Operation, Precautions, Power Indicator | Crown 1, 3, 2 instruction

Power Base Series Power Amplifiers

3 Operation

3.1 Precautions

Although your amplifier is protected from external faults, the following safety precautions are recommended:

1.There are important differences among the Stereo, Bridge-Mono and Parallel-Mono operating modes. Please refer to Sections 2 for additional information.

2.WARNING: Do not change the position of the stereo/mono switch unless the amplifier is first turned off.

3.CAUTION: In Parallel-Mono mode, a jumper is used to connect the red binding post outputs. Be sure to remove this jumper for Bridge-Mono or Stereo mode, or high distortion and excessive heating will occur. Also, make sure the stereo/ mono switch is set to the proper position.

4.Use care when making connections, selecting sig- nal sources and controlling the output level. The load you save may be your own!

5.Do not short the ground lead of an output cable to the input signal ground. This will form a ground loop and may cause oscillations.

6.Operate the amplifier from AC mains of not more than 10% variation above or below the selected line voltage and only at the specified line frequency.

7.Never connect the output to a power supply out- put, battery or power main. Such connections may result in electrical shock.

8.Tampering with the circuitry by unqualified person- nel or making unauthorized circuit changes may be hazardous and invalidates all agency listings.

Remember: Crown is not liable for any damage that re- sults from overdriving other system components.

3.2 Power Indicator

When lit, the amber power indicator (to the left of the power switch) shows that the amplifier has been turned on. It is driven only by the low-voltage power supply and does not indicate the status of the high-voltage supplies.

3.3 Protection Systems

Power Base amplifiers have extensive protection sys- tems, including ODEP, ultrasonic/RF protection, drive protection, transformer thermal protection and fuses or circuit breakers that protect the power supplies.

3.3.1ODEP

Crown invented ODEP to keep the amplifier working under demanding conditions and to increase output efficiency. To do this, Crown established a rigorous pro- gram to measure each transistor’s safe operating area (SOA). Intelligent circuitry was then designed to simu- late the instantaneous conditions of the output transis- tors. Its name describes what it does: Output Device Emulation Protection, or ODEP. In simple terms, ODEP compares transistor conditions to their known SOA. If more power will be asked of them than they can deliver under the existing conditions, ODEP limits the drive until conditions fall within the SOA. Limiting is propor- tional and kept to an absolute minimum—only what is required to prevent output transistor damage. Under normal conditions, no limiting is required and ODEP is transparent to the audio signal.

ODEP makes possible a quantum leap in output effi- ciency and reliability—with ODEP, the show goes on.

3.3.2 Ultrasonic and Radio Frequency Protection

An amplifier’s slew rate only needs to be large enough to deliver the maximum voltage at the highest required frequency. Higher slew rates actually allow undesirable ultrasonic and radio frequencies to be reproduced. By design, Power Base amplifiers have a controlled slew rate to limit the highest frequencies that they reproduce. Limiting occurs well above 20 kHz so there is no au- dible effect on performance. This approach protects the amplifier from radio frequencies and can even pro- tect some sensitive loads (including some tweeters).

3.3.3 Drive Protection

The drive protection system temporarily removes output drive to protect the amplifier and its loads. Drive protec- tion can be activated in two situations. First, if dangerous subsonic frequencies or direct current (DC) is detected in the amplifier’s output, the unit will activate its DC/low- frequency protection circuitry which puts the amplifier in drive protection mode. This protects the loads and pre- vents oscillations. The unit resumes normal operation as soon as the amplifier no longer detects dangerous out- put. Although it is extremely unlikely that you will ever activate the amplifier’s DC/low frequency protection system, improper source materials like subsonic square waves or input overloads that excessively clip the input signal can activate this system.

The amplifier’s fault protection system will put the am- plifier in drive protection mode in rare situations where heavy common-mode current is detected in the output.

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