User manual PRESONUS FIREPOD

[. . . ] WARRANTY PreSonus Limited Warranty PreSonus Audio Electronics Inc. warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of original retail purchase. This warranty is enforceable only by the original retail purchaser. To be protected by this warranty, the purchaser must complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 14 days of purchase. [. . . ] It lets you know if your unit is receiving word clock correctly. Word clock is the manner by which digital devices sync frame rates. Proper word clock sync prevents digital devices from having pops, clicks, or distortion in the audio signal (due to mismatched digital audio transmission). Blue ­ solid sync Red ­ sync not present. Flashing Red and Blue ­ external sync not present 16 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 1. 2 BACK PANEL LAYOUT AND DESCRIPTIONS Power Adaptor Input. This is where you plug the provide power supply into the FIREPOD. Please check the power supply to ensure that it is the correct voltage and plug type for your country. Push the top part of the switch to turn the unit on. Push the bottom part of the switch to turn the unit off. There are two firewire ports on the back of the FIREPOD. Both FireWire ports are standard 6 pin firewire jacks. If your computer has a 4 pin connector, then you will need to get a 4 to 6 pin connector to connect your FirePod to your computer. One of these ports (either one) should be used to connect the FIREPPOD to a FireWire port on your computer. The S/PDIF I/O allows the FIREPOD to receive and transmit audio from other digital audio devices. The S/PDIF standard allows for two channels of audio to be transmitted at up to rates of 24bit/96Khz. The S/PDIF input also allows the FIREPOD to receive and transmit word clock. Word clock is the synchronizing signal that indicates the sampling frequency or rate of sample words over a digital audio interface. Note: When using SPDIF In, you must select SPDIF in your FIREPOD Hardware Control Panel (located in your system tray ­ Windows XP only). MIDI stands for " Musical Instrument Digital Interface" However, the MIDI standard goes . well beyond just instrumentation and sequencing. The MIDI inputs and outputs allow connection and/or communication with external MIDI equipment. One function of this port is MIDI programming. [. . . ] When I plugged in my FIREPOD it caught on fire and smoke came out of the top. A: PreSonus has a distributor in almost every country. Therefore, PreSonus does not authorize or condone exportation of any of our products by US dealers. If you have done this and your product has been damaged (more than likely due to voltage irregularities) then you will need to return the unit to the dealer in the United States. [. . . ]