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Fairlight Prodigy 2 User Manual

Manual is about: non linear audio recording

Summary of Prodigy 2

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    1 installation manual software version 16.2 part number: dpr2202-a document number: 163 manual by: owen p walker copyright © august 2000

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    2 i mportant n otice copyright the material in this document is copyright to fairlight esp pty ltd, and may not be quoted or reproduced in any form without written permission from the company. Limited warranty policy all the software and hardware provided with, or purchased especially for, fairlight...

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    3 t able of c ontents i mportant n otice ......................................... 2 c ertificates & c ompliances ........................... 5 cc e mission c ontrol .................................. 5 s afety s ymbols ............................................ 6 m ains p lugs & m ains p ower c o...

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    4 b3.3 main inputs to speaker outputs ...... Specifications (unity gain) ................. 60 b3.4 main & external analogue inputs specifications ...................................... 60 b3.5 analogue outputs specifications 60 b3.6 monitor box connector view ........... 61 b3.7 edac pinout diagram ...

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    5 cc e mission c ontrol this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial enviro...

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    6 s afety s ymbols the lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure; that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. L’ecl...

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    7 m ains p lugs & m ains p ower c ords the following lists the recommended mains plugs and leads for use in various countries throughout the world. Standards applicable for mains plugs rating country asta bs1363 1984 10a @ 250vac uk bs546, 1950 10a @ 250vac india, kenya, nigeria, kuwait, parts of as...

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    8 o btaining t echnical s upport users requiring technical support should contact their local fairlight office or distributor. Information can also be found on the world wide web at :- http://www.Fairlightesp.Com u nited kingdom u sa – w est c oast fairlight esp lim ited u nit 12, spectrum h o use 3...

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    9 s ection 1 - i ntroduction 1.1 p roduct d escription the fairlight esp prodigy 2 is a non-linear audio recording, editing and mixing solution from fairlight esp. The system marries together the mfx user interface and prodigy surface with the technology of the latest generation of digital audio wor...

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    10 1.3 s ystem o verview the prodigy 2 is made up of three interconnecting components, the prodigy 2 control surface, a surround monitor unit and an engine, which contains all the electronic circuitry, disk drives and audio i/o necessary run the system. Note flat screens in picture not supplied with...

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    11 1.5 e quipment s upplied 1.4 u npacking it is advisable that before any installation work is attempted that the system be unpacked and the contents verified. A sizeable area approximately 3 meters square should be suitable. Using the basic packing list attached record the items you have received ...

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    12 1.6 s ystem o verview prodigy 2 consists of the following 3 elements: 1.6.1 p rodigy 2 e ngine this 8u rack contains all of the digital processing, audio inputs and outputs, synchronization functions, vtr remote control ports, timecode ports and disk systems for prodigy 2. For detailed instructio...

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    13 1.7 p rodigy 2 c ontrol c able i nterconnections the following diagram shows the interconnections which need to be made when connecting the various hardware devices..

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    14 1.8 s tatic p recautions please take note that all fairlight manufactured electronic modules are static sensitive and should be handled under anti static conditions. When working on a system always ensure that you have an anti static lead connected and that the system is connected to ground throu...

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    15 s ection 2 - p hysical i nstallation - e ngine the engine, takes up 8 ru, when fitted into a 19" rack. It operates from either 100-120v or 200-250v, 50-60hz with the mains input being auto-switching, as such there are no switches to be set. When used on mains supplies of 220 to 240 volts, the iec...

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    16 4 retaining screws 4 retaining screws engine front facia 2.2 e lectrical i nstallation the engine is designed to run from a single phase power source with one of its current carrying conductors at or near ground earth ground potential ( the neutral conductor). Only the line (live) conductor is fu...

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    17 2.3 e ngine r ear p anel c onnections the engine rear is split into two distinct sections; the system i/o panel, located to the right and the audio i/o section, located to the left. The system i/o panel contains all the synchronization needed to allow communication with external devices including...

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    18 2.5 e xternal c able l ength c onsiderations poor cabling can be the bane of a good system. Earth loops, floating inputs and outputs and extended runs are just some of the issues to be addressed when planning an installation. 2.5.1 s ony 9-p in c able the 9-pin cable connects the engine to a sony...

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    19 2.6 c onnecting t he v arious e ngine c omponents once cabling issues have been dealt with the various engine connections need to be made. 1 connect an iec power lead to the back of the prodigy 2 engine. 2 connect the 15 way d connector of a video cable to vga 1 connector on the system i/o panel ...

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    20 s ection 3 p hysical i nstallation - c ontrol s urface 3.1 i ntroduction the prodigy 2 and mfx console provides a control surface to allow the engineer to work quickly and efficiently. For more information regarding the operational use of the console please refer to the prodigy 2 edit user manual...

