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IMPACT 50
IMPACT 50T
USER MANUAL
Turbosound Ltd.
Star Road, Partridge Green
West Sussex RH13 8RY England
Tel: +44 (0)1403 711447 Fax: +44 (0)1403 710155
web: www.turbosound.com
Issue 3.0 © 2004 Turbosound Ltd.
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user manual Impact 50 CONTENTS Introduction .................................................................................................................3 Unpacking the Impact 50 loudspeaker..................................................................3 Features .......................................................................................................................3 System Requirements ................................................................................
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user manual Impact 50 INTRODUCTION Thanks Thank you for choosing a TURBOSOUND IMPACT 50 series loudspeaker product for your application. Please spare a little time to read the contents of this manual, so that you can obtain the best possible performance from this unit. All TURBOSOUND products are carefully engineered for world class performance and reliability. If you would like further information about this or any other TURBOSOUND product, please contact us. Detailed product inform
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user manual Impact 50 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The Impact 50 is an ultra–compact passive sound reinforcement loudspeaker designed for applications wherever a very small enclosure is required to reproduce sound. The Impact 50 drive units are a 5” high efficiency low/mid transducer and a 1” ferrofluid-cooled soft dome tweeter. It includes an internal second order high pass filter network designed to give a very clean transition between the two drive units while ensuring that the tweeter is prot
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user manual Impact 50 AMPLIFIER CONSIDERATIONS Turbosound speaker enclosures should be driven by high quality power amplifiers designed for professional use. Such amplifiers will have balanced inputs, DC and RF fault protection, and well designed cooling systems for reliability. The program power listed in the loudspeaker’s technical specification is the best guide to the size of amplifier required for general purpose applications. The amplifier should therefore be capable of delivering
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user manual Impact 50 TRANSFORMER TAP SETTINGS The constant voltage Impact 50T is fitted with a 4–way input connector. Always connect the speaker cable corresponding to the negative terminal on the amplifier to the blue terminal. The cable corresponding to the positive terminal should be connected to one of the following terminals: 70 volt line 100 volt line RED 30W 200 ohms 60W 200 ohms YELLOW 15W 400 ohms 30W 400 ohms GREEN 7.5W 800 ohms 15W 800 ohms BLUE Common terminal Common ter
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user manual Impact 50 ♦ Attaching to a scaffold bar or to a microphone stand by means of the SM-50 single point mount bracket. For microphone stand use simply remove the microphone clip from the mic stand and locate the threaded end through the hole in the top of the SM-50 bracket. Tighten with the wing nut provided. For use with a scaffold bar, place the bracket over the bar and tighten with the supplied M6 screw until secure. ♦ Fixing to a wall or ceiling using the SB-50 swi
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user manual Impact 50 Impact 50 manual page 8
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user manual Impact 50 MAINTENANCE If either of the drive units in your IMPACT 50 cabinet should cease functioning and need a replacement, you are advised to remove the faulty unit from the cabinet and send it to a professional service centre authorised to recone and repair Turbosound loudspeakers. Removal of the low frequency driver 1. The loudspeaker grille is held in place by four plastic push rivets. These are removed by placing a small flat blade screwdriver under the flange and
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user manual Impact 50 APPENDIX A Spares and Accessories LS-50 5” (127mm) low frequency driver TW-51 1” (25mm) high frequency tweeter PX-50 Passive crossover network MG-50 Metal grille Mounting Hardware WB-50 Adjustable wall bracket (supplied) SM-50 Single point mount SB-50 Swivel bracket CB-50 Cluster bracket CB-10 Ceiling bracket WB-10 Wall bracket Impact 50 manual page 10
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user manual Impact 50 APPENDIX B Technical Specifications IMPACT 50 IMPACT 50T Type 2-way passive 2-way passive loudspeaker loudspeaker Components 5” LF, 1” HF tweeter 5” LF, 1” HF tweeter Enclosure type Optimally ported Optimally ported enclosure enclosure Frequency response 90Hz–22kHz ±4dB 90Hz–22kHz ±4dB Constant voltage taps N/A 70V: 30W/15W/7.5W 100V: 60W/ 30W/15W Impedance 16 ohms (nominal) N/A Sensitivity 88dB @ 1 watt, 1 metre 88dB @ 1 watt, 1 metre Maximum SPL 110dB co
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user manual Impact 50 APPENDIX C Limited Warranty This Turbosound loudspeaker product is warranted to the original end-user purchaser and all subsequent owners for a period of two (2) years from the original date of purchase. Warranty Coverage Warranty coverage includes defects in materials and workmanship. It does not include: ♦ damage caused by accident, misuse, abuse, neglect or modification by any other person other than an authorised Turbosound representative, ♦ damage cause
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user manual Impact 50 Incidental and consequential damages Turbosound's liability is limited to the repair or replacement, at our option, of any defective product, and shall not be liable for any incidental and consequential damages including, without limitation, injury to persons or property or loss of use. Limitation of implied warranties All implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are limited in duration to the length of this
