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Operating Manual
Version 1.0
August 2005

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Operating Manual Version 1.0 August 2005...
  • Page 2 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This symbol, wherever it appears, CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, alerts you to the presence of do not remove the top cover (or the uninsulated dangerous voltage rear section).
  • Page 3 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 DETAILED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation openings.
  • Page 4 LED’s on front panel ® Standard port for Kensington security lock provided ® High-quality components and exceptionally rugged construction ensure long life Conceived and designed by BEHRINGER Germany ® All Trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners and are not affiliated with BEHRINGER...
  • Page 5 It is our philosophy to share our joy with you, because you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER family. With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve greatly contributed to shaping our company and making it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely favorable price.
  • Page 6 I would like to thank all people whose help on “Project F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202” has made it all possible. Everybody has made very personal contributions, starting from the designers of the unit via the many staff members in our company to you, the user of BEHRINGER products. My friends, it’s been worth the trouble!

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................... 9 1.1 Before you get started ....................... 10 1.1.1 Shipment ........................10 1.1.2 Initial operation ......................11 1.1.3 Online registration ....................... 11 2. INSTALLATION ..................12 2.1 System requirements ......................
  • Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 4. WORKING WITH THE FCA202 ..............20 4.1 Device drivers and latency ....................20 4.2 The FCA202 in studio operation ..................22 4.3 The FCA202 as a portable laptop recording device ............24 5.

  • Page 9: Introduction

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for expressing your confidence in our products by purchasing the F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202. With the FCA202, you have purchased a high-performance audio interface that includes a FireWire connection.

  • Page 10: Before You Get Started

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 1.1 Before you get started 1.1.1 Shipment The FCA202 package includes: one FCA202 hardware unit one external mains adapter one FireWire 400 cable, 6-pin to 6-pin ® one FireWire 400 cable, 6-pin to 4-pin ®...

  • Page 11: Initial Operation

    (alternatively www.behringer.de) and kindly read the terms and conditions of our warranty carefully. Should your BEHRINGER product malfunction, our goal is to have it repaired as quickly as possible. To arrange for warranty service, please contact the retailer from whom the equipment was purchased.

  • Page 12: Installation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 2. INSTALLATION IMPORTANT NOTES CONCERNING INSTALLATION ON A PC! To ensure that your FCA202 works properly, make sure you install the drivers before connecting the hardware to the computer. Otherwise, the hardware will not be correctly identified and in some circumstances will not work correctly.

  • Page 13: Installation Under Windows ® Xp

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 2.2 Installation under Windows ® Close all unnecessary programs before beginning the installation process. Insert the driver CD. Use Windows Explorer to select the drive that contains the CD, and then start the setup file.

  • Page 14: Hardware Connection

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 2.4 Hardware connection Connect the FCA202 to your computer using one of the two FireWire cables provided. Some ® computers have 6-pin sockets which allow the power supply for the FireWire hardware to be ®...

  • Page 15: Operating Elements And Connections

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 3. OPERATING ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS 3.1 Front panel Fig. 3.1: Front panel FCA202 You can connect standard commercial headphones fitted with a ¼" TRS jack plug to the socket. Use the LEVEL control to adjust the headphone volume. Turn the control fully to the left before you connect the headphones.

  • Page 16: Rear Panel

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 The POWER LED indicates that the equipment is ready to operate. It lights up as soon as the FCA202 is provided with power from the mains adapter or via the FireWire socket.

  • Page 17: Fca202 Control Panel

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 Make the connection to your computer using one of the two 6-pin FIREWIRE sockets. You ® can run other FireWire devices such as hard drives, from the second socket. This means ®...
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 Fig. 3.3: CONTROL PANEL window 3. OPERATING ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS...
  • Page 19 The ABOUT section gives information about the driver versions that are used. Compare the version numbers given here with the drivers available via Internet from www.behringer.de. If you have any problems, you should always try to install the newest driver software.

  • Page 20: Working With The Fca202

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 4. WORKING WITH THE FCA202 4.1 Device drivers and latency A device driver is an interface that ensures communication between the software (audio application) and the hardware (the FCA202). In recent years, the PC platform has witnessed the establishment of several different driver models for sound cards.
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 Things are much simpler with the Mac platform. With OS X, there is only one driver model, the ® CoreAudio driver. Thus there´s no need to worry about which driver to select. ®...

  • Page 22: The Fca202 In Studio Operation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 4.2 The FCA202 in studio operation Fig. 4.1: Studio setup with the FCA202 4. WORKING WITH THE FCA202...
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 To provide a professional recording interface between mixing console and computer, you can use the FCA202 in combination with a suitable mixing console that includes subgroup outputs. This type of setup allows you to record several signals in the computer at the same time, to simultaneously play back several takes or playbacks which have been recorded, and to listen to the whole recording via loudspeakers or headphones.

  • Page 24: The Fca202 As A Portable Laptop Recording Device

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 4.3 The FCA202 as a portable laptop recording device Fig. 4.2: The FCA202 as a laptop audio interface 4. WORKING WITH THE FCA202...

  • Page 25: Audio Connections

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 Its small dimensions means that the FCA202, in combination with a laptop computer, provides the ideal solution for a mobile recording studio. All that you need is a small mixing console or two microphone preamplifiers, so that you can connect microphones.
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 Fig. 5.1: Unbalanced jack cable with 1/4” TS jack plugs If your other equipment has balanced inputs, use a balanced switched cable with two stereo jack plugs at the balanced outputs of the FCA202. These cables provide a high level of security against interference signals such as noise interference from power cables, and they should be used for all long cable routes.

  • Page 27: Headphones Socket

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 5.2 Headphones socket The FCA202 is provided with a socket for headphones. You can connect any standard commercial headphone with a 1/4" TRS jack plug to this. For Mini TRS jack plugs, you will need a suitable adapter.

  • Page 28: Technical Data

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 6. TECHNICAL DATA UNBAL IN Sockets 1/4" TS jacks, unbalanced Input impedance ca. 24 kW Max. input level 2 dBV BAL / UNBAL OUT Sockets 1/4" TRS jacks, balanced Output impedance ca.
  • Page 29 Weight 0.4 kg BEHRINGER always takes great care to ensure the highest standard of quality. Any modifications which may be necessary will be made without prior notification. Technical data and appearance of the equipment can therefore differ from the details or illustrations shown.

  • Page 30: Warranty

    If the product shows any defects within the specified warranty period that are not excluded from this warranty as described under § 5, BEHRINGER shall, at its discretion, either replace or repair the 7. WARRANTY...
  • Page 31 3. Warranty claims other than those indicated above are expressly excluded. § 4 RETURN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 1. To obtain warranty service, the buyer (or his authorized dealer) must call BEHRINGER (see enclosed list) during normal business hours BEFORE returning the product. All inquiries must be accompanied by a description of the problem.
  • Page 32 5. Any repair or opening of the unit carried out by unauthorized personnel (user included) will void the warranty. 6. If an inspection of the product by BEHRINGER shows that the defect in question is not covered by the warranty, the inspection costs are payable by the customer.
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 a written repair order within 6 weeks after notification, BEHRINGER will return the unit C.O.D. with a separate invoice for freight and packing. Such costs will also be invoiced separately when the buyer has sent in a written repair order.
  • Page 34 Colours and specification may vary slightly from product. Products are sold through our authorised dealers only. Distributors and dealers are not agents of BEHRINGER ®...

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