Yamaha CP2000 manual

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    POWER AMPLIFIER Owner’ s Manual E POWER ON OFF TEMP PROTECTION POWER POWER AMPLIFIER –dB LEVEL CLIP L L R 0 3 6 10 15 20 25 30 30 40 R 0 3 6 10 15 20 25 40 Keep This Manual For Future Reference.[...]

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    WARNING: THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED IMPORTANT THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE: GREEN-AND-YELLOW : EARTH BLUE : NEUTRAL BROWN : LIVE As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follo[...]

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    Important Information i CP2000—Owner’s Manual Important Information Please read the following before using the CP2000 W arnings • Do not allow wate r to enter this unit or allo w the unit to become wet. Fire or electrical shock may r esult. • Connect this unit ’ s power c or d only to an A C outlet of the ty pe stat ed in this Owner’ s [...]

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    ii Contents CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Package Contents The CP2000 package should contain the follo wing items. Contact y our Y amaha dealer if anything is missing. • CP2000 P ower Ampli fi er • This manual T rademarks Y amaha is a trademar k of Y amaha Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respectiv e holders and are [...]

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    Introduction 1 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual 1 Introduction W elcome Thank you for c hoosing the Y amaha CP2000 P ower Ampli fi er . Based on a new impro ved v ersion of Y amaha ’ s EEEngine ampli fi er tec hnology , the CP2000 is a v ersatile two-channel po wer ampli fi er , offering high-power , superb sonic performance, and reli- ability , [...]

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    2 Chapter 1—Introduction CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Front Panel A POWER switch This is the main PO WER sw itch. Press to turn on the ampli fi er; pr ess again to turn off. See “ T ur ning On the P ower ” on page 11 for more information. B POWER indicator This indicator lights up when the CP2000 is turned on. C PROTECTION indicator This in[...]

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    Rear Panel 3 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Rear Panel A INPUT s The inputs for each CP2000 channel c omprise of one 1/4" phone jack and one XLR -3-31-t ype connector . Both co nnectors are electr onically balanced, althoug h they can also be used with unbalanced sources. See “ C onnecting Inputs ” on page 7 for more information. See also ?[...]

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    4 Chapter 2 — Hookup Examples CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual E GND terminal For safety reasons it ’ s impor tant that the CP2000 is grounded. The attached po wer c ord has a three-pin plug, and if the ground terminal of the A C outlet to whic h it is con- nected is grounded, then the CP2000 w ill be grounded adequately via the power c or d. If t[...]

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    Parallel Hookup 5 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Parallel Hookup In P ARALLEL mode, the L and R c hannels operate independently but the input signal for both channels is sourc ed from the Channel L inputs. This mode is t ypically used with a mono source and allows independent v olume control of two sets of speakers. The following hookup example show[...]

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    6 Chapter 2 — Hookup Examples CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Bridge Mode Hookup In BRIDGE mode, the L and R channels ar e combined t o form a massive 2000 watt sin- gle-channel ampli fi er . The input signal is sourced fr om the Channel L inputs. The fol- lowing hookup example shows ho w the CP2000 can be used in BRID GE mode. BRIDGE Notes: • T[...]

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    Using the CP2000 7 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual 3 Using the CP2000 Installation The CP2000 can be mounted in a standard rack and requir es 2 rack-space units. In addition to the fr ont-panel rack-mounting holes, the CP2000 also featur es support brackets at the rear , which offer additional suppor t and should be fi x ed to the rear of the rack. [...]

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    8 Chapter 3 — Using the CP2000 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual T o connect an unbalanc ed sourc e to an INPUT XLR, connect pin 3 (c old) to pin 1 (ground), as sho wn below . The following table shows which inputs, LEVEL co ntrols, and sig nal and CLIP indica- tors ar e activ e in each CP2000 mode. Channel Item STEREO P ARALLEL BRIDGE R INPUT connec[...]

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    Connecting Speakers 9 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Connecting Speakers The outputs for each CP2000 channel c omprise of one 1/4" phone jack and one pair of 5-way binding posts. The 1/4" phone jacks accept 1/4" phone plugs, while the 5-wa y binding posts offer several methods of connection, including sing le or double banana plugs, s[...]

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    10 Chapter 3 — Using the CP2000 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual The following table shows which outputs can be used in eac h CP2000 mode and the minimum speak er impedance. Note that this is the t otal speak er impedance that can be connect ed to each c hannel. F or example, a 2 Ω minimum means that y ou could c onnect a single 2 Ω speaker , tw[...]

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    Connecting S115 and S112 loudspeakers 11 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Connecting S115 and S112 loudspeakers The CP2000 features special EQ pr ocessing that opti- mizes the CP2000 for use with the Y amaha S115 and S112 loudspeakers (especially the 115IV). This process- ing is turned on and off by using the Y AMAHA SPEAKER PR OCESSING switch. Y amah[...]

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    12 Chapter 3 — Using the CP2000 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual disconnects the A C power when the transformer reaches a certain temperature and the PO WER indicator goes out. Onc e the transformer has cooled down, the thermostatic cutout automatically closes, reconnecting the po wer , the PO WER indicator lights up, and normal operation is resumed[...]

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    Troubleshooting 13 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual T roubleshooting The following table explains the operation of the CLIP , TEMP , and PRO TECTION indicators, t y pical situations in which they may light up , and what action to take if and when they do. Symptom Possible Cause Remedy Protection System POWER indicator not lit Power cable discon- necte[...]

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    14 Appendix CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual Appendix Speci fi cations Power Output Level 8 Ω /STEREO 450 W + 450 W 1 kHz, THD+N=1% 4 Ω /STEREO 650 W + 650 W 8 Ω /BRIDGE 1300 W 1 kHz 20 ms, non-clip 2 Ω /STEREO 1000 W + 1000 W 4 Ω /BRIDGE 2000 W Power Bandwidth THD+N=0.2% (half power) 10 Hz – 40 kHz T otal Harmonic Distortion (THD+N) 20 H[...]

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    Dimensions 15 CP2000 — Owner ’ s Manual 0 dB=0.775 V rms, half power=1/2 power output level Dimensions Speci fi cations and ext ernal appearance subject to change without notice. For E uropean M odel Pur chaser/U ser Information speci fi ed in EN55103-1 and EN55103-2. Inrush C urrent: 65A Conformed En vironment: E1, E2, E3 and E4 Protection C[...]

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    YAMAHA CORPORATION V617350 R1 1 IP 20 Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division P.O. Box 3, Hamamatsu, 430-8651, Japan NP Printed in Taiwan CHANNEL L (BRIDGE) (P ARALLEL) CHANNEL R INPUT BA BA CHANNEL L AT T CHANNEL R AT T Limiter Lch Power Amp • ON • OFF • ON • OFF Y AMAHA SPEAKER PROCESSING INV P ARALLEL BRIDGE STEREO Limiter Rc[...]