DOD owner manual SR835 Crossover, Introduction

SR835 Crossover

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations, and thank you for your purchase of the DOD SR835 Crossover. The SR835 is a high quality sound reinforcement tool capable of providing your PA or sound reinforcement system with speaker protection and the increased clarity and efficiency that results when bi-amping, or tri-amping.

So what is bi-amping, and tri-amping? A bi-amped system means you are using two power amps to drive separate ranges of frequencies.The crossover is doing a two way split, separating the high frequencies from the low frequencies and directing the two ranges to different outputs. One amp receives the low fre- quencies, and powers your bass speakers.The other power amp receives the high frequencies and powering the horns, or high frequency speakers.Tri-amping uses three power amps because the crossover is separating the lows, mids, and highs from each other.

The SR835 is capable of 2 way splits(bi-amp) in stereo, and three way splits (tri- amp) in mono.The SR835 uses Butterworth state variable filters providing an 18 dB per octave slope for the selected crossover frequency. This means that if you have selected the crossover frequency to be 500Hz for instance, the signal com- ing out of the the low frequency output will loose 18 dB of signal for every octave above 500 Hz. Likewise, the high frequency output will lose 18 dB of sig- nal for every octave below 500 Hz.

This Owner’s Manual is your guide to understanding how to get the most out of the SR835. Please read it carefully and familiarize yourself with the controls on the SR835. By doing so, you will be assured to increase the over all efficiency of your system for years to come.

Your SR835 was carefully assembled and packaged at the factory. Before contin- uing any further, please make sure the following items have been included:

1 SR835

1 Owners Manual

1 Warranty Card

1 Detachable Power Cord

Please take a moment to fill out the warranty card. It is your safe guard in the unlikely event that your unit requires servicing. Please save all packing materials and use these materials to return the product if servicing is required.

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