The console extends approximately 6” above the countertop at the be observed. meterbridge. Do not connect the D-16 console to its power supply (and do not connect the power supply to the AC power line) until instructed to do 6.755 29.500...
The first step is to ground the console. Note that as supplied from the factory, console rackmount power supply common, audio ground, and the D-16 mainframe are connected together at the console, but are NOT connected to electrical ground and the chassis of the power supply.
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It is assumed that in each piece of audio equipment the audio ground and the chassis are tied together at some point. Any piece of equipment lacking a grounded chassis is likely to be prone to interference problems. page 1 – 4 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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Rear view of the PSR-100 rackmount power supply The D-16 console is powered by an Audioarts Model PSR-100 rackmount If failsafe redundant sup- plies have been ordered, power supply. This unit occupies two 19” wide rack spaces (total height you will be installing two 3-1/2”).
Energizing Assuming the D-16 console mainframe is properly placed and grounded, and its PSR-100 power supply correctly rackmounted and connected to the console, you may now energize the power supply by plugging it into the AC mains.
I N S T A L L A T I O N a n d P O W E R Audio and Control Wiring All audio and control I/O connections to the D-16 console are made through multipin DB-25 connectors located on the rear panel of the console.
Installation Tip In an effort to pack the D-16 rear panel with the maximum signal capability, we have employed multipin DB-25 connectors. It is certainly possible to wire up directly from the DB-25 mating plugs to the peripheral circuitry, such as microphones, CD players, control room and studio speakers, and STL.
(see next page). Note that metallized plastic hoods for each connector are also supplied with the console. (4) Final step: jaws fully closed; the insulation tabs have been crimped. page 1 – 9 D-16 / Jun 2004 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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Then pull out the terminal pin from Housing. It should never be necessary to discard a con- nector due to a wiring error. (5) Place extractor tip over pin terminal to be removed. page 1 – 10 D-16 / Jun 2004 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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Digital Stereo Line Level Inputs ................2-3 Producer Talkback Input ..................2-3 Sources ..................2-3 Faders ..................2-4 Outputs ..................2-4 Mutes and Tallies ............... 2-4 Other Features ................2-5 Console Layout Drawing ............2-6 page 2 – 1 D-16 / Feb 2003...
C O N S O L E F E A T U R E S Console Features Overview The D-16 console consists of fourteen faders with associated switches, a dual fader PHONE section, also with associated switches, a MONITOR SECTION, a CONTROL SECTION, and a TIMER SECTION. Each section is described below.
(+4dBu balanced), or stereo line digital inputs. The D-16 is designed to handle up to eight analog stereo line level inputs. Two other stereo line inputs can be used for stereo signals or can be split to provide four mono mic inputs (two each per stereo line input) instead.
Check with the person in charge of the technical side of the console to see which of these features apply to your setup, and ignore those that don’t apply. page 2 – 5 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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Din2 Din3 Din5 Din6 Ain3 Ain4 Ain5 Ain6 Ain7 PHin ts D-16 CHANNEL SOURCE Callers nT r SELECT TIMER RESET HOLD SELECT SELECT CF 1 HDPN BACK CONTROL UDIO D-16 Console Layout page 2 - 6 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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Logic Port Wiring Considerations ............... 3-7 DB Connector Pinout Drawings Mono Mic Inputs ..................... 3-9 Stereo Line Analog Inputs ..................3-10 Stereo Line Digital Inputs ..................3-11 Logic Control Ports ....................3-12 page 3 – 1 D-16 / Feb 2003...
All audio and control input and output signals are made via multi-pin DB-25 connectors mounted on the rear of the console. page 3 – 2 D-16 / Feb 2003...
+4dBu balanced. A pinout drawing on page 3-10 shows all wiring connec- tions at a glance. DB-25 “LINE IN 1-4” Connector Pin 24 – HI Pin 12 – LO Line 1 Lt In Pin 25 – SH page 3 – 3 D-16 / Feb 2003...
F A D E R S E C T I O N Logic Control Ports The D-16 console has eight LOGIC PORTS located on the rear of the console and can be used to control local machines, such as cart machines, CD players, etc., or with talent panels for mic signals.
