Samson MDR1248, Owner'S Manual

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Front and Rear Panel Layout

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FRONT PANEL CONTROLS  - continued

    LEVEL control (35) to set the volume.

 42   POWER LED

 – Indicates the MDR1248 or MDR1688 is 

powered up.

 43   PHANTOM LED

 – Indicates that the 48 Volt Phantom 

Power is on.

 44   MAIN MIX

 – Routes the Left / Right MAIN MIX bus to 

the CONTROL ROOM / PHONES outputs. Use the Left 

/ Right MAIN MIX Level faders (58) and PHONES level 

fader (59) to set the volume.

 45   ALT 3/4

 – Routes the ALT 3/4 bus to the CONTROL 

ROOM / PHONES outputs. Use the ALT3/4 Level (55) 

and PHONES level fader (59) to set the volume.

 46   2 TRK IN

 – Routes the Left / Right 2 track input to the 

CONTROL ROOM / PHONES outputs. Use the 2 TRK 

LEVEL control (35) and PHONES level fader (59) to set 

the volume.

 47    OUTPUT METER

 - Twelve segment LED display with 

VU ballistics indicates main Mix level.

 48   LEVEL SET LED

 – When an input channel is in SOLO, 

this indicator will illuminate to show that the chan-

nel’s input gain level is displayed on the Main Level 

Meter.

 49   BALANCE

 – Controls the channel’s position between 

left and right of the stereo inputs.

REAR PANEL

  A   POWER

 – Switches on the MDR1248 and MDR1688’s main 

power.

  B   PHANTOM

 – Engages the 48-Volt Phantom power supply to 

microphone pre-amps.

 C

 AC ADAPTOR INLET

 – Connect External AC power supply 

here.

 50

   AUX  RETURN 1

 – Used to mix in the level of AUX 

Return 1.

51   AUX  RETURN 2

 – Used to mix in the level of AUX 

Return 2.

 52   AUX RETURN 2 TO AUX 1

  - Switch used to route AUX 

RETURN 2 into the AUX 1 output so that effects can be 

heard in the monitor mix.

 53   AUX SEND 1

 – Control knob used to set the master 

level of the AUX1 SEND.

 54   AUX SEND 2

  – Control knob used to set the master 

level of the AUX2 SEND.

 55   ALT 3/4 LEVEL

 – Control knob used to set the level of 

the ALT 3/4 bus.

 56   SOLO LED

 – Indicates that one or more channels are 

assigned to the SOLO bus.

 57   SOLO MODE

 – Selects the SOLO mode from AFL (After 

Fader Level) when the switch is pressed in, and PFL 

(Pre Fader Level) when the switch is pressed out.

 58   MAIN LEVEL

 faders – Used to control the overall vol-

ume of the Left and Right main Mix output

 59   CONTROL ROOM / PHONES fader

 – Adjusts the 

volume of the control room speakers and/or head-

phones.