Australian Monitor AMD200 User Manual

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

AMD SERIES

MIXER AMPLIFIERS AMD100
AMD200

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION PRÉCAUTIONS DURANT UTILISATION

Read these instructions.1.

Keep these instructions.2.

Heed all warnings.3.

Follow all instructions.4.

Do not use this apparatus near water.5.

Clean only with dry cloth.6.

Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the 7.
manufacturer’s instructions.

Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, 8.
stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. 9.
A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other.
A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong.
The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the
provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for
replacement of the obsolete outlet.

Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly 10.
at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from
the apparatus.

Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.11.

Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the 12.
manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution
when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when 13.
unused for long periods of time.

Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. 14.
Servicing is required when the apparatus has been
damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug
is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the
apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does
not operate normally, or has been dropped.

This appliance shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing water and 15.
that no object fi lled with liquid such as vases shall be placed on the
apparatus.

Plug this apparatus to the proper wall outlet and make the plug to be 16.
disconnected readily operable.

Main plug is used as disconnected device and it should remain readily 17.
operable during intended use. In order to disconnect the apparatus from
the mains completely, the mains plug should be disconnected from the
mains socket outlet completely.

WARNING:18. To reduce the risk of fi re or electric shock, do not expose this
apparatus to rain or moisture.

An appliance with a protective earth terminal should be connected to a 19.
mains outlet with a protective earth connection.

LISEZ ces instructions.1.

Tenez ces instructions.2.

Notez tous les avertissements.3.

Suivez toutes les avertissements.4.

N’utilisez pas ce produit près de l’eau (la piscine, la plage, le lac, etc.).5.

Nettoyez seulement avec une étoffe sèche.6.

Ne bloquez aucuns troux de ventilation. Installez en accord avec 7.
les instructions du manufacturier.

N’installez près aucunes sources de chaleur comme radiateurs, registres 8.
de chaleur, fours ou les autres équipements (y compris amplifi cateurs)
qui produisent la chaleur.

Ne défaites pas le but de sécurité de la fi che polarisée ou base-type. 9.
Une fi che polarisée a deux tranchants avec un plus large que l’autre.
Une fi che de base type a deux a deux tranchants et une troisième
pointe de base, le tranchant large ou la troisième pointe est fourni
pour votre sécurité. Si la fi che donnée ne conforme pas votre prise
de contact, consultez un électricien pour remplacement de la prise
de contact obsolète.

Protegez le cordon de secteur contre être marchée dessus ou pincez 10.
en particulier aux fi ches, aux douilles de convenance, et au point où ils
sortent de l’appareil.

Seulement utilisez attachements/accessoires spécifi és par le 11.
manufacturier.

Utilisez seulement avec un chariot, un stand, un trépied, un support 12.
ou une table indiquée par le manufacturier, ou vendue avec l’appareil.
Quand un chariot est utilisé, faites attention en déplaçant la combinaison
d’appareil/chariot pour éviter de se déséquilibrer.

Arrachez la fi che du dispositif durant éclair et orage ou 13.
quand pas utilisé pour longues périodes de temps.

Référez au personnel qualifi é de service pour toutes 14.
réparations. La réparation est donnée quand le système
a été endommagé à n’importe façon, par exemple un fi l ou une fi che
endommagé(e) de la source d’alimentation. Avoir été exposé à pluie ou
humidité, n’opère pas normalement, ou avoir été tombé.

L’appareil ne doit pas être exposé aux écoulements ou aux éclaboussures 15.
et aucun objet ne contenant de liquide, tel qu’un vase, ne doit être placé
sur l’objet.

Branchez l’appareil à une source appropriée et faire que la prise à 16.
débrancher soit facilement accessible.

La prise du secteur ne doit pas être obstruée ou doit être facilement 17.
accessible pendant son utilisation. Pour être complètement déconnecté
de l’alimentation d’entrée, la prise doit être débranchée du secteur.

AVERTISSEMENT: 18. Pour éviter le risque d’incendie ou de chocs électriques,
ne pas exposer cet appareil à la pluie ou à l’humidité.

Un appareil avec la borne de terre de protection doit être connecté au 19.
secteur avec la connexiion de terre de protection.

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AMD100/200 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

INTRODUCTION AND CONTENTS

AMD 100/200

The AMD series of mixer amplifi ers from Australian Monitor
represent a quantum leap forward in connectivity, controllability
& fl exibility in the constant voltage amplifi er market. The AMD
series allows a contractor to integrate the mixer amplifi er to a third
party control system, enable PC control, add ICON CP control panels
for remote audio control or simply use the AMD amplifi ers as
standard mixer amplifi ers. Add to this the power & fl exibility of
on board DSP processing & you have EQ, Dynamics, delay &
level control all available to tailor your audio system to the most
challenging of acoustic environments & deliver the highest
possible sound quality for the end user.

Australian Monitor AMD series is the future of constant voltage
amplifi cation

INTRODUCTION 3

FRONT PANEL 4

REAR PANEL 5

THINGS TO KNOW 6

INSTALLATION & CONNECTION 7

USING THE GUI 8–12

ICON-CP/AMD100-200 13

RS485 PROTOCOL 14–16

DIMENSIONS 17

SPECIFICATIONS 18–19

Revision 1.2 November 2010

WARNING!

TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT USE THE PLUG WITH

AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES

CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE

THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

TO PREVENT ELECTRICAL SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

The lightning fl ash with arrowhead symbol,

within an equilateral triangle, is intended

to alert the user to the presence of
uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within
the product’s enclosure that may be of

suffi cient magnitude to constitute a risk

of electric shock to persons.

WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK

OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT

REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED

SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The exclamation point within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to

the presence of important operating and

maintenance (servicing) instructions in the

literature accompanying the appliance.

