Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DX1000 Behringer
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PRO MIXER DX1000 www.behringer.com Version 1.1 February 2001 User’s Manual ENGLISH.
2 PRO MIXER DX1000 This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclo- sure—voltage that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of shock. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to important operating and maintenance instructions in the accompanying literature.
3 PRO MIXER DX1000 FOREWORD Dear Customer, Welcome to the team of PRO MIXER users and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing this unit.
4 PRO MIXER DX1000 BLOCK DIAGRAM.
5 PRO MIXER DX1000 DX1000 PRO MIXER Professional DJ mixer with a total of 10 stereo sources on 5 dual-input channels s Two professional high-class microphone channels with peak indicator and effects s.
6 PRO MIXER DX1000 T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 . THE MANUAL ................................................................................................................... ..... 7 1.1 Nomenclature .........................................................
7 PRO MIXER DX1000 1 . THE MANUAL We know that reading manuals can be a bore, and that you are probably impatient to get started with your new DX1000 mixer, if you haven’t already! It is true that w.
8 PRO MIXER DX1000 2.1 Highly accurate main and PFL peak—reading bargraph meters The main output level is constantly monitored by a pair of highly accurate main bargraph meters .
9 PRO MIXER DX1000 3 . MONO INPUT CHANNEL Plug a mic or line source (tape, CD player etc.) into the appropriate MIC or LINE input. Speak or play music at typical volume to check out and set up the channel. + The mic pre-amps are of the same quality as those in our award-winning EURODESK studio consoles.
10 PRO MIXER DX1000 3. 4 Equalizer The mic channel EQ section comprises three control knobs and one switch. Depressing the LOW CUT switch rolls off the bass end (-18 dB/oct @ 75 Hz). We recommend using this feature with microphones to eliminate “popping” and handling noise.
11 PRO MIXER DX1000 Channel Input 1 Input 2 3 PHONO 1 CD 1 4 PHONO 2 CD 2 5 PHONO 3 CD 3 6 LINE 1 CD 4 7 L INE 2 T APE* T ab. 4.1: Stereo channel configuration * Channel 7 ’ s TAPE input is parallel-wired to the TAPE IN on the top panel. + Never patch line level devices into your highly sensitive phono inputs.
12 PRO MIXER DX1000 4. 3 Equalizer The channel EQ section comprises three control knobs and two switches. The EQ ON switch activates the tone controls which enable cut and boost of TREBLE , MID and BASS frequencies respectively (see below for specs.) EQ can sweeten or effect a track, with the fading out and in of frequency bands being very popular.
13 PRO MIXER DX1000 + Take care to ensure that SENSITIVITY is not set too high, otherwise spill from loudspeakers into the mic could trigger the talk over system, and the music volume will just keep going up and down! (You have set up an intermittent negative feedback loop.
14 PRO MIXER DX1000 + This is the first time we have come across any really BIG buttons on the DX1000. At this point it’s worth pointing out that all the smaller switches on your DX1000 are latching. This means they stay down until you hit them again.
15 PRO MIXER DX1000 7 . HEADPHONES, MONITORS & PFL 7.1 Monitoring A separate stereo MONITOR output is provided. Level is controlled by a single 60 mm MONITOR stereo fader . The monitor signal is taken directly from the main mix. Engaging PFL anywhere on the board changes the monitor source to PFL.
16 PRO MIXER DX1000 + Another way to keep the monitors fixed on PFL is to make sure a PFL button is always left engaged somewhere on the desk. You could simply leave a PFL button depressed on an unused, unassigned channel. If your channel fader is always brought up to +6 dB (i.
17 PRO MIXER DX1000 10. CONNECTIONS 10.1 PRO MIXER DX1000 connections Follow us on a walk along the rear panel of your PRO MIXER, starting left: Channel inserts.
18 PRO MIXER DX1000 Unbalanced use of mono 1/4" jack plugs Ring Balanced use of stereo 1/4" jack plugs Balanced use with XLR connectors 1 2 3 2 1 3 Input Output Tip = Signal Tip = hot (+ve) .
19 PRO MIXER DX1000 Fig. 10.3: Insert send/return plug 11 . CROSSFADER ADJUSTMENT On the main motherboard you can find two potentiometers, which you can adjust with a little screwdriver. These potentiometers are identified as OVERLAP and SLOPE. You can unscrew the bottom of your mixer to reach the main motherboard.
20 PRO MIXER DX1000 Fig. 1 1.1: V olume curve I (SLOPE potentiometer completely left) Fig. 1 1.2: Volume curve II (SLOPE potentiometer completely right) 12. SPECIFICATIONS MONO INPUT CHANNELS Mic input Electronically balanced, discrete input configuration Gain +10 to +60 dB Frequency response 10 H z to 100 kHz, +/-3 dB T H D 0.
21 PRO MIXER DX1000 EQ L o w +/-12 dB @ 50 Hz Mi d +/-9 dB @ 750 Hz High +/-12 dB @ 10 Hz Low cut 75 Hz, 18 dB/oct. STEREO INPUT CHANNELS Phono/line/CD input unbalanced input Gain Line/CD +/-15 dB P h.
22 PRO MIXER DX1000 The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mec.
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