When wiring a logic input to a machine, use the same mechanism, which is the application of 5V in the correct polarity to the inputs plus and minus terminals. The machine will often be the source of the external voltage. Consult the machine’s documentation. page 3 – 7 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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External relays or lower or higher voltage LEDs may also be driven by the outputs. Use current limiting resistors when necessary, do not exceed 24V for the external supply, and always use snubber diodes across con- nected relay coils. page 3 – 8 D-16 / Feb 2003...
MIC 2 OUT LO MIC 2 OUT HI MIC 3 OUT SH MIC 3 OUT LO MIC 3 OUT HI MIC 4 OUT SH MIC 4 OUT LO MIC 4 OUT HI page 3 – 9 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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LINE 10 IN LT HI still line level inputs, and they are not LINE 10 IN RT SH internally connected to the four mic LINE 10 IN RT LO preamps. LINE 10 IN RT HI page 3 – 10 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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AES 5 LO AES 5 HI AES 6 SH AES 6 LO AES 6 HI AES 7 SH AES 7 LO AES 7 HI AES 8 SH AES 8 LO AES 8 HI page 3 – 11 D-16 / Feb 2003...
DIGITAL GROUND DB-25 READY - READY + CONNECTORS DIGITAL GROUND TB - TB + DIGITAL GROUND COUGH - COUGH + DIGITAL GROUND OFF - OFF + DIGITAL GROUND ON - ON + page 3 – 12 D-16 / Feb 2003...
P H O N E S E C T I O N Phone Section Chapter Contents Overview ..................4-2 Hook-ups ..................4-4 DB Connector Pinout Drawing ..........4-5 page 4 – 1 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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If you don’t want the on air caller feed to be automatically selected in this fashion, press the desired bus assign switch while the phone is still off. This feature may have been disabled by the installer. page 4 – 2 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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OFF. Caller 2 will hear Caller 1’s voice in a similar fashion. All audio input and output signals are made via a multi-pin DB-25 connector mounted on the rear of the console. page 4 – 3 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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Pin 15 – HI Pin 3 – LO MXM 1 Out Typical DB-25 connector Pin 16 – SH Pin 1 – HI Pin 14 – LO MXM 2 Out Pin 2 – SH page 4 – 4 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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CALL 2 OUT HI AUDIO GROUND AUDIO GROUND MXM 1 OUT SH MXM 1 OUT LO MXM 1 OUT HI MXM 2 OUT SH MXM 2 OUT LO MXM 2 OUT HI page 4 – 5 D-16 / Feb 2003...
The source can be any signal appearing at a console input connector, any of the four main buses, either of the caller feed mix-minus buses, or either of the general purpose mix-minus buses. page 5 – 2 D-16 / Feb 2003...
MUTE the Studio output to prevent the occur- rence of feedback. The installer may have used the Studio pre-fade output to provide a source for studio headphones which will not be affected by the studio mute. page 5 – 3 D-16 / Feb 2003...
The level of the signal being metered is indicated by the number of display elements that are lighted. The more elements lighted, the stronger is the signal being displayed. The top three LEDs in each bargraph are red to indicate when page 5 – 4 D-16 / Feb 2003...
ON status of one or more inputs. Ask the technical person in charge of the console if TALLY 2 is used, and if so, what it is set up to do. page 5 – 5 D-16 / Feb 2003...
DB-25 connector mounted on the rear of the console. Connect the on-air light to the external user-provided relay. Do not bring on-air light AC connections to any pin of any connector on the console. page 5 – 6 D-16 / Feb 2003...
ST PRE OUT RT LO ST PRE OUT RT HI HDPN OUT LT SH HDPN OUT LT LO HDPN OUT LT HI HDPN OUT RT SH HDPN OUT RT LO HDPN OUT RT HI page 5 – 8 D-16 / Feb 2003...
When not used for other purposes, the combined CHAN- NEL and SOURCE DISPLAYS show “AudioArts D-16”. SELECT KNOB - used to sequence a source-to-fader assignment through its possible choices. ENTER BUTTON - used to accept a selection during the process of source-to-fader assignment.
