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Rigging & Suspension 

 

General Safety Advice  

 

 

The Tannoy Professional hardware covered in this guide has been designed to offer 
quick, simple, cost effective and secure solutions for mounting specific Tannoy 
Professional loudspeakers. This hardware has been designed and manufactured with 
a high safety load factor for its specific role. To ensure the safest possible use of the 
hardware covered in this guide, it must be assembled in strict accordance with the 
instructions specified. The information relating to the assembly and the safe use of 
these accessories must be understood and followed. The installation of Tannoy 
Professional loudspeakers using the dedicated hardware should only ever be carried 
out by fully qualified installers, in accordance with all the required safety codes and 
standards that are applied at the place of installation. 

 

WARNING: As the legal requirements for flying change from country to country, 
please consult you local safety standards office before installing any product. We also 
recommend that you thoroughly check any laws and bylaws prior to commencing 
work. 

 

Tannoy Professional hardware has been designed for use with specific Tannoy 
Professional loudspeakers, and is not designed or intended for use with any other 
Tannoy Professional products, or any other devices. Using Tannoy Professional 
hardware for any purpose other than that indicated in this guide is considered to be 
improper use. Such use can be very dangerous as overloading, modifying, 
assembling in anyway other than that clearly stated in the manual, or damaging 
Tannoy Professional hardware will compromise safety. 

 

The component parts of any Tannoy Professional hardware device must only be 
assembled using the accessory kits supplied and in strict compliance with the user 
manual. The use of other accessories or non-approved methods of assembly may 
result in an unsafe hardware system by reducing the load safety factor. Welding, or 
any other method of permanently fixing hardware components together or to the 
integral fixing points in the cabinet should never be used. 

 

Whenever a Tannoy Professional loudspeaker is fixed to a surface using a Tannoy  
Professional hardware device, the installer must ensure that the surface is capable of 
safely and securely supporting the load. The hardware employed must be safely, 
securely, and in accordance with the manual, attached both to the loudspeaker and 
also to the surface in question, using only the fixing holes provided as standard and 
covered in the manual. Secure fixings to the building structure are vital. Seek help 
from architects, structural engineers or other specialists if in any doubt. 

 

All loudspeakers flown in theatres, nightclubs, conference centre or other places of 
work and entertainment must, be provided with an independent, correctly rated and 
securely attached secondary safety – in addition to the principle hardware device. 
This secondary safety must prevent the loudspeaker from dropping more than 
150mm (6”) should the principle hardware device fail. 
 

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Summary of Contents for iQ 10C

Page 1: ...iQ SERIES USER MANUAL iQ 10 iQ 10P iQ 10C AND iQ 10PC MODELS ...

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Page 3: ...ension General Safety Advice Skeletal Flying SECUR ET VPC Pole Clamp SECUR ET VEB Eyebolt Suspension Truss 10 Performance Data 11 Technical Specifications 12 System Configuration OEM Controllers Bi amp System Parameters iQ 10 iQ 10C Passive System Parameters iQ 10P iQ 10PC 13 Recommended Service Parts Accessories 14 Warranty 15 Declaration of Conformity ...

Page 4: ...e where they can be flown together using additional hardware for flying The iQ10 comes in 4 variants iQ 10 Skeletal iQ 10 Configured for Bi amp operation iQ 10P Skeletal iQ 10 with internal passive crossover iQ 10C iQ 10 Configured for Bi amp operation in plywood cabinet iQ 10PC iQ 10 with internal passive crossover in plywood cabinet 2 Unpacking Every Tannoy iQ10 is carefully tested and inspected...

Page 5: ...t its behaviour under low impedance load conditions A loudspeaker system is highly reactive and with transient signals it can require more current than the nominal impedance would indicate Generally a higher power amplifier running free of distortion will do less damage to the loudspeaker than a lower power amplifier continually clipping It is also worth remembering that a high powered amplifier r...

Page 6: ...requencies Arrays should be constructed so that the individual coverage patters of each loudspeaker combine with minimal overlap The design of the iQ 10C cabinet greatly simplifies the creation of effective arrays allowing seamless wide 120 degree horizontal coverage using two loudspeakers without the need for tedious experimentation By placing the iQ 10C cabinets as shown in the diagram below min...

Page 7: ...8 Dimensions IQ 10 iQ 10P 7 ...

Page 8: ...508 0 680 0 540 0 iQ 10C iQ 10PC 8 ...

Page 9: ...ed to be improper use Such use can be very dangerous as overloading modifying assembling in anyway other than that clearly stated in the manual or damaging Tannoy Professional hardware will compromise safety The component parts of any Tannoy Professional hardware device must only be assembled using the accessory kits supplied and in strict compliance with the user manual The use of other accessori...

