TC Electronic XO24 User Manual Download Page 7

INTRODUCTION

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Congratulations on the purchase of your new XO24 Speaker Management Controller. We are
confident that you will find this controller to be the best product of its kind in this price range.

The XO24 is an easy-to-use, high quality digital X-over unit, that allows easy configuration of
speaker systems. This applies for basically all types of speaker management in live-sound 
production.The Speaker Management Controller XO24 is a compact and powerful DSP based "2-
In/4Out" audio-processing unit, ideally suited for both fixed installations and in live applications, 
combining functions of multiple conventional products in a compact 1U rack space.

The XO24 controller is built to provide extremely high quality frequency division and uses the well
known TC quality components and technologies. The XO24 covers not only all the traditional X-over
functions, but also features as:

• Input EQ for Room and Placement Compensation (4 band parametric pr.

Input Ch.)

• Unique Routing Engine (Any Input to Any Output)
• 2, 3 & 4-way X-Over on all Outputs (Butterworth, Bessel and Linkw. Riley

type filters available)

• Speaker Voicing EQ, (4 band parametric pr. Output Ch.)
• Independent Speaker Alignment Delay on all outputs (200 ms pr. Ch.)
• Independent Digital Limiter on all Outputs
• Intuitive Signal Flow Based User Interface
• Factory presets
• 100 User Preset location

The XO24 digital system controller has two balanced XLR analog inputs, a
digital Input at 44.1 or 48kHz, and four balanced XLR analogue Outputs.

This manual

Read through this operation manual to get more information about the specific features available in
XO24, or start to use the XO24 right out of the box and get back to these pages in case you seek
answers to specific features.

For any questions left unanswered by this manual feel free to visit our online support
center; TC Support Interactive, which can be accessed via: www.tcelectronic.com

Latest manual revision can always be downloaded from www.tcelectronic.com

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Summary of Contents for XO24

Page 1: ...XO24 SPEAKER MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER U Us se er rs s m ma an nu ua al l...

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Page 3: ...uipment should be installed near the socket outlet and disconnection of the device should be easily accessible To completely disconnect from AC mains disconnect the power supply cord from the AC recep...

Page 4: ...s B Digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generates us...

Page 5: ...n 4 Front Panel Overview 6 Rear Panel Overview 8 Signal Flow Diagram 9 Typical Setups 10 OPERATION Control Section 15 Editing Parameters 15 Recall 15 Store 15 The Setup Menu 15 The Lock mode 15 Front...

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Page 7: ...es as Input EQ for Room and Placement Compensation 4 band parametric pr Input Ch Unique Routing Engine Any Input to Any Output 2 3 4 way X Over on all Outputs Butterworth Bessel and Linkw Riley type f...

Page 8: ...dit mode these switches give access to the Input Trim parameter for each channel PAR EQ A B On Off switches for the Parametric EQ on channel A and B In Edit mode these keys give access to edit EQ sett...

Page 9: ...o confirm various operations such as Store and Recall LOCK The LOCK key is used to lock unlock the XO24 front panel keys Default setting is locked ADJUST encoder The ADJUST Encoder is used to change v...

Page 10: ...for channels A B Use channel A for mono Input Balanced Outputs 1 4 on XLR Com port for data transfer NO user application Power Input The internal switchmode powersupply accepts from 100 to 240 VAC Dig...

Page 11: ...9 SIGNAL FLOW...

Page 12: ...present on the DIGITAL INPUT is passed unprocessed to the DIGITAL THRU connection on the rear panel for further downstream processing Configuration overview Stereo Setup with subs This is a typical s...

Page 13: ...ut channels 3 and 4 feed loudspeaker set B Using the Digital Input Digital Input 44 1 or 48kHz must be present in the Digital Input Press and hold the DIGITAL IN button on the front panel until digita...

Page 14: ...cessed to the DIGITAL THRU connection on the rear panel for further downstream processing This example shows how 2 XO24s can be used in conjunction to distribute Input signals to a 3 or 4 way system p...

Page 15: ...downstream processing This example is similar to the previous example However the idea here is to distribute the signal with delay settings corresponding to the positioning of the speakers For each si...

Page 16: ...ignal present on the DIGITAL INPUT is passed unprocessed to the DIGITAL THRU connection on the rear panel for further downstream processing This setup is used where two different zones or rooms need t...

Page 17: ...name of your choice using the CURSOR keys and ADJUST encoder and then press ENTER 5 The display indicates Preset Stored for a successful store operation The Setup menu The Setup menu holds various ove...

Page 18: ...Parametric EQ Input EQ The Controller holds two parametric EQ sections The first is located on the Input side of the Routing matrix One for channel A and one for channel B Par EQ A B Type Gain Freq W...

Page 19: ...miter and Output blocks Notice that the front panel layout is identical to the actual signal flow through the unit Example Input A distributed to Output 1 and 2 Input B distributed to Output 3 and 4 A...

Page 20: ...Band 2 Par EQ 18 dB 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 03 4 Oct Band 3 Par EQ 18 dB 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 03 4 Oct Band 4 Lo Pass 18 dB 20 Hz 20 kHz 2nd order Par EQ 18 dB 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 03 4 Oct Ratio Range Off to Infinity Se...

Page 21: ...versampling bitstream 0 70 ms 0 65 ms 44 1 kHz 48 kHz typ 110 dB 22 Hz to 22 kHz typ 110 dB 1 kHz 1 dBFS 0 0 1 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz typ 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz XLR 40 Ohm 20 Ohm 20 dBu 24 bit 128 x overs...

Page 22: ...rder 100 Hz LP LR 4th order 100 Hz HP LR 4th order 100 Hz LP LR 4th order 100 Hz HP LR 4th order 199 5 Hz LP LR 4th order 199 5 Hz HP LR 4th order 199 5 Hz LP LR 4th order 199 5 Hz HP LR 4th order 20...

Page 23: ...der 1 2 kHz LP LR 2th order 250Hz HP LP Off HP LP Off HP LP Off HP LP Off HP LP Off HP LP Off HP LP Off HP LP Off OUTPUT EQ 1 On no EQ 2 On no EQ 3 On no EQ 4 Off no EQ 1 On no EQ 2 On no EQ 3 On no E...

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