User manual TASCAM IF-SM/DM

[. . . ] D00885000A » IF-SM/DM Surround Monitor Card OWNER'S MANUAL This appliance has a serial number. Please record the model number and serial number and retain them for your records. Model number Serial number Contents 1 ­ Introduction Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Disconnect all other equipment connected to it. 2 Use a screwdriver to remove the blanking panel from the slot into which you will fit the interface card. Keep the retaining screws in a safe place. If you are installing more than one card, we suggest that you start from the top slot (slot 1) and work downwards. WARNING The above step is most important. If you do not do this, there is a risk that you may cause damage to the main unit as well as to other equipment. Figure 1. 1: Fitting the card Take care, if you are removing a previously-fitted interface card, that you are removing the retaining screws, and not the smaller screws which fix the card to the rear plate. Also, if you are removing a previously-fitted card, use the binding posts on the rear plate to help remove the card. 3 Remove the interface card from the anti-static protective bag. Hold the card by the edges, and insert it, component side upwards, into the slot. Insert the card between the guide rails and slide it all the way into the slot, as shown. You may have to push firmly to plug the card into the internal connector. 4 Locate the card into the connector inside the main unit. Push the card firmly, without forcing, so that the connector grips the end of the card. TASCAM IF-SM/DM Owner's Manual 3 1 ­ Introduction : Connections A new unit's card slot and/or new card may be a little stiff. Make sure that the card is pushed as far as it will go (so that the card rear connector plate touches the rear panel of the unit). 5 Use the screws supplied with the card to attach the rear panel of the interface card to the rear panel of the unit. Repeat the installation process for all the interface cards that you are fitting. · When removing a card, unscrew the five retaining screws and use the "pull posts" on the rear panel of the card to remove it from the unit. There are no rules governing which interface cards may be fitted in any of the slots, except for the IF-FW card, which must be fitted in slot 1--any other interface card may be fitted in any expansion slot. 6 Connections The D-sub 25-pin connector allows the connection of up to eight balanced analog connections at +4dBu levels (the impedance is 100). Pin 1 8+ 2 8Gnd 3 7­ 4 6+ 5 6Gnd 6 5­ 7 4+ 8 4Gnd 9 3­ 10 2+ 11 2Gnd 12 1­ 13` NC Signal 8­ 7+ 7Gnd 6­ 5+ 5Gnd 4­ 3+ 3Gnd 2­ 1+ 1Gnd Pin 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Table 1. 2: Pin assignments of the IF-SM/DM analog outputs Suitable cables can be obtained from most professional audio suppliers. Monitor alignment The card allows each channel to have an individual delay time set in milliseconds, as well as a trim level. This is set using the MONITOR ALIGNMENT screen, and the procedure is described later in this manual ("MONITOR ALIGNMENT option" on page 14). The overall SPL level can be set (on the OPERATION screen), along with the LFE gain. 4 TASCAM IF-SM/DM Owner's Manual 2 ­ Using the card You can access the card's functions by pressing the DIGITAL key and selecting the SLOT sub-screen. The surround monitor card is here shown installed in slot 2. The top half of this part of the screen shows the different options (referred to as SETUP TARGETs), and the lower half shows the settings for these options. Use the POD 4 encoder1 to highlight the different options available, and the ENTER key to select the option. 1. [. . . ] 6 TIP When working with 5. 1, start the procedures using the C (dialog) channel. 4 5 Read the level on the SPL meter. Read the level on the SPL meter, and adjust the TRIM value shown on the MONITOR ALIGNMENT screen, if necessary, so that it matches the first. Trim levels can be adjusted ±9. 9dB in 0. 1dB steps. Repeat this process until the levels of all channels, as measured by the SPL meter, are within a few dB of each other. [. . . ]