Bosch ZXA5-90 manual

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual ZxA5 Series L oudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual ZxA5-6 0 ZxA5-9 0[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 1 Impor tant Safet y Instructions 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 a dry cloth. 7 . Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturers instructio[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual ZxA5 Series Owner ’ s Manual T able of Contents Thank you for c hoosing the Electro-V oice ZxA5 series loudspeaker system. This system is the culmination of EV’ s experience in transducer design. Please take time to consult this manual so that you can under- st and all the features built into your EV system[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual Safet y First W hen setting up, inst alling and using the Electro-V oice ZxA5 speaker system, there are a number of pre- cautions that you should follow: · W hen Electro-V oice ZxA5 speakers are used for port able applications in which they will be positioned directly on the floor , make sure that the floor [...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual Description System Features - ZxA5 System Coverage - ZxA5 The Electro-V oice ZxA5 is one of the best-sounding powered 15” two-way composite loudspeakers available today , designed to provide performance that rivals much larger systems! Most powered loudspeakers are designed with simple operation in mind, maki[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual System Setup - ZxA5 T o get the ZxA5 into operation as quickly as possible, please observe the following steps and precautions: · Plug the 3-terminal PowerCon A C cable into a grounded line recept acle. Extension cords can be used to lengthen the AC cable as necessary but make sure that they are 3-conductor 14[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual ZxA5 Amplifier (cont’) Crossover Mode Switch Selects between 4 0 Hz highpass filter for Fullrange use, and 1 00 Hz highpass filter for use with a sub- woofer . It is not recommended that you use a ZxA5 in Fullrange mode with subwoofers. Level This control sets the output level of the ZxA5 in a range betwee[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual Suspending ZxA5 Speaker Systems ZxA5 enclosures have 5 steel anchor points internally mounted on the top, bottom, and rear . Single stud fittings can be att ac hed to these anchor plates and used as suspension points. Eac h of these anchor plates also has a M8 thread to accept rated forged M8 shoulder eyebolts[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 8 Suspending ZxA5 Speaker Systems (cont’) Suspending the ZxA5 using optional Electro- V oice Single-Stud Rigging Kits The ZxA5 is shipped with three single-stud anc hor plates for rigging with single-stud rigging. There are two more locations on the bottom to mount single-stud anchor plates for flying the Zx[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual Suspending ZxA5 Speaker Systems (cont’) Horizontal Suspension of the ZxA5 The ZxA5 is capable of being suspended horizontally from the side (handle) or downward from the rear with the use of M8 Eyebolts. Figure 9: Suspending the ZxA5 Horizontally from Handle Using Optional Forged Eyebolt Kit Kit Used - E B K [...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 10 Suspending ZxA5 Speaker Systems (cont’) Arraying and Suspending the ZxA5 using optional Electro- V oice Mounting or Array Brac kets Figures 11 and 12 show several applications using EV mounting and array brackets. Carefully follow the instructions in this manual & the user manual packaged with EV brack[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 11 Suspending ZxA5 Speaker Systems (cont’) N O TE: Do not exceed work- ing load limit for individual rigging points when ar- raying the ZxA5. See Figure 3, Page 7 Kits Used - CB5 Array Bracket Kit (x2)* SS K -1 Single- Stud Rigging Kit (x2) E B K -3 Forged M8 Eyebolt Kit (x1) Figure 1 2: Arraying and Suspendi[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 12 ZxA5 Stage Monitor Positions ZxA5 as a Monitor By design the ZxA5 is a perfect solution for st age monitors. As different stage sizes require different monitor angles, the ZxA5 offers two angles without any additional accessories. CA UTI O N: W hen flipped to 55° the feet protrude from the enclosure. Care [...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual Specifications 1 Half Space Measurement. Fr eq. Response 1 (-3 dB): 5 8 Hz - 1 8 kHz Fr eq. Range 1 (-1 0 dB): 5 0 Hz - 20 kHz Max. Calculated S PL: 1 33 dB Horizont al Coverage: 90° or 6 0° V ertic al Coverage: 5 0° or 6 0° LF Amplifier P ower: 1 000W R M S H F Amplifier P ower: 25 0W R M S LF T ransduc[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 14 Dimensions Block Diagram Front V iew T op View Bottom View Left View Right View Rear View[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 20 50 100 100 0 100 00 200 00 70 80 90 100 110 Fr equ enc y ( H z) Sensitivity (dB) F u l l R a n g e M o de , F u l l S p a c e Hi gh P a s s M o d e , F u l l S p a c e 20 50 100 100 0 100 00 200 00 70 80 90 100 110 Fr equ enc y ( H z) Sensitivity (dB) F u l l R a n g e M o de , F u l l S p a c e Hi gh P a s [...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 16 ZxA5 Models and Accessories Reference T able System Model Coverage Finish V oltage W eather Resistant Part No. ZxA5-90B (120V) 90° x 50° Black 120V No 301859-00 1 ZxA5-90W (120V) 90° x 5 0° W hite 120V No 3 0 1859-002 ZxA5-60B (120V) 60° x 60° Black 120V No 3 0 1859-003 ZxA5-60W (120V) 60° x 6 0° W h[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual Painting ZxA5 Speaker Systems Painting a ZxA5 Enclosure The ZxA5 Loudspeaker Enclosures are made of a high performance P olypropylene material. For best paint adhesion, we recommend a “Plastic Adhesion Promoter ” be applied before any paint. Sherwin W il- liams Plastic Adhesion Promoter U P0 7 226 is a good[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 18 Notes[...]

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    Electro-V oice ZxA5 Owner’ s Manual 12000 Portland A venue South, Burnsville, M N 55337 Phone: 952/88 4-4051, Fax: 952/8 8 4-0043 www .electrov oice.com © Bosch Communications Systems 0 1/2011 Part Number 381 1044 4 Rev C U.S.A. and Canada only . For customer orders, contact Customer Service at: 800/3 92-34 97 Fax: 800/955-6831 Europe, Africa, a[...]