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Australian Monitor PROFESSIONAL AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIERS CONTRACTOR opof Audio Amplifiers OPERATION MANUAL...
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IMPORTANT! Please read carefully. This Operation Manual contains important information regarding safety precautions, performance, maintenance your operation power amplifier. You should familiarize yourself with the contents manual of this before operating your amplilier. Safety Precautions and Labelling The rear panel of the unit has a number of markings and inlemationally recognized symbols related hazards...
- Suppression of inrush cunent at mains - lndependent DC supply rail fuses. turn-on. lnput muting Layout, grounding, decoupling and componentry protection. lnput overvoltage have been optimized to provide the user with -Radio-frequencyinterferencesuppression. stability,reliabilityandlongevity. - Short-circuit protection and indication. Australian Monitor...
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The visual design, chanical, electrical and sonic parameters, along with Contractor, Opal and pA Series units tall (3.5"), dedicated manufacturing processes, have in 19' wide been rack mountable cases. provide...
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& Controls Connectors Front Panel Figure 2 shows of the front panels; the layouts section fans will continue to run and once the amplifier has numbers refer areas on the drawing. The functions had a cooFdown period the unit will restart, auto- the controls and indicalors are as...
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2 = Cold (inverting or reverse phase) GREEN&YELLOW EARTH Hot (non-inverting or in phase) Pin 3 = Your unit must always be earthed! 6b Level Control (Contractor version only) Note: version are supplied with heavy 110V duty rear panel position...
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Watts Amps Volt 110-120 Models Watts at idle power full C300/Opal1202lPA3 C600/Opal2802/PA6 1000 c800/PA8 1400 c1200tPA12 2200 Watts Volt Models 220-240 Amps Watts at idle full power C300/Opal1202/PA3 C600/Opal2802/PA6 1000 c800/PA8 1400 c1200tPA12 2200 Australian Monitor...
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Installation Wiring OutputWiring Input lnput signal ground is not to bo used wiring to your NOTE. always use the When speakers largest ground wire your connector will accept. The longer (earth). gauge safety speaker lead the greater the losses will be, resulting your amplifier reduced power and less damping The input...
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Installation SINGLE@NNECTION BRIDGEDCO NECTION A/LFFT 8/FlrcsT SPE AK DUAL CONIGCNON SPEAKON Neutik'Speakon' Figure Connector wiring Australian Monitor...
4. Operation IMPORTANT adequately earlhed. The ICS signal source equipment should circuit also operates 30dB inputmute. After two your everybody else's This not only ensures safety seconds this willrelease, mute allowing applied input well. Faults can and mains connected equip- signal pass unattenuated.
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Operation l3 (2,000) lower to avoid unwanted highfrequency loss in the cabling. There things you can do to avoid earth thr'ee loop problems: lnput overload occurs +20.5d8u .quiet' (8.25 volts). your niains power Ensure the audio system i.e, without'equipment on il such as air-conditioning, the specification section...
5. Bridge Mode setting diagram there three steps ampli- As shown when two independent The term BRIDGE is used in BRIDGE mode. your running amplifier for load load. drive same fierchannels are used of the two amPlifier ouhuts series (a bridge) between Whilst the amplitier is OFF: channels.
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Load Impedance NOTE Ensure adequate ventilation and monitor Your amplifier designed to FAULT be able to deliver more than twice the curent than that shown on the guard indicators to against thermal shutdown when driv- specification sheet cope with difficult loads and/or high energy ing two loads.
Maintenance Your maintenance. No inter- amplifler will need minimal need to be made to the unit to maintain adjustments optimum performance. years of operation suggest To provide unhindered every 12 months maintenance inspection be carried out Fuses WARNING and give the main filter sure the unit is Make capacitors time to discharge before removing fuses'...
(purchased from an author- ised Australian Monitor dealer) that it will be free from To validate this wananty, the original purchaser must defecls material workmanship for the whole...
9. Specifications Model: C800 Input Impedance Output Power Power 25 kohm Line Line. Balanced Power 4 ohm -lHD 0.1% F.T.C.20 Input Sensitivity below rated Power (pre-stress ohms 1.2V (+3.8dBu) into 8 output At rated rated power for 5 min) & ohms 260w (+2 3dBu)
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Specifications Model: C1200 Output Power Input Impedance Power Power Line to Line. Ealanced kohm 4 ohm F.T.C. Hz - 20 kHz 0.1% THD Input Sensitivity (pre-stress 4dB below power rated rated output into 8 ohms rated power for hr & .23V (+4dBu) min)
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Specifications Model: PA-8 Output Power Input Impedance Power Power 4 ohm Line to Line, balanced kHz, <0.05% THD E.l.A. Input Sensitivity (pre-stress at rated power for 5 min) 300w ohms 480w At rated output into 8 (+3.8dBu) 1.2V ohms At rated output into 4 (+2.3dBu)
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15 milliohm (typical) Weight Damping Factor 19 k9 packed kHz, toad .slb I 21kg 500 (typical) Dimensions HxWxD excluding handles 14.8 inch 88 x x 375 including handles 17.9 inch 88 x inch EIA rack mounting, 2 units high) Australian Monitor...
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Specifications Model: Opal 1202/C300/PA-3 Output Power Input Impedance Power Power Line Line, Balanced kohm 4 ohm Input Sensitivity E.l.A. kHz, <0.05% THD rated output into 8 ohms .23V (+4dBu) (pre-stress rated power 5 min) single channel driven 120W 175W Input CMRR both channels driven '120W...
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(typical) linear kHz) 100 dB A weighted 104d8 Damping Factor Crosstaik kHz, 8 load 250:1 @1kHz -90d8 Weight / 'tskg packed lbllTkg Dimensions HxWxD excluding handles 14-8 inch 88 x inch EIA rack mounting, 2 units high) Australian Monitor...
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