OWNER’S MANUAL Community Professional Loudspeakers 333 East 5th Street Chester, PA USA 19013-4511
Community MVP™ Series II Loudspeaker Systems Owner’s Manual Table of Contents EC STATEMENT OF CONFORMITY........................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................... 3 MVP™ Series II Loudspeaker Systems from Community ...................................................................... 3 Features ............
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual EC Statement of Conformity This document confirms that the range of products of Community Professional Loudspeakers bearing the CE label meet all the requirements in the EMC directive 89/336/EEC laid down by the Member States Council for adjustment of legal requirements, furthermore the products comply to the rules and regulations referring to the electromagnetic compatibility of devices from 30 August 1995.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Introduction Welcome to the Community family! For over 35 years we’ve been creating the highest quality components you can buy, and we do our best to make sure you are satisfied with your new loudspeaker system. MVP™ Series II Loudspeaker Systems from Community MVP™ Series II Loudspeaker Systems are a series of systems for musicians and DJ’s, designed by Musicians and DJ’s.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Unpacking and Inspection These Community loudspeakers are inherently rugged and are carefully and professionally packaged for shipment. We recommend you inspect the unit carefully upon removing it from the packaging, in the unlikely event there is hidden damage due to some unfortunate accident during shipment. Please note that once the shipment has left Community, the responsibility for damage is borne by the freight company.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual • If you mount the speaker enclosure on a stand or support, be sure it is sufficiently rigid to support the enclosure. • Know how to lift heavy items (such as speaker enclosures). If you must lift something very heavy by yourself, use your legs and arms to do the lifting - not your back. Better still, get someone to help you. • Save your packaging.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Connecting Your Loudspeakers to Your Amplifier We strongly recommend the use of proper cable and good quality connectors for speaker wiring. Using guitar cables or zip cord (used for table lamps) may degrade the performance of your loudspeakers. If your speaker cables will be less than 25' long, 16-gauge (1.5 mm ) stranded twisted-pair cable will be adequate. If you need longer cables, you should use 14- or 12-gauge (2.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual What Amplifier Should You Use? There are several things to keep in mind when selecting an amplifier. First, you need an amplifier with enough output power. Even if you are not planning to run your system at very loud levels, an amplifier needs to have enough power so that the dynamics of speech and music will not cause “clipping.” An amplifier that is pushed beyond its output power capability will clip signals.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual To achieve the maximum sound pressure level of the speakers, we recommend the following amplifier ratings: Loudspeaker Type Model Number Recommended Power Full-Range MVP12 300W to 450W @ 8 Ohms Full-Range MVP15 400W to 600W @ 8 Ohms Full-Range MVP15HO 400W to 600W @ 8 Ohms Full-Range MVP215HO 800W to 1200W @ 4 Ohms Monitor MVP12M 300W to 450W @ 8 Ohms Monitor MVP15M 400W to 600W @ 8 Ohms Subwoofer MVP18S 600W to 900W
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Using the MVP18S Subwoofer System While all Community full-range speaker systems have exceptional bass output, the MVP18S subwoofer has even more. A very special feature of the MVP18S is its built-in crossover with a high-pass output. This means you can use a single channel of your power amplifier to power both the MVP18S and a fullrange speaker, while presenting a reasonable load on your amplifier.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Stacking or Installing Loudspeaker Enclosures Common sense is a good guide. If you stack speakers, be sure they are on a stable surface. If there is any danger of the speakers being knocked over when stacked, don’t stack them! You need to get the speakers up high enough so that the sound doesn’t “blow away” the people nearest to the speakers, but piling speakers on top of a small pedestal table is asking for trouble.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual About Dyna-Tech™ Driver Protection Community’s Dyna-Tech™ circuitry provides repeatable protection for the loudspeaker system as a limiter that converts excessive current into heat. This reduces the current, and thus the power, to the driver. When triggered by excessive inputs, a red LED on the rear panel provides indication. When the current limiting system is activated, there will be a noticeable drop in the system’s level.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual The MVP™ Series II protection circuitry provides an additional protection stage for the entire loudspeaker to protect it from severe misuse and abuse. If the system is left in protection for a long period of time or the input level is increased by someone trying to overcome the volume drop from first stage of protection, a solid-state circuit will trip and remove all signal from the speaker until the input level is reduced.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Grille Removal and Installation The steel grilles on the MVP™ Series II full-range systems are mounted with four molded nylon grille clamps. These clamps are located on the face of the cabinet, two just below the lower edge of the high frequency horn, and two about 3” (about 8 cm) above the bottom edge of the face. The clamps are operated by a socket head machine screw that draws the upper portion of the clamp down toward the face.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Grille Installation The socket head screws in the four grille clamps should still be in their loosened condition, as they were left when the grille was removed. Pull upward on the end of each grille clamp to be sure it has returned to its natural unclamped position. Slide one side of the grille down between the clamps and the side of the cabinet until the edge of the grille rests on the face of the cabinet.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Warranty and Service Both Community and your dealer want to be sure you are happy with your new loudspeaker system. If there seems to be a problem of any type with the loudspeakers, the very first step should be to contact the dealer where the product was purchased.
Community Professional Loudspeakers MVP™ Series II Owner’s Manual Obtaining Warranty Service: Warranty service may be obtained from the factory or from an authorized Field Service Station. For information on the Field Service Station closest to you, call (610) 876-3400. To obtain factory warranty service for products purchased in the United States, return the product for inspection to the address below, freight prepaid, in the original packaging.
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