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OVATION PA 8.3

Operating Instructions

Declaration of conformity (for EC only)

We h erewith con firm, that the un it to whic h this manua l
belongs fulfills the EC rules necessar y to obtain the sign

the nec ess ar y me asu rem ent s we re t ake n wi th po sit ive
results.

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1. Getting started

1.1 Wh at’s in the box? . .. 1

1.2 Cont rol and operating elements ... 2

2. Basic operation

2.1 First ope ra tion / se lf tes t ... 8

2.2 Selecting a sound source .. . 10

2.3 Volum e setti ng ... 10

2.4 An alog in puts ... 11

2.5 Dig ital In puts ... 12

2.6 Ph ono Input ... 14

2.7 Ph ono Settings .. . 15

2.8 FM-Tuner .. . 18

2.9 FM Tuner Set tings ... 20

2.10 Ad vanced FM Tune r Setti ngs ... 22

2.11 So und setti ngs .. . 2 3

2.12 Remote Con trol ... 2 7

3. Appendix

3.1 Per sonal Se tup ... 2 9

3.2 Res et (Facto ry Settings) . .. 33

3.3 Clea ning ... 34

3.4 Troublesho oting ... 3 4

3.5 Conditio ns of war ranty (EC only) ... 36

3.6 Spec ificat ions ... 37

CHAPTER

Getting started

1

1.1 What’s in the box?

• PA 8.3 Preamplifier

• Power cord ( in some count ries)

• RC 3 re mote c ontrol

After un packing , p lease check t he scope of deliv ery
to ensure that all pa rts h ave be en supplied and are
undama ged. In case the original packi ng ha s already
b een o p en ed , p l e as e co n t a c t y o u r lo c a l de a l e r.
Often, your deal er prepares your n ew device prior to
de liver y to adap t an d c hange t he co nf ig ura ti on to
your pe rsonal needs.

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1.2 Control and operating elements

1.2.1 Front

1. Power button (on/of f)

Getting start ed

1.2.2 Back plate

2. Source selector

3. Contro l LED

4. Menu buttons

5. Displ ay

6. Vo lume k nob

7. Headph one ou tput ( 6,35mm )

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CA U T I ON

Pl ea se us e on l y Sl ot 8
t o i n s t a l l t h e I N P U T
T O N E c a r d ( 9 ) . T h e
Slot s 1-7 may b e all oca ­ted wit h all oth e r in p u t
c ar d s: I NP U T, T UN E R,

PH ON O M M / MC , DI GI ­TAL IN (8).

8. Slot 1-7 for all i nput c ards (e xcept INPUT TONE)

9. Slot 8 only for IN PUT TONE c ard

10. S lot 9-11 for all ou tput cards

11. M ains connecto r

12. M ains s witch

13. Trigger outpu ts (TR IGGER OUT)

14. I nput for exte rnal IR receiver (E XT IR)

15. P hase LED

16. Link-Port

17. C onfigu ration p ort (Firmwa re)

1.2.3 Pin assig nment: XLR

XLR in put (l eft)

XLR ou tput (right)

1. Ground (GND)

2. Non-in vert ing in put/out put PO S (+)

3. Inver ting input/o utput NEG (- )

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1.2.4 Pin assig nment: Trigger outputs

Pin as signment of the 3 ,5mm j ack ou tput

for e xternal trig ger si gnals( 13)

a) Ground (GND)

b) Trig ger si gnal (+5V)

Getting start ed

1.2.5 Pin assig nment: Input f or external IR receiver

Pin as sig nm en t of 3, 5m m s ter eo jack inp ut fo r
extern al IR receiver (14 )

c) Groun d (GND )

d) IR signal

e) +5V

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1.2.6 Assembly of input and output cards

Getting start ed

CA U T I ON

P l ea se ma ke s ur e th e
ma in s pl ug is rem ove d
b e f o r e y o u o p e n t h e
uni t . Pl u g-i n c ard s m ay
n e v e r b e i n s t a l le d o r
re m ove d wh i le th e un i t
is po w ere d on . In case
o f a n y d o u b t, p l e a s e
con su l t yo ur lo ca l d ea ­l e r t o a s si st y ou w it h
t h e as s em b l y of i n ou t
and output c ar ds.

