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System Status Indicator (Beam Logo)
White: System is powered and in standby
Blue: System is powered and ready/active
Flashing Red: System fault, over temperature fault
OFF: System is off and not powered
NOTE: UPON INITIAL POWER UP, THE SYSTEM WILL UNDERGO
A BOOT PROCESS THAT MAY LAST A FEW SECONDS. NO
AUDIO WILL BE HEARD.
Zone Status Indicators
OFF: zone is not active (system is off or in standby)
too small to be detected
BLUE: zone is active and detects an input signal
FLASHING YELLOW: zone is active but is overdriven
RED: zone is in protection
The 16-50 and 8-50 feature a removable IEC power
rear panel and plug the male end into a grounded
into a convenience outlet on any other audio or video
only a heavy duty (14 gauge or larger) extension cord to
turn ON when it receives an audio signal, when it receives
a control voltage from an external source, or to remain on
NOTE: IF EITHER AUDIO OR VOLTAGE TRIGGERS ARE
SELECTED, THE AMPLIFIER HAS A LESS THAN ONE SECOND
CYCLE TIME FROM STANDBY TO PLAY AN AUDIO SIGNAL. THIS
IS NORMAL AND REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE EU <O.5
WATT ERP DIRECTIVE. SELECT OFF TO BYPASS THIS FEATURE.
SEE POWER CONSUMPTION TABLE FOR IDLE POWER USE.
Auto On Triggering - Three Position Switch
AUDIO -
turn ON when the minimum audio signal of 1mV is
VOLTAGE - When the Sense switch is set to voltage, the
to the input of the V Trigger using the left side of the
Connect a two-conductor wire from the 12 volt output of
connections are typically used with a multi-zone preamp
BUS A and BUS B
To share one or two audio sources internally with more
blending auxiliary sources together, such as for paging
announcements and door chimes along with the audio
and doorbell chimes cannot mute the local audio source
Figure 3: V Trigger
3
1
ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 4ZONE 3
3
1
ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 4ZONE 3
OFF - When the Sense switch is in the top OFF position,
NOTE: WHEN THE AUTO ON SWITCH IS SET TO OFF THE
AMPLIFIERS POWER SAVING FEATURE WILL BE DISABLED.
12V Trigger Output - The Sonance amp has a 12V Output
two wire screw connector found on the right side of the
green block connector that provides 12V DC whenever
be always on without any delay between signal input
Voltage Sensing: Optimum sensing option as it is
Audio Sensing: Simple option that controls the on/off