Alto Elvis-Speakers Users Manual

LTO

OWNER'S MANUAL

ELVIS SPEAKER ENCLOSURES

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MODELS

www.altoproaudio.com

Version 2.0 SEPTEMBER 2007

English

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION

CAUTION

RISK OFELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOTOPEN

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER OR THE BACK PANEL OF THIS EQUIPMENT. THERE ARE NO PARTS NEEDED BY USER INSIDE THE EQUIPMENT. FOR SERVICE, PLEASE CONTACT QUALIFIED SERVICE CENTERS.

This symbol, wherever used, alerts you to the

presence of un insulated and dangerous voltages within the product enclosure. These are voltages that may be sufficient to constitute the risk of electric shock or death.

This symbol, wherever used, alerts you to important operating and maintenance instructions.

Please read.

Protective Ground Terminal AC mains (Alternating Current)

Hazardous Live Terminal ON: Denotes the product is turned on. OFF: Denotes the product is turned off.

CAUTION

Describes precautions that should be observed to prevent damage to the product.

Read this Manual carefully before operation. Keep this Manual in a safe place.

Be aware of all warnings reported

with this symbol.

Keep this Equipment away from water and moisture.

Clean it only with dry cloth. Do not use solvent or other chemicals.

Do not damp or cover any cooling opening. Install the equipment only in accordance with the Manufacturer's instructions.

Power Cords are designed for your safety. Do

not remove Ground connections! If the plug does not fit your AC outlet, seek advice from a qualified electrician. Protect the power cord and plug from any physical stress to avoid risk of electric shock. Do not place heavy objects on the power cord. This could cause electric shock or fire.

Unplug this equipment when unused for long

periods of time or during a storm.

Refer all service to qualified service personnel

only. Do not perform any servicing other than those instructions contained within the User's Manual.

To prevent fire and damage to the product,

10.

use only the recommended fuse type as indicated in this manual. Do not short circuit the fuse holder. Before replacing the fuse, make sure that the product is OFF and disconnected from the AC outlet.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of electric shock and fire, do not expose this equipment to moisture or rain.

Dispose of this product should notbeplacedinmunicipalwaste and should be separate collection.

MovethisEquipmentonlywithacart,

11.

stand, tripod, or bracket, specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the Equipment. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart / equipment combination to avoid possible injury from tip over.

12.

Permanent hearing loss may be caused by exposure to \ extremely high noise levels. The US. Government's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has specified the permissible exposure to noise level. These are shown in the following chart:

HOURS X DAY

8 6 4 3 2 1,5 1 0,5 0,25 or less

According to OSHA, an exposure to high SPL in excess of these limits may result in the loss of heat. To avoid the potential damage of heat, it is recommended that Personnel exposed to equipment capable of generating high SPL use hearing protection while such equipment is under operation.

The apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection.

The mains plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable.

SPL

EXAMPLE

Small gig

train

Subway train

High level desktop monitors

Classic music concert

100 102 105 110 115

Rock concert

IN THIS MANUAL:

1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................1

2. QUICK START - PASSIVE SPEAKER CABINETS.......................................2

. For Passive Full range Speakers . For Passive Subwoofer & Satellite Speakers

3. QUICK START - ACTIVE SPEAKER CABINETS.........................................4

. For Active Full range Speakers . For Active Subwoofer & Satellite Speakers

4.CONNECTIONS....................................................................................10

. PASSIVE FULL RANGE Speaker for ELVIS10/ELVIS12/ELVIS15/ELVIS12M/ELVIS15M

. PASSIVE SUBWOOFER Speaker for ELVIS12S/ELVIS15S

. Active FULL RANGE Speaker for ELVIS10A/ELVIS12/AELVIS15A/ELVIS12MA/ELVIS15MA

. Active SUBWOOFER Speaker for ELVIS12SA/ELVIS15SA

5. WIRE CONNECTIONS..........................................................................13

6. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION.................................................................14

7. WARRANTY........................................................................................20

1. INTRODUCTION

Thank you for your purchasing one of our ELVIS speaker enclosures. It is just one of the many Alto products that a talented, multinational Team of Audio Engineers and Musicians have developed with their great passion for music. We design all our transducers and cabinets in Emilia-Romagna of Italy, a lowland famous for music and fast cars. In fact, Lamborghini, Maserati and Ferrari are made just a few miles away from our design centers. The same area has a long tradition in designing and manufacturing some of the world's best professional transducers. Your ELVIS speaker cabinet is capable of very high sound pressure level and it has been created to give you a performance that is better than any loudspeaker in this range. They are flexible in their passive and active configurations and can be used with single and multiple subwoofers. The active models even include a microphone preamplifier and a three-band graphic equalizer.

