Cary Audio Design SLI-80 manual

OWNER’S MANUAL ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SLI-80 Integr ated Stereo Amplier NOTE: Bef ore installing your new co[...]

TABLE OF CONTENT S Important Safety Instructions ..................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Specifications ....[...]

IMPORTANT S AFETY INSTRU CTIONS WAR NING: The triangle with the lightning flash s ymbol display ed on the unit advises the user of dangerous un- insulate d vol tage inside the p roduct’s encl os ure. CA U TI O N: To reduce the risk of electri c shoc k, do not re m ov e the cover. There are no user-serviceable part s inside; it is recommended that[...]

IMPORTANT S AFETY IN STRUCTIONS 17. IM PORTA NT SA FETY NO TE: • Before conne ct i ng a ne w produ ct such as the CD 303T to y our a udio or home theater sy st em, turn off all other equipme nt (preferably unplugging th em fr om t he AC power sour ce ). Many audio components feature auto ma t ic turn- on circuits that may activat e during an inst[...]

INTRODUCTI ON Congratulations! You have pur chased one of the most exotic integrate d stere o audio amplifier s available . Within its p ower range, the SLI 8 0 displa ys the opera ting characterist ics o f a true "high -end " a mplifier. Ca reful de sign, parts selection and prope r circuit topologies contribute to incredible reliabilit [...]

SPECIFICATI ONS This sectio n des cribes t he basic spec ifications of the SLI 80 at the time of printing. Specifications are subject to change w ithout notice or obligation. When the following cautionary terms are used in this manual, these definitio ns apply: WARNING  Electrical hazard! Mis use or failure to follow instructions p roperly may r[...]

SPECIFICATI ONS ............................................................................................................................................................ WARM-UP TIME 3 minutes ..........................................................................................................................................................[...]

FEATURES Front Panel ............................................................................................................................................................ POWER OFF SWIT CH Rotary switch turns o n AC mains and high voltage on "in operate" position .....................................................................[...]

INSTALLATION This section describes t he unpacking and insta llation procedures for your new component. Unpacking All Cary Audio Design ship ping containers have been specially designed to protect their contents and special care has been take n to prevent dama ge und er normal shipping co nditions. Mishandling s hould be evident upon inspect ion of[...]

OPERATION Signal input connection is made via the input ja cks o n the re ar of the SLI 80 located on the rea r panel. The interc onnect cable s from the output of the CD player, tuner, etc. can be any convenient length your set-up requires . The choice of a high q uality i nterconnect cable is important. Once again, your a udio dealer will have th[...]

SERVICE AND CARE The chassis may be cleaned with a soft towel and Wi ndex® or a s imilar window cleaner. Spra y it on the cleaning cloth to moiste n it , not on the component. Do not use solvents or harsh chemicals to clean the preamplifier. They ma y rem ove the labels from the chassis. The frequency and need of cleani ng w ill be governed b y op[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SYMPTOM CAUSE REMEDY Hum or "Buzzing" t hrough speakers Ground Loop Intermittent or poor connection of interconnect ground Install 2-pin adapter on A.C. cord to float the Ground Replace interconnect "Popping or Spitting" noise Noisy tube If noise is in one channel, through the speaker swap one section of tu[...]

CHARTS AND D RAWINGS Bias Adjustment Set bias for both sides of the amplifier to 75mA .  Insert meter plug into bia s jack.  Adjust for 7mA reading o n DC current mete r.  Re -adjust to 75mA after SLI 80 is wa rmed up for 10 m inutes.  Remove plug and e njoy the music! Note: Bias is factory pre set; Bias should be re set when installing[...]

CHARTS AND D RAWINGS Tube Placement C hart 4/8 OHM Switch Settings Rear of Amplifier 13[...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY Cary Audio Warran ts to the original United States purchas er for use in t he U nited States the Following Cary Au dio Produc ts for the Perio ds Indicated: 1. Power Am plifiers, Integrated Am plifiers, Surro und Sou nd Processors, and Pre amplifiers have a three (3) year part s and labor wa rranty from the date of the origi nal p[...]

LIMITED WARR ANTY What Will We Pay For? We will pay for all labor a nd materia l expenses for items covered b y the warrant y. Payment of shipping charges is disc ussed in the next section of this w arranty. How You Can G et Service? In the event that the owner needs to return the u nit to Cary Audio for service or repa ir of a possible defect, he [...]

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

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