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    Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Prelimin ary USER M ANUA L Model: 910 Digital Audio Pream plifier[...]

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    Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting S tarte d 1 2.1 Achieving the Best Perf ormance 2 2.2 Safety I nstructions 2 2.3 Recycling Kramer Products 2 2.4 Quick Start 3 3 Overvi ew 4 4 Your 910 Digital Audio Preamplifier 4 5 Installing the 910 i n a R ack 8 6 Connecting the 910 Digital Audio Pream plifier 9 6.1 C onnecti ng the RS - 23 2 Port[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Content s ii 10.4 Bas ic Routi ng Com ma n ds 21 10.5 Preset Commands 21 10.6 Audio Parameter Commands 22 10.7 I denti ficati on Comm ands 23 10.8 Network Setting Comm ands 23 10.9 Ma chine I nfor mati on Comm ands 24 10.10 Comma nd Te rms 24 10.11 Enter ing Com ma nds 25 10.12 Comma nd F orm s 25 10.13 Comma nd [...]

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    Intro ducti on 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of uni que, creative, and affordable solutions to th e vast rang e of probl ems that confron t th e video, audio, presen tat ion, an d broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we hav e red esigne d and up [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Sta rted 2 2.1 Achievin g the Best Perf ormance To achieve the best performance: • Use only good quality connection cables (we recommend Kramer high - performance, high - resolution cables) to avoid interference, deterior ation in signal qualit y due to po or matching, and ele vated noise levels (o ften[...]

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    Getting Sta rted 3 3 2.4 Quick St art This quick start chart summ arizes the basic setup and operation s teps.[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Overvi ew 4 3 Ove rvi ew The 910 is a high - performance stereo audio pream plifier. It accepts balanced and unbalanced stereo audio, S/PDIF digital a udio, and micro pho ne i nput s , processes the signals , and o utp uts t hem t o b ala nced , unba lanced a nd S/ PDIF out puts . The 910 has the follo win g fea [...]

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    Your 910 Digital Audio Preamplif ier 5 Figure 1: 910 Digital Audio Preamplifier[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your 910 Digital Audio Preamplif ier 6 Table 1: 910 Dig ital Audio Pr eamplifier Function s # Fe atur e Function 1 IR Rec eiv er T he red LED ill umin ate s wh en rec eiving s ignals from the inf rare d remote c ontrol tra nsmitte r 2 MUTE B utton Press to tog gle bet ween t urning off (muti ng) and t urni ng on [...]

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    Your 910 Digital Audio Preamplif ier 7 7 # Fe atur e Function 29 FACTORY DE FAULT But ton Press to rev ert to the d efaul t settin gs, i ncludi ng all t he con figure d buttons 30 USB (PROGRAM) Conne ct or Connect to the PC u sing a USB cabl e fo r remot e con tr ol 31 RS - 232 9 - pin D - sub ( F) P ort Connect to t he RS - 232 conne ctor o n the [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Insta lling the 910 i n a R ack 8 5 Installing the 910 in a Rack Thi s section descr ibes how to install t he 910 in a rack.[...]

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    Connec ting the 910 D igi tal A udio Preamplifier 9 9 6 Connecting the 910 Digital Audio Preamplifier To connect the 910 as illu strate d i n t he exa mple in Figur e 2 1 1. Conne ct th e inputs : : • Connect an unbalanced stereo source ( f or ex ampl e , a tape recorder) to the left and rig ht INPU T 1 RCA connectors • Connect an balanced ster[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the 910 D igi tal A udio Pre am plifi er 10 Figure 2 : Co nnec ti ng the 91 0 Digital Audio Pre amplifier 6.1 Connecting th e RS - 232 Port You can connect to th e unit via a straig ht pin - to - pi n RS - 232 connec tion, usin g for e xa mple, a P C. Connect the RS - 232 9 - pin D - sub po rt on the [...]

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    Connec ting the 910 D igi tal A udio Pre am plifi er 11 11 • To c onnec t to a net work h ub o r net wor k ro uter wit h a straight - thro ugh ca ble , see S ection 6.2. 2 • To c onfig ure the Et herne t p or t, se e 6.2.1 Connectin g the ETHERNET Port D irectly to a PC (Crossov er Cable) S ection 6.2.3 Yo u ca n con nect the Ethern et port of [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Co nnecting the 91 0 Digital A udio Pream plifier 12 6. Select Use the f ollowing IP address, and fill in the details , (see Figur e 4 ). 7. Click OK . Figure 4 : In te rnet P rot ocol ( TCP /IP) Pro pert ies Window 6.2.2 Connecting t he ETHERNET Port v ia a Network H ub (Stra ight Through Cab le) You can connect[...]

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    Connec ting the 910 D igi tal A udio Pre am plifi er 13 13 Figure 5 : Connect Screen 2. Select the method to connect to the Eth ernet port of the 910 . Select: • Ether net, if you kno w the IP add re ss numb er 1 o r the machi ne name. T he defa ult na me for th e machine is KRAMER_XXXX 2 • Serial, if y ou are connected via a serial port 3. Cli[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the 910 D igi tal A udio Pre am plifi er 14 Figure 6 : Device Prop erties Sc r een 4. If required, m ake changes and press Set. If not, click Close. 6.3 Connecting via USB To c onnec t the 910 via the U SB port, you must pl ug t he US B c abl e into the PC a nd i nstall the Kr amer US B driver dow nlo[...]

