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Electro-Voice ZX5 Series manual

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual Zx5 Series Loudspeaker Owner’ s Man ual Zx5-60 Zx5-90[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 1 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. Important Safety Instructions Zx5 Series Owner’ s Manual Thank you for choosing the Electro-V oice ® Zx5 series loudspeaker sy[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 2 T able of Contents Important Safety Instructions .................................................................................................. ..... 1 Zx5 Series Owner ’s Manual ...................................................................................................... ... 1 Safety First ..[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 3 Safety First When setting up, installing and using the Electro-V oice ® Zx5 speaker system, there are a number of precautions that you should follow: · When Electro-V oice ® Zx5 speakers are used for portable applications in which they will be positioned directly on the floor , make sure that the floor or[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 4 Description The Electro-V oice ® Zx5 is a unique, lightweight package of pro audio performance, versatility and aesthetics. Y ou won’t find a speaker system available on the market that offers the unbelievable sound, incredible flexibility and tremendous output capability of the Zx5 anywhere near it’ s [...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 5 Suspending Zx5 Speaker Systems Zx5 enclosures have 5 steel anchor points internally mounted on the top, bottom, and rear . Single stud fittings can be attached to these anchor plates and used as suspension points. Each of these anchor plates also has a M8 thread to accept rated forged M8 shoulder eyebolts. I[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 6 Suspending Zx5 Speaker Systems (cont’) Zx5 M8 Suspension P oints Metric (M8) inserts are equipped on the top and bottom of the enclosure, around the handle, and on the back of the enclosure for a total of 10 point s. The inserts can be used to att ach forged eyebolts or rigging bracket s. Figure 3a: Zx5 M8[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual Suspending Zx5 Speaker Systems (cont’) Suspending the Zx5 using optional Electro-V oice Single-Stud Rigging Kits The Zx5 is shipped with three single-stud anchor plates for rigging with single-stud rigging. There are two more locations on the bottom to mount single-stud anchor plates for flying the Zx5 upsid[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual Suspending Zx5 Speaker Systems (cont’) Figure 6: Suspending the Zx5 Downward from Rear Using Optional Forged Eyebolt Kit* Kit Used - EBK-3 Forged M8 Eyebolt Kit (x1) Figure 7: Assembling Eyebolts to Handle for Horizontal Suspension Figure 8: Suspending the Zx5 Horizontally from Handle Using Optional Forged E[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual Suspending Zx5 Speaker Systems (cont’) Arraying and Suspending the Zx5 using optional Electr o-V oice Mounting or Array Brackets Figures 10 and 1 1 show several applications using EV mounting and array brackets. Carefully follow the instructions in this manual & the user manual packaged with EV bracket s[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual Figure 1 1: Arraying and Suspending the Zx5 Kit Used - MB5 W all/Ceiling Mounting Bracket (W all Configuration) Kit Used - MB5 W all/Ceiling Mounting Bracket (Ceiling Configuration) Kits Used - CB5 Arra y Brac ket Kit (x1)* SSK-1 Single-Stud Rigging Kit (x1) Kit Used - CB5 Array Brac ket Kit (x2)* Kits Used - [...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 11 CA UTION: When flipped to 55° the feet protrude from the enclosure. Care should be taken when mo ving the enclosure, since damage to the f eet or enclosure might occur if the system is dropped or slid across a rough surf ace. It is recommended that the f eet be retur ned to the 45° position f or transpor [...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 12 Specifications e s n o p s e R . q e r F 1 : ) B d 3 - (z H k 8 1 - z H 8 5 e g n a R . q e r F 1 : ) B d 0 1 - (z H k 0 2 - z H 9 3 : y c n e u q e r F s s a p i H . c e Rz H 6 3 : y t i v i t i s n e S l a i x A) m 1 / W 1 ( B d 8 9 : L P S d e t a l u c l a C x a MB d 2 3 1 : e g a r e v o C l a t n o z [...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 13 Dimensions Bloc k Diagram Front View T op View Right View Rear View Left View Bottom View Biamp: P assive:[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 14 Frequency Response, Beamwidth, and Directivity Frequency Response & Impedance: Beamwidth: Directivity: Frequency Response & Impedance: Beamwidth: Directivity: Zx5-60, 60° x 60° Coverage Zx5-90, 90° x 50° Coverage 20 50 100 1000 10000 20000 3.16 10 100 316 70 80 90 100 110 Freque ncy ( Hz ) Sensi[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 15 Zx5 Rigging Accessor y Reference T able l e d o Mn o i t p i r c s e D. o N t r a P B - 5 B Ch s i n i F k c a l B , t i K t e k c a r B y a r r A1 0 0 - 5 2 6 1 0 3 W - 5 B Ch s i n i F e t i h W , t i K t e k c a r B y a r r A2 0 0 - 5 2 6 1 0 3 B - 5 B Mh s i n i F k c a l B , t i K t e k c a r B g n i t[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 16 P ainting Zx5 Speaker Systems P ainting a Zx5 Enc losure The Zx5 Loudspeaker Enclosures are made of a high performance Polypropylene material. For best paint adhesion, we recommend a “Plastic Adhesion Promoter” be applied before any paint. Sherwin Williams Plastic Adhesion Promoter UP07226 is a good exa[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 17 Notes[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual 18 Notes[...]

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    ELECTRO-VOICE ® Zx5 Owner’ s Manual U.S.A. and Canada: For customer orders, contact the Customer Service department at: 800/392-3497 Fax: 800/955-6831 For warranty repair or service information, contact the Service Rep air Department at: 800/685-2606 For technical assistance, contact T echnical Support at: 866/78 AUDIO S pecifications subject to[...]