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Harman Crown DSi 8Mn Operation Manual

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DSi 8Mn Cinema System Monitor
Product Registration: Register your new product at http://warranty.harmanpro.com.
Obtaining Other Language Versions: To obtain information in another language about the use of this product, please contact your local HARMAN Professional
Distributor. If you need assistance locating your local distributor, please visit www.crownaudio.com/where_to_buy.
This manual does not include all of the details of design, production, or variations of the equipment. Nor does it cover every possible situation which may arise during
installation, operation or maintenance.
The information provided in this manual was deemed accurate as of the publication date. However, updates to this information may have occurred. To obtain the latest
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©2015 by HARMAN International, Inc., 1718 W. Mishawaka Rd., Elkhart, Indiana 46517-9439 U.S.A. Telephone: 574-294-8000.
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  • Page 1 Product Registration: Register your new product at http://warranty.harmanpro.com. Obtaining Other Language Versions: To obtain information in another language about the use of this product, please contact your local HARMAN Professional Distributor. If you need assistance locating your local distributor, please visit www.crownaudio.com/where_to_buy.

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. WATCH FOR THESE SYMBOLS: 2. Keep these instructions. The lightning bolt triangle is used to alert the user to the risk of electric shock. 3. Heed all warnings. The exclamation point triangle is used to alert the user to important 4.

  • Page 3: Declaration Of Conformity

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Issued By: HARMAN International Inc. FOR COMPLIANCE QUESTIONS ONLY: Sue.Whitfield@harman.com 1718 W. Mishawaka Rd. Elkhart, IN 46517 U.S.A. European Representative’s Name and Address: HARMAN International Cranborne Road Potters Bar, EN6 3JN United Kindgom...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ....................... 2 Declaration of Conformity ........................3 Table of Contents ..........................4 Welcome ............................5 Front Panel Features ......................... 6 Back Panel Features ......................... 6 System Overview ..........................7 Installation .............................

  • Page 5: Welcome

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Welcome ® The Crown DSi 8Mn is a projection booth monitor for cinema applications. It has been designed for high performance, ease of use and years of trouble-free service. The DSi 8Mn expands upon the standard booth monitor to allow network monitoring of cinema audio for quality control purposes. Network monitoring can meet the needs of a large network operations center or allow the manager to monitor auditorium audio from his or her office.

  • Page 6: Front Panel Features

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Front Panel Features Headphone Jack Plug monaural or stereo headphones into this jack. The speaker is muted when the headphones are plugged in. VU Audio Level Indicator The front panel volume control adjusts the headphone Volume Displays the approximate audio volume.

  • Page 7: System Overview

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Overview The DSi 8Mn expands upon the standard booth monitor to allow network monitoring of cinema audio for quality control purposes. Network monitoring can meet the needs of a large network operations center or allow the manager to monitor auditorium audio from his or her office. Of course, the DSi 8Mn also serves the standard booth monitor purpose of allowing listening to various audio channels through the front panel speaker or headphones.
  • Page 8 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Overview Block Diagrams The following simplified block diagrams assist the user in understanding the signal flow within the DSi 8Mn. The DSi 8Mn provides a direct connection from the sound processor to the amplifiers, converting audio from DB-25 connectors to HD-15 and terminal block, with no intervening electronics. The DSi 8Mn does not affect the auditorium audio.

  • Page 9: Installation

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Installation Initial Power Up A quick power-up test of the DSi 8Mn is suggested before mounting it in the equipment rack and wiring it up. This test can quickly detect shipping or other damage. •...
  • Page 10 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Installation Crossover Between Monitor and Amplifier DE-15A HIGH HIGH HIGH PROCESSOR DSi 8Mn CROSSOVER AMPLIFIER SPEAKER MAIN INPUT DB-25 DB-25 DSi 8Mn can monitor full range audio from processor. If individual amplifier returns are brought back to the DSi 8Mn, it can monitor individual amplifier bands on screen channels.
  • Page 11 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Installation Figure 2a PXC-3 Figure 2b PXC-4 Figure 2 Rear Panel Connections Rear Panel Connections Lrs/Rrs DE-15F: Drives the rear surround amplifier with left rear surround on channel A and right rear surround on channel B. Also provides amplifier returns (Vmon) for amplifier output monitoring.
  • Page 12 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Installation DE-15F Amplifier Connectors The DSi 8Mn converts the DB-25 audio connector common on sound processors to the DE-15F connector (also called HD-15 or VGA) connector common on amplifiers. As described previously, the surround channels are “stereo” with two channels per connector. The screen channels have one channel per connector. If the screen channel is biamped before the DSi 8Mn, channel A carries the low frequencies, and channel B carries the high frequencies.

  • Page 13: System Coniguration

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Coniguration Computer Network Connection Connect an Ethernet cable between the DSi 8Mn and a computer. In most cases, a “straight through” cable will work, but some older computers may require a “crossover cable.” Open a web browser and type 169.254.1.10 (the default IP address of the DSi 8Mn).
  • Page 14 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Coniguration Network Configuration Click on the Network button to get to the Network Configuration screen. An image of that screen is shown in Figure 5. The Host Name is the Net BIOS host name. This can be used by Microsoft Windows computers to find the DSi 8Mn by name instead of IP address.
  • Page 15 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Coniguration Select the location of the crossover, if any. If none is selected, the left, center, and right channels are assumed to be full-range. Pressing the front panel or browser button will toggle these channels on and off on the monitor speaker and web stream. If the crossover location is set to Proc, the left, center, and right channels will step through an off- full range –...

