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Architect

Model 110-Model 210-Model 210ES

 

Installer’s Guide

CONDITIONAL FIVE YEAR 

WARRANTY

Custom electronics installations are an invisible element of many 

modern homes. You don’t appreciate what they do for you unless 
something goes wrong. 

AudioControl recognizes this fact and engineers the most bul-

letproof components we know how. We stand behind that quality, 

with full FIVE-YEAR parts and labor factory warranty when our 

components are installed by an authorized AudioControl dealer in 
the United States.  Otherwise your warranty is one year. You will be 
happy to know that our warranty returns are rigorously tracked and 
very few of the units we build ever need to be repaired.

Conditional doesn’t mean anything ominous. The Federal Trade 

Commission tells all manufacturers to use the term to indicate that 
certain conditions have to be met before they’ll honor the warranty. 
If you meet all of these conditions, we will warrant all materials and 

workmanship on your AudioControl Amplifier product for FIVE 
YEARS from the date you bought it, and we will fix or replace it, at 

our option, during that time.

Here are the conditional conditions:
1. You need to register your purchase of this AudioControl compo-

nent by going to the AudioControl web site (www.audiocontrolreg-
istration.com), click on the “Distributed Audio”  tab, and then go to 
the “Warranty Registration” department by clicking on the appropri-

ate text.  Follow the directions and complete all of the information.

2. A sales receipt is required for proof of purchase showing when 

and from whom the unit was bought. We’re not the only ones who 
require this, so it’s a good habit to get into with any major purchase 
of consumer electronics.

3. Your AudioControl product must have originally been purchased 

from or installed by an authorized AudioControl professional. This 
warranty is transferable. You do not have to be the original owner, 
but you do need a copy of the original sales slip.

4. You cannot let anybody (A) who isn’t: the AudioControl fac-

tory or (B) somebody authorized in writing by AudioControl, ser-
vice your product. If anyone other than (A) or (B) messes with your 
AudioControl product, that voids your warranty.

5. The warranty is also void if the serial number is altered or re-

moved, or if the unit has been used improperly. Now that sounds like 
a big loophole, but here is all we mean by it:

Unwarranted abuse is: (A) physical damage (don’t use your 

AudioControl product level your kitchen table, jack up your car or 
keep the rain off your head); (B) improper connections (120 volts 
into the power jack can fry the poor thing); (C) sadistic things. This 
is the best product we know how to build, but if you mount it to the 
filter pump of a hot tub, something will probably go wrong.

Assuming you conform to 1 through 5, and it really isn’t all that 

hard to do, we get the option of fixing your old unit or replacing it 

with a new one.

Legalese Section

This is the only warranty given 

by AudioControl. This warranty 
gives you specific legal rights that 
vary from state to state. Promises 
of how well your ARCHITECT 

AMPLIFIER will perform are not 

implied by this warranty. Other 
than what we have covered in 
this warranty, we have no obliga-

tion, express or implied. Also, we 

will not be obligated for direct or 
indirect consequential damage to 
your system caused by hooking 
up the AudioControl  

ARCHITECT AMPLIFIER.

Failure to go on-line could 

negate any service claims.

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Warranty

Содержание Architect 110

Страница 1: ...igh Current Design Sound Optimization Superior Energy Efficiency Professional Installer s Consciousness Guide 22410 70th Avenue West Seattle WA 98043 USA 425 775 8461 Fax 425 778 3166 www audiocontrol com For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible 2011 All rights reserved ...

Страница 2: ... Important Information Dealer Name______________________________________ Date Installed___________________________________ Serial Number____________________________________ ...

Страница 3: ...8 Installation The Long Version 8 Remote Power Control 9 Audio Hook Up 10 Speaker Wire Hook Up 11 Equalizing The System 12 A Short Introduction To Equalizers And Acoustics 13 Audio Analysis Using Pink Noise 14 Equalization Controls 15 Troubleshooting 17 Appendix A Bridging the Architect 18 Appendix B Understanding the Front Panel LEDs 19 A Brazen Plug For Other AudioControl Products 20 The Warrant...

