Setting Up - Dynacord PowerMate3 Bedienungsanleitung

mixing consoles, and even some keyboards – offers bal-
anced in- and outputs. In a balanced signal path the cable
screen provides gapless connection of all metal parts, of-
fering efficient shielding against the induction of external
noise. The balanced cabling in conjunction with the com-
monmode rejection of the PowerMate's input stage effec-
tively eliminates even existing artifacts of interference. All
inputs of the PowerMate provide balanced audio connec-
tions and high common-mode rejection. The mixing stage
PowerMate Cable
MIC INPUT
3 COLD (-)
All phone jack in/outputs
Cable connection phone to XLR-type, unbalanced
(except PHONES)
Cable connection phone to XLR-type, balanced
All phone jack in/outputs
(except PHONES)
Standard phone-type, balanced

5.3 Setting up

1. Place the PowerMate in a way that allows unob-
structed operation and connect the mains cord.
2. Try to locate the best position where you want to
place the loudspeaker systems. If possible, the
woofers should be placed on the floor while the Hi
cabinets' most favorable position is above the Lo
cabinets, on the same vertical axis. It is important
that the lower edge of the Hi cabinets is approxi-
mately at the same height level or slightly higher as
the heads of the audience. Either you use the pole
mounts to place the Hi cabinets on top of the
woofer cabinets or, in case this kind of installation
is not possible or you are not using woofer systems,
use the separate speaker pole-stands instead.
3. Do not place the left and the right speakers further
apart than necessary. The less distance there is
between the two speaker "clusters" – the more
compact the sound.
4. Try to avoid the positioning of the main loudspeak-
ers behind the imaginary line of microphones. Oth-
erwise, if you have to drive the system at higher
sound levels, the risk of feedback is very likely.
5. After you have installed all microphone stands and
all artists found their place, the best spot to install
the monitor speakers is up front facing the musi-
cians and vocalists. Nevertheless, please check if a
microphone is directly pointing in the direction of a
2 HOT (+)
2
3
1
1 SHIELD
+
hot
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shield cold
+ -
hot cold
shield
+ -
hot cold
shield
outputs – FX, MASTER, MONITOR, etc. – are laid out in
GND-SENSING technology – a special pin assignment of
the output jacks, offering all advantages of the balanced
signal transmission, but lets you also connect monaural
phone plugs without a problem. Nevertheless – as men-
tioned above – when longer cables are involved, using
stereo phone plugs and balanced cables are the better al-
ternative. The diagrams below show the pin assignments
of plugs and cables that are used with the PowerMate.
2 HOT (+)
2
3 COLD (-)
3
1
1 SHIELD
2
3
1
2
3
1
monitor. In this case, change its position. You
should also be aware of the individual characteris-
tics of the employed microphones.
6. Establish connections according to the diagram.
Use the long Speakon cables to connect the
speaker systems to the PowerMate's power out-
puts. Make sure not to confuse the channels by
accident. Use the short Speakon cables to connect
Hi and Lo cabinets in parallel.
7. Connect the PowerMate's MONITOR output with
the active monitor's input, using the phone cable.
8. Connect all microphones preferably to the monau-
ral inputs of the PowerMate and keyboards and
other comparable sound sources to the rest of the
available inputs.
9. Pull all faders down and engage the PowerMate's
STANDBY switch to prevent unwanted feedback
noise.
10. First, switch the PowerMate on and then the active
monitor speaker.
11. In case you have condenser microphones con-
nected to the PowerMate, you can now turn on the
phantom power by pressing the PHANTOM POWER
switch.
12. Activate the PowerMate's operational mode through
pressing the STANDBY switch again.
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Application
balanced connection of micro-
phones
unbalanced external equipment with
XLR-type in/output jacks
balanced external equipment with
XLR-type in/output jacks
unbalanced external equipment with
phone jack in/output jacks
balanced external equipment with
phone jack in/output jacks
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