Enjoy your ELVIS speaker and make sure to read this Manual carefully before operation!

HOOK

2. QUICK START - PASSIVE SPEAKER CABINET

Passive, Full-range, two speakers. This is the simplest set-up. You just need a mixer and a stereo amplifier. It is good for small club gigs, disco,etc. Make all initial connections with all the equipment powered off, and ensure that all the main volume controls are turned down completely.

1). Connect one side of the speaker cable to the Output CHA/CHB or Binding Post of your stereo power amplifier and the other side to the Input socket of your Elvis speaker cabinet.

2). Complete other connections as illustrated.

3). Turn on your mixer first, then the stereo power amplifier.

4). Turn up the volume controls of your amplifier to about 70%.

5). Use PFL function to get the proper input level for the mixer, and adjust the Main Mix Level control to manipulate the output level.

6). After use, turn off your stereo power amplifier first, then the mixer.

STEREO AMPLIFIER

MIXER

If you use a powered mixer for the passive speakers, it is no need to use an amplifier. make sure all the main volume controls of your power mixer are turned down completely.

1). Connect one side of the speaker cable to the SPEAKER OUT of your powered mixer and the other side to the Input socket of your Elvis speaker cabinet.

2). Use PFL function to get the proper input level for the mixer, and adjust the Main Mix Level control to manipulate the output level.

3). After use, turn down of the Main Mix Level control first, then turn off the powered mixer.

LINE IN

MAIN OUT L

POWERED MIXER

APM 20

LINE IN

MAIN OUT R

HOOK

3. QUICK START - PASSIVE SPEAKER CABINETS

Passive, Full-range, four speakers. It is similar to the first set-up but four speakers are connected instead of two.

1).Follow the same steps as described above.

2).Connect the THROUGH socket of the first Elvis cabinet to the INPUT socket of the second Elvis cabinet.

NOTE: Every time you connect Elvis cabinets this way your parallel them to the output of the amplifier that will read half of the impedance of one speaker.

THROUGH

INPUT

STEREO AMPLIFIER

INPUT

THROUGH

MIXER

HOOK

3. QUICK START - PASSIVE SPEAKER CABINETS

Passive two subwoofers and two satellite speakers. With this example, the stereo amplifier drives both the subwoofers and the satellites. In this case we do not call them full-range anymore because they receive a signal from the subwoofer that is already xovered at 125 Hz. In this way, the high energetic content of the low frequencies is limited to the subwoofer and the satellite's woofer act like a mid-woofer.

1). Connect one side of speaker cable to the Output CHA/CHB or Binding Post of your stereo power amplifier and the other side to the Input socket of your subwoofer, with the second speaker cable connect the Output of the sub

-woofer to the Input of satellite.

2). Complete other connections as illustrated.

3). Turn on your mixer first, then the stereo power amplifier.

4). Turn up the volume controls of your amplifier to about 70%.

5). Use PFL function to get the proper input level for the mixer, and adjust the Main Mix Level control to manipulate the output level.

6). After use, turn off your stereo power amplifier first, then the mixer.

STEREO AMPLIFIER

INPUT

OUTPUT

ELVIS SUBWOOFER

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

ELVIS SUBWOOFER

MIXER

HOOK

3. QUICK START - ACTIVE SPEAKER CABINETS

Active, Full-range, two speakers. It is similar to the passive example but you do not need a power amplifier in between the mixer and the 2 ELVIS speakers Make all initial connections with all the equipment powered off, and ensure that all the main volume controls are turned down completely.

1). Connect one side of the signal cable at your mixer into the Main Output Left / Right (with 1/4"Jack or XLR) and the other side of the cable in to the Line Input (COMBO) of your ELVIS active speaker cabinet (with1/4"Jack or XLR).

2). Connect the power cord to mains.

3). Turn ON your mixer first, then the ELVIS cabinets.

4). Turn up the volume control of the ELVIS cabinets.

5). Use PFL function to get the proper input level for the mixer, and adjust the Main Mix Level control to reach the desired output level.

6). After use, turn off your active speaker cabinets first, then the mixer.

LINE IN

MAIN OUT L

LINE IN

MAIN OUT R

MIXER

+ 16 hidden pages