ME1 cat 5 driving length/distance

ME ME General Discussions
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A few questions if any one knows the technical answers, greatly appreciated:

  1. How far (distance) will or can an AR2412 (successfully) drive from it’s monitor-port (cat 5) out into an ME1. In another way to phrase that: Will an AR2412 drive a cat 5 or 6 50 metres into an ME1?
  2. Would an ME1 be able to drive from its ‘link out’ 50 metres back to a FOH position or to another ME1?
  3. Is the ‘line-out’ (analogue audio) on an ME1 capable of driving a balanced signal 50 metres?

Apologies for double posting
The questions asked did not fit the other posting title.

Thank you
looking forward to any comments.

dave NZ

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Hi Dave
to answer your questions:

    • 100m is probably a practical length limit and most PA companies have access to that. cat5,6 50m no problems
    • again 50m is no problem, 100m a relistic upper limit.
    • The MONO TRS jack output on ME-1 will drive a balanced line. 50m using touring grade balanced mic cable should be fine. NB the mono out does not have the local ambient mic signal content.

hope that helps

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Thankyou Leon. I thought as much! just trying to shortcut own R&D
Its great to wake up (different time zone) and find answers to my late night ramblings :+)
You have brought bells to me ears!
It must be Christmas.

So this of course means I should be able to successfully run an or Multiples’ of ME1s as far away from ASR2412.
It opens the door to some creative thinking on how to get a couple of more sends and feeds to external audio devices if required.
Time for some practical experimentation.
I love my QU32. Its been a long journey from the days of building frames and joining analogue mixers together!
There just aren’t the blacksmiths on the corners any more.

Keep you posted!
cheers
dave NZ