User guide

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CONTENTS
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING ..................................................................................................................... 3
CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8
2 GEO S12 GENERAL SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS .................................................................................................................... 11
2.1 SPEAKER CONNECTION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11
2.1.1 GEO S12 connectors ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1.2 LS18 connector ................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
2.1.3 Configuring Geo S12 for Passive or Active Mode ............................................................................................................... 11
2.1.4 Cabling ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.1.5 Example: ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
3 AMPLIFIER SELECTION FOR USE WITH GEO S12 & LS18 ........................................................................................... 14
3.1 GEO S12, LS18 AND NXAMP TDCONTROLLERS ............................................................................................................................ 14
3.1.1 NXAMP connectors......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.2 GEO S12, LS18 and NXAMP recommended configurations ............................................................................................ 14
4 GEO S12 SETUPS ON NEXO TD CONTROLLERS .............................................................................................................. 15
4.1 NXAMP TDCONTROLLERS .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
5 CONNECTION DIAGRAMS ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.1 GEO S12 / NXAMP4X1 (BRIDGE STEREO – S12 IN PASSIVE MODE) .......................................................................................... 16
5.2 GEO S12 / NXAMP4X1 (BRIDGE STEREO – S12 IN ACTIVE MODE) ........................................................................................... 17
5.3 LS18 / NXAMP4X1 (BRIDGE STEREO) ............................................................................................................................................. 18
5.4 LS18 & GEO S12 / NXAMP4X1 (BRIDGE STEREO – S12 IN PASSIVE MODE) ........................................................................... 19
5.5 GEO S12 / NXAMP4X4 (4 CHANNELS – S12 IN PASSIVE MODE) ................................................................................................ 20
5.6 GEO S12 / NXAMP4X4 (S12 IN STEREO ACTIVE MODE) ............................................................................................................. 21
5.7 LS18 / NXAMP4X4 (4 CHANNELS) .................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.8 LS18 & GEO S12 NXAMP4X4 (S12 IN PASSIVE MODE) .............................................................................................................. 23
6 NS-1 SIMULATION SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................................................ 24
7 CONFIGURABLE DIRECTIVITY DEVICE ............................................................................................................................. 25
7.1 INSTALLING & REMOVING GEO’S CONFIGURABLE DIRECTIVITY FLANGES ..................................................................................... 25
7.2 WHEN & WHERE TO USE CONFIGURABLE DIRECTIVITY FLANGES .................................................................................................... 26
8 GEO S12 HARDWARE SETUP PROCEDURE ...................................................................................................................... 27
8.1 SAFETY FIRST ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
8.1.1 Flown Systems Safety .................................................................................................................................................................... 27
8.1.2 Ground Stacking Safety ................................................................................................................................................................ 28
8.1.3 Contacts .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
8.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30
8.2.1 Described configurations ............................................................................................................................................................ 31
8.2.2 WARNINGS ON GEO S12 ACCESSORIES ................................................................................................................................ 32
8.3 GEO S12 IN FIXED INSTALLATIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
8.3.1 Fixed installation Accessories and kits................................................................................................................................... 33
8.3.2 Single GEO S12 rigidly mounted on a wall or a ceiling (vertical or horizontal) ................................................... 34
8.3.3 Single GEO S12 cable mounted on a wall or a ceiling (vertical or horizontal) ...................................................... 35
8.3.4 GEO S12 vertical array rigidly mounted on a ceiling ....................................................................................................... 36
8.3.5 LS18 & GEO S12 vertical array rigidly mounted on a ceiling ....................................................................................... 38
8.3.6 LS18 and GEO S12 vertical array cable mounted on a ceiling ..................................................................................... 41
8.3.7 GEO S12 horizontal array rigidly mounted on a ceiling ................................................................................................. 42
8.3.8 GEO S12 horizontal array cable mounted on a ceiling .................................................................................................... 44
8.4 GEO S12 IN TOURING APPLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 45
8.4.1 Touring Accessories ....................................................................................................................................................................... 45
8.4.2 Single GEO S12 on speaker stand or on LS18 horizontally ............................................................................................ 46
8.4.3 Single GEO S12 flown vertically ................................................................................................................................................ 48