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User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28
p.5
p.5
Protected ins & outs
To complement the waterproof design, all audio sockets
are pointed toward Earth, the same direction that rain
falls. This concept has the notable side effect that no plugs
protrude from the sides; this allows third party designers to
build very narrow 'Made for Cantar' carts!
• The
SubD 15
(p.52) is used to connect CantaRem (p.48)
or a USB-PS2 keyboard adapter .
• The
SubD 25
(p.52) is the AES in/out connector which
can loop playback signals when in "REC&PLAY" mode.
• The
3/8” screw
is placed at the center of gravity
between three rubber pads, and is used to secure the Can-
tar onto a cart.
•The
weep
hole,
underneath the phone-jack socket, is a
drainage port for water that has entered through the phone-
jack.
•To
extract
the internal DVD/DVD-RAM burner, first remove
its lateral retaining screw, then use a pencil or tooth pick in
the DVD extractor hole to push the drive out of the Cantar
housing (see the DVD burner extraction arrows on the picture
below).
Description 2,
Firewire Timecode in/out
Headphones
Foldback
Mini XLR 3
Firewire cable
retainer
Ident label
AES
in/out
3/8" cart
holder
XLR 5
Line-out
phones’ jack
water exhaust
DVD bur
ner
extract
ion
SubD 15
'options'
Burner extraction
Please remember the following about the
FireWire
connection :
••
The
cable retainer screw
should be used at all times (use
gaff-tape if your Cantar is not equipped with it) to avoid intermit-
tent contact or sudden cable pull-out. A loose Firewire connection
can induce ‘bus hangs’ and can even stop recording on both the
external and internal disks.
••
DO NOT plug a cable into the Cantar Firewire socket
while it is powered.
The Firewire 6 socket that powers external
disks and burners has a HOT 12V pin in it. If the plug enters
at an angle, it will produce a short between the +12V pin and
the in/out pins and DESTROY the Cantar Firewire driver. Please
follow the HDD formatting instructions (p.36).
•• Only use
ferrite choke ring
equipped high quality Firewire
cables.
