User manual CROWN I-TECH APPLICATION GUIDE 09-05

[. . . ] I-Tech Application Guide 1 Application Guide © 2005 by Crown Audio Inc. , 1718 W. Mishawaka Rd. , Elkhart, IN 46517-9439 U. S. A. www. crownaudio. com Trademark Notice: Grounded BridgeTM is a trademark, and Crown® and Macro-Tech® are registered trademarks of Crown International. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Application Guide 137327-3A 09/05 2 I-Tech Application Guide Introduction This application guide provides useful information designed to help you best use your new Crown® I-Tech Series amplifier. [. . . ] · Observe the LCD on the front of the amplifier. The LCD will indicate that programming is in process. When the text "verify ok" appears on the screen proceed to the next step. · Cycle amplifier's power and wait for it to come back online. Figure 3. 11 "Send Code" Function in TCP/IQ Utility 3. 5. 3 DSP Firmware Note: Downloading new DSP firmware will dissrupt audio AND restore factory defaults. All filters and other DSP settings will be turned off and set to factory defaults. · Select the amplifier that you wish to program. You can select multiple amps if desired. · Click on "Send Code" (Figure 3. 11). · Navigate to local folder where you saved the firmware file(s). · Select "ITA_x, " where x represents the version number. Click "Open. " · A window will appear to indicate the progress of the firmware download. When the progress indicator shows 100% and the text in the firmware download window disappears, cycle the amplifier's power and wait for it to come back online. Application Guide Section 4: I-Tech and JBL VerTec 15 4 I-Tech and JBL VERTEC Crown I-Tech amplifiers and JBL VERTEC Line Array loudspeaker systems make a powerful combination. With them, you can deliver a sound that is very loud, clear, and natural, with uniform controlled coverage. This section provides recommendations for matching I-Tech amplifiers to VERTEC loudspeakers, and how to properly wire them. The examples shown are basic building blocks of a complement of VERTEC elements, along with the appropriate I-Tech amplifiers to drive them. You can design your system with these suggestions used in multiples to build the size of line array you need for your application. With I-Tech's studio-grade, on-board DSP and factory furnished speaker-modeling presets designed for VERTEC, setting up your system has never been easier. When choosing your power amplifier configuration, you may want to use identical amplifiers for all frequency bands in the system. This is perfectly permissible if you use the available signal processing to limit each amp's channel to a safe output level for its bandpass. This may make it easier to reconfigure your amplifier inventory as needed. The limiter settings provided for the example systems are based on Average Power and Continuous Maximum Power specifications as suggested by JBL for VERTEC Line Array systems. [. . . ] · To provide much of the IQ Network capabilities without the need to set up a network. · To make monitoring all this information easy. The amplifier was designed for simple plug-and-play operation, and can be quickly setup as though it were a traditional amplifier. How can I keep unauthorized people from tampering with my settings? [. . . ]