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Cerwin-Vega CXA-10 Manual User Manual

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Cerwin-Vega! CXA-8 & CXA-10 AMPLIFIERS

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Figure 1.2

1. Fan

This is a variable speed cooling fan. Cool air enters the amplifier

through the fan filters located on the front of the amplifier. Be

sure not to block these ports when installing the amplifier or

other equipment.
2. Input connectors

Connect the input source to the unbalanced RCA connectors

using standard RCA cables.
3. Link connectors

These jacks are used to send a parallel signal to another device

or amplifier.
4. High Pass Filter (HPF) switch.

These switches are used to activate the built-in High Pass Filter.

The HPF rolls off signals below 40Hz. This improves bass per-

formance by limiting sub-audio cone motion, making more

power available for the speaker’s rated frequency range. When

the filter is turned off, a 5 Hz roll off protects against DC or deep

sub-audio inputs.
5. Limiter switch

When the input signal connected to your amplifier is too high,

you end up with a distorted output signal. To prevent this, both

channels feature a clip limiter that can be engaged or disen-

gaged selectively.

6. Bridge / Stereo / Parallel switch

This switch changes the amplifier operating mode between

stereo, mono bridged, and parallel.
7. 5-way Binding Post

Connect each channel of the unit to your speakers. Binding posts

are provided for each channel as so that paralleling of speakers

is possible. Connection to the binding posts can be made with

bare wire, banana plugs, or spade lug terminations. Make con-

nections to both the Channel 1 and Channel 2 terminals for

Stereo or Parallel Mode, or a single connection across the red

terminals only of Channel 1 and Channel 2 for Bridged Mono

Mode.
8. Circuit breaker

The breaker acts in place of common disposable fuses. This cir-

cuit breaker will trip if there is a fault with the main voltage or

if maximum output is exceeded. Simply depress the circuit

breaker and power up the unit again.
9. AC input

IEC connector for AC power cable. Connect the supplied heavy-

gauge 3-pin IEC power cable.

CXA AMPLIFIER REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION

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