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CONTENTS
AUX............................................................... 20
PRE ............................................................... 21
5/6 SHIFT ..................................................... 21
OUTPUT SECTION DESCRIPTION ............................ 22
MAIN L-R MIX FADER .................................... 22
VLZ MIX ARCHITECTURE ................................ 22
SUB FADERS*................................................. 22
ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX* ................................. 22
TAPE IN (LEVEL)*............................................ 23
TAPE TO MAIN MIX* ...................................... 23
SOURCE* ....................................................... 23
C-R/PHONES* ............................................... 23
MODE (NORMAL (AFL)/LEVEL SET (PFL))*....... 24
LEVEL SET LED* .............................................. 24
SOLO (LEVEL)* ............................................... 24
RUDE SOLO LIGHT.......................................... 24
METERS ......................................................... 25
AUX TALK ...................................................... 25
AUX SEND (MASTER)* ................................... 25
AUX SEND SOLO* .......................................... 26
AUX RETURNS (LEVEL) ................................... 26
EFFECTS TO MONITOR* ................................. 26
MAIN MIX TO SUBS (AUX RET 3)* ................. 26
1-2/3-4 (AUX RET 3)* .................................. 26
C-R/PHNS ONLY (AUX RET 4)*...................... 27
RETURNS SOLO.............................................. 27
CR1604-VLZ MODIFICATIONS ............................. 28
CR1604-VLZ BLOCK DIAGRAM ............................ 30
GAIN STRUCTURE DIAGRAM................................. 31
SPECIFICATIONS .................................................... 32
SERVICE INFO ....................................................... 33
APPENDIX: Glossary ............................................. 34
APPENDIX: Connections ......................................... 42
APPENDIX: Balanced Lines, Phantom Powering,
Grounding and Other Arcane Mysteries .................. 46
NEW! IMPROVED!
LOADED WITH
PROFESSIONAL FEATURES!
For those of you accustomed to the original,
classic CR-1604, do not be daunted by all the
new features — we added them just for you!
Asterisked items indicate features that we’ve
added to the New Improved CR1604-VLZ.
*
LEVEL-SETTING PROCEDURE.................................... 3
INSTANT MIXING .................................................... 3
HOOKUP DIAGRAMS .............................................. 6
CONVERTING TO RACKMOUNT MODE .................... 9
SWITCHING POSITIONS ................................... 9
PATCHBAY DESCRIPTION ......................................... 10
E-Z INTERFACE ............................................... 10
MIC/LINE INPUTS ON EVERY CHANNEL*......... 10
MIC INPUTS ................................................... 10
PHANTOM POWER ........................................ 10
LINE INPUTS .................................................. 11
TRIM ............................................................. 11
INSERT*......................................................... 11
DIRECT OUT* ................................................. 11
SPLIT MONITORING ....................................... 12
AUX SEND OUTPUTS ...................................... 12
EFFECTS: SERIAL OR PARALLEL? ..................... 13
AUX RETURN INPUTS..................................... 13
SUB OUTS* .................................................... 13
C-R OUTS (CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS)* .... 14
PHONES OUTPUT ........................................... 14
TAPE OUTPUT* .............................................. 14
TAPE INPUT* ................................................. 14
MAIN INSERT ................................................. 15
MAIN OUTS ................................................... 15
MONO OUTPUT ............................................. 15
MONO LEVEL* ............................................... 15
POWER CONNECTION .................................... 15
FUSE .............................................................. 15
POWER SWITCH ............................................ 16
POWER LED ................................................... 16
PHANTOM SWITCH ........................................ 16
PHANTOM LED*............................................. 16
BNC LAMP SOCKET ........................................ 16
CHANNEL STRIP DESCRIPTION .............................. 17
“U” LIKE UNITY GAIN .................................. 17
FADER ........................................................... 17
ASSIGN (1-2, 3-4, L-R)*................................ 17
SOLO ............................................................. 18
–20 (SOLO) LED*........................................... 18
OL (MUTE) LED*............................................. 18
MUTE............................................................. 19
PAN ............................................................... 19
3-BAND MID-SWEEP EQ* ............................... 19
LOW CUT* ..................................................... 20