McIntosh C220 manual

McIntosh Laboratory , Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New Y ork 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 F AX: 607-724-0549 C220 Owner ’ s Manual T ub e P re am pli f ie r[...]

2 The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “danger- ous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all war[...]

3 Thank Y ou Y our decision to o w n t his McIntosh C22 0 T ube P reampli- f ier ra n k s y ou at the very t op among discr i mi nat ing music liste ners. Y ou no w have “The Best. ” T he Mc I ntosh dedica- tion to “Qu alit y , ” is assu r ance t hat you will receive many years of musi cal enj oyment f rom th is u nit. P lease t ake a shor [...]

4 X LR Connectors Bel o w is the Pi n conf igu r ation for the XLR Bala nced I nput and O ut put Connec tors on the C220 . Ref e r to the d iag ram s for connect ions: P I N 1 : Shiel d /G round P I N 2: + Out put P I N 3: - Out put P ow er Control and T ri gger Connectors The C220 P ow er Cont rol and T r igger Out put J acks se nd P o wer On /Of [...]

5 Introduction Per formance Features • Elect romagentic I npu t Sw itchi ng w ith Level T r i m Ad justment and Title Reas sig nment Digital L ogic integr ated ci rcuits d r ive E lect romag netic Switches on all Inputs a nd oper ati ng f u nctions for re liable , noise less, d istor t ion fr ee switch ing. All eight Input s on the C220 can be ma[...]

6 Dimensions Dimensions The foll owing di mensions can a ssist in dete r m in ing t he best locat io n for y ou r C220 . T here is a dditional i nfor ma- tion on the next page per t ai ni ng to in sta lli ng the C220 into cabinets. 17- 1/2 " 44.45cm 4- 5/8 " 1 1.75cm 6" 15.24cm 14 -1/2 " 36.83cm 15- 7/8 " 40.32cm 3/16 "[...]

7 Installation Installation The C220 can be place d upright on a t abl e or she lf, st and- ing on its four feet. It also can be cu stom in stal led in a piece o f f u r n itu re or cabi net o f y our choice . The four feet may be remo ved from t he bot tom o f the C220 when i t is custom i nst alled a s outlined b el ow . The four feet together wi[...]

8 75 WA TTS T630maAL 250V Rear P anel Connections Con nec t the C220 power cord to a live A C outlet. Ref er to i n for ma- tion on t he back pan el o f you r C220 to dete r - mi ne t he cor r ect vo lt age for y ou r u nit M A I N PO W ER CONT R OL O ut put send s a t u r n- on sig nal to a McIntosh Com - ponent when t he C220 is t u r ne d on D A[...]

9 How to Con nect t he C220 How to Con nect t he C220 The C220 has t he ability to autom atically switch pow er On / Off t o Mc I ntosh Sourc e Components via t he P ow er Control con nections. T he Data Por t Conne ctions al lo w for the remote ope rat ion o f ba si c f u nctions u sing the C220 Remote Con t rol. W ith a n exter nal sen sor conne [...]

10 F ront Panel Displa ys, Con trols, Push-bu ttons and Jack Sta ndby Po wer On I nd icator IR Se nsor r eceives com ma nds f rom a Remote Cont rol ST A N DB Y /ON Pu sh-but t on switch - es t he C220 ON or OFF (Stan dby ) a nd rese ts t he mic ropro - ces sors V OLUM E Cont rol adjust s t he list en ing lev el for both cha n- nels Con nec tion for[...]

1 1 The C220 f u nctionalit y is controlled by inter nal soft wa re that is k now as F ir mware. The V e rsion o f t he F i r mware in t he C220 can be identif ied at any ti me by u ti liz i ng the Set up Mode . 1 . Pre ss the SETU P P ush-butt on to acce ss the Set up Mode . 2. Pre ss the Menu  or Men u  Pu sh-butt on unt il C220 V 1 .00 or [...]

12 1 . Rotate the I N PUT Control to sel ect t he T une r Input and adjust t he V OL U M E Cont rol to the desired l isten- ing lev el . 2. Pre ss the SETU P P ush-but ton to acce ss the Set up Mode . 3 . P ress t he Menu  or M enu  Pu sh-button u ntil “T R I M 0. 0 T U N ” app ear s on the Fron t Panel Alpha- numer ic Display . Re fer to[...]

13 Setup, con ’t P ower Control T r iggers The SPKR1 ( A ) a nd SP K R 2( B) P ow e r Control Out puts a re reas si g n abl e t o act iva te only when a given Input is select - ed. I n the fo llowing example , the Po wer Control SP K R1 ( A ) Jack will be set t o f u nction as T R IGGER A f or t he D V D Input. 1 . Pre ss the SETU P P ush-butt on[...]

14 Remote Control P ush- Buttons Pr ess to Pow e r the C220 ON or O FF Selects one of the eig ht available A udio Sou rc es Selects a D isc Play e r, M u sic Ser ver or T ape Rec order Fu nct ion and al so per for m s var ious f u nct ions on a var iet y of Mc Int osh Compone nts Use to select t u ner pr eset s, d isc t ra cks or a ny numbe red op [...]

15 How to use the Remote Control How to use the Remote Control The sup plied Remo te Cont ro l is capable o f di re ctly con- t rolling t he f unc tions of con tempor ar y Mc I ntosh Sourc e Components con necte d to the C220 T ube Pre amplif ier . Ea rlier M cIntosh source c omponents and othe r bra nd sourc e components ca n be controlled by the [...]

16 How to Operate the C220 P ow er On The Red LED abov e t he ST A N DB Y /ON Push-but ton lights to i ndicate the C220 is in Sta ndby mode . T o Switch O N the C220 , pr ess the ST A N DB Y /ON P ush-but ton on the F ront Panel or the P ow er P ush-but ton on the Remote Control. The t itle TU BE W A R M U P w ill app ea r on the Fro nt P anel Alph[...]

17 Out pu t 1 and 2 Pre ss the HOME P ush-butt on fo l lo wed by the SP K R 1 or 2 Pu sh-butt ons to send aud io to sepa rate Po w er A mplif ier s con- necte d to the rea r pa nel O U T - PUTS 1 or 2 Jac ks. It also act i- vates the PO W ER CONTR OL SP K R 1 & SP K R 2 Jacks on t he rea r panel o f the C220 . T o stop the Audio and Po wer Cont[...]

18 Specif ications Specif ications Frequency Response + 0, -0.5dB f rom 20Hz t o 20 ,000H z T otal Har monic Di stort ion 0. 08% f rom 20H z to 20, 0 0 0Hz Mai n Out put 2.5V for rated i nput Max i mum V oltage Out put 8V RMS Unbalanced , 1 6 V R MS Balance d Sensit iv it y (for ra ted out put ) High Leve l, 4 50m V u nbala nced, 90 0 m V balanc ed[...]

19 Packing Instructions In t he ev ent it is necessar y to re pack the equ ipment f or shipment, the e quipment must be packed exactly as sho w n belo w . I t is very i mpor t a nt that t he f our plast ic feet are at- ta ched to the bot tom of the equ ipment. This w ill e nsu re t he proper e quipment location on the bott om pad. F ai lur e to do [...]

The continuous improvement of its products is the policy of McIntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice. Printed in the U.S.A. McIntosh Laboratory , Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, NY 13903 McIntosh Part No. 04098400[...]