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User Manual
ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496
Ultra High-Precision Digital 24-Bit/96 kHz
Loudspeaker Management System
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2 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual Table of Contents Thank you ....................................................................... 2 Important Safety Instructions ...................................... 3 Legal Disclaimer ............................................................. 3 Limited Warranty ........................................................... 3 1. Introduction ............................................................... 5 2. Control Elements ..........................
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3 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized UNDERTAKING OR REPRESENTATION. THIS MANUAL Important Safety or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades IS COPYRIGHTED. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL MAY Instructions with one wider than the other. A grounding-type plug BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, blade or the third prong are provided for y
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4 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual “Support” at behringer. com. If your country is not • connection or operation of the unit in any way (3) This warranty does not detract from the seller’s listed, please check if your problem can be dealt with that does not comply with the technical or safety obligations in regard to any lack of conformity of the by our “Online Support” which may also be found under regulations applicable in the country where the product and any hidden defect. “Support” at
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5 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1.4 Online registration To operate a loudspeaker system that consists of several speakers for the various Please register your new BEHRINGER equipment right after your purchase frequency bands requires different input signals for the individual loudspeakers. by visiting http://behringer.com and read the terms and conditions of our This requires a frequency crossover network that devides the input signal into warranty carefully. several
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6 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 2.2 Rear panel (8) (7) (9) (6) (18) (22) (19) (20) (21) (10) (11) Fig. 2.4: Mains connector and RS-232/RS-485 interface Fig. 2.2: Menu buttons and data wheel (18) This is the FUSE HOLDER of your DCX2496. Blown fuses must be replaced by (6) Use these buttons to call up the DCX2496’s menus (e.g. SETUP, RECALL, etc.). a fuse of the same type and rating. The only exception is the COMPARE button, which allows you to compare the edits made with the previously s
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7 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 3. Quick Start Press the MUTE button to enter the MUTE menu. Here you can mute the inputs and outputs of the DCX2496. On this page you can mute or activate individual This chapter is for those who cannot wait to use their new DCX2496 in a practical channels by pressing the channel buttons (IN A/B/C and OUT 1-6), or all application. You will find a description of how you can explore your DCX2496 and inputs/outputs by pressing the PARAM and OK or CANCEL b
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8 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual Use the buttons to the left of the output LED displays (SETUP, MUTE etc.) to enter the various menus. Most of them include several pages, which you can select with the PAGE buttons. The PARAM button selects individual parameters from one page, the data wheel edits them. Confirm new settings with OK, or cancel your selection with CANCEL. This operating structure is the same for all menus so it will not be repeated in each section of the manual. The menu n
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9 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual The following link options (output configurations) are available: OUT MONO 123456 LINK-Activation Configuration 1. MONO (no stereo links) OUT Stereo Link OFF not available activated by enabling SHORT Delay 1 ➟ 2 ➟ 3 ➟ 4 ➟ 5 ➟ 6 “OUT STEREO-LINK” Link (Chassis) Sb ➟ L ➟ LM ➟ M ➟ HM ➟ H on SETUP-page 1/6 activated by LONG Delay Link 1 ➟ 2 ➟ 3 ➟ 4 ➟ 5 ➟ 6 enabling “LINK” on Fig. 4.4: Output configuration MONO (Loudspeakers) Sb ➟ L ➟ LM ➟ M ➟ HM ➟ H OUT-p
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10 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual When this function is On, the display provides a warning note that shows both In the AUTO-ALIGN sub-menu you can mute or open all outputs. Be sure that at the new link to be activated and the name of the inputs that will be overwritten least two outputs are open (UNMUTE OUTPUTS TO ALIGN), otherwise no delay (black field). Use the data wheel to edit the link to be activated (black field). values can be calculated, and a warning message will be displayed. Th
