
Improve Picture Quality with Home Theater
The Power Specialists Since 1975
®
Power Conditioners by Panamax
MAX® 5500-EX
ACRegenerator
™
THE SOURCE OF PURE SOUND AND PICTURE
TOP BENEFITS
1
Improves Picture and Sound Quality
Power Cleaning and Filtration eliminates common symptoms
LEVEL 6
of contaminated power (including loss of detail, pops, hisses, hums and
artifacts) and allows your A/V equipment to perform up to its full
visual
capability. AC Regeneration feeds pure clean power to 4 isolated
outlets for video displays and source components.
2
Monitors Incoming Line Voltage and Provides a Visual
Indication of Power Level
Panamax’s patent pending AVM™ circuitry continuously monitors the
incoming power and amperage draw of connected equipment as displayed on the digital meters. A red lightning bolt below the voltmeter will
flash to indicate an under or over voltage condition. Power to the connected equipment is automatically turned off if either of these conditions
is detected. When voltage returns to a safe level, power to the equipment
is automatically reconnected.
FEATURES
LEVEL 6
Filtration with AC Regeneration
(True Isolation Transformer
Technology) with 4 amp capacity.
Protect or Disconnect™ Automatic
Voltage Monitoring Circuitry (AVM™)
Digital Voltmeter (incoming voltage) and Ammeter (total current
draw) and Power Status Indicator
Lights
11 Outlets: 4 Always On,
4 Switched, 2 High Current,
1 Convenience (front)
™
Power Cleaning and
5 Isolated Outlet Banks
Coaxial Signal Line Protection:
2 HD Sat and 2 HD CATV
Auto-resetting Telephone (payper-view) and LAN Line Protection
DC Trigger input and output
Rack Mounting Brackets Included
Optional Silver Bezel
3
Reduces Cross-Contamination Between Components
The M5500-EX is designed to provide noise isolation between 5 isolated
outlet banks including 2 high current outlets so that any noise created by
an A/V component cannot contaminate the power going to equipment
plugged into the other outlet banks.
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MAX® 5500-EX REAR PANEL FEATURES
The Power Specialists Since 1975
®
Main Circuit
Breaker
Automatically opens
when the current
load is greater than
15 Amps.
Main Power
Must be plugged
into a properly
wired & grounded
3-wire outlet
Ground Lug
Provides a common grounding
point for equipment with separate
ground leads.
Outlet Banks 3 & 4
Two switched outlets per bank. ON/OFF status is controlled by the
front panel Power Button or the DC Trigger input. They will turn on
immediately and turn off after 10 seconds. EMI/RFI noise filtration
is provided by the Isolation Transformer in conjunction with a threestage balanced Pi filter. Banks 3 and 4 are noise isolated from each
other as well as all other outlet banks
Outlet Bank 5
Two switched, high current outlets controlled by
the front panel Power Button or the DC Trigger
input. Bank 5 has a 5 second turn on delay and
turns off immediately. The High Current outlets
provide power from a low impedance noise filtration circuit that does not limit the current to your
equipment. Its output is noise isolated from all of
the other outlet banks.
.
Outlet Banks 1 & 2
Two always on outlets per bank. Power will only be
turned off under a fault condition. (See specifications
for over-voltage and under-voltage thresholds)
Power for each bank is cleaned by a four-stage balanced Pi filter. Banks 1 and 2 are noise isolated from
each other as well as all other outlet banks.
Voltage Sense
Trigger Input
3.5mm (1/8”) Mini-Plug jack.
Connect to a remote trigger
device that uses a DC output
to trigger a startup/shutdown
sequence. This bypasses the
front panel power switch.