Страница 4: ... Architect Model 210 Architect Model 110 Architect Model 210ES Model 210 Model 110 Architect Model 210ES ...

Страница 5: ...are designed and manufactured in the USA by AudioControl A company whose professional sound division designed and sold 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 and pro sound heri tage shows itself in the dozens of awards we have won for our designs products and service Now as when we began o...

Страница 6: ... distributed audio application Specially Designed Frequency Controls The Architect Model 210 and Model 210ES are intended to provide a dra matic sound improvement for small speakers such as those with 6 inch and 8 inch woofers The Architect s equalization band centers were chosen to optimize in wall and 2 way book shelf speakers at critical frequencies where adjustment is most advantageous The ban...

Страница 7: ...el 210ES s Programmable Frequency Match PFM circuitry is a bass blocking filter which protects small speakers and improves their overall sound The smaller woofers found in most in wall or bookshelf speakers cannot repro duce the bass of a larger speaker the laws of physics intervene If called upon to reproduce a bass note that would cause the speaker to move PAST it s maximum cone travel damage ca...

Страница 8: ...e Turn On This Architect amplifier is equipped with a Signal Sensing circuit on the inputs that will turn the unit on as soon as it sees an audio signal We have also equipped this unit with an optional 12V trigger input that can be used to remotely turn the Architect On and Off should this function be needed 4 Set the Equalization Model 210 Model 210ES Page 15 While it can be set by ear adjustment...

Страница 9: ...ED This dual color LED serves two purposes It illuminates Blue when the corresponding channel is active and everything is operating correctly The second function of the status LED is to turn Red if something has caused the amplifier to go into protection or it is operting at a very high temperature Speaker Equalization controls Model 210 and Model 210ES This array of knobs provide up to 12dB cut o...

Страница 10: ...nput is triggered On by ap plying 12 volts to the 1 8 Auxiliary Input Trigger Auxiliary Input Trigger Hopefully you read the previous sentence to know what this 1 8 connector does Auxiliary Input Active LED This LED turns Red when you apply 12 volts to the Aux 12V Trigger Input Signal Present When an audio signal is present on the Main or Auxiliary inputs this LED will light Input Level Controls T...

Страница 11: ...g really awful goes wrong Master Power Switch This switch shuts off the main AC power Normally the only time you need to turn the master power switch off is if the system is going to be shut down for an extended period of time Power Cord The Architect draws ap proximately 550 watts at full power Make certain that it is plugged directly into the wall outlet or a power strip with sufficient power ra...

Страница 12: ...e system If it seems overly detailed please forgive us We would rather tell you too much than too little First check your new Architect for any shipping damage We pack em pretty securely but it s a vicious world out there and anything can happen twixt Mountlake Terrace Washing ton and your installation Placement The Architect Model 110 210 210ES is a very efficient amplifier but it does need some ...

Страница 13: ...you need to plug it into a two prong outlet use a ground adapter and connect the ground on it Remote Power Control The Architect has three levels of power control 1 Main AC Power Switch This is the master control and must be turned ON for the Architect to function When the main power switch is On the blue Power LED on the front panel lights up Normally the only time that you would need to turn the...

Страница 14: ...ncy Stick with the same color coding and you ll reduce possible problems 3 Whenever possible keep power cords away from signal cables to prevent induced hum This is especially impor tant if you bundle the cables to keep the installation neat looking 4 Use quality interconnect cables 5 If you need to run the RCA audio cables more than 20 feet you should use a balanced line driver for the signals Th...

Страница 15: ... this table even fairly short speaker runs can have a very significant resistance if you use a smaller wire gauge This can be a benefit if you paralleling lots of speakers The wire itself acts as an impedance limiter since the amplifier cannot see a speaker load lower than the resis tance of the wire The downside of this resistance in the wire is that you waste the total power available to the spe...

Страница 16: ...tatus LED s should be BLUE with audio present 3 Start the audio source playing and send that signal to the Architect how you do this depends on your particular multi room system The zone status LED should illumi nate RED then BLUE approximately one second after the music begins 4 Check each speaker output zone to ensure that each one plays properly 5 With all the speaker loads turned on turn up th...

