Installation; Deciding Where To Install; Wiring The Bbr Into Your Console - Black Box BBR64-MADI User Manual

Installation

Deciding where to install

In a live situation, it depends on whether the live engineer wants to be able
to see the BBR interface or not and whether you intend to utilise the Virtual
Sound Check facilities. If possible, it's best to install it at eye level for ease of
operating the menus.

Wiring the BBR into your console

When recording MADI, your choice of coaxial or optical SC cables will most
likely be dictated by the console. The BBR64-MADI provides for both types
so it's easy to plug in. Make sure you wire the console's output to the BBR's
input and vice versa.
You will need to configure the sample rate to be the same as the rest of your
system. Use the MENU button and then use the wheel to select SETUP; Press
MENU again to enter the Setup menu and then use the wheel again to select
SAMPLE RATE. Pressing MENU again will now allow you to use the wheel to
select which sample rate to use and MENU again confirms your choice. The
BACK button takes you back a MENU level.
To configure the input to the BlackBox, you will need to use MENU;
INPUT/OUTPUT... to select the input source: [Electrical (Coax) or Optical];
select the Reference Clock: [MADI, Wordclock, SPDIF or Internal].
At the bottom of the INPUT MENU the Input Status bar turns green when
the BBR is locking to a good, valid input signal; a yellow bar indicates that the
BBR cannot lock to the incoming signal or that it has been instructed to lock
to a clock signal that is not synchronous with the incoming data; a red bar
shows that no input signal is being received.
The Output Setup screen similarly configures the output of the BlackBox.
If you're using a DANTE system then you'll have an appropriate CAT5
Ethernet cable to plug into the BlackBox Recorder. The CAT5 cable is
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