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    User M anual UL TRADRIVE P RO DCX24 96 Ul tr a Hig h- P rec is io n Dig ita l 2 4- Bi t / 96 kHz Louds p eak er Management S ystem[...]

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    2 UL TRADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual Thank you Thank you ver y much f or ex pressin g your condence in B EHRINGER produc t s by purchasi ng the UL TR ADRIVE PRO DC X24 96 — our high -qualit y di gital lo udspeaker management s ystem d esigne d speci cally f or both live an d stud io applic ations. T able of C on tents Thank you .......[...]

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    3 UL TRADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual LEGAL DI SCL AI ME R LIM ITE D W ARR ANT Y T erminals mark ed with this symbol carr y electrical current of su cient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. Allother installation or modi[...]

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    4 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual “Support ” at behringer . com. Ifyour c ountr y is not listed, please check if y our problem can be dealt with by our “OnlineSupport ” which may also be found under “Support ” at behringer . com. Alternativ ely ,please submit an online warranty claim at behringer . com BEFORE returning[...]

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    5 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 1. I ntroduc tion T o operate a lo udspeaker s ystem that co nsist s of sever al speakers f or the var ious fre quenc y ban ds requir es di erent inpu t signals for th e individ ual loudspeaker s. This requ ires a f requ enc y cros sover net work t hat devide s the input si gnal into several f requ enc [...]

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    6 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual (7) (10) (8) (6) (9) (11) Fig. 2 .2: Me nu bu t ton s and da ta w hee l (6) Use thes e but tons to c all up the DC X 2 496’ s menus (e.g. S ET UP , RECALL, e tc.) . The only e xception is the C O M PA R E b ut ton, which allows you to co mpare the edi ts made w ith the p reviou sly selec te d pres ets . [...]

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    7 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 3. Q uick Star t This chapter is f or thos e who c annot wait to us e their new DC X 2 496 in a prac ti cal applic ation. Y ou will  nd a desc ripti on of how you can e xplo re your DC X 2 496 and its ver s atile and intui tive feat ures be low . This chapte r is just a s tar tin g point fo r fut ure ex[...]

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    8 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual Use the but ton s to the lef t o f the out put LED displays (SETUP , MUTE etc.) to enter the vari ous menus. Mo st of t hem include s everal page s, which you c an sele c t with t he P AGE but tons. The PARAM but ton se lec t s individua l parame ters f rom one page, the dat a whee l edit s them. Conr m[...]

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    9 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual The follow ing link optio ns ( out put cong urations) are available: 1 . MONO (no stereo l ink s) Fig. 4. 4: Outpu t conguration MONO 2. L(1 ) M(2 ) H(3 ) L(4 ) M(5 ) H( 6) Fig. 4.5 : Output conguration LMHLMH Link: L(1 ) > L( 4) / M (2 ) > M(5) / H (3 ) > H( 6) 3. L(1 ) L(2 ) M(3 ) M(4 )[...]

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    10 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual When this f unc tion is O n, the display provi des a warn ing note that shows b oth the new link to be ac t ivated and t he name of the in put s that will be over wr it ten (black eld). Use the data w heel to ed it the link to be ac t ivated (blac k eld). Thevalues o f input A will b e trans fer [...]

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    11 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual Press OK o r CANCEL to sub sequent ly copy fu r ther pag es in the s ame way . ◊ Only s imilar p ages w ith ide ntic al par ameter s ca n be cop ied. If you sele c t a SOURCE P AGE that is not avai lable i n the DESTINAT ION CHANNEL, the dis play will r ead NOT AV AIL ABLE under DE STINA TION P AGE. Fig[...]

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    12 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual On this SET UP page you c an ac tivate the GLOBAL LOCK f unc tion (ON) , entera pass word, then con rm wi th OK. Now, if you tr y to edit any p arameter, thedisplay will pr ompt you to enter your p asswo rd. The pro cess fo llows the sam e logic as th e P AGE LOCK routine. Fig. 4 .23: Se tu p ➠[...]

