American Audio PXI 15P manual

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    A MERICAN A UDIO 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, Ca. 90058 www .AmericanAudio.us Rev . 4/05 PXI 15P ™ Powered Professional Two-Way Sound Reinforcement Loudspeaker[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 2 P X I 1 5 P™ C on t en t s P X I 1 5 P™ U np a ck i n g P X I 1 5 P™ I nt r o du c ti o n Every PXI 1 5P™ has been thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condition. Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 3 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert t he user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 4 P X I 1 5 P™ S af e ty P r ec a ut i o ns PXI 15P™ loudspeaker can easily repr oduce sound pressur e levels (SPL) sufficient enough to cause sever and permanent hearing damage. A gr eat degr ee of car e should be taken to pr otect your ears to prolong exposur[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 5 P X I 1 5 P™ R eg i st r a ti o n P X I 1 5 P™ M ai n Fe a t ur e s PXI 15P™ Speaker System: • Heavy Duty Nylon Fiber Cabinet • Built in XLR & 1/4” Mic and Line Level Inputs • Seperate Microphone V olume Controls • XLR and RCA Balanced Inputs ?[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 6 P X I 1 5 P™ C on t r ol s an d F ea t ur e s 1. HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSDUCER – This unit is used to repr oduce the high frequency response. 2. 15” WOOFER – The high-power ed 15” woofer is used to repr oduce the midrange and low frequencies. 3. RUBBER FOOT [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 7 Rear Panel: 9. 1/4” MIC 1 INPUT JACK – This jack is used for a Microphone and line level inputs. Connect CD players or T ape Decks to LINE inputs. Line level musical instruments with stereo outputs such as Rhythm Machines, Keyboards or Samplers should also be [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 8 P XI 15P™ Rear Panel Controls and Features Rear Panel Cont.: 14. LINE LEVEL INPUT VOLUME – This knob is used to r egulate the output signal of the line level source connected to the Line Level Input Jacks (17 & 19). 15. 1/4” MIC 2/LINE LEVEL INPUT JACK ?[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 9 P XI 15P™ Rear Panel Controls and Features The ground prong is used to reduce the risk of electrical shock in case of an electrical short. This cord is designed to fit in one direction only . Do not attempt to force a cord if it does not fit, be sure the cor d[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 10 P X I 1 5 P™ T y p ic a l S p e ak e r S e t -U p T ypical PXI 15P™ Output Set-Up PXI 15P™ PXI 15P™ AUX 4 AUX / IN MADE IN CHINA MODEL NO.: Q- 3433 MKII POWER SOU RCE: 115/230V ~ 50/60Hz 20W MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT XLR-XLR Balanced Cables[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 11 P X I 1 5 P™ L oo p in g S pe a ke r s T o Next PXI 15P™ (If Applicable) From Mixer PXI 15P™ Looping[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 12 P X I 1 5 P ™ Ri g g in g a nd M o un t i n g O p t io n s Speaker Rigging Har dware – The PXI 15P™ may be permanently installed or mounted using any of the many available thir d party wall brackets and ceiling mounts available. Always be sur e to follow al[...]

  • Page 13

    Floor Monitor Brackets - These brackets are help- ful for DJ’ s and bands to help moniter their sound during a performance. This is also an alter native to standing the speaker straight up or mounting it on a stand. These brackets slide into each end of the speaker . Each speaker has its own special sized floor bracket. P X I 1 5 P ™ Ri g g in[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 14 P X I 1 5 P™ A va i la b l e A c ce s s or i es APX-B - Speaker Carry Case - A rugged gig bag with rollers, an adjustable pull out handle, and a heavy duty zipper . Designed to pr otect your speaker fr om damage and the environment during transportation and sto[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 15 1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® hereby warrants, to the original pur chaser , American Audio ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) fr om the date of purchase. This warranty sha[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .AmericanAudio.us - PXI 15P™ - Instruction Manual Page 16 Model: American Audio® PXI 15P™ - Professional Powered Sound Reinforcement Loud Speaker Speaker Section: Dimensions: 14” (L) x 16.5” (W) x 25.5” (H) / 356mm x 419mm x 648mm W eight: 68 Lbs. / 25.5 kgs Environmental conditions: Operational temperature: 5 [...]

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    ©American Audio A Division of the American DJ Group of Companies American Audio W orld Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA T el: 323-582-2650 Fax: 323-582-2610 W eb: www .AmericanAudio.us E-mail: info@AmericanAudio.us[...]