Hollywood 24CX-3 owner manual Basic Hook-Up, Two-Way Operation 24CX-2 or 24CX-4

It is very important that both pins 1 and 3 are wired to the sleeve. Some adapters leave pin 3 floating, and with TDM crossover units this will cause problems.

If you have a TDM 24CX series crossover with ¼” connectors, you may connect directly to other equipment using ¼” connectors whether the other equipment is balanced or not. If you wish to connect a TDM 24CX series crossover with ¼” connectors to another piece of equipment that has XLR connectors, and you are making the adapters yourself, use tip-ring-sleeve type ¼” phone plugs, and wire them this way.

•Wire pin 1 of the XLR connector to the sleeve of the tip-ring-sleeve plug.

•Wire pin 2 of the XLR connector to the tip of the tip-ring-sleeve plug.

•Wire pin 3 of the XLR connector to the ring of the tip-ring-sleeve plug.

The Basic Hook-Up

Begin by connecting the unit to a power source. Turn the power switch off. The power switch is located near the power cord at the rear of the unit. It is off when it is in the “out” position. Pressing the switch toggles it between off and on states. Next, plug the power cord that emerges from the back of the unit into an electrical outlet capable of supplying the correct voltage, current, and frequency. This information is printed on the rear panel of your TDM 24CX series crossover. Leave the unit turned off until all connections are made and you are ready to operate the unit.

The normal way to connect a crossover is between your sound signal source and your amplifiers. For each channel, the output of the signal source that would ordinarily feed the amplifier is fed into the crossover instead. The crossover outputs for each band are then fed into separate amplifiers and each amplifier drives a different set of speaker components (subs, mid-frequency drivers, horns, etc.)

Two-Way Operation (24CX-2 or 24CX-4)

The 24CX-2 provides two channels for two-way operation. The 24CX-4 provides four channels for two-way operation. The hookup procedure is the same regardless of which channel you use. Feed a line level signal source (from your mixer, equalizer, or whatever) into the input of the channel. Connect the low output of the channel to the input of your low amplifier. If desired, one or more “Y” cables may be used to connect this output to the inputs of several amplifiers. Connect the high output of the channel to the input of your high amplifier. Again, more than one amplifier may be used if desired.

Three-Way Operation (24CX-2 or 24CX-4)

The 24CX-2 provides one channel for Three-way operation. The 24CX-4 provides two channels for three-way operation. In the 24CX-2 the two channels are combined to make a single three- way channel. In the 24CX-4, channels one and two are combined to make one three way channel, and channels three and four are combined to make another three-way channel. The hookup procedure is the same for either unit. Press the channel link switch between the two-way

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