Mackie ProFX6v3 - Main Outputs and Connectivity

ProFXv3 Professional Effects Mixer with USB
ProFXv3 Professional Effects Mixer with USB
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4. Main Outputs
The main outputs provide a line-level signal
that represents the end of the mixer chain, where
the fully mixed stereo signal enters the real world.
Connect these to the lef and right inputs of your
main power amplifiers, powered speakers, or
serial eects processor (like a graphic equalizer
or compressor/limiter).
The male XLR connectors provide a balanced
line-level signal and is wired as follows, according
to standards specified by the AES (Audio Engineering
Society):
XLR Balanced Wiring:
Pin  = Shield (ground)
Pin 2 = Positive (+ or hot)
Pin 3 = Negative (– or cold)
In addition to accepting balanced XLR connectors,
the main outputs may also accept /4" connectors
driven by balanced or unbalanced sources.
To connect balanced lines to these outputs, use
a /4" Tip-Ring-Sleeve (TRS) plug. “TRS” stands
for Tip-Ring-Sleeve, the three connection points
available on a stereo /4" or balanced phone jack
or plug. TRS jacks and plugs are used for balanced
signals and are wired as follows:
2
1
SHIELD
COLD
HOT
3
SHIELD
COLD
HOT
3
2
1
/4" TRS Balanced Mono Wiring:
Sleeve = Shield
Tip = Hot (+)
Ring = Cold (–)
To connect unbalanced lines to these outputs,
use a /4" mono (TS) phone plug, wired as follows:
/4" TS Unbalanced Mono Wiring:
Sleeve = Shield
Tip = Hot (+)
The main outputs are located on the front
panel of the ProFX6v3, ProFX0v3 and
ProFX2v3 and on the rear panel of the
ProFX6v3, ProFX22v3 and ProFX30v3.
The XLR outputs are 6 dB hotter than
the TRS outputs. When the meters read “0”,
the TRS outputs are at 0 dBu.
SLEEVE
TIPSLEEVE
TIP
RING
RING
TIP
SLEEVERING
SLEEVE
TIP
TIPSLEEVE
TIP
SLEEVE