Installer’s reference, Xtant p500 – Xtant P500 User Manual
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INSTALLER’S
REFERENCE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
XTANT P500
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SETTING THE E
TION OF THE POTENTIO
ROTATION DECREASES
THE USE OF AN RTA
,
P
ENCE
–
KEEP IN MIND
ATED VALUES PICTUR
STRONGLY SUGGESTS
2
1
-18dB
3
1.1
-10dB -6dB
1.6
“Q”
Center FREQUENC
F
REQUENCY
V
ALUE IS A
1000
DEPENDING UPON
=
X
10, F
REQ
J
UMPER
2
Full counter clockwi
clockwise rotation p
F
ULL COUNTER CLOCKWIS
ROTATION PRODUCES A
“Q
Rear “A”
Rear “B”
FRONT INPUT
2
CH INPUT
2
CH OUTPUT
FRONT OUTPUT
FRONT
REAR
/2
CH
BALANCED LINE INPUTS
REAR OUTPUT
LEFT
LEFT
LEFT
LEFT
RIGHT
RIGHT
–20 dB
–10 dB
0 dB
+10 dB
+20 dB
RIGHT
RIGHT
REMOTE
+
12V
AUX +12V IN
1 AMP FUSE
CHASSIS
NOISE GATE
ENABLE
ENABLE
BYPASS
EQ
THRESHOLD LED INDICATOR
POWER ON LED
FREQUENCY RANGE
JUMPER POSITIONS
2
K TO
20
KHZ
200
TO
2
KHZ
20
TO
200
HZ
THRESHOLD ADJUST
2 / 4
CH INPUT MODE
INPUT SENSITIVITY ADJUSTMENT
DISABLE
DISABLE
ENABLE
DISABLE
REAR INPUT
FRONT INPUT
REAR INPUT
Front “C”
Front “B”
Front “A”
FREQ
FREQ
FREQ
FREQ
FREQ
“Q”
“Q”
“Q”
“Q”
“Q”
BOOST
/
CUT
BOOST
/
CUT
BOOST
/
CUT
BOOST
/
CUT
BOOST
/
CUT
BYPASS
EQ
2
CHANNEL
4
CHANNEL
2
CH
/ 4
CH INPUT MODE JUMPER
: T
HE POSI
-
TION OF THE INPUT MODE JUMPER DETERMINES THE OPER
-
ATIONAL MODE OF THE EQUALIZER
. I
N THE
2
CH MODE
,
ONLY
THE FRONT INPUTS AND REAR OUTPUTS ARE USED AND ALL
5
BANDS OF EQUALIZATION ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE
. I
N
THE
4
CH MODE
,
BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR INPUTS
/
OUT
-
PUTS ARE OPERATIONAL AND THE
3 EQ
BANDS LABELED
“F
RONT
A, B & C”
ARE TIED TO THE FRONT INPUTS
/
OUT
-
PUTS AND THE
2 EQ
BANDS LABELED
“R
EAR
A & B”
ARE TIED TO THE REAR INPUTS
/
OUTPUTS
.
INPUT SENSITIVITY
:
FRONT AND REAR INPUT
SENSITIVITY IS DESIGNED TO BE SET INDEPENDENTLY
.
TO
ADJUST INPUT GAIN
,
PLACE THE JUMPER IN THE POSITION
WHICH ALLOWS MAXIMUM GAIN BEFORE CLIPPING
(
DIS
-
TORTING
). I
N THE
2
CHANNEL MODE
,
ONLY THE FRONT
INPUTS
(
MAY
)
REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT
.
P
LEASE REFER TO THE CHART BELOW WHEN SETTING
INPUT SENSITIVITY
. T
HESE SETTINGS ARE DESIGNED TO BE
A STARTING POINT OR REFERENCE
. I
F MORE INPUT GAIN IS
DESIRED
,
MOVE THE JUMPER TO A HIGHER
“+”
SETTING
.