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    13 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual Please use t his mode o n the r st unit w hen several ULTRADRIVE PROs are linked to each other v ia LINK A and B, and the r st uni t in the chain is co nnec ted to a computer v ia the RS - 232 interf ace. In this congu ration, the las t AND the r st unit in the c hain must have thei r TERM swi[...]

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    14 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 4. 3. 4 DY N A M I C EQ ( F I LT E R ) As the DYNAMIC EQ is a hig hly comple x module, it s parame ters ar e allocate d to t wo pages—the FILTER and the DYNAMICS parame ters p ages. The DYNAMIC EQ inuences a sp eci c fre quenc y rang e of the signal, depe nding on the volume level. It c an eith er[...]

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    15 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual The fo llowi ng SUM pages a re 100% ide ntic al to the IN A / B/C pages 2/5 to 5/5 ( see c hapte rs 4. 3.2 to 4.3.5)! 4.5 O UT 1 - 6 menu Press on e of the OUT 1-6 bu t tons to enter the OUTPUT m enu of the resp ec tive outp ut. Here, you can s et the IN -OUT co ngurat ion, X-OVER POINT or , as wit h t[...]

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    16 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual The P OL ARIT Y parame ter deter mines whe ther the p hase of an ou tput sig nal is INVERTED or not (NORM AL)—just as i f you had inver ted the po larit y of your speakers . Use the PH ASE p arameter to adju st the p recis e phase p osition a t the upper X -OVER frequenc y of the c urrent ly sele cte d [...]

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    17 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 4 . 8 .1 IN TER NAL/CAR D Fig. 4 .46: Stor e ➠ Internal/Card In this menu, S TORE TO selec t s the bank to w hich the pr eset i s store d: INTERNAL or CARD. The window on t he right-hand sid e list s the pre set s already store d in the inter nal memor y or o n a PCMCIA car d. Y ou can allo cate a memor[...]

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    18 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual Fig. 4 .55: Store ➠ Copy ◊ Locked DE STINA TION PRESETS c annot b e over wri tte n. In this c ase, the dis play info rms yo u that the pr oces s can not be co mplete d. Since SOURCE PRESET S will not g et los t duri ng the co pying p roce ss, it doe s not mat ter whe ther they a re loc ked or not. Whe[...]

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    19 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6 .1 Stereo tri-amp op eration XENYX X2222USB Mixing Console EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier High (3) High (6) Mid (2) Mid (5) Low (1) Low (4) Loudspeaker left Loudspeaker right Lef t In A Out 1 2 3 4 5 6 In B Stereo output Right Fig. 6. 1 : Stereo 3-way operation Stereo T ri-Amp o perati on is [...]

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    20 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.2 Stereo bi-amp opera tion plus monosubw oofer XENYX X2222USB Mixing console High High Right (4) Right (3) Mid Mid EUROLIVE B1800X PRO SUM (A + B) signal (5) Low EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier Mono bass (amplier mono bridged) Mono subwoofer Left (2) Left (1) Right Stereo output Lef t In[...]

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    21 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.3 3x bi -amp operation (L CR/ T riple Bi -Amping ) XENYX X222 2USB Mixing con sole Lef t In A Outputs: 1 Low High Hi gh ( 2) Hi g h (4) Lef t Mid (Center) L o w ( 1) EURO LIV E B1 520 PRO Lo w ( 3) Hi gh ( 6) Right Low (5) Low High EURO PO WER E P200 0 Stereo power amplier 2 3 4 5 6 In B I n C Right [...]

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    22 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.4 Stereo operation plus mo no subwoof er Output 4 usable as additional mono delay line output. Output 5 + 6 usable as additional stereo delay line output. XENYX X2222USB Mixing console High (1) EUROLIVE B1800X PRO Passiv e mono subwoofer SUM (A + B) signal EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier (mono[...]

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    23 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.5 Stereo operation plus 2 subw oofers Output 5 + 6 usable as additional mono delay line outputs. XENYX X2222USB Mixing console Lef t In A Out 1 2 3 4 (5 and 6 not used) EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier EUROLIVE B1220 PRO Left passive loudspeaker Right passive loudspeaker In B Stereo output Righ[...]