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    Operating the 910 Digital A udio Pream plifier 15 15 7 Operating the 910 Digital A udio Preamplifier You can operate your 910 using: • The front pane l butt o ns , (see S e ction 7.1 • Serial commands via the RS - 232 /USB/Ethernet ports transmitted by a touch scree n system, PC, o r other seria l controller , (see ) S ection 7. 2 • RC - IR2 [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Operating the 910 Digital A udio Pream plifier 16 Table 2: 910 Fr ont P anel But to n Func tions Button Display Func tion Meaning/Range Notes MUT E Mut e W hen pr esse d, st ops all out put 1 2 3 4 INPUT 1 Unba la nce d ste reo Only one input lights when selec ted , mul tipl e but ton s li ght whe n MI X pr esse [...]

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    Operating the 910 Digital A udio Pream plifier 17 17 7.2 Controlli ng the 910 from the PC To ope rate you r device remotely f rom your PC over t he RS - 232, USB or Ether net p o rts , you need to downl oad and install Kramer's 910 Control Application 1 . Figure 8: 910 Control Applica tion Screen For an explanation of al l control commands, se[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Technical S pecificati ons 18 8 Technical Specifications The 910 techn ical specifications are shown in Table 3 . Table 3: 910 Technical S pecifi cations 1 INPUTS: 1 unbal anced stere o audi o on a n RCA connect or; 1 balan ced ste reo a udio o n a 5 - pin te rmi nal block ; 1 S/PD IF on a n RCA conne ctor; 1 mon[...]

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    Protoc ol 30 00 Sy ntax 19 19 9 Protocol 3000 Syntax 9.1 Host M essage Fo rmat Star t Address (optional ) Body Delimite r # Destinat ion_id @ Message CR 9.1.1 Simple Co mmand Comman d stri ng wi th only one comm and wi thout address ing: Star t Bo dy Delimite r # Command SP Param eter_1,Pa rameter_2 ,… CR 9.1.2 Command Stri ng For mal s ynta x wi[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 910 Com ma nds in Prot ocol 30 00 20 10 9 10 Commands in Prot ocol 3000 This RS - 232/RS - 485 com muni cati on protoc ol lets you c ontr o l the machi ne from any standard terminal s oftware (for example, Windows ® HyperT erminal Application) a nd us es a data rate of 115200 baud, w ith no parity , 8 da ta bit [...]

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    910 Com m ands in P rotoc ol 30 00 21 21 10 .4 Basic Routing Commands Swi tch a udi o AUD IN > OUT , IN > OUT , … Short for m: A IN > OUT , IN > O UT , … AUD IN > OUT , IN > OUT , … RE SU LT Read a udio connec tion AUD? OUT Short for m: A? OUT AUD ? * AUD IN > OUT AUD IN > 1, IN > 2, … Par ame ter De scri pt io n:[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 910 Com mands in Prot ocol 3000 22 10 .6 A udi o Parameter Commands Command S yn t a x Response Set si mple audi o vol ume VOLUME VOLUME Shor t form: VO L VOL UME VOLUME VOLUME RESU LT Incr ease/de crease simpl e audi o vol ume VOLUME +/ - Shor t form: V OL +/ - VOLUME +/ - RESU LT Read si mple a udio level VOL U[...]

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    910 Com mands in Prot ocol 3000 23 23 Par ame ter De scri pt io n: STAGE = ‘IN, ’OUT ’ or Numeric v alue of present audio process ing stage . For exa m ple: ‘ 0’ for input level, ‘ 1’ for pre - amp lifier , ‘2’ fo r amp lifi er (OUT ) e tc. CHANNE L = Input or Output # VOLU ME / BA SS / TREBL E / MID_RA NGE = Audio parameter in Kr[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 910 Com mands in Prot ocol 3000 24 Command S yn t a x Response Set DHCP mode NET - DHCP DHCP _MODE Short for m: NTDH NET - DHCP DHCP _MODE RESULT Rea d s ubn et m ask NET - DHCP ? Short for m: NTDH? NET - DHCP DHCP _MODE DHCP_MOD E = ‘0’ – Don't use DHC P (Use I P set by factory or IP set c ommand) . ?[...]

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    910 Com mands in P rotocol 30 00 25 25 Me s sage starti ng character '# ' – Fo r ho st co mmand /q uer y '~' – For machi ne response Device address (Optional, for K - NET) K- NET Device ID followed by '@' Query sign '?' follows some commands to defin e a quer y request. All outputs sig n '*' d e[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 910 Com mands in Prot ocol 3000 26 Co mmand s in t he str in g do not e xecute until the closi ng char acter is entered. A separate response is s e nt for every command in the chain. 10 . 14 Maximum String Length 64 characters 10 . 15 Backward Suppo rt Protocol 2000 is tran sparently supported by Protocol 3000. Y[...]

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    Kramer E l ectron i cs, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelect r onics.com E- mail: info@kramerel. com P/N: 29 00 - 000 492 R EV 4 For the latest infor m ation on our produ cts and a list of Kr ame r dist ri but ors visit www. krame rel ect ron ics .com where upd ates to th is user manua l may b e found. We welcome you r question s, comments and f eedback [...]