Rating plate and caution marking are marked on the back enclosure of the apparatus

AMD100/200 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

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FRONT PANEL

AMD200

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1

Mic/Line volume controls

Used to adjust the volume of each corresponding Mic/Line Input.

Front Panel volume control and the internal “Virtual” volume control are added
together to give the overall total volume. For more information see page 6.

2

BGM Select

Mutually exclusive Background Music selection buttons. Pressing a selected
source turn BGM off.

Level control adjusts the volume of the BGM.

• STEREO 1

• STEREO 2

• STEREO 3

• STEREO 4

STEREO BGM

LEVEL BASS TREBLE MASTERCHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 3 CHANNEL 5 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 7 CHANNEL 8CHANNEL 4

3

Bass and Treble Controls

Bass and Treble front panel tone control.

Bass: 10 dB of cut and boost at 200 Hz

Treble: 10 dB of cut and boost at 5 kHz

4

Master Volume

Used to adjust the master volume.

Overall master volume will always be a resultant of front panel, virtual
volume and VCA volume. For more information see page 6.

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115VAC,50-60Hz 230VAC,50-60Hz

REAR PANEL

2

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1

Mic/Line inputs

10 47 6 5

Balanced mic/line input connector on a 3.81 mm pluggable connector.

2

Mic/Line Dip Switches

The dip switches allow you to adjust the sensitivity or add a pad to the
corresponding input.

Only one DIP switch should be high at a time.

Switch 1 pads the line (-20 dB)

Switch 2 Adds 15 db of gain

Switch 3 Adds 30 db of gain

Switch 5 Adds 45 db of gain

3

Phantom Power Switches

Applies +34 VDC phantom power to the corresponding channels for electret or
condensor microphones.

4

BGM RCA Inputs

4 Line level Background Music inputs on stereo RCA connectors. Stereo inputs
are summed to mono for the amplifi er, but remain stereo for the line level
outputs

1 13

7

Logic Controls

Low Power Mode: When Low Power mode is connected to ground the
unit will enter low power mode.

Evac, Bell, Alert and Chime: When one of these pins is connected to
ground the corresponding tone will be triggered.

VCA: When a RC1 or 500 kΩ pot is connected between the VCA pin and GND
audio can be remotely controlled.

If a short circuit is placed between the VCA pin and GND it will result in a mute.

Overall volume will always be a resultant of front panel, virtual volume
and VCA volume. For more information please see page 6.

VOX: The VOX output will go high when ever audio exceeds the threshold
on the selected mic channels within the GUI. the factory default has this
option turned off.

The output from the VOX output is:
+33 VDC at up to 200 mA

This can be used to drive an attenuator bypass, relay or similar to indicate
audio is present.

8

USB

For connection to the PC GUI. All DSP and adjustable settings are
confi gured via USB.

5

Line Level Outputs

Provides left and right line level outputs on 3.81 mm pluggable connector.

6

Phone

The phone input shares Mic/Line 2. Only one of these inputs should be used
at a time.

A suitable LIU (Line Interface Unit) will need to be used for most systems

Specs:
Nominal Level Input = 0 dBu

Bandwidth = 300 Hz to 3 kHz

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9

RS485

Used for ICON Control Panel integration and also the 3rd party control.
See page 14 for more details.

10

Battery Input

24 VDC input for emergency power systems.

11

Amp Outputs

100 V ,70 V, 8 ohm or 4 ohm amplifi er outputs.

12

230 V to 240 V / 115 V to 120 V

This power input is NOT auto-switching, contact Australian Monitor if the unit
needs to be changed from its shipped voltage confi guration.

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THINGS TO KNOW

Virtual Volume Controls

We have chosen to call some of the volume controls within the AMD series “Virtual
Volume” controls. This is mainly because these control sit inside the DSP of the product
but also to differentiate them from the front panel volume controls.

The “Virtual Volume’s” are controlled from either the PC GUI, 3rd Party Control or
the ICON Control Panel. The volume control in the PC GUI will move whenever one
of the controls is gestured.

The “Virtual Volume” is effectivly in series with the front panel volume control.

The resultant volume control will always be a combination of the “Virtual” and front panel
volume control providing the front panel is enabled.

If the front panel has been disabled then the only way to control volume is via the
PC GUI, 3rd Party Control or ICON Control Panels.

ATTENTION: When enabling and disabling the front panel the chance

of the output level reaching excessive levels is present. Please be sure
to mute the outputs before adjusting these options.

Updating Firmware

To update fi rmware inside of the AMD100/200 you will need a connection with the
PC software via USB.

All fi rmware fi les for the AMD100/200 series have a fi letype of .amfw, anything else
will not be recognised by the software.

All fi rmware fi les need to be placed inside the AMD software directory:

C:/Program Files/Australian Monitor/AMD100 or AMD200/Firmware

If a .amfw fi le is placed in that folder then all the user needs to do is
go to Device > Update Firmware on the title bar of the GUI.

From here you can pick which fi rmware fi le you want to load into the device.

Australian Monitor suggests that you only ever update the fi rmware on a device when
told to by Australian Monitor Tech Support. We also suggest that you always update to
the most recent version of fi rmware unless told otherwise.

Default Confi guration

Out of the box the AMD works as a regular mixer-amplifi er. The default confi guration
is as follows:

Volume controls: All set to 0 dB and Un-muted

Bass and Treble Filter: Set to 0 (fl at)

Front panel Enabled

VCA Enabled

Priority Set Up: Mic/Line 1 = Medium (Level 2)

Mic/Line 2 = Low (Level 1)

Mic/Line 3-8 = None (Level 0)

Bell = Medium (Level 2)

Chimes = Medium (Level 2)

All Tones set to -12 dB

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