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AUTOMIXER
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Important Safety Instructions
AM1 Manual
AM1 & AM2 Data Sheet
Sound System Interconnection
Rane Professional Installation Audio Products
Warranty
Declaration of Conformity
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  • Page 1 AUTOMIXER CONTENTS (in order of appearance) Important Safety Instructions AM1 Manual AM1 & AM2 Data Sheet Sound System Interconnection Rane Professional Installation Audio Products Warranty Declaration of Conformity 22268...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Rane Corporation could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB-3(B)

  • Page 3: Instructions De Sécurité

    • Consulter un revendeur ou un technicien radio / TV expérimenté. ATTENTION: Les changements ou modifications non expressément approuvés par Rane Corporation peuvent annuler l'autorité de l'utilisateur à manipuler cet équipement et rendre ainsi nulles toutes les conditions de garantie.

  • Page 4: Quick Start

    Output feeds a microphone input, select the MIC position. Connect the computer’s USB port to the USB Audio jack. a shielded CAT 5e cable (or better) from the AM1 to either the Once the Windows® or Apple® operating system recognizes the wall plate RJ-45, or to a Rane HAL, EXP or Mongoose RAD AM1 as a stereo I/O device, the rear green USB light illuminates.

  • Page 5: Front Panel Description

    7 PHONES LEVEL control adjusts the volume of both the 3.5 mm and ¼" headphone jacks. 8 PHONES include both 3.5 mm and ¼" headphone jacks for either size headphone plug. 9 LOCATE indicator helps system installers identify a specific AM1 Automixer when using Rane’s Mongoose Tracker or Halogen software.

  • Page 6: Rear Panel Description

    13 WATTS CLASS 2 WIRING 1 AC Power IEC input accepts electrons to power up the AM1. Though it is first in this list, it’s best to connect it last. 2 FAULT indicator lights when something goes awry. LOCATE indicator flashes when toggled from the Mongoose Tracker or Halogen software. When using multiple AM1 devices in a Rane Mongoose or HAL system, this uniquely identifies a specific AM1.
  • Page 7 IN port to a Rane AM2’s CASCADE OUT port to add more anced (only two conductors), see the Sound System Interconnec- mics to the mic mix of an AM1. All four CASCADE IN Status tion RaneNote elsewhere in this manual or on Rane’s website for Indicators illuminate when the two devices recognize each other.

  • Page 8: Operation

    USB Charge-Only port. For other With the Source set to Output, the entire mix is heard. Use audio sources , use the Aux 1 RCA jacks. Since the AM1 mix is the four gray Mix knobs to adjust the relative volume of each mono, audio at these two stereo inputs is monoed upon entering source.
  • Page 9 AM1 CASCADE IN port. Doing so allows all 12 mixed micro- RAD PORT Status indicators are defined below: phones (eight AM2 + four AM1) to be heard at the AM1’s Main, AUDIO TX LED – lights green when communications with the Record, USB Audio and RAD Port Outputs.
  • Page 10 USB AUDIO I/O Windows Vista: Since the AM1 appears as a standard Windows or Mac stereo Classic View playback and record device, you can simultaneously record the Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Sound -> Playback (tab) and Record (tab) Control Panel Home AM1 Main Mix and playback audio via the USB.
  • Page 11 Windows XP, Vista and 7 is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Apple, Mac, Macintosh, iPod, iPad, iPhone and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the US and/or other countries. ©Rane Corporation 10802 47th Ave. W., Mukilteo WA 98275-5000 TEL 425-355-6000 FAX 425-347-7757 WEB rane.com Manual-8...

  • Page 12: Data Sheet

    • Rane RAD and Cascade IN RJ-45 Ports: • Headphone ¼” and 3.5 mm Outputs with Level control: • Cascade In Port connects up to seven Rane AM2 Automixers. • Source select cues Mics, Aux 1, Aux 2, USB Input or Output.
  • Page 13 AM1 and AM2 Common Features AM1 Unique Features The Rane AM1 and AM2 may be each be used on their own as a The Rane AM1 is part gain-sharing automatic mic mixer, part standalone mixer, or add more gain-shared mics using up to seven manual line mixer, part USB audio I/O device, and simultane- AM2 Automixers.
  • Page 14 AM1 & AM2 AUTOMIXERS Cascaded AM System Example Record to or playback from your computer on USB. MP3/ Phone Powered MENU Speaker Wireless Receiver AM1 Automixer PATENT NO. 8,542,849 SHIELDED CAT 5e OR BETTER • 24 VDC @ 100 mA...
  • Page 15 An entire family of RAD models interface with HAL or Mon- goose Systems for digital conversion at the wall. Each converts An AM1 is a RAD, and an AM2 is a RAD, and the final output analog audio to and/or from 24-bit, 48 kHz digital audio.
  • Page 16 -50 dBFS, Green LED, Peak-Reading Overload -0.5 dBFS, Red LED, Peak-Reading RAD / Cascade In / Out 8P8C (RJ-45) Connector. The AM2 has a Cascade Output, the AM1 does not. Sample Rate and Resolution 48 kHz @ 24 bits, fixed-point AM1 USB Digital Audio...
  • Page 17 USB Audio port can simultaneously playback audio and output. Front panel mic input level controls for each input shall record the AM1’s output, the same laptop can be a source and a indicate signal and overload and an overall mic mix level control recording device to document AV meetings, presentations, train- with signal and overload shall be provided.
  • Page 18 AM1 & AM2 AUTOMIXERS AM1 Block Diagram +48V PHANTOM / MIC / WIRELESS INPUT 1 SIG/OL LEVEL +48V PHANTOM / MIC / WIRELESS MICS INPUT 2 AUX 1 PHONES SOURCE SIG/OL AUX 2 PHONES 4.5 dB LEVEL 1/4” LEVEL RING...
  • Page 19 One on a single XLR male balanced analog output with mic/line selector switch and the second via a Rane RAD Port on RJ-45 +48V PHANTOM / MIC / WIRELESS INPUT 6 providing 24-bit, 48 kHz PCM digital audio transport to a Rane Mongoose or HAL.

