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1. The Audio Mixer from Switzerland User Manual Ab Seriennummer MIO210131 EbPROmotion Erich Br nnimann Cit Robinson 10 2074 Marin Switzerland Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 http www ebpromotion ch E mail erich ebpromotion ch Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 Dear Customer Let us not waist time with long introduction The mixer allows you to work with it without having to study this manual The following points need to be respected The two cover plates over the HF Docking Bays must always be fixed on to the mixer before turning it on They protect the golden contacts underneath and avoid short circuits These HF Docking Bays are prepared for easy installation of the adapters for HF transmitters and receivers should they be bought at a later date When opening the cover plate of the mixer make sure nothing drops into the mixer Damage to the circuitry or mechanics caused by such objects may not be repaired under guarantee Modifications of the mixer be it mechanically or electronically shall only be executed by authorised distributors or the manufacturer Every intervention executed by non authorised people or companies may cancel all guarantee Well if you ve got the time the short description of the mixer starts on the following page Tests realised with different people have shown that the eight pages can be read before fatigue has a chance to overcome you PROmotio2. DC Converter U46 If needed disconnect the flat cable Switch to the desired setting Connect the cable again close the cover and secure it with the two screws a Wir SF Switch on the unit PROmotion Cit Robinson10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch 9 Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 7 Battery control On delivery the Low Batt warning is set for the use of 12V NiCd Batteries starting to blink at 10 5V Battery tension To protect batteries with different nominal tension you can change this setting as follows 1 Press and maintain the BATT push button Now activate the REF switch On each movement one LED in the lower row of the display changes its position to the letter engraved below the display A 12V batteries Low Batt at 10 5V B 13 2V batteries Low Batt at 11 7V C 14 4V batteries Low Batt at 12 9V A C 13 2V IonLithium batteries IDX Endura others in preparation Batteries with new technologies Modern batteries offer capacities which can not be reached with usual NiCd Batteries and with the need of providing power to more and more accessories a mixer must provide the possibility of using modern batteries the same type as used on the camera This is why the Myst re is prepared to receive the adapter plates used on the cameras to adapt to any available type of lock on battery system V mount f
3. The 0 on the scale above the display corresponds to nominal battery tension providing the setting of the mixer has been done correctly See page 10 When using a V mount or similar adapter for lock on batteries with information about remaining capacity the mixer can use this information for its display e g IDX Endura PROmotion Cit Robinson 10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch 2 Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 T ON On Off indicator 8 REF Reference tone switch with three positions Left position fix continuous tone of 1 kHz Right position momentary 1 kHz tone as long as maintained in position Middle position Off An internal Dip Switch allows to select between different ballistics and display modes See pages 8 and 10 9 OUT RET Switch for return monitoring An internal jumper allows to select between two different display modes e Whether the outgoing or the return signal is monitored the display always shows the outgoing signal e The display follows the monitoring switch In that case the modulation of the return signal will be displayed in return mode The standard setting on delivery is always on the outgoing signal unless otherwise specified by the customer 10 UNCAL CAL Selector for calibrated output level bypasses the master potentiometer see point 2 CAL 6dB corresponds to position 0
4. binson10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 4 m AUX 9 pin D SUB or HiRose connector with additional stereo output return input and power outlet Battery tension Unless otherwise desired by the client the standard delivery is with 9 pin D SUB connector Buchsen Belegung D Sub HiRose 10 polig HiRose 12 polig 1 Out right high 1 Out left high 1 Out left high 2 Free 2 Out left low 2 Out left low 3 Out left low 3 Out right high 3 AGND 4 Return left 4 Out right low 4 Out right high 5 Return right 5 Return left 5 Outright low 6 Out right low 6 6 AGND 7 Out left high 7 Return right 7 Return left high 8 AGND 8 8 Return left low 9 Battery tension 9 10AGND 9 AGND 10 Return right high 11 Return left low 12 AGND Slide in opening for NP1 Battery Not installed on models for the NDR More about battery control on page 10 Level adjustment on headphone for return signalKontroll These trimmers allow to level adjust the return signal to the level of the outgoing signal Mixing Bus Out In Allows to cascade two Mystere The mixed signal is injected as a group into the second mixers bus Each mixer can be designed as Master or Group mixer PROmotion Cit Robinson 10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch 7 Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anle
