Carver CV Series manual

Rev 04.08.021 - 1 – CV Series User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual This User Manual is made ava ilable in Ado be Acrobat form at. In order to vie w the m anual and uti lize it ’s en hancem ents we recom mend that you do wnload Ado be Ac robat Re ader® 4.0 or greater. If you do not curre ntl y have this v iewer ins tall ed on your co[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 2 – CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT RE MOVE COVER. NO USER SERVICABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ! The lightning flash with arrowhead sym bol within an equilateral t riangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulat ed “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s e[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 3 – INTRODUCTION Congratul ations on y our purch ase of a new Carv er Professional CV Seri es Power Amplifier . The C V Series a mplifiers ar e desig ned expr essly for com mercial and institutio nal audio appli cations. The CV Ser ies ampli fiers are designed a nd manu factured by Carv er Profession al, a div ision of Ph oenix Go[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 4 – CV1501 CV2501 Power Output Power Output • 150W m ono into 4 ohm and 8 ohm loads , • 250W m ono into 4 ohm and 8 ohm loads , autoform er c oupled, 40H z to 20k H z ±3db autoform er c oupled 40H z to 20k H z ±3dB with < 0.5% T HD at f ull po wer with < 0.5% T HD at f ull po wer • 150W m ono trans form er coupled @ [...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 5 – SPECIFICATIONS with Basic input module PERFORM ANCE: • • • • THD: <0.5% @ rated power, 0.2 % 1/8 rated pow er at1 kHz • • • • IMD DIM30 Method: <0.2% • • • • Dynamic H eadroom: 1.5dB • • • • Power Bandwidth: 40 Hz to 20 kHz, 4 a nd 8 ohm loads • • • • Frequency Response: 30 Hz to 2[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 6 – CV1502 CV2502 Power Output Power Output • 150W per channe l into 4 ohm and 8 ohm loads , • 250W per channel into 4 ohm and 8 ohm loads, autoform er c oupled, 40H z to 20k Hz ±3d B autof ormer c oupled, 4 0Hz to 20k H z ±3dB with < 0.5% T HD at f ull po wer with < 0.5% THD at f ull po wer • 150W per channe l, tran[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 7 – SPECIFICATIONS with Ba sic input module PERFORM ANCE: • THD: 0.5% at rated p ower, 0.2% at 1/8 rated p ower at 1kHz • • • • IMD DIM3 0 Method: <0.2% • • • • Dy namic Headroo m: 1.5dB • • • • Pow e r Bandw id th : 40 Hz to @20 kHz +0.5, -3 dB • • • • Frequency Response: 26 Hz to 20 kH z, 4 a[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 8 – CV4002 Power Output • 400W per channe l into 4 ohm and 8 ohm loads , autof orm er coupled, 40Hz to 20kH z ±3dBwith < 0.5% T HD at ful l power • 400W per channe l, trans form er couple d @ 25 V, 35 V, 50V, 7 0V and 100V, 40Hz to 18kH z ±3dB with < 0.5% T HD at full p ower • 800W in p arallel m ono at 4 Ohm s, 800W[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 9 – SPECIFICATIONS with Basic input module PERFORM ANCE: • THD: 0.5% at rated p ower, 0.2% at 1/8 rated p ower at 1kHz • • • • IMD DIM3 0 Method: <0.2% • • • • Dy namic Headroo m: 1.5dB • • • • Pow e r Bandw id th : 40 Hz to 20 kHz 4 and 8 ohm l oads • • • • Frequency Response: 26 Hz to 20 kHz [...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 10 – C ONTROLS A ND F UNCTIONS 1. Rack Mount Ears The ears for rack mounting the C V Ser ies am plif iers ar e rem ovable. If your ins tallatio n does not req uire rac k mounting, t he rack ears can be rem ove d, howe ver the screws tha t fas ten the rac k ears to t he chass is sh ould be replace d to m aintain the c hassis’ s t[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 11 – 5. CV Seri es M odel Number The Mode l num ber s hould be inter preted as f ollows: The las t digit of the m odel num ber des ignates th e nu m ber or channels or zo nes supporte d b y the amplif ier. T he digits prece ding the l ast digit desi gnate the rated output p ower of a chann el or zone for that am plifier . The CV S[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 12 – 1. Serial Numb er The Seria l Num ber is used b y Carver Profes sional t o tr ack units and es tablish t hei r warra nty status . Be sure to record the ser ial num ber of all C arver Pr ofess ional units , and t o keep t hose rec ords i n a safe and secure loca tion for future r eferenc e. Never remov e the seria l number, as[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 13 – 4. Remote Level The Rem ote Leve l Connec tor is used to c onnect a Rem ote Level Co ntrol to t he CV Series am plifier . The c onnecto r is a Euro St yle co nnector with the f ollo wing connection points, from lef t to right. (See F igure 5) RTN – Return, CV2 – C ontrol Voltag e for Chan nel 2 on Dua l Channel m odels, C[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 14 – Figure 7 CV Series am plifier . If your applic ation r equires rack mount ing, op tiona l line co rds, shorter th an the standard 2 m eter, are ava ilable as acces sor y item f or the CV Ser