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Sonance Sonamp ASAP3D SE Stereo Power Amplifier manual

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    S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER INSTRUCTION MANUAL[...]

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    S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER 2 Impor tant Safety Instructions Basic safety precautions should always be followed when using your ASAP3D SE amplifier , to reduce risk of fire, electric shock, and injur y to persons: 1. Read and understand all instructions. 2. Retain these instructions for future reference. 3. Follow all warnings an[...]

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    3 S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Sonance ASAP3D SE amplifier . When properly installed, this amplifier will give you many years of entertainment pleasure. T o get the most out of your new amplifier , please read this manual thoroughly before you begin installation. T o achieve the best perfo[...]

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    S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER 4 Placement/Installation The Sonamp ASAP3D SE is designed to operate automatically and is housed in a compact chassis that can be conveniently mounted out of sight. The amplifier can be placed horizontally on the supplied rubber feet, or it can be hung on a wall — hidden behind a wall-mounted flat-pa[...]

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    Powering the Amplifier Power Cord Connection The ASAP3D SE features an IEC power connector (see Figure 3 ). Plug the female end of the power cord into the Power Cord Connector on the amplifi- er’ s rear panel and plug the male end into a grounded wall socket. Do NOT plug the amplifier’ s power cord into a convenience outlet on any other audio o[...]

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    S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER 6 Audio Input Connections I MPORT ANT : A LW A YS UNPLUG THE AMPLIFIER ’ S POWER CORD FROM THE W ALL OUTLET BEFORE MAKING AUDIO , CONTROL OR SPEAKER CONNECTIONS . H OUSE S PEAKER I N Connector The component connected to the H OUSE S PEAKER I N connector (see Figure 5 ) is the amplifier’ s default i[...]

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    7 S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER The S PEAKER O UTPUT connector uses a removable 4-wire quick connector that accepts bare wire up to 14A WG. T o wire the quick connector see the sidebar on page 6. Mono Fixed/V ariable Output The M ONO V AR O UTPUT jack (see Figure 10 ) supplies a sum of the left & right channel signals from the [...]

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    S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER 8 IR Pass-Thru Outputs The IR P ASS -T HRU O UTPUT connectors (see Figure 14 ) pass IR signals received at the IR I NPUT connector (see above) and IR Bus input. They are designed for connection of IR emitters like the Sonance E1, E2, VE1 and VE2. The connectors accept 3.5mm mono male plugs. A red LED l[...]

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    9 S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER AC T RIG [AC T rigger] Pinhole Switch The AC T RIG pinhole switch (see Figure 21 ) lets the ASAP3D SE determine the precise voltage appearing at its AC T RIGGER O UTLET that will trigger the amplifier to switch from the House to the Local source: 1. Place the TV that is connected to the AC T RIGGER O[...]

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    S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER 10 Installation Examples The illustrations on these pages show the wide variety of audio and audio/video systems that can be assembled using one or more Sonamp ASAP3D SE amplifiers. Y our local Authorized Sonance Dealer is an expert in audio/video system planning and installation. Sonance strongly reco[...]

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    11 S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER ASAP3D SE System with IR T riggering Figure 25 shows the typical system connections when triggering the ASAP3D SE via IR from a keypad controller or other IR control device. If multiple ASAP3D SEs are being used their IR BUS connections can be linked, allowing each of their IR control devices to sen[...]

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    ASAP3D SE System with Individual Zone IR Controller Figure 26 shows the typical system connections when using the ASAP3D SE as a sub-zone amplifier , being driven by the audio signal from one zone of a multi-zone controller . S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER 12 M aste r Bed r oo m Speake r s M aste r Bed r oo m Keypad Co n t r olle r [...]

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    13 S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER Appendix 1: Changing the Mono V ariable Output to a Fixed Output Level The M ONO V AR O UT is factory-set to Variable via a jumper on the amplifier PCB. T o change the output to a fixed level (which is not affected by the front-panel L and R Input Level Controls or by IR volume commands): 1. Unplug [...]

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    S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER 14 Appendix 3: Front-Panel LED Fault Indications T echnical Assistance and Ser vice If you have any questions about the operation or installation of this product, please call our T echnical Assistance Department on any business day at (800) 582-0772 or (949) 492-7777; from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST . If yo[...]

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    15 S ONAMP ® ASAP3D SE S TEREO P OWER A MPLIFIER Limited W arranty Coverage (U.S. Only) Sonance warrants to the original retail purchaser only that this Sonance product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of five (5) years, provided the product was purchased from a Sonance Authorized Dealer . Defective products must[...]

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    33-4815 01/08 ©2008 Sonance. All rights reser ved. Sonance, Sonamp and OptiLinQ are registered trademarks of Dana Innovations. “BBE” and its designs are the registered trademarks of BBE Sound, Inc. ICEpower is a registered trademark of Bang & Olufsen ICE power . Due to continuous product improvement, all features and specifications are sub[...]