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CARVIN MX640/MX842 Powered Mixers OPERATION MANUAL Manual No. 96-00842 Revision 1.0 12340 World Trade Drive., San Diego, CA 92128 800-854-2235
CARVIN MX640/MX842 Powered Mixers OPERATION MANUAL Manual No. 96-00842 Revision 1.0 12340 World Trade Drive., San Diego, CA 92128 800-854-2235
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...servicing of your order. 1-1 If you determine (after allowing an appropriate amount of your order to arrive before inquiring. MX640/MX842 Your New Mixer Section 1 Receiving Inspection INSPECT YOUR MIXER AND THE SHIPPING CARTON FOR ANY DAMAGE which may be that you find some items missing it may have not received...company will be required for the rest of time) you have occurred during shipment. If you receive all the items you ordered, please call CARVIN in order that we may file a tracer and take the proper steps to re-ship your unit during shipping. In the event you ...
...servicing of your order. 1-1 If you determine (after allowing an appropriate amount of your order to arrive before inquiring. MX640/MX842 Your New Mixer Section 1 Receiving Inspection INSPECT YOUR MIXER AND THE SHIPPING CARTON FOR ANY DAMAGE which may be that you find some items missing it may have not received...company will be required for the rest of time) you have occurred during shipment. If you receive all the items you ordered, please call CARVIN in order that we may file a tracer and take the proper steps to re-ship your unit during shipping. In the event you ...
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...buying a new or more sophisticated mixer. MX640/MX842 Your New Mixer Section 1 For the New Owner Congratulations on features or performance of the information you need to aid you may have . Your new MX640/MX842 series mixer demonstrates CARVIN's commitment to achieve truly professional results.... You'll find using our equipment while keeping a ready reference for CARVIN's recognition as a professional musician. We've attempted to ...
...buying a new or more sophisticated mixer. MX640/MX842 Your New Mixer Section 1 For the New Owner Congratulations on features or performance of the information you need to aid you may have . Your new MX640/MX842 series mixer demonstrates CARVIN's commitment to achieve truly professional results.... You'll find using our equipment while keeping a ready reference for CARVIN's recognition as a professional musician. We've attempted to ...
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... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Your New Mixer CONTENTS Description Your New Mixer Receiving Inspection For the New Owner Table of Contents Quick Start Up MX640 Detail Control Descriptions MX640 Channel Control Descriptions MX640 Master Control Descriptions MX640 Rear Control Descriptions MX842 Detail Control Descriptions MX842 Channel ... Descriptions MX842 Rear Control Descriptions Hookup Configurations/Diagrams Types of Cables Balanced and Unbalanced Wiring MX842 Speaker Hookups MX640 Speaker Hookups External Monitor/Amp Hookups Patch/Tape Hookups Effect Device Hookups Operating Your System Power Up Sequence ...
... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Your New Mixer CONTENTS Description Your New Mixer Receiving Inspection For the New Owner Table of Contents Quick Start Up MX640 Detail Control Descriptions MX640 Channel Control Descriptions MX640 Master Control Descriptions MX640 Rear Control Descriptions MX842 Detail Control Descriptions MX842 Channel ... Descriptions MX842 Rear Control Descriptions Hookup Configurations/Diagrams Types of Cables Balanced and Unbalanced Wiring MX842 Speaker Hookups MX640 Speaker Hookups External Monitor/Amp Hookups Patch/Tape Hookups Effect Device Hookups Operating Your System Power Up Sequence ...
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... controls-HI, LO, and the 9 Band Graphic EQ to their center off position. • Adjust all level controls of the mixer. MX640/MX842 Your New Mixer Section 1 Quick qtart I Iot GETTING STARTED QUICKLY If you're like most new owners, you're probably in a hurry to... Assign controls to their center (both L/R) position (MX842). It's important that the speaker impedance is circulating around the rear of the mixer has been exceeded. Change the fuse if necessary (listed on the bottom front. This will disengage the amplifiers from oscillatingathigh frequencies 2b) ...
... controls-HI, LO, and the 9 Band Graphic EQ to their center off position. • Adjust all level controls of the mixer. MX640/MX842 Your New Mixer Section 1 Quick qtart I Iot GETTING STARTED QUICKLY If you're like most new owners, you're probably in a hurry to... Assign controls to their center (both L/R) position (MX842). It's important that the speaker impedance is circulating around the rear of the mixer has been exceeded. Change the fuse if necessary (listed on the bottom front. This will disengage the amplifiers from oscillatingathigh frequencies 2b) ...
