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QLIGHT ™ SERIES
USER MANUAL
TQ-230
TQ-308
TQ-310
TQ-315
TQ-445
TQ-425
TQ-115
Turbosound Ltd.
Star Road, Partridge Green
West Sussex RH13 8RY United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1403 711447 Fax: +44 (0)1403 710155
Web: www.turbosound.com
Issue 1.2 July 2006
Copyright © 2006 Turbosound Ltd.
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user manual QLight ™ series CONTENTS Thanks................................................................................................................................................. 4 Unpacking the QLight™ series loudspeaker..................................................................................... 4 Features ....................................................................................................................................................5 Product Range Su
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user manual QLight ™ series Limited Warranty .............................................................................................................................. 26 Warranty Coverage........................................................................................................................... 26 Shipping ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Incidental and conseque
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user manual QLight ™ series Introduction Thanks Thank you for choosing a QLight™ series loudspeaker product for your application. Please spare a little time to read the contents of this manual, so that you can obtain the best possible performance from this unit. All TURBOSOUND products are carefully engineered for world class performance and reliability. If you would like further information about this or any other TURBOSOUND product, please contact us. Detailed product information is
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user manual QLight ™ series FEATURES • Superb audio quality: carefully designed and matched loudspeaker drive units are used to give you exceptional performance and many years of reliable, trouble free operation. • Ease of use: QLight™ series products are exceptionally easy to set up and use with the minimum of technical knowledge required. • Multi-way designs: the exclusive use of cone transducers in the mid frequency bands guarantees seamless crossover regions, as well as greater pow
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user manual QLight ™ series PRODUCT RANGE SUMMARY TQ-230 The TQ-230 is a compact passive 2-way loudspeaker with two 5” woofers designed for foreground, background and in-fill music applications as well as a theatre under-balcony loudspeaker. Its wide horizontal dispersion and a rotatable high frequency horn enable horizontal or vertical orientation. Intended for portable use as well as for fixed installations, the TQ-230 is provided with rigging points to enable use with eyebolts, wall
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user manual QLight ™ series TQ-425 The TQ-425 is a front loaded, double neodymium 15” vented subwoofer designed to combine with QLight™ series enclosures to give a high quality, full range sound reinforcement system ideally suited to all corporate, industrial, theatre and audio visual applications. When used with the LMS- D6 digital crossover it will reproduce high sound pressure levels at bass and sub-bass frequencies. The TQ-425 is equipped with a pole mount socket to enable QLight™ seri
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user manual QLight ™ series SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS QLight™ series passive loudspeaker enclosures require only one amplifier channel for correct operation, the frequency splitting between the low frequency driver and the high frequency driver being accomplished by the internal passive crossover network built into each enclosure. If subwoofer enclosures are used as part of a bi-amplified system in conjunction with QLight™ series 2-way enclosures to extend low frequency response, additional amp
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user manual QLight ™ series In general, the more powerful the amplifier, the better it will sound, provided that it is not driven into sustained clipping. It should be understood that overdriving an insufficiently powered amplifier is more likely to cause loudspeaker damage – the total energy in a heavily clipped signal is far higher than in an unclipped signal – than operating a more powerful amplifier within its ratings. One loudspeaker management system can be used to feed several ampl
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user manual QLight ™ series 6dB down with respect to centre, (averaged over the whole frequency range of the loudspeaker). Converging Elliptical Waveguide™ A design feature of the TQ-308, TQ-310 and TQ-315 is the Converging Elliptical Waveguide™ (CEW™ ), available in two directivity patterns: 100° x 60° and 80° x 50°. This gives many user advantages. The comparatively short flare length allows the HF and LF components to be physically aligned in the cabinet, so ensuring coherent arrival
