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SIX YEAR WARRANTY
Beacon® Sound System Owners Manual
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BACK PANEL OF BEA-8000CU2
WIRELESS RECEIVERS
(see page 5)
POWER SWITCH
UNIVERSAL MIC – INPUT JACKS
Balanced XLR – low impedance, for balanced mic,
powers condenser-type mics.
Unbalanced 1/4” – high impedance, for unbalanced
mics, no phantom power.
AC POWER CORD INLET
LINE OUT – OUTPUT JACK
Balanced 1/4”
Record your presentation or connnect to
another powered sound system.
CHARGE STATUS LEDS
Green - Charge complete
Amber - Charge nearly complete
Red - Charging has begun
BLUETOOTH RECEIVER
(see page 7)
Battery Empty LED
Red - charge battery immediately
Power On LED
Green - power on
LINE IN LEVEL CONTROL
LINE IN – INPUT JACKS
The 1/8 (3.5mm) jack is used to hook
up a portable CD player, iPod, laptop
or other external audio source.
Dual RCA unbalanced inputs can
be used for daisy-chaining together
multiple Beacon speakers.
USB DC OUT -
5V 500 mA
To charge/power external device
TONE CONTROLS – BASS/TREBLE
CD/MP3 COMBO PLAYER
(see page 4)
MICROPHONE LEVEL CONTROLS
BASIC SYSTEM OPERATION
NOTE: Fully Charge Batteries Before First Use!
IMPORTANT: Make all connections with shielded cables to avoid
hum, buzzing or interference.
1. Open Line Array
(below)
2. Set all Input Levels to minimum & Tone Controls to
flat
(middle) setting
3. Plug wired microphone into the MIC 1 or MIC 2 jacks
and/or any audio source into the LINE-IN jacks
4. Switch POWER to ON, Power ON LED will light
5. Slowly increase Level Controls for active Input Jacks
to desired volume
6. Adjust Tone Controls for desired sound quality
OPENING BEACON LINE ARRAY
1. Open Array latches
2. Grasp handle and remove Array from base
3. Turn Array over and place on top of base
4. Close Array latches
5. Slowly flip Array Tower up until locked
securely into place
CLOSING BEACON LINE ARRAY
1. Turn POWER to OFF
2. Fold Array in half (apply slight pressure)
3. Open latches and remove folded Array
4. Turn Array over grasp handle and slide into base
5. Close Array latches
IMPORTANT: Latches MUST be locked and grill MUST
face forward for system to work!