Electro-Voice FORCE i MONITOR User manual

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Full-Range Speaker
15-Inch Two-Way
BIG sound in a small, lightweight package thanks to serious
components and EV’s Ring-Mode Decoupling (RMD®) technology.
New Barrier Port™enclosure design delivers deeper, tighter bass
than you’d expect from a small enclosure. Wide dispersion
80° x 55° horn projects the sound further than competitive 90°
speakers. Nobody else gives you Force i’s level of sophisticated
design and incredible performance in its price range.
• 250 watts continuous, 500 watts program, 1,000 watts
peak power handling.
• 130 dB maximum output capability
• Trapezoidal RoadWood™enclosure is only 25.5 inches
tall and weighs just 46 pounds for easy moving and
efficient packing.
• RMD®delivers incredible vocal and
midrange intelligibility and keeps sound
quality smooth over a wide SPL (sound
pressure level) range.
• EV®DH2010a 1.25-inch pure titanium compression driver
delivers response all the way to 20 kHz. EV1501 woofer
uses a 2.5-inch diameter, low-mass, edge-wound
aluminum voice coil.
• New PTP™Power Tracking Protection circuit continuously
monitors input signals and instantly prevents dangerously
high current from damaging the HF driver.
• Built-in metal stand mount and high-impact corner guards.
Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerful performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Fo r c e ®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.
Force i is much more than speakers and a power amp.
It’s a professional, live performance sound system with
components that were designed to play together.
Consider this: Most lower-priced sound systems depend
on two-way speakers to carry the extra load of providing high,
middle, and low-end frequencies. Force i does what pro concert
systems do—delivers its bass through a dedicated subwoofer—
without requiring a separate amp and crossover. The sound is
incredible; with extended, thundering bass that no system without
a sub can beat. The EV Eliminator i power amp features LPN
processing that enhances the performance of the Force i
speakers. And all Force i enclosures were designed with
comfortable, ergonomic handles and a very cool appearance.
The features of the individual Force i system components are
impressive enough on their own. But imagine all these great
features, all this innovative engineering and technology, coming
together to make your music sound better than you imagined.
That’s what puts Force i ahead of any other sound “system” in
its price range.
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Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerful performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Fo r c e ®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.

Sub
18-Inch Subwoofer
Forget power-sucking, refrigerator-sized subs.
With a single power amp, the Force i subwoofer delivers
solid, gut-kicking bass from an enclosure just over two
feet high. Built-in crossover filters mid and high signals,
letting the woofer put all its muscle into the low end.
A single amplifier channel can drive both the Force i sub
and full-range speakers for a more powerful sound.
• 350 watts continuous, 700 watts program and
1,400 watts peak power handling.
• 131 dB maximum output capability
• Rear-mounted wheels and collapsible luggage-style
handle make moving easy. Handle can be quickly
removed for performances or transportation.
• Rugged, cast-frame 18-inch woofer with four-layer
voice coil and tremendous excursion capability
delivers hard-hitting bass down to 36 Hz.
• Weighs only 69 lb (31 kg) thanks to the strong
RoadWood™enclosure.
• Comes with 34-inch pole and metal stand mount
for elevating the full-range speaker.
Monitor
12-Inch Two-Way
Force i monitor handles the critical job of letting
performers on stage hear everything — vocals,
guitars, keyboards and drums — with pinpoint
accuracy. 55° x 80° Constant Directivity horn
provides great coverage and helps control feedback.
• Low profile and compact size for minimum
footprint; even fits on the smallest stages.
• 12-inch woofer has clean, yet punchy sound —
good enough for front-of-house or announce
use. Combine with Force i sub for
a compact full-range sound system.
• 150 watts continuous, 300 watts program,
600 watts peak power handling.
• Two projection angles - 50° and 65° —
depending on orientation of enclosure
gives you extra placement flexibility.
• Built-in stand mount for front-of-house
or sidefill use.
• Lightweight — only 28 pounds (12.7 kg) —
and easy to carry.
You don’t need an
equipment dolly to move
the Force i sub—the wheels
and removable collapsing
handle are built-in.
Metal stand mounts built
into all Force i speakers
help you assemble an
awesome-sounding system
in a small footprint.
Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerful peul performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Fo r c e ®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.
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Stereo Power Amplifier
No other amp on the market — regardless of power
rating or price — will make your Force i system
sound as good as the Eliminator i amp does.
Here’s why: EV’s built-in LPN processor is specially
tuned to enhance the bass response and dynamics
of the Force i speakers. The Eliminator i amp can
put out more than 1,000-watt peaks per channel of
pure headroom power to really make your music
come alive. Discover why many top touring bands
depend on EV power amps.
• 600 watts per channel into a Force i system;
1,900 watts dynamic power.
• Dynamic limiters prevent amp clipping, improving
sound quality and speaker reliability.
• Complete protection circuit package for bullet-
proof reliability even under punishing conditions.
• Legendary German engineering and construction
quality for years of trouble-free performance.
Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerf perul performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Fo r c e ®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.
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Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerful performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Fo r c e ®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.
1. CD Horns: Electro-Voice
invented Constant-Directivity (CD)
horns and ours provide better
sound quality and coverage
than any other type. Our
CD horns don’t
collapse their
coverage at high
frequencies like others
do. And our narrower
coverage projects the sound
farther. You get full range
response everywhere in the
coverage pattern, even at the
back of the room.
2. Barrier Port™helps Force i
deliver better bass by
eliminating out-of-
phase reflections
from inside the
enclosure.
4. High-Power Crossover
Networks with PTP™:The
crossover contributes as much to
a speaker’s sound quality as its
drivers. Force i crossovers use
the same kind of advanced
technology found in
top-of-the-line EV
systems. Force i
crossovers
include Power
Tracking Protection
(PTP™) circuits that continuously
feed signals to the driver at a
safe level.
5. Enclosure Construction:
Patented Electro-Voice
RoadWood™enclosures are
twice as strong as particle-
board and 50% stronger than
medium-density fiberboard
(MDF)—the materials used in
other speakers in the Force i
price range. Plus, RoadWood is
half the weight of particleboard
or MDF. And all Force i
enclosures are wrapped with
abuse-resistant black industrial
grade covering.
6. Enclosure Hardware:
Force i handles are kind to
your hands and
fingers, and
make the
speakers
easy to lift.
Rugged
corner
protectors
on every
enclosure
protect
against dings
and drops.
All speaker
components
are protected
from damage
by 18-gauge
steel grilles.
7. Eliminator®i Amplifier:
Force i two-way and subwoofer
systems powered together by
the Eliminator i amplifier with
LPN produce 5 dB more bass
output than if the system was
biamped. So instead of buying
two amps and an electronic
crossover, you’ll save money
and sound better using a single
Eliminator i amp. The LPN
processor also provides
subsonic protection to prevent
over-driving the woofer.
3. Ring-Mode
Decoupling
(RMD®)is the
Electro-Voice
exclusive technology
that identifies and
eliminates
resonances at their
source in speaker
components and
enclosures. Vocals
sound rich and smooth,
instruments sound real,
and the sound quality holds
together even
when you turn
up the volume.
Eliminator i amp
increases bass
response (yellow
curve) of Force i
system compared
to non-optimized
amp (blue curve).

Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerful performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Force®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.
Radical idea: Every musician has
the right to sound as good as the
headline touring acts—without
hauling around three semis full
of gear and an army of roadies.
Think it can’t happen? Check out the
Force®i system from Electro-Voice®.
Force i is a total sound reinforcement
system with the performance,
features, and reliability that
professionals demand, at very
affordable prices. Force i systems are
also designed for easy transport and
setup, with plenty of power to handle
the parties and club gigs that fill most
musicians’ schedules.
Like a compact touring system,
Force i gives you concert-proven
Electro-Voice technology that’s used
by bands playing stadiums and
concert halls around the world:
• EV’s exclusive Ring-Mode
Decoupling (RMD®)technology
ensures that Force i speakers
deliver smooth vocals and pristine
mids with perfect reproduction of
overtones. You can’t see RMD
(it’s part of each driver and
enclosure) but you’ll hear
the sonic difference it
makes with every note.
• Pure EV components — titanium
compression drivers that have
toured the world, Constant-
Directivity horns that maintain
their coverage, woofers with
four-layer voice coils. Force i has
solid-as-a-vault, precisely-tuned
EV enclosures made of patented
RoadWood™that's lighter and
stronger than what other systems
in Force i's price range use.
Force i demonstrates why
Electro-Voice is the
professional audio industry's
technology leader — and has
been for more than 75 years.
If you’re serious about your music,
you should be serious about how your
audience hears it. Don't screw up your
music with a bad, cheap sound
system. You deserve better. Get a
great-sounding, dependable affordable
pro-quality system that delivers all the
power and intensity of your music.
Force i from Electro-Voice.

ELECTRO-VOICE®
12000 Portland Avenue South • Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 U.S.A.
TEL: [phone] TOLL FREE: 800-392-3497 • FAX: [phone]
www.electrovoice.com
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Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerful performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Fo r c e ®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.
FORCE®iTWO-WAY FORCE®iSUB FORCE®iMONITOR
FREQUENCY RESPONSE 50 Hz–20 kHz 36–210 Hz 85 Hz–17 kHz
POWER HANDLING
CONTINUOUS 250 watts 350 watts 150 watts
PROGRAM 500 watts 700 watts 300 watts
SHORT-TERM 1,000 watts 1,400 watts 450 watts
MAX. OUTPUT CAPABILITY 130 dB 131 dB 125 dB
DISPERSION 80° x 55° Omnidirectional 55° x 80°
SENSITIVITY 100 dB 100 dB 97 dB
IMPEDANCE 8 ohms 8 ohms 8 ohms
DIMENSIONS
INCHES 25.5 x 18.25 x 15.2 25.5 x 20.4 x 23.75 21.5 x 14.2 x 9.7
MILLIMETERS 648 x 465 x 386 648 x 518 x 597 546 x 361 x 246
NET WEIGHT 46 lbs (20.9 kg) 69 lbs (31.3 kg) 28 lbs (12.7 kg)
Give your music the power it deserves.
Technical Specifications
The Primal Elements of Force i.
Powerful performances start right here.
Step Up To Electro-Voice®
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Put them together,
hit the downbeat,
and hear your audience erupt.
Your music deserves awesome sound
Fo r c e ®
i from Electro-Voice® delivers.
MAXIMUM BRIDGED OUTPUT
8 OHMS 1,200 watts
4 OHMS 1,700 watts
CONTINUOUS RATED POWER
DUAL 4 OHM 600 watts per channel
DUAL 2 OHM 850 watts per channel
HEADROOM >30 % in any mode
DISTORTION @ RATED POWER <0.03%
WEIGHT 35.2 lb (16 kg)
ELIMINATOR®i
STEREO POWER
AMPLIFIER
Features: Built-in patented LPN (low-pass notch) processor
provides bass and dynamic enhancement with infrasonic
filtering. Rear-mounted gain controls for each channel.
Separate Neutrik Speakon output connectors for left, right and
bridged outputs. Switches for power on, parallel input signal,
bridged mode and ground lift. Signal present and limiter
active indicators for each channel. Two 3-stage fans for very
quiet cooling. Custom-made toroidal transformer delivers
incredible power and good electrical efficiency.