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JBL Professional Control 85M Two-Way 5.25" Coaxial Mushroom Landscape Speaker
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The Control 85M Mushroom-Style Landscape Speaker is a two-way highly weather resistant speaker providing 360 degree coverage of the listening space. A highlighted mid-range presence cuts through in high ambient environments for especially clear paging and voice content while providing excellent full-range sound quality. Designed to be mounted on or in the ground, the Control 85M can be used in a wide variety of applications including hotels, casinos, pool areas, shopping malls, theme parks, sports venues, resorts, restaurants, hospitality and leisure venues, entrance ways, and anywhere a high quality music and/or paging speaker landscape speaker is required.
JBL Control 85M 5.25" Mushroom Landscape Speaker Features:
- 5¼ highly weather-resistant driver.
- ¾" soft-dome highly weather-resistant tweeter.
- 80W Pink Noise Power Handling (160W program) in direct 8Ω
JBL Professional Control 85M Specifications:
| Frequency Response (-10dB) | 55 Hz – 18 kHz |
| Power Rating | 160 W Continuous Program (2 hrs) 80 W (320W peak), Continuous Pink Noise (2 hrs) 45 W (180W peak) Continuous Pink Noise (100 hrs) |
| Transformer Taps | 70V: 30W, 15W, 7.5W & 3.8W 100V: 30W, 15W, 7.5W |
| Frequency Response (±3 dB) | 65Hz - 16 kHz |
| Maximum Input Voltage | 23.3 V |
| Sensitivity | 86 dB, 1W @ 1m (ave. 80Hz - 16kHz) |
| Nominal Coverage Angle | 360° horizontal, 160° vertical (primary listening 10° to 50° up from ground). |
| Directivity (Q) | 2.2 |
| Directivity Index (DI) | 3.4 dB |
| Maximum SPL | 105 dB @ 1m |
| Nominal Impedance | 8Ω (at 8Ω setting) |
| Insertion Loss | <1.0 dB at any tap setting |
| Thru Setting | 8Ω nominal |
| Crossover Type | 2nd Order LPF on LF and 2nd Order HPF on HF |
| Recommended Protective High-Pass | 65 Hz for 8Ω operation, 24 dB/oct 60 Hz for 30W tap, 24 dB/oct 50 Hz for 15W, 7,5W, and 3.7W taps, 24 dB/oct |
| Low Frequency Driver | 135 mm (5.25 in) diameter LF driver, Kapton™ former, 35.5mm (1.4 in) voice coil, polypropylene cone and polyurethane surround. |
| High Frequency | 19mm (0.75 in) diameter HF driver Polyetherimide (PEI) dome. |
| Enclosure Material | LDPE Polyethylene plastic, 6 mm wall thickness, UL94V-0 rated. |
| Grille | Powder coated stainless steel. |
| Environmental | IP-55 rating per IEC529 (dust protected and protected against jets of water). Exceeds MilSpec 810 for humidity, salt spray, temperature & UV. Passes Mil-STd-202F for salt spray. Enclosure UL94V0 rated. |
| Agency Ratings | UL1480, Transformer UL Recognized per UL1876, ROHS compliant. |
| Terminals | Bare wire with dielectric-gel-filled wire nuts (internal to top speaker section). |
| Wiring | Water ingress protected by two stages of gland nuts, one mounted on outside of enclosure (installed by installer via drilling 22 mm (0.875 in, 7/8 in) hole in any of multiple provided locations) and one between the bottom base and top speaker sections. Included gland nuts require round-jacketed wire with outside diameter between 4.0 mm and 9.0 mm (0.16” in and 0.35” in). For installation instructions see Installation Guide (# IS C80MLS). |
| Colors | Hunter Green, RAL6018 |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 432 x 291 x 291mm (17 x 11.5 x 11.5 in.) |
| Net Weight | 5.5 kg (12 lb) |
| Shipping Weight | 7.3 kg (16 lb) |
| Included Accessories | (2) wire nuts, (2) gland nuts, (1) right-angle screwdriver |
| Installer-Supplied Required Tools | 22mm (0.875 in, 7/8 in) twist-type drill bit (or other type suitable for plastic) for installing gland nut into enclosure. |
Each Control 85M Box Includes:
(1) JBL Professional Control 85M Two-Way 5.25" Coaxial Mushroom Landscape Speaker
(2) Wire nuts
(2) Gland nuts
(1) Security screwdriver