DIY PA SETUP

A step by step guide to setting up your very own Personal

Address system

STEP 1 - PLUGGING EVERYTHING IN!

Plug the Main Desk in to the mains

using the I.E.C. cable, then plug in

the speakers into the mains using

the I.E.C. cable

Plug the speakers into the

desk, using XLR cable

Connect the sound source (e.g. the

cd player) using a phono cable

(Phono to cd player, Audio Jack to

sound desk)

You must ensure that the right

outputs are connected to the

corresponding inputs (e.g. the left

output is connected to the left

input, and so on.

CD

Player

Output

/Input

Speaker

Inputs

/Outputs

STEP 2 – TURNING EVERYTHING ON.

Turn on the sound desk

FIRST, then the sound

source, then the speakers

(otherwise you will hear a

large ‘Popping’ noise)Sound

desk

Power

Switch

Sound

Source

(CD

Player)

Power

switch

Speaker

Power

Switch

(located on

back of

speaker

STEP 3 – OPERATING THE DESK

The channels should be turned on individually via the channel’s power switch.

Once the channel is on the Gain needs to be turned, the lights on the other end of the desk will build up a green row which will turn yellow and then red, the desk cannot be in red, it must be at the highest colour of yellow it can be before it turns red, this ensures the sound has maximum volume but isn’t distorted.

Use Pan to make sure the sound from each output corresponds to the correct speaker (e.g. turn the pan all the way to the left for the left speaker, all the way to the right for the right speaker and to the middle for both.

After this, turn the channel off and repeat for the other channels being used, once this is complete, switch all required channels on.

White

row is

Gain.

Green row is

EQ.

Red row is

Pan.

These

lights

should

be

Yellow

Channe

l Power

Switch

Fader

s

STEP 4 – COMPLETION

Use the ‘Master Fader’ (a red version of the fader seen on the previous slide) to raise the volume of all the channels.

Use the light grey faders for each channel to raise the channels individual volume.

Use the volume dial on the speakers to raise the volume on the speaker.

Speaker

Volume

ENJOY USING YOUR VERY OWN P.A. SYSTEM!