Www.Radialeng.Com sw8 ™ mk2 eight channel auto-switcher user guide radial engineering ltd. 1588 kebet way, port coquitlam bc v3c 5m5 tel: 604-942-1001 • fax: 604-942-1010 email: info@radialeng.Com • web: www.Radialeng.Com www.Radialeng.Com true to the music part no. R800 8100 00
Table of contents page sw8 overview .........................................................1 features and functions ...........................................2 getting started ........................................................3 making connections ...............................................
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 1 overview the radial sw8 is an eight channel redundant switcher designed primarily for live concerts where backing tracks are used to reinforce the performance. Should the primary playback machine suffer a failure, the sw8 can switch to a backup machine ...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 2 features and functions front panel 1. Global pad: attenuates the signal going to the xlr direct box outputs by -20db to prevent transformer saturation. 2. Auto on: activates the auto-switching mode. When active it monitors the gate input (channels 1, 8 ...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 3 getting started the following considers you will be using the sw8 to switch between two eight channel multi-track machines running in sync and designated as the primary-a and the backup-b playback systems. The sw8 lets you instantly switch from the prim...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 4 making connections as with all audio equipment, ensure system levels are turned off before making any connections. This will help avoid turn-on or plug-in transients that could damage more sensitive components such as tweeters. There is no power switch ...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 5 switching the sw8 via a remote it is sometimes preferable to have the playback recorders and sw8 located in a secondary rack off to the side. A common example would be a keyboard player that is also managing the playback system. To address these situati...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide auto-switching to use the sw8 in the auto-switch mode, record a drone track (steady state tone) onto your primary playback recorder. This channel is then connected to the sw8’s gate input where the signal is detected. If the drone signal ‘drops out’ the s...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 7 linking multiple sw8 switchers together for larger playback rigs, the sw8 may be confi gured in a master-slave confi guration whereby two link connectors are used to tie multiple sw8’s together. Once connected these jacks relay front panel a/b switching...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 8 reconfiguring the isolated outputs with the internal ribbon connector an internal ribbon cable allows the sw8 to be reconfi gured so that the eight transformer isolated mic-level outputs appear on the rear panel 25 pin d-sub connector. This allows mic-l...
Radial engineering ltd. Sw8 ™ mk2 user guide 9 input-a & b 1/4” phone: ..................Trs balanced +4db / -10db d-sub: .........................Db25 balanced +4db / -10db input impedance: ........140k ohms typical (without global pad) 10k ohms typical (with global pad) direct output type: ..........
Www.Radialeng.Com radial engineering ltd. 3 year transferable limited warranty radial engineering ltd. (“radial”) warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship and will remedy any such defects free of charge according to the terms of this warranty. Radial will repair or r...
