Pulse-Eight ProAmp8, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...1 INSTALLATION GUIDE P8 PROAMP8 ProAmp8 V 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...ations P4 Configuration Mode Specifications P5 Front Panel P6 Rear Panel P7 Configuration Modes P8 Power Modes P9 Setup Guide P10 ProAmp Control WebUI P15 Wiring Diagram neo 8a ProAudio ProAmp P21 Wiring Diagram neo X ProAmp P22 Remote Montoring Portal P23 Warranty Information P25 Pulse Eight Limited reserves the RightTo change products information and specification without notice The Products and...

Page 3: ...and latest neo matrices KEY FEATURES 8 Zone Power Amplifier driven by ICEpower modules delivering up to 100 watts of high quality sound per channel 8 Stereo L R analog inputs and 1 digital coax optical input with Dolby support Bridgeable outputs zones to create flexible power configurations Full Dolby Zone DSP and Equalizer EQ control Fault detection and system reset protects the amplifier and con...

Page 4: ...by 1 second Audio sense Wake Up Time from Standby 1 second RATED OUTPUT WATTAGE Rated Power 4Ω load 100 watts per channel 1 THD N 80 watts per channel 0 1 THD N Rated Power 8Ω load 50 watts per channel 1 THD N Rated Bridged Power 8Ω load 200 watts 1 THD N 160 watts 0 1 THD N AUDIO Frequency Response 10Hz 20kHz 0 4dB 4Ω 8Ω Unloaded Power 1W THD N 0 003 4Ω Unbridged f 100Hz Power 1W Sensitivity 0 4V...

Page 5: ... Digital 5 1 Outputs Left Right Center Rear Left Rear Right Subwoofer Additional Dolby Output Optional Subwoofer in bridge tied load BTL mode Line level Output Line level subwoofer Always On in Dolby Mode Volume Range 0 100 Adjustable Full Range 99 5dB to 24dB Mute On Off Bass Treble 12dB EQ Settings per zone 12dB Bands 100Hz 330Hz 1kHz 3 3kHz 10kHz Delay Settings per zone 0 50ms Stereo Channel Up...

Page 6: ...o is close to clipping RED Zone audio is clipping FLASHING RED Zone over heating B System Health LED Indicates whether Unit is turned ON green or whether there is an issue present amber C Network LED Indicates the ProAmp8 is connected to the internet through its network link green D Cloud LED Indicates the ProAmp8 is able to connect to Pulse Eight s Remote Monitoring Portal green A B C D FRONT PAN...

Page 7: ...C 60958 type II H Analog Stereo Inputs Analog ports for stereo L R line in RCA style connectors I RS232 Control Port Micro phoenix connector can be utilized for API control using ASCII commands UART J 12V Trigger Input Connects to a trigger output of audio matrix or another 12V trigger device Each of the amplifier s zones can be set to automatically power off on according to the 12V trigger input ...

Page 8: ... and 5 stereo zones Zone 1 Front Right FR and Front Left FL channels Zone 2 Rear Right RR and Rear Left RL channels Zone 3 Center assigned to Left output and Passive Subwoofer assigned to Right Zone 4 8 Mapped one to one to Analog Stereo Inputs 4 8 Dolby 4 zone and 4 stereo zones Zone 1 Front Right FR and Front Left FL channels Zone 2 Rear Right RR and Rear Left RL channels Zone 3 Center assigned ...

Page 9: ...eriod and it will automatically turn OFF the corresponding Speaker Zone Both the input threshold and time period can be configured within the WebUI Auto sense currently is not supported on the Dolby Digital Input 12V TRIGGER MODE Each of the assigned Speaker Zone Outputs will only turn ON when a 12V signal is present on the 12V Trigger Input jack Note 12V Trigger is only connected via a 3 5mm term...

Page 10: ...up go to step 9 CONNECTING THE PROAMP8 ANALOG AUDIO INPUTS 4 Connect audio cables to the Analog Stereo Inputs 1 8 RCA inputs See diagram Note In Stereo Multi Zone Mode the ProAmp8 Amplifier accepts stereo line level audio connections to all its 8 zone analog audio inputs jacks Analog Stereo Inputs Each zone input will pass amplified audio to the respective Speaker Zone Outputs CONNECTING THE PROAM...

Page 11: ...g to Network See Step 16 CONNECTING DOLBY INPUTS 9 Connect the digital cable either coaxial or optical to the Dolby Audio input See diagram Note In Home Theater Multi Channel Mode the ProAmp8 Amplifier accepts a S PDIF signal including Dolby Digital and maps it to 3 or 4 zone outputs on the amplifier depending on Dolby zone setting see section Configuration Modes in this manual for more informatio...