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    24 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.6 Stereo bi-amp op eration plus subwoofer and additional monitor XENYX X2222USB Mixing console Monitor output Right Lef t Stereo sub master In A Outputs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 In B In C High (2) High (4) Lef t Right Mid (3) Mid (1) Active mono subwoof er EUROLIVE F1220A Full Range mono monitor In C signal Low (5)[...]

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    25 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.7 Mono 6 -zone distribution mo de XENYX X2222USB Mixing console Mono master output In A Outputs: 1 (Sub) (Mid) (Low Mid) (Low) (1) Lef t EUROLIVE B1520 PRO Right Lef t Right Lef t Right (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 2 3 4 5 6 Identical full range mono output signals (High mid) (High) EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow e[...]

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    26 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.8 Stereo 3 -zone dela y line XENYX X2222USB Mixing console EUROLIVE B1520 PRO All loudspeakers: full range Left (1) Right (2) Left (3) Right (4) Left (5) Right (6) (Low) (High) EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier Delay line 1 (Low) (High) Delay line 2 (Low) (High) Delay line 3 Right In A Outputs: [...]

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    27 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6.9 3.0 Channel surroun d XENYX X2222USB Mixing console Lef t Mono surround channel Out 5/6 identic In A Outputs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 In B In C In C Signal 2x mono surround Stereo high frequencies Stereo low fr equencies EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier Low Full range (mono ) EUROLIVE B1220 PRO High High[...]

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    28 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6 .1 0 Stereo 4 -way bridged system plus 2 monitors XENYX X2222USB Mixing console Stereo master left channel Mono out 1 RS-232 In A 6 5 4 3 2 1 Outputs Outputs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 High (4) LINK (RS-485) 4-way loudspeaker tpwers (In A signal) High (4) EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier High mid (3) High mi[...]

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    29 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6 . 11 5-way mono operation plus 1 additional mono signal XENYX X2222USB Mixing console Mono out 1 RS-232 In A In B In A In B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Outputs Outputs: 6 5 4 3 2 1 EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo pow er amplier High (6) High (6) High mid (5) High mid (5) Mid (4) Mid (4) Low mid (3) Low mid (3) Low (2) Low ([...]

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    30 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 6 .12 5. 1 Surround operation Surround processor/decoder Fro nt left Fro nt center In A RS-232 In B Fro nt right In C LINK RS-485 Fr ont left Fr ont center Fr ont right XENYX X2222USB Mixing console In A Outputs: 1 Screen/curtain Fr ont left Fr ont center Fr ont right High 2 3 4 5 6 Outputs: 6 not used 5 [...]

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    31 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual With t wo DC X2496 units you ca n even realize today’s most pop ular surro und for mat: 5. 1. In addition to th e speaker cabin ets an d power amps (or acti ve speakers as in the simpli ed illus tratio n shown here) , all you nee d is a surr ound deco der to play back pr e-p roduced 5. 1 mater ial su[...]

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    32 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual Conv er ters A/D Converter Resolu tion 2 4 -Bit D elta - Sigma AK M Overs ampling 64x Dynamic r ange 1 12 dB typ. D/ A Conv er ter Resolu tion 2 4 -Bit D elta - Sigma AK M Overs ampling 64x Dynamic r ange 1 12 dB typ. Seri al Inter face R S -2 3 2 T ype 9- pin sub -D conne cto r T ransmissio n ty pe 1 15 [...]

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    33 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 8. Block D iagram[...]

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    34 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual 9. M enu Structure[...]

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    35 UL TR ADRIV E PRO DCX 2 4 96 User Manual FEDERAL C OMMUNICA TIONS C OMMISSION COMP LIANC E INF ORMA TION Responsible Par t y Name: MUSIC G rou p Ser vi ces US In c. Address: 1 891 2 Nor t h Cree k Park way , Suite 2 00 Bo the ll, WA 9801 1 , USA Phone/Fax No .: Phone: + 1 425 672 08 16 Fax: + 1 425 673 7 6 47 UL TR ADRIVE P RO DCX2496 complies w[...]

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