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XA Series 

Loudspeaker Management System 

 

User Manual 

 
 
 
 

 

 

XILICA Audio Design 

 

Summary of Contents for XA Series

Page 1: ...XA Series Loudspeaker Management System User Manual XILICA Audio Design...

Page 2: ...ear a swimming pool and the like 6 CLEAN ONLY WITH DRY CLOTH Unplug the unit from the wall outlet before cleaning Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners Use a damp cloth for cleaning 7 DO NOT...

Page 3: ...tripod bracket or table The unit may fall causing serious injury to someone and serious damage to the appliance A unit and cart combination should be moved with care Quick stops excessive force and un...

Page 4: ...Introduction 5 2 0 Features 6 3 0 Front Panel Functions 7 4 0 Rear Panel Functions 9 5 0 Powering Up the Device 10 6 0 Operating the Channel Menus 11 7 0 Operating the System Menus 18 8 0 Quick Refere...

Page 5: ...elay polarity 8 bands of EQ per channel multiple crossover selections and full function limiters Precise frequency control is achieved with its 1 Hz resolution Inputs and outputs can be routed in mult...

Page 6: ...zers Magnitude or Phase for each Input and Output Multiple Crossover types with Full Function Limiters Precise Level Polarity and Delay CPU and DSP upgrade via PC Individual Channel Buttons with Linki...

Page 7: ...nu key is held down the Mute Buttons selects the corresponding channel for the LCD menu display and is acknowledged by a green LED below the button The last modified menu will be displayed on the LCD...

Page 8: ...ssing Mute key will go to the specify channel menu Menu Go to next menu screen Holding this button down while pressing Mute key will go to the specify channel menu Cursor Go to previous cursor in the...

Page 9: ...he voltage input is 90 240VAC 50 60Hz 2 Main Fuse T2 5A 250V Slow blow type 3 Power switch Controls power On Off 4 Analog Inputs and Outputs Separate 3 pin connectors are provided for each audio input...

Page 10: ...unit boots and displays the device model and firmware version After the initialization process is finished the XA displays its main screen The screen shows the current program number and program name...

Page 11: ...the linked channels Any modification of the data for the selected channel will be applied to the linked channels as well To cancel the linking simply deselect the desired channel while the Menu or Me...

Page 12: ...bands BYPASS This control will un bypass Off or bypass On the currently selected band TYPE The 5 types of EQ that can be used are parametric PEQ low shelf LO SHF high shelf HI SHF 1st degree all pass...

Page 13: ...ve value For 1st degree all pass AP 1 filter the bandwidth will sets the phase shift at the centre frequency This phase shift is gradually changed from 180 degrees above the centre frequency to the sp...

Page 14: ...1Hz steps or 1 36 octave steps The frequency steps can be selected in the System Menu Please refer to page 21 for more details SLPL The filter slope for low frequency crossover point high pass ranges...

Page 15: ...r more details SLPH The filter slope for high frequency crossover point low pass ranges from 6 to 48dB octave If the selected filter type is Linkwitz Riley the available slopes are 12 24 36 or 48 dB o...

Page 16: ...threshold ranges from 20 to 20dBu in 0 5dB steps ATTACK The limiter attack time ranges from 0 3 to 1ms in 0 1ms steps then ranges from 1 to 100ms in 1ms steps RELEASE The limiter release time can be s...

Page 17: ...channel source for the current output channel It can be used to mix the input source in dB or disable it Off If more than one input sources are enabled they will be added together as the source for th...

Page 18: ...mory that can store up to 30 different preset setups P This control selects which program to recall from the non volatile memory The program name is displayed to the right of the program no 7 2 Preset...

Page 19: ...rce or the Target is an input while the other is an output only the Level Polarity Delay EQ Crossover and Channel Name are copied SOURCE This is the channel to be copied from TARGET This is the channe...

Page 20: ...ect DEVICE ID This control assigns a device ID from 1 to 16 to the unit This ID is only useful when a network of more than 1 device is used In normal operation the device ID is 1 BAUD RATE The sets th...

Page 21: ...in the device all the locks are disabled After reientering the password or powercycling the device the locks are automatically enabled again 7 7 Factory Settings CURRENT This resets all the current pa...

Page 22: ...And the third and last screen displays the security code When no password is set the factory default code is 11110000 When another combination of characters is displayed a password is set in the devi...

Page 23: ...y 20 30 000 1 Hz EQ Bandwidth 0 02 3 61 0 01 Octave Crossover Low Off Butterworth Linkwitz Riley Bessel Crossover Low 20 30 000 1 Hz Crossover Low 6 48 6 dB octave Crossover High Off Butterworth Linkw...

Page 24: ...e screen Programs can be recalled and stored from to PC s hard drive thus expanding the storage to become virtually limitless XConsole can be connected to the XA series via RS232 USB or Ethernet USB r...

Page 25: ...kHz 4dBu Digital Audio Performance Processor 40 bit Sampling Rate 96kHz Analog Converters High Performance 24 bit Propagation Delay 1 5ms Front Panel Controls Display 2 x 16 Character Backlit LCD Leve...

Page 26: ...Bandwidth 0 02 to 3 61 octaves Q 0 3 to 72 Crossover Filters 2 per Output Filter Types Butterworth Bessel Linkwitz Riley Slopes 6 to 48dB oct Limiters 1 per Output Threshold 20 to 20dBu Attack 0 3 to...

Page 27: ...ing installation or repairs made without factory authorization or by anyone other than authorized Xilica Field Service Stations This warranty is void if the serial number has been defaced altered or r...

Page 28: ...XA User Manual v3 00 Jul 2010 XILICA Audio Design www xilica com...

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