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Owners Manual
EKLIPSE
Line – pre - amplifier
We congratulate you with the purchase of this superb AUDIO VALVE HiFi component.
This handcrafted product has been manufactured with only your most demanding requirements in mind. It was made to allow you many years of musical joy.
AUDIO VALVE guarantees that this amplifier has been produced under the strictest of guidelines and with respect for procedures acquired through decades of tube amplifier design. Your Eklipse Pre-amplifier has been thoroughly tried and tested in all detail.
Eklipse |
line pre amplifier |
Table of contents
1.Introduction and general information
2.Manufacturers information
3.Safety precautions
4.Intended use / Application / Factory assembly & getting started
5.Operating instructions & technological data
6.Warranty
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1.Introduction
Dear client, we congratulate you on your purchase of this superb AUDIO VALVE HiFi component.
To safeguard maximum functionality and to avoid operating problems, it is important that you carefully study this owners manual and that you follow all instructions therein precisely!
General information
Important instructions, reagrding safety, securety and operational reliability while using the Eklipse Pre-Amplifier are highlighted throughout this manual.
2. Herstellernachweis
Factory address:
AUDIOVALVE, Mr. Helmut Becker,
Umbachsweg 70
D-34123 KASSEL - GERMANY,
0561 - 701 33 60
0160 910 77 376
0561 – 60 2929 3
info@audiovalve.info 
www.audiovalve.info
U-St.Ident.Nr.: DE 195 191 420
WEEE-Reg.Nr.: DE81178274
Eklipse |
line pre amplifier |
3. Safety precautions
Important: Study the owners manual before assembly and operation of the amplifier
Anyone, unable to comprehend the instructions stated in the owners manual should not operate the device.
Children and minors are not to use the device and should be kept at a safe distance from the device while it is running.
The user is responsible for operating the device in an appropriate fashion and it takes full responsibility towards third parties. Before the amplifier can be used the first time, suitability of taken precautions regarding electrical safety must be approved through professional assessment
Check that the mains voltage printed on the rear panel of the amplifier corresponds with the line voltage in the territory where you intend to use the amplifier.
Always check powercords and plugs for damage before use.
Disconnect the powercord before work is being done on the amplifier.
In the unlikely case of a failure of the device repairs may be performed by AUDIO VALVE authorized technicians only.
Use ORIGINAL spare parts only!
Please take note of the fact that we waive product liability for damages caused bij our devices, parts and components as a result of:
a)Unprofessional and/or faulty and/or correct repairs that have been performed in other than the by AUDIO VALVE approved repair facilities,
b)Usage of other than ORIGINAL and approved spare parts.
The Eklipse Pre-Amplifier is subject to and complies with German security class 1 for devices with metal housing. The device is grounded, and may not –by manipulation or otherwisebe ungrounded for any reason! To prevent humm as a result of interconnecting your devices with the Eklipse Pre-Amplifier, the internal electrical circuitry has been designed to have no grounded mass!!
Eklipse |
line pre amplifier |
4. Intended use / Application
AUDIO VALVE Hi-Fi Amplifiers are intended for use under the following circumstances only:
-To play and transfer music of any make and fashion when this occurs in private dwellings or studios.
-All devices must be operated under moderate climatological circumstances, comparable to those underwhich human beings usually live. When the surrounding temperature is too high, the device will heat up beyond its optimal parameters. This can damage the amplifier. Proper ventilation will be needed, and the amplifier should not be covered in. Allow approximately 3 cm of air sidewise and approximately 4 cm above the amplifier to cool the amplifier.
-Unusually high humidity of the air increases the risk of shortcircuits in the device because of the increased conductivity. This reduces the internal insulation values dramatically and will eventually result in a malfunction of the amplifier. This increased conductivity also might endanger the user of the device. In general terms the amplifier should not be used for other than its intended purpose.
Factory assembly & getting started
Once the amplifier has arived at its desired destination, make sure the amplifier has ample time to ajust to the climate at its new location. It is likely that the changes in temperature and humidity between the last location and the new one, has caused condensation to build up somewhere in the amplifier. This can damage the device. Please allow the amplifier at least two hours to acclimatise. The amplifier commes fully assembled, ready to go. The powercord should not be used as yet, please connect all other input and output connectors first (cinchcables, speakercables, etc).
The decive MUST be switched off while connecting it to other components, it might be damaged if this is done with the amplifier under power. The person operating the amplifier might be hurt as well in this case, since powerspikes, operating currents and voltage charges may occur!
Check whether the ON/OFF switch is in the OFF position. If so, you can now plug in the powercord. Use high quality cables only! Usage of DIY cables, low spec cables or cables intended for other use voids all warranty and cancels any product liability. Make sure all plugs are connected tightly to the amplifier. When in doubt, replace the cable.
Allways use the device in a ’complete configuration’ , damages may occur when devices are not connected to the amplifier when it is being run.
Never lift the device by its glass cover, not even when there are gripps attached to the cover. The gripps and the cover are there for ornamental purposes only. They make the amplifier look nice. The amplifier should be positioned at a level surface, in time the construction of the glass housing may fail as a result of tensile forces.
Please disconnect and move the amplifier when you replace tubes. Replace them at a place where you can work easily. You might damage the ’motherboard’ if you replace the tube in an awkward position. After that please check all connectors. If all connectors are undamaged, make sure the switch is in the OFF position, reconnect the powercord and swith the amplifier on. You can make sure the amplifier is properly connected by checking the tubes. Only the inside of the tube should glow. If the steel coverjacket glows as well, the device is faulty and must be serviced immediately. As a rule of thumb the device should work now. Don’t push the volume up to its maximum just yet, allow the device to burn in smoothly and avoid powerspikes.
The Eklipse Pre-Amplifier needs at least a 10 Ampere circuit breaker between its powercord and the mains. Make sure your wallsocket is equiped in such a fashion.
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