dbx 128 - Rear Panel Connections and Controls

. RECORD LEVEL This screw-
Fig. 2 — Rear Panel Callouts driver control is factory
adjusted to match the record
levels encountered in most
home stereo equipment. Ad-
justment is not critical for
encode/decode performance; PLAY INPUTS
if you have too much or too Connect the cables
little level at the input to from your tape
your tape recorder, see page 14 : recorder “playback”
for adjustment instructions. (or ‘‘“monitor’’) out-
puts to these inputs.
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QUAD COUPLER For
compressing or expanding
four channel programs,
connect the QUAD
COUPLER jacks of two
dbx 128’s together. This
allows the compression/
expansion circuits in both
128’s to track” each
other so that the ‘‘quad
image” remains stable.
if
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RECORD
HOSS
LEANING
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ROM PREAMP TO TAPEBRECORDER FROM TAPE
TAPE OUTPUT AUXEBARY OR RECORDER
LINGINPUT OUTPUT
SERIAL NO.
A
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py
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PLAY OUTPUTS Connect the cables
RECORD
INPUTS
For
connec-
RECORD
OUTPUTS
from
these
outputs
to
the
tape
(‘’play-
tion
of
the
cables
from
your
Connect
the
cables
back"’)
input,
preamp
input,
or
tape
preamp’s
record
output
or
tape
from
these
outputs
into
monitor
inputs
of
your
preamplifier
output.
If
there
is
no
tape
out-
the
“record”
inputs
of
amplifier
or
receiver.
Before
installing
put,
use
the
main
preamp
out-
your
tape
machine
the
dbx
128,
these
cables
came
directly
put.
Before
installing
the
dbx
(line
level
or
auxiliary
from
the
tape
recorder
“playback”
(or
128,
these
cables
were
plugged
inputs,
not
the
mic
“monitor’’)
outputs.
(Figure
3,
Page
7
directly
into
the
‘‘record’’
inputs
inputs).
illustrates
these
connections.)
“
of
your
tape
machine.
Micro-
7
phones
cannot
be
connected
NOTE:
Never
connect
any
other
directly
to
the
128;
a
preampli-
electronic
equipment
between
the
128
fier
or
mixer
must
be
used
to
and
the
tape
recorder.
See
page
9
provide
line-level
signals
to
for
connection
of
a
graphic
equalizer,
the
128.
reverb
unit,
etc.