User Manual

DL16S • DL32S Owner’s Manual
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Chapter 3 : DL6S and DL32S Front Panel
Introduction
Each DL6S and DL32S mixer is oufitted with one /4" phones output jack (and corresponding phones knob),
a USB interface slot to stream multichannel audio to and from, an external Ethernet connector slot, a built-in
Wi-Fi antenna and power and Wi-Fi LEDs.
The DL6S has 8 XLR input jacks, 8 combo input jacks and 8 XLR output jacks, while the DL32S has 6 XLR input jacks,
6 combo input jacks and 0 XLR output jacks. Let’s take a look at each of these features, starting with the inputs.
XLR and /4" Inputs
All channels may accept a balanced mic or line-level signal using an XLR connector.
They are wired as follows, according to standards specified by the AES (Audio Engineering Society).
XLR Balanced Wiring:
Pin  = Shield (ground)
Pin 2 = Positive (+ or hot)
Pin 3 = Negative (– or cold)
In addition to accepting balanced mic or line-level signals using an XLR connector, channels 9-6 [DL6S] • channels 7-32
[DL32S] may also accept /4" line-level signals driven by balanced or unbalanced sources.
To connect balanced lines to these inputs, use a /4" Tip-Ring-Sleeve (TRS) plug. “TRS” stands for Tip-Ring-Sleeve, the three
connection points available on a stereo /4" or balanced phone jack or plug. TRS jacks and plugs are used for balanced signals
and stereo headphones and are wired as follows:
/4" TRS Balanced Mono Wiring:
Sleeve = Shield
Tip = Hot (+)
Ring = Cold (–)
2
3
1
SHIELD
COLD
HOT
SHIELD
COLD
HOT
3
2
1
SLEEVE
TIP
SLEEVE
TIP
RING
RING
TIP
SLEEVERING