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American Audio SWITCH manual

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

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 2 MAIN FEA TURES....................................................................................................................................2 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS..........................................................................................[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 3 NOTE: This product satisfies FCC r egulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to con - nect the unit to other equipment. T o pr event electromagnetic inter - fer ence with electrical appliances such as radios and televisions, use shielded cables a[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 4 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 [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 5 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[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 6 Intr oductions: Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the American Audio ® Q-SP AND MKII™ mixer . This mixer is a r epr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest quality audio pr oducts possible at an af [...]

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    QUICK ST A RT : American Audio ® w ould lik e t o thank yo u for your purchase of this great audio product. For those of y ou that are too impatien t to read t he entire user manual we hav e compiled these qui ck star t instructi ons. W e hope that you wil l at least read through these instructi ons to famil iariz e yourself with the b asics of t [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 8 Q-SP AND MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 1 . MI CROPHONE EQ SECTION - MICROPHONE TREBLE CONTROL - This knob is used to adjust the treble levels of the Microphone with a maximum signal gain of + 12dB or maximum signal decrease of -30dB. Turning th[...]

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    the “phono” position for turntable operation. 5 . CHANNEL GAIN CONTROL - This adjustment is used to adjust the audio source signal input gain for a channel. Never use the gain control to adjust a channels output volume. Setting the gain level properly will ensure a clean output signal. An improper gain level adjustment will send a distorted sig[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 10 Q-SP AND MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . much of the signal is sent to the left and right output level. For true stereo imaging, maintain the knob in the 12 o ’ clock position. 11. BNC JACK - This jack is used to supply a 12V DC signal [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 11 Q-SP AND MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . 1 9. HEADPHONE JACK - This jack is used to connect your headphones to the mixer allowing you to monitor the cue source. Use headphones only rated at 8 ohms to 32 ohms. Most DJ headphones are rated [...]

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    Q-SP AND MKII™ FRONT P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . 28. FEATHER FADER PLUS CROSSFADER - This fader is used to blend the output signals of chan- nels one and two together. When the fader is in the full left position (channel 1), the output signal of channel one will be controlled by the master volume level. The same fundamentals will apply[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 13 Q-SP AND MKII™ REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 32. GND (GROUND TERMINAL) - Be sur e to connect turntable gr ound leads to either or both of the two available ground terminals. This will reduce the humming and popping noises associated with magnetic pho[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 14 Q-SP AND MKII™ REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . SELECTOR SWITCH (35) 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 SELECTOR SWITCH (35) is[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 15 Q-SP AND MKII™ REAR P ANEL - CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONT . signal. These jacks should only be used for shorter cable runs to signal processors or looping to another mixer . For cable runs greater than 15 feet use the XLR BALANCED JACKS (53). 44. TRIM OUTPUT[...]

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    SER IA L N O: R MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 16 CASSETTE DECK T U R N T A B L E T U R N T A B L E TRAN S ECHO SCRA TCH F LANG ER PARA METE R SGL/ CT N TIME A UTO CU E SAMP LE PITC H CUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 RELOOP SINGLE LOOP REMAIN TOTA L ELAP SED M T S . F PITCH CUE AUT[...]

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    SER IA L N O: R MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 17 Q-SP AND MKII™ TYPICAL MIXER SET -UP Speaker Cables Balanced XLR male to XLR female Cables CASSETTE DECK American Audio V4000™ T ypical Balanced Output Set-up This image details a typical stereo output layout. Note the [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 18 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 a[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 19 Q - S PA N D M K I I ™ TROUBLESHOOTING T rouble Shooting: Listed below ar e common problems 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[...]

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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-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 21 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Model: Q-SP AND MKII 4 Channel Mixer Dual V oltage: POWER SUPPL Y : AC 115v~60Hz/230v50~60Hz, User Selectable Single V oltage: AC 100V , 50Hz (For Japan) AC 110V , 60Hz (For Colombia) AC 120V , 60Hz (For USA, and Canada) AC 127V , 60[...]

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    TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS Model: Q-SP AND MKII 4 Channel Mixer © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - Q-Spand MKII™ Instruction Manual P age 22 Below -27dB at 70Hz MID: +12 +/-2dB at 1KHz Below -27dB at 1KHz TREBLE: +12 +/-2dB at 13KHz -14 +/-3dB at 13KHz Microphone Equalizer: BASS: +12 +/-2dB at 100Hz, -15 +/-3dB at 10Hz TREBLE: +12 +/-2[...]

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    SRS , WOW and the symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc. SRS technology is incorporated under license from SRS Labs, Inc. ©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[...]