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    4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .AmericanAudio.us User Guide and Refer ence Manual Q-3433 MKII Rev . 4/05[...]

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    • Equipped with high quality Crossf ader (Replaceable) • Optical Detecting F ader f or Q-Star t Control • Multi-Channel Assignable Crossf ader • High P ower Headphone Output • Selectable V oltage 115v~230v • 4 Channel Mix er • 3 Phono , 4 Line, 4 A uxiliar y Inputs • 3 Microphone Input - (1) XLR/ 1/4" combo plug, (2) 1/4" [...]

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    MADE IN CHIN A MODE L NO.: Q-343 3 MKII POWE R SOUR CE: 115/2 30V~ 50/6 0Hz 20W MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT NOTE: This product satisfies FCC r egulations when shielded cables and connectors ar e used to con - nect the unit to other equipment. T o pr event electr omagnetic inter - fer ence with electrical appliances such as radios and televisions, use shiel[...]

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    Q - 3 4 3 3 M K I I ™ ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash w[...]

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    1. For adult use only - Keep out of the reach of children. 2. Water and Moisture - The player should not be used near water - for example, near a bath tub, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet base- ment or near a swimming pool, etc. Do not spill water or other liquids in to or on to your mixer. 3. Ventilation - The Mixer should be situ ated so that[...]

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    Intr oductions: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® Q-3433 MKII™ mixer . This mixer is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to pr oduce the best and highest quality audio pr oducts possible at an affor dable price. Please r ead and understand this manual completely before attempting to oper[...]

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    QUICK ST A RT : A merican Audio ® wo uld lik e to thank y ou for your purchase of this great audio product. For those of you tha t are t oo impatien t to read the entire user manual we ha ve compiled these quick star t instructions. W e hope that you wi ll at least read through these instruct ions to famil iarize y ourself with the basics of this [...]

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    Q-3433 MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 8 1 . M ICROPHONE EQ SECTION - MICROPHONE BASS CONTROL - This knob is used to adjust the low frequency levels of the microphone with a maximum signal gain of + 1 5dB or maximum signal decrease of -35dB. Turning the [...]

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    Q-3433 MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 9 quality . 3 . CHANNEL VOLUME LEVEL INDICATORS - The LED indicators that run along each channels EQ section are used to measure incoming signal levels. Use these indicator to visually maintain an average sig[...]

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    Q-3433 MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 10 11. ZONE EQ SECTION - ZONE LEVEL VOLUME OUTPUT CONTROL - This rotary knob is used to control the zone level volume. The zone level is not PFL, it is essentially a second master output volume with separate [...]

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    Q-3433 MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 11 stereo and mono. 2 0 . CUE BUTTON - These buttons are used to activate a channels “CUE” mode. A red LED next to the Cue button will glow when a channels cue mode is activated. The Cue function sends a [...]

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    Q-3433 MKII™ R E A R P A N E L - C ON T R O L S A ND F U N C T IO N S © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 12 28. GND (GROUND TERMINAL) - Be sure to connect tur ntable gr ound leads to either or both of the two available ground terminals. This will reduce the humming and popping noises associated with [...]

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    Q-3433 MKII™ REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 13 LEVEL SELECTOR SWITCH (21) is in the “PHONO 2” position. CD players, T ape Decks and other line level instruments may only be connected to these jacks as long as the LINE LEVEL SELEC- TOR SWITCH (21) is[...]

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    Q-3433 MKII™ REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 14 another mixer . For cable runs greater than 15 feet use the XLR BALANCED JACKS (41). 39. PLA YER CONTROL - PLA YER A CONTROL - This jack is used to control the “Q-Start” function between the mixer and a[...]

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    MADE IN CHINA MODEL NO .: Q-3433 MK II POWER S OURCE: 115/2 30V~ 50/60Hz 20 W MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 15 CASSETTE DECK T U R N T A B L E T U R N T A B L E TRAN S ECHO SCRATCH F LANG ER PARA METER S GL/CT N TIME A UTO CUE SAMP LE PITC H CUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 RELOOP SINGL[...]

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    MADE IN CHINA MODEL NO .: Q-3433 MK II POWER S OURCE: 115/2 30V~ 50/60Hz 20 W MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT Q-3433 MKII™ SET -UP INSTRUCTIONS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 16 Speaker Cables Balanced XLR male to XLR female Cables CASSETTE DECK American Audio V4000™ T ypical Balanced Output Set-up This im[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 17 Due to fog residue, smoke, and dust, cleaning the mixer should be carried out periodically to residue build up. 1. Use normal glass cleaner and a soft cloth to wipe down the outside casing. 2. Use a cleaner specially designed for electronics to spray in and ar ound[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 18 Q - 3 4 3 3 M K I I ™ TROUBLESHOOTING T rouble Shooting: Listed below are common pr oblems you may encounter , and solutions. There is no power to the unit: 1. Be sure you have connected the power cor d to a correct wall outlet. There is little or no sound: 1. Ch[...]

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    1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® hereby warrants, to the original purchaser , American Audio ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be valid only if the product is purchased within the United States of America, includi[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-3433 MKII User Instructions page 20 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Model: Q-3433 MKII 4 Channel Mixer POWER SUPPL Y : AC 115v~60Hz/230v50~60Hz, User Selectable DIMENSIONS: 482mm (W) x 265.9mm (D) x 97.8mm (H) WEIGHT : 9.47 Lbs. / 4.3Kgs. CROSSF ADER: Feather Fader Plus - VCA detecting fader start contr ol[...]

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    ©American Audio® W orld Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA T el: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 W eb: www .americanaudio.us E-mail: info@americandj.com[...]