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Page 3: Table Of Contents
18 Spiked Foot Fixing For Carpeted Floors 8 Update Firmware on Sub 19 Spiked Foot Fixing For Wooden/Hard Floors 8 Bootloader Mode 19 Using the PLW215 II 9 Automatic Update. 19 Power Cycle 9 Manual Update 20 Waking Up 9 Factory Reset ... -
Page 4: Introduction From The Technical Director
How far we’ve come can be measured by the sound of Platinum II: the most accurate and beautiful loudspeakers Monitor Audio has ever made. Supported by painstaking analysis and a lifetime of listening, their evolution has refined our technologies, inspired new discoveries and achieved advances in every area of design - electrical, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic and aesthetic. -
Page 5: Plw215 Ii Technology
PLW215 II Technology The PLW215 II has been designed to produce wall-shaking bass using the best technologies available to our team of designers and engineers. The sealed cabinet houses a vibration-cancelling driver configuration featuring 2 x 15” sub woofer drivers with an inverted surround, triple suspension, and a single layer edge wound, vented voice coil, to enable a massive 42mm (peak to peak) of excursion. -
Page 6: Amplifier
12 volt signal comes from the source amplifier and supplies the PLW215 II with a signal to perform a predetermined action: either to power up/down or to switch presets. When used to power PLW215 II up or down, the trigger is a very energy efficient method of power control. - Page 7 For use when controlling other IR devices via the PLW215 II. Connect the PLW215 II with a second device using a mono 3.5mm jack connector and control the second device with its remote via the PLW215 II. This is ideal when the device is out of sight or in another room.
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Page 8: Remote
Decreases the volume trim level. LED Brightness Toggles the LED display on or off. Standby Puts the PLW215 II into standby or wakes it up from standby. Refer to page 9. 10. Mute Mutes all output from the PLW215 II. -
Page 9: Control Panel
Control Panel Main Indicator LEDs These LEDs show the levels and the presets selected depending on the mode being adjusted. It will by default show the trim volume level. In normal operation, the volume trim level will be displayed along with the Level LED (2) and numbered preset LED 1-4 (3) will be illuminated. -
Page 10: Positioning
Spiked Foot Fixing For Wooden/Hard Floors The PLW215 II should be sited in the most suitable position, preferably not directly in the corner of a room as this may cause For use on solid floors or where spikes are inappropriate, it is excessive bass boom. -
Page 11: Using The Plw215 Ii
However, if the the next sweep will start immediately. PLW215 II is turned off by the remote, it will only turn on at next use, by either the control dial (see below) or by the remote. The The PLW215 II will then run through the room correction by auto signal sensing will be disabled. -
Page 12: Using Subconnect For Room Correction
Recommended Settings for AV Systems To run the room correction on the SubConnect application, When using the PLW215 II in an AV system, it is recommended to follow the steps below. For information on installing the use Presets 2 (Movies) or 4 (Impact) as the starting points. You application please refer to page 11. -
Page 13: Subconnect Application
Installation You can download our SubConnect application from our website (www.monitoraudio.com) from the PLW215 II product page in the downloads section. Alternatively from the USB. Please then refer to the installation instructions below for Windows. Unpack the zipped folder using your computer’s designated application and run the file ‘setup.exe’... -
Page 14: Initial Setup
PC using an appropriate USB cable and switched on. When up the sub woofer for the first time we would recommend you turn the PLW215 II on, it will automatically download the the default values as a good platform to work from. -
Page 15: Master Controls
DeFaulT preSeT adjust every part of the sub woofer you could imagine and Choose whether to start the PLW215 II on a particular EQ preset or more. Below are the descriptions of each feature and what they the preset active when the PLW15 was last turned off. - Page 16 The PLW215 II is clever enough to know if there is a 12V trigger auTO On/ OFF connected or not. When there isn’t one connected, this feature Enable signal sensing if a 12V trigger is not being used or the is redundant and the PLW215 II will rely on the Auto on/off 12V trigger is being used to toggle between presets.
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Page 17: Presets
Presets TriM OFFSeT The PLW215 II has 4 separate presets. These can all be set up for different situations. The presets can be selected by either This can be customised for each preset in addition to the the control panel on the sub, remote control, RS232 control or master gain and trim. -
Page 18: EqProfiles
EQProfiles RS232 The PLW215 II can be controlled via the RS232 port on the amplifier panel. The PLW215 II can be controlled by sending a string of characters to the RS232 connector. RS232WiringConfiguration The RS232 communication socket uses a standard RJ45 connector. -
Page 19: Command List
Command List The following GET commands are used to request information from the PLW215 II: Command Description Reply from PLW215 Requests the Power state of the PLW215 POWER_ON:X<CR><LF> GET_O (Active/ Standby) Where X is either 1 (Active) or 0 (Standby) PHASE:X<CR><LF>... -
Page 20: Update Subconnect
If you wish to check manually, you can do so by following the steps below. Start the SubConnect application. Click on Tools > SubConnect Update If there is an update available, you will be notified and then follow the onscreen instructions. PLW215 II... -
Page 21: Update Firmware On Sub
Bootloader Mode To get the PLW215 II into bootloader mode, you must first turn When it is complete you will get confirmation and the sub the sub woofer off by the mains switch. When it has shut down, woofer will reboot (when you click on OK). -
Page 22: Manual Update
If the automatic update doesn’t work, or you wish to manually on how to do this refer to page 19. Follow these steps check for an update, open the app and with the PLW215 II on and when you have re-established connection to the and connected, click on Tools >... -
Page 23: Factory Reset
Factory Reset After being reset, the PLW215 II will go into standby mode. Sometimes it may be necessary to carry out a factory reset. If Care and Maintenance this needs to be done, it can be done by the following. -
Page 24: Specifications
Specifications Platinum PLW215 II System Format Sealed cabinet with vibration cancelling driver configuration. 25mm M.D.F construction with internal bracing and sealed amplifier compartment Low Frequency Response -3dB @ 23Hz / -10dB @ 18Hz (Free Field) default preset: Music -3dB @ 19Hz / -10dB @ 16Hz (In Room) default preset: Music... -
Page 25: SubconnectSpecifications
Trouble Shooting The PLW215 II can show various fault codes on its LED user interface. The display will illuminate all of the inner circle of LEDs (blue and cyan) with a specific quarter segment of the outer white LEDs illuminated depending on fault. - Page 26 PLW215 II...
- Page 28 Monitor Audio Ltd. 24 Brook Road Rayleigh, Essex SS6 7XJ England Tel: +44 (0)1268 740580 Fax: +44 (0)1268 740589 Email: info@monitoraudio.co.uk Web: www.monitoraudio.com Designed & Engineered in the United Kingdom Made In China Version 1. 2015...