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Diy pa setup (sound desk setup)
1. A step by step guide to setting up your very own Personal
Address system
DIY PA SETUP
2. STEP 1 - PLUGGING EVERYTHING IN!
Plug the Main Desk in to the mains
using the I.E.C. cable, then plug in
the speakers into the mains using
the I.E.C. cable
Plug the speakers into the
desk, using XLR cable
Connect the sound source (e.g. the
cd player) using a phono cable
(Phono to cd player, Audio Jack to
sound desk)
You must ensure that the right
outputs are connected to the
corresponding inputs (e.g. the left
output is connected to the left
input, and so on.
CD
Player
Output
Speaker
Inputs
/Outputs
3. STEP 2 – TURNING EVERYTHING ON.
Turn on the sound desk
FIRST, then the sound
source, then the speakers
(otherwise you will hear a
large ‘Popping’ noise)
Speaker
Power
Switch
(located on
back of
speaker
Sound
Source
(CD
Player)
Power
switch
Sound
desk
Power
Switch
4. STEP 3 – OPERATING THE DESK
The channels should be turned on
individually via the channel’s power
switch.
Once the channel is on the Gain
needs to be turned, the lights on
the other end of the desk will build
up a green row which will turn
yellow and then red, the desk
Channe
cannot be in red, it must be at the
l Power
highest colour of yellow it can be
before it turns red, this ensures the Switch
sound has maximum volume but
isn’t distorted.
Use Pan to make sure the sound
from each output corresponds to
the correct speaker (e.g. turn the
pan all the way to the left for the left
speaker, all the way to the right for
the right speaker and to the middle
for both.
After this, turn the channel off and
repeat for the other channels being
used, once this is complete, switch
all required channels on.
Fader
White
row is
Gain.
Green row is
EQ.
Red row is
Pan.
These
lights
should
be
Yellow
5. STEP 4 – COMPLETION
Use the ‘Master Fader’ (a
red version of the fader
seen on the previous
slide) to raise the volume
of all the channels.
Use the light grey faders
for each channel to raise
the channels individual
volume.
Use the volume dial on
the speakers to raise the
volume on the speaker.
Speaker
Volume
