Manual

CABLING
The mains supply cord comes with the PowerMate. The quality of all other cables lies in your responsibility. Carefully
chosen high quality cables are the best precaution to prevent later problems during live operation. The following
wiring alternatives are recommended to provide a trouble free operation of your setup.
SPEAKER CABLES
From our experience as a manufacturer of loudspeaker systems we learned that flexible cables with a rubber jacket
and a diameter of 2.5mm
2
per conductor, used in combination with SPEAKON plugs and sockets, are the best choice
to guarantee the optimal connection of loudspeaker systems. In accordance to the corresponding diagram, the
SPEAKON plugs are connected on the PowerMate’s rear panel. We recommend the use 4-wire cables where also
the pins 2+ and 2- are connected through. This provides you with the possibility to use these cables in an active
2-way system configuration, as well. DYNACORD speaker cables with SPEAKON connectors and all other cables,
plugs, and sockets are available at your professional audio dealer.
LF-CABLES – BALANCED OR UNBALANCED?
For LF-cabling – all the low current wiring – your best choice are balanced cables (2 signal conductors + ground
shielding) with XLR-type connectors or stereo phone jacks and plugs. The cables should be step proof, shielded,
and never longer than really needed. Too many too long cables mostly lead to confusion and generate unnecessary
problems.
Of course, you can also connect unbalanced cables with monaural phone plugs to the PowerMate’s in- and outputs
and because of its superb grounding managing system in most cases no interference will occur. Still, there is a
minimal risk that problems could arise and we believe that this is reason enough to keep on reading. Generally spoken,
if you have the choice, a balanced LF-cable is always the better solution. Today’s modern audio equipment – like
amplifiers, equalizers, FX units, mixing consoles, and even some keyboards – offers balanced in- and outputs. In a
balanced signal path the cable screen provides the gapless connection of all metal parts, offering efficient shielding
against the induction of external noise. The balanced cabling in conjunction with the common-mode rejection of the
PowerMate’s input stage effectively eliminates even existing artifacts of interference. All inputs of the PowerMate
provide balanced audio connections and high common-mode rejection. The mixing stage outputs – AUX, MAIN, EQ,
etc. – are laid out in GND-SENSING technology – a special pin assignment of the output jacks, offering all advantages
of the balanced signal transmission, but lets you also connect monaural phone plugs without a problem. Nevertheless
– as mentioned above – when longer cables are involved, using stereo phone plugs and balanced cables are the
better alternative. The diagrams below show the pin assignments of plugs and cables that are used with the
PowerMate.
MIC INPUT
All phone jack in/out-
puts of the Power-
Mate
Channel Insert
Main Insert
All phone jack
in/outputs of the
PowerMate
Channel Insert
Main Insert
balanced connecti-
on of microphones
unbalanced
external equipment
with XLR-type in/out-
put jacks balanced
Direct OUT via INSERT,
uninterrupted signal
path
Y-type cable for the
connection of external
FX units and signal
processors with phone
jacks
unbalanced
external equipment
with XLR-type in/out-
put jacks
balanced
STANDARD INSTALLATION
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