Gain Controls; Short Circuit Protection; Rack Mounting - YORKVILLE CR670 Owner's Manual

Output
Power Amp
A PM
Limiter
Volume
A B
Inputs
4
Outputs
Two types of output connectors are on the output of the CR670. Heavy duty binding posts accept a banana plug,
or bare wire connection. A terminal strip output allows for a direct-wired connection for installation applications.
Use a forked lug for a #6 screw to connect the loudspeaker wires to the barrier strip.
The CR670 delivers up to 600 watts into an 8 ohm loudspeaker. Don't put anything less than an 8 ohm loud-
speaker load across the speaker terminals or the amplifier may go into protection. Please read the section on
Designing and Installing 70 volt Audio Systems in your manual.

Gain Controls

The CR670's gain controls are located on the back of the amplifier. This pre-
vents tampering with the gain controls when the amplifier is rack mounted. The
gain controls are calibrated in dB (decibels), corresponding to the audio voltage
present at the speaker output jacks. Where many amplifiers are used in an instal-
lation, the gain controls scaled in dB allow the user to precisely set the audio
output level of one CR670 amplifier relative to the other CR670 amplifier. This
only works if the amplifiers are receiving the same amplitude of input audio sig-
nal. The 0db or "full" position of the gain control refers to 70 volts RMS (which
equals 600 watts into 8 ohms) on the output of the amplifier when a 1.4 volt
RMS voltage is present at the input jacks. Placing the gain control in the -3dB position with 1.4 volt RMS voltage present
at the input jacks will result in a 49 volt signal (which equals 300 watts into 8 ohms) at the speaker output.
Limiter
The limiter switch located on the back panel of the amplifier changes the mode of the limiter. When the limiter
switch is in the "peak" position, the limiter acts as a peak limiter with a short decay
time. This allows the bass thumps in music to drive the output of the amplifier into
clipping for the duration of the thump, but will not heavily clip a continuous signal
like someone screaming into a microphone. When the limiter switch is in the "aver-
age" position the release time of the limiter is extended and the limiter acts more like
a leveler. This mode is useful for public address applications where the full head-
room of the amplifier is utilized and the quality of the voice is maintained by using
the soft clipping feature of the limiter.

Short Circuit Protection

The CR670 is fully protected against all possible passive loudspeaker load conditions. It can operate with a "dead"
short continuously without damage (however, we don't recommend that you short your CR670 "just for fun").
Shorts create a lot of stress on the output devices. If a short is present on the output of the amplifier with a signal
passing through the amplifier then the protect LED will illuminate continuously and the amplifier will go into
"sleep mode" turning off the audio signal passing through the amplifier. After 8 seconds, the amplifier will allow
the signal to pass through the amplifier and check to see if the short has been removed. If the short is still present
the amplifier will go through the sleep mode cycle again. If the short has been removed, the amplifier will con-
tinue to drive the speaker.
Cooling & Thermal Protection
Passive cooling (this means that there isn't any fan in the amplifier) was chosen for this design to provide years
of maintenance free operation. In dusty locations dirt may settle on the heatsinks. If the amplifier is permanently
installed in a dusty location the heatsinks must be cleaned on a regular schedule.
When operating the CR670, care should be taken to allow adequate cooling around the heatsink fins along the
sides of the chassis and not to block the ventilation holes in the top and bottom covers of the chassis. The CR670
was designed to run cool under normal operating conditions, but restricting the airflow around or through the
amplifier could cause the amplifier to thermally shutdown.
If the temperature on the heatsinks of the CR670 exceeds the safe operation temperature, then the amplifier will
shutdown illuminating both protection LED's and turn off the audio signal to the speaker output jacks until the
heatsink temperature drops to a safe level.

Rack Mounting

The CR670 was designed to mount into a standard 19-inch rack. Care must be taken to provide adequate ventilation
around the amplifier. Here are some tips to ensure that the CR670 will have adequate cooling when mounted into a rack:
• Leave a blank rack space above and below the amplifier when stacking equipment into the rack.
• If several CR670s are stacked in a rack, in addition to the tip above, provide fan forced cooling from the bot-
tom of the rack up through the amplifier stack.
The rack itself should have adequate ventilation to the outside air. Leave the front and back of the rack as open
as possible. If fans are used, draw the air in through the bottom front of the rack; drive the air up through the
amplifiers, allowing the air to vent out through the top back section of the rack.
Clip / Protection LED's
The clip/protection LEDs on the front panel will blink to visibly indicate any signal excursion beyond the dynamic
headroom of the amplifier. The clip/protection LEDs will remain on when the amplifier goes into its protection
mode. The CR670 will go into protection for one of three reasons:
• The power switch of the amplifier has just been turned on or off.
• The amplifier has a shorted speaker load on the output of the amplifier.
• The temperature on the heatsinks of the CR670 exceeds the safe operation temperature.