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300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to coaxial type cable. If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620 The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.
Important Information Read the Following Before Operating M2500 Warnings Cautions • Do not allow water to enter this unit or allow the • This unit is heavy. Use two or more people to unit to become wet. Fire or electrical shock may carry it.
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha M2500 mixing console. The M2500 is a highly cost- effective mixing console that features functionality such as scene memory, PAN control that is switchable between LR/LCR, and GROUP/AUX FADER FLIP switches. In order to take full advantage of the M2500’s functionality and ensure trouble-free use, please read...
Scenes can be recalled at any time from the front of 25 output buses. The M2500 is ideal for a panel or via MIDI. In addition, control change wide range of applications from use as a main messages can be used to individually switch PA mixer to use in installed systems.
), phantom power is on. At this time Monaural input channels the indicator above the switch will light. The M2500-24 {32/40C/48C/56C} provides 24 {32/ Note: If you wish to use phantom power, make 40/48/56} input channels. The specifications of each...
STEREO bus and the els sent to GROUP buses 1–8 as shown in the MONO/C bus. following diagram. < Response curve 3 > 1-2/3-4/5-6/7-8 switches= on Signal sent to GROUP buses 1/3/5/7 Signal sent to GROUP buses 2/4/6/8 EVEN PAN control M2500—Owner’s Manual...
M PEAK/NOM/SIGNAL indicators The function of this switch and these indicators will These three indicators allow you to check the pre- change depending on the mode of the M2500. fader signal level of the monaural input channel. • PEAK indicator...
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Control panel Stereo input channels The M2500 provides four stereo input channels, allowing line-level stereo sources such as sub-mixers, effect processors, and CD players to be input. Of the stereo input channels 1–4, channel 1 provides both XLR and RCA phono input jacks, and you can select GAIN and use one of these.
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The function of this switch and these indicators will pressed in ( ), the equalizer is on. change depending on the mode of the M2500. F AUX 1–AUX 14 controls In normal mode These adjust the level at which the signal of the stereo...
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ON/EDIT AUX3 from CPU AUX4 AUX5 AUX6 AUX 7-10 Same as AUX 3-6 AUX 11-14 Same as AUX 3-6 L/MONO 2 stage EQ ST CH 2-4 ST CH 2-4 Same as ST CH 1 INPUT 2 stage EQ M2500—Owner’s Manual...
MONITOR MASTER PFL/AFL buses and can be monitored from the MONITOR OUT L/R and the PHONES jacks. MONITOR INPUT MASTER (PFL) INSERT I/O AUX 1 to METER AUX OUT +4dB AUX 2-6 Same as AUX 1 M2500—Owner’s Manual...
GROUP/AUX FLIP switch= AUX ( The signals of GROUP buses 1–8 will be sent to chan- nels A7/G1–A14/G8 respectively, and output individ- ually from the AUX/GRP OUT A7/G1–A14/G8 jacks. LEVEL LEVEL A7 / G1 A8 / G2 EVEN MONO M2500—Owner’s Manual...
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The signals of GROUP buses 1–8 will be sent to chan- MONO MONO nels G1/A7–G8/A14 respectively, and will be output individually from the GRP/AUX OUT G1/A7–G8/ A14 jacks. CHECK CHECK ON/EDIT ON/EDIT EVEN G1 / A7 G2 / A8 MONO M2500—Owner’s Manual...
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G1/A7–G8/A14 section will be sent to the ST bus. If the MONO switch is on, the signal of the G1/A7–G8/A14 section will be sent directly to the MONO/C bus. (Refer to response curve diagram 2 on page 4.) M2500—Owner’s Manual...
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G Fader The function of this switch and these indicators will This adjusts the output level of the GRP/AUX OUT. change depending on the mode of the M2500. H AFL (after fader listen) switch In normal mode This switch allows you to monitor the signal of the You can use the ON/EDIT switch to turn each G1/ G1/A7–G8/A14 section from the MONITOR OUT/...
STEREO bus GROUP buses 1–8 can be used as group buses. This set- MONO/C bus ting is more convenient when you are using the M2500 MATRIX bus as a main console, since you will be able to use the 100 mm faders to control the group buses.
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AUX buses 7–14 Master control Rotary faders 100 mm faders 100 mm faders Channel assign switch (MATRIX/ST/MONO/LCR) PAN control Mute switch ON/EDIT INSERT I/O Note: The output channels of AUX buses 1–6 are not affected by the GROUP/AUX FLIP switch. M2500—Owner’s Manual...
F ON/EDIT switch / ON, CHECK indicators The function of this switch and these indicators will STEREO MONO/C change depending on the mode of the M2500. In normal mode You can use the ON/EDIT switch to turn MONO/C STEREO section OUT on/off.
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INSERT I/O ST L ST OUT +4dB CHECK Control ON/EDIT from CPU MATRIX INSERT I/O ST R ST OUT +4dB INSERT I/O MONO/C +4dB MONO/C CHECK MATRIX Control ON/EDIT from CPU MONITOR LEVEL +4dB MASTER MONO/C INPUT MASTER PHONES M2500—Owner’s Manual...
(page 11) are on, these controls adjust the level of the signal that is sent from the corresponding The M2500 provides an eight channel matrix section GRP/AUX OUT to the matrix. The “ ” position is that allows the output signals from the G1/A7–G8/ nominal level.
The PHONES jack will monitor the ST OUT (L/R) jacks. If this switch is off ( ), the MONITOR MAS- output signal. TER AFL signals (after-fader signals of priority order 2) can be monitored from the MONITOR OUT/ PHONES jacks. M2500—Owner’s Manual...