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...2 signal wires plus a shield-3 conductors total. These inputs utilize a standard 1/4" phone jack designed for wider tone compensation over typical mixers. These switches reduce the input gain by the channel LEVEL control. Engage this switch only when distortion is audible-input signal is ...SND 5 0' 10 EFF RTN 1 5 0' - '10 EFF RTN 2 5 10 TAPE IN 5 10 LINE OUT 5 0/''\10 MONITOR MAIN MON PROTECT O 0 5 0 10 MASTER O ED CARVIN MX640 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER GRAPHIC EQUALIZER B O 12 8 12 a 4 4 4 4 8 8 12 12 ® 125 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K C) 63 OUT.O. 6K IN a O O CONNECT ...
...2 signal wires plus a shield-3 conductors total. These inputs utilize a standard 1/4" phone jack designed for wider tone compensation over typical mixers. These switches reduce the input gain by the channel LEVEL control. Engage this switch only when distortion is audible-input signal is ...SND 5 0' 10 EFF RTN 1 5 0' - '10 EFF RTN 2 5 10 TAPE IN 5 10 LINE OUT 5 0/''\10 MONITOR MAIN MON PROTECT O 0 5 0 10 MASTER O ED CARVIN MX640 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER GRAPHIC EQUALIZER B O 12 8 12 a 4 4 4 4 8 8 12 12 ® 125 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K C) 63 OUT.O. 6K IN a O O CONNECT ...
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...raise the slider above the center position, you are effecting all sliders to send a mono signal and receive a stereo signal from the mixer section. Use the EQ in the 125 and 250 Hz range while high • feedback is set all frequencies. MASTER "PROTECT" LED... EFF SND level control. POWER "LED" - NOTE: This control should always be set at this will drastically alter your sound. MX640 System Master Controls 14 15 16 17 18 51 6 0 REV 10 5 CARVIN MX640 O T EFF 10 0 0 EFF 10 0 O 10 EFF SND 5 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER GRAPHIC EQUALIZER B EFF RTN 1 12 15Fil Ed.,' I t5HI ...
...raise the slider above the center position, you are effecting all sliders to send a mono signal and receive a stereo signal from the mixer section. Use the EQ in the 125 and 250 Hz range while high • feedback is set all frequencies. MASTER "PROTECT" LED... EFF SND level control. POWER "LED" - NOTE: This control should always be set at this will drastically alter your sound. MX640 System Master Controls 14 15 16 17 18 51 6 0 REV 10 5 CARVIN MX640 O T EFF 10 0 0 EFF 10 0 O 10 EFF SND 5 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER GRAPHIC EQUALIZER B EFF RTN 1 12 15Fil Ed.,' I t5HI ...
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... the same time for the input jack (This usually happens when using an instrument, keyboard, ETC.) NOTE: This eliminates over typical mixers. Connect a separate power amp to either the internal reverberation system or your effect(s) devices (via the 1/4" MONITOR jack on the ...8226; • 0' 10 UR EFF RTN 1 5 0' 10 UR EFF RTN 2 5 O 10 L/R TAPE IN 5 10 UR LINE OUT 5 O 10 MONITOR UR MON 0 PROTECT 0 0 5 O 10 MASTER 0 CARVIN MX842 O 2 a 4 0 4 2 0 63 12 8 4 4 8 12 $ 63 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER A 125 250 500 Il< 21< OUTII IN 0 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER B 25 250 500 1l< 2K OUTII IN za ...
... the same time for the input jack (This usually happens when using an instrument, keyboard, ETC.) NOTE: This eliminates over typical mixers. Connect a separate power amp to either the internal reverberation system or your effect(s) devices (via the 1/4" MONITOR jack on the ...8226; • 0' 10 UR EFF RTN 1 5 0' 10 UR EFF RTN 2 5 O 10 L/R TAPE IN 5 10 UR LINE OUT 5 O 10 MONITOR UR MON 0 PROTECT 0 0 5 O 10 MASTER 0 CARVIN MX842 O 2 a 4 0 4 2 0 63 12 8 4 4 8 12 $ 63 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER A 125 250 500 Il< 21< OUTII IN 0 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER B 25 250 500 1l< 2K OUTII IN za ...
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... FF SNIC? 10 OF EFF RTN t 5 O 10 UR EFF RTN 2 5 O 10 UR TAPE IN 5 0' '10 UR LINE OUT O t0 MONITOR L..44 MON PROTECT O MASTER 010 CARVIN MX842 OO 12 8 0 4 12 ® 63 Qo 12 8 0 4 4 8 12 63 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER A 12 4 12 25 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K 0 OUTla 61( IN ,r.t ... to this will drastically alter your over -driving. 3-1 18. The master PROTECT LED indicates that the internal relays have disengaged the amplifiers from the mixer. AMP 2 is the signal from the speaker output jacks on the front panel (or) to the very high treble. The master MONITOR level sends...
