PRESONUS CENTRAL STATION User Manual page 12

19. Slowly turn phones level clockwise while wearing headphones until level is comfortable.
20. Press TB button and talk into mic input grill on front panel while slowly turning MIC INPUT LEVEL
clockwise until talkback microphone is at a comfortable level.
ADJUST SPEAKER OUTPUT VOLUME
21. Make sure all six PASSIVE SPEAKER OUTPUT trim controls are turned completely clockwise.
22. Connect one set of speakers to SPEAKER OUTPUT A, a second set of speakers to SPEAKER
OUTPUT B, and a subwoofer to SPEAKER OUTPUT C.
23. Set the power amps on your powered monitors or speaker amps to their mid level position.
24. Play audio into the TRS 1 input of the CENTRAL STATION and select TRS 1 in the MAIN INPUT
SELECT section.
25. Press SPEAKER A button to select speaker A and use MAIN LEVEL control to adjust to desired
volume level.
26. Press SPEAKER B. You can now either adjust the power amp of your monitors or by using a flat
screwdriver adjust the speaker trim of the loudest speaker to match the quieter speaker. Turn the trim
potentiometer counter-clockwise to attenuate the output of the louder speaker and toggle back and
forth while adjusting the level in order to get the levels to match.
USING DIGITAL INPUT
27. Using a digital SPDIF cable, connect the SPDIF output from DAW , CD player or other digital device to
the SPDIF input on the CENTRAL STATION.
28. Press the DIGITAL button on the front panel MAIN INPUT SELECT section on your CENTRAL
STATION. Press the SPDIF button in the DIGITAL INPUT section of the front panel of the CENTRAL
STATION. Press SPEAKER OUTPUT of choice.
29. Play stereo audio from SPDIF source. CENTRAL STATION will automatically detect and lock to the
sampling rate of the source device.
30. Adjust MAIN LEVEL to desired level.
31. For TOSLINK following the same instructions. Note that TOSLINK format is a specific stereo digital
format found on many consumer audio devices. It is not the same format as ADAT light pipe format.
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