Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FR1400 Mackie
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OWNER’S MANUAL T WO CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIERS FR•800, FR•1400, and FR•2500 FR S eries.
FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings.
Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Don’t forget to visit our website at www .mackie.com for more information about this and other Mackie products. Part No. SW0315 Rev . A 03/2006 ©2006 LOUD T echnologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. T able of Contents I m p o rt a n t Sa f e t y I n s t ru c t i o n s .
4 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new Mackie power amplifier . Please r ead these instructions to get the maximum performance from your amplifier , and to keep the owner’s manual writer from getting sad.
5 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Getting Started The following steps will help you set up your amplifier , and get the levels just right. S e tt i n g s : 1. Be sure the amplifier’ s POWER switch is off. 2. T urn down both Level controls. 3. On the rear panel, set the SUBSONIC FIL TER switch OFF and the CLIP LIMIT switch ON.
6 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Hookup Diagrams STEREO , DU AL MONO, AND BRIDGED MONO Stereo Hookup DuAL Mono Hookup BriDgeD Mono Hookup FR OM MI XI NG C ON SOL E LE FT A ND R IGH T MA IN .
7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual D AISY CHAINING AND A CUTE TRICK DAiSY CHAining tWo AMpLiFierS F RO M MI XI NG C ON SO LE L EF T AN D RI GH T MA IN OU T A MP M OD E SW IT CH S TE RE O P as si ve.
8 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS 1 2 4 5 Front Panel Features 1 . P O W E R Use this rocker switch to turn the unit on or off. This connects/disconnects the AC power to the AC power transformer . The amplifier is on when the top of the switch is pressed in.
9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 7 8 9 10 6 Rear Panel Features 6 . X L R I N P U T S These inputs allow you to connect balanced XLR plugs. These are wir ed conventionally , with pin 2 hot, pin 3 cold and pin 1 ground.
10 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS 1 1 . F A N V E N T S Do not obstruct the ventilation openings of the ampli- fier . 1 . SP EA K ER O U T PU T S There ar e two options for connecting your speakers: binding posts and Speakon connectors.
11 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual General Precautions A C P O WE R R E QU I R E ME N T S The amplifier's power cord should be plugged into an AC outlet properly configured with the voltage r equired for your particular model.
1 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Appendix A: Ser vice Information • Is the signal source turned up? Make sure the signal level from the mixing console (or whatever device immediately precedes the amplifier) is high enough to produce sound in the amplifier .
1 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual One side is louder than the other • Are both Level controls set to the same posi- tion? • Check your source signal to make sure the left and right signals are balanced. • Are the speaker impedances matched? Differ - ent speaker loads can cause different volume levels on each side.
14 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Appendix B: Connections, math and stuff 1/4" TS Phone Plugs and Jacks “TS” stands for Tip-Sleeve, the two connections avail- able on a mono 1/4" phone jack or plug. They are used for unbalanced signals.
15 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual conductors and smaller Metric WG numbers = smaller conductors. The Metric WG is equal to ten times the nominal conductor diameter in millimeters. L o n g e r L en g t h s For cable lengths over 200 feet / 60 m at 8 ohms, and over 100 feet / 30 m at 4 ohms, the conductor sizes needed for less than 0.
16 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Appendix C: T echnical Info T opology FR•800, FR•1400: Class AB FR•2500: Class H Cooling V ariable-speed fans with back to front airflow Indicators Channels A and B SIG (Signal Present), OL (Overload), POWER Current C onsumption FR•800 FR•1400 FR•2500 Idle 0.
17 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 1+ 1– 2– 2+ 1+ 1– 2– 2+ IN PU T A BA LA NCE D LI NE IN PU T (T RS ) IN PU T A BA LA NCE D LI NE IN PU T (X LR -F) IN PU T B BA LA NCE D LI NE IN PU T (T RS ) FR S ERI ES BL OC K D IA GRA M 28 .
18 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS N e e d He l p ? Y o u c a n r e a c h a t e c h n ic a l s up p o rt r ep r e s e n t a ti v e M o n d a y t h r o u gh F r i da y f r o m 7 AM t o 5 P M P S T a t: 1 - 8 0 0 -8 9 8- 1 1 A f t er h ou r s , vi s i t w w w .
19 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual A. LOUD T echnologies Inc. warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operation of this product for a period of three years from the original date of purchase.
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