T
O ACHIEVE LOWER GAIN
,
MOVE THE JUMPER TO ONE OF
THE
“–”
POSITIONS
. T
HE
P500
IS SHIPPED WITH THE
F/R
INPUT SENSITIVITY SET AT
+10 dB.
+20 dB
=
100 – 300 mV
+10 dB
=
300mV – 1V
0 dB
=
1V – 3V
–10 dB
=
3V – 8V
–20 dB
=
10V – 17V
BALANCED LINE
: X
TANT
’
S BALANCED LINE TECH
-
NOLOGY MAY BE USED TO ELIMINATE INDUCED AND
/
OR
GROUND
-
LOOP RELATED NOISE
,
RECEIVE SIGNAL FROM A
BALANCED SOURCE
,
INTERFACE WITH A HIGH LEVEL SIGNAL
(
SPEAKER OUTPUTS
)
AND
/
OR BE USED AS AN
OEM
SOURCE UNIT INTERFACE
.
E
ACH SET OF INPUTS
(
FRONT
/
REAR
)
OF THE
P500
FEATURE BALANCED LINE CIRCUITRY
. T
O ACTIVATE THIS CIR
-
CUITRY
,
SIMPLY MOVE THE BALANCED LINE JUMPER TO THE
“
ENGAGE
”
POSITION
.
T
O USE BALANCED LINE IN THE
2
CHANNEL MODE
,
ONLY
“
ENGAGE
”
THE FRONT INPUTS
.
T
HE OUTPUTS OF THE
P500
ARE NOT BALANCED
.
GENERALLY
,
THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM BALANCED
INPUTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OUTPUTS
.
FREQUENCY RANGE JUMPER
: E
ACH BAND OF
EQUALIZATION HAS A FREQUENCY RANGE JUMPER WHICH
DETERMINES THE RANGE OF CENTER FREQUENCIES AVAIL
-
ABLE FOR ADJUSTMENT
. T
HREE RANGES ARE AVAILABLE
:
20
TO
200 H
Z
, 200
TO
2,000 H
Z AND
2,000
TO
20,000 H
Z
.
T
O SELECT A RANGE
,
SIMPLY PLACE THE JUMPER IN
THE CORRESPONDING POSITION AS DETAILED IN THE ILLUS
-
TRATION
. O
NCE IN PLACE
,
THE FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT
POTENTIOMETER ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT ANY FREQUENCY
WITHIN THAT RANGE
.
BOOST/CUT
ACTIVATING T
GATE IS DESIGNED TO
TRACKS ON CD
’
S
. I
T IS
LOCATED BEHIND THE
MOVE THE SWITCH TO T
THE SWITCH IN THE DIS
NOISE GATE
INCREASES SENSITIVIT
TERCLOCKWISE ROTATIO
MORE INPUT SIGNAL
. N
CLOSE AT A SLOWER R
NOISE GATE TH
OPEN AND CLOSE VIA T
IS PROVIDED TO INDICA
(
PASSING SIGNAL
)
THE
PASSING SIGNAL
),
THE
S
ELECT A CD AND
IMUM LISTENING LEVE
PLAYING
,
TURN THE T
GATE
“
CLOSES
”. A
T T
GROUND HISS
”. I
F THE
LEVEL MUSIC INFORMA
PROPER THRESHOLD S
The P500 can be
powered by a Radio
Shack
®
A C A d a p t e r
# 2 7 3 1 6 5 3 B
(12VDC/1000MA)
BYPASS JUMPERS
: T
HESE JUMPERS
ARE USED TO COMPARE SIGNAL BEFORE
AN AFTER EQUALIZATION
. I
N
4
CH MODE
,
THE FRONT AND REAR
EQ B
ANDS MAY BE
BYPASSED INDEPENDENTLY
. I
N THE
2
CH
MODE
,
ONLY THE JUMPER LABELED
REAR
/2
CH IS USED TO BYPASS
.