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    21 3.3 c onnecting t he v arious p rodigy 2 s urface c omponents 1. Position the console to allow access to the rear connector panel. 2. Locate the engine and surround monitor, with their associated power and control cables :- 3. Before making any cable connections, ensure that power is disconnected...

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    22 3.4 s urround m onitor and r emote m ic a mp s etup . The surround monitor unit communicates with the surface using a shared data bus. Each unit on the data bus must have a unique id number. The id number can be in the range of 1 to 16. The position of the unit on the bus does not relate to the i...

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    23 3.5 e lectrical i nstallation the engine is designed to run from a single phase power source with one of its current carrying conductors at or near ground earth ground potential ( the neutral conductor). Only the line (live) conductor is fused for over-current protection. Systems that have both c...

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    24 3.5.4 f uses when used on mains supplies of 220 to 240 volts, the iec mains connector should be fitted with an 5 amp mains input fuse. A 10 amp fuse should be used for supply voltages of 100 to 120 volts. Only 20mm anti surge (t) types should be fitted opening the power supply. To gain access to ...

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    25 additional 3.5” drive bay 3.6 i nternal and e xternal scsi d evices the prodigy 2 engine has been designed to accept two 3.5 inch drives and 2 5.5” drive bays internally which can take either kingston technology drive enclosures or an exabyte enclosure. The system typically comes configured with ...

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    26 4.2 s witching on the e quipment 4.2.1 e ngine 1. Ensure all scsi cables and terminators are connected. See section 5 configuring disk drives. 2. Power up all scsi devices. 3. Verify monitor cable is connected and then power up the monitor. 4. Ensure all sync input/output cables are connected and...

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    27 front panel power switch back panel power switch prodigy 2 engine back panel prodigy 2 engine front panel.

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    28 4.2.2 p rodigy 2 c onsole 1. Turn on the power switch on the back of the prodigy 2, the console and internal pc will boot up. Power switch prodigy 2 console back panel.

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    29 4.3 p rodigy 2 e ngine b oot up at this point the system should be booting up and the following text should be seen on the graphical interface. 1. Take note of the scsi devices being found in case a problem is encountered. 2. If the prodigy 2 engine has been configured to be part of a network, ch...

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    30 3. As the boot up process continues check that the mfx console is being seen. 4. If a problem is encounter with audio i/o check that the system is logging the qdc card or cards within the system. 5. If problems persist please contact a local fairlight office or distributor..

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    31 4.4 e ngine s oftware i nstallation from time to time software will need to be installed onto the prodigy 2 engine. The following describes the steps which need to be taken to install software. 4.7.1 i nstalling s oftware f rom e xabyte to update software from exabyte when no release files are av...

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    32 s ection 5 - c onfiguring d isk d rives 5.1 e xternal h ard d isk d rives an additional scsi controller can be added to the system and fitted in one of three pci slots on the pxy main processor board. With the controller physically installed an additional 7 scsi devices can be connected to the sy...

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    33 5.1.2 c onfiguring t he e ngine f or n arrow u se connect disk drives to external scsi buss port. Power on the disk drives and engine when the bios screen appears press the space bar, before the - “press key to display boot menu” countdown ends. Under booting procedure press rc and press enter . ...

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    34 5.1.3 m ixing w ide a nd n arrow d isk d rives wide and narrow based disk drives can be mixed on the same scsi buss at the same time - narrow based scsi disk drives must always be the last in the chain after any wide disks are connected. If the engine is configured to run in wide mode, a quality ...

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    35 5.2 c hecking for n ewly i nstalled scsi d evices once you have mounted all external and internal scsi devices, the following will aid you in determining if they are all detected. 1. Ensure that the prodigy 2 engine is completely reassembled and that there are no loose cables. 2. Power up the pro...

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    36 s ection 6 - b iscuit pc c onfiguration the prodigy2 surface has an embedded miniature pc, within the chasis, which runs all the automation software. The pc comprises of a single board based cyrix 233mhz computer with 64 mb sdram and an on board flash memory card instead of a conventional hard dr...

  • Page 37: 6.2 Bios S

    37 hsl comms card dip switches should be set to off midi connector x-link connector prodigy2 surface to engine 1035 comms connector 6.2 bios s ettings once the prodigy control surface has been powered up, the vga output will display the biscuit pc’s start up screen. If the bios configuration needs t...

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    38 goto integrated peripherals build in cpu audio disabled video memory 4.0 m then save and exit the bios setup. 6.3 s oftware i nstallation for p rodigy 2 s urface from time to time software will need to be installed onto the prodigy 2 surface. Prodigy software comes on one floppy disk. Insert the ...

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    39 to ensure good airflow through the engine, the air filter in the front panel must be periodically cleaned. It is usually sufficient to simply remove accumulated dust using a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of the front panel grille. From time to time, however, the front panel will have to be remove...

