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Manley CONTROL MASTER PREAMPLIFIER manual

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  • Page 1

    MANLEY LABORATORIES, INC. OWNER'S MANUAL CONTROL MASTER PREAMPLIFIER MANLEY LABORATORIES, INC. 13880 MAGNOLIA AVE. CHINO, CA. 91710 TEL: (909) 627-4256 FAX: (909) 628-2482 email: emanley@netcom.com http://www .manleylabs.com[...]

  • Page 2

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 MAINS CONNECTIONS 4 CONNECTING YOUR PREAMPLIFIER 5 FIGURE 1 FRONT PANEL 6 FIGURE 2 REAR PANEL 7 OPERATIONAL NOTES 8 SPECIFICATIONS 9 WARRANTY 10 WARRANTY REGISTRATION 11 SECTION PAGE[...]

  • Page 3

    INTRODUCTION ! THANK YOU!... for choosing the Manley Laboratories CONTROL MASTER Preamplifier. Designed by David Manley, the Mastering Room LINE Preamplifier uses the best available parts with the shortest, cleanest, signal path possible. With the use of our own in-house C.N.C. milling machine, we can provide you with a superb sounding machine with[...]

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    MAINS CONNECTIONS Your preamplifier has been factory set to the correct mains voltage for your country. The voltage setting is marked on the serial badge, located on the rear panel. Check that this com- plies with your local supply. Export units for certain markets have a moulded mains plug fitted to comply with local require- ments. If your unit d[...]

  • Page 5

    CONNECTING YOUR PREAMPLIFIER Setting up your preamplifier is rather easy. 1. Please refer to page 7 diagram 2 for an illustration of the back of the preamplifier. 2. There are two sets of main outputs, one set UNBALANCED RCA and the other BALANCED XLR. The pin out for the XLR is as follows: PIN1 - ground PIN2 - POSITIVE going phase (+) PIN3 - NEGAT[...]

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    FRONT PANEL OPERAT E MUT E BALANCE TRIM LEFT RIGHT VOLUM E XL R AU X DI G TAP E TUNE R VIDE O A B C D E F A SELECTOR SWITCH Switch to select between inputs. Counterclockwise: BALANCED XLR INPUTS, AUX (auxilary), DIG (CD), TAPE, TUNER, VIDEO. NOTE: always turn volume control (level) down before switching selector switch to avoid surprisedifferences [...]

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    REAR PANEL A IEC MAINS SOCKET Standard IEC mains socket (120/240 VAC) B FUSE HOLDERS Right & Left channel fuses. Replace with 1A SLO-BLO fuse only. C VOLTAGE SELECTOR SWITCH Selectable to 110,120 / 220,240 VAC. Set to the proper voltage for your country. D OUTPUT (XLR) Left (upper) and Right (lower) output XLR's. BALANCED E OUTPUT (RCA) Pa[...]

  • Page 8

    OPERATIONAL NOTES SWITCHING ON The power switch is located on the right hand corner of the front panel. Flip the switch up to turn on the preamplifier and down to turn off the preamplifier. RUNNING It is not recommended that you leave your preamplifier permanently switched on. This only wastes electricity and tube life. Your preamplifier has solid [...]

  • Page 9

    SPECIFICA TIONS Vacuum Tubes: 2 x 5814's, 2 x 6414's Gain (line stage) 6 dB Input Impedance 100 Kohm line stages Output Impedance 120 ohms Power Consumption 33 Watts (275mA @ 120VAC)[...]

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    W ARRANTY All Manley Laboratories equipment is covered by a limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from date of purchase to the original purchaser only. A further optional limited 5 year warranty is available to the original purchaser upon proper registration of ownership within 30 days of date of firs[...]

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    WARRANTY REGISTRATION We ask that you please fill out this registration form and send the bottom half to: MANLEY LABORATORIES REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT 13880 MAGNOLIA AVE. CHINO CA, 91710 Registration entitles you to product support, full warranty benefits, and notice of product enhancements and upgrades. You MUST complete and return the following to[...]