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a) If you are using your own modified wireless microphone system:

Locate your radio receiver’s line-level output. You will need to connect this into one of

the four female 1/4" (6.35 mm) jacks on the MLD box. To do this, you can use the

male-male 1/4” cable supplied if the radio receiver output has a female 1/4" (6.35 mm)

connector; otherwise, you will have to get or make a special cable that matches your

output’s connector. The 1/4" radio input jacks on the MLD box are numbered from left

to right. The connector nearest the left of the box is for tracker 1. The next connector

is for tracker 2, the next for tracker 3, and the connector nearest the right of the box

is for tracker 4. Figure 5 above shows the numbering of jacks on the back of the MLD

box.

Side note: Please read the manual that came with your wireless microphone system to see

what is the maximum distance that there should be between the radio transmitter (the

tracker) and the receiver.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some wireless microphone systems have both a line-level and a

mic-level output. The MLD inputs expect a line-level signal (-10dB 5KΩ), so if you must

use a mic-level signal, please make sure that the signal is amplified before it reaches the

MLD.

Side note: users of an MLD system with a single tracker may want to connect their radio

receiver to the tracker 1 input nearest the left of the box, since this is the default tracker used

for designing maps.

5. Power up the system and start the software

IMPORTANT NOTE: the MLD box can take 115 or 230 V, please set the switch at the

back to the appropriate setting for your electricity before powering up the box.

Connect the MLD external box to the MLD card using the supplied grey 26-pin cable.

Start the PC and power up the MLD box by plugging in a standard power supply cable

and turning the switch “on”, —a red status light should come on.

For convenience, the MLD breakout box centralizes the power supply for the radio

receivers, giving them 12V DC current 100mA each. If you are using modified Samson

wireless microphone systems from Martin (or if your radio receivers can be powered

by 12V DC 100mA) connect each receiver to any of the four DC power plugs using the

supplied cable, —a red status light should come on to indicate it is ready for operation.

Side note: you may power the radio receivers directly from the mains if you use the correct DC

power adapter. Note that the break-out box’s DC power plugs are only live when the MLD PC

computer is turned on.

If you are running MS-DOS, go to the “mld” directory and type “mld” (no quotes) and

press ENTER. If you are running Windows 95, look for the mld.exe file and double click

on its icon. On start-up the MLD software tests your hardware and software and then

produces a splash screen. If you get a warning message or the program does not start

up, please refer to the Appendix G “Troubleshooting” to solve possible problems.

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