Mackie 402VLZ4 Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


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Owner’s Manual
Owner’s Manual
Balanced XLR Input Connector
The402VLZ4mixerhastwofemaleXLR
inputs.BesurethecablesarewiredperAES
(AudioEngineeringSociety)standards:
Balanced XLR Input Connector
Pin1–Shield(Ground)
Pin2–Positive(+orhot)
Pin3–Negative(–orcold)
Balanced 1/4" TRS Connector
TRSstandsforTip-Ring-Sleeve,thethree
connectionsavailableonastereo1/4"cable.
Thisallowsforadirectconnectiontothe
channelinputjacks.Besurethecablesare
wiredperAES(AudioEngineeringSociety)
standards:
Balanced 1/4" TRS Connector
Sleeve–Shield(Ground)
Tip–Positive(+orhot)
Ring–Negative(–orcold)
TRSjacksandplugsareusedinseveral
differentapplications:
• Balancedmonocircuits.Whenwired
asabalancedconnector,a1⁄4"TRS
jackorplugisconnectedtiptosignal
high(hot),ringtosignallow(cold),
andsleevetoground(earth).
• Stereoheadphones,andrarely,
stereomicrophonesandstereo
line connections.
Whenwiredforstereo,a1⁄4"TRSjack
orplugisconnectedtiptoleft,ring
torightandsleevetoground(earth).
VLZ4mixersdonotdirectlyaccept
1-plug-typestereomicrophones.They
mustbeseparatedintoaleftcordand
arightcord,whicharepluggedinto
thetwomicpreamps.
Balanced XLR Input Connector
2
3
1
SHIELD
COLD
HOT
SHIELD
COLD
HOT
3
2
1
SLEEVE
TIP
SLEEVE
TIP
RING
RING
TIP
SLEEVERING
Balanced 1/4" TRS Connector
Appendix B: Connections
Youcancookupyourownadapterfora
stereomicrophone.“Y”twocablesout
ofafemale1⁄4"TRSjacktotwomale
XLRplugs,onefortherightsignaland
onefortheleft.
Unbalanced 1/4" TS Connector
TSstandsforTip-Sleeve,thetwo
connectionsavailableonamono1/4"cable.
Thisallowsforadirectconnectiontothe
channelinputjacks.Besurethecablesare
wiredperAES(AudioEngineeringSociety)
standards:
Unbalanced 1/4" TS Connector
Sleeve–Shield(Ground)
Tip–Positive(+orhot)
TSjacksandplugsareusedinmanydif-
ferentapplications,alwaysunbalanced.The
tipisconnectedtotheaudiosignalandthe
sleevetoground(earth).Someexamples:
• Unbalancedmicrophones
• Electricguitarsandelectronic
instruments
• Unbalancedline-levelconnections
Unbalanced RCA Connector
RCA-typeplugs(alsoknownasphono
plugs)andjacksareoftenusedinhome
stereoandvideoequipmentandinmany
otherapplications.RCAplugsare
unbalanced.Connectthesignaltothecenter
postandtheground(earth)orshieldtothe
surrounding“basket.”Besurethecablesare
wiredperAES(AudioEngineeringSociety)
standards:
Unbalanced RCA Connector
Sleeve–Shield(Ground)
Tip–Positive(+orhot)
SLEEVE
TIP
TIP
SLEEVE
TIP
SLEEVE
Unbalanced 1/4" TS Connector
TIPSLEEVETIPSLEEVE
Unbalanced RCA Connector
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