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11 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual Press OK or CANCEL to subsequently copy further pages in the same way. To lock a parameter page you must activate the PAGE LOCK function (ON). The unit will prompt you to enter a password. Use the data wheel to enter a ◊ Only similar pages with identical parameters can be copied. If you password with a maximum of 8 characters, and confirm your selection with OK. select a SOURCE PAGE that is not available in the DESTINATION CHANNEL, the display will read
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12 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual On this SETUP page you can activate the GLOBAL LOCK function (ON), 2. LINK (RS-485) enter a password, then confirm with OK. Now, if you try to edit any parameter, the display will prompt you to enter your password. The process follows the same logic as the PAGE LOCK routine. Fig. 4.27: Setup ➠ Miscellaneous Fig. 4.23: Setup ➠ Global Lock DCX2496 LINK (RS-485) = RS-485 ◊ Activating PAGE LOCK and/or GLOBAL LOCK auto matically locks all STORE DEVICE ID: 1 P
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13 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual Please use this mode on the first unit when several ULTRADRIVE PROs are linked You can delay either the IN A, B or C signal to compensate for arrival time to each other via LINK A and B, and the first unit in the chain is connected to a differences—resulting from offset stereo signals or so-called “delay lines” computer via the RS-232 interface. In this configuration, the last AND the first (“delay towers”). Activate the function with DELAY (ON) and select
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14 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 4.3.4 DYNAMIC EQ (FILTER) Settings As the DYNAMIC EQ is a highly complex module, its parameters are allocated to TYPE BP two pages—the FILTER and the DYNAMICS parameters pages. FREQ 1.00 kHz +15 dB > continuous line The DYNAMIC EQ influences a specific frequency range of the signal, depending GAIN 0 dB > broken line on the volume level. It can either boost or cut this frequency range, depending -15 dB > dotted line on the gain setting made by the user. I
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15 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual The following SUM pages are 100% identical to the IN A/B/C pages 2/5 to Use the TYPE parameter in the top left corner of the display to define the type 5/5 (see chapters 4.3.2 to 4.3.5)! of curve at the lower (left) slope. To define the upper (right) slope, use the TYPE parameter in the top right corner of the display. Both parameters are marked by 4.5 OUT 1-6 menu a curve symbol. Press one of the OUT 1-6 buttons to enter the OUTPUT menu of the respectiv
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16 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual The POLARITY parameter determines whether the phase of an output signal MUTE settings of any type can be made exclusively on this page. As soon as an is INVERTED or not (NORMAL)—just as if you had inverted the polarity of your input/output has been muted, the bottom red LED above the corresponding speakers. Use the PHASE parameter to adjust the precise phase position at the input/output button lights up. upper X-OVER frequency of the currently selected out
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17 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 4.8.1 INTERNAL/CARD Fig. 4.50: Store ➠ Delete/Format Fig. 4.46: Store ➠ Internal/Card Press OK to delete the preset. Locked presets cannot be deleted. In this menu, STORE TO selects the bank to which the preset is stored: INTERNAL or CARD. The window on the right-hand side lists the presets already stored in the internal memory or on a PCMCIA card. You can allocate a memory location to the preset, give it a NAME and overwrite an existing configuration o
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18 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 5. Audio Connections The BEHRINGER ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 has standard electronically balanced inputs and outputs. The circuit design has an automatic hum suppression with balanced signals and is able to operate, without problem, even at highest levels. Externally-induced mains hum etc. is thus efficiently suppressed. The servo-function, also automatic, recognizes the connection of unbalanced Fig. 4.55: Store ➠ Copy pin assignments and changes the nomi
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19 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 6.1 Stereo tri-amp operation Left Stereo output Right In A In B XENYX X2222USB Mixing Console Out 1 2 3 4 5 6 High (3) High (6) EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo power ampli er Mid (2) Mid (5) Low (1) Low (4) Loudspeaker left Loudspeaker right Fig. 6.1: Stereo 3-way operation Stereo Tri-Amp operation is one of the most popular applications. The stereo input signals (In A+B) are split up into three frequency bands per stereo side and then reproduced using the 6 outpu
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20 ULTRADRIVE PRO DCX2496 User Manual 6.2 Stereo bi-amp operation plus mono subwoofer Right Stereo output Left In A In B XENYX X2222USB Mixing console Outputs: 1 2 3 4 5 (6 is not used) High Left (2) Right (4) High Right (3) Mid Left (1) Mid EUROPOWER EP2000 Stereo power ampli er EUROLIVE B1800X PRO SUM (A + B) signal (5) Low Mono bass (ampli er mono bridged) Mono subwoofer Fig. 6.2: Stereo 2-way operation plus subwoofer Each driver (speaker diaphragm) of the two 2-way speaker cabinets is contr
