Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product C300z Mackie
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C 3 0 0 z TWO-W A Y LOUDSPEAKER USER’S MANUAL C300 z.
2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS According to OSHA, any exposure in excess of these permissible lim its could result in some hear ing loss. T o en sure against po ten tial ly dan ger ous ex po sure to high sound.
3 P art No. 820-188-90 R ev . B 3/05 ©2004-2005 LOUD T echnologies Inc . All Rights R eserved. INTRODUCTION The Crossover This unique Low Impedance Com pen sat ed Cross ov er (LICC) design places in duc tors in se- ries with the woofer whose v alues are markedly low er than con ven tion al designs.
4 Mixer or P reamplifier Right Line level Output Lef t Line level Output INPUT THRU PARALLEL MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPEAKERS IN PARALLEL IS 2 PER POWERED MIXER OR AMPLIFIED CHANNEL WIDE DISPERSION EVERYBODY HEARS THE SAME THING DO NOT SUSPEND FROM HANDLES.
5 Mixer or P reamplifier Right Line level Output Lef t Line level Output INPUT THRU PARALLEL MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPEAKERS IN PARALLEL IS 2 PER POWERED MIXER OR AMPLIFIED CHANNEL WIDE DISPERSION EVERYBOD.
6 PLACEMENT The C300z loudspeakers ar e de signed to sit on the fl oor , a tabletop, or to fi t on a stan dar d tri pod speaker stand. The y can also be suspended by the rigging points, shown at the right (also see "Rig- ging" on the next page).
7 PROTECTION A protection cir cuit is built into the C300z to pro tect the high-frequenc y compression driver from e xcessiv e power . When the pow er to the HF driver appr oaches the max i mum, the pow er de- liv ered to the driv er is mo men tari ly reduced.
8 Bad sound! • Is it loud and distorted? F ollow the pro ce dures described in the “ Quick Start ” section to verify that the lev els are set pr operly . • Are all the connections secur e? It ’ s a good idea to periodically clean all electrical con nec - tions with a non-lu bri cat ing electrical contact cleaner .
9 COLD HOT 1+ 1+ 1– 1– 2– 2+ Use heavy gauge , stranded wir e for connecting a speaker to the output of a po wer ampli fi er . Do not use coaxial cable like a guitar cord to make speaker connections. They ar e not designed to handle the high currents pr oduced by a pow er ampli fi er and can ov erheat.
10 C300z SPECIFICA TIONS System Specifi cations Frequency R esponse (–3 dB) 55 Hz – 18 kHz Frequency R ange (–1 0 dB) 45 Hz – 20 kHz Maximum SPL Long-term @ 1m 123 dB Low-Frequency Cr ossover.
11 A. LOUD T echnologies Inc. warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operation of this product for a period of two years from the original date of purchase.
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