NOTE

Ke e p th e un i t sw i tc hed
o f f u n t i l a l l a u d i o
conn ec t i on s are made.

At the back o f the PA 8.3, there is a to tal of 11 slo ts
wh ich m ay b e al lo ca t ed w i th o pti on a ll y av ai l abl e
in p u t an d o u tp u t c a rd s ( s l ot - i n mo d ule s ). T h ese
slots are co unted from the left to the right (see sec­ti on" Ba ck pl ate " on p ag e 2) . E xist in g plu g- in c ard s
can be in almost any order. Unu sed slots come with
a bla nking plate c overed.

The nature of all plug-in cards is ident ical (width

of t he c over pla te, pos it ion of the plug ). Neverthe­less, to ensu re correct ope ration of the PA 8.3, some
placement ru les mu st be observed:

1. Input cards c an be place d in an y orde r to th e slots 1-7 (8 ).

2. The I NPUT TONE ca rd wit h integrated sound control may e xclusively be instal led i n slot 8 (9).

3. Outpu t cards are in stalle d in sl ots 9 -11 (10).

Pl ea se n o te : Eac h ti m e t he de v ic e is pow er ed o n
with the power switch on the rear side (12), the unit
goes through a hardw are test and verifies the confi ­gur at io n and fu ncti onal ity of the in pu t an d o ut put
cards used. The current statu s o d th e t est is shown
on the display (5). If the mod ule is placed i ncorrec ­tly or in th e wrong posit ion (e .g. inp ut module i n the
posit ion of an output module), the ha rdware test wi ll
be abor ted and an error message is displ ay ed.

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1.2.7 Connection of sound sou rces

An a lo g a n d di gi t al sou r ce s a re c o nn e cte d to the
inputs of the in stalle d input c ards of th e PA 8.3. The
left channel is co nnected to the whit e ma rked RCA
in put , th e r igh t one ch an ne l a t th e re d m ar ked. At
the XLR input s, the upp er po rt is intended fo r the left
channel (L), the l ower one for the right c hanne l (R).

1.2.8 Connection of power amplifiers

Getting start ed

NOTE

M a k e s u r e w h e n
co n ne ct i ng X LR ca b le s
t h a t co r re ct wi r i ng of
t h e X L R p l u g i s u s e d
(s e e sec tio n " P in as si gn-

ment: XLR" o n p a g e 3).

Use s ui ta bl e c ab le s to conn ect yo ur po we r a mp li ­fi e r ( s) to th e c o nne c to r s o f t he in s tal l ed ou t pu t
cards in the slots 9- 11 (se e se ct io n" Ba ck p la te" on
page 2).

The left ch anne l transition s to the whit e marked

RCA, the ri ght ch annel to the r ed mar ked RCA .

For th e XLR outpu ts, the upp er p ort is fo r the left

channel (L), the l ower co nnecti on for the ri ght chan­nel (R ).

1.2.9 Rem ote activation of power amplifiers

1.2.9.1 Remote ac ti va t ion of powe r am plifiers wi t h
analog tr igg er input

If your amplifier is e quipped with a trigge r inpu t, the
PA 8. 3 can re motely t urn it on . To do th is, con nect
on e of the t wo t ri gg e r out pu ts of t he PA 8. 3 (1 3)

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Getting start ed

with a trigger in put o f you r amp lif ier. For a cor rect
p i n as s i g n m e nt , p l e a s e re f e r s ec ti o n , s e e se c­tion"Pin a ssignm en t: Trig g er out p uts" on page 4.

1.2.9.2 Remote ac ti va t ion of lates t generation AVM
amplifi er s

If you have an AVM am pli fier of th e l ate st g en era ­ti on co nn ec ted (EV OLU TI ON MA 3 .2 , S A 3.2 , O VA­TI ON MA 6/ 8 . 2 , SA 6/ 8 . 2 ) , i t wi l l au t o m a t i c a l l y
turne d on, p rov ided the respective mod e i s activate d
at yo ur AVM am pl ifi er. A co nne ction of a s epa rate
trigge r cable (see section" Rem o te ac ti va tion of powe r

ampli fi e rs with analo g tr i g ger i nput" o n page 6) is n ot

require d in t his case.

1.2.10 Co nne ction of headphones

HINWEI S

Pl ea s e note that al l out­p u t s i g n a ls ( 1 0 ) a r e
m u t ed as lo ng a s t h e
headp ho ne output ( 7) is
conn ec t ed .

