Behringer B215A, B212A user manual Foreword, Table of Contents, Introduction

EUROLIVE B212A/B215A

FOREWORD

Dear customer,

welcome to the team of EUROLIVE users, and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in us by purchasing these PA loudspeakers.

Writing this foreword for you gives me great pleasure, because it represents the culmination of many months of hard work delivered by our engineering team to achieve a very ambitious goal: to develop an outstanding PA system that offers a maximum in flexibility and performance

through its impressive sound character and outstanding features. The task of designing our new B212A/B215A certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician. Meeting your expectations also meant a lot of work and night shifts. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it is when all who participated in such a project can be proud of what they’ve achieved.

It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team. With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve made a significant contribution to shaping our company and making it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to your creativity without being hampered by budget constraints.

We are often asked how we manage to produce such high- quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on to you? Because we know that your success is our success too!

I would like to thank all of you who have made the B212A/B215A possible. You have all made your own personal contributions, from the developers to the many other employees at this company, and to you, the BEHRINGER user.

My friends, it’s been worth the effort!

Thank you very much,

Uli Behringer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION			4
1.1	Before you get started		4
	1.1.1	Shipment	4
	1.1.2	Initial operation	4
	1.1.3	Online registration	5
2. CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS			5
3. APPLICATION EXAMPLES			6
3.1	Using a mixing console		6
3.2	Using several B212A/B215A loudspeakers		6
3.3	Direct connection of a stereo signal source		6
4. INSTALLATION			6
5. SPECIFICATIONS			7
6. WARRANTY			8

1. INTRODUCTION

Thank you very much for expressing your confidence in BEHRINGER products by purchasing the EUROLIVE B212A/B215A. This active and extremely compact loudspeaker has been designed specifically for those applications in which space is a problem. The compact dimensions and the low weight, despite the high-performance power amp, as well as the option to mount the loudspeaker on a wall give this product maximum flexibility. The input section accepts both line- level or microphone-level sources. Additionally, the loudspeaker has a 2-band equalizer for accurate high and low-frequency control. All of these features make this loudspeaker a high-quality and highly reliable companion on the road.

1.1 Before you get started

1.1.1 Shipment

Your B212A/B215A was carefully packed at the assembly plant to assure secure transport. Should the condition of the cardboard box suggest that damage may have taken place, please inspect the unit immediately and look for physical indications of damage.

Damaged equipment should NEVER be sent directly to us. Please inform the dealer from whom you acquired the unit immediately as well as the transportation company from which you took delivery. Otherwise, all claims for replacement/ repair may be rendered invalid.

Please always use the original packaging to avoid damage due to storage or shipping.

Never let unsupervised children play with the B212A/B215A or with its packaging.

Please dispose of all packaging materials in an environmentally friendly fashion.

1.1.2 Initial operation

Be sure that there is enough space around the unit for cooling. To avoid overheating, do not place the B212A/B215A on top of power amps or near radiators, etc.

Blown fuses must be replaced by fuses of the same type and rating. Please refer to the “SPECIFICATIONS” for further details.

The mains connection is made using the enclosed power cord and a standard IEC receptacle. It meets all international safety certification requirements.

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