Crown Audio I-Tech Series - Manual (Page 5)

Integrated Networking
IQ ® Network provides the most powerful amplifier
control and monitoring available, and it’s tightly
integrated into I-Tech. I-Tech amps connect directly
to IQ Networks, providing Crown’s legendary IQ control over
industry-standard Ethernet hardware. Using mature, off-the-shelf
technology, Crown’s TCP/IQ
TM protocol ensures reliable, easy to
implement, and inexpensive network connectivity.
CobraNet digital audio options are available with Crown’s proprietary
“one-click” solution that integrates both TCP/IQ and CobraNet digital
audio with a single network connection.
I-Tech puts you in the digital domain...
Attenuation: Displays attenua-
tion in dB and on a bar meter.
Example Basic Controls
CH1 Input Sensitivity: Sets the
input sensitivity of Channel 1.
Preset: DSP settings tailored for
a specific application.*
Peak Voltage Limiter: Sets output
voltage limits, from 0 to 200 VOLTS
PK
.
Example Advanced Controls
Pink Noise Generator: Adjust the
noise level from 0 dB to -100 dB
(off) in 0.5 dB steps.
Monitor: Select thermal head-
room, AC line voltage, load, error
log, operating hours, amplifier
firmware version, date code, or
serial number.
I-Tech’s front panel LCD screen provides two valuable benefits
never before seen on a professional amplifier: fast and easy
menu-based setup and full amplifier diagnostics.
Basic menu controls include Bridge, Y Input, Recall preset, LCD
contrast, and Input sensitivity. Advanced menus include
Attenuator limit, Attenuator link, Clip limiter, Output voltage lim-
iter, Output power limiter, Pink noise generator, Monitor, Input,
Max input, Power-up options, and more.
Intelligent Front Panel LCD
*I-Tech comes with JBL VerTec tunings preloaded into presets.
Integrated DSP
Crown engineers took advantage of the best-available
technology and years of expertise to build a DSP section
specific to I-Tech—one that performs with the audio quality
you have come to expect from the best outboard analog
signal processing components.
I-Tech’s powerful DSP is also easy to set up, with your custom
settings and factory-designed tunings easily loaded and recalled
via onboard presets. By designing the DSP specific to I-Tech, with
the latest technology and through careful attention to detail, Crown
engineers designed a DSP section that achieves a level of accura-
cy and ease of use that is simply not possible with outboard DSP
processors.
Features
Cirrus Logic 24-bit / 96-kHz Delta-Sigma converters for
extremely low noise and extended dynamic range.
Proprietary balanced Sallen and Key 3rd-order D/A output
filter, tightly coupled to the Class-I output stage for improved
signal-to-noise.
Latest 32-bit Sharc digital processors by Analog Devices.
Custom-designed, true studio-quality dynamics and
frequency-shaping filters.
With integrated networking and DSP, plus intelligent LCD screen.
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