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C L O C K / T I M E R S E C T I O N Clock/Timer Section Chapter Contents Overview ..................7-2 Digital Timer ................7-2 Console Clock ................7-3 Clock/Timer (CLK-55) Schematic ....................... 7-4 Load Sheet ......................7-6 page 7 – 1 D-16 / Feb 2003 D-16 / June 2006...
The HOLD button allows you to hold the display for a longer viewing duration, while still allowing the counter to continue in the background. Releasing the button will then display the current count. page 7 – 2 D-16 / Feb 2003...
Clock set controls may be accessed by opening the meterbridge cover. See the chapter on Operation for further details. page 7 – 3 D-16 / Feb 2003 D-16 / June 2006...
M A S T E R O U T P U T S Master Outputs Overview The D-16 console has four master analog outputs: two stereo outputs - PGM (Program) and AUD (Audition); and two mono outputs - MONO1 and MONO2. The two stereo outputs are also duplicated in digital format.
8-4 shows all wiring connections at a glance. Pin 24 – HI Pin 12 – LO PGM Out Pin 25 – SH Pin 21 – HI Pin 9 – LO AUD Out Pin 22 - SH page 8 – 3 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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AUDIO GROUND AUD OUT SH AUD OUT LO AUD OUT HI AUDIO GROUND DIGITAL OUT (DB-25) AUDIO GROUND AUDIO GROUND RESERVED - DO NOT CONNECT RESERVED - DO NOT CONNECT AUDIO GROUND page 8 – 4 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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Off Air Caller Feed Selection ................9-9 Selection Timeout ................... 9-9 Bus Assign Buttons ............... 9-9 Cue Button ..................9-10 Display ................... 9-10 Faders .................... 9-10 ON and OFF Buttons ..............9-10 page 9 – 1 D-16 / Feb 2003...
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ON Tally Logic Output .................. 9-19 Line Port Function ................ 9-20 Start Logic Output ..................9-20 Stop Logic Output ..................9-20 ON Logic Input ....................9-20 OFF Logic Input .................... 9-20 Ready Logic Input ..................9-20 page 9 – 2 D-16 / Feb 2003...
Audio signals come in several flavors. They can be mono or stereo, mic level or line level, analog or digital. The D-16 is designed to handle up to eight analog stereo line level inputs. Two other stereo line inputs can be used for stereo signals or can be split to provide four mono mic inputs (two each per stereo line input) instead.
Studio level control), a mono pre-fade cue output (not affected by the cue level control), a mono talkback output, a stereo pre-fade line level headphone output (not affected by the headphone level control), and a stereo headphone jack. page 9 – 4 D-16 / Feb 2003...
NOTE: You can’t assign an input to more than one fader! For example, say the input named CD1 is assigned to fader 1, and you need to have CD1 come up on fader 6 instead. You’ve pressed the SELECT page 9 – 5 D-16 / Feb 2003...
Control Room mutes. Whenever a fader is put into CUE, the SWITCHED METER PAIR will automatically switch to meter the CUE and TALKBACK audio, and its display will show “Q/TB”. page 9 – 6 D-16 / Feb 2003...
(if the fader is mapped to a logic port). The installer may have set up some sources to restart the timer when the ON button of the fader to which the source is assigned is pressed. page 9 – 7 D-16 / Feb 2003...
DISPLAY, and the SELECT BUTTON light goes off. Each caller will hear the displayed source, along with the other caller’s voice, when the phone is on air. In each caller’s feed, the caller’s own voice is absent. page 9 – 8 D-16 / Feb 2003...
As mentioned before, if the caller on feed auto select feature has been enabled, the phone section can only be assigned to one bus at a time. page 9 – 9 D-16 / Feb 2003...
CUE. The same will happen if the phone’s remote ON button is pressed (if the phone is mapped to a logic port). The installer may have set up the phone ON button to restart the timer when pressed. page 9 – 10 D-16 / Feb 2003...
Whenever the CR mute is activated, PGM may automatically be selected as the Control Room source. In this case, PGM audio will be heard in the headphones. The installer, however, may have disabled this feature. page 9 – 11 D-16 / Feb 2003...
