Cary Audio Design SLP 05 manual

OWNER’S MANUAL ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SLP 05 Pure Balanced V acuum T ube Preamplier NOTE: Bef ore installing[...]

TABLE OF CONTENT S Important Safety Instructions ............................................................................................................. 2 Welcome Product Overview ................................................................................................................................ . 4 Circuitry .....................[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTI ONS WAR NING: Th e tri angle with the lightnin g f lash symbol display ed on the unit advises the user of dangerous un -insulated vol tage inside the p roduct’s encl os ure. CA U TI O N: To reduce the risk of el ectric shoc k, do not re m ov e the cover. T here are no user- serviceable parts inside; it is recommended th[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTI ONS 15. REPLACEMENT PA RT S: When re placem en t parts are required, be sure the service te c hnic i an has used replaceme nt parts sp eci fied by the manufact urer or those havi ng the same characteristics as the ori ginal parts. Unauthorized su bstitutio ns may result in f ire, e lectric sh ock or oth er hazards. 16. SA[...]

WELCOME PRODUCT OVE RVIEW We at Cary Audio Design w ould like to than k you for purchasing the new SLP 05 preamplif ie r. The following is an overvie w of the design chara cteristics of the S LP 05. The SLP 05 employs a fully balanced circuit topology, fr om input- to -output, that ac tively cancels external electrical and radio frequenc y noise pi[...]

WELCOME CIRCUITR Y The SLP 05 is a no co m pro mise line stage and headph one amp. The power s upply is vacuum tube rectified and has a 5A R4 vacuum t ube rectifier lying on its side inside the unit. The 5AR4 tube has a separat e cathode from t he filament so any position o f mounting is proper. It was horizontally mounted to ke ep the power suppl [...]

WELCOME UNPACKIN G AND I NSTAL LA TION Unpacking Your Cary Audio Design pr oduct was s hipped in a carton particularl y designed to p rotect its contents, and special care has been taken to prevent da mage during shipping. Carefully remove your new component from its pac king carton and examine it closely for signs of shipping damage. If shipping d[...]

SPECIFICATI ONS Operating the SLP 05 Prea mplifier is a simple procedure since each unit is designed for long- term stability in virtually an y home operating situat ion. However, i f the unit is operated outside the param eters outlined i n this owner’s man ual, da mage may occur. Please re ad this manual carefully before operating y our new SLP[...]

SPECIFICATI ONS GENERAL SPECIFI CATION S ............................................................... ......................................................... ..... .............. ..... AC Po w er Requiremen ts 117 or 234 VAC @ 50 or 60 Hz ............................................................ ... .........................................[...]

CONTROLS FRONT PA NEL P REAMPLIFIER 1. POWER LED (blue) The blue power LE D will lig ht to indicate that the 1 2 VDC voltage is applied to the input and output selector PC boards. The PC boa rds control the opera tion of the SLP 05 . 2. READY LED (r ed) Indicates that the SLP 05 p rea mplifier has gone through the initial bias ti ming delay and is [...]

CONTROLS 6. TAPE/MONITOR In the UP posit ion this bat handle switch will a cti vate the input jac k on the rear panel labeled tape -in. This may be used for a tape recorder or for any other line le vel input.. 7. ON/HEADPHONES In the UP position will enga ge the headpho ne amplifier in the SLP 0 5. You should turn off your power a mplifier when lis[...]

CONTROLS REAR PA NEL PREAM PLIFIER Special Note: The ba lanced input and output XLR connectors follow the ITT Cannon pin out configuration. This pin- out calls for t he shield to be wired t o pin #1. The norm al - phase (hot) is wired to pin #2. Pin # 3 is the inverted p hase. 1. CINEMA INP UT FROM PROCESS OR – RIGHT RCA 2. CINEMA INPUT FROM P RO[...]

CONTROLS 13. AUX2 INPU T – RIG HT CHANNEL RCA 14. AUX3 INPU T – RIG HT CHANNEL RCA 15. XLR OU TPUT – RI G HT CHANNEL 16. RCA OUTPUT – RI G HT CHANNEL 17. POWER SU PPLY – 6 FOO T CABLE CONNECTO R 18. RCA OUTPUT – LE FT CHANNEL 19. XLR OUTPUT – LE FT CHANNEL 20. AUX3 INP UT – LEFT CHANN EL RCA 21. AUX2 INP UT – LEFT CHANN EL RCA 22.[...]

CONTROLS REAR PA NEL POWER S UPPLY 1. REMOTE TR IGGER +14 VOLTS FOR POWER AM PLIFIERS 2. REMOTE TR IGGER +14 VOLTS FOR POWER AM PLIFIERS 3. 1A SLOW BLOW FUSE 4. AC POWER JACK 5. 1A SLOW BLOW FUSE 6. CONNECT ION TO PREAM PLIFIER 7. 120v/50Hz-60Hz 8. 240v/50Hz-60Hz 9. SERIAL NUMBE R 13[...]

CONTROLS REMOTE CON TROL The SLP 05 remote control included with the S LP 05 is designed to function wit h several of our products. For use with t he SL P 05, onl y the “Volu m e” a nd “Mute” buttons on the bottom of the re mote will be used. If you have a CD-500 dis c player, many of the ot her remote functions will be used to co nt rol it[...]

OPERATION BASIC OPE RATION The operation of your new SLP 05 is straight forwa rd and not co mplicated. You m ay wish to stack the preamplifier on to p of th e matching powe r supply. Indentations on the top panel of the SLP 05 power suppl y will a ccommodate this set up. Y ou certainly may separate the tw o units as well. The m ulti-conductor pow e[...]

SERVICE AND CARE CARE AND CLEANI NG Unplug the unit from the w all outlet before cleaning. C lean the cabinet housing an d front panel of the SLP 05 with a soft cloth and a glass cleaner (such as Windex). T he frequency of cleani ng will vary based on the cl eanline ss of the environment and the num ber of hours the S LP 05 is operated. Do not use [...]

SERVICE AND CARE TUBE PLAC EMENT CHA RT Re fer to the diagram below for the locatio n of the tubes and their f unctions. 1. 6SN7 tube – left cha nnel positive phase gain – buffer 2. 6SN7 tube – right ch annel positive phase gai n – buffer 3. 6SN7 tube – left cha nnel balanced inpu t buffer 4. 6SN7 tube – left cha nnel negative phas e ga[...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY Cary Audio Warran ts to the original Uni ted States p urchaser for use in the United States the Following Cary Au dio Produc ts for the Periods In dicated: 1. Power Am plifiers, Integrated Amplifiers, Surround Sou nd Processors, and Pre amplifiers have a three (3) year part s and labor warra nty from the date of the o riginal pur [...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY What Will We Pay For? We will pay for all labor a nd mate rial expenses for items covered b y the warrant y. Payment of shipping charges is disc ussed in the next se ction of this warra nty. How You Can G et Service? In the event that the owner needs to return the u nit to Cary Audio for ser vice or repair o f a possible defect, h[...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY How State Law Relat es to the Warran ty Some states do not allow li mitations on how long an i mplied warranty lasts and/ or do not allow the exclusion or limitation o f incidental or consequential d amages, so the above limit ations or exclusi ons may not apply to you. This warranty gives yo u specific legal rig hts, and you may [...]

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