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    40 4. Reverse the above steps to attach the front dress panel back into place. Air filter n ew a ir f ilters if the filter cannot be cleaned properly or is worn out, a new one should be ordered. Please contact your local fairlight office or distributor for further assistance. Prodigy 2 engine front ...

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    41 a ppendix - c onnection s pecifications i ntroduction the following information contains all the wiring details to allow users to connect peripheral devices to the back panel of the engine. A1 - a udio i/o c onfiguration prodigy 2 uses a fairlight esp designed proprietary card called the qdc, for...

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    42 a1.1 a nalog a udio i/o s pecifications connector 50 way 3 row d female input balanced input level +24dbu max input sensitivity +4dbu nominal (adjustable) input attenuation range impedence > 10k ohms output electronic balanced differential output level +24dbu max at 0dbfs, nominal +4dbu output im...

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    43 qdc c onfiguration each qdc card comes with three connectors, each housing 50 pins. The following table shows the audio i/o configuration - the connectors and pinouts for prodigy 2. In the standard configuration more than one qdc card is required to enable all analog and digital i/o. Qdc pin outs...

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    44 a n a log i npu ts an a lo g ou tp u ts d ig ita l in p u ts d igi ta l o u tp ut s po rt q d c c o n pi n s + g n d - po rt q d c c o n pi n s + g n d - po rt q d c c o n pi n s + g n d - po rt q d c c o n pi n s + g n d - a in 1 1 1 1 7 3 3 50 a o u t 1 1 1 9 25 4 2 d in 1 - 2 1 2 1 7 33 5 0 d ...

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    45 32 t rack d ig it a l i /o s – 3 2 t rack a n al o g i /o s a n a log i n p u ts a n al og o u tput s d ig ita l in p u ts d igi ta l o u tput s po rt qd c c o n p in s + g n d - p o rt q d c c on p ins + g nd - p o rt q d c c on p ins + g nd - po rt qd c c o n pi n s + g nd - a i n 1 1 1 1 7 3 3...

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    46 a ppendix - c onnection & s ignal s pecifications a2 c ontrol & r eference p inouts prodigy 2 engine system i/o panel.

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    47 a3 g eneral p urpose i nterface connector 37 pin d male input ttl (1 ls load) output/bank ttl (max 5 ttl loads) +5v fused current gpio 1 g n d 2 g p io 6 3 g p io 5 4 g n d 5 g p io b o 2 6 g p io b o 1 7 g n d 8 g p io in 6 9 g p io in 5 1 0 g n d 11 g p io in 2 1 2 g p io in 1 1 3 g n d 1 4 g p...

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    48 a4 m ixer connector 25 pin d female 1 gnd 2 rxffn 3 rxclkn 4 rxdatn 5 rxwrn 6 nc 7 nc 8 txffn 9 txclkn 10 txdatn 11 txwrpn 12 hssldetn 13 syncn 14 rxffp 15 rxclkp 16 rxdatp 17 rxwrp 18 nc 19 gnd 20 txffp 21 txxclkp 22 txdatp 23 txwrp 24 gnd 25 syncp.

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    49 a5 c ontroller connector 25 pin d male at engine 25 pin d type connector signal 37 pin d type connector signal pin 1 gnd pin 1 gnd pin 2 contx pin 7 contx pin 3 conrx pin 24 conrx pin 5 h_txdata pin 6 h_txdata pin 7 gnd pin 10 gnd pin 9 gnd pin 33 gnd pin 10 contxpos pin 13 contxpos pin 11 conrxp...

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    50 a6 p rinter connector standard 25 pin d female pin 1 pstroben pin 2 pdr0 pin 3 pdr1 pin 4 pdr2 pin 5 pdr3 pin 6 pdr4 pin 7 pdr5 pin 8 pdr6 pin 9 pdr7 pin 10 prackn pin 11 prbusyn pin 12 prerror pin 13 prselect pin 14 prautofdn pin 15 prfaultn pin 16 printitn pin 17 prselinn pin 18 gnd pin 19 gnd ...

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    51 a7 9-p in a connector 9 pin d female pin 1 gnd pin 2 9arxa pin 3 9atxb pin 4 gnd pin 5 nc pin 6 gnd pin 7 9arxb pin 8 9atxa pin 9 nc a8 9-p in b connector 9 pin d female pin 1 gnd pin 2 9brxa pin 3 9btxb pin 4 gnd pin 5 nc pin 6 gnd pin 7 9brxb pin 8 9btxa pin 9 nc.

