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INSTALLATION MANUAL
BL118SS • BL218SS Subwoofers

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  • Page 1 INSTALLATION MANUAL BL118SS • BL218SS Subwoofers...
  • Page 2: Introduction And Overview

    BL118SS and BL218SS subwoofers respectively incorporate one or two 18 inch bass drivers in a reflex loaded enclosure. They provide low frequency bandwidth to 18 Hz at -10 dB and maximum sound pressure levels of 136 dB and 143 dB at 1 m respectively.
  • Page 3 Never exceed the rating of the hardware or equipment. • Blaze Audio strongly recommends that the system be inspected at least once a year and logged. If any sign of weakness or damage is detected, remedial action should be taken immediately.
  • Page 4: Installation Options

    BL118SS subwoofer and BLx18SS series subwoofers can be installed free-standing on floors all six attachment point screws on a BL218SS subwoofer. or other structures able to support their weight. Note: It is important to ensure that any structure on which a BLx18SS series subwoofer is supported is able to bear its weight with an 1.
  • Page 5 2. Applications and Deployment 2.2.2 Flown Installation Step 2. Screw an M10 eye-bolt fully into each of the available attachment point screw holes. The eye-bolts are then available for attachment to flying hardware. 2. Replace removed screws with M10 eye- bolts.
  • Page 6 2. Applications and Deployment 2.2.3 Subwoofer Directivity Options In combination with use of the appropriate Blaze PowerZone™ For cardioid directivity, the two subwoofers should be positioned Connect amplifier Speaker Presets, pairs of BLx18SS series either adjacent to each other, or one above the other, with one...
  • Page 7 Each BLx18SS series subwoofer is fitted with two Neutrik®️ NL4 speakON®️ sockets on its rear panel. One socket is intended for connection to one or two bridged channels of a Blaze Audio PowerZone™ Connect amplifier (3004 or higher) and one socket provides an optional parallel output connection for a second subwoofer. The driving amplifier must be configured in Bridged Output (BTL) mode, as described in Section 3.2.2 of this manual, before it is connected...
  • Page 8 BL118SS-3 (forward facing) with BL118SS-4 (backwards facing) When used to drive BLx18SS series subwoofers, Blaze Audio PowerZone™ Connect amplifiers (3004 or higher) must be configured in Bridged Output mode. Do not connect an amplifier to a BLx18SS series subwoofer before it is configured appropriately.
  • Page 9 Optionally connect 3.1.3 BL218SS Amplifier Connections BL218SS-2 The BL218SS subwoofer is designed to work with the Blaze Audio PowerZone™ Connect amplifiers (3004 or higher) only. These amplifiers incorporate the DSP equalisation facilities required to optimise the subwoofer acoustic performance, while also providing appropriate output power capabilities.
  • Page 10 Speaker presets for BLx18SS series subwoofers are available for download from the Blaze website and must be used for correct subwoofer performance. Standard and Cardioid speaker presets are available. The procedure for downloading and enabling PowerZone™ Connect amplifiers (3004 or higher) speaker presets is described in the following sections.
  • Page 11 Speaker Preset Step 1 and select the appropriate file. It will be named : menu option. BL118SS.zcp, BL118SS-Cardioid.zcp, BL218SS.zcp or BL218SS-Cardioid.zcp Select IMPORT. Step 6. The speaker preset file will now be applied to amplifier Output Step 4.
  • Page 12: Technical Information

    ** Power handling tested using pink noise filtered to meet IEC 268-5, 6 dB crest factor, 100 hours, with recommended EQ. *** Peak level measured at 1m under free field conditions using 10 dB crest factor pink noise with specified ([Blaze Audio] preset) and corresponding EQ settings.
  • Page 13 1219,2 mm 22.5” 30.0” 571,5 mm 762 mm 48.0” 30.0” 1219,2 mm 762 mm 22.5” 22.5” 571,5 mm 571,5 mm Blaze Audio HQ, Pascal A/S, Ellekaer 6, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark. hello@blaze-audio.com, www.blaze-audio.com Blaze Audio Americas, Pascal Inc., (888) 500-0109, help@blaze-audio.com...

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