American Audio Amplifier VLP 2500 User Manual

User Instructions
Professional Power Amplifier
VLP 2500AmericAn Audio®
6122 S. eastern Ave.
Los Angeles ca. 90040
rev. 9/10 

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Important Precautions
•   To reduce the risk of electrical shock or fire, do not expose this  
   unit rain or moisture.
•   do not spill water or other liquids into or on to your unit.
•   do not attempt to operate this unit if the power cord has been  
   frayed or broken.
•   do not attempt to remove or break off the ground prong from  
   the electrical cord. This prong is used to reduce the risk of elec- 
   trical shock and fire in case of an internal short.
•   disconnect main power before making...

PROFESSIONAL POWER AMPLIFIER
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1. Channel 1 
gain Control - This rotary knob is used to control the out-
put signal of channel one. Turning the knob in a clockwise direction will 
increase signal output.
2. Channel 1 Protect Indicator - The red Protect Led will begin to glow 
when the channel goes into protect mode. When the channel goes into 
protect mode all output for that channel will turn off. This is to...

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VLP2500
21. Cooling Fans - dual high speed cooling fans
22.  Channel  2  XLr  Input  - channel  two  3-pin  XLr  balanced  input  jack.  See 
page 9 for more details.
23. Channel 2 trs Input - channel two 1/4” female jack.  excepts either a  bal-
anced or unbalanced plug. See page 9 for more details.
24.  Mode switch  - This  switch  controls  the  amplifier’s  operating  mode.  The 
amplifier...

oUtpUts: 
binding post/banana plug - connect your speakers to the binding post outputs on the rear of the amplifier. The 
speaker wire may be connect by bare wire (directly connected, usually for permanent connections), banana plug, 
or spade connector.  connections are made to  channels 1 and 2 output’s for stereo mode or across the red ter-
minals of channels 1 and 2 for mono Bridge mode. 
Important notice:  Although  a  speaker  will  operate  with  the  positive  and  negative  leads  plugged  into...

spade Connector: (Figure 8)
When connecting your speakers to the amplifier using spade connector; unscrew the red and black caps on 
the binding post, be sure not to completely remove or unscrew the red and black caps.  insert the spade con-
nector in to the binding post and tighten the caps down on the spade connector. To reduce the risk of shock 
or  damage  to  your  amplifier,  be  sure  that  the  wire  connected  to  one  binding  post  does  not  come  in  contact 
with that of another. 
When...

sPeakon asse MBL y:  You  will  need  a  pair  of  neutrik  Speakon® n L4F c 
connectors.  You  will  also  need  high-quality  two  or  four  conductor  speaker 
cable, a pair of needle-nosed pliers and a 1.5-mm Allen key to assemble the 
Speakon connectors to your speaker wire. To assemble the  neutrik Speakon 
nL4Fc connector, complete the following steps:
1. Strip back 3/4-inch of the cable casing. Strip off 1/4-inch from the end of 
each of the conductors down to bare wire, and insert the brass...

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operatIng MoDes: Always configure  your amplifier operating mode before beginning operation. if you want to change it dur-
ing performance. You must decrease the gain controls to their lowest levels to protect the speakers from any popping noise.
stereo operation - Page 13/Figure  13 details  an  example  of  a  typical  stereo  set-up.  connect  your  inputs  into  channels  one  and 
two of the amplifier....