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Title: Bridging Crown 802D?
Post by: Michael Kim on March 31, 2014, 10:12:13 AM
Hi all,

I was wondering if anybody has experience bridging the Crown 802D power amp.

I am reading conflicting things in the manuals. In manual 1, it says to connect a single XLR to channel 1.

In manual 2, it says the Crown 802D requires a XLR y-cable to bridge.

Can anyone speak to which of these works? (Or if both??)

Manual 1: http://www.crownaudio.com/media/storagebk/pdf/amps/139441.pdf

Manual 2: http://www.crownaudio.com/media/pdf/legacy/133465-6.pdf

Thanks all!
Title: Re: Bridging Crown 802D?
Post by: Michael Kim on March 31, 2014, 10:33:27 AM
Crown technical support got back to me. Apparently, they released two versions of the power amp, one with the bridge switch and one without. The one without requires the y-cable.

Quote from: Michael Kim on March 31, 2014, 10:12:13 AM
Hi all,

I was wondering if anybody has experience bridging the Crown 802D power amp.

I am reading conflicting things in the manuals. In manual 1, it says to connect a single XLR to channel 1.

In manual 2, it says the Crown 802D requires a XLR y-cable to bridge.

Can anyone speak to which of these works? (Or if both??)

Manual 1: http://www.crownaudio.com/media/storagebk/pdf/amps/139441.pdf

Manual 2: http://www.crownaudio.com/media/pdf/legacy/133465-6.pdf

Thanks all!
Title: Re: Bridging Crown 802D?
Post by: Paul G. OBrien on March 31, 2014, 11:08:38 AM
Quote from: Michael Kim on March 31, 2014, 10:33:27 AM
The one without requires the y-cable.

It requires a special Y cable with pins 2 & 3 reversed on one connector.
Title: Re: Bridging Crown 802D?
Post by: Kevin gring on March 31, 2014, 12:09:49 PM
Quote from: Paul G. OBrien on March 31, 2014, 11:08:38 AM
It requires a special Y cable with pins 2 & 3 reversed on one connector.
There were three version of the old XLS series. The final version was the "D" version which included a bridge-mono switch. This version did not require an inverted  input Y cable. The XLS802 was the only available in the later D versions.
Kevin