Naming An Input "Eq - Mark Levinson 380 Owner's Manual

naming an input "EQ"

TUN Tuner
AUX Auxiliary
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DMX Digital Music Express™ (a cable radio system)
CDP Proceed™ CD Processor
DVD (depends on who you ask...)
DAP Proceed DAP
No30 Mark Levinson Nº30(.5) Digital Audio Processor
No35 Mark Levinson Nº35 Digital Audio Processor
No36 Mark Levinson Nº36(S) Digital Audio Processor
No39 Mark Levinson Nº39 CD Processor
Each name is normally followed by a number corresponding to the
number of the input being used. (The exceptions being the names like
"No30" and "No35" for the corresponding Mark Levinson products.)
Thus, a DAT in Input 3 would normally display a
you can have more than one CD player, for example, and still tell at a
glance which one is selected.
There is also a special name to indicate that an input is
The factory default input name is
and (for "cassette in input 3", the most common recording
CD1 CAS3
device); these were configured for the Quick Start portion of this
manual. Any or all input names (including these) may be changed eas-
ily to match the configuration of your particular system.
The name also deserves special mention: if your loudspeaker re-
EQ
quires a dedicated equalizer for proper operation (or if you have any
other reason for using an EQ much of the time), you may connect the
outputs of the equalizer to the input named "EQ." By "recording" the
source you wish to listen to (selecting it on the
monitoring the EQ input (selecting EQ on the
be able to run all signals through the equalizer prior to listening to
them. This is usually preferable to simply placing the EQ between the
preamp and the power amp, as most equalizers perform best at a
(fixed) line level—which is what they will receive in this hookup.
Since, in this scenario, you would spend most of your time in the
path (selecting the source to be equalized) rather than the
record
path, we have enabled the volume control function in the
monitor
path when the input selected on the monitor path is named EQ.
record
Thus, you may adjust the volume of the selected source without having
to push the button twice to return to the
mode
. In this way,
DAT3
NOT USED
for each input except
NOT USED
path), and
record
path), you will
monitor
monitor
.
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path.