Genelec 8381A Operating Manual

Genelec 8381A Operating Manual

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Genelec 8381A
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  • Page 1 8381A Operating Manual Genelec 8381A Smart Active Monitor...
  • Page 2: Needed Tools

    K Rubber feet for D CAT45 cable amplifiers E Protective plate L Card F Bolt M 8381A Quick Setup G XLR Guide Warnings Do not use blades for opening plastic bags. Caution! Heavy package. Lift carefully with the help of another person.
  • Page 3: Unpacking And Assembling

    Unpacking and assembling Torx 20 Remove screws from the box’s base and lift Remove accessory box, then cut incliner the box’s top section away. wedges free and remove them. Remove the two large pieces of foam Remove both amplifiers and take them out padding.
  • Page 4 Match serial numbers between amplifiers explanation in 8381A Operating Manual and enclosure inputs. (Optional) Sleeve (I) and GLM System Operating Manual. may be used over cables D and H. Genelec Document BBAGE232 Copyright Genelec Oy 10.2023. All data subject to change.
  • Page 5: General Description

    The excellently to the full audible frequency range Since 1978, Genelec has been guided maximum SPL of the 8381A enables use while minimising room-related influence on by a single idea – to make exceptional...
  • Page 6 Quad Midrange System of delay to higher frequencies to line them up reproduction of the waveforms at the monitor with lower frequencies. 8381A monitor offers output and therefore excellent reproduction The top enclosure offers an acoustic two values for this line-up, ‘low latency’...
  • Page 7: Operating Environment

    8381A by 300 mm Signal Processing loudspeaker arrangements. (12 in). This height extension is suitable in...
  • Page 8: Installation

    Space of at least 50 mm (2 in) should be left The RAM-81 amplifiers have a temperature behind and around the monitor enclosure If the coaxial unit of the 8381A must be controlled forced air cooling, and the fan because the bass reflex port in the lower higher than 1.2 m, place the necessary...
  • Page 9 Genelec does forward using an incliner wedge, to achieve not recommend the top enclosure to be Consider the need of lifting up the 8381A if either a 4 or 8 degree tilt-down angle. These placed away from the bottom enclosure and you have high furniture such as the mixing wedges are included with the 8381A.
  • Page 10 NETWORK LINK NETWORK MICROPHONE LISTENING Figure 8. Back panel pf the 8381A with POSITION enclosure to enclosure cables and Figure 6. GLM control network cabling, speaker cables and LED connecting cable covering plates installed Do not exceed 1 Nm (0.7 ft lb) torque.
  • Page 11: System Calibration

    Speakon connector is connected to pin Place the Genelec measurement microphone number 1 in the second Speakon connector, GLM software can fully set up your Genelec on a stand at the listening location of the and so on. Smart Active (SAM) Monitoring system.
  • Page 12 1 meter in free space when the volume is dB SPL for a -6 dBu analogue input signal. A yellow light is shown when the 8381A is set to the maximum (0 dB). The sensitivity This sensitivity can be adjusted using GLM...
  • Page 13: Maintenance

    RAM-81 amplifiers. These settings • Observe the minimum clearances. will automatically be applied when the The 8381A monitor is capable of playing Sufficient clearances, free flow of air amplifier turns on unless the GLM network is sound levels significantly in excess of 100 around the RAM-81 amplifier as defined connected and the GLM software is running.
  • Page 14: Warranty

    Warranty This product is warranted for a period of two year, and ten years once the customer registers the product at Genelec web portal. The warranty covers faults in materials or workmanship. The warranty period can be extended registering the product at www.
  • Page 15 Figure 11. Dimensions of the 8381A enclosure 8381A (2023−08−17) 8381A 2023−04−24 power response Frequency (Hz) Frequency (Hz) Figure 12. Horizontal directivity characteristics of the 8381A. Figure 13. The monitor's power response. 8381A 2023−04−24 vertical plane, normalized with on−axis 8381A 2023−04−24 horizontal plane, normalized with on−axis −3 −3...
  • Page 16 −5 Frequency (Hz) Frequency (Hz) Figure 16. The delay variation of the 8381A as a function of Figure 17. The delay variation of the 8381A as a function of frequency with Extended Phase Linearity function OFF frequency with Extended Phase Linearity function ON 8381A Extended Phase Linearity OFF −...
  • Page 17 Midrange 1900 Hz Coaxial Midrange/Tweeter software frequency response adjustment Parametric notch filters Shelving filters 2 LF and 2 HF System calibration Genelec GLM AutoCal™ Genelec WooferCal™ *Variable crossover frequensies are optimised by GLM AutoCal and WooferCal based on room acoustics...
  • Page 20 8381A Operating Manual www.genelec.com Genelec Document D0190R001 Copyright Genelec Oy 8.2023. All data subject to change without prior notice International enquiries: In the U.S. please contact: In Sweden please contact In China please contact: In Japan, please contact: Genelec, Olvitie 5 Genelec Sverige Genelec, Inc., 7 Tech Circle...

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