Klark Teknik DN3698 Owner's manual

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CONTENTS
After you have unpacked the unit 2
INTRODUCTION 3
Operation/Connection 3
Battery Power 3
External Power Supply 4
Battery Charge 4
INSTRUMENT FAMILIARISATION 5
Display 5
Thumb Wheels 5
Frequency Keys 5
Mix Key pad 5
Functions Keys 6
-Solo Mode 6
-Rotary Swap 6
-Stereo Link 6
-Morphing 6
-RS232 Comms 6
-Solo Safe 7
Curve Fader 8
Gain 8
Flat 8
More EQ in/out 8
Hi-Pass 8
Notch -18
Compare 8
Auto Gain 9
Bypass 9
Q10
Lo -Pass 10
Notch -210
Memory key pad 10
Save 11
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Afteryou have unpacked the unit:
Save all the packing materials -they will prove valuable should it become necessary to
transport or ship this product.
Please inspect this unit carefully for any signs ofdamage incurred during transportation.
It has undergone stringent quality control inspection and tests prior to packing and left
the factory in perfect condition.
If, however, the unit shows any signs of damage, notify the transportation company
without delay. Only you, the consignee, may institute aclaim against the carrier for
damage during transportation.
If necessary, contact your supplier or as alast resort, your Klark Teknik importing
agent, who will fully co-operate under such circumstances.
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INTRODUCTION
The Klark Teknik DN3698 is arugged, portable, hand held remote control unit for
the Klark Teknik DN3600 Programmable Graphic Equalisers and the DN3601 Pro-
grammable Slave Equalisers. It allows fast access to all the parameters and functions
of up to 49 graphic equalisers (98 channels) from asingle, enhanced control surface.
Operation/Connection
Switch the unit on and off by pressing the power switch on the rear panel.
Connection
The DN3698 can be connected to aPro-MIDI loop of mixed DN3600 and DN360I
(see DN3600/3601 manual) units in one of 3ways:
Connect the DN3698 unit into the Pro-MIDI loop as if it were aDN3600, using
the Pro-MIDI in and out connectors on the rear panel. Cable length should not
exceed 15 metres, unit to unit.
Connect the DN3698 unit to the optional, rack mounted Docking Station via the
5-pin XLR connector on the back panel, using the special 5-pin XLR cable pro-
vided. Cable length should not exceed 100 metres. Connect the Docking Station
into the Pro-MIDI loop as if it were aDN3600, using the Pro-MIDI in and out
connectors on the rear panel.
Use the optional wireless link between DN3698 unit and Docking Station. See
wireless link manual for details.
Battery Power
The DN3698 is powered in operation by 4rechargeable Ni-Cad “D” cells. Should
they need replacing, they can be accessed via the quick release battery covers on
either side ofthe unit. Use acoin to release the covers. Klark Teknik endorse the use
of no cells other than those supplied with the DN3698 unit or by Klark Teknik, and
accept no responsibility for loss, damage or personal injury due to use of incorrect
battery cells.
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External Power Supply
The DN3698 can also be powered in operation from the supplied power supply unit.
This will work from between 90 and 250 volts ac and at 50 to 60Hz and requires an
lEC type mains lead /line cord. The primary function ofthe power supply unit is to
drive the internal battery charger in the DN3698. Charging takes place automatically
when the PSU is connected to the unit and takes approximately 2hours. Klark Teknik
endorse the use of no power supply unit other than that supplied with the DN3698
unit or by Klark Teknik, and accept no responsibility for loss, damage or personal
injury due to use of any other power supply unit.
Battery Charge
Battery life is up to 6hours on one charge. Full battery recharge takes approximately
2hours. The DN3698 is equipped with an intelligent battery management system,
designed to avoid the problems of “memory effect” often encountered with recharge-
able Ni-Cad cells. The unit will warn if low battery charge via the “Battery Low”
indicator light. If the “Recharge Now“ indicator also lights, together with its on-
screen warning, you must power the unit from the mains supply now in order to
continue working. When recharging, the “Recharge Now” indicator alone is lit.
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INSTRUMENT FAMILIARISATION
1. Display
The DN3698 incorporates abacklit, 480x64 dot matrix LCD screen to display infor-
mation to the user. The display contrast can be adjusted via apreset, reached through
asmall access hole in the rear panel.
The display normally shows 30 faders, representing the faders of whichever Mix is
being addressed -see “Mix Key pad” below. Any fader that is selected for adjustment
is highlighted, and its frequency and level are shown in text form at the top ofthe
display.