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user manual QLight ™ series MOUNTING AND FIXING Rigging Hardware A versatile range of mounting hardware is available that allows enclosures to be used in a variety of ways, in either mobile applications or permanent installations. A top hat stand type fitting is fitted to the base of QLight™ series full range and mid-high cabinets for use with 35mm diameter loudspeaker stands. A pole mount socket is also fitted to the top of the QLight™ sub-bass cabinets. This allows two enclosures
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user manual QLight ™ series RT-767 ring type flying points. Rigging points are provided on the top and rear of the TQ-310 and TQ-315 for use with optional RT-767 rings, enabling cabinets to be rigged in permanent installations and for mobile applications. Downward inclination of the enclosure can be adjusted using the third RT-767 rigging point on the rear of the cabinet Swivel brackets provide a means of wall mounting some QLight™ series enclosures (TQ-308, TQ- 310 and TQ-315) i
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user manual QLight ™ series Wall brackets are available for most Qlight™ series enclosures in different load ranges according to the weight of the cabinet. Two examples are shown below: the WB-10 wall bracket with a TQ- 230 and the WB-20A with a TQ-310. Wall brackets can be dis-assembled to simplify installation and are supplied with the necessary fixings (except wall fixings). Remove the countersunk screws in the back of the box that correspond to the bolt hole pattern in the speaker plate
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user manual QLight ™ series Side-mounted flying strips can be fitted to the sides of TQ-445 enclosures by removing the countersunk bolts on the top and sides of the cabinet and replacing them with the M10 bolts supplied with the hardware. Two flying strips are required for each enclosure; one attached to each side. This method offers a simple and cost effective way of flying single enclosures in permanent installations. Enclosures may also be arranged in a vertical column by coupling
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user manual QLight ™ series Single point mount options include a universal FB-12 flybar assembly for use with the TQ-445 and this enables the use of several different fixing methods. The illustration at right shows the FB-12 with three different methods of suspending the TQ-445 cabinet: a unilock fitting; a scaffold clamp; and a pick-up point adapter. To attach the flybar first remove the threaded plastic plugs filling the rigging points on the top of the cabinet. Fit the flybar to the
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user manual QLight ™ series The following table gives the predicted downward angle of TQ-445 enclosures when using the FB- 12 flybar. Attachment position Vertical angle (negative angle denotes upwards) Hole number 1 (front of cabinet) -29° Hole number 2 -23° Hole number 3 -17° Hole number 4 -10° Hole number 5 -3° Hole number 6 4° Hole number 7 11° Hole number 8 18° Hole number 9 24° Hole number 10 30° Hole number 11 35° Hole number 12 (rear of cabinet) 40° Flying frames enable
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user manual QLight ™ series Summary of rigging options TQ-230 TQ-308 TQ-310 TQ-315 TQ-445 TQ-425 TQ-115 Eyebolts M10 M10 M10 M10 M10 Rings RT-767 RT-767 Wall WB-10 WB-20A WB-20A WB-55A Ceiling CB-10 CB-20A CB-20A CB-55A Swivel SB-308 SB-310 Frame FH-308 FH-310 FH-315 FH-445 Pole PB-55 PB-55 PB-55 PB-55 PB-55 Strips FS-445 FS-425 Single FB-12 point Permanent installations Any installation, whether temporary or permanent, must be securely attached
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user manual QLight ™ series the system, are suitably qualified to do so and have a full understanding of all the factors involved with safety as a number one priority. Turbosound accepts no responsibility for any accident, damage or failure of any rigged system. This rigging information is specifically related to the requirements of Qlight™ series enclosures only. For more detailed information on the whole topic of rigging various handbooks are available. If you are in any doubt contact yo
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user manual QLight ™ series MAINTENANCE If any of the drive units should cease functioning and needs a replacement recone you are advised to remove the faulty unit from the cabinet and send it to a professional recone service authorised to recone Turbosound loudspeakers. This will ensure the continued high performance of your QLight™ series product. TQ-230 - Removal of the drivers The grille is secured in place with four flange head screws underneath the grille foam, at the top and bo
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user manual QLight ™ series unit should be returned to an authorised Turbosound service centre. To reinstate the drivers, simply reverse the above procedure making sure you observe the correct polarity when reconnecting the cables back into the terminals of the drive units. TQ-115 - Removal of the 15” driver Remove the countersunk Allen head screws retaining the grille from the cabinet sides and lift the grille away. Undo the M6 Allen head bolts holding the driver in place and carefully
