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  • Page 1

    EN DE FR ES English Deutsch Français Español Features Input Channels...................................................................page 12 With up to 16 (MG166CX/MG166C: 10) mic/line inputs or up to four stereo inputs, the MG mix er can simultaneously connect to a wide range of de vices: microphones, line-le vel de vices, stereo synthesizers,[...]

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    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 2 * This applies only to products distr ibuted by Y amaha-Kemble Music (U .K.) Ltd. (2 wires) IMPORT ANT NO TICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM Connecting the Plug and Cord IMPORT ANT . The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the follo wing code: BLUE : NEUTRAL BRO WN : LIVE As the colours of the [...]

  • Page 3

    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 3 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a saf e place f or future reference . W ARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards.[...]

  • Page 4

    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 4 • Before connecting the device to other devices, turn off the power for all devices. Before turning the power on or off for all devices, set all volume levels to minimum. • When turning on the AC power in your audio system, always turn on the power amplifier LAST , to avoid speaker damage. When turning [...]

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    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 5 Introduction .......................................... 5 Contents........................................................... 5 Before Turning on the Mixer ............................ 5 Turning the Power On ...................................... 5 ■ Mixer Basics ................................ 6 Quick Gu[...]

  • Page 6

    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Mixer Basics 6 Quic k Guide We begin b y connecting a pair of speakers and generating some stereo output. Note that operations and procedures will v ary somewhat accor ding to the input devices y ou are using. Getting Sound to the Speakers P AN/BAL switches 1 , 4 GAIN controls 4 PEAK indicators Equalizer 5 ON [...]

  • Page 7

    Mixer Basics Quick Guide MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 7 1 Be sure that y our mixer is turned off and that all level contr ols* are turned all the way do wn. * STEREO OUT Master fader , Channel faders, GAIN controls, etc. Set the equalizer and the P AN/BAL controls to their ▼ positions. 2 T urn off any other e xternal devices, then conne[...]

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    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Mixer Basics 8 Making the Most of Y our Mixer You’ve got yourself a mixer and now you’re ready to use it. Just plug everything in, twiddle the controls, and away you go … right? Well, if you’ve done this before you won’t have any problems, but if this is the first time you’ve ever used a mixer you [...]

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    Mixer Basics Making the Most of Your Mixer MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 9 To EQ or Not to EQ In general: less is better . There are many situations in which you’ll need to cut certain frequency ranges, but use boost sparingly , and with caution. Proper use of EQ can eliminate interference betw een instr uments in a mix and give the o ve[...]

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    Making the Most of Your Mixer MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Mixer Basics 10 Ambience Y our mixes can be fur ther refined by adding ambi- ence eff ects such as rev erb or dela y . The MG166CX’ s inter nal eff ects can be used to add re verb or dela y to individual channels in the same wa y as e xter nal eff ects processors. (Refer to pag[...]

  • Page 11

    Reference MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 11 Setup DI Recorder Synthesizer CD Play er Microphone Po w ered speakers Po w ered monitor speakers Bass Headphones Guitar Effect processor Effect processor (exciter) Po w ered monitor speakers MG206C Rear panel Reference[...]

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    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 12 Fr ont & Rear P anels Channel Contr ol Section 1 2 1 5 6 6 C C D D F G H F G H I I E E 0 A 9 9 7 7 8 0 A B B 4 3 Channels 13/14 and 15/16 (Stereo) Channels 1 to 8 (Monaural) Channels 9 to 12 (Monaural) ● MG206C Channels 17/18 and 19/20 (Stereo) 1 2 1 5 6 6 C D F G H I E 0 A 9 9 7 7 8 3 4 B C[...]

  • Page 13

    Reference Front & Rear Panels MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 13 1 MIC Input jac ks These are balanced XLR-type microphone input jacks. (1: Ground; 2: Hot; 3: Cold) 2 LINE Input Jac ks (monaural channels) These are balanced TRS phone-jack line inputs. (T : Hot; R: Cold; S: Ground). Y ou can connect either balanced or unbal- anced phone p[...]

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    Front & Rear Panels MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 14 A A UX, EFFECT Control Adjusts the lev el of the signal sent from the channel to the A UX and EFFECT b uses. These knobs should generally be set close to the “ ▼ ” position. These controls send either the signal from immediately prior to the channel fader (pre-fader s[...]

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    Reference Front & Rear Panels MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 15 1 FOO T SWITCH Jac k A Y amaha FC5 foot switch (sold separately) can be connected to this jack and used to toggle the digital effects ON and OFF . 2 PROGRAM Dial Selects one of the 16 internal effects. See page 19 for details about the internal effects. 3 P ARAMETER Control[...]

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    Front & Rear Panels MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 16 Master Contr ol Section 0 A I G D E C 9 B 6 8 7 5 4 3 2 1 H F 0 A I G E 9 B H F 6 8 4 1 3 7 2 5 D C Rear panel ● MG206C ● MG166CX/MG166C * 1 , C MG166C : EFFECT → A UX3[...]

