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FR-X user’s manual

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II. Directivity setup:

The rotatable 80°x30° horn in FR-X cabinets can be adjusted without any tools:

Remote the front grill (magnet)    

Access to the 80x30 horn is easy  

Remove the 4 hand nuts

Rotate the horn to the position required and tighten the 4 hand nuts:

H30° x V80°

H80° x V30°

 80° 

  30°

  80°

 30° 

Summary of Contents for FR-X SYSTEM

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Page 2: ...Hz model dependant the rotatable AF horn generates a 80 x30 asymmetric directivity pattern The FR X rigging system allows assembling a horizontal or vertical array with constant curvature Coupling between traditional horns causes a lot of comb effects resulting in poor sound projection and coherence in the space due to bad coupling between cabinets Thanks to the AF horn and specific DSP treatment ...

Page 3: ...erfect coupling a Put the cabinets side by side and line up the cargo points b Sliding of the H profile to make the coupling The AUDIOFOCUS H profile fits the cabinet cargo hardware perfectly to join cabinets c Slide the two H profiles in the top and bottom cargo profiles ...

Page 4: ...ce the H profiles are fully inserted 1 connect the front and rear M10 shackles to lift the complete set 2 Examples of configurations FR X vertical coupling 2 x FR X on truss cargo FR X horizontal coupling FR X pole mounted 1 2 ...

Page 5: ...ble 80 x30 horn in FR X cabinets can be adjusted without any tools Remote the front grill magnet Access to the 80x30 horn is easy Remove the 4 hand nuts Rotate the horn to the position required and tighten the 4 hand nuts H30 x V80 H80 x V30 80 30 80 30 ...

Page 6: ... fuse with the same type and value T10A 240V 3 Make sure that the power switch is set to OFF before you connect the devices 4 A good cable improves the sound quality Input cables should be as short as possible 5 If long cable are necessary you should use balanced cables Dagnosis and status Leds Limit ON when output signal is 3dBspl of the peak Temp ON when working temperature is too high The inter...

Page 7: ...ection V X Comb philosophy and setup Basical explanation about X comb technology Coupling between two sources that are discontinued makes appear a comb effect problem This mean that if you walk in front of the cabinets that are coupled you will feel some holes and maximum due to the distance the sources and the ears Some frequencies arrives in phase and other ones out of phase The earing system fe...

Page 8: ...trated below Note that left and right stacks are mirrored d With four FR X per side your cabinet positions will be as follows e Set your presets Odd ranks 1 3 5 have to be placed in preset 3 Even ranks 2 4 6 have to be placed in preset 4 Preset 4 Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 3 Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 3 Preset 4 Left stack Right stack 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 9: ...the surface must be treated with an appropriate fire retardant in regular intervals DANGER TO LIFE A crashing speaker system can cause deadly accidents All safety instructions given in this manual must be observed Before the speaker system is switched on all faders and volume controls have to be set to or min position HEALTH HAZARD By operating speaker systems with an amplifier you can produce exc...

Page 10: ...ring protectors The staff has to use these AudioFocus cannot be made liable for damages caused by incorrect installations and excessive noise levels Please note When using this speaker system in public or industrial areas a series of safety instructions have to be followed that this manual can only give in part The operator must therefore inform himself on the current safety instructions and consi...

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