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American Audio PXW 18P manual

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  • Page 1

    A MERICAN A UDIO 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, Ca. 90040 www .americanaudio.us 11/07 User Guide and Refer ence Manual PXW 18P 18” Power ed Subwoofer[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 2 P XW 1 8P C on t e nt s P XW 1 8P I nt r o du c t io n Intr oductio n: Congr atulat ions and thank you for pur chasi ng the Ame rican Au dio ® PXW 18P . This pow - er ed subw oofer is a rep res entat ion of Ame rican Au dio’ s conti nuing co mmitme nt to pr oduce [...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 3 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert t he user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the ap[...]

  • Page 4

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 4 P XW 1 8P S af e t y P r e ca u ti o n s • The PXW 18P can easily repr oduce sound pressure levels (SPL) sufcient enough to cause sever and permanent hearing damage. A great degr ee of care should be taken to pr otect your ears to prolong exposur e to SPL in exc[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 5 P XW 1 8P ™ R eg i s tr a t io n The PXW 18P carries a one year (365 days) limited warranty. Please 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 ret[...]

  • Page 6

    Subwoofer Rear Panel: 1. LIMIT INDICA TOR – The LIMIT INDICA TOR will blink on occasion when built-in limiter is active. NOTE: If the indicator glows or starts to blink frequently , you should turn down the SUBWOOFER LEVEL. 2. SIGNAL INDICA TOR – The SIGNAL INDICA TOR will glow when when there is a signal received to the FULL RANGE input. 3. SU[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 7 P XW 1 8P C on t r o ls a nd F ea t u r es active speaker or power amp. 7. PHASE SWITCH – The PHASE SWITCH reverses the polarity of the subwoofer . This switch depends on the placement of the subwoofer r elative to the speakers. Experiment with the switch and posti[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 8 AUX 4 AUX / IN MADE IN CHINA MODEL NO.: Q-3 433 MKII POWER SOU RCE: 115/230V ~ 50/60Hz 20W MIN MAX TRIM OUTPUT P XW 1 8P S et - U p PXW 18P Set-Up XLR-XLR Balanced Cables SUBWOOFER DLS 15P DLS 15P[...]

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    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 9 1-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY A. American Audio ® hereby warrants, to the original pur chaser , American Audio ® products to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 Y ear (365 days) from the date of purchase. This warranty shall be[...]

  • Page 10

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - PXW 18P - Instruction Manual Page 10 Model: American Audio® PXW 18P - Professional Powered Subwoofer Subwoofer Section: Component: 18” W oofer (4 Ohm) Dimensions: 35.4” x 28.7” x 29.1” / 900mm x 730mm x 740mm W eight: 187.3 Lbs. / 85 kgs Environmental conditions: Operational temperature: 5 to [...]

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    ©American Audio A Division of the American DJ Group of Companies 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90040 USA T el: 323-582-2650 Fax: 323-582-2610 W eb: www .americanaudio.us E-mail: info@AmericanAudio.us[...]