Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product A500 Behringer
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User M anual REF ERENC E A MP LI F IER A5 00 Pr ofess ional 60 0 -W at t Re ferenc e - Cla ss S tudio P ower Amplier.
2 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual Thank you By purc hasing an A50 0, you have obtained a hig h-en d refer ence ampli er . It w as develope d for pr ofessio nal use in re cording s tudio s, but at the s ame time i t oer s enough p ower reser ves to b e used in smalle r live setup s as well.
3 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual LEGAL DI SCL AI ME R LIM ITE D W AR R ANT Y T erminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of su cient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed.
4 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual “Support ” at behringer . com. Ifyour c ountry is not listed, please check if y our problem can be dealt with by our “OnlineSuppor t” which may also be found under “Support ” at behringer . com.
5 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual 1. Intro duct ion The A50 0 featu res spe cial circ uitr y tha t protec t s your speaker s fr om transie nts during s tar t-up and your a mp fro m overheating. Th e amp is not put at any r isk even if there i s a shor t on it s out put s.
6 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual 2. Co ntrol E lemen ts 2 .1 The front (2) (3) (4) (5) (1) Fig. 2 . 1: Contr ol el eme nt s in th e fr ont (1) The POWER sw itch is use d to power up the A 500. The POWER sw itch shoul d always be in it s “O ” posit ion when you conn ec t the uni t to the mains.
7 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual (6) CHANNEL INPUT 1 ( MONO) . Connec t the signal s ource who se out put nee ds to be ampli ed. ◊ Please u se onl y one of the t hree i nput co nnec tor s pe r chan nel at any one tim e! Here you will conn ec t an out put of your mi xing cons ole, your HiFi preamp o r another signa l source.
8 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual 3. 2 Mono - bridged mode In this mod e, the voltage s of both chan nels are adde d up and rou ted to just one loudsp eaker . Thi s result s in a doub ling of voltag e, quadrupling o f the peak power value and ro ughly tr ippling of t he continuo us power out put on a single channel.
9 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual 4. 3 Audio connections Various cable s are nee ded fo r dier ent t ypes o f applic ations. The f ollowing illust rations show t he corre c t wirin g.
10 REFERE NCE AMPLIF IER A500 User Manual 5. Sp ec i cati ons Output Po wer RMS P ower Stereo Mode ( both channels driven ) 8 Ω / 1 kHz @ 1 % THD 1 25 W 4 Ω / 1 kHz @ 1 % THD 1 85 W Bridged Mono .
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