Blaupunkt PA2100 manual Thank YOU for Choosing Blaupunkt, KEY Features

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING BLAUPUNKT!

Congratulations! You are the now the owner of an exceptional car audio amplifier from the audio enthusiasts at Blaupunkt. Our engineering staff has spent considerable time refining our PA series amplifiers in order to introduce great sound to the consumer at an affordable price. With these products we focus on sonic performance but balanced with rugged design and flexible installation.

Not only do we offer you a great product but also a supportive owners manual. This manual can be used as a teaching guide due to its brief, but informative, explanations of amplifier and system design. We are also very concerned about the end consumer using proper installation techniques for the highest performance possible from their new audio products. MOST important to us are the concerns with safety and the installation process. Since our Blaupunkt retail dealers have the tools and experience for an optimized and safe installation, we always recommend they do the final vehicle integration. But, should you choose to install these products yourself, please take the time to read this manual completely and abide by all precautions.

ENGINEERING BENEFITS OF BLAUPUNKT’S CLASS “T” AMPLIFIERS

Audio amplifiers take power from the car battery and convert it to audio power. Although much of the energy output is sound, a considerable amount of power is lost as heat. Such heat loss must typically be dissipated via large heat sinks, thus creating heavy metal amps with a large footprint.

In the audio world, Class ‘D’ amps have recently helped reduce this wasted heat, allowing them to use a smaller enclosure, but their poor fidelity limits them to bass reproduction only. In contrast, conventional Class ‘AB’ amps march on with their high fidelity, but poor efficiencies. Therefore, the need still exists for an amp with high fidelity, but with low heat and a small chassis.

Class ‘T’, invented and patented by Tripath® Technologies, provides the best of both worlds with high quality sound, yet low heat dissipation. Due to the remarkably low heat generated we can design very small, hide-away boxes but also creatively shape the external housings from plastics or other materials. With heat losses of only 1⁄3 to 1⁄4 of an ‘AB’ design, Tripath opens up a whole new application world for compact, small design, attractive amps. Looks cool, runs cool!

Total

Energy

HEAT DISSIPATION CURVES

Lost as

Heat

For 2x100 Watt Class ‘T’ and ‘AB’ Amps

(Watts)

150W

Conventional

125W

100W

Class AB

80W

100W

95W

Excess

Excess

Heat

Heat

Excess

Heat

Excess Energy

75W

70W

Wasted as Heat

Excess

50W

Heat

Blaupunkt Class T

25W

0W

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

IDLE

Audio Power Output (Watts/Channel)

KEY FEATURES

Your new Blaupunkt Amplifier offers some important features:

■“Break-away” design allowing the internal amplifier to be removed from the housing and mounted in a “hide-away” location

■REM1, Remote gain control (operates in bass mode only)

■HLA1, High Level Adapter allowing for speaker level voltage to drive the amplifier

■Plugs that allow for wiring the vehicle first then connect the amp

■Continuously variable high-pass and low-pass crossover filters

■Bass boost control (fixed gain)

■Interchangeable colored plastic control lenses (optional)

■2 ohm (non-bridged) capability

■0.3-6.0Vrms input capability allowing for wide range drive voltage capability from a receiver or other media device

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