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Features

Amplifi er Front Panel

— Figure 1 — 

1

2
3
4

5
6
7
8

12

13
14
15

16

9

10

11

1. 

Output channels are labeled A, B, C, and D

2.  Output Channel Mute Buttons and LEDs (Red)
3.  Output Channel Limiter LEDs (Red) 
4.  Output Channel -10 dB below maximum amplifi er output (Blue)
5.  Output Channel -20 dB below maximum amplifi er output (Blue)
6.  Soft Power Button (Blue/Red)
7. 

Channel Select Buttons and LEDs (Amber for Input, Blue for Output)

8.  Input Channel Clip LEDs (Red)

9.  Input Channel Signal-Present LEDs (Blue)
10.  Input channels are labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4
11.  LCD Graphic Display
12. HOME 

Button

13. ENTER 

Button

14. MASTER 

CONTROL Knob

15. EXIT 

Button

16. GAIN 

Button

Amplifi er Rear Panel

NOTE: 

 

The DPA4.3, and DPA4.5 models have a different rear panel confi guration than the DPA4.2 rear panel. The difference is that the 

position of the fan and the eight-pin Euro-style connector and associated information are interchanged. 

— Figure 2 —

CH AB

T1

+

T3

+

T2

-

T4

-

CH CD

T5

+

T7

+

T6

-

T8

-

CH ABC

T1

+

T3

+

T5

+

T2

-

T4

-

T6

-

CH ABCD

T1

+

T3

+

T5

+

T7

+

T2

-

T4

-

T6

-

T8

-

CH AB

+

CD

T1

+

T3

+

T5

-

T7

-

CH C

+

D

T5

+

T7

-

CH A

+

B

T1

+

T3

-

BRIDGED

OUTPUTS TO SPEAKERS

CH A

CH D

CH C

CH B

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

T1

T4

T3

T2

T5

T8

T7

T6

SETTINGS CAN BE

CONFIGURED FOR

70V, 100V AND

200V DIRECT

OUTPUT.

PARALLEL CHANNEL

COMBINING APPLICATIONS

THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED ON ALL
FOUR CORNERS WHEN INSTALLED IN A RACK

USB

HEARTBEAT

GPO

GPI

1

4

5

6

7

8

10

2

9

3

1. 

USB Type B, four-pin

2.  GPO/Heartbeat (output) Euro-style Connector, 3-pin
3.  GPI (input) Euro-style Connector, 2-pin
4.  Four three-pin Euro-style Connectors 
5.  One eight-pin Euro-style Loudspeaker Connector

6. Cooling 

fan

7. 

AC Power Switch

8.  Locking IEC Power Connection
9.  Rear Rack-mount Bracket 
10.  Front Rack-mount Brackets

Summary of Contents for DPA4.2

Page 1: ...DPA Amplifiers User Manual DPA4 2 4 Channel 2000 W Amplifier DPA4 3 4 Channel 4000 W Amplifier DPA4 5 4 Channel 8000 W Amplifier TD 000434 01 B TD 000434 01...

Page 2: ...o not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong T...

Page 3: ...residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio...

Page 4: ...erformance The result is an exceptionally powerful and flexible platform that offers very high efficiency With four channels of amplification plus signal processing in just 2RUs the DPA series replace...

Page 5: ...onfiguration than the DPA4 2 rear panel The difference is that the position of the fan and the eight pin Euro style connector and associated information are interchanged Figure 2 CH AB T1 T3 T2 T4 CH...

Page 6: ...ins WARNING When the AC Power is on there is a potential of having dangerous voltage at the output terminals on the rear of the amplifier Use caution not to touch these contacts Turn off the AC Mains...

Page 7: ...supplied connects to a Mac or PC for use with the Amplifier Navigator software You can update the amplifier firmware save and deploy configuration files and more Refer to the Amplifier Navigator onli...

Page 8: ...on page 15 to create presets from one of the basic channel combinations When the configuration is changed all four channels are automatically muted Figure 8 F1 A B C D F7 ABC D M ABC M D Current Prese...

Page 9: ...what is available and how the outputs would be wired One Channel Configurations Figure 9 F9 ABCD F9 ABCD M ABCD ABCD Parallel Figure 10 F8 AB CD F8 AB CD M AB CD AB Parallel Bridged with CD Parallel...

Page 10: ...Parallel CD Parallel Figure 14 F7 ABC D F7 ABC D ABC D M M ABC Parallel D Single Three Channel Configurations Figure 15 F3 A B C D F3 A B C D A B C D M M M A B Bridged C Single D Single Figure 16 F2 A...

Page 11: ...n the rear of the amplifier Use caution to not touch these contacts Turn off the AC Mains disconnect switch prior to making any connections 1 Turn the AC Mains power switch on the back of the amplifie...

Page 12: ...meter selection In the edit mode pressing EXIT reverts the value back to its prior state and exits the edit mode HOME Button If you are on the Home screen pressing HOME displays the alternate Home scr...

Page 13: ...Wizard Menu Tree Presets Inputs Outputs Utilities Preset Recall Input Sensitivity Mixer w Noise Tone Status Preset Save Input Gain Spkr Processing Amp ID Preset Wizard Crossover Display PEQ Lockout De...

