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ARCHITECT

Model 960
Model 961

Installer’s Guide

5

A Guided Tour Of

The Architect

tm

 

900 Series

more rear panel features on the next page

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Страница 1: ...mplifier Speaker Optimizer Professional Installer s Consciousness Guide 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace WA 98043 USA 425 775 8461 Fax 425 778 3166 www audiocontrol com For Those Who Consider...

Страница 2: ...______________________________ Date Installed _______________________________________ Serial Number ______________________________________ Ethernet MAC Address _______________________________ IP Addre...

Страница 3: ...alization Controls 15 A Short Introduction To Equalizers And Acoustics 16 Audio Analysis Using Pink Noise 17 What s Inside 18 The Truth About Bass and The Programmable Frequency Match Filter 18 Patent...

Страница 4: ...The Architect Model 960 Model 961...

Страница 5: ...e professional sound division designed and sells the most popular one third octave real time analyzer in the world the SA 3050 AudioControl s passion for high quality meticulous attention to detail an...

Страница 6: ...s 75Hz 250Hz 700Hz 2500Hz and 12KHz band centers were chosen to optimize in wall and 2 way bookshelf speakers at critical frequencies where adjustment is most advantageous The bandwidths or Q as our e...

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Страница 8: ...two purposes First they illuminate Blue when the corresponding channel is active The second function of the status LED is to turn Red if something has caused that zone to go into protection 4 Protect...

Страница 9: ...ARCHITECT Model 960 Model 961 Installer s Guide 5 A Guided Tour Of The Architecttm 900 Series more rear panel features on the next page...

Страница 10: ...ul goes wrong There are no internal fuses in this amp Power Cord The Architect draws a maximum of 1600 watts at full power Make certain that it is plugged directly into the wall outlet or a power stri...

Страница 11: ...unt the Architect more than 20 feet from the preamp 5 Enough speaker wire to reach all of your speakers 6 Multi zone audio controller receiver or preamplifier 7 Although you can set the speaker optimi...

Страница 12: ...and make certain the home owner puts it away in a safe place Stashing the receipt away is very important in the unlikely event that your Architect ever needs servicing or well things do happen you nee...

Страница 13: ...iagram The two color Protection LED on the front panel illuminates Blue to show that the remote power control is active 3 Ethernet Control If you have the Architect Model 961 with the Ethernet control...

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Страница 17: ...aker runs can have significant resistance if you use a smaller wire gauge This can be a benefit if you are paralleling lots of speakers The wire itself acts as an impedance limiter since the amplifier...

Страница 18: ...c begins 4 Check each speaker output zone to ensure that each one plays properly 5 With all the speaker loads turned on turn up the volume and make certain that the channel status LEDs on the Architec...

Страница 19: ...ce too much midrange so these controls are candidates for being turned down slightly during your initial experimentation Definitely consider reducing 700 Hz if you are only using your extension speake...

Страница 20: ...lect back sound waves bounce off walls ceilings and floors reflecting reinforcing and canceling each other as shown in the figure above Since sound is energy the way it reflects depends upon the angle...

Страница 21: ...the printed page call us and we ll mail you a copy The overall point that we re trying to make is that the various rooms in your home function as gigantic mechanical equalizers boosting or cutting cer...

Страница 22: ...l midrange area When the woofer is bashing around trying to reproduce unrealisti cally low bass its ability to produce midrange is compromised due to intermodulation distortion So not only don t you g...

Страница 23: ...lume is turned up too high and an amplifier is pushed into clipping the resulting distortion will probably damage the tweet ers in your speakers AudioControl s exclusive LightDrive protec tion system...

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Страница 26: ...assigned to it every time you dial up A network installation using Dynamic IP address requires a dedi cated device known as a DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol server to assign the IP addresses from...

Страница 27: ...Sense circuit using switch on the rear panel All of the Channel Status LEDs should turn on If they do not call the AudioControl factory b Verify Source unit is operating c Adjust the preamp volume hig...

Страница 28: ...nabling the PFM filter 6 There is no audio input signal but the Channel Status 6 LED is still Blue a Check the Signal Sense defeat switch on the rear panel If it is pressed in the Channel Status LEDs...

Страница 29: ...justments to instantly compensate for main system speaker and room deficiencies In fact AudioControl was the world s first manufacturer of a SEVEN CHANNEL equalizer for home theater surround sound use...

Страница 30: ...the Architect Model 961 via Telnet you need a Telnet client program in your system The factory default static IP address of the Model 961 is 192 168 0 1 and telnet is active on port 23 The default us...

Страница 31: ...nnel 5 6 M4 Mute channel 7 8 M5 Mute channel 9 10 M6 Mute channel 11 12 M7 Mute channel 13 14 M8 Mute channel 15 16 MA Mute all channels U1 Unmute channel 1 2 U2 Unmute channel 3 4 U3 Unmute channel 5...

Страница 32: ...at voids your warranty 5 The warranty is also void if the serial number is altered or re moved or if The Architecthas been used improperly Now that sounds like a big loophole but here is all we mean b...

Страница 33: ...xplanation of the trouble you are having with The Architecttm You d be surprised how many people forget this 3 A return street address No PO Boxes please 4 A daytime phone number in case our technican...

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Страница 35: ...Trigger 12 VDC or Dry Contact Closure AC Power Consumption 1600 Watts all channels full power AC Main Fuse Rating 2 x 6 amp Slo Blo AC Main Operational Voltage 95 volts 130 volts Weight 48 pounds 22...

Страница 36: ...080 0 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace WA 98043 USA 425 775 8461 Fax 425 778 3166 e mail info audiocontrol com Visit us on the web at www audiocontrol com For Those Who Consider Perfection Po...

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