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Mackie C300z manual

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    C 3 0 0 z TWO-W A Y LOUDSPEAKER USER’S MANUAL C300 z[...]

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    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 pres sure lev els, it is rec om mend ed that all per sons ex posed to equip ment ca pa ble of pro duc ing high sound pres sure levels use hear ing pr[...]

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    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. This reduces the amount of energy that is typical[...]

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    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. CONSULT USERS MANUAL FOR PROPER USE OF BUILT IN SUSPENSION HARDWARE. POWERED MIXER SERIAL NUMBER M[...]

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    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 EVERYBODY HEARS THE SAME THING RMS • 300 WATTS MUSIC • 500 WATTS PEAK • 750 WATTS SPECIFICATIONS: POWER HANDLING: IMPEDANCE • 8 OHMS HORN DISPERSION ?[...]

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    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). You can lay the cabinet down on its side and use the C300z as a fl oor monitor. The asy m m[...]

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    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. CAU T I O N : The protection cir cuit is de signed to protect the HF driver under r ea so[...]

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    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 . • K eep practicing. Re[...]

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    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. As the distance between the ampli fi [...]

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    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 Type 24 dB/oc tave , time offset corrected High-Frequency Crosso ver Type 24 dB/octave Crossov er Frequency 1800 Hz Au d i o Input Type: Speakon®-st[...]

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    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. If any defects are found in the materials or workmanship or if the product fails to function properly during the applicable warranty period, LOUD T echnologies, at its option, will repa[...]

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    16220 W ood-Red Road NE • W oodinville, W A 98072 • USA US and Canada: 800.898.3211 Europe , Asia, Central and South America: 425.487.4333 Middle East and Africa: 31.20.654.4000 F ax: 425.487.4337 • www .mack ie.com E-mail: sales@mackie.com[...]