INSERT I/O ST L ST OUT +4dB CHECK Control ON/EDIT from CPU MATRIX INSERT I/O ST R ST OUT +4dB INSERT I/O MONO/C +4dB MONO/C CHECK MATRIX Control ON/EDIT from CPU MONITOR LEVEL +4dB MASTER MONO/C INPUT MASTER PHONES M2500—Owner’s Manual...
This adjusts the level of the talkback or oscillator. E ON switch This is an on/off switch for the talkback. If this is on, the indicator above the switch will light. If you wish to use the oscillator, you must turn off this switch. M2500—Owner’s Manual...
Meter select section Control section In this section you can select the source whose level The M2500 is able to save “scenes“ that contain the will be displayed by the meter bridge section. Only on/off status for each monaural/stereo input channel, one of the sources 1–4 can be selected.
“ ,” indicating that the M2500 is ready to store the scene. If you press the Note: Be aware that in Check mode, pressing a STORE switch once again, the scene will be stored. If...
The MONO/C level meter will not function. panel DC POWER INPUT connector (page 29) to This meter has a PEAK indicator that lights 3 dB the M2500 mixer. before peak level. C PHANTOM MASTER indicator This will light when the rear panel PHANTOM MAS- TER switch (page 29) is on.
0 dB. The pin wiring is as follows. Tip (send) 1/4" phone plug Tip (send) Ring (return) To processor’s input Sleeve (ground) 1/4" TRS phone plug Tip (return) Sleeve (ground) 1/4" phone plug Connect to INSERT I/O jack From processor’s output Sleeve (ground) M2500—Owner’s Manual...
–20 dB. In order to use these jacks, you must set the A/B select switch of stereo input channel 1 to the B position. The pin wiring is as follows. RCA phono plug Tip (send) Sleeve (ground) M2500—Owner’s Manual...
+4 dB. The pin wiring is as follows. G1/A7–G8/A14 section. Nominal output level is +4 dB. The pin wiring is as follows. 2 (hot) Female XLR plug 3 (cold) 2 (hot) Female XLR plug 3 (cold) 1 (ground) 1 (ground) M2500—Owner’s Manual...
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These are 1/4" phone jacks (unbalanced) for mixing a line level signal from an external device into the STE- REO bus L/R and MONO/C bus respectively. Nomi- nal input level is +4 dB. The pin wiring is as follows. Tip (send) 1/4" phone plug Sleeve (ground) M2500—Owner’s Manual...
In this case, each PW3000MA connecting these to a sequencer or to the MIDI inter- will supply 50% of the power to the M2500. In the face of a computer, scenes can be selected from an unlikely event that one of the PW3000MA units fail, external device, or scene memories can be backed up.
This is the normal operating mode in which scenes connector can also recall scenes, and when a scene is are recalled and stored. When the M2500 is in Nor- recalled, a corresponding program change message mal mode, the indicators of the CHECK switch and can be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector.
0–9/ENTER switches. Storing a scene 2. Press the RECALL switch. 1. With the M2500 in Normal mode, use the ON/ EDIT switches of the monaural/stereo input RECALL channels, the G1/A7–G8/A14 section, the STE- REO section, and the MONO/C section to make The scene of the selected scene memory number will the desired on/off settings.
MONO/C section. This allows you to check the on/ stored. (With the factory settings, this is turned off settings of the selected scene before you actually off.) To turn memory protect off, refer to page 34. recall it. M2500—Owner’s Manual...
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The scene whose on/off settings you checked will be 3. Use the ON/EDIT switches of each monaural/ recalled, and the M2500 will automatically return to Nor- stereo input channel, the G1/A7–G8/A14 sec- mal mode. If you wish to return to Normal mode without tion, the STEREO section, and the MONO/C recalling the scene, press the CHECK switch once again.
Note: If a MIDI program change is received while • If “ ” is selected in Utility mode, the M2500 will return to Normal All scene memories (1–128) will be erased. mode. • If “ ”–“ ” is selected The scene memory of the corresponding number (1–...
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Control change messages will not be transmitted or via its MIDI IN/OUT connectors, the scene memory received. contents of the other M2500 will be copied to the first M2500. Specify the value and press the STORE key to • If “...
“on.” Also, when you press an The following table shows the M2500 channels (and ON/EDIT switch on the M2500 to turn it on/off, the mute groups) that correspond to each control change corresponding control change number will be trans- number.
(off) settings of the channels that you wish to use as a mute group. In the unlikely event that the system of the M2500 2. Press the UTILITY switch to move to Utility experiences a malfunction so that the scene memory...
Error messages While the M2500 is being operated or when the power is turned on, the MEMORY display may show one of the following error messages. If this occurs, refer to the corresponding explanation and take appropriate action. An error occurred while receiving MIDI The voltage of the internal battery has data.
20 kHz filter with infinite dB/octave attenuation. +15, –15 dB maximum HIGH 10 kHz (shelving) For European Model HIGH-MID 400– 8 kHz (peaking) Purchaser/User information specified in EN55103-1 and EN55103-2. LOW-MID 80–1.6 kHz (peaking) Conformed Enviroment: E1, E2, E3 and E4. 100 Hz (shelving) M2500—Owner’s Manual...
Power supply remote +15 V ±15 V GND +48 V GND –15 V +12 V +12 V GND / power supply remote Power supply remote +48 V FRAME GND Included items Power supply connection cable (3 m, 10 pin) M2500—Owner’s Manual...
2. MIDI Program Change STATUS 11110000 F0h System Exclusive Message Program change numbers (0–127) correspond to ID No. 01000011 43h Manufacturer's ID No.(YAMAHA) SUB STATUS 0000xxxx 0nh n=0~15(MIDI Channel) scene memory numbers 1–128. This correspondence FORMAT No. 01111110 7Eh Universal Bulk Dump cannot be changed.