Страница 17: ...drivers in your speak ers and spread out into the room If your room were infinitely big that s all there would be to it But just as waves in a pond reach the bank and reflect back sound waves bounce off walls ceilings and floors reflecting rein forcing and canceling each other as shown in the figure above Since sound is energy the way it reflects depends upon the angle of the sur face the type of ...

Страница 18: ... rooms in your home function as gigantic mechanical equalizers boosting or cutting certain frequencies depending on size shape volume acoustic treat ment and the position of the speakers Audio Analysis Using Pink Noise It may take several series of adjustments since there is some interaction between each control We have included some sample settings and general descriptions of each con trol s func...

Страница 19: ...all or in wall speakers Experiment with it 300Hz and 700Hz High and low midrange These controls directly affect the sound of instruments and vocals These bands also determine the speaker s presence whether the music sounds far away or close in Small speakers often produce too much midrange so these controls are candidates for being turned down slightly during your initial experimen tation Definite...

Страница 20: ...uction sets in there are other problems with feeding super low bass to small speakers Most bookshelf and in wall loudspeakers are 2 way systems That means that the woofer also handles a large part of the critical midrange area When the woofer is bashing around trying to reproduce unrealistically low bass its ability to produce midrange is compromised due to inter modulation distortion So not only ...

Страница 21: ...he rear panel See Appendix B for more detail on LED indicators 2 Audio Is Cutting In Out Using a DMM Digital Multi Meter confirm impedance on speaker wires is 2 ohms or higher Check speaker leads for short If using speaker level volume controls bypass and see if problem persists Verify Source unit is not clipping Adjust the pre amp volume higher and or Input Sensitivity controls on amplifier 3 Arc...

Страница 22: ...h on the rear panel and make sure the input level controls on each channel are adjusted the same Then connect the speaker terminals as shown in the diagram below Caution When bridging the Architect the minimum speaker load impedance on that bridged output is 4 ohms In a bridged system each channel of the bridged pair sees one half of the speaker load This means that a bridged amp driving a 4 ohm s...

Страница 23: ... is not playing please look at the LED lights on the front panel and refer to the chart below for guid ance Architect Model 110 210 210ES LED Status Indicators LED Indicator Power Protection Status Operations OFF OFF OFF Amplifier Main Power is OFF BLUE OFF OFF Amplifier is On no audio signal is present RED OFF OFF Amplifier is ON but in sleep mode Rear panel 12 volt trigger is being used BLUE BLU...

Страница 24: ...ts for Home Theater needs including surround sound processors with truly excep tional audio and video performance Some reviewers say there is none better AudioControl also has five and seven channel power amplifiers to round out this theater system The audiophile sound quality of these amplifiers cool running Class H design and exclusive LightDrive protection systems say these ampli fiers mean ser...

Страница 25: ...his so it s a good habit to get into with any major purchase of consumer electronics 3 Your AudioControl product must have originally been purchased from or installed by an authorized AudioControl professional This warranty is transferable You do not have to be the original owner but you do need a copy of the original sales slip 4 You cannot let anybody A who isn t the AudioControl fac tory or B s...

Страница 26: ...as written de signed printed folded and stuffed into the box in the U S A Probably on a really soggy day considering where we live 22 Block Diagram Block Diagrams Architect Model 210 Architect Model 210ES Important Note All 12v Triggers are tip 12 volts ...

Страница 27: ... Remote Power Trigger 12 VDC Options 5 way Binding Posts Model 115 Model 215 AC Main Fuse Rating 10 amp Slo Blo AC Main Operational Voltage 95 130v Protection clipping short circuit thermal ultrasonic DC offset Stable into reactive or mismatched loads Clipping Eliminator Wideband intelligent soft response Signal Sense Trigger 0 001 volt Very Low Weight 16 pounds 35 kg Dimensions 17 W x 12 D x 3 5 ...

Страница 28: ...0 0 Rev 11 11 22410 70th Avenue West Seattle WA 98043 USA 425 775 8461 Fax 425 778 3166 e mail sound better audiocontrol com Visit us on the web at www audiocontrol com For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible ...

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