POWER AMPLIFIER, SWITCHING AND TESTING BOX
MODEL 5
USER'S MANUAL
AUDIOMATICA
Page 1: ...POWER AMPLIFIER SWITCHING AND TESTING BOX MODEL 5 USER S MANUAL AUDIOMATICA...
Page 2: ...1991 2011 BY AUDIOMATICA SRL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED EDITION 1 2 AUGUST 2011 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Cor...
Page 3: ...S AND WARRANTY 6 4 INTERNAL FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM 7 5 BASIC CONNECTIONS 8 6 DEFAULT INTERNAL SETTINGS 9 7 USB DRIVER INSTALLATION 10 8 SOFTWARE CONTROL 19 9 CALIBRATING SOFTWARE 20 10 CONNECTING EXTERNAL...
Page 4: ...U T connected to its output sockets without changing the loudspeaker or D U T wiring it is also possible to choose one among four inputs for the response measurements the internal switching is contro...
Page 5: ...DB25 connector Power output stage 50W 8Ohm power amplifier 26dB gain with current sensing and software controlled current limiter Capability of superimposing a DC voltage 20V THD 1 kHz 0 004 Functions...
Page 6: ...audiomatica com E MAIL info audiomatica com AUDIOMATICA S WARRANTY Audiomatica warrants the QCBox Model 5 against physical defects for a period of one year following the original retail purchase of t...
Page 7: ...nternal connections for impedance measurements Internal Mode The second diagram shows us the unit set for frequency response measurements in this situation CLIO s output is fed to the power amplifier...
Page 8: ...Model 5 LPT Model 1 2 3 and 4 Please connect referring to the front panel 1 A pin to pin cable from the From CLIO RCA plug to CLIO s output 2 A pin to pin cable from the To CLIO RCA plug to CLIO s in...
Page 9: ...also if the USB cable is not connected to the PC In this particular case when software control doesn t take place the unit operates in the following mode Internal setting frequency response Input ena...
Page 10: ...er Windows XP You will be prompted with the dialog boxes in next figure Select No Not this time and then select Install from a list or specific location Advanced At the successive prompt Select Search...
Page 11: ...finished and your QCBOX Model 5 system ready to be used Install driver under Windows Vista You will be prompted with the dialog box in next figure Select Locate and Install Driver Vista will connect...
Page 12: ...hed and your QCBOX Model 5 system ready to be used Install driver under Windows 7 When connecting the QC Box USB cable the system start searching for a driver If the Device Installation Settings of th...
Page 13: ...ically downloaded and installed By default Device Installation Settings are set to Never install driver software from Windows Update In this case the system fail to find a driver and a message will ap...
Page 14: ...not found on my computer and saving changes Then disconnect and reconnect the QC BOX USB cable At this point the driver should be automatically downloaded from Windows Update Manual Installation If th...
Page 15: ...e device and select Update Driver Software this then displays the option for an automatic search or a manual search Select the second option to browse manually Insert the QC BOX CD and select the USB...
Page 16: ...Select NEXT to start the installation 16...
Page 17: ...in the Device Manager you should have a situation like the one in the following screenshot Right click on the USB Serial Port device and select again Update Driver Software follow the same procedure...
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Page 19: ...ase refer to the CLIO User s Manual for executing frequency response and impedance measurements Pressing the button gives access to the QCBOX MODEL 5 advanced features Using this panel is possible to...
Page 20: ...of a precision resistor of known value Please enter the value of 0 1 Ohm this will give you reasonable precision during measurements even in absence of the calibration described hereafter If you want...
Page 21: ...ONNECTING A FOOT PEDAL SWITCH It is possible to connect an external foot pedal switch to the PEDAL IN input on the rear panel of the QCBox Model 5 This will trigger QC operations as described in chapt...
Page 22: ...ble using the dip switch SW2 to select a phantom power supply on each input separately When a switch is ON the phantom power is present at that input Jumper J17 If present input 3 is DC coupled Jumper...
