Behringer F1220, F1520, B1800 User Manual

User´s Manual

Version 1.0 May 2000

ENGLISH

SERIES

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F1220
F1520
B1220

B1520
B1800

EUROLIVE

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

EUROLIVE speaker boxes are equipped with interlocking plastic corners, which allow for slip-free stacking.
However, to ensure both your own and your audience’s safety, please follow the instructions given below.

Caution! EUROLIVE speakers are not designed to be suspended!

EUROLIVE speakers are designed exclusively for floor-mounted use. Although the cabinets will withstand
rough handling over many years, they are not designed to be suspended. If the suspension of the speakers is
unavoidable please be sure that suitable fixtures are mounted by qualified personnel. Suspension of your

speakers will always be at your own risk!
Check the condition of the plastic corners:

Damaged plastic corners reduce the stability of speaker stacks. Therefore, damaged plastic corners must
be replaced.

Positioning of the speakers:

Be sure to mount your speakers on a solid and stable base. Vibrating floors (e.g. elements/components on the
stage) as well as tables and chairs do not provide reliable support for speaker stacks.

Make sure your EUROLIVE speakers are set up properly:

Distance your speakers from dance floors and crowds to minimize the risk of accident.

Safe stacking:

If local conditions make it impossible to follow the instructions mentioned above, the speaker stacks should be
secured so that they cannot be knocked over. Always consult a P.A. or rigging expert.

Prior to operation:

Carefully read all safety precautions and operating instructions.

Storage:

Keep all safety precautions and operating instructions for future reference.

Observe safety precautions:

Please observe all safety precautions stated in the user’s manual.

Observe operating instructions:

Please observe all operating and application instructions.

Penetration of objects and/or liquids into the speaker cabinet:

Please protect your speakers from damage due to objects or liquids entering the speaker cabinet.

Damages and repairs:

Speakers must be repaired by qualified personnel if:

- objects or liquids have entered the speaker cabinet,

- the speakers have been subject to rain or moisture,

- they do not work properly or show a clear performance deterioration,

- they have been dropped or if the cabinet has been damaged.

Maintenance:

The maintenance work to be carried out by the user is listed in the user’s manual. Any additional maintenance/
repair work must be carried out by qualified personnel only.

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Foreword

Dear Customer,
Welcome to the team of EUROLIVE users and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in

BEHRINGER products by purchasing this P.A. loudspeaker box.
It is one of my most pleasant tasks to write this letter to you, because it is the culmination of many months of

hard work delivered by our engineering team to reach a very ambitious goal: to present you with an outstanding
P.A. loudspeaker system that gives you maximum flexibility and performance with its unique sound character
and broad range of features. The task to design the new EUROLIVE SERIES certainly meant a great deal of
responsibility, which we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician. It also meant a lot of
work and night shifts to accomplish this goal. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a lot of
people together, and what a great feeling it is when everybody who participated in such a project can be proud
of what we’ve achieved.

It is our philosophy to share our joy with you, because you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER
team. With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve greatly contributed to shaping our
company and making it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality (manufactured under
the stringent BEHRINGER quality-control system) as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an
extremely favorable price. All of this will enable you to fully unfold your creativity without being hampered by
budget constraints.

We are often asked how we can manage to produce such high-grade devices at such unbelievably low prices.
The answer is quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers means large sales volumes
enabling us to negotiate better conditions of purchase for components etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit
back to you? Because we know that your success is also our success!

I would like to thank all people whose help on “Project EUROLIVE SERIES” has made it all possible. Everybody
has made very personal contributions, starting from the designers of the unit to the many staff members in our
company and finally to you, the user of BEHRINGER products.

My friends, it’s been worth the trouble!

Thank you very much,

Uli Behringer

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EUROLIVE

Professional Loudspeaker System

SERIES

s Powerful, durable P.A. speaker cabinets with incredible cutting power

s Extremely high sound pressure level for first-class sound and optimum performance

s Distortion-free reproduction of audio material

s Optional bi-amping or full range operation on all multi-way systems

s 1" Titanium tweeter on all multi-way systems for natural high-frequency reproduction

s BEHRINGER CD-horn technology for controlled dispersion

s Integrated tweeter protection

s Trapezoidal cabinet for perfect cluster formation

s Ultra-rugged carpet covering for efficient cabinet protection

s Plastic corners for additional protection and safe stacking

s Ergonomically shaped handles for easy transport

s Solid steel grille and polyester foam protect the speakers against moisture and mechanical damage

s All “front-of-house” models include an adapter for stand mounting

s Subwoofers with zero-backlash threaded flange M20 for installation of commercial spacer rods

s Floor monitors feature two different cabinet angles

s Durable, professional quality input/output connectors

s Cabinet constructed entirely of environmentally-friendly E1-MDF wood

s The EUROLIVE SERIES includes floor monitors, full range cabinets and subwoofers

s Manufactured under the BEHRINGER quality control

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