Important Notice; Precautions; Introduction - Ecler DAC161 Notice D'utilisation

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE

Congratulations! You are the owner of a carefully designed and manufactured equipment.
We thank you for having purchased our DAC161 distribution unit.
It is VERY IMPORTANT that you read this manual before connecting the distribution unit in
order to obtain its maximum performance.
We recommend our authorised Technical Services whenever any maintenance task
should be needed so that optimum performance shall be achieved.

1.1. Precautions

This apparatus must be earthed through its mains cable.
Do not expose the unit to rain or water splashes, and do not place liquid containers or
incandescent objects like candles on top of the unit.
Any change in the configuration of the unit must be carried out by a qualified technician. Should any
connection / disconnection task be done, always disconnect the unit from the mains supply.
There are no user serviceable parts inside the unit.

2. INTRODUCTION

The DAC161 is a configurable distribution unit/mixer with a main input (mono/stereo
switchable), a main output (mono/stereo switchable) and six channels that can be configurated as
input or output ways from the back panel. So, the same machine can be configured as a distribution
unit with one stereo input and six stereo outputs or three stereo inputs and four stereo outputs, two
and five...
All the inputs and outputs have an independent gain adjustment and the outputs can be
completely turned off by wholly turning the potentiometers in anticlockwise sense.
A MONITOR output is provided for headphones.
The DAC161 has been designed with the most suitable components in order to obtain the
lowest background noise (integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, voltage regulators...) and also
criteria on diverse aspects such as circuit design, wiring, placement of the components, etc have
been applied to obtain an excellent signal to noise ratio.
The unit has been designed to avoid any distortion due to saturation in the amplifying path
unless the controls are incorrectly set.
All these characteristics make the DAC161 the most suitable unit for audio signal
distribution whether a live performance or a studio application is needed.
In this instruction manual you will find a detailed description of each part of the distribution
unit/mixer, the main characteristics, technical information and diagrams.
We hope that this manual will be useful and will help to a good installation and operation of
ECLER's DAC161.
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