Taking care of a PA

So, you have to take a Trivia Mafia Public Address System (PA) home?

Thanks for becoming a custodian or other user of a PA! They are incredibly handy for our business, and we hope that it is simple for you to take advantage of having it for trivia. We use the Fender Passport Event PAs. Trivia Mafia owns the equipment, and our customer pays a small extra fee to have us bring it to run trivia. Thank you for taking care of the equipment. Please follow everything below. If you cannot make this happen, please contact Davis, Davis@triviamafia.com, as soon as possible so we can ensure the PAs don't get ruined.

Pay attention to the thermostat:

This Public Address system is an astoundingly reliable and hardworking sound equipment set, but it also has a tender side. Don't let the hard plastic shell fool you - these are sensitive electronic machines. Extreme temperatures (both hot and cold) can cause issues, so keep this in mind as we head into the solstice months. Brett has read the manual and spoken with Fender customer service about how extreme temperatures impact the devices because RESEARCH. 

If temperatures get too extreme, the voltage going through a cold or hot unit will cause it to go into PROTECT MODE. The PA does this because too much voltage is going through and a circuit is not complete; rather than overload it and potentially short the whole unit, it shuts down the overloaded area. There is not a lot you can do about this immediately, which could delay your ability to start trivia on time. The PA needs to warm up (or cool down) and be able to pass the electricity through its designed path. 

Shut the unit off, and unplug everything: power cord, speaker wires, microphone, aux cord. Leave it unplugged and wait about five minutes. Even if it is off and unplugged, it still holds the voltage in it for a little while. Then, start over plugging things in one at a time, beginning with the power cord to check if it will power on.  

Please treat your Passport PA like the high tech/expensive piece of machinery it is! Bring it in out of your car (if you can) when you're not using it, and give it time to warm up if it's cold, or to cool down if it’s hot. Then you can carry on hosting a super dope trivia show like usual.