5. itung Mystere Januar 2002 Cover HF Docking Bays The cover of Mystere MWS provides all connections necessary to mount up to 4 receivers and 2 transmitters With the specially for this application designed adapters the adapters are connected wireless for the audio signal and the power supply of the receivers and transmit ters The gold plated contacts are protected by two plates which should not be taken for other reason than to mount the adapters These plates must be used to mou Protection plate nt the adapters The cover is secured by two screws Directly underneath the cover you will find the main board on which the DIP switches and jumpers for personal set up changes are available ballistics of the display level of the reference tone etc Equally all necessary test points for checking the mixer are on this board PROmotion Cit Robinson10 2074 Marin Schweiz Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 Reference tone The reference tone can be set for three different levels on the Dip switches S3 and S4 on the main board see page 11 By changing a jumper on the board of the display two different reference tone systems can be chosen e Adjustable reference tone With this system the level of the reference tone can be adjusted by the master potentiometers For this reason two LEDs light up in the display One indicates the level fo
6. king Bay Even though the HF adapters are optional the cover of the mixer is already equipped with the necessary contacts allowing a later upgrade without having to send the mixer to your service office Simply screw it on the top of the mixer using the for screws you receive with the adapters The cover plates on the mixers cover protect and isolate the 64 golden contacts enabling the use of the HF adapters It is forbidden to switch on the mixer without these two protection plates mounted on top of the contacts or the adapters The connection between the adapters and the mixer is made through the contacts on row A which are numerated continuously from 1 16 for each Docking Bay This results in the following pinning list Left Docking Bay Contact Connection Al A2 Input CH 4 A3 A4 Input CH 3 A5 A6 Return left A13 Al4 Sender left A9 Power Supply receiver Battery tension A12 Power Supply transmitter Battery tension AN Al0 All Ground Right Docking Bay Contact Connection Al A2 Input CH 2 A3 A4 Input CH 1 A5 A6 Return right Al3 Al4 Sender right A9 Power Supply receiver Battery tension A12 Power Supply transmitter Battery tension AN AlO AII Ground HF adapter on the left Docking Bay uses inputs 3 and 4 HF adapter on the right Docking Bay uses inputs 1 and 2 Should this irritate and disturb the user the pairs of internal connections may be swapped to inverse inputs 3 and 4 again
7. n Cit Robinson10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch 1 Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 Front panel 1 4 Control knobs for channel level Switches on the control panel allow to link electronically channel 1 and 2 as well as channel 3 and 4 This allows a one knob control of two channels 2 2 Control knobs red for the output level Both output channels can be linked for one knob control by a switch on the control panel It is possible to bypass these controls by selecting CAL on the switch aside the knobs for a calibrated output at 6dBu 3 4 Gain control knobs for microphone and line input When Setting the gain control it is important to observe the overload indicators Increase the gain until the LED lights up then reduce it till the LED turns out Hoe much you have to reduce the gain depends on the level of the signal you will have to amplify Be aware that a distortion on the input amplification can not be corrected by the output limiter 4 LEVEL Level control for the headphone 5 Monitoring switch Select Stereo Mono Left Right or MS for the headphone out put only 6 BATT Push button for battery level control While pressing the button the upper row of LED indicates the charging status of the battery With fully charged battery all LEDs illuminate Every diode less signifies a drop of 0 2V battery tension