MAX® 5500-EX SPECIFICATIONS
AC Power
Line Voltage:____________________________________________________120V, 60Hz
Total Current Capacity:__________________________________________________15 A
UL1449 Suppression Rating:____________________________________________330V
Protection Modes:______________________________________________L-N, L-G, N-G
Initial Clamping Level:_________________________________________________200V
Energy Dissipation:______________________________________________1815 Joules
Peak Impulse Current:___________________________________________73,000 Amps
Catastrophic Surge Circuit:_______________________________________________Yes
Thermal Fusing:_______________________________________________________Yes
Over-voltage shutoff:__________________________________________142 VAC ±5 VAC
Under-voltage shutoff:_________________________________________90 VAC ± 2 VAC
EMI/RFI Noise Filtration
Banks 1 - 4:________________________________________100 db, 100 KHz – 2 MHz
Bank 5, High Current Outlets:____________________________60 db, 100 KHz – 2 MHz
Common Mode (banks 3 & 4, Isolation Transformer)_________120 db, 100 KHz - 2 MHz
DC Trigger Input
Jacks:_______________________________________________3.5mm (1/8”) mini-plug
Voltage and Polarity:___________________________________3 - 24V DC, bidirectional
Current Requirement:_________________________________4.6 mA @3V, 58 mA @24V
DC Trigger Output
Voltage:____________________________________________________________<15V
Current:_________________________________________________________<500 mA
Short-circuit protection:_________________________________________________Yes
Delay on output:_________________________________________________10 seconds
(banks 1, 2 & 5__________________________60 db, 100 KHz - 2 MHz
Isolation Transformer
Circuit Breaker
Automatically opens when the
combined current load for
Outlet Banks 3 and 4 is greater
than 4 Amps.
Voltage Sense
Trigger Output
3.5mm (1/8”) Mini-Plug jack.
Connecting a trigger wire to the
Voltage Sense Output jack will
allow the input signal to pass
through the MAX® 5500-EX to
control the startup/shutdown of
an additional device.
High Current Outlets
Delay Switch For
Outlet Bank 5
Allows the outlet bank to be set
as “Always ON” or with a 5
second turn-on delay
Isolation Transformer Outlets Delay Switch For Outlet Banks 3 & 4
Allows the outlet banks to be set as “Always ON” or with a 10 second turn-off delay
Satellite TV
Coax Jacks
Bidirectional protection
circuit optimized for
satellite TV signal lines.
LAN Jacks
Protection circuits
for 10/100 baseT
Ethernet lines.
Cable TV Coax Jacks
Bidirectional protection circuit optimized for cable TV, off-air antennas
and cable modem signal lines.
Phone Jacks
Protection circuits for standard telephone or pay-perview lines. Phone circuit is
auto-resetting.
LAN Circuit
Clamping Level:____________________________________________________8V ± 2V
Jacks:_____________________________________________________________RJ-45
Wires Protected:_______________________________________4-Wires, Pins 1, 2, 3 & 6
Telephone Circuit
Fuseless/Auto-resetting:_________________________________________________Yes
Clamping Level:______________________________________________________260V
Capacitance:__________________________________________________30pf (approx.)
Suppression Modes:____________________________________Metallic & Longitudinal
Jacks:_____________________________________________________________RJ-11
Wires Protected:___________________________________________2-Wire, Pins 4 & 5
Satellite TV Circuit
Bidirectional:__________________________________________________________Yes
Shielded:_____________________________________________________________Yes
Clamping Level:_______________________________________________________27V
Attenuation:______________________________________< 1db from 950MHz-2.05GHz
< 2.4db @ 2.2GHz
Connections:__________________________________________Female “F”, Gold Plated
Cable TV Circuit
Bidirectional:__________________________________________________________Yes
Shielded:_____________________________________________________________Yes
Clamping Level:_______________________________________________________1.4V
Attenuation:________________________________________< 1db from 5MHz- 950MHz
Connections:__________________________________________Female “F”, Gold Plated
UPC’s, QUANTITIES, WEIGHTS & MEASUREMENTS FOR ORDERING & SHIPPING
MODEL M5500-EX UNIT CARTON MASTER CARTON
Dimensions Weight Dimensions Weight UPC Qty Dimensions Weight UPC
17" x 12.75" x 3.5" 28 lbs 23.75" x 19.25" x 9.5" 31.5 Lbs 0 50616 00788 7 1 Same as 31.5 Lbs 5 00 50616 00788 2
4.1" H with feet Unit Carton
OPTIONAL SILVER BEZEL
SILVER BEZEL PRODUCT UNIT CARTON MASTER CARTON
Model # Dimensions Weight Dimensions Weight UPC Qty Dimensions Weight UPC
BEZ5500-EXS 17" W x 0.625" D x 3.5" H 14.5 Oz 18" x 4" x 1" 18.0 Oz 0 50616 00794 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Specifications subject to change due to product upgrades and improvements.