IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION READ these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
INTRODUCTION & CONTENTS HSMIX Introduction Features & Protection Congratulations on choosing Australian Monitor for your Controls, Connectors and Indicators professional audio requirements. Block diagram The design of our HSMIX embraces all the aspects of a Installation well-designed commercial mixer. The visual design,...
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FEATURES & PROTECTION FEATURES FEATURES 6 Balanced XLR inputs or unbalanced RCA inputs • • 3.5mm front line input socket Bluetooth 5.1 Audio Receiver • ® • Programmable Name and PIN • Advanced connection option • Phone call support (HFP Profile) Embedded tone generator and music player with SD card support •...
CONTROLS, CONNECTORS & INDICATORS HSMIX Front panel FRONT PANEL The functions of the controls and indicators are as follows: POWER SWITCH MASTER OUTPUT METER Press the switch to up for power on and down for The LEDs will illuminate in sequence from -40dB to power off.
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CONTROLS, CONNECTORS & INDICATORS HSMIX Front panel, cover removed FRONT PANEL CONTINUED GAIN / TRIM AND EQUALISER DEFEAT VOLUME CONTROL Turn the corresponding channels potentiometer You can defeat/disable the mixer’s volume controls to clockwise to increase the gain, bass, mid or treble prevent end users interfering with the system volume.
CONTROLS, CONNECTORS & INDICATORS Rear panel REAR PANEL POWER INPUT CONNECTOR RECORD OUTPUT Your mixer is powered via a 24VDC 0.5A universal power A standard stereo RCA output containing the pre-master adapter. The power adapter is included with your mixer. mixer stage output signal –...
INSTALLATION POWER REQUIREMENTS This is by far the most common cause of hum, and it occurs when source equipment and the mixer are plugged into The HSMIX can accept DC voltages from 24V to 50V with different points along the safety earth where the safety earth a maximum power consumption of 12W.
BASIC SETUP & OPERATION The inputs of the HSMIX can accommodate a wide range of STEP BY STEP SETUP sources including dynamic microphones, DVD and CD players. Each installation will require setting the appropriate relative CONNECT THE SOURCES mix of levels between microphones and program sources. Due to the variation in levels between the possible sources, First connect all the required sources to the appropriate the HSMIX offers a number of gain stage adjustments in...
OPERATION VOLUME CONTROLS The diagram below shows the volume control stages of the HSMIX. CHANNEL CHANNEL MASTER MASTER GAIN POT VOLUME GAIN POT VOLUME BLUETOOTH MOBILE DEVICE VCA (optional) 1. VOLUME IN FILE NAME PLAY MUSIC 2. VOLUME. TXT IN FOLDER 3.
OPERATION CONT. TONE GENERATOR The HSMIX ships standard with 5 factory programmed default tones. Tones can be played by shorting the appropriate contact to GND on the back panel 10 way Phoenix connector. IMPORTANT: Do NOT drive external voltages into the pins (except VOX) or damage to the unit will occur. TONES 1) ‘EVAC’: a long continuous repeating tone with a ramped •...
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OPERATION CONT. TONE GENERATOR PRIORITY The following table shows the priority level of which tone is played. CHIME BELL INTRUDER ALERT BINARY EVAC PRIORITY FUNCTION Highest Play EVAC tone. Repeat while selected. OPEN Play Binary selection. OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN Play ALERT tone.
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OPERATION CONT. BINARY INPUT TRIGGER The 10 way Phoenix connector on the back panel features a special BINARY input pin, by pulling this pin low it allows combinations of input triggers on the connector to perform additional features. • Ability to play up to 11 additional customer specified tones. •...
OPERATION CONT. PRIORITY CONTROL The HSMIX features priority mode detection which allows channels to be muted when audio is detected on channels 1–3. This can be used for applications like paging where background music is muted while the announcement occurs. The priority section consists of three DIP switches and four POTS to configure the operation.
OPERATION CONT. MUSIC PLAYER The mixer also includes an audio MP3/WAV player which can Consult the SD Card Format section of this manual on how play an unlimited number of files stored on a user supplied to place the music files on the SD card. SD card.
OPERATION CONT. BLUETOOTH AUDIO STREAMING ® The HSMIX series includes a Bluetooth ® Audio streaming interface which can receive audio from any device like a mobile phone, computer or tablet. Simply connect your Bluetooth ® device and it will mix in to the amplifier output. Defaults: Bluetooth Device Name: HSMIX-XXXX Passcode/PIN: 2626 (AMAM)
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Bluetooth module by programming new settings via the SD card connector. Using the Bluetooth Control Software, available on the Australian Monitor website, create a programming file to upload to the HSMIX via the SD card connector.
The VCA input allows remote volume control of the mixer and muting of the master output. VCA Mode: Connect an Australian Monitor RC1 remote panel or any 500kΩ logarithmic potentiometer between the VCA and GND terminals of the 10 way Phoenix block connector to adjust the volume.
OPERATION CONT. SD CARD FORMAT Note: Please consult the Australian Monitor website to download default tones and other test files for your SD card – www.australianmonitor.com.au SD CARD SUPPORT Maximum SD card capacity See Support of SD cards larger than 32GB section for further details File Format System FAT32.
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OPERATION CONT. SD CARD FORMAT (CONT) USER DEFINED TONE PRIORITY OVERRIDE File Format: Trigger Number _ Track Name _ mixN_Volume.mp3 In order to activate the priority mode for an individual tone (or to override the current priority mode setting), append the filename with the following to change the priority muting mode: •...
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OPERATION CONT. SD CARD FORMAT (CONT) RANDOM FOLDER In order to play random audio files they must be placed in a ‘random’ folder of the SD card, Create a folder on the root of the SD card named ‘random’ Place any MP3 or WAV files inside the ‘random’ folder. The audio files do not need to follow a naming convention.
FAULT FINDING STATUS INDICATOR If the blue STATUS LED is flashing instead of remaining on it can indicate a possible fault. See the table below on the meaning and how to resolve the fault. FLASHES MEANING CAUSE RESOLUTION SD card absent or faulty The front panel Music player Insert an SD card •...
FAULT FINDING PROTECT INDICATOR The following table indicates the meaning of each protection mode, MEANING RESOLUTION Red/Yellow USB power fault A mobile device has attempted to draw too much current. Please remove the flashing device from the mixer USB port Red on (Status HSMIX in Service Mode Turn OFF the back panel ‘S’...
SPECIFICATIONS MODEL HSMIXv2 CONDITIONS/COMMENTS MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL 26dBu (15.5Vrms ) 20Hz - 20kHz, <1%THD, 4Ω SYSTEM GAIN 26dB Gain and Volumes controls at mid position FREQUENCY RESPONSE 20Hz - 20kHz 3dB below clipping, +0/-3dB.±5Hz SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO > 75 dBr Max Output, 1kHz, 20kHz BW, A-Weighted THD+N.
Example; protect LED flashes once and status LED flashes three times. Firmware version = 1.3 FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE NOTE: Full detailed instructions on the firmware update procedure are included in all firmware update releases. Contact Australian Monitor for the latest release of the firmware. BASIC UPDATE PROCEDURE; •...
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