L/R Main Outs; Aux Sends - Mackie DL806 Owner's Manual

DL806 and DL1608 Owner's Manual

L/R Main Outs

The male XLR connectors provide a balanced line-level signal that represent the end of the mixer, where
the fully mixed stereo signal enters the real world. Connect these to the left and right line-level inputs of
powered speakers or to the left and right line-level inputs of an amplifier (with speakers already attached).

Aux Sends

These 1/4" connectors allow you to send balanced and unbalanced line-level outputs to external effects
devices, headphone amplifiers, or stage monitors. These could either be passive stage monitors powered
by an external amplifier, or powered stage monitors with built-in power amplifiers. You may run separate
aux mixes since all aux sends are independent of each other. There are four aux sends on a DL806 mixer
and six aux sends on a DL1608 mixer.
To connect balanced lines to these inputs, use a 1/4" Tip-Ring-Sleeve (TRS) plug. "TRS" stands for
Tip-Ring-Sleeve, the three connection points available on a stereo 1/4" or balanced phone jack or plug.
TRS jacks and plugs are used for balanced signals and stereo headphones and are wired as follows:
To connect unbalanced lines to these inputs, use a 1/4" mono (TS) phone plug, wired as follows:
Unbalanced cables can be noisy. If the input of the next device in the chain supports
balanced cables, we highly recommend using those instead of unbalanced cables
to connect gear.
SHIELD 1
3
COLD 2
HOT
SHIELD
1
3 COLD
2
HOT
RING SLEEVE SLEEVE RING TIP
TIP
RING
TIP
SLEEVE
SLEEVE SLEEVE TIP
TIP
TIP
SLEEVE
16
XLR Balanced Wiring:
Pin 1 = Shield (ground)
Pin 2 = Positive (+ or hot)
Pin 3 = Negative (– or cold)
1/4" TRS Balanced Mono Wiring:
Sleeve = Shield
Tip = Hot (+)
Ring = Cold (–)
1/4" TS Unbalanced Mono Wiring:
Sleeve = Shield
Tip = Hot (+)