Getting Started with the MXS Power Amplifier

Setting up your MXS Series is a simple procedure which takes only a few minutes:

Remove all packing materials (save them in case your units needs future service) and decide where the amplifier is to be physically placed—it can be used free-standing or mounted in a standard 19” rack, requiring two rack spaces. When installed, make sure that both the front and rear panels are unobstructed and that there is good ventilation around the entire unit.

When making speaker connections, use the binding posts, or Speakon® output connectors on the rear panel. It is never a good idea to power up any amplifier that is not connected to loudspeakers.

To make the signal input connections, use the input connectors on the rear panel (if operating the amplifier in Parallel mode, use the Ch A input only).

On the front panel of the MXS Series, turn both Channel level controls fully counterclockwise (to their minimum setting). Then connect the supplied heavy-gauge 3-pin power cable to the rear panel AC input and to any grounded AC socket.

Turn the Power switch ON.

Apply an input signal to the

MXS Series at or about +4dBu (if sending signal from a mixer,

drive the output meters at approximately 0 vu). While the

input signal is present, slowly raise the Channel level controls until the desired sound level is

achieved. For the best signal- to-noise ratio, the MXS Series

should normally be run with the Channel Input controls at or near maximum (fully clockwise)

and the PEAK segments should

light occasionally (but not

frequently) during maximum levels.

MXS Series Power Amplifiers

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