Quick Start Guide

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1 Getting Started
1.1 Quick Start Guide
Monitor Station V2
Owner’s Manual
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. You can find and
download free test tone audio files from the internet if necessary.
When using a test tone, make sure there’s no processing—EQ, compression, reverb,
and so on—in your test tone’s audio path so the tone is as clean as possible.
1. Zero the Monitor Station V2’s front-panel Main Output Level knob, the Cue Output
knob, and the individual headphone Level knobs by turning them fully
counterclockwise.
2. Turn down the outputs of the primary audio source
connected to ST1 to their lowest setting.
3. From your primary audio source, play your 1 kHz sine-wave tone at a level of 0 dB.
4. On the Monitor Station V2, press the ST1 Main Source button
so that it lights to select the primary audio source; make sure
that no other Main Source buttons are turned on.
5. Turn up the output level control of your primary audio source until
the Monitor Station V2’s LED meter’s red 0 VU LED lights.
Reality vs. Unity Gain: The master output fader or knob on many audio devices
has a Unity Gain marking that shows the position at which the output’s level
isn’t being raised or lowered and is therefore at its optimal position. This is
usually marked as a “0” setting. If you find that the output setting of your audio
source needs to be way above or below its Unity Gain marking in order to light
the Monitor Station V2’s 0 VU LED, you may need to recalibrate the Monitor
Station V2’s LED meter to better accommodate the device. Adjust the meter’s
range as described in Section 2.1.3, then repeat steps 2-5 in this section.
6. For the audio sources connected to the ST2 and Aux Inputs, repeat
steps 2-5, selecting the appropriate source in step 4. (Ideally,
these devices also need to be able to produce a test tone.)
1.1.5 Connecting Speakers to the Monitor Station V2
1. Zero the Monitor Station V2’s front-panel Main Output Level knob and rear-panel
Speaker A Out trim by turning them fully counterclockwise.