Monitor Station V2 Quick Start Guide Please review your Monitor Station V26 User Manual available at www.PreSonus.com for more information on proper operation and installation. English Español Deutsch Français ® www.presonus.
Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual 1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide 1 Getting Started 1.1 Quick Start Guide The Monitor Station V2 Quick Start Guide will help get your Monitor Station V2 integrated with your system as quickly as possible. These step-by-step instructions are based on a typical studio environment; your setup will depend on your needs and applications.
1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual 3. Connect the included power supply to the appropriate wall socket and then to the Monitor Station V2’s rear-panel power input. 4. Turn on the Monitor Station V2’s power by pressing the “|” symbol at the top of the Power switch. 1.1.2 Connecting Devices to the Monitor Station V2’s Inputs 1.
1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual Phone, personal music player, or other device with 1/8” stereo output. Connect the output to the rear-panel 1/8” Aux In jack using an unbalanced, stereo 1/8” cable. (With a phone or personal music player, the headphone jack is its output.) Analog audio device with RCA outputs. Connect the device’s outputs to the Monitor Station V2’s rear-panel unbalanced RCA AUX L/R IN jacks. Digital audio device with S/PDIF output.
1 1.1 Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual Getting Started Quick Start Guide 1.1.4 Setting the Output Level of Your Audio Sources Your audio sources sound their best through the Monitor Station V2 when their outputs are set correctly. To optimally set the output level of an audio source, the source should be able to produce a 1 kHz sine-wave test tone, either by playing one back or by generating it from an internal oscillator.
1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual 2. Connect your primary monitoring system (such as a pair of powered nearfield reference monitors) to the Monitor Station V2’s A L/R Speaker outputs. 3. If you have a second set of monitors, connect them to the Monitor Station V2’s B L/R Speaker outputs. 4. If you have a third pair of monitors or a subwoofer, connect them to the Monitor Station V2’s C L/R Speaker outputs.
1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual What You’ll Need Pink Noise. In the following steps, you’ll calibrate your speakers using 500 Hz to 2.5 kHz, bandwidth-limited pink noise at a level of -20 dBFS. (When calibrating a subwoofer, use 40 Hz to 80 Hz, bandwidth-limited pink noise.) Many DAWs include a tone generator that produces this type of pink noise and can be set to this level.
1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual 2. Zero the Monitor Station V2’s front-panel Main Output Level knob, the Cue Output knob, individual headphone Level knobs, and the rear-panel Speaker A Output trim by turning them fully counterclockwise. 3. Position your SPL-metering device as described above. monitors SPL meter 4. On the Monitor Station V2, press the ST1 Main Source and Speaker A Speaker Select buttons so they light.
1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual Calibrating Additional Speaker Systems Repeat the steps above for your other monitoring systems, making sure to zero each system’s Speaker Output trim in step 2 and pressing the appropriate speaker-system button in step 4. After you’ve set up additional monitoring systems, you can test your calibrations by playing audio through Speaker A only and then—making no other adjustments— toggling Speaker A off and Speaker B on.
1 1.1 Getting Started Quick Start Guide Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual 1.1.8 Connect the Cue Outputs In addition to the four individual amplified headphone jacks on its front panel, the Monitor Station V2 provides rear-panel Cue L/R Line Outputs that you can connect to a separate headphone amplifier. Their audio is selected using the front-panel Cue Source buttons, as described in Section 4.1.2. You can set their level using the front-panel Cue Output knob, as explained in Section 4.1.2.
1 1.2 Getting Started Basic Hookup Diagram 1.2 Basic Hookup Diagram Monitor Station V2 Owner’s Manual Here’s a typical Monitor Station V2 setup. In this example, the input sources are an audio interface, a CD player, a mobile phone, and a StudioLive AI-series mixer’s S/ PDIF digital output. Two monitoring systems for auditioning mixes are connected, along with a subwoofer. The Cue L/R outputs are connected to a headphonedistributing amplifier, and the Main L/R outputs are feeding a digital recorder.
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