Page 14: ...d Parameter selected About Presets The DPA amplifiers are preset driven An understanding of how presets work is essential to get the most out of the amplifiers A Preset in the context of the DPA ampli...

Page 15: ...SET WIZARD ENTER ENTER Step 2 Adjust Impedance and Power OUTPUTS SPEAKERS SAVE A B C D Output 8 0 Imped 625 Power Remaining Power Available 1875 W Enter Load Profile Impedance and Power Adjust Impedan...

Page 16: ...SAVE tab Step 5 Select User Preset Number Edit preset number or press EXIT User Preset Number 21 SAVE New Preset Name C o n f i g A OUTPUTS SPEAKERS SAVE Scroll to the Save screen To edit User Preset...

Page 17: ...tain output configurations only Factory presets F10 thru F20 contain the output configurations and basic DSP for the configurations There are 50 user presets that can be recalled and overwritten Recal...

Page 18: ...g HOME INPUTS INPUT GAIN ENTER Step 2 Set Input Gain F1 A B C D Input 1 Input Gain dB 0 0 Sens 3 0 Vrms Const Sens Scroll to select 100 thru 20 dB To confirm selection press To move to the next input...

Page 19: ...n you can load a pre defined loudspeaker then make any adjustments needed and save the changes as a user defined loudspeaker Depending on the loudspeaker selection various parameters are not available...

Page 20: ...e to the selected output press ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER Band and Filter selections are displayed and constrained based on the loudspeaker Crossover HOME OUTPUTS SPKR PROC CROSSOVER HIGH PASS or L...

Page 21: ...n 40 to 20 dB Default 0 00 Freq 20 to 20kHz Band 1 Def 100 Hz Band 2 Def 500 Hz Band 3 Def 1 kHz Band 4 Def 2 5 kHz Band 5 Def 5 kHz BW 0 01 to 3 00 Octive Default 1 00 Oct Delay HOME OUTPUTS SPKR PRO...

Page 22: ...AUTO Mode Parameters F1 A B C D Output A AUTO SpkrPwr 200W SpkrImp 8 0 Type Med Type Aggressive Medium Mild SpkrPwr 10 0 W to 1250 KW SpkrImpd 2 0 to 16 0 Scroll to select Type SpkrPwr SpkrImp To edi...

Page 23: ...ray loaded in order to access the Array Correction parameters Step 1 Set Splay Angle and Number of Boxes in the Array F1 A B C D Output A Boxes 4 AC Angle 15 0 Splay Angle Total cumlative angle of the...

Page 24: ...edit press Turn to adjust parameter To confirm press After confirming settings Scroll to SAVE ENTER ENTER Step 3 Name the Loudspeaker Profile Press ENTER to edit name SAVE Speaker Profile Name M y S...

Page 25: ...it Preset Number Edit preset number or press EXIT U1 A B C D User Preset Number 21 SAVE New Preset Name C o n f i g A To edit User Preset number press Turn to select desired number 1 thru 50 To confir...

Page 26: ...s Health UTILITY STATUS Amp Total Run Time 22 37 48 Hrs Hardware V12 Firmware V1 0 22 DC Status OK VRail 1 148V VRail 2 150V Temperature CH1 CH3 27C CH2 CH3 29C Power Supply 24C Amp Total Run Time HH...

Page 27: ...plifiers is QSC all uppercase The password can be up to 10 characters long and contain A Z a z 0 9 _ space To enter Current Password press With the first letter position selected press Turn to select...

Page 28: ...HIGH Mute All or Unmute GPI LOW Unmute or Mute All RECALL PRESET GPI HIGH U1 through U50 GPI LOW U1 through U50 For STANDBY and MUTE ALL the GPI HIGH and GPI LOW results are linked opposites 3 3 VDC 3...

Page 29: ...FUNCTION LOW GPO FLAG IMPEDANCE BOUNDARIES 0 1 LOW 500 0 HIGH Select ENABLE or DISABLE press Scroll to GPO FUNCTION press Select desired function press Scroll to GPO FLAG press ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTE...

Page 30: ...SC 423C LF 4215 MH 1075C SC 423C8 LF 4215 8 MH 1075C SC 423C F LF 4215F MH 1075C SC 424 LF 4215 MHV 1090 SC 424 8 LF 4215 8 MHV 1090 SC 424 8F LF 4215 8F MHV 1090 SC 433C LF 4315 MH 1075C SC 434 LF 43...

Page 31: ...5300 W 4 1150 W 2300 W 4200 W 4 Typical Distortion 8 4 0 01 0 03 0 03 0 06 0 01 0 03 0 03 0 06 0 01 0 03 0 03 0 06 Maximum Distortion 4 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 Frequency response 8 20 Hz 15 kHz 0 2 dB 20 Hz 20...

Page 32: ...t to 2 ohms per channel BTU hr kcal hr Idle DPA 4 2 180 46 DPA 4 3 225 57 DPA 4 5 286 72 Load per Channel 8 4 2 25V 70V 100V BTU hr kcal hr BTU hr kcal hr BTU hr kcal hr BTU hr kcal hr 1 8th Power DPA...

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