audiowireless DADM226 User manual
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DADM226 Quick Setup Guide
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Introduction!
Audio!Wireless!Diversity!Antenna!Distribution!Module!
(DADM226)!consists!of!3!sections:!
A. Antenna!Distribution!Section!
B. Mast!Head!Amplifier!(MHA)!Powering!Section!
C. DC!power!distribution!Section!
A. Antenna!Distribution!Section!
This! section! includes! 2! x! 2! BNC! antenna! Inputs! and!
distributes!the!received!signal!to!2!x!6!SMA!RF!Output.!
The!RF!section!has!a!custom! designed!Band-Pass!Filter!to!
reject!the!unwanted!signals!outside!the!pass!band.!
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B. Mast!Head!Amplifier!(MHA)!Powering!Section!
Switchable! T-bias!may! be! used! to! power! in-line! antenna!
amplifiers! or!remote! antenna! booster! amplifiers! (active!
antennas)!to!compensate!long!antenna!extension!cables.!
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C. DC!Power!Distribution!Section!
This! section! includes! one! dc! input! connector!(Hirose)!
located! at! the! front! panel(green! LED! ON)! and! 3! x! DC!
Hirose!outputs!at!the!RHS! panel! (individually!switchable)!
to! power! Radio! Receivers! or! any! auxiliary! sound!
equipment.!
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Controls!and!Connectors!
Step-by-Step!Setup:!
1. Connect!the!Receivers!with!a!short!RF!link!
cable! to! “Antenna! A! Outputs”! and!
“Antenna!B!Outputs”!(SMA).!Care!should!
be! taken! so! that! Antenna! “A”! and! “B”!
outputs! are! connected!correctly!to! the!
corresponding!antenna! “A”! and! “B”!
inputs! on!the! Receivers! for! proper!
diversity!operation.!
2. Connect! the! antennas! with! a! short!
antenna! extension! cable! to! the! two! BNC!
Antenna!Input!connectors.!
3. Turn! ON/OFF!switch! to! ON! –! the! system!
is!ready!(GREEN!LED!ON).!
4. Use!the!UP!arrow!to!navigate!through!the!
menu!
5. “AW-RX! POWER”!select! ON!to! power!
“Audio! Wireless! or! Micron! receivers”!
through! antenna! inputs,! for! all! other!
receivers!this!function!MUST!be!OFF.!
6. “MHA! POWER”!activated! ON!to! power!
active!antenna!amplifiers!(RED!LED!ON)!
7. HIROSE! DC! POWER!activated!ON!for! dc-
distribution.!
DC!Power!Distribution!Section!
Control!Panel!with!OLED!Display!
Antenna!Distribution!Section!
MHA!Powering!!
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AUDIO!WIRELESS!–!DADM226!QUICK!SETUP!GUIDE!
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1.!WELCOME!PAGE!
The!GREEN!LED!and!the!“Welcome!Page”!will!be!displayed!when!the!unit!turned!ON.!
(the!“Welcome!Page”!is!displayed!and!the!“MHA!PWR”!RED!LED’s!!temporarily!flashes,!the!OLED!display!is!“ON”!for!3!
seconds!and! it! goes! into! sleep! mode,! if! the! master! switch! was! set! at! “OFF”! position)! when! the! dc! power! cable!
plugged!in.!
2.!INPUT!DC!VOLTS!
System!dc!input!volt!meter!
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3.!AW-RX!POWERING!
Audio!Wireless!and!Micron!receiver!powering!options!through!the!antenna!inputs.!
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Warning'
Other'brand'receivers,'“AW-RX'Powering”'1-6'should'be'OFF'
4.!MHA!POWERING!
MHA! power! may! be! activated! if! an! “In-Line! Antenna! Amplifier”! and/or! an! “Active! Antenna! Booster! Amplifier”! is!
used,!Antenna!“A”!and/or!“B”!can!be!activated!independently,!RED!LED!ON.!
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Warning'
a)Make'sure'that'MHA'switch'is'always'in'OFF'position'if'no'MHA'is'used.''
b)Do'not'turn'the'MHA' switch'OFF'when'a'MHA'is'in'use'(MHA'off'inline'will'act'as'an'attenuator'and'degrade'
system'performance)'
c) In' case' of' a' dc' short' at'the' Antenna' inputs' –' both' antenna'inputs' are' dc' short' circuit'protected,' to' resume'
normal'operation'turn'the'master'switch'ON/OFF'to're-set'the'internal'fuse'(no'need'to'replace'the'internal'dc'
fuse)'
5.!HIROSE!DC!POWERING!
The! 3-dc! Hirose! sockets! may! be! used! to! power! any! auxiliary! sound! equipment;! each! dc! output! can! be! activated!
individually,!each!dc!output!is!reverse!bias!and!overcurrent!protected.!
NOTE:'
Maximum' current'limit' is'total' of'2A'(a)' make'sure'that'the'dc' source' has' enough' current' capacity' (b)some' dc'
sources'have'internal'resettable'fuses'fitted'please'make'sure'that'current'limit'is'set'high'enough'so'that'it'does'
not'trip'at'turn'ON/OFF('surge'current).''
6.!LOCK!
The!unit!can!be!locked!in!two!ways:!
!LOCK!ON!(remains!enabled!after!dc!power!is!disconnected)!
!LOCK!SU!(automatically!disabled!after!dc!power!is!disconnected).!
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Use'the'UP'arrow'to'navigate'through'the'menu'
Use'the'SET'button'to'enter'the'sub-menus,'to'change'a'setting'(e.g.'ON/OFF)'and'to'save'any'configuration'
Audio!Wireless!Ltd,!Elstree!Studios,!Shenley!Road,!Borehamwood,!Hertfordshire!WD6!1JG,!United!Kingdom!
www.audiowireless.co.uk!!!!!!!Tel:!+(44)!0208!324!2375!!!!!!!!!email:!enquiry@audiowireless.co.uk!!!!!!V.0817.1!
