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    OWNER’S MANUAL T WO CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIERS FR•800, FR•1400, and FR•2500 FR S eries[...]

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     FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS 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 dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install nea[...]

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     Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Don’t forget to visit our website at www .mackie.com for more information about this and other Mackie products. Part No. SW0315 Rev . A 03/2006 ©2006 LOUD T echnologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. T able of Contents I m p o rt a n t Sa f e t y I n s t ru c t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  I n t r [...]

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    4 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new Mackie power amplifier . Please r ead these instructions to get the maximum performance from your amplifier , and to keep the owner’s manual writer from getting sad. He’ s been a bit down recently , after his sweetheart in ac- counting started[...]

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    5 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual Getting Started The following steps will help you set up your amplifier , and get the levels just right. S e tt i n g s : 1. Be sure the amplifier’ s POWER switch is off. 2. T urn down both Level controls. 3. On the rear panel, set the SUBSONIC FIL TER switch OFF and the CLIP LIMIT switch ON. 4. Determine w[...]

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    6 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Hookup Diagrams STEREO , DU AL MONO, AND BRIDGED MONO Stereo Hookup DuAL Mono Hookup BriDgeD Mono Hookup FR OM MI XI NG C ON SOL E LE FT A ND R IGH T MA IN O UT AM P MO DE S WIT CH ST ER EO P as si ve S pe ak er s (M ac ki e C3 00 s) T O SP EA KE RS + + OP TI ON AL C ONN EC TI ON U SI NG BI ND IN G PO STS[...]

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    7 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual D AISY CHAINING AND A CUTE TRICK DAiSY CHAining tWo AMpLiFierS F RO M MI XI NG C ON SO LE L EF T AN D RI GH T MA IN OU T A MP M OD E SW IT CH S TE RE O P as si ve S pe ak er s (M a ck ie C 30 0s ) C ro ss ov er C ab le ( Pi n 2+ t o Pi n 1+ P in 2 – to P in 1 –) CO LD CO LD AM PLI FI ER EN D SP EAK ER EN D [...]

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    8 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS 1 2 4 5 Front Panel Features 1 . P O W E R Use this rocker switch to turn the unit on or off. This connects/disconnects the AC power to the AC power transformer . The amplifier is on when the top of the switch is pressed in. It is off when the bottom of the switch is pressed in. The Power On LED above th[...]

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    9 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 7 8 9 10 6 Rear Panel Features 6 . X L R I N P U T S These inputs allow you to connect balanced XLR plugs. These are wir ed conventionally , with pin 2 hot, pin 3 cold and pin 1 ground. 7 . 1 / 4 " I N P U T S These inputs allow you to connect balanced 1/4" TRS or unbalanced TS plugs from line-level s[...]

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    10 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS 1 1 . F A N V E N T S Do not obstruct the ventilation openings of the ampli- fier . 1 . SP EA K ER O U T PU T S There ar e two options for connecting your speakers: binding posts and Speakon connectors. Normally , you would use either the binding posts or the Speakon connectors. Since the connectors [...]

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    11 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual General Precautions A C P O WE R R E QU I R E ME N T S The amplifier's power cord should be plugged into an AC outlet properly configured with the voltage r equired for your particular model. Be sure the AC outlet can supply enough curr ent to allow full power operation of all the amplifiers plugged in[...]

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    1 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Appendix A: Ser vice Information • Is the signal source turned up? Make sure the signal level from the mixing console (or whatever device immediately precedes the amplifier) is high enough to produce sound in the amplifier . The SIG LEDs should be blinking to indicate that signal is present. • If[...]

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    1 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual One side is louder than the other • Are both Level controls set to the same posi- tion? • Check your source signal to make sure the left and right signals are balanced. • Are the speaker impedances matched? Differ - ent speaker loads can cause different volume levels on each side. • T ry switching si[...]

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    14 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Appendix B: Connections, math and stuff 1/4" TS Phone Plugs and Jacks “TS” stands for Tip-Sleeve, the two connections avail- able on a mono 1/4" phone jack or plug. They are used for unbalanced signals. 1/4" TS Unbalanced Wiring Sleeve = Shield Tip = Hot (+) Speakons When using the Spe[...]

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    15 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual conductors and smaller Metric WG numbers = smaller conductors. The Metric WG is equal to ten times the nominal conductor diameter in millimeters. L o n g e r L en g t h s For cable lengths over 200 feet / 60 m at 8 ohms, and over 100 feet / 30 m at 4 ohms, the conductor sizes needed for less than 0.5 dB power [...]

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    16 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS Appendix C: T echnical Info T opology FR•800, FR•1400: Class AB FR•2500: Class H Cooling V ariable-speed fans with back to front airflow Indicators Channels A and B SIG (Signal Present), OL (Overload), POWER Current C onsumption FR•800 FR•1400 FR•2500 Idle 0.5 A 0.5 A 1.0 A Musical Program @[...]

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    17 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual 1+ 1– 2– 2+ 1+ 1– 2– 2+ IN PU T A BA LA NCE D LI NE IN PU T (T RS ) IN PU T A BA LA NCE D LI NE IN PU T (X LR -F) IN PU T B BA LA NCE D LI NE IN PU T (T RS ) FR S ERI ES BL OC K D IA GRA M 28 .1 2.0 5 IN PU T B BA LA NCE D LI NE IN PU T (X LR -F) AM P MO DE SW IT CH ST ERE O MO NO BR IDG E ST ERE O MO [...]

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    18 FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS FR SERIES AMPLIFIERS N e e d He l p ? Y o u c a n r e a c h a t e c h n ic a l s up p o rt r ep r e s e n t a ti v e M o n d a y t h r o u gh F r i da y f r o m 7 AM t o 5 P M P S T a t: 1 - 8 0 0 -8 9 8-   1 1 A f t er h ou r s , vi s i t w w w . m a c ki e . c om a nd c l i ck S u pp o rt , o r e m ai l u s a t: t e [...]

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    19 Owner’ s Manual Owner’ s Manual A. LOUD T echnologies Inc. warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operation of this product for a period of three years from the original date of purchase. If any defects are found in the materials or workmanship or if the product fails to function properly during the applicable warranty period, LOUD T[...]

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    16220 W ood-Red Road NE • Woodinville, W A 98072 • USA United States and Canada: 800.898.3211 Europe, Asia, Central and S outh America: 425.487 .4333 Middle East and Africa: 31.20.654.4000 F ax: 425.487 .4337 • www .mackie.com E -mail: sales@mackie.com[...]