2. Thumb Wheels
The thumb wheels are used for selecting and adjusting faders. As adefault, the left
thumb wheel is for frequency and is used to cycle through the 30 faders. The right
thumb wheel is used to adjust the level of the selected fader up and down. Each fader
has a range of +/-12dB in 'AdB steps. Faders move up in YzdB steps, down in IdB
steps.
The thumb wheel functions can be swapped over -for left handed users, for example -
so that left is fader level; right is fader selection. See “Functions” below.
3. Frequency Keys
Faders can also be selected by pressing the appropriate frequency keys. Arange of
adjacent faders can be selected by pressing two keys at the same time, at either end of
the desired range. If arange of faders is selected, the level readout shows an average
level for the range.
4. Mix Key pad
Although the DN3600 and DN3601 units under control are dual channel devices, the
DN3698 treats the system as independent, single channel equalisers, each referred to
as a“Mix”. Six connected units, therefore, would be treated as 12 separate Mixes.
Unit 1, channel Awould be Mix 1; Unit 1, channel Bwould be Mix 2; Unit 2, chan-
nel Awould be Mix 3; Unit 3, channel Awould be Mix 5etc. The DN3698 can
connect to 49 DN360x units, giving control of 98 separate Mixes.
To select aMix for adjustment, just dial in its number on the Mix key pad. The
DN3698 takes afew moments to pull in the settings from the equaliser, and the Mix
number will be shown by the red numeric display. The LCD display now shows all
the settings of the selected Mix. Now you can adjust the faders or whatever. To
select another Mix for adjustment, just dial in the number.
To address all the Mixes at once and make aglobal change, dial in 99. Mix 99 is
known as “Global”.
It is possible at any time to deselect the current mix and lock the remote, useful just
prior to power down, and for setting up a“scratch-pad” mix. This will allow a“vir-
tual” mix to be created without affecting any “real” mixes, and then copied to the
desired “real” mixes when required. To enable this feature, just press “0” on the Mix
key pad when the main fader screen is displayed. Confirmation of this is given by a
window displaying the type of connection currently used, the Mix number displaying
“00” and the number of Mixes available being shown on the top line of the display.
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5. Functions Key
Press the functions key to bring up anumber of configuration type items for adjust-
ment. Two pages of functions are available, and are selected by moving either thumb
wheel up for page 1and down for page 2.
Page 1: Solo Mode
When solo mode is on, all Mixes are muted apart from the selected Mix, When you
dial in another mix, the old Mix will be muted, and the new Mix will un-muted. The
un-selected mixes will continue to be muted until you switch solo mode off Linked
pairs of Mixes will un-mute together if selected.
After pressing “Functions”, press any frequency key under the Solo Mode window to
turn solo mode on or off Now press “Functions” again to return to normal opera-
tion. If you have switched solo mode on, the DN3698 scans all the connected units
to collect their gain settings. This takes about 500 milliseconds per Mix. Awindow
appears on the display to inform you that this is happening. Holding the “Functions”
key during solo set-up will abort the operation. The red Mix number display flashes
and an Icon appears on the display to show if Solo mode is on.
Page 1: Rotary Swap
After pressing “Functions”, press any frequency key under the Rotary Swap window
to swap the Thumb Wheel functions over. Amoving LED next to the appropriate
thumb wheel shows which one is assigned to level. Press “Functions” again to return
to normal operation.
Page 1: Stereo Link
It is possible to link Mixes within aunit so that they operate together as astereo pair.
Press any frequency key under the Stereo Link window to toggle this function. Press
“Functions” to return to normal operation. If linkage has been enabled, awindow will
briefly appear displaying the message “Mixes nn and nn are Linked!”. This will hap-
pen every time either Mix of the pair is selected.
Page 2: Morphing
To allow settings from one mix to be gradually copied to another Mix (or apair, or
globally), amorphing option can be enabled which will introduce fader and gain
changes slowly when “Compare” is pressed. Two speeds are selectable, by pressing
any frequency key below the Morphing window. If enabled, when “Compare” is
pressed, awindow appears together with a“Progress Indicator” giving feedback of
how long the “morph” will take. The closer the two curves are to each other, the
quicker the “morph”. The process can be stopped at any point by holding the “Func-
tions” key.
Page 2: RS232 Comnts
To allow two wireless systems to operate on the same frequency at the same time,
two channels are available when using the 5pin XLR connector. This setting does
not affect operation via the 3-pin XLR connectors. Select either the “<F1> RED”
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channel or the “<F2> GRN” channel by pressing any frequency key below the win-
dow. If this channel is available, and communication is occurring via the 5-pin XLR
the new channel will be used, with the same Mix selected as was on the other channel.
If the channel cannot be found, awindow will appear after eight seconds detailing the
error, and the previous channel will be used. If aMix on the new channel is requested
that does not exist (i .e. if the channels have different numbers of Mixes available) a
window will warn of this, and the “scratch-pad” Mix will be automatically selected.