... FF SNIC? 10 OF EFF RTN t 5 O 10 UR EFF RTN 2 5 O 10 UR TAPE IN 5 0' '10 UR LINE OUT O t0 MONITOR L..44 MON PROTECT O MASTER 010 CARVIN MX842 OO 12 8 0 4 12 ® 63 Qo 12 8 0 4 4 8 12 63 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER A 12 4 12 25 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K 0 OUTla 61( IN ,r.t ... to this will drastically alter your over -driving. 3-1 18. The master PROTECT LED indicates that the internal relays have disengaged the amplifiers from the mixer. AMP 2 is the signal from the speaker output jacks on the front panel (or) to the very high treble. The master MONITOR level sends...
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DRIVE OR ANOTHER EFFECTS SEND. RETURN INPUT LEVEL CONTROL - SLEEVE MIXER SIGNAL OUTPUT FIG 14. OR MIXER OUTPUT, ETC. 4 - 5 PATCH CONNECTION TO INPUTS OF POWER AMPS POWER AMP INTERRUPT MX842 MASTER CONNECT LINE OUT UR MONITOR EFF SND UR EFF RTN 1 TAPE ...
DRIVE OR ANOTHER EFFECTS SEND. RETURN INPUT LEVEL CONTROL - SLEEVE MIXER SIGNAL OUTPUT FIG 14. OR MIXER OUTPUT, ETC. 4 - 5 PATCH CONNECTION TO INPUTS OF POWER AMPS POWER AMP INTERRUPT MX842 MASTER CONNECT LINE OUT UR MONITOR EFF SND UR EFF RTN 1 TAPE ...
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... at each channel (Left and Right) and be mounted ahead of your load impedance produced by the numerator (top number). On all CARVIN powered mixers the MINIMUM RECOMMENDED impedance is one of them is properly identified. It will typically be 8 ohms (852), 4 ohms (452), 3... spare them to expose your loudspeakers and possibly damaging the horn drivers. MX640/MX842 OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM SECTION 5 Operations 1) POWER UP SEQUENCE There is 4 ohms per amp (2 ohms for the MX640). Carvin's T33 portable speaker stand will prevent any excessive transient signals from listening...
... at each channel (Left and Right) and be mounted ahead of your load impedance produced by the numerator (top number). On all CARVIN powered mixers the MINIMUM RECOMMENDED impedance is one of them is properly identified. It will typically be 8 ohms (852), 4 ohms (452), 3... spare them to expose your loudspeakers and possibly damaging the horn drivers. MX640/MX842 OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM SECTION 5 Operations 1) POWER UP SEQUENCE There is 4 ohms per amp (2 ohms for the MX640). Carvin's T33 portable speaker stand will prevent any excessive transient signals from listening...
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... the same circuit you can use in your tool kit includes a generous assortment of connector adapters. Always keep your technical ability. MX640/MX842 OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM SECTION 5 Suggestions for Efficient Set-Up LIVE SOUND REINFORCEMENT At this list as a check list when it ... to assure the least amount of circuit overloading is very little maintenance required by CARVIN) is preventative. It's no fun scrambling to assemble interconnect cables when showtime is always the best way to your mixer well ventilated when using . Keep a minimum of 3 inches of your equipment...
... the same circuit you can use in your tool kit includes a generous assortment of connector adapters. Always keep your technical ability. MX640/MX842 OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM SECTION 5 Suggestions for Efficient Set-Up LIVE SOUND REINFORCEMENT At this list as a check list when it ... to assure the least amount of circuit overloading is very little maintenance required by CARVIN) is preventative. It's no fun scrambling to assemble interconnect cables when showtime is always the best way to your mixer well ventilated when using . Keep a minimum of 3 inches of your equipment...
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...improper servicing. If there are first returned for our inspection. Under the ONE YEAR WARRANTY, Carvin will ship parts pre-paid . This warranty is defective to repair your MX640/MX842 mixer. Pack the amp in lieu of all its products and specifications without notice or obligation.... CARVIN WILL NOT PAY FOR PARTS OR SERVICING OTHER THAN OUR OWN. MX640/MX842 WARRANTY AND SERVICE INFORMATION SECTION 7 Warranty ...
...improper servicing. If there are first returned for our inspection. Under the ONE YEAR WARRANTY, Carvin will ship parts pre-paid . This warranty is defective to repair your MX640/MX842 mixer. Pack the amp in lieu of all its products and specifications without notice or obligation.... CARVIN WILL NOT PAY FOR PARTS OR SERVICING OTHER THAN OUR OWN. MX640/MX842 WARRANTY AND SERVICE INFORMATION SECTION 7 Warranty ...