So I finally set everything up. Needed an extra rack for some of the rack mounted effects. It really looks pretty cool. Decided to try and get some noise thru the Mixer.
First hurdle was Manuals. It came with Manuals for the DAT Machines, the recorder, patch bay... but not the Mixer. As I started slogging thru the hard copy version of the Recorder, I quickly realized that my inability to comprehend it wasn't completely my fault. What was labeled as a MSR-16 Manual (Neatly stapled with the MSR-16 Manual Cover) was a completely jumbled bunch of pages from 3 different manuals. Seriously, it seemed like random pages from the MSR-16, Mixer, and some other random manual. And not one was complete.
I'm guessing that the same guy who cross-threaded half of the screws in the rack also set-up the manuals
There was a DVD of the complete MSR-16 Manual. So that is a start.
Can't find a download for the 2516, but did find a version that let's me read it on-line and only charges for downloading it. I'm gonna keep looking.
The On-Line version of the 2516 Manual was enough to help me do an initial set-up and eventually get some sound out thru the Control Room and Headphone outputs.
That was my first real victory.
So freaking much to learn - but super excited.