Owner`s manual

Owner’s Manual
CP400 & CP700
Commercial Power Amplifier
AtlasSound.com – 6 –
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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9. Stereo/Parallel/Bridge Switch
4HISPOSITIONSWITCHCHANGESTHEOPERATINGMODEOFTHEAMPLIlERDO NOTMOVETHISSWITCH 
 WHENTHEAMPLIlERISPOWEREDUPANDCONNECTEDTOALOAD
sStereo7HENTHESWITCHISSETTOTHISPOSITIONTHEAMPLIlEROPERATESASTWOINDEPENDENT
  AMPLIlERS5SETHISPOSITIONFORSTEREOPROGRAMMATERIALORFORTWODISCREETPAGINGSOUND
  MASKINGZONES
sParallel7HENTHESWITCHISSETTOTHISPOSITIONASINGLEMONOINPUTSIGNALISTOBEUSED
#ONNECTTHEINPUTWIRINGTOEITHERCHANNELORCHANNEL4HEONEINPUTSIGNALWILLDRIVE
BOTHAMPCHANNELS5SETHISPOSITIONWHENTWOSPEAKERZONESAREBEINGFEDBYAMONO
SIGNAL3EENOTEBELOW
sBridge7HENTHESWITCHISSETTOTHISPOSITIONCONNECTTHEMONOINPUTSIGNALTOCHANNEL
1 ONLY4HESPEAKERLOADISCONNECTEDACROSSTHETWOPOSITIVETERMINALSASSHOWNIN 
  &IGUREONPAGE4HEAMPLIlERWILLDELIVERAPPROXIMATELYTWICETHEVOLTAGEACROSSTHE
  LOAD0LEASEOBSERVETHEMINIMUMLOADSPECIlCATIONWHENOPERATINGIN"RIDGEMODE
Note!D"LOSSOFOUTPUTPOWERWILLOCCURWHENOPERATINGINPARALLELMODE4OOVERCOME
 THISLOSSCONNECTTHEPOSITIVETERMINALONINPUTTOTHEPOSITIVETERMINALONINPUTAND 
 CONNECTTHENEGATIVETERMINALONINPUTTOTHENEGATIVETERMINALONINPUT3HORTLENGTHSOF 
 GAUGEWIRECANBEUSED
10. CH1/CH2, Low Impedance Speaker Outputs
 4HEAMPLIlERDIRECTSPEAKEROUTPUTSBYPASSTHEINTERNALCONSTANTVOLTAGETRANSFORMERSANDARE
 USEDFORDIRECTCONNECTIONTOLOUDSPEAKERS4HEAMPLIlERWILLOPERATEINTOANDΩLOADS
 4HEUSEOFAPPROPRIATELYSIZEDSPADELUGSISRECOMMENDEDFORSPEAKERWIRETERMINATION 
 CONNECTTHESPEAKERLINECOMMONTOTHEhvTERMINALANDTHEPOSITIVELEADTOTHEhvTERMINAL
 &ORHIGHPOWERAPPLICATIONSUSETHEPROPERGAUGEWIREFORTHESPEAKERCONNECTIONS#ONTACT
 !TLAS3OUND4ECH3UPPORTFORASSISTANCEINDETERMININGTHEPROPERSIZEWIRE
11. CH1/CH2, 25/70.7/100V Speaker Outputs
 4HEAMPLIlERWILLDRIVECONSTANTVOLTAGESPEAKERLOADSFORUSEINCOMMERCIALBUSINESSMUSIC
PAGINGSYSTEMSANDSOUNDMASKINGSYSTEMS4HEUSEOFSPADELUGSFORTERMINATINGAND
CONNECTINGTHESPEAKERHOMERUNSISRECOMMENDED4HESPEAKERLINECOMMONCONNECTSTOTHE
hvTERMINALANDTHEPOSITIVELEADCONNECTSTOTHEDESIREDVOLTAGEFORREQUIREDSYSTEMREQUIRES
FORPROPEROPERATION&IGURES0AGES
Calculating Constant Voltage Loads
 4OCALCULATETHEMAXIMUMQUANTITYOFTRANSFORMERCOUPLEDLOUDSPEAKERSYOUCANSAFELY
CONNECTTOTHEAMPLIlERlRSTADDUPTHETOTALNUMBEROFSPEAKERSTHATWILLBECONNECTEDTO
ONECHANNELOFTHEAMPLIlERTHENMULTIPLYTHATTOTALSPEAKERNUMBERBYTHETAPSETTINGYOU
PLANTOUSE4HERESULTWILLBETHELOADINWATTSTHATTHEAMPOUTPUTCHANNELWILLSEE)TIS
GOODENGINEERINGPRACTICETOLEAVEAMARGINBELOWTHEMAXIMUMRATEDOUTPUTPOWER
OFTHEAMPLIlER)NTHISCASEONECHANNELOFTHEAMPLIlERCANSUPPLY7OFPOWERAT
6$ERATETHISBYLEAVING7OFPOWERAVAILABLEFORCONSTANTVOLTAGESPEAKERS