Getting Started; Quick Course To System Basics - Genelec SE Operating Manual

GETTING STARTED

Quick Course to System Basics

Control network and audio cabling are separate. The first observation to be made is that audio signals
and control information travel along different cables. This has the inherent advantage of allowing one to
operate the system with the control network (known as the network control mode) or without the control
network if so desired (known as the stand-alone mode).
When using the Genelec loudspeaker control network, full control to all features in a loudspeaker become
available. Attaching the control network automatically puts the system in the network-controlled mode.
Digital Audio
8130A active loudspeakers and SE7261A subwoofers have AES/EBU digital audio inputs. Run the AES/
EBU audio cable(s) to the subwoofer first, then onto the main loudspeakers. The AES/EBU cable carries
two digital audio channels, run another cable from the "Thru" output of the loudspeaker to the input of the
next loudspeaker.
If the audio source has a volume control for the AES/EBU digital audio, it can be used to control the
monitoring level.
If the AES/EBU outputs are fixed level line-outs, various volume controls options are available in the GLM.
SE™ loudspeaker control software.
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