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    QLIGHT ™ SERIES USER MAN UAL TQ-230 TQ-308 TQ-310 TQ-315 TQ-445 TQ-425 TQ-115 Turbosound Ltd. Star Road, Partr idge Green West Sussex RH13 8RY Unit ed Kingdom Tel: +44 ( 0)1403 711447 Fax: +44 ( 0)1403 710155 Web: www.turbosound. com Issue 1.2 Jul y 2006 Copyright © 2006 Turbosound Ltd.[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 2 CONTENTS Than ks ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Unpacking the QLight™ se ries louds peak er .....................................................................................[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 3 Limited Warranty .............................................................................................................................. 26 Warran ty Cove rage ........................................................................................................................... 26 Sh[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 4 Intr oduction Thanks Thank you for choosi ng a QLight™ ser ies loudspeaker product for your applicat ion. Pl ease spare a lit tle t ime to r ead the cont ents of t his manual, so that you can obt ain the best possible perfor mance from this uni t. All TURBOSOUND products are carefully engineer[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 5 FEATURE S • Superb audio quali ty : car efull y designed and matched l oudspeaker dri ve units ar e used to give you except ional per form ance and many years of r eliabl e, tr ouble fr ee operati on. • Ease of use : QLight ™ series pr oducts are except ionall y easy to set up and use wi t[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 6 PRODUCT RANGE SUM MARY TQ-230 The TQ-230 is a compact passive 2-way l oudspeaker wit h two 5” woof ers designed f or for eground, background and in-f ill music applications as well a s a theatre under-balcony loudspe aker. Its wide horiz ontal di spersion and a r otatabl e high fr equency horn[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 7 TQ-425 The TQ-425 i s a front loaded, double neodym ium 15” vented subwoof er designed t o combine wi th QLight™ ser ies enclosur es to give a hi gh qualit y, ful l range sound r einfo rcement syst em ideal ly suited t o all cor porate, industr ial, theatr e and audio visual applicati ons. W[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 8 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS QLight™ ser ies passive l oudspeaker enclosur es requir e only one ampl ifi er channel f or corr ect operati on, the f requency spli tti ng between the l ow fr equency driver and the high f requency dri ver being accompli shed by the int ernal passive crossover network bui [...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 9 In general, the more powerful the a mplifier, the bette r it will s ound, provided that it is not driven into sust ained cli pping. It should be underst ood that over dri ving an insuff icient ly powered amplif ier i s more l ikely t o cause loudspeaker dam age – the tot al energy i n a heavil[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 10 6dB down with r espect to cent re, ( averaged over t he whole fr equency range of t he loudspeaker) . Converging Elliptical Wav eguide ™ A design feat ure of t he TQ-308, TQ- 310 and TQ-315 is t he Converging E lliptical W aveguide ™ (CEW ™ ), a vaila ble in tw o direc tivity pa tterns : [...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 11 MOUNTIN G AND FIXING Rigging Hardw are A versati le range of mounting har dware is avai lable t hat all ows enclosures t o be used in a vari ety of way s, in eith er mobile applic ations or perma nent in stallatio ns. A top h at sta nd typ e fitting is fitted to the ba se of QLight™ ser ies f[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 12 RT-767 ri ng type fl ying point s. Rigging poi nts are provi ded on the top and r ear of t he TQ-310 and TQ-315 for use with opt ional RT- 767 rings, enabling cabinet s to be r igged in per manent installa tions and fo r mobile a pplica tions. Downward incl inati on of the encl osure can be adj[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 13 Wall brac kets are available for most Ql ight™ series encl osures in di ffer ent load r anges according to the wei ght of t he cabinet. Two examples are shown bel ow: the WB- 10 wall br acket wit h a TQ- 230 and the WB- 20A with a TQ- 310. Wall brackets can be di s-assembl ed to simpl ify i n[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 14 Side-mount ed fl ying str ips can be fitted to the sides of TQ- 445 enclosures by r emoving t he countersunk bol ts on the t op and sides of t he cabinet and r eplacing th em with t he M10 bolt s supplied wit h the hardwar e. Two fl ying str ips are requir ed for each encl osure; one at tached [...