Tascam MZ-223 3-Zone Installation Mixer

The MZ-223 is a rackmount mixer designed for fixed installations in shops, public facilities, restaurants, bars, theme parks or hotels. It can be used to send background music and announcements from a variety of sources to three different rooms or zones. Each of the seven input channels can be routed to any or all of the three output zones.

The mixer offers five stereo input channels for line-level signals from analogue playback sources like media players, tuners or cassette decks. Two channels can be switched to phono to connect record players (turntables). Each channel has its own gain control, peak LED and level fader. Two additional microphone input channels – with level controls, LED level meters and 3-band equalizers – are available for announcements, speech reinforcement, karaoke or other uses with dynamic microphones. When used for announcements, for example, the built-in Talkover function can automatically lower the volume of background music according to the mic volume.

Each of the three zone main outputs is equipped with level control, LED level meter and a 3-band equalizer. There is also an independent monitoring output for the control room and a headphones output with level control that can be used for pre-fader monitoring of selected input channels and any of the zone outputs.

Audio inputs
Microphone inputs 1–2
Balanced: XLR-3-31 (1: GND, 2: HOT, 3: COLD)
Unbalanced: 6.3-mm TRS jacks (Tip: HOT, Ring: COLD, Sleeve: GND)
Input impedance
33 kO
Nominal input level
–65 dBu (VOLUME knob at MAX)
Unbalanced: –30 dBu (VOLUME knob at MIN)
Line inputs (unbalanced)
RCA pin jacks
Nominal input level
–10 dBV
Maximum input level
10 dBV
Input impedance
22 kO
Audio outputs
Main outputs (unbalanced)
RCA pin jacks
Nominal output level
–10 dBV
Maximum output level
6 dBV
Output impedance
200 O
Main outputs (balanced)
XLR-3-32 (1: GND, 2: HOT, 3: COLD)
Nominal output level
4 dBu
Maximum output level
24 dBu
Output impedance
200 O
Monitor outputs
RCA pin jacks
Nominal output level
–16 dBV
Maximum output level
0 dBV
Output impedance
200 O
Headphones output
6.3-mm stereo jack
Maximum output power
50 mW + 50 mW (into 32 O load)
Audio performance
Frequency response
20 Hz – 20 kHz
Distortion
=0.03%
Crosstalk
65 dB
Power supply and other specifications
Power supply
Dedicated AC adapter (PS-M1524)
Input voltage
AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz
Output voltage
DC 15 V
Output current
2.4 A
Power consumption
35 W
Overall dimensions (width × height × depth)
482 mm × 88 mm × 93 mm
Weight
2.5 kg
Permissible operating temperature
5–35 °C