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    52 a9 9-p in s lave connector 9 pin d female pin 1 gnd pin 2 9btxa pin 3 9rrxb pin 4 gnd pin 5 nc pin 6 gnd pin 7 9btxb pin 8 9brxa pin 9 gnd a10 ltc - i/o connector 9 pin d male input level -20dbm to +10dbm output level 0dbm important note: unbalanced loads connected to ltc out should not ground th...

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    53 a11 s erial p ort connector standard 9 pin d male pin 1 ser_dcd pin 2 ser_rx pin 3 ser_tx pin 4 ser_dtr pin 5 gnd pin 6 ser_dsr pin 7 ser_rts pin 8 ser_cts pin 9 nc a12 m idi i/o connector 9 pin d female pin 1 not connected pin 2 midi in negative midi in din pin 5 pin 3 midi out negative midi out...

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    54 a13 aes s ync i/o connector 9 pin d male pin 1 gnd pin 2 aes in negative pin 3 aes out positive pin 4 biphase tach pin 5 bip direction pin 6 aes in positive pin 7 gnd pin 8 aes out negative pin 9 not connected a14 m odem connector 9 pin d male pin 1 mod_dcd pin 2 mod_rx pin 3 mod_tx pin 4 mod_dtr...

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    55 pin 1 red pin 2 green pin 3 blue pin 4 gn d pin 5 gn d pin 6 gn d pin 7 gn d pin 8 gn d pin 10 gn d pin 11 gn d pin 12 n c pin 13 hsyn c pin 14 vsyn c pin 15 n c a15 e ngine vga 1 connector 15 pin high density d female resolution 1024(h) x 768(v) frequency hsync: 60khz vsync: 75hz svga standard a...

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    56 in s sen d 1 -4 in s r e t 1 -4 r e tu rn t/b s tudio t /b ex t. I/ps 7 & 8 ( s tu d io f eeds - m 1 ) ex t. I/ps 1 to 6 (moni to r e x t ) s tereo i /p 1& 2 (p os t dolby in se rt ex t m o n ito r) m e te r o/ps 1 -8 speaker 7 , 8 speaker 1 b , 2 b speaker 1 a , 2 a , and 3-6 m a in i/ps 1 to 6 ...

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    57 b2 s urround m onit or s chema tic.

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    58 b3.1s tandard c onnections - i nputs b3 m onitor b ox wiring the monitor box provides all the monitoring and meter switching for the prodigy 2 engine. It offers a total of 8 speaker feeds plus extra inputs and outputs for metering, dolby(r) encoder/decoder insertion and nearfield speakers. The ma...

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    59 b3.2 s tandard c onnections - o utputs name description location destination speaker 1a feed for speaker 1 edac 8 main monitor amplifier l speaker 2a feed for speaker 2 edac 8 main monitor amplifier r speaker 3 feed for speaker 3 edac 8 main monitor amplifier c speaker 4 feed for speaker 4 edac 8...

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    60 there is a 25 way d type connector on the rear of the unit. This connector provides the return talkback switch as shown in the following diagram. When a switch closure is made as shown, any signal present on the "ret.Tb" connections on the monitor box will be routed to the main monitors.: b3.3 m ...

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    61 b3.6 m onit or b ox c onnect o r v iew.

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    62 b3.7 edac p inout d iagram each edac can have up to 18 circuits, numbered 1 to 18..

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    63 b4 m onitor b ox edac c onnections.

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    64.

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    65 c1 p rodigy 2 s urface c onfiguration c1.1 s urface vga c able 15 way d female connector pin function pin 1 red pin 2 green pin 3 blue pin 4 gnd pin 5 gnd pin 6 gnd pin 7 gnd pin 8 gnd pin 9 gnd pin 10 gnd pin 11 nc pin 12 nc pin 13 hsync pin 14 vsnyc pin 15 nc c1.2 x-l ink c able 9 way d female ...

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    66 c1.3 p rodigy 2 s urface m ixer c able 25 way d male connector at the engine, 25 way female connector at the prodigy 2 surface end. Pin function pin 1 screen screen pin 2 xmt -ff (-) xmt -ff (-) pin 3 xmt - clk (-) xmt - clk (-) pin 4 xmt - dat (-) xmt - dat (-) pin 5 xmt - wr (-) xmt - wr (-) pi...

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    67 d1 d imensions d1.1 - p rodigy 2 e ngine , s urface and m onitor b ox 360mm 500mm 460mm.

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    68 p rodigy 2 - s urface height: 340 mm width: 1487mm depth: 940 mm including shelf weight: 190 kg dc power consumption: 400 va voltage: 100 - 240 vac, auto sensing. P rodigy 2 - m onitor b ox height: 3u depth: 405mm weight: 7kg approx. Power consumption: 60 va voltage: switched 110 – 120 /220 - 240...

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    69 d1.2 p rodigy 2 e ngine - p ower r equirements input 85-275 vac 49-63hz 300va 10a - 110v 6.3a- 240v.