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K R A M E R E L E C T R O N I C S L T D . U S E R M A N U A L MODELS: 6 4 1 0 N D i g i t a l t o A n a l o g A u d i o C o n v e r t e r 6 4 2 0 N A n a l o g t o D i g i t a l A u d i o C o n v e r t e r P /N : 29 0 0 - 0 0 03 1 7 Re v 3[...]
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6410N, 6420N – Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Starte d 2 2.1 Achieving the Bes t Perfor mance 2 2.2 Safety Instruction s 3 2.3 Recycling Kra mer Products 3 3 Overview 4 3.1 Digital Audio Inpu ts/Output s on the 641 0N and 6420N 4 3.2 About the 6410N 4 3.3 About the 6420N 5 4 Your A udio Converters 7 4.1 Your 6410N Digital to Analo[...]
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6410N, 6420N - I nt roduction 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kra mer Electroni cs! Since 198 1, Kramer Electronic s has been providing a w orld of unique, creative, and af fordable solutions to the va st range of problems that con front video, audio, pre sentation, and broadcasting pro fessionals on a daily ba sis. In recent year s, we hav e redesigne[...]
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2 6410N, 6420N - Getting Start ed 2 Getting Started We recommend that you: Unpack the equip ment carefully and save the original box and pack aging materials for po ssible future shipme nt Review the con tents of this user manual Go to http://www .kramerelectroni cs.co m/support/prod uct_downloa ds.asp to check for up- to -date user manuals[...]
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6410N, 6420N - G etting Started 3 2.2 Safety Instructions Caution: There are no ope rator serv iceable par ts inside the unit Warning: Use only the Kra mer Electro nics input pow er wall adapter that is pr ovided w ith the unit Warning: Disconnect the pow er and unplug the unit from the w all before installing 2.3 Recycling Kramer Products The Wast[...]
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4 6410N, 6420N - O verview 3 Overv iew Both the 6410N Digital to Ana log Audio Con verter and the 6420N An alog to Digital Audio Conver ter use digital audio t ransmission standards, a s Section 3.1 describes. This section su mmarizes the: Digital and audio outputs on the 6410N and 6420N (see Section 3.1 ) 6410N (see Section 3.2 ) 6420N[...]
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6410N, 6420N - O verview 5 Analog balanced s tereo on de t ach able terminal block co nn ec to rs Unbalanced ster eo on a 3.5” ja ck, capable of driving a 32 load (headphones) In particular, the 6410N : Supports multi-stand ard s - AES/EBU, IEC 958 , S/ P D IF and EIAJ CP340/1201 pro f es sional and c onsu m er f or m at s w ith s[...]
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6 6410N, 6420N - O verview Fe atur es se lecta ble gain rat io (A /D) se ttin gs: - 12d B, -1 6dB, -20 dB or - 24dB to 0d BFs Features sele c table digital audio system bit s (professiona l or consumer) Has AES/EBU and AES -ID3 transformer coupled ou tputs The 6420N is 12VDC fed and is housed in a DigiTO OLS en closure.[...]
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6410N, 6420N - Your Audio Converters 7 4 Your Au dio Converters Section 4.1 defines the 6410N Dig it al t o A na log Audio Conver ter and Section 4.2 defines the 6420N An alog to Digital Audio Con v er ter . 4.1 Your 6410N Digita l to Analog Aud i o Conv erter Figure 2 defines t he 6410N Digi t al t o A na log Audio Converter : Figure 2: 6410N Digi[...]
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8 6410N, 6420N - Your Audio Converters 4.1.1 Selecting the Input To select the inpu t on the 6410N use the fol lowing: Press A and Press B to select: IN IN AES/EBU OUT IN AES 75 IN OUT S/PDIF OUT OUT OPTICAL 4.1.2 Setting the 6410N Gain Control Set the gain con trol using the DIP-switches on the underside of the 6 410N as shown in Figure 3 . Fi[...]
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6410N, 6420N - Your Audio Converters 9 The following table shows an example of the relation be tween the input signal, the selected gain an d the THD + N. Vinput [vrms] Gain [dB] THD + N [dB] @1kHz 1 +12 - 94 1 +16 - 95 1 +20 - 94 0.7 +24 - 90 4.2 Your 6420N A nalog to Digital Aud i o Conv erter Figure 4 defines t he 6420 N Analog to Digital Audio [...]
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10 6410N, 6420N - Your Audio Converters 4.2.1 The 6420N Underside Figure 5 defines t he unde rside of the 6420N : Figure 5: 6420N Analog to Digital Audio Conve rter Underside # Feature Function 1 PROFESSIONA L / CONSUMER S witch Set to choose t he digital audi o system bit 2 GAIN CONTROL DIP-switches LEFT Set the DIP-s w itc hes as follows to deter[...]
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6410N, 6420N - U sing the Audio Converter s 11 5 Using the A udio Converters Always switch off the power to each device before connecting it to yo ur 6410N, 6420N . After conne cting your 6410N, 6420N , connect its power and then switch on the power to ea ch de vic e . Sections 5.1 and 5.2 describe how to con nect the 6410N Digital to Analog Audio [...]
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12 6410N, 6420N - U sing the Audio Converter s 3. Connect the 12V DC po wer adapter to the power socket an d connec t the adapter to the m ains electricity (not show n in Figure 6 ). 4. Set the conver s ion ra tio on the un derside of the unit. It is essential that y o u choose the corre ct conversion ratio to prevent cli pping, and to maintain the[...]
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6410N, 6420N - U sing the Audio Converter s 13 5.2 Connecting the 6420N Analog to Digital A udio Conv erter To connect you r 6420N Analog t o Digital Audio Converter , as illu s trat ed in t he example in Figure 7 , do t he following: 1. Connect an analog balanced stereo source (for ex ample, a balanced audio tape player) to the ANALOG IN PUT LEFT [...]
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14 6410N, 6420N - U sing the Audio Converter s Figure 7: Connectin g the 6420N Analog to Digit al Audio Converter[...]
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6410N, 6420N - Technical Specifications 15 6 Technical Sp eci f ications 6.1 6410N Specificat i ons INPUTS: 4 digital audio inputs: AES 75 ; AES/EBU ; S/PDIF ; TosLink Optical OUTPUTS: 2 analog outputs: balanced l ine ou t o n detachable terminal blocks ; 3.5mm headphone jack SAMPLE RATE CONVERSIO N: 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kH z CONVERSION GAI[...]
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For the latest information on our products and a l ist of Kram er distributors, visit our Web site whe r e updates to this user manual may be found. We welcome y o u r questions, comments, and feedback. Web site: w w w .kramerelectronics.com E-mail: info@kramerel. com P/N: 2 9 00 - 00 0 3 17 Rev: 3 ! S AF E TY W AR NI N G Dis co nne ct the unit fro[...]