Pro Co iFace

Portable Media Player Interface

Price: $149.99

The ProCo iFACE is like a typical direct box in many ways. However, the iFace has one major goal, to make your ability to hook up the latest electronics gizmo's to a professional sound system as easy as possible.

The Pro Co iFace is a portable audio player interface that is housed in a roadworthy aluminum-housed extrusion that allows simple and reliable connection of stereo -10dBV audio devices such as MP3 players, Apple iPods, notebook computers and consumer-type CD and DVD players to the balanced microphone inputs of professional audio mixing consoles.

To do this the ProCo iFace interface provides both a 1/8" and a recessed pair of left and right RCA inputs for easy connection with standard patch cables. A stereo/mono switch provides passive summing to a dual mono when needed.

The outputs of the ProCo iFace are transformer isolated by way of Pro Co MBT-1 Microphone Bridging Transformers and appear on standard 3-pin XLR male connectors. These transformers offer wide bandwidth and low distortion and phase shift, and are magnetically shielded in mu-metal cans and electrostatically isolated with dual Faraday shields. The result of all this is near-ideal rejection of common-mode signals from all sources of radio frequency interference and electromagnetic interference. This even helps eliminate the dreaded 60 cycle hum.

The "Uni-Box" enclosure is formed of extruded aluminum side channels and 16-gauge steel top, bottom and end plates, just like the ProCo DB-1 and CB-1 direct boxes. These hardy enclosures are designed to protect switches and connectors from accidental damage while also providing magnetic shielding for the circuitry. ProCo uses industrial-grade connectors and switches which help provide trouble-free reliability even in abusive situations such as remote broadcast and recording operations.

Who should own a ProCo iFace Portable Audio Player Interface?:

• Schools
  
• Churches
  
• Conference facilities
  
• Rental halls
  
• Disc Jockeys
  
• Lecturers
  
• Restaurants
  
• Country clubs
  
• Government agencies
  
• Anyone who may ever need to plug a consumer piece of audio gear into a paging system or professional pro audio sound rig

Operational Features Of The ProCo iFace:

• Properly interfaces consumer-grade portable audio players and notebook computers to professional sound systems
  
• Stereo 1/8" input jack and individual RCA left and right input jacks
  
• Transformer-isolated XLR male output jacks
  
• Stereo/mono switch sums inputs to create a true stereo output or a mono audio output feed from either XLR connector
  
• Rugged "Uni-Box" construction provides protection and EMI/RMI shielding

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