Arcam P35 manual

Pre A mp li f ie r C3 0 Po wer A mp li f ie r P35 Po wer A mp li f ie r P 1 Pré a mp li  c at eur C3 0 A mp li  c at eu r d e P ui ss a nce P35 A mp li  c at eu r d e P ui ss a nce P 1 V or ver s t ä r k e r C3 0 V oll ver s t ä r k e r P35 V oll ver s t ä r k e r P 1[...]

2 2 3 English Saf e ty guid eli nes CAU TION: T o r educe the risk o f electri c shock, do not r emo ve c o ver (or bac k). No user s erviceable pa rts inside. Refer s ervicing to qua lified service perso nnel. W ARNING: T o r educe th e risk of fire or electr ic shock, do not e xpose this a pparatus to rain o r moistur e. The lig htning fla sh wit[...]

2 2 3 English Usi ng thi s ha ndb ook Thank you for b uying th is quali ty Arcam pr oduct. This h andbook is for the f ollow ing item s:  C30 pr e-amplif ier  P35 po we r amplif ier  P1 po wer amplif ier . The handb ook is design ed to give y ou all the inf ormation y ou need to instal l and use these produc ts. T he C30 is described first[...]

4 4 5 English P O S I T I O N I N G T H E U N I T Place your amplif ier o n a lev el, f irm surface. A void placing the unit in direct sunlight or near sourc es of heat or damp . Ensure adequa te v entilati on. Do n ot plac e the unit in an enclose d space such as a bookcase or cab inet as both of these will imp ede air flo w throug h the un it. C [...]

4 4 5 English C O N N E C T I N G T O O TH E R E Q U I P M E N T When connec ting to o ther pieces of equipment , plea se note t he foll owing :  The use of high quality interconne ct cable s to and from your amplif ier i s recommen ded to ensu re the bes t sound qua lity . Y our dealer wil l be ab le to recommend interc onnect cab les that are [...]

6 6 7 English Usi ng y ou r C 30 pr e -am pli er F R O N T P AN E L C O N T R OL S This s ection d escribes ho w to op erate you r amplif ier . If yo ur a mplif ier has not been ins talled for y ou, you sho uld first r ead the sectio n ‘Installati on: C30 pre- amplif ier’ on page 5. PO WER bn Switch es the u nit on a nd off. The pow er indic[...]

6 6 7 English R E C O R D I N G With the C 30 it is p ossib le to listen to and re cord f rom on e sour ce , or to lis ten to o ne sourc e while recordin g anothe r . Both s ets of tape soc kets a re ident ical in sensiti vity and suitab le f or use with almost any type of recorder (cassette, CDR, MD , VCR, reel-to- reel, etc.). The record sign al [...]

8 8 9 English Set tin g u p y our C30 pr e-amp li er LEFT RIGHT –dB +dB –dB +dB ‘Switch on’ state –dB +dB V olume Resoluti on – Standard , fine or Reference . ‘Standard ’ and ‘Fine’ repre sent diff erent lev els of volume contro l sensitivity . The ‘Refer ence’ setting giv es absol ute incr ements i n 0.5dB steps. V olume[...]

8 8 9 English Usi ng the r e mot e c ontr ol NO TE Rememb er to i nstall t he tw o AAA batteries s upplied befo re tr ying to us e yo ur remot e contro l. Do not plac e an ything in front of the FMJ badg e on the top left of the C30 (where the IR recei ver is locate d), or the remote c ontrol m ay no t work. CR-389 Remote Contr ol The CR-389 remote[...]

10 10 11 English POWER INLET OUT VOL TAGE SELECT 230V GAIN XLR/ PHONO TRIG OUT REMOTE IN 4 – 16 OHMS – + SPEAKERS – + AUDIO IN P1 ARCAM XLR PHONO BALANCED AUDIO OUT IN Ins tal lat ion: P3 5 a nd P1 p o w e r am pli er s P O S I T I O N I N G T H E U N I T Place your amplif ier o n a lev el, f irm surface. A void placing the unit in direct [...]

10 10 11 English C O N N E C T I N G T O O TH E R E Q U I P M E N T The P3 5 and P1 amplif iers prov ide the follo wing c onnectio ns: AU DIO IN ( P35) AU DIO IN a nd BALAN CED AUDIO IN (P1) Connec t one of these inputs to the outp ut socke ts of y our pre- amplif ier or the PRE OUT socket s of an integrated amplif ier . Ple ase read the notes on p[...]

12 12 13 English Usi ng y ou r p o w er am pli er PO WER (AND PO WER INDICA T O R LIGHT ) This button switches the unit on and off. The light indicates the status of the amplif ier . When y ou switc h your amplif ier on, the ligh t glows amber for a few second s, dur ing which time the speakers are disconnect ed. The light change s to green wh e[...]

12 12 13 English Bi- wir ing and bi -am pin g lo uds pea k ers B E F O R E Y O U S T AR T W ARNING : Do not make any connec tions to your ampli fier whil e it is switched on or c onnected to the mains su pply . Befo re switchi ng on please check all conne ctions thoroughl y , mak ing sure b are wir es or c ables are not touchi ng the amplif ier in [...]

14 14 15 English T ech nic al spec ic ati ons NO TE : All s pecif ication values are typi cal unle ss other wise sta ted. CONTI NU AL I MPRO VEMENT POL ICY Arcam has a polic y of con tinual imp rov ement for its products. This means that designs and specif ication s are subject to change without notice. C30 P35 P1 Contin uous p ow er outpu t (20[...]

14 14 15 English Rem ote -co ntr ol code s The f ollo wing tab le gi ves t he IR-co mmands a ccepted by th e C30. P ow er comma nds Comman d Deci mal Code P o wer toggle 16–12 P o wer -on 16–123 P o wer -off 16–124 Sour ce se lection commands Comman d Deci mal Code PHONO selec t 16–1 A V se lect 16–2 TUNER selec t 16–3 D VD selec t 16?[...]

16 16 17 English Ser vic e i nf or mati on Befo re returning your amplif ier f or ser vice, please che ck the f ollo wing: SOUND CUTS OU T FOR N O REASO N If t he tem perature of the internal he atsink rises abo ve a sa fe level , then a thermal c utout in side the amplif ier w ill operate. The pow er indica tor on the front panel flashes and the p[...]

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