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Redbox User Handbook No 2
8 RB-DA4x5 4 Input 4 x 5 Output Distribution Amplier/Mixer
Introduction
Output
Gain
Controls
Input
Gain
Controls
Input/
Output
Levels
Input
Selectors
Fig 8-1: RB-DA4x5 Front Panel.
The RB-DA4x5 is a 1U rack-mount combined distribution amplier and mixer. It has 4
mono analogue audio inputs on female XLR and 4 groups of 5 outputs on 15 way D-type
connectors. Each output group has a ve way front-panel DIP switch assigned to it which is
used to select the input(s) to send to the output group. This enables each of the four inputs,
and a 1kHz 0dBu tone, to be mixed to the output group.
The inputs and outputs are electronically balanced and can be wired unbalanced. Each
input has adjustable gain using a preset potentiometer, providing a gain range of -8dB to
+18dB. Each output is individually buered so that a short circuit on one output will not
aect the others. The output gain of each group can similarly be adjusted between -8dB and
+18dB using preset potentiometers.
The DIP switch settings and gain controls are recessed beneath a front-mounting screw-on
cover so that settings can not be accidentally altered, for secure applications. Four bright
front-panel signal present LEDs show the levels of either the inputs or the output groups by
pressing the AUDIO PRESENCE button. The LEDs will show green illumination from -12dBu
through to 0dBu, amber from 0dBu through to +6dBu and red for inputs and outputs at
+6dBu and over.
AUDIO DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIERS - RB-DA4x5
AUDIO DISTRIBUTION
AMPLIFIERS
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