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Caution

WARNING: LISTENING TO AUDIO AT EXCESSIVE VOLUMES CAN CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGE. REDUCE VOLUME AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

A headphone volume limiter can be employed to protect hearing when monitoring loud sources and/or when using low impedance headphones. To configure this:

 

1.Press the HOME home-icon button to return to the Home screen, then tap Audio Audio.

2.Tap Headphones headphones.

3.Tap Headphone Volume Limiter to toggle between enabling and disabling this feature.

 

Adjust Headphone Levels

The codec has three 6.35mm (1/4") RTS stereo headphone outputs (HP 1-3) for monitoring inputs and return program audio. Use the green headphone HP 1-3 rotary encoders to adjust the headphone level for each headphone output.

 

Adjust Headphone Monitoring Settings

1.Press the SOURCE button on inputs 1-3 to display the headphone monitoring screen for each headphone output.

 

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2.To monitor different audio sources tap on the TOUCH SCREEN to select or deselect an audio crosspoint, or use the NAVIGATION buttons to focus on a crosspoint and press the OK button to select or deselect an audio crosspoint. Changes not yet saved as a custom headphone mix are displayed in orange. Runtime changes are audible in real-time and persist if the unit is powered down and rebooted. These routing changes are also reflected in the Matrix Editor, which displays all input/output routing in the codec.

 

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3.Adjust the Send & Return Balance slider to change the Send and Return audio headphone balance. Each headphone output has individual controls. This doesn't affect the level of the audio transmitted or received, only the local headphone monitoring level of audio sent from the codec and received.

 

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Important Note: When the audio menu is enabled in administrator mode it is possible to configure the headphone mix via the Headphone headphones menu. Select Home screen > Audio Audio > Headphones headphones. Then tap Headphone Settings for each headphone output and select the preferred headphone mix.

 

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Save & Edit a Custom Headphone Mix

The codec supports saving and recalling custom headphone mixes configured for specific users and events. A custom headphone mix includes matrix crosspoint routing and Send and Return balance settings.To save edits to current headphone settings, or a custom headphone mix:

 

1.Press the SOURCE button on inputs 1-3 to display the headphone monitoring screen for a headphone output.

2.Tap Menu Hamburger menu and then Save as.

 

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2.Enter a custom headphone mix name and tap Done.

 

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3.The custom mix will be saved and loaded and is displayed in the Headphone screen.

 

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Important Note: The mix displayed for Headphone 1-3 also reflects the loaded mix in the Matrix Editor. If you create custom headphone mixes, save them, and then save the overall mix in the Matrix Editor. All the custom headphone mixes and their Send/Return balance settings are also saved along with other codec routing settings.

 

Load a Custom Headphone Mix

To load a saved custom headphone mix:

 

1.Press the SOURCE button to display the headphone monitoring screen.

2.Tap Menu Hamburger menu and then tap Browse.

 

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3.Tap Load and then tap to select a custom mix to load. Note: When you load a custom headphone mix the Matrix Editor will be adjusted based on the headphone mix loaded. Any edits to the Matrix Editor are displayed in orange.

 

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Reset Headphone Mix Settings

There are two options for resetting headphone matrix settings.

 

1.Press the SOURCE button to display the headphone monitoring screen.

2.Tap Menu Hamburger menu and then either:

a.Tap Reset Mix to reset routing to the matrix editor's headphone mix settings. This will unload a custom headphone mix and clear any runtime changes.

b.Tap Undo changes to reset any runtime changes made to matrix editor headphone settings, or a custom headphone mix.

 

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Important Note: The following scenarios lead to the same result:

1.Reset Mix.

2.Undo Changes when no custom headphones are loaded.