User Manual

VORTEX
SILVER SERIES
USER MANUAL
VORTEX SILVER SERIES V8
P. 6
P. 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
P. 4 EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS
P. 5 EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
P. 6 CONTENTS
P. 7 1 WELCOME
1.1 Welcome To CAMCO
P. 8 2 THE AMPLIFIER
2.1 Unpacking
2.2 The Amplifier
P. 9 2.3 V8 – The Front
2.4 V8 – The Rear
P. 10 2.5 Factory settings
3 INSTALLATION
3.1 Mounting
P. 11 3.2 Cooling
3.3 Mains
3.3.1 Mains supply
P. 12 3.3.2 Inrush current limitation
3.3.3 Mains power consuption and
current draw
P. 13 3.4 Signal inputs
3.4.1 Analog Input
3.4.2 AES Input
3.4.3 U
man
Input/Output
3.5 Remote control inputs (Ethernet/
U
man)
P. 14 3.6 Power Outputs
3.6.1 SPEAKON
®
Connection
P. 15 3.6.2 Dual Channel Operation
3.6.3 Parallel Mono Operation
3.6.4 Mono Bridge Operation
P. 16 4 OPERATION
4.1 Screen User Interface
4.1.1 Screen User Interface Elements
4.1.2 Handle the Selection Bars
P. 17 4.1.3 Hot Key Functions
4.2 Power On/Off
P. 18 4.3 Indicators
4.3.1 Input Selection LED
4.3.2 Output Mode LED
4.3.3 Clip LED
4.3.4 Signal LED
4.3.5 Device Identifier LED
4.3.6 DSP LED
4.3.7 U
man
LED
P. 19 4.4 Main Menu
4.5 Power Amp Protection Systems
4.5.1 Clip Limiter
4.5.2 SOA Protection
4.5.3 Thermal Protection
P. 20 4.5.4 DC Protection
4.5.5 DC Servo
4.5.6 Overcurrent Protection
4.6 Mains Protections
4.6.1 Inrush Current Limitation
4.6.2 Mains Overvoltage Detection
4.6.3 Mains Surge Overvoltage
Protection
P. 21 4.9.4 Fuse Protection
4.7 Main SMPS Protections
4.7.1 Overcurrent Protection
4.7.2 Overload Protection
4.7.3 Thermal Protection
4.8 Fans
P. 22 4.9 Internal LED Description
P. 23 4.10 Filter Cleaning
P. 24 5 SPECIFICATION
P. 27 6 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE DIAGRAMS
P. 30 7 WARRANTY INFORMATION
7.1 Summary of Warranty
7.2 Items Excluded from This Warranty
7.3 What CAMCO Will Do
7.4 How to Obtain Warranty Service
7.5 CAMCO’s Product Improvement
P. 31 8 SERVICE INFORMATION
P. 32 9 MAINTENANCE INFORMATION
10 DECOMMISSIONING
P. 33 COMPANY INFORMATION
P. 34 NOTICES/CHANGES MADE TO THE
AMPLIFIER
CONTENTS