Yamaha Ri8-D manual

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    English Deutsch Français Español Português Italiano Русский Ё᭛ 日本語 Owner’ s Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d’emploi Manual de instrucciones Manual do Proprietário Manuale di istruzioni Руково дс тво пользова т ел я Փ⫼䇈ᯢк Փ⫼䇈ᯢк 取扱説明書 JA ZH RU IT PT ES FR DE EN[...]

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    Owner’s Manual 2 The above w arning is located on the top of the unit. Explanation of Gr aphical S ymbols The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilat eral triangle is intended t o alert the user to the presence of uninsulat ed “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s enclosure that may be of suf ficient magnitude to constit[...]

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    Owner’s Manual 3 IMPORT ANT NO TICE FOR THE UNITED KINGD OM Connecting the Plug and Cord W ARNING: THIS APP ARA TUS MUST BE EARTHED IMPOR T ANT . The wir es in this mains lead are coloured in accor dance with the f ol- lowing code: GREEN-AND-YELL OW : EAR TH BLUE : NEUTRAL BRO WN : LIVE As the colours of the wir es in the mains lea d of this appa[...]

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    Owner’s Manual 4[...]

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    English Owner’s Manual 5 Contents PRECAUTIONS ................................... 6 Introduction .................................... 8 Features ......................... ................................ .... 8 Firmware Updates .......................... .................... 8 Precautions for Rack Mounting ...................... .... 8 About Dant[...]

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    Owner’s Manual 6 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a sa f e place f or future ref erence. WA R N I N G Always fol low the basic p recautions listed below to avoi d the possibili ty of serious i njury or even death from electrical sh ock, short-circuiting , damages, fire or o ther hazards. These pr [...]

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    English Owner’s Manual 7 NOTICE T o avoid the possibility of malfunction/ damag e to the product, damage to data, or damage to other property , follow the notices below . • Do not use the device in the vicinity of a TV , radio, stereo equipment, mobile phone, or other electric devices. Other w ise, the device, TV , or radio may generate noise. [...]

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    Introduction Owner’s Manual 8 Introduction Thank you f or choosing the Y amaha I np ut Rack Ri8-D/ Outp ut Rack Ro8-D. The Ri8-D is a Dan te-com patible in put ra ck equipped with 8 channels a nalog inpu t. The Ro8-D is a Dante-co mpatible out put rack eq uipped with 8 cha nnels analog o utpu t. T o take full ad van tag e of th e supe rior fun ct[...]

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    English About Dante Owner’s Manual 9 About Dante This pr oduct feat ures Dan te techno log y as a pro tocol to tr ansm it aud io sig n als . D ante i s a n etw ork prot oc ol developed by A udinate. I t is designed to deliv er mu lt i- ch an ne l au d io s ig n al s at v ar io us s ampl i ng an d bi t rates, as w ell as device control signals ove[...]

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    Controls and F unctions Owner’s Manual 10 Controls and Functions Front Panel 1 [INPUT] Connect ors 1–8 (Ri8-D onl y) These ar e the XLR -3-31 typ e analog balan ced connectors f or the inp ut channels. The in put level rang e is from –62 dB u to +10 dBu. +48V pha nto m power can be su pplied to devices that requ ire it via the in put co nnect[...]

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    English Front Panel Owner’s Manual 11 8 [S YNC] Indicator s These indica tor s show the o perating s tatus o f the Ri8-D/Ro8-D’ s internal Dan te netwo rk capab ility . If the gr een indicator ligh ts, the unit is operating as a word clock slave and synching to the word cloc k. If the gr een indicat or flashes, the unit i s operating as the wor[...]

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    Controls and F unctions Owner’s Manual 12 • Switches 5 and 6 (REMOTE) (Ri8-D only) When you plan to monitor or con trol the R i8-D f rom a digital mixing consol e, these switches determine whether to use an Ri8-D-na tive com patible device such as CL Series or a no n-Ri8-D-native device such as M7CL Series. Informa tion on which devices f eatur[...]

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    English Rear Panel Owner’s Manual 13 Rear Panel C A C IN Connect or Connec t the supplied AC power cord here. F irst, co nnect the pow er co rd t o the devi ce, th en inse rt the power co rd p lug in to the A C outlet. The su pplied pow er cor d feat ures a special lat ching mechanism (V -LO CK) to preven t the power cord from being acciden tally[...]

