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PHONIC CORPORATION RoadGear User's Manual
The RoadGear Mixer
The powered mixer provided with the RoadGear
package is equipped with 4 microphone and line
input jacks (3 on the RoadGear 160), as well as 2
stereo inputs (1 on the RoadGear 160), and a built in
effect processor boasting a 24-bit DSP. All this, plus
a basic 3-band system equalizer, ensures your audio
always sounds great, on the road.
Making a Connection
1. Microphone Input Jacks
These XLR jacks are for the input of low level
signal devices, most commonly, microphones.
For best performance, we suggest using the
microphones supplied with the RoadGear set,
however they can be used in conjunction with
any professional condenser, dynamic or ribbon
microphones with standard 3-pin XLR male
connectors.
2. Line Input Jack
These 1/4” TS phone jacks accept a wide range
of input line level devices, such as guitars and
keyboards. It can accept unbalanced sources,
however any microphones plugged into the
microphone input will not work when a line
device is attached to this system.
3. Stereo 1 and 2 Inputs
These inputs include 2 sets of jacks, one set
being standard stereo RCA jacks, the other
being stereo 1/4” TS phone jacks, and can be
used for the addition of certain playback devices,
such as CD players, cassettes, or DAT to the
mixer. The RCA and TS jacks can both be used
simultaneously; however, in some cases this is
unadvisable as the blending of audio may have
undesirable results. The audio fed into these
inputs is fed to the corresponding stereo input
mixing bus.
4. Tape Out
These outputs will accommodate RCA cables to
be fed to a variety of recording devices, such as
tape and digital recorders.
5. Effects (EFX) Out
These 1/4” TS outputs are the nal output from
the effects send mixing bus. This feed may be
used to connect to an amplier and speakers, or
to external digital effect processors. When using
external processors, the feed can be returned to
the Stereo AUX Return ports.
6. Foot Switch
This port allows the inclusion of a foot switch for
remote alteration of digital effect properties (on
or off).
7. Stereo AUX Return (St AUX Rtn)
These TS inputs connect the mixer with parallel
external devices, such as sub mixers or external
effect processors, receiving the processed
signal from another source and feeding it to the
main mixing bus.
8. Send and Return
These connectors allow external signal
processing devices to be connected to the built-in
power amplier. Devices that may be connected
to these jacks may include equalizers, external
effect processors, feedback silencers, and so
forth. It is important to keep unity in the send and
return signal levels of external devices, as to
ensure overloading of inputs does not occur.