8. of the master potentiometers 11 OVL Indicator for overloading the microphone or line input 1 LED per channel The LED lights up at about 12 dB before distortion 12 Display 20 LED cover the range between 24 dB and 5 dB Between 9 and 5 dB the step for each LED is 1 dB The intensity of the LEDs brightness can be dimmed by setting the switch Brightness on the control panel PROmotion Cit Robinson10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 Kontroll Pannel 1 POWER On Off switch 2 PAN Panorama potentiometer for each channel 3 L CUT Low cut filter 80 Hz or 120Hz 12 dB Octave 4 LINK Switch to gang channels 1 amp 2 resp 3 amp 4 5 LIMITER Selector for Limiter ON channel separated 0 off LINK channel linked 6 MASTER LINK Switch to gang master outputs 7 BRIGHTNESS Switch to change intensity of the displays brightness PROmotion Cit Robinson10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 Input panel left hand side 1 CH1 CH4 Microphone Line input XLR female with gold plated contacts 2 MIC LINE Selector Line or Microphone input The line input is an attenuated microphone input PAD 26 dB This allows to use micro
9. phones with high level The inputs are transformer balanced 3 XLR HF With this switch you select the source where the input signal is coming from XLR gt Input via cable on the XLR connector cuts the receivers internal connection HF gt Input via receiver on internal connection Cuts the connection from XLR to gain amplifier TDP Choice of microphone Tonader 12V Phantom Dynamic 4 12 48 Selector microphone power supply 12V or 48V 5 PHONES Headphone output Jack 14 6 DC OUT Two additional power outlets allowing to supply external accessories Transmitter Receiver or else PROmotion Cit Robinson10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 7 EXT INT Input for external power supply 11 18V Pinning 1 amp 2 GND 3 amp 4 gt This input is protected by a DC converter which lowers the voltage by 1 4 V Therefore external batteries used to power the mixer need to be of minimum 13 2 V nominal tension max 18 V for adequate life Minimum external voltage of 11 V needed to power the unit Output panel righthand side 1 OUTPUTS LEFT RIGHT Audio outputs L R Master on XLR male 6 dBu 2 LEFT RIGHT Unbalanced low level outputs L R on RCA connectors level 0 or 40 d 3 LOW HIGH Selector for level on RCA output LOW 40dBu HIGH 0 dBu PROmotion Cit Ro
10. r which the tone is set three are possible and one to control the fine tuning when adjusting When in reference mode the step between two LEDs is 0 2 db which allows the adjustment with highest precision 0 is when the LED on position 0 on the display is lit up e Calibrated refernce tone In that mode the reference tone is fix and can not be adjusted by the master potentiometers The left channel is identifiable by a short 2 milliseconds interruption of the signal in about two seconds interval The display Two ballistics can be set over the DIP switch S1 For applications in digital surrounding we recommend the use of the fast ballistic of Ims attack time This eliminates the need of having to create an artificial headroom by low level mixing The factory setting is lms The switches are located close to the connector J4 which is photographically illustrated on page 11 The display is set to show always the outgoing signal also when monitoring the return signal on the headphone To change this to have the display following the PHONE switch an intervention of our distributor or ourself is needed To access the dip switches on the board you proceed as described hereafter 1 Switch off the unit 2 Unscrew both screws securing the cover Attention these screws could fall off and get lost and open it The switches S1 and S4 are located below the connector J4 underneath the flat cable Switch S3 is easily accessible below the
11. rom Sony Pag Lock Anton Bauer Mystere is also capable of using the information about remaining capacity from the battery and display it on the display These batteries need to be controlled by sophisticated electronics varying from one manufacturer to the other This demands the manufacturer to optimise the charger for the electronics in his batteries Therefore it is recommended to make sure that a new battery can be charged with the existing charger without being harmed You may have to purchase as many different chargers as you have different type of batteries To be able to adapt the mixer to any battery used by the camera definitely helps you to keep your budget PROmotion Cit Robinson10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch 10 Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 Internal dip switch configuration SP 3 T ZE TE TE TE FCB XINI OZ i hn ii i S3 2 Reference tone level 9 12 18 dB 1 OFF OFF OFF 2 OFF OFF ON 3 OFF ON OFF S1 Limiter attaque time ims 10ms 1 OFF OFF 2 OGF ON 3 ORE OFF S4 Reference tone level te 9 12 18 dB e 1 OFF OFF OFF 2 ON OFF ON 3 ON ON OFF if N mA TR Tan H PROmotion Cit Robinson 10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch 11 Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion Bedienungs Anleitung Mystere Januar 2002 The HF Doc
12. st the pair of 1 and 2 The 32 non utilised contacts are kept in reserved for future applications PROmotion Cit Robinson 10 2074 Marin Schweiz www ebpromotion ch 12 Tel 41 0 32 763 05 63 Fax 41 0 32 763 05 64 e mail erich ebpromotion
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