Linking Connections; Building Link Cables - Madrigal Audio Mark Levinson 36 Operating Manual

Linking connections

(any Mark Levinson transport)
slave out
display
intensity
R
mode
MADRIGAL AUDIO LABORATORIES
aes/ebu emphasis COMPACT DISC DRIVE
polarity Nº 37
standby
invert 1 2 3 4 5 6 teach ir
slave in
digital output
Link
cable
master
digital input
display
intensity
R
Nº36
mode
MADRIGAL AUDIO LABORATORIES
DIGITAL PROCESSOR
aes/ebu emphasis Nº 36
polarity
standby
invert 1 2 3 4 5 6 teach ir
analog output
Link
cable
any input slave
R
Nº38 MADRIGAL AUDIO LABORATORIES
PREAMPLIFIER
Nº38
standby
master
Link
cable
slave in
R R
MADRIGAL AUDIO LABORATORIES MADRIGAL AUDIO LABORATORIES
R E F E R E N C E R E F E R E N C E
A M P L I F I E R M O N A U R A L M O N A U R A L A M P L I F I E R
N º 3 3 N º 3 3
Nº33
Link
cable
slave in
slave out

Building link cables

9 COMMUNICATION PORT
This communications port allows the Nº36 to "link" to certain compatible
Mark Levinson components. (See "Linked Functions.")
The Mark Levinson Linking system uses the Nº36 as the Master of (and
central clearinghouse for) inter-component communications. Other compo-
nents such as digital transports are connected to the Master as "Slaves," and
can be "daisy-chained" using their Slave In and Slave Out jacks. As the ulti-
mate destination of all source signals, the Nº38 or Nº38S Preamplifier (if
owned) must be the final "Slave" in the chain. (In technical terms, it termi-
nates the communications bus.) In turn, the Nº38 can then serve as a mas-
ter to an associated compatible Mark Levinson power amplifier—hence its
"Master" communications port.
Thus, if the only other Mark Levinson Link-compatible component you
have is the Nº38 or Nº38S, connect the Nº36's
preamplifier's
slave
additional Mark Levinson Link-compatible components in the system, place
the preamplifier at the end of the chain by connecting the last
port to the Nº38's slave
The RJ-45 cable needed for the Link connection between the Nº36 and
other Link components may be purchased from your Mark Levinson dealer.
It may also be easily and inexpensively made to length using two RJ-45
connectors and the appropriate length (up to 100 feet/30 meters) of RJ-45
(flat, eight conductor) cable.
RJ-45 cables and connectors are used throughout the world for both tele-
communications and computers, and are widely available at low cost. The
connectors are crimped on to the ends of the cable such that pin 1 at one
end is connected to pin 1 at the other end. Such a "straight-through" con-
nection is (counter-intuitively) made by introducing a 180° twist in the
cable between the two ends, as shown below.
To Mark Levinson transport
Locking tab
Connecting the communication ports other than as
described in this manual will damage the Nº36 and the
associated Mark Levinson components, and will void those
products' warranties.
10 ELECTRICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT
This output provides
XLR-type connectors to a digital processor, digital audio tape recorder, pre-
amplifier, integrated amplifier, or receiver equipped with XLR-type digital
inputs.
port using a "straight-through" RJ-45 cable. If there are
port. See the diagram at left for clarification.
digital audio signal ( DAS)
master port to the
slave out
To Nº36
Locking tab
via cables equipped with
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