Getting Audio Out Of The Box, Out Of The Box - MC2 Audio Ti Series Operator's Manual

Getting Audio Out of the Box, Out of the Box...

Connect XLR or Phoenix terminated cables to the outputs as appropriate and plug
in the power. Connect an appropriate network cable to the network card and
connect to a network.
After power-up, the Network "Link" and "Activity" LEDs on the front panel should
be illuminated – "Link" on steady and "Activity" flashing.
The card is now ready to be configured – that is, the channels available on the
network audio stream selected and routed to the appropriate outputs.
The Breakout box supports the three most popular network audio transports,
namely Ethersound, Cobranet and Dante. Only one of these is available and is
dependant on the model of Breakout box – the badge on the front panel denotes
what card is fitted to your unit.
Information about how to configure each type of card is given in the appendices
at the back of this manual, starting on page 37.
By default all outputs are set to 0dB with mutes off, so once routing has been
configured, all channels should output audio as required and the metering reflects
the output level.
To preserve the dynamic range of the signal we advise you to run the box as
"hot" as possible and attenuate "upstream" if needed. This will make the best
use of the digital to analogue converters' wide dynamic range, and maximise the
noise performance of the unit.
As the meters show dB from clip if the signal level sent down the network is
peaking at approximately 0dBu, the signal may not show up on the meters, which
read from –18dBfs (approximately +4dBu), so please be aware of this.
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