D&R 4000 console help needed.

RCM - Ronan · 15th November 2006

I have a D&R series 4000 mk-II that has been treating me really well for the last year. Yesterday it freaked out and now it thinks that something is solo'ed even when nothing is solo'ed. (the PFL switch stays on and no audio passes through the console.

I actually have a spare master section and I swapped it out, but the problem did not go away.

Unless some one else has some advice I guess I will pull out all the channels and drop them back in one by one and see what effect that has.

evilgrill · 15th November 2006

check it with one channel taken out at a time. if the problem disappears, thats the faulty channel. if that does´nt help. check the busses, especially if they´re ribbon-cable.

good luck

drBill · 6th January 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcm

I have a D&R series 4000 mk-II that has been treating me really well for the last year. Yesterday it freaked out and now it thinks that something is solo'ed even when nothing is solo'ed. (the PFL switch stays on and no audio passes through the console.

I actually have a spare master section and I swapped it out, but the problem did not go away.

Unless some one else has some advice I guess I will pull out all the channels and drop them back in one by one and see what effect that has.

Ronan - long story. Once I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and came back to the studio with a project that was two weeks late. I had to do the session with an IV in one arm. Turned on the console - (D&R Triton) and the console thought something was solo'd but nothing was. I ended up doing the session with EVERYTHING solo'd just so I could work - BUT, the problem ultimately turned out to be the power rails on the PS. One was at +19v and the other at -13v. Way out of whack. The reason was a water leak (rain) into the console while I was in the hospital. The console had an inch of water in the pan, but that's a different story....

I'd suggest you pull one module and check the voltage rails. If they are not +/- 18v (or thereabouts), pull the top off the PS and adjust them accordingly. I'm making the ASSumption that they should be +/- 18v. All the D&R's I've owned were, but the 4000 is a couple generations prior so it may be different. I'd be willing to bet that just may be your problem - not water, but the +/- rails being out of adjustment. Feel free to PM or call me.

Bill

CE_Music · 28th October 2008

I just got a MKII series 4000 and restored it optically so far. I believe I have the same problem although my Voltages are +-18,8
I'd like to know how the problem was solved?
Daniel

smail zack · 28th January 2012

hallo,
i have a problem with my D&R desk.
if there is a signal on any auxilary,
i´ll get this signal on every auxilary and pfls a little bit.
a kind of crosstalk maybe?!
has any other D&R user outthere a problem like these?
greetings,
smaiL>

dkelaart · 28th January 2012

Hey guys sorry to jump in here, but do you guys have the wiring diagrams for the DSUB Connectors for a Octagon?

15th November 2006	#1
RCM - Ronan Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,414 Thread Starter	D&R 4000 console help needed. I have a D&R series 4000 mk-II that has been treating me really well for the last year. Yesterday it freaked out and now it thinks that something is solo'ed even when nothing is solo'ed. (the PFL switch stays on and no audio passes through the console. I actually have a spare master section and I swapped it out, but the problem did not go away. Unless some one else has some advice I guess I will pull out all the channels and drop them back in one by one and see what effect that has. __________________ Ronan Chris Murphy+ http://ronansrecordingshow.com Six Day Recording Boot Camps in Los Angeles July 16-21, 2012

15th November 2006	#2
evilgrill Gear nut Joined: Sep 2004 Location: sweden Posts: 119	check it with one channel taken out at a time. if the problem disappears, thats the faulty channel. if that does´nt help. check the busses, especially if they´re ribbon-cable. good luck __________________ http://www.evilgrill.se

28th January 2012	#5
smail zack Gear interested Joined: Dec 2011 Location: Berlin Posts: 3	D&R 4000mkII problem hallo, i have a problem with my D&R desk. if there is a signal on any auxilary, i´ll get this signal on every auxilary and pfls a little bit. a kind of crosstalk maybe?! has any other D&R user outthere a problem like these? greetings, smaiL>

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