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 15 Single point mount opt ions incl ude a universal FB-12 fl ybar assembl y for use with t he TQ-445 and thi s enables the use of several di ffer ent fi xing methods. The illu stration at right shows the FB-12 with three diff erent methods of suspendi ng the TQ-445 cabi net: a uni lock fi tt ing; [...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 16 The foll owing table gi ves the predi cted downward angl e of TQ-445 encl osures when using t he FB- 12 flybar . Attachment positi on Verti cal angle (negat ive angle denot es upwards) Hole number 1 (front of cabinet) -29 ° Hole number 2 -23 ° Hole number 3 -17 ° Hole number 4 -10 ° Hole nu[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 17 Summary of riggi ng options TQ-230 TQ-308 TQ- 310 TQ-315 TQ-445 TQ- 425 TQ-115 Eyebolts M10 M10 M10 M10 M10 Rings RT-767 RT-767 Wall WB-10 WB-20A WB- 20A WB-55A Ceiling CB-10 CB-20A CB-20A CB-55A Swivel SB-308 SB-310 Frame FH-308 FH-310 FH- 315 FH-445 Pole PB-55 PB-55 PB- 55 PB-55 PB-55 Stri ps[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 18 the system, are suit ably quali fied t o do so and have a full understandi ng of all the fact ors i nvolved with safety as a number one priority. Turbos ound accepts no re sponsibility for any accident, damage or fai lure of any rigged syst em. Thi s riggi ng infor mation i s specifi cally r el[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 19 MAINTENANCE If any of the dri ve units shoul d cease functi oning and needs a repl acement r econe you are advised to remove t he faul ty unit from t he cabinet and send i t t o a professi onal recone ser vice author ised to recone Turbosound loudspeakers. This will ensure the continue d high p[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 20 unit shoul d be retur ned to an author ised Turbosound ser vice centr e. To rei nstate t he driver s, simply r everse th e above procedure maki ng sure you observe t he corr ect polar ity when reconnecti ng the cables back i nto the t ermi nals of t he drive uni ts. TQ-115 - Remova l of the 15?[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 21 APPENDIX A Spares and access ories CD-114 1” (25mm) HF compressi on driver TQ-445 CD-110 1” (25mm) HF compressi on driver TQ-308, TQ- 310 CD-211 1.4” (35mm ) HF compr ession dri ver TQ-315 LS-1018 10” (254mm) LF loudspeaker TQ-310 LS-1214 12” (305mm) LF loudspeaker TQ-445 LS-1526 15?[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 22 Flyi ng accessori es BS-445 Biscui t TQ-445 EB-10 M10 shoul der eyebolt TQ-230/308/ 445/425/115 FB-12 Universal fly bar assembly TQ-445 FF-445 Flying st rips ( 2 requir ed per enclosur e) TQ-445 FF-425L Flying st rips ( 2 requir ed per enclosur e) vert ical TQ-425 FF-425S Flying st rips ( 2 req[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 24 APPENDIX B: TECHNICA L SPECIFICATIONS TQ-230 TQ-308 TQ- 310 TQ-315 Dimensions 528 x 210 x 200mm 20.8” x 8.3” x 7. 9” 464 x 270 x 301mm 18.3” x 10.6” x 9. 5” 525 x 319 x 277mm 20.7” x 12.5” x 10. 9” 691 x 443 x 381mm 27.2” x 17.4” x 15” Net weight 9.5 kgs 20.9 lbs 11.5 kg[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 25 TQ-445 TQ-425 TQ-115 Dimensions 588 x 409 x 363mm 23.1” x 16.1” x 14. 3” 836 x 511 x 632mm 32.9” x 20.1” x 24. 9” 559 x 450 x 578mm 22” x 17.7” x 22.8” Net weight 30 kgs 66 lbs 54 kgs 118.8 lbs 30.1 kgs 66.2 lbs Power handli ng LF: 600watt s rms 1200 watts pr ogram MF/HF: 300 [...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 26 APPENDIX C: WARRANTY Limit ed Warr anty This Turbosound l oudspeaker product is warr anted to t he origi nal end-user purchaser and al l subsequent owners f or a peri od of two ( 2) year s for l oudspeakers fr om the or iginal date of purchase. Warr anty Cover age Warrant y coverage i ncludes d[...]

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    user manual QLight ™ series TQ series manual page 27 Incidental and cons equential damages Turbosound's lia bility is limited to the re pair or replacement, at our option, of any defec tive product, and shall not be liable f or any inci dental and consequent ial dam ages including, without limi tati on, inj ury to per sons or proper ty or lo[...]

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    Turbosound Ltd. Star Road, Partr idge Green West Sussex RH13 8RY England Tel: +44 ( 0)1403 711447 Fax: +44 ( 0)1403 710155 web: www.tur bosound.com[...]