Page 12: ... For bridged outputs Connect the speakers to the speaker connector and insert into the ProAmp8 respective Speaker Zone Outputs in bridge mode In Home Theatre Multi channel Mode the bridging outputs can only be applied for stereo zone outputs 4 8 Note When the ProAmp8 is set to bridged mode the output will be mono taken from the right channel only allowing twice the power 200W 8Ω load to be deliver...

Page 13: ...tem Health Network Cloud will illuminate momentarily before it begins its initialization sequence Note The initialization process takes between 20 seconds and up to 2 minutes However it is possible that a firmware update may be available the first time the unit is powered ON in this instance the ProAmp8 may take longer to initialize If both the System Health and Network LEDs flash orange green qui...

Page 14: ...e Theater Multi channel Mode only set to On 3 zones or On 4 zones Note Dolby 4 zone setting should only be enabled when requiring a bridged output for passive subwoofer 23 In Home Theater Multi channel Mode only it is usually recommended to enable the PCM Upmix setting on the Dolby Audio tab 24 In Configuration tab it is possible to rename each input output and adjust volume settings by clicking o...

Page 15: ...top or desktop PC It is designed to work on all popular web browsers The end user controls in the Web User Interface WebUI as shown below is a touch screen friendly interface The end user can control the volume including Full Mute for any of the zones Many of the setup functions are not visible to the end user during normal operation To access these advanced options during installation click on th...

Page 16: ... for multi zone applications Rename input Rename output Set min max volume range min max dB Set Bridge Mode Off stereo On Mono Select power mode settings Off On 12V Trigger Auto sense Note For auto sense audio input dB level and time period can be configured ...

Page 17: ... Dolby Multi channel Mode On 4 zone Dolby Multi channel Mode with bridged subwoofer PCM Upmix Off On Volume Range min max dB Global setting Bass Treble Volume TheFrontSpeakers RearSpeakers CenterandSubwoofercanalsobeindividuallysetforthefollowing 5 band DSP digital signal processor filter at 100Hz 330Hz 1KHz 3 3KHz and 10KHz Delay up to 50 ms Volume Levels left and right ...

Page 18: ...alth status and where there are any potential issues e g hardware checks PSU interface status network connectivity present and temperature sensors CLOUD CONNECTION Register the ProAmp to your installer account by entering your ID and check cloud connection status ...

Page 19: ...NT PANEL Lighting settings for the front panel Status LEDs On Off toggle switch Note Setting to Off will ensure that all front panel status LEDs Zone Status System Health Network Cloud are turned off These will remain off during normal operation except when there is a warning or issue present when LED s will appear amber red ...

Page 20: ...ese can be accessed via our Monitoring Portal Please visit http monitoring pulse eight com API COMMANDS The ProAmp8 can be controlled through TCP IP and or Bi directional RS 232 The TCP IP and RS 232 share a simple ASCII protocol making it incredibly easy writing new drivers For the latest documentation including latest driver downloads and API Guide please visit Remote Monitoring Portal at http m...

Page 21: ...8 OPTICAL AUDIO OUT DIGITAL COAX ZONE 7 OPTICAL ZONE 9 ZONE 10 AUDIO OUT DIGITAL COAX CTRL GLOBAL IR OUT RESET OPTICAL INPUTS 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ANALOG INPUTS 9 10 13 14 11 12 15 16 DIGITAL COAX INPUTS 1 2 5 6 3 4 7 8 DIGITAL COAX OUTPUTS ANALOG OUTPUTS SW 1 DB 1 DB 1 SE 1 SE 2 DB 2 DB 2 SW 2 ETHERNET ID RS 232 INFRARED HDBaseT HDMI ETHERNET ANALOG AUDIO DIGITA...

Page 22: ...9 OUTPUT 10 INPUT 9 OPTICAL COAX INPUT 10 OPTICAL COAX INPUT 11 OPTICAL COAX INPUT 12 OPTICAL COAX CTRL GLOBAL IR OUT RESET RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX RX TX STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R STEREO L R INFRARED HDBaseT HDMI ETHERNET ANALOG AUDIO DIGITAL AUDIO neo X and ProAmp8 5 1 Wiring Guideline CONTROL SYSTEM NETWOR...

Page 23: ...her technical resources and 3rd party control driver downloads please visit http monitoring pulse eight com and login using your Installer ID If you do not have a Installer ID then please contact your Pulse Eight sales representative who will be able to help you ...

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