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    User ’ s Manual Extron Electronics, USA 1230 South Lewis Street Anaheim, CA 92805 USA 714.491.1500 Fax 714.491.1517 Extron Electronics, E urope Beeldschermweg 6C 3821 AH Amersfoort The Netherlands +31.33.453.4040 Fax +31.33.453.4050 Extron Electronics, Asia 135 Joo Seng R oad, #04-01 PM Industrial Building Singapore 368363 +65.6383.4400 Fax +65.6[...]

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    Precautions This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product's enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read In[...]

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    MIX 301 • Introduction Introduction 1 The MIX 301 is a three-input, one-output V ersaT ools ™ line level audio mixer . The MIX 301’s features include the following: • Recessed trim potentiometers on the front panel for individual input gain adjustments (from mute to +20 dB) • Compact 1U, one-eighth rack, V ersaT ools metal enclosure • P[...]

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    MIX 301 • Installation and Operation MIX 301 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 3 Installation and Operation 2 1. Attach the rubber feet to the underside of the MIX 301 near the corners of the unit. 2. Place the MIX 301 unit in the desired location. Rack installation The MIX 301 can be rack mounted using either th[...]

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    MIX 301 • Installation and Operation MIX 301 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 5 Furniture/Projector mounting Use the optional mounting kit (furniture, part #70-212-01, or projector , part #70-217-01) to mount the MIX 301, as follows. Furniture mounting 1. Remove the rubber feet if they were previously installed.[...]

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    MIX 301 • Installation and Operation MIX 301 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 6 7 Rear Panel Features and Cabling MIX 3 01 3 CHANNEL MIXER IN 2 MIX OUT IN 1 IN 3 12V 0.5a MAX 2 1 4 6 5 3 Figure 3 — MIX 301 rear panel 1 Captive screw power input connector — Connect the included 12 VDC external power supply in[...]

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    MIX 301 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d MIX 301 • Reference Information Reference Information Specifications Audio Gain ................................................ Adjustable per input. When all three gain potentiometers are set to 12 o’clock, the gain is as follows: Unbalanced output: -6 dB Balanced out[...]

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    MIX 301 • Reference Information MIX 301 • Reference Information Reference Information, cont’d 11 Parts List Included parts Included Part number parts t o reorder MIX 301 60-737-01 Power supply: universal 12 VDC, 1.0 A 70-055-01 3.5 mm captive screw connectors, 3-pole (x4) 10-319-13 3.5 mm captive screw connector , 2-pole T weeker (small scr e[...]