  • Page 16: System Operation

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Coniguration Power Up Configuration The “Save Settings” buttons on the various configuration screens save all the current settings. The currently selected audio channels/bands for monitoring and the processor/amp selection are also saved. Use the buttons on the unit or the web page to select which channels are fed to the speaker and stream, then hit “Save Settings.” These button settings will be restored the next time the unit is powered up.
  • Page 17 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Operation Browser Compatibility The DSi 8Mn uses HTML5 features that are available in most modern web browsers. The DSi 8Mn decodes ADPCM in JavaScript on most browsers so no plugin is required. Browsers that cannot decode ADPCM in JavaScript will generally be able to decode it with a plugin (such as QuickTime or VLC). The table below shows browsers that have been tested and shown to work with the DSi 8Mn.
  • Page 18 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor System Coniguration Remote Monitoring (Non-biamped) The DSi 8Mn supports continuous level monitoring of all audio channels and short term (two minutes) listening to a selected combination of audio channels and bands. Remote operation of the DSi 8Mn is done with a standard web browser.

  • Page 19: Connector Pin Outs

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Connector Pin Outs Connector Pin Outs For convenience, all connector pin outs are located in this section. Main Inputs The main inputs are on a DB-25F on the rear panel. These are full range on all channels if there is no crossover in front of the DSi 8Mn. They are the low band of the screen channels if there is a crossover in front of the DSi 8Mn (typically in the processor).
  • Page 20 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Connector Pin Outs Signals Listed By Connector Pins Signal Name Channel Name DB-25F Pin Left- Lrs+ Left Rear Surround+ Center- Rrs+ Right Rear Surround+ Right- Left Surround+ Right Surround+ LFE+ Low Frequency Effects+ Crossover and Spare Inputs When there is a crossover before the DSi 8Mn, this connector carries the high band audio for the screen channels.
  • Page 21 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Connector Pin Outs Signals Listed By Connector Pins Signal Name Channel Name DB-25F Pin Out Left High+ Center High+ Right High+ Spare- Spare- Left High- Center High- Right High- Spare+ Spare+ HI/VI Inputs The DSi 8Mn has balanced HI and VI-N inputs that can monitor the audio from the processor to the HI/VI-N transmitter (such as the USL UPC-28). Signals Listed By Channels HI/VI-N Phoenix Connector Pins Audio Channel...
  • Page 22 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Connector Pin Outs Signals Listed By Connector Pins Phoenix Pin Signal Name Channel Name Hearing Impaired+ Hearing Impaired- VI-N- Visually Impaired – Narrative- VI-N+ Visually Impaired – Narrative+ DE-15F Amplifier Outputs The DSi 8Mn has several DE-15F connectors to drive power amplifiers. On screen channels, one two channel amplifier per screen channel is used. Channel A carries the low band audio, and channel B carries the high band audio.
  • Page 23 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Connector Pin Outs Terminal Block Amplifier Outputs The DSi 8Mn has two terminal blocks providing outputs to the amplifiers plus a line output of the selected audio channels. The function of these terminals is shown on the rear panel and in the tables below.
  • Page 24 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Connector Pin Outs Surround Channel Terminal Block Terminal Signal Number Left Surround + Left Surround - Right Surround + Right Surround - Earth (chassis ground, cable shield) Left Rear Surround + Left Rear Surround - Right Rear Surround + Right Rear Surround - Earth (chassis ground, cable shield)
  • Page 25 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Connector Pin Outs Amplifier Return Terminal Block Terminal Signal Number Left High + Left Low + Center High + Center Low + Right High + Right Low + Left Surround - Right Surround + Left Rear Surround + Right Rear Surround + Spare...

  • Page 26: Service

    For warranty service, we will pay for ground shipping both ways in the United States. Contact Customer Service to obtain prepaid shipping labels prior to sending the unit. Or, if you prefer, you may prepay the cost of shipping, and HARMAN will reimburse you.
  • Page 27 3. When shipping your Crown product, it is important that it has adequate protection. We recommend you use the original pack material when returning the product for repair. If you do not have the original box, please call HARMAN at 800.342.6939 or 574.294.8210 and order new pack material.

  • Page 28: Warranty

    DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Warranty — UNITED STATES ONLY SUMMARY OF WARRANTY Crown International, 1718 West Mishawaka Road, Elkhart, Indiana 46517-4095 U.S.A. warrants to you, the ORIGINAL PURCHASER and ANY SUBSEQUENT OWNER of each NEW Crown product, for three years from the date of purchase by the original purchaser (the “warranty period”) that the new Crown product is free of defects in materials and workmanship.
  • Page 29 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Operation Manual page 29...
  • Page 30 DSi 8 Mn Cinema System Monitor Service Return Authorization Request Shipping Address: HARMAN Factory Service, 1718 W. Mishawaka Rd., Elkhart, IN 46517 You may also request a service return authorization at www.crownaudio.com/support/rma PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY SRA #: ______________________ (If sending product to Crown factory service)
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