Description
FOSTEX RM-2 RACKMOUNT DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE AUDIO MONITOR - 1U
A stereo powered monitor speaker system, with bar graph metering and headphone socket, taking a single unit of rack space, this is a convenient solution in space-challenged environments such as machine rooms, VTR monitoring, surveillance and mobile and stationary control rooms where space is at a premium. It has both balanced analogue and AES/EBU digital inputs and accepts a wide range of AC power voltages.
The front panel has two grilles for the 110 x 40mm, magnetically-shielded loudspeakers with a display and controls in the centre. The display has two horizontal rows of LEDs indicating level for left and right signals. When the digital input is selected, the display provides peak metering, where 0dB = 0dBFS. When the analogue input is selected, the display has VU characteristics, with 0dB = +4dBu for the XLR, -10dBV for the jack inputs. Further LEDs show muting, input and channel selection status.
A push switch selects between analogue and digital inputs; an LED indicates when the system is monitoring the digital input. A second channel select switch cycles between stereo, left only, right only and mono sum. Two LEDs indicate when left and right signals are being monitored, another indicates when they are summed to mono, and a third shows when the system is muted. The system mutes at power up and can be cleared with the channel select switch. When not muted, the switch is pressed and held for a short period to mute. A 6.35mm stereo jack provides an output for headphones of eight ohms or greater, positioned next to the concentric volume control. Inserting a jack mutes the speakers.
The rear panel has two combination XLR and jack connectors for the stereo analogue input. The digital input is a 3-pin XLR. There is a power switch adjacent to the IEC power inlet.
Analogue input: +4dBu using XLR, -10 dBV using jack, 10k ohms. Digital input: IEC60958, AES/EBU, 44.1kHz to 96kHz sampling. Amplifier power: 10W. Noise: -60 dBV or less, DIN audio. Distortion: 0.5%. Headphone output: 20mW + 20mW, 32 ohms, 1kHz. Loudspeaker output: 84 dB/W SPL, 1metre. Response: 200Hz to 20kHz. Power source: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz , 10W. Dimensions: 1U rack mounting, 282mm deep, 430 x 44 x 282 (w x h x d) mm, without rack mounting ears. Weight: 3.5kg approximately.
Included accessories: Manual, IEC lead for AC power.