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    User Guide and Reference Manual 6/08 M1224FX 6122 S. Eastern Ave Los Angeles, CA 90040 www .AmericanAudio.us[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 2 M 1 2 2 4 F X CONTENTS M 1 2 2 4 F X M A I N F E A T U R E S MAIN FEA TURES....................................................................................................................................2 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS......................................[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 3 NOTE: This product satisfies FCC r egulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to con- nect the unit to other equipment. T o pr event electr omagnetic inter - fer ence with electrical appliances such as radios and televisions, use shielded cables and connec[...]

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    ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 5 1. For adult use only - Keep out of the reach of children. 2. Water and Moisture - The player should not be used near water - for example, near a bath tub, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet base- ment or near a swimming pool, etc. Do not spill water or other liquids [...]

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    Intr oductions: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® M1224FX mixing console. This mixing console is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to pro- duce the best and highest quality audio products possible at an affordable price. Please read and understand this manual completely before attempting[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 7 M 1 2 2 4 F X F R O N T & R E A R PA N E L M 1 2 2 4 F X U NP A C K I N G E ver y M 1 22 4FX has been thoroughl y t ested and has be en shipped in per fect operating condition. Carefu lly check the ship ping car ton f or damage that ma y hav e occurred during shipp[...]

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    M1224FX CHANNEL CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 8 4 3 1 7 6 5 9 8 2 10 CHANNEL CONTROL SECTION MONO MONO/STEREO COMBO STEREO[...]