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    About Connectio ns Owner’s Manual 14 About Connections There are two ways to connect t he Ri8-D /Ro8-D to a D ante network. Daisy Chain Network A daisy cha in is a wiring scheme in which m ultiple devices ar e connected t ogether in sequence . In this wa y , networkin g is simple and r equires no network switch es. This connection method is suita[...]

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    English About Dante Controller Owner’s Manual 15 About Dante Controller Dant e Contr oller is a softwa re a pplica tion tha t allows configuratio n and a udio ro uting of Dante netw orks. U se this applica tion if yo u plan to co nnect or set up Dant e-enabled devices that do no t feat ure Ri8-D/Ro8-D-na tive sup port. Pleas e download the la tes[...]

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    Head Amp Control Owner’s Manual 16 Head Amp Control The Ri8-D head am plifiers can be remo tely co ntro lled from a host device, s uch as a compa tible Y amaha digi tal mix ing cons ol e. Control from an Ri8-D-native Device The Ri8-D head am plifiers can be co ntro lled remot ely from an Ri 8-D -n ative d igit al mi xing cons ole, s uch as a C L [...]

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    English Troubleshooting Owner’s Manual 17 T roubleshooting Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g Symptom Cause Possible Solution The power won ’t turn on. The power indicator doesn ’t light. The power cab le is connected improperly . Connect the power cab le properly (see page 13). The [POWER] s witch is not turned ON. T ur n the [POWER] s witch ON. I[...]

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    Troubles hooting Owner’s Manual 18 Messages Errors, wa rnings, and certain other types of informa tion are dis played via the Ri8-D/Ro8-D front panel indicat ors. M essages ar e also displa yed in the Da nte Con troller Error Status fi eld. Each indicato r lights o r fl ashes as described below: Error Messages When a n error occurs, the indicato [...]

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    English Messages Owner’s Manual 19 Information Messages The stat us is shown b y the lit/flashing stat e of the indicat or . I f t h e o r a n g e [ S Y N C ] i n d i c a t o r i s u n l i t , t h e u n i t i s o p e r a t i n g normally . If the green [SYNC] indicator is unlit, the unit ’ s clock is unconfirmed. SYNC Indicators Description Exp[...]

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    Owner’s Manual 20 MEMO[...]

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    English Deutsch Français Español Português Italiano Русский Ё᭛ 日本語 Specifications Owner’s Manual 153 Specifications General Specifications Sampling Frequency External 44.1kHz +4.1667%, +0.1%, –0.1%, –4 .0% ±200pp m 48kHz +4.1667%, +0.1%, –0.1%, –4 .0% ±200pp m 88.2kHz +4.1667%, +0.1%, –0.1%, –4 .0% ±200pp m 96kHz[...]

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    Specifications Owner’s Manual 154 Analog Input Characteristics (Ri8-D only) *1. XLR-3-31 type co nnectors are balanced.(1=GND, 2 =HOT , 3=COLD) * In these specifications, 0dBu = 0.775 V rms. * All input AD converters are 24bit linear , 128times oversampling. * +48V DC ( phantom power ) is supplied to INPUT XLR type connectors via each individual [...]

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    English Deutsch Français Español Português Italiano Русский Ё᭛ 日本語 Dimensions Owner’s Manual 155 Dimensions Ri8-D Ro8-D Unit: mm 4 8 0 44 430 351 354.2 362 7. 8 5. 8 4 8 0 430 351 354.2 359 2.3 4.3 44[...]

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    For details of products, please contact your nearest Y amaha representative or the authoriz ed distributor listed below . Pour plus de détails sur les produits, veuillez-vous adresser à Y amaha ou au distributeur le plus proche de vous figurant dans la liste suivante. Die Einzelheiten zu Produkten si nd bei Ihrer unten auf geführten Niederlassun[...]

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    Published 06/2014 改版 IPHD-C0 © 2012-2014 Yamaha Corporation C.S.G., PA Development Division Printed in China ZE93690 Yamaha Manual Library http://www.yamaha.co.jp/manual/ Yamaha Pro Audio Global Web Site http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ Փ⫼䇈ᯢк[...]