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Professional Power Amplifier
VLP 2500
AmericAn Audio ®
4295 charter Street
Los Angeles ca. 90058
4/07
User Instructions
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This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of non insulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. CaUtIon: risk of the electrical shock - Do not open! CaUtIon: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not remove cove
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CaUtIon Do not open - risk of electric shock PO U R AS SU R ER L A FI A BIL E T E E T FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE AND OBTENIT UNE PERFORMANCE OPTIMALE, RELIABILITY DO NOT PRESENT THE CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC NESOUMETTE JAMAIS L’AMPLIFICATEUR AMPLIFIER WITH A SPEAKER LOAD SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER. A UNE CHARGE D’IMPEDANCE TOTALE THERE ARE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS OF LESS THAN 2 OHMS OR ANY INFERIEURE A 2 OHMS, NI AVEC UN H.P. NI INSIDE. REFER ALL SERVICE TO YOUR
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Important Precautions Introduction • To reduce the risk of electrical shock or fire, do not expose this Introduction: congratulations and thank you for purchasing this unit rain or moisture. American Audio® vLp 2500 amplifier. This amplifier is a represen- • d o not spill water or other liquids into or on to your unit. tation of American Audio’s continuing commitment to produce the • d o not attempt to operate this unit if the power cord has been best and highest quality products all at
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Front Panel 1 23 4 5 6 5 7 89 10 VLP2500 PROFESSIONAL POWER AMPLIFIER VLP2500 Figure 1 1. Channel 1 gain Control - This rotary knob is used to control the out- control to reduce the risk of damage to your speakers and amplifier. This Led may glow when the unit has been turned off, this is normal. put signal of channel one. Turning the knob in a clockwise direction will increase signal output. 9. Channel 2 Protect Indicator - The red protect Led will begin to glow
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21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 rear Panel Control VLP2500 36 Figure 2 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 21. Cooling Fans - dual high speed cooling fans 30. Channel 1 output Jack/5 way Binding Post - connect to your speaker’s 22. Channel 2 XLr Input - channel two 3-pin XLr balanced input jack. See input jack. Red is positive signal and Black is negative signal. page 9 for more details. 31. Channel 1 speakon output - optional speaker output connections. use 23. Channel 2 trs Input - Channel two 1/4” female jack
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set Up InpUts - The vLp 2 500 amplifier allows you to use two types of input connector per a channel, a XLr jack for balanced connections and a 1/4” female jack that will accept balanced and unbalanced connectors. use these connections to connect the output signal from a mixer, cross-over or EQ to your VLP 2500 amplifier. A balanced connection is recommended for cable runs longer that 20ft. When constructing your own XLR cables follow the pin configuration describe below for proper connection
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are W b ire Connections: (Figure 7) Figure 7 When connecting your speakers to the amplifier using bare wire; Unscrew the red and black caps on the binding post, be sure not to completely remove or unscrew the red and black caps. Strip back the wire insulation 1/2” (13mm). insert the bare wire into the hole that was reveled by unscrewing the binding post cap. After inserting the wire into the binding post hole, screw the binding post cap down on the wire. To reduce the risk of shock or dama
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sPeakon asse MBLy: You will need a pair of Neutrik Speakon® NL4FC Figure 9 connectors. You will also need high-quality two or four conductor speaker cable, a pair of needle-nosed pliers and a 1.5-mm Allen key to assemble the Speakon connectors to your speaker wire. To assemble the neutrik Speakon NL4FC connector, complete the following steps: Brass Inserts 4-Conductor Speaker Cable 1. Strip back 3/4-inch of the cable casing. Strip off 1/4-inch from the end of each of the conductors down to
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operatIng MoDes : Always configure your amplifier operating mode before beginning operation. if you want to change it dur- ing performance. You must decrease the gain controls to their lowest levels to protect the speakers from any popping noise. stereo operation - page 13/Figure 13 details an example of a typical stereo set-up. Connect your inputs into channels one and two of the amplifier. Connect your speakers to the outputs on the rear of the amplifier. Be sure that your front gain control
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Mono Subwoofer - This operation is similar to the Stereo Subwoofer operation but in mono. When running subwoofers it is usually recommended to run them in mono mode to achieve a cleaner tighter low end. This operation allows you to run several subwoofers down to a minimum of 4 ohms. To avoid amplifier overheating, never run the amplifier below 8 ohms in this mode. Set up this mode as you would a standard stereo set up. Be sure both channels are set to “SUBWOOF” and the mode switch is set to
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put). Short Circuit Protection can usually be traced back to the signal output line (i.e. speaker line). check the line from the output ter- minal of the amplifier to the speaker. if this line good, check the internal speaker connections and components. A short circuit will usu- ally be traced to a bad cable or a bad speaker component and is rarely traced to the amplifier itself. thermal Protection - dual variable speed fans on the vLp 2500 amplifier provide adequate cooling. during low level ou
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tYpICaL stereo oUtpUt ConneCtIons Figure 13 Use Speakon or Banana Jacks speaKers speaKers 4 OHM MINIMUM 4 OHM MINIMUM tYpICaL Mono brIDge set -Up use channel 1 inputs only (XLr or 1/4” Jacks) Figure 14 X use the two positive binding post termainals (red) for speaker output. speaKers 8 OHM MINIMUM ©American Audio® - www.americanaudio.com - vLp 2500 power Amplifier user manual page 13
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The VLP 2500 carries a one year limited warranty. We recommend you fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase. All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a R.A. (return authorization) number. If the mixer is under warranty, you must provide a proof of purchase invoice. You may obtain a R.A. number by contacting our customer support team on our toll free number. please contact American Audio® customer support at (800) 322
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VLP 2500 sPeCs power supply: AC 100V, 50/60Hz (Japan) AC 110V, 60Hz (Colombia) AC 120V, 60Hz (U.S.A. and Canada) AC 127V, 60Hz (Mexico) AC 220V, 50Hz (Chile and Argentina) AC 220V, 60Hz (Philippines and Korea) AC 230V, 50Hz (Europe, New Zealand, South Africa, and Singapore) AC 240V, 50Hz (Australia and U.K.) modeL: vLp2500 Output Power: 700W RMS per Channel @ 8 Ohms, 1kHz, 0.1% THD (Stereo) 1100W RMS @ 4 Ohms,
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