Instruction manual
80 Concerto — Instruction Manual
Section 2 — Installation
Table 40 contains pinout information for the Input and Output connectors 
on the Balanced 50 Pin D Digital Audio 
(AES) Backplane.
Table 40. AES Audio Input/Output 50 Pin D Connector Pinouts
Input/Output D Connector
AES Audio
Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function
50 Pin D Female
1
17
33
50
18
34
Use 110 Ohm Shielded Twisted 
Pair Cable
1 Ground 18 1- 34 1+
2 2+ 19 2- 35 Ground
3 Ground 20 3- 36 3+
4 4+ 21 4- 37 Ground
5 Ground 22 5- 38 5+
6 6+ 23 6- 39 Ground
7 Ground 24 7- 40 7+
8 8+ 25 8- 41 Ground
9 Ground 26 9- 42 9+
10 10+ 27 10- 43 Ground
11 Ground 28 11- 44 11+
12 12+ 29 12- 45 Ground
13 Ground 30 13- 46 13+
14 14+ 31 14- 47 Ground
15 Ground 32 15- 48 15+
16 16+ 33 16- 49 Ground
17 - - - 50 -
Figure 46 shows the pinouts for Inputs and Outputs using terminal block 
connectors on the Analog Audio and AES Audio backplanes.
Figure 45. Terminal Block Inputs and Outputs Pinouts
A 29 B
A+, A-, GND, B+, B-, GND
29 30
29+, 29-, GND, 30+, 30-, GND
Analog Audio Digital Audio
Figure 46 shows the pinouts for Monitoring using terminal block connec-
tors on the Analog Audio and AES Audio backplanes.
Figure 46. Terminal Block Monitor Pinouts
A B
A+, A-, GND, B+, B-, GND
IN OUT
IN+, IN-, GND, OUT+, OUT-, GND
Analog Audio Digital Audio