Page 10: ...atch the profile of the iQ 18B sub bass cabinet If the iQ 10 is flown outdoors please note the unit should be positioned such that the Speakon connectors are facing downwards to avoid excess moisture leaking into the socket The following optional flying kit is available Skeletal Flying The iQ 10 skeletal enclosure include a yoke as standard The unit can be flown from a flying bar or relevant riggi...

Page 11: ...ll the VEB M10 eyebolts Then replace these counter sunk M10 screws with the VEB M10 eyebolts The kelping brackets on the rear of the cabinet should only be used for tilting the loudspeaker to the desired angle Important It is imperative for safety reasons that two eyebolts linked to two independently fixed straps are used per cabinet Never attempt to use formed eyebolts i e formed from a steel rod...

Page 12: ...oles that travel from front to back across the top of the array allowing manipulation of the center of gravity of the cluster to achieve down tilt without a pull strap Features Optimized fixed splay angle Adjustable tilt Fast multiple enclosure rigging system Economical Low profile clean looking array iQ Suspension Truss The iQ Suspension Truss is a semi custom product line that is built to order ...

Page 13: ...Typical Suspension Truss applications 2 x iQ 10C 13 2 x iQ 10C 2 x iQ 18B ...

Page 14: ...10 Performance Data FREQUENCY RESPONSE iQ 10 Unprocessed Anechoic Frequency Response 1 watt 1 metre on axis FREQUENCY RESPONSE Midrange iQ 10 System Frequency Response with system controller 1m on axis ...

Page 15: ...FREQUENCY RESPONSE High Frequency iQ 10 INPUT IMPEDANCE Midrange iQ 10 ...

Page 16: ...INPUT IMPEDANCE High Frequency iQ 10 FREQUENCY RESPONSE Passive iQ 10P System Frequency Response 1m on axis iQ 10P 16 ...

Page 17: ...omprehensive range of measurements including off axis frequency response curves octave third octave polar diagrams single two cabinet arrays and beamwidth plots as well as Ease data can be downloaded from http www tannoy com 17 ...

Page 18: ...ons iQ10C Weight iQ10 17kg 37 5lb Weight iQ10C Shipping Dimensions iQ10 600mm H 680mm W 540mm D Shipping Dimensions iQ10C Shipping Weight iQ10 22kg 48 5lb Shipping Weight iQ10C Options Passive X over Version iQ 10P iQ 10PC NOTES 1 Average over stated bandwidth Measured at 1m on axis 2 Long term power handling capacity as defined in EIA standard RS 426A 3 Unweighted pink noise input measured at 1m ...

Page 19: ...ighs so they are more likely to cause the power amplifier to clip In a Biamp driven system a smaller amp can handle high frequencies LF amp clipping is less of a factor and less overall amplifier capacity is needed due to the efficiency improvement in the absence of a passive crossover Bi amp System Parameters iQ 10 iQ 10C Parameter Unit Name Mid Section High Section Gain dB 0 0 Delay ms 3 669 3 5...

Page 20: ...meters in the table below for optimised performance Parameter Unit Name Gain dB User definable Delay ms 3 58 Polarity Positive HPF Freq Hz 180 Slope dB oct 24 Filter Shape Linkwitz Riley LPF Freq Hz Thru Slope dB oct NA Filter Shape NA Freq Hz 2000 Level dB 4 Type Parametric PEQ 1 Q Bandwidth 0 8 1 25 ÄNote Apply only when an iQ 10 is stacked directly on top of an iQ 18 Sub bass Otherwise only app...

Page 21: ...date of manufacture subject to the absence of misuse overload or accidental damage Claims will not be considered is the serial number has been altered or removed A Tannoy Professional dealer or service agent should only carry out work under warranty This warranty in no way affects your statutory rights For further information please contact your dealer or distributor in your country If you cannot ...

Page 22: ...ther apparatus to operate as intended and the apparatus has an adequate level of intrinsic immunity to electromagnetic disturbance to enable operation as specified and intended This Equipment conforms to the requirements of the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC amended by 92 31 EEC and 93 68 EEC and the requirements of the low voltage directive 73 23 EEC amended by 93 68 EEC Details of the Apparatus Tannoy...

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Page 24: ...45 1158 E inquiries tannoyna com anfragen tannoy com Tannoy France T 00 33 0 1 7036 7473 E ventes tannoy com Tannoy adopts a policy of continuous improvement and product specification is subject to change REVISION DATE 14 FEB 08 6481 0355 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Tannoy Deutschland T 00 49 180 1111 881 E ...

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