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    CHANN EL CONTROL SECTI ON: 1 . PEA K LED INDICA TORS & TRI M CONTROL - PEA K I NDICA TORS - These LE D indicat ors will “light” when the input signal reaches 5dB below the channel’ s clipping point. If the LE D “lights ” more then usual, you should use the TRIM CONTROL to decrease t he input lev el of the channel . If this does not wo[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 10 7 . PAN / BAL A NCE CONTR OL - P AN (Mono Cont r ol) - This control pans the channel signal across the master L and R buses, there- fore det e rmining t he ideal position of t he sound from that chann el. EX AMPLE: If the P AN contr ol is set all t he way to the lef t[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 11 M1224FX MAIN CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS Effects List MAIN CONTROL SECTION 11 12 22 21 18 17 16 15 14 13 26 25 24 23 27 20 19[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 12 M 1 2 2 4 F X M A I N C O N T R O L S A N D F U N C T I O N S c o n t . MAIN CONTROL SECTION: 1 1 . DSP PROGR AM DIS PL A Y - This displays sho ws the number of the sele ct ed ef fect. Please see the effect list located on the MAIN C ONTROL SE CTION of t he mixing con[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 13 M1224FX MAIN CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS cont. 2 3 . LE VEL METER - T his LED displays the signal level of the selected LEVEL METER SIGNAL BUTTON . When the meter lights up RED then the output is hitting the clipping level. 24 . CONTROL ROOM /HEA DPHONE CONTROL - This cont[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 14 INPUT AND OUTPUT CONNECTIONS: 28. CHANNEL INPUT JACKS - MIC JACKS - These are balanced 3-pin XLR-type input jacks. BALANCED LINE IN JACKS - These standard 1/4” TRS phone jack are used for balanced or unbalanced line level signals. Some examples of line level equipme[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 15 32. FOOT SWITCH JACK - Y ou can connect a foot switch to this jack, and use the foot jack to toggle the digital effects on/off. 33. AL T 3/4 OUPUT JACKS - These unbalanced 1/4” phone type jacks output the AL T 3/4 signal to the input of a MTR, external mixer , or ot[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 16 Insert Points A mp/Line Input Headphones Unbalanced Input/Output AUX Send Ring Ring Tip Tip Sleeve Sleeve Send Return Screen Hot ( positive ) Cold ( negative ) Screen Left Signal Right Signal Ground Signal Ground 3 Pole (Stereo) Jack 2 Pole (Mono) Jack Ring Tip Sleeve[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 17 2 3 1 T R S 2 3 1 2 3 1 (XLR) (XLR) White(Red)/HIGH A. XLR** B. TRS PHONE Black/LO W Shield/GND White(Red)/HIGH Black/LO W Shield/GND T S T T S S 2 3 1 (XLR) (Standard Phone) D. ST ANDARD PHONE E. SHIELD/GND PHONE White(Red)/HIGH Black/LO W Shield/GND White(Black)/HIG[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 18 M 1 2 2 4 F X H O M E S T U D I O S E T- U P SETUP PROCEDURE: 1. Before connecting to micr ophones and instruments, be sure that all devices are turned off. Also be sure that all of the mixer’ s channel fader and master control faders ar e set all the way down. 2. F[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 19 M 1 2 2 4 F X L I V E P E R F O R M A N C E S E T- U P MONO MONO MONO AUX RETURN TAPE IN REC OUT ALT 3/4 OUTPUT FOOT SWITCH MAIN OUTPUT CONTROL ROOM LINE INSERT 1 MIC OUT IN LINE INSERT 2 MIC LINE INSERT 3 MIC LINE INSERT 4 MIC LINE 5 LINE 6 5/6 MIC LINE 7 LINE 8 7/8 [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 20 Pro gr am N o . ( H e x ) Eff ect N ame Efx Lev el Roo m S i ze 00h 78.00% 8.00mc 01h 63.00% 36.78mc 02h 13.00% 9.00mc 03h 78.00% 8.00mc 04h 13.00% 9.00mc 05h 100.00% 8.00mc 06h 91.00% 8.00mc 07h 28.00% 30.61mc 08h 100.00% 12.11mc 09h 78.00% 35.75mc 10h 44.00% 8.00mc [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 21 M 1 2 2 4 F X E F F E C T S L I S T C o n t . 36h 13.00% 9.00mc 37h 13.00% 9.00mc 38h 13.00% 9.00mc 39h 13.00% 9.00mc 40h 100.00% 8.00mc 41h 80.00% 8.00mc 42h 100.00% 8.00mc 43h 100.00% 8.00mc 44h 100.00% 8.00mc 45h 100.00% 8.00mc 46h 100.00% 8.00mc 47h 100.00% 8.00mc[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 22 Dust will settle in the fader track overtime dust can cause a popping noise on the fader . T o prevent this cover you mixer . If the mixer has been unused for over a month or more move you faders up and down a couple of times this will move most of the settle dust fro[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 23 1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser , American Audio ® pr oducts to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - M1224FX Instruction Manual Page 24 Model: M1224FX POWER SUPPL Y : AC 115v~60Hz/230v~50Hz Single V oltage: AC 100V , 50/60Hz (Japan); AC 110V , 60Hz (Colombia) AC 120V , 60Hz (U.S.A. and Canada); AC 127V , 60Hz (Mexico) AC 220V , 50Hz (Chile and Argentina); AC 240V , 50Hz (Australia) AC 220V , 60Hz (Phi[...]

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    INPUT CHANNEL EQ: HIGH: 12kHz Shelving MID: 2.5kHz Peeking LOW: 80Hz Shelving TURNOVER/ROLL OFF FREQUENCIES: Located 3dB Below Maximum Boost/Cut GAIN CONTROL (MONO/STEREO COMBINA TION INPUT CHANNEL): 40dB V ariable (-20db ~ +20dB) GAIN CONTROL (MONO INPUT CHANNEL): 44dB V ariable (-50dB ~ +6dB), (-30dB ~ +14dB) CROSST ALK (at 1kHz): -70dB Between I[...]

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    ©American Audio® W orld Headquarters: 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90040 USA T el: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-2941 W eb: www .americanaudio.us E-mail: info@americandj.com American DJ Europe Junostraat 2 6468 EW Kerkrade Netherlands service@americandjeurope.com / www .americandjeurope.com T el: +31 45 546 85 00 / Fax: +31 45 546 85 99[...]