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    Reference Front & Rear Panels MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 17 1 SEND Jacks (A UX, EFFECT) These impedance balanced* TRS phone jacks output the sig- nals from the A UX/EFFECT buses. The pre-fader send option should be selected if you are connecting to a monitor system, while the post-fader send option is the best choice when con- necti[...]

  • Page 18

    Front & Rear Panels MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 18 C Master SEND Contr ols (A UX, EFFECT) Adjusts the signal lev el sent to the SEND (A UX, EFFECT) jacks. If you are using the MG166CX, the Master SEND control (EFFECT) does not affect the le v el of the sig- nal sent from the EFFECT bus to the internal digital effect process[...]

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    Reference Front & Rear Panels MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 19 Digital Effect Pr ogram List (Onl y MG166CX) * “LFO” stands for Lo w Frequency Oscillator . An LFO is nor mally used to modulate another signal, determining the modulation speed and wa ve fo rm shape. Jac k List * These jacks will also accept connection to phone plugs .[...]

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    MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 20 Tr oubleshooting Power doesn’t come on. ❑ Is the supplied power adaptor properly plugged into an appropriate AC wall outlet? ❑ Is the supplied power adaptor properly plugged into the mixer? No sound. ❑ Are microphones, external devices, and speakers connected correctly? ❑ Are the ON swit[...]

  • Page 21

    Reference MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 75 Specifications ■ Electrical Specifications ■ General Specifications All faders are nominal if not specifi ed. Output impedance of signal generator: 150 ohms MG206C MIN TYP MAX UNIT F requency Response STEREO OUT GAIN: min (CHs 1–19/20) 20 Hz–20 kHz Nominal output le vel @1 kHz Input: C[...]

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    Specifications MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 76 ■ Input Specifications Where 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms and 0 dBV= 1 Vr ms * Sensitivity : The lowest lev el that will produce an output of +4 dB (1.23 V), or the nominal output le vel when the unit is set to the maximum le vel. (All faders and le vel controls are at their maximum positi[...]

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    Reference Specifications MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 77 ■ Electrical Specifications ■ General Specifications All faders are nominal if not specifi ed. Output impedance of signal generator: 150 ohms * MG166CX: A UX1, 2, EFFECT MG166C: A UX1, 2, 3 MG166CX/MG166C MIN TYP MAX UNIT F requency Response STEREO OUT GAIN: min (CHs 1–11/1[...]

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    Specifications MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 78 ■ Input Specifications Where 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms and 0 dBV= 1 Vr ms * Sensitivity : The lowest lev el that will produce an output of +4 dB (1.23 V), or the nominal output le vel when the unit is set to the maximum le vel. (All faders and le vel controls are at their maximum positi[...]

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    Reference Specifications MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 79 ■ Dimensional Diagrams (MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C) ■ Rack Mounting To mount the MG mixer , it requires 12U of rac k space. If the MG mixer is to be mounted with devices that tend to generate heat, suc h as power amplifiers, be sure to install ventilation panels to prevent high temp[...]

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    Specifications MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual Reference 80 ■ Block Dia gram and Level Dia gram (MG206C) AUX SEND 1 [+4dBu] L MONITOR OUT [+4dBu] R PHONES [3mW,40ohms] R L YE CH Fader [-10dBu] BA RE +48V PHANTOM MIC [-60 to -16dBu] [-34 to +10dBu] [-34 to +10dBu] LINE R LINE L/MONO A UX1 [-6dBu] TH+GAIN COMP CH1 to 8 LED Meter SUM DR A UX2[...]

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    Reference Specifications MG206C/MG166CX/MG166C Owner’s Manual 81 ■ Block Dia gram and Level Dia gram (MG166CX/MG166C) BA [-10dBu] L R 2TR IN [-10dBV] [-7.8dBu] Hi Mid Hi Mid Lo Hi G Mid G Lo G [-34 to +10dBu] HPF HPF [0dBu] HPF REC OUT R L INV [0dBu] TO ST GROUP Fader GROUP Fader 1 GROUP OUT [+4dBu] 2 STEREO Fader STEREO OUT [+4dBu] R L [0dBu] [...]

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    CANAD A Y amaha Canada Music Ltd. 135 Milner A venue, Scarborough, Ontario, M1S 3R1, Canada T el: 416-298-1311 U .S.A. Y amaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe A ve., Buena Park, Calif. 90620, U.S.A. T el: 714-522-9011 MEXICO Y amaha de México S.A. de C.V . Calz. Javier Rojo Gómez #1149, Col. Guadalupe del Moral C.P . 09300, México, D.F [...]

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    Y amaha Pro Audio global web site: http://www .yamahaproaudio.com/ Y amaha Manual Library http://www .yamaha.co.jp/manual/ U .R.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Y amaha Corporation © 2007 Y amaha Corporation WJ74360 703POAP7.3-01A0 Printed in China[...]