User manual FOSTEX MN-12

[. . . ] Heed Warnings - All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. Follow Instructions - All operating and use instructions should be followed. Water and Moisture - The appliance should not be used near water - for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, and the like. [. . . ] Wall or Ceiling Mounting - The appliance should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as recommended by the manufacturer. Ventilation - The appliance should be situated so that its location or position dose not interfere with its proper ventilation. For example, the appliance should not be situated on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar surface that may block the ventilation openings; or, placed in a built-in installation, such as a bookcase or cabinet that may impede the flow of air through the ventilation openings. Important Notes in Operation * Avoid using headphones for long hours at high volume levels. Doing so can result in hearing failure. Any sudden increase in headphone sound levels must also be avoided. This could result in damage to your hearing. Connecting the AC adaptor * Turn down all sound volume controls when switching on power to this mixer. Also, turn all volume controls when switching on/off power to the MN12. Otherwise, a sudden loud noise could have a bad affect on you ears and your hearing. Plug the AC adaptor cable into the MN12 DC IN jack and plug the AC adaptor into the wall outlet. * Turn down the sound volume control when plugging or unplugging the headphone into the PHONES jack. Always turn down the sound volume control when connecting or removing the headphone plug from the PHONES jack. Doing so with the volume control turned up, could result in hurting your ears. <NOTE> Unplug the AC adaptor from the wall outlet if the MN12 is not to be used for long hours or extensive periods of time. The schematic is indicates that the outer sheath is minus polarity, and the power supply is DC 12V. * Switch off power to the mixer when interconnecting it to external equipment. Always be sure to switch off the MN12 power when interconnecting external equipment to the MN12. DC IN 12V Names and Functions 1. DC IN jack The AC adaptor included with the MN12 is connected here. 12. INPUT jacks External sound sources are input here. INPUT 1~4 complies to mic/line and levels controlled with the TRIM knobs to match the input. INPUT 5~12 are exclusively for line level inputs and are in stereo. If monaural sound sources are to be input, they should be connected to the MONO marked 5, 7, 9 and 11 jacks, and for stereo, to the 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12 jacks. 14. Panpot knobs Adjusts the sound position when signals input to each input jack is output to the STEREO OUT (L, R) jacks. 2. [. . . ] MASTER fader This fader controls the signal that is output from STEREO OUT L, R jacks. PEAK LED 10. PHONES jack Monitor headphone is plugged in here. 11. INPUT fader Adjusts input level of the sound source signal applied to input jack 1-12. 12 10 Connecting the External Equipment As shown in example below, by interconnecting MN12 as a sub mixer with a multitracker having few input ports, a multiple of sound sources can then be mixed and recorded by the multitracker. Effect Unit If the effector output is monaural, connect to L/MONO of the AUX RTN jack. MN12 + POWER DC IN 12V STAND BY ON L/MONO R AUX RTN AUX SEND L R STEREO OUT EQ HI 0 EQ HI 0 EQ HI 0 EQ HI 0 + 6 EQ LO 0 + EQ LO 3 0 + EQ LO 0 + EQ LO 0 L AUX 5 + AUX 5 + AUX 5 + AUX 5 + AUX 5 AUX 5 AUX 5 AUX 5 AUX RTN 5 + 0 5 10 R Multitracker 0 PAN 10 PAN 0 10 PAN 0 10 PAN 0 10 PAN/ BAL 0 10 PAN/ BAL 0 10 PAN/ BAL 0 10 PAN/ BAL 0 10 PHONES 0 5 10 L TRIM R TRIM L R TRIM L R TRIM L R L R L R L R L R 0 10 LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC MN12 PEAK 10 PEAK 10 PEAK 10 PEAK 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5/MONO 6 7/MONO 8 9/MONO 10 11/MONO 12 MASTER Sound source 10 Sound source 1 Sound source 2 Sound source 3 Sound source 4 Sound source 5 Sound source 6 Sound source 7 Sound source 8 Sound source 9 Stereo Outputs are used as examples, in the above, for sound sources 5 and 7. [. . . ]