Genesis I.C.E. 201 User Manual
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Position two gives you a soundstage perspective of about the
middle of the concert hall. Position three is more like the orchestra
seats, and position one may be more like the balcony seats.
While it is relatively easy to put the Genesis 201 loudspeaker
system into your room and system and get nice music, it is not as
easy to integrate the loudspeakers into your room, and get great
music out of it. The time you will take to do this properly will be well
worth it for the long-term enjoyment you will derive.
Servo-bass Amplifier Protection
The servo-bass amplifier has numerous protection circuits built in. If
you over-drive the amplifier, it will shut itself off and display a
blinking “-” on the LED display. If that happens, turn down the
volume of your system, use the remote control to turn it off and wait
a moment before turning it back on.
Should your woofer amplifier unexpectedly turn off and you are
unable to turn it back on, you may have overheated the amplifier. It
will take up to thirty minutes for the amplifier to cool down
sufficiently for it to be turned back on. Be patient.
One more thing – the G201 servo-bass amplifier is a Class AB
amplifier. It contains four 500W power modules and a 3000W
power supply. However, it is not able to deliver this power
continuously.
Class AB amplifiers (including the power supply) are only about
20% efficient. This means that to get 100W of audio, you will need
500W of incoming power. Hence, we rate the servo-bass amplifier
at 1,600W. At 120V, 66 amps will be needed to deliver the full
rated power.
Hence, you may find that a very loud bass drum thwack will cause
your lights to dim, the circuits to trip, or the servo-bass amplifier to
shut down if you do not supply enough power to the bass amp.
Ground Control
If you get a horrendous hum when you first turn on your servo-bass
amplifier, you have a ground problem.
One reason could be that the servo-bass amplifier is not properly
grounded. If the servo-bass interconnect is used, make sure that
the servo-bass amplifier is properly grounded. Then, try attaching