  • Page 20: Sound System Interconnection

    —Grounding and EMC practices — Shields of connectors in audio equipment containing active circuitry.” Rane’s policy is to accommodate rather than dic- tate. However, this document contains suggestions for external wiring changes that should ideally only be implemented by trained technical personnel. Safety...

  • Page 21: Balanced Outputs

    Ground Loops Almost all cases of noise can be traced directly to improperly, thus creating balanced equipment that is ground loops, grounding or lack thereof. It is important not immune to the cabling’s noise currents. This is one to understand the mechanism that causes grounding reason for the bad reputation sometimes given to bal- noise in order to effectively eliminate it.
  • Page 22 Well, some does, and since 1993, A balanced line requires three separate conduc- more of it does. That’s when Rane started manufac- tors, two of which are signal (+ and –) and one shield turing some of its products with balanced inputs and (see Figure 1a).
  • Page 23 Another way to create the necessary isolation is to RF issues exist, though the increasing use of digital and use a direct box. Originally named for its use to convert wireless technology greatly increases the possibility of the high impedance, high level output of an electric future RF problems.
  • Page 24 Convention of Audio Engineering Society in San Fran- ground using a star washer for a reliable contact. cisco, CA, Nov. 1994. (Rane always provides this chassis point as an exter- 2. Grounding, Shielding, and Interconnections in Analog nal screw with a toothed washer.) Any device with &...

  • Page 25: Cable Connectors

    To Input CABLE CONNECTORS MALE ¼" BALANCED ¼" OR 3.5mm UNBALANCED RCA BALANCED BALANCED XLR TRS (TIP-RING-SLEEVE) UNBALANCED EUROBLOCK TS (TIP-SLEEVE) FEMALE BALANCED XLR – – (NOT A TRANSFORMER, SHIELD NC NOR A CROSS-COUPLED OUTPUT STAGE) – – FEMALE BALANCED XLR (EITHER A TRANSFORMER SHIELD NC OR A CROSS-COUPLED...
  • Page 26 MALE FEMALE 1=SHIELD 1=NC 2-CONDUCTOR SHIELDED CABLE 2=RED BLACK BLACK 2=RED 3=BLACK SHIELD 3=BLACK FEMALE T=RED 1=SHIELD 2=RED BLACK R=BLACK BLACK 2-CONDUCTOR SHIELDED CABLE S=NC 3=BLACK SHIELD FEMALE 1=SHIELD T=RED 1-CONDUCTOR SHIELDED CABLE 2=RED 3=NC SHIELD SHIELD S=SHIELD FEMALE 1=SHIELD 2=RED 1-CONDUCTOR SHIELDED CABLE T=RED...
  • Page 27 S=BLACK SHIELD CROSS-COUPLED OUTPUT ONLY: CONNECT BLACK TO SHIELD AT THIS END AND SET GROUND LIFT SWITCH TO ‘GROUNDED’ (IF PRESENT). ©Rane Corporation 10802 47th Ave. W., Mukilteo WA 98275-5000 USA TEL 425-355-6000 FAX 425-347-7757 WEB www.rane.com Interconnection-8 DOC 102907...

  • Page 28: Factory Authorized Service

    Rane Factory in the original packaging or a replacement supplied by Rane, with all transportation costs and full insurance paid each way by the purchaser or owner.
  • Page 29 Rane Corporation within 10 days from the date of purchase. If you purchased the product outside the U.S.A. you must file your warranty registration with the Rane Distributor in that country. It is advised that you keep your bill of sale as proof of purchase, should any difficulties arise concerning the registration of the warranty card.
  • Page 30 The user of this equipment shall accept full responsibility for compliance with the LV directive and EMC directive in the event that the equipment is modified without written consent of the manufacturer. This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of Rane Corporation. Type of Equipment:...
  • Page 31 AUTOMIXER...

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