Yamaha EMX620 manual

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    E Owner’ s Manual Keep This Manual For Future Reference. 1 123 HIGH LOW MONI EFFECT PA D LEVEL –15 +15 –15 +15 01 0 01 0 01 0 2 HIGH LOW MONI EFFECT PA D LEVEL –15 +15 –15 +15 01 0 01 0 3 HIGH LOW MONI EFFECT PA D LEVEL –15 +15 –15 +15 01 0 01 0 4 4 HIGH LOW MONI EFFECT PA D LEVEL –15 +15 –15 +15 01 0 01 0 5 5 HIGH LOW MONI EFFECT[...]

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    FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessori[...]

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    Important 3 EMX620—Owner’s Manual Important Read the following before operating the EMX620 W arnings • Do not allow wate r to enter this unit or allow the unit t o become wet. Fire or electrical shock may r esult. • Connect this unit ’ s power c ord only to an A C outlet of the ty pe stated in this Owner’ s Manual or as marked on the un[...]

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    4 Important EMX620—Owner’s Manual Operating Notes • U sing a mobile telephone near this unit may induc e noise. I f noise occurs, use the telephone awa y from the unit. • XLR -ty pe connect ors are wired as follows: pin 1: ground, pin 2: hot (+), and pin 3: cold (–). • Do not set all equalizer contr ols and faders to maximum. Doing so m[...]

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    Introduction 5 EMX620—Owner’s Manual Introduction Thank you for pur chasing the Y amaha EMX620 P ower ed Mixer . In order to tak e full advantage of the EMX620 and enjoy long and trouble-free operation, read this owner’ s manual carefully , and keep it in a safe place for futur e reference. Features • The EMX620’ s six input channels supp[...]

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    6 Front & Rear Panels EMX620—Owner’s Manual Front & Rear Panels Control Panel ■ Channel Section The channel co nt r ols are used to set the EQ, MONI and EFFECT send levels, channel LEVEL, and P AD for each channel. 1 HIGH & LOW EQ controls The 2-band equalizer allows y ou to boost or cut the low or high frequency range for each ch[...]

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    Control Panel 7 EMX620—Owner’s Manual ■ DIGIT AL EFFECT Section The DIGIT AL EFFECT section is used to turn the built-in digital effects processor on and off and select effects programs. F VOCAL, L. HALL, S. HALL switches These switches are used t o select the effects pro- grams: V OCAL, L. HALL (large hall), S. HALL (small hall). G DIGIT AL [...]

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    8 Front & Rear Panels EMX620—Owner’s Manual N LIMITER indicator The LIMITER indicator lights up when the lim- iter circuit, which is designed to pr otect the inter - nal powe r amplifier against exc essive input signals and load mismatches, activates. If the LIMITER indicator lig hts up , back off the MAIN MASTER level contr ol, or the app[...]

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    Input/Output Panel 9 EMX620—Owner’s Manual Input/Output Panel 1 Hi-Z, Lo-Z (inputs 1–4) These are the input c onnectors for input chan- nels 1 through 4. Both the Hi-Z and Lo-Z input can be used with microphones and, by using the P AD switch, can also be used with line-le vel sourc es, such as synthesiz ers and dr um machines. S w itchable +1[...]

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    10 Front & Rear Panels EMX620—Owner’s Manual I MAIN—OUTPUT jack The MAIN—OUTPUT jack outputs the MAIN bus signal after the 7-band graphic equalizer and MASTER level co ntrol, and can be connected to the input of a larger mix er , or a more pow erful amplifier , for example. J PHONES—OUTPUT jack The PHONES—OUTPUT jack outputs the MA[...]

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    Rear Panel 11 EMX620—Owner’s Manual Rear Panel 1 POWER switch The PO WER switch is used to turn on and off the powe r to the EMX620. B SPEAKERS A & B jacks The SPEAKER A & B phone jacks output the main signal from the internal pow er amplifier and are used to c onnect speakers. They are inter - nally connect ed in parallel and output t[...]

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    12 Front & Rear Panels EMX620—Owner’s Manual Hookup Example B — SPEAKERS — A Headphones Larger mixer or Amplifier Hi-Z Lo-Z Hi-Z Lo-Z Hi-Z Lo-Z Hi-Z LINE Lo-Z 1 LINE 2 INST 1 INST EFFECT OUT FOOT SW 2 PHONES MAIN MONITOR INPUT TO MAIN OUTPUT 11 22 T APE IN AUX IN REC OUT 88 *2 *1 *1. Although this example shows an external effects proce[...]

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    Basic Operation 13 EMX620—Owner’s Manual Basic Operation Connecting Sour ces Before c onnecting any microphones or instru- ments, make sure that the EMX620 and an y other applicable equipment is turned off. Also make sure that the LE VEL control on each EMX620 input channel, and the MAIN MASTER and MONI MASTER contr ols are turned down. 1 Conne[...]

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    14 Troubleshooting EMX620—Owner’s Manual T roubleshooting The following table describes the possible malfunctions of this demvice, and the appropriate actions to be taken in eac h case. Prob lem Cause Action Sound is no longer out- put from the speakers . The PO WER indicator is lit. The load on the amplifier of this device was too great, and [...]

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    Specifications 15 EMX620—Owner’s Manual Speci fi cations ■ General Speci fi cations For E uropean M odel Pur chaser/U ser Information specified in EN55103-1 and EN55103-2. Inrush C ur rent: 23A Conformed En v ironment: E1, E2, E3 and E4 Maximum output po wer 135 W/8 Ω @0.5% THD at 1 kHz (SPEAKERS OUT) 200 W/4 Ω @0.5% THD at 1 kHz (SPEA[...]

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    16 Specifications EMX620—Owner’s Manual ■ Input Speci fi cations ■ Output Speci fi cations • PHONE J ACKS are unbalanced. • 0 dB= 0.775 Vrms, 0 dBV= 1 Vrms. ■ Dimensions Specifications are subject to c hange w ithout prior notice. Input connectors P AD Actual load impedance Nominal impedance Input level Connector type Sensitivity *[...]

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    Block & Level Diagrams 17 EMX620—Owner’s Manual ■ Block & Level Diagrams +30dB +20dB +10dB 0dB – 10dB – 20dB – 30dB – 40dB – 50dB +30dB +20dB +10dB 0dB – 10dB – 20dB – 30dB – 40dB – 50dB Clip Level [+20dB] Hi-Z [ – 10dB] T APE IN [ – 10dBV] REC OUT [ – 10dBV] AUX IN [ – 10dB] LINE IN [ – 10dB] Hi-Z [ – [...]

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    YAMAHA CORPORATION V474530 R1 1 IP 20 Pro Audio Division, #18/3 P.O. Box 3, Hamamatsu, 430-8651, Japan Printed in Taiwan[...]