SWR Sound 1X10T manual

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    WorkingMa n ’ s Series BASS SPEAKER ENCLOSURES USER GUIDE SWR SOUND CORP. • SUN VALLEY, CA • USA includes: WORKINGMAN’S 1X10T WORKINGMAN’S 1X15T WORKINGMAN’S 2X10T WORKINGMAN’S 4X10T WORKINGMAN’S TOWER[...]

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    INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of an SWR WorkingMan’s Series bass speaker enclosure. By placing an SWR cabinet in your bass amplification system you have made a sound desicion that could very well be the best of your life! Just a little humor there, but true nonetheless. For over 15 years we here at SWR have been putting everything[...]

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    Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Table Of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Input Panel Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 [...]

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    GENERAL INFORMATION Connection Only one amplifier at a time can be connected to your WorkingMan’s speaker enclosure. DO NOT plug two amplifiers into one speaker enclosure, as it will not work and may damage your system. Always complete your amplifier-to-speaker and speaker-to-speaker connections before powering up your system. Full Range Input an[...]

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    INPUT PANEL DIAGRAM All Models (except WorkingMan’s Tower) 4 INPUT PANEL DIAGRAM WorkingMan’s Tower Tweeter Attenuator Switch 1/ 4" Input 1/ 4" Output Tweeter Attenuator Control 1/ 4" Input 1/ 4" Output Speakon Input Speakon Output[...]

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    WORKINGMAN’S 1X10T Specifications Specifications Description: 1x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 100 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 96 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–3dB @ 70Hz and 18KHz) Speaker Complement: (1) Custom Designed, Stamped Steel F rame, 10" SWR Driver (1) Custom Designed Tweeter Porting: Front Slot[...]

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    WORKINGMAN’S 1X15T Specifications Description: 1x15 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 200 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 100 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–6dB @ 40 Hz and 18KHz) Speaker Complement: (1) Custom Designed, Cast Frame 15" SWR Driver (1) Custom Designed Tweeter Porting: Front Slot Port Dimensions: 23.25&[...]

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    WORKINGMAN’S 2X10T Specifications Specifications Description: 2x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 200 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 98 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–3db @ 63 Hz and 18.5 KHz) Speaker Complement: (2) Custom Designed 10" SWR Drivers (1) Custom Designed Tweeter Porting: F ront Slot Port Dimensions:[...]

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    WORKINGMAN’S 4X10T Specifications Specifications Description: 4x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 400 watts RMS Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 100 dB SPL @ 1W1M (–3dB @ 50 Hz and 18KHz) Speaker Complement: (2) Custom Designed 10" SWR Drivers (1) LCustom Designed Tweeter Porting: Front Slot Port Dimensions: 2[...]

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    WORKINGMAN’S TOWER Specifications Specifications Description: 8x10 and Tweeter Speaker Enclosure Power Handling: 800 watts RMS Impedance: 4 ohms Frequency Response & SPL: 93 dB @ 1W1M (–3dB 60 Hz & 13.5 kHz) Speaker Complement: (8) Custom Designed, Stamped Steel F rame, 10" SWR Drivers (1) Custom Designed Tweeter Porting: Front Slo[...]

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    WORKINGMAN’S TOWER (continued) Tweeter Attenuator Control The large dial found on the input panel of the cabinet is the Tweeter Attenuator Control (see dia - gram, page 4) . This control is used to adjust the level of high frequency signal present at the tweet - er. A normal setting for this control is straight up or “twelve o’clock . ” Tur[...]

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    IMPEDANCE: A GENERAL OVERVIEW The following terms will be helpful in understanding the information in this section: Impedance: The resistance of a device to the flow of alternating current. Often used to rate the resistance of a speaker's voice coil. Ohm: A unit of electrical resistance equal to that of a conductor in which a current of one am[...]

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    IMPEDANCE (continued) one 8 ohm enclosure, you know you can add one more 8 ohm speaker safely (8 divided by 2 = 4). Although much less common, you could also add one, or even two, 16 ohm cabinets: two 16 ohm cabinets in parallel have the same total impedance as one 8 ohm speaker. To get the most efficiency out of your system with the fewest cabinet[...]

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    than one cabinet, check all cable connections in the chain. If you then suspect that the problem may be a bad cable, you can use a 9 volt battery as a cable-tester. To do so, plug one end of the questionable cable into your speaker cabinet, and then touch the phone plug on the other end to the two terminals (+ and –) of the battery, contacting th[...]

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    SWR LIMITED WARRANTY SWR LIMITED WARRANTY All SWR WorkingMan’s Series Speaker Enclosures are warrantied to the original consumer purchaser for a period of One (1) Year (with the exception of the WorkingMan’s Tower which is warrantied for Two (2) Years) from the date of purchase in the USA from an Authorized SWR Deale r . The warranty is VOID if[...]

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    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: TO REDUCE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER OR BACK. CAUTION: TO REDUCE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. PLEASE REFER TO A QUALIFIED SERVICE TECHNICIAN. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. PLEASE REFER TO A QUALIFIED SERVICE TECHNICIAN. A. R[...]

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    WORKINGMAN’S 4004 Pro features at an affordable price! 400 watts of power housed in a durable road case with an extra rack space for your effects. Shape your tone with a 5-band EQ sec - tion, Aural Enhancer, and a variable limiter. Other fea - tures include: Tuner out for silent on-stage tuning, XLR Out to run your signal directly to the PA or re[...]

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    SWR SOUND CORPORATION 9130 Glenoaks Blvd . • Sun Valley, CA 91352 USA (818 ) 253- 4797 • F ax: ( 818 ) 253- 4799 ©2001 SWR Sound Corp. All rights reserved. PART NO. 320033 REV. 05/01 Learn more about SWR products and artists by point - ing your browser to: swrsound.com[...]