cable connectors extend 100 
mm (4 in) from the rear panel of the monitor 
enclosure. Therefore, a recess at least 100 
mm (4 in) deep must exist to allow for the 
cable behind the enclosure. The location 
of the recess is shown in Fig. 5. Note that 
the connectors are positioned o-centre. 
Therefore, if the enclosure is rotated for a 
left and right channel, the recess will be 
at  dierent heights on the left  and  right 
side. This occurs when the enclosures are 
mounted in the horizontal conguration.
Connecting Speaker Cables
Insert the connectors into the appropriate 
sockets “WOOFER”, “MIDRANGE/
TWEETER” and “LED CONNECTOR” found 
on the rear panel of the amplier unit and 
the rear of the monitor enclosure. Note 
that each RAM-XL amplier is individually 
calibrated for use with the enclosure that it 
is delivered with and marked with the same 
serial number. Do not mix these amplier/
enclosure pairs.
Insert the connectors into the sockets 
and turn the connectors clockwise. 
The connectors lock automatically. The 
electrical connections are only made when 
the connectors are fully inserted.
To remove the signal connectors pull 
the release lever on the connector and 
turn the connector counterclockwise 
simultaneously. The connector can now be 
removed from the socket. 
Set-up and Use 
The 1236A is set up using the GLM 
software. The setup is fast and consists of 
the following steps:
Figure 6. GLM network cabling (audio cabling not shown)
•  Link all monitors and subwoofers in a 
daisy-chain by running CAT5 (RJ45) 
network cables from the Network 
Adaptor to the "CONTROL NETWORK" 
connectors of the RAM-XL modules, 
and then on to the remaining monitors 
in the controls room. The actual order 
of the daisy-chain is not important, 
such that if the computer is in the 
control room and the RAM-XL modules 
are in a machine room, they can be 
networked last in the chain. 
•  Run the nal network cable to control 
network input of the GLM Adapter 
device.
•  Connect the GLM Adapter device to 
your computer USB connector. The 
cable is a part of the GLM User Kit.
•  Place the Genelec measurement 
microphone at the listening location 
of the engineer, on a stand, with the 
microphone pointing upwards and 
the microphone top at the height of 
the engineers ear in normal working 
position. The microphone is a part of 
the GLM User Kit.
•  Run the microphone cable to the 
microphone input in the GLM Adapter 
device.
•  Download GLM software at the 
Genelec web site (www.genelec.com). 
Install the GLM software.
•  Follow the GLM software instructions 
to measure and set up your monitors. 
•  If you plan not to use a computer for 
controlling the monitors, use the GLM 
software to write the settings into the 
monitors ("Store the Settings").
Recommendations for  
AES/EBU Audio
For a digital input signal of –30 dB FS, 
the 1236A monitors will produce a 100 dB 
sound level (SPL) at 1 meter distance, in 
free space. The sensitivity of the monitor 
system is set using the GLM software.
It is advantageous to keep the maximum 
incoming digital audio signal level high, 
near to 0 dBFS. It may be useful to lower 
the internal GLM level control. This enables 
maintaining high digital resolution in the 
digital source.
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