ies am plif iers. 9. Configuration DIP Switches Each C V Am plifier channel can be indi viduall y conf igur ed via the DIP Switches on t[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 15 – amplif ier’s c hassis s tructur e to the re ar of the rack during transport ation. T his pra ctice is recom m ended for all e lectron ic com ponent s. Thermal Considerations W hen the CV Series am plif iers are us ed free s tand ing, no th erm al cons ideratio ns are nec essar y other than usin g the f our rubb er feet s up[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 16 – Another input to the CV Ser ies am plif iers is provided vi a the EFX Loop’s RCV (r eceive) i nput. T his in put is onl y availab le when th e FX Loop is enabled on the DIP swit ch locate d on the rear of the am plif ier. T his input is desig ned f or unbala nced lin e lev el input onl y, and sho uld on ly be us ed wit h eq[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 17 – Figure 8 (+) 70V Mono Loa d (-) output of the CV250 2 to cr eate a Mono 7 0V out put at 500 W atts. Connect the p ositive ( +) lead f rom the distributed load to the 35V connector on C hannel 2, and connect th e negat ive (-) lead f rom the distr ibuted load to the 35V c onnector of Channe l 1. B e sure th at th e sum of the [...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 18 – Fi g ure 9 Figure 10 Important Note : When bri dging t he CV Series am plifier at one o f the dis tributed voltage o utputs , it is necessar y to conn ect the C ommon c onnecti ons for the distr ibuted v oltages together . The co mmons on the secon dary sid e of the output tr ansform ers are f loating. T his is not tru e for [...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 19 – Figure 11 12VDC Supply amplif iers in th e sequ ence ar e connec ted. Co nnect th e negat ive sid e of the DC s upp ly to the c hassis gr ound term inal. If the am plifiers are m ounted togeth er in a ra ck where a com mon AC G round c onnects the chas sis grounds together t hrough c om m on connection via t he m etal rack ra[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 20 – Figure 13 Using Other A mplifiers in the Po wer Sequence The Carver pm700, pm 950, pm 1400, pt180 0 and pt 24 00 can be use to gether with the CV Ser ies am plifier s in a “Sequenced” conf igurat ion. However, as the Sequenc e Term inal o n the pm Series has no Ch assis Ground connector, whene ver this manual r eferenc es[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 21 – and CV2 ter m inals. If you wish to contro l both c hanne ls sim ultaneo usl y, using the rem ote control as a m aster level c ontrol a nd the f ront p anel lev el co ntrols as balan ce adjus tm ents, both co ntrol inp uts m a y be connecte d together a nd driv en of f the wiper of a s ingle pot. (See figur e 15) An exam ple [...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 22 – Figure 17 Using Third Party Control Sys tems Other m anufac turers s uch as Cres tron®, AMX ® an d PANJA® suppl y system s frequen tly use d to pro vide a centrali zed contr ol platf orm for A/V System s. A volt age r am p provided by one of thes e m anufactur ers, and controlled b y their s ystem can b e used to adjus t l[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 23 – W AR R A N T Y I NFORM A TION CV Series Po w er A mplifiers: 5 Yea rs CV Series Modules and Accessories: 1 Year NOTE: The follo wing warranty is exclu sive to t he Unit ed State s and its po s sessions and territ ories. Please see your C arver Professio nal dea ler o r distrib utor f or the co rrect w arrant y inform ation in[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 24 – C AR E AN D S ERVICE A SSIST A NCE Care: W ipe off the CV Series Am plifier’s front pa nel a nd chass is from tim e to time, with a sof t, dry cloth. If you have s omethi ng stu bborn to rem ove, us e a m ild di sh soap or det ergent s parin gly applied to a s oft cloth. Don’t use alcohol, amm onia or ot her str ong sol v[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 25 – Distortion Distortion is us uall y caused by exc essive loss i n the in put con trols (th e m ixer/equ alizer/c rossov er cann ot produce enough out put), overdr iving r esultin g in o utput clippin g, or cur rent l imiting caused b y exces sivel y low load im pedance . 1) Chec k the s etting of th e inp ut level co ntrols. I[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 26 – Appendix “ A ” Power Consumption for CV Series Amplifiers CV Series AC Power Considerations 1kHz Sine Wave @ Full Rated Power into 4 Ohm Autoformer Winding Model 100v AC (50Hz) 100v AC (60Hz) 120v AC (60Hz) 230v AC (50Hz) CV1501 250 Watts / 3 A mps 249 W atts / 2.98 Amps 249 W atts / 2.5 Amps 244 Watts / 1.28 A mps CV2501[...]

Rev 04.08.021 - 27 – Appendix “B” Input Sensitivity Jumpers 10 1 and 1 02 on the s tandard input m odul e’s PC B are used to s et the I nput Sensiti vit y of the am plifi er for eac h channel or zone . T he output level of the i nput sourc e deter mines the setting . Since, each c hannel or zone m ay have a diff erent i nput sour ce, it is [...]