The current communication channel is displayed on the main screen as an Icon -
“Midi” for the 3-pin XLRs, “Grn” for the green docking station channel, and “Red”
for the red docking station channel. For details of how to select the docking station
channel please consult its manual.
Page 2: Solo Safe
Enabling the solo safe function will prevent inadvertent operation ofthe solo function.
When enabled, it is always possible to exit solo mode, but impossible to re-enter solo
mode. Select this function by pressing any frequency key under the window.
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6. Curve/Fader
Press “Curve/Fader” to select or deselect the curve display. The curve display is not
an estimation. It is an accurate calculation of the frequency response of the selected
Mix, derived from the fader positions, lo and hi-pass filter positions, notch filter
positions and overall gain of the Mix, and is updated in real time.
7. Gain
Press “Gain” to select the overall gain of the Mix for adjustment. Then adjust it with
either thumb wheel. The gain is adjustable between +6 and -18dB. Below -18dB, the
Mix is muted. An Icon appears on the display if the Mix is muted. Press again, or
any other key, to deselect gain.
8. Flat
Press “Flat” to flatten -i.e. set to OdB -the selected fader(s). The whole Mix can be
flattened by selecting all the faders (press the first and the last frequency key together)
and pressing “Flat”. Note that if only asingle fader is selected, pressing “Flat” will
reset the fader immediately. If more than one fader is selected, awarning and count-
down occurs, allowing the key to be released.
9. More EQ in/out
Each Mix is equipped with extra EQ filters in addition to the 30 graphic faders. This
includes alo-pass filter, ahi-pass filter and two notch filters.
Press “More EQ” to activate or deactivate the extra EQ filters on the selected Mix.
An Icon appears on the display when the More EQ is in circuit.
10. Hi-Pass
Press “Hi-pass” to select the hi-pass filter for adjustment. The frequency can be
adjusted with either thumb wheel as usual. Frequency of the hi-pass filter is displayed
in awindow on the LCD screen. Press again, or any other key, to deselect hi-pass.
11. Notch-1
Press “Notch- 1” to select the first notch filter for adjustment. The frequency and
level can be adjusted with the thumb wheels as usual. In addition, the frequency keys
beneath the display can be used to quickly position the notch at third octave frequen-
cies, fine tuning the frequency with the thumb wheel. Frequency and level of the
notch filter are displayed in awindow on the LCD screen. Press again, or any other
(non-frequency) key to deselect Notch- 1
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12. Compare
Press “Compare” to flip the Mix from the current settings back to apreset reference
point. Press “Compare” again to return to the current settings. The preset reference
point is usually the last memory that was recalled for the selected Mix. You can set a
new reference point, however, by re-selecting the current Mix. Pressing the “Flat”
key will also update the “Compare” memory, allowing this action to be undone.
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Copy
The compare function can be used to copy the settings from one mix to another. To
copy aMix under all circumstances, proceed as follows.
1) Select the ‘from’ mix by typing in the Mix number.
2) Select the ‘to’ Mix by typing in the Mix number.
3) Press and hold the ‘Compare’ key.
Dependant on the setting of the morphing option (functions page 2) the Mix will
then either copy immediately or morphing will commence.
An additional (optional) stage in the process allows Mixes to be selected, then ad-
justed without aiTecting the original or the destination, and then copied to the
destination. This allows, for example, gain or ‘more eq.’ changes that are not re-
quired in the copy to be adjusted/removed prior to the transmission of the copied
settings.
The procedure is as follows.
1) Select the ‘from’ Mix by typing in the Mix number.
2) Select the ‘scratch-pad’ Mix by typing ‘0’ for the Mix.
This will de-select all the units and confirm the communication link with a
window as before.
3) Adjust the Mix as required -no transmission of settings is occurring at this
stage.
4) Save these new settings (locally) by pressing the “save” key. The
‘>Compare<‘ icon will briefly appear to confirm this.
5) Select the 'to' Mix by typing in the Mix number.
6) Press and hold the 'Compare' key.
Dependant on the setting of the morphing option (functions page 2) the Mix will then
either copy immediately or morphing will commence.
13. Auto Gain
Press “Auto Gain” to switch on or off the Auto Gain function for the selected Mix.
With Auto Gain on, the Gain control of the Mix is adjusted automatically as you
adjust the faders, in order to maintain unity gain through the equaliser. An Icon on
the display appears if an adjustment is made automatically.
14. Bypass
Press “Bypass” to bypass or un-bypass the selected Mix. An Icon appears on the
display if the Mix is bypassed.
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