It may be that both interrupts have been set up. In the case of a cue interrupt, if there is no audio on the cue bus (for example, a channel with a currently page 9 – 12 D-16 / Feb 2003...
Studio source. The installer, however, may have disabled this feature. If you don’t hit the ENTER BUTTON or move the SELECT KNOB for ten seconds the select process will terminate, leaving the selection for the phone section unchanged. page 9 – 13 D-16 / Feb 2003...
The SWITCHED METER PAIR can meter any signal appearing at a console input connector, in which case the input’s left signal appears on the left meter and the input’s right signal appears on the right meter. page 9 – 14 D-16 / Feb 2003...
When a source is being selected for a fader the SOURCE DISPLAY shows the name of the source currently selected for or being selected for the fader. During a mix-minus status check the display shows firmware revision information. page 9 – 15 D-16 / Feb 2003...
If you neglect to press the button, the console will return to normal display and the MXM STATUS BUTTON will stop flashing after a timeout of approximately one minute. page 9 – 16 D-16 / Feb 2003...
The clock is controlled by two switches mounted on the bottom part of the clock PCB assembly. In order to keep accurate time, the oscillator must run at 32.768 KHz. The oscillator is set to this frequency at the factory. page 9 – 17 D-16 / Feb 2003 D-16 / June 2006...
24 hour mode by turning SW7 position 1 on. For operation in areas with low ambient light, the display can be dimmed by turning SW7 position 4 on. page 9 – 18 D-16 / Feb 2003 D-16 / June 2006...
Some machines may provide a ready signal to indicate that an audio cut is cued up and ready to be played. The machine’s ready output will control the illumination of the OFF BUTTON. page 9 – 20 D-16 / Feb 2003...
CUE ASSIGN DIGITAL AUDIO MONO1 MONO2 DATA ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER DISPLAY FADER FADER (ADC) Phone DIGITAL TO ANALOG FROM DSP CONVERTER (DAC) D-16 Signal Flow Diagram - Inputs, Caller Feeds, and Channel Logic page 10 - 2 D-16/Feb 2003...
(DGC) PRODUCER TB INTERRUPT LOGIC ON TALLY PRODUCER COUGH TB LINE LEVEL MIC LOGIC TB TO CUE MIC INPUT LOGIC PORT START LINE LOGIC STOP READY D-16 Signal Flow Diagram - Monitors, Logic Ports page 10 - 3 D-16/Feb 2003...
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MONO 2 OUTPUT CUE MONITOR SELECTOR CUE OUT TB OUT TB MONITOR FROM INPUT MXM 1 SELECTOR MXM 1 OUT MXM 2 MXM 2 OUT CUE LOGIC D-16 Signal Flow Diagram - Master Outputs page 10 - 4 D-16/Feb 2003...
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S C H E M A T I C D R A W I N G S & L O A D S H E E T S PSR-100 Power Supply - Load Sheet page 10 – 26 page 10 – 4 D-16 / June 2006 D-16 / Feb 2003...
Replacement Parts List ............... A-2 For the most part there are no user-replaceable parts in the D-16 console. Exceptions are those controls and components that in the course of normal use may need maintenance (i.e., faders, pots, ON/OFF switches, indicator lamps, etc.). A complete list of available components is shown on the next page.
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A P P E N D I X REPLACEMENT PARTS — D-16 AUDIO CONSOLE COMPONENT DESCRIPTION WS P/N PR-1214 CARD PROCESSOR CARD "028040A" MN-1214 CARD MONITOR CARD "028041A" SW-16 CARD MAIN SWITCH CARD "002840" MSW-16 CARD MONITOR SWITCH CARD "002841"...
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A P P E N D I X REPLACEMENT PARTS — D-16 AUDIO CONSOLE WS P/N COMPONENT DESCRIPTION "500124" REPLACEMENT POT "CUE"/"HDPN"/"CONTROL"/"STUDIO" POT KNOB FOR 1/8" POT "CUE"/"HDPN"/"CONTROL"/"STUDIO" KNOB "520022" KNOB FOR 1/4" POT "SELECT" KNOB "520034" MID GRAY CAP w/WHITE LINE FOR "CUE"/"HDPN"/"CONTROL"/"STUDIO"...
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