Throu gh t he he adphone ou tput o n t he fro nt of the
unit (7), he adpho nes wi th a 6,3 5 mm ja ck plug may
be connected. The volume of th e headp hone output
signa l is reg ulated with the vo lume control (6).

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KAPITEL

Basic operation

2

2.1 First operation / self test

CA U T I ON

If the device is too cold,
condensation water ca n
f o rm i ns id e t h e u n i t .
T h is m a y d a m ag e t h e
unit if i t i s s witc h ed on
t o o e a r l y . T h e r e fo r e ,
a l l o w t h e P A 8 . 3 t o
s ta nd in th e l i s te ni n g
r o om f or a t l e as t on e
hour b e fo r e switching it
on so tha t it ca n ad a pt
to the curren t room tem ­pe ratu re.

First , p ress the po wer switch on the rear panel (12)
and a hardware test will be p erfor med . The device
ch ec k s t he c on fi guration an d fu nctio na li ty of t he
input and ou tput card s us ed. Th e cu rrent st atus of
th e h ard wa re te st is sh ow n i n t he displ ay (5 ). If a
module is n ot i nser ted prope rly or in the wr ong posi­tion (f or exam ple, input mod ule in the pos ition o f an
output modu le), the hardware test i s abor ted and a
co rr es po nd i ng er ro r mes sa ge a pp ea r s. Upo n su c­cessfu l comple tion of th e hardware test, the device
enter s stan dby mod e.

The on / off button (1) allows you to s witc h bet-

ween operati on and standby m ode. In s tandby mod e,
the disp lay is dark and the cont rol LED (3) is lit. As
soon as the dev ice i s in o pera tion, th e contro l LED
goes ou t and the d isplay is activated.

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Basic operation

Pleas e n ote: Th e de vice is no t entirel y di sconne cted

in stan dby mo de. To disco nn ect compl etely, pr ess
t he m ains sw i t c h on th e re a r p a n e l (1 2 ) or d i s ­conn ect th e powe r cable from the m ains c onnector
(11).

2.1.0.1 Phase LE D

A glow ing ph ase LE D on th e bac k (15) indicates an
in c or re c t ph as e. T her ef o re , mak e su r e the pha se
LED does not lig ht up af ter swit ching o n the de vice
for the first time . Otherwise cha nge the phase posi ­ti o n, e .g . b y tur n in g t he m ai n s plug t o th e p o wer
socket.

2.1.0.2 Tu b e warm-up

I f an o p t i o na l T U B E O U T c a r d i s in s ta l le d , t h e
switc h-on proces s will take about 30 secon ds due to
th e r equired tu be warm -u p tim e. Ple as e wa it un ti l
the entire display wa iting for tub e warmup changes
comp let ely f rom l ower cas e to u ppercase and the n
goes ou t. The device is now ready for us e.

Witho ut a TUBE O UT c ard installed, the switch-on
pr oce s s ta ke s a pp r ox . f iv e s e co n ds . The d i sp l ay
shows a corr espondi ng countdow n duri ng thi s time .

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2.2 Selecting a sound source

Basic operation

NOTE

I n pu t n a m e s of so u nd
sourc es can be a d j us t e d
as de s ire d vi a t h e pe r-
so n al setu p menu (se e
sec t ion " Pers on al Set up "
on pag e 29).

To sele ct a sound so urce, turn the so urce select or
(2). Th e sele cted program source is sh own in large
lette rs on the display (5) - e.g. RCA, XL R, USB , OPTO
or COA X . A n e xce p t io n i s t h e TU NE R i n p ut ca rd :
Here, e.g. the freq uenc y RDS nam e of t he cu rren tly
selected st ation is di splayed in large letters instea d
(see section "S e t R DS d ispl a y" on page 20).

2.3 Volume setting

To adjus t the volu me, u se th e right-hand rotary con­t ro l (6 ) . T he cu r re nt vo l u m e va l u e is di s p l a y e d
numeri cally (0 to 99.5 dB) in large letter s in the dis­play ( 5).

The s tep size of th e volume change depe nds o n
th e r ota t io n s p ee d . S low r o ta t i on cau s es a l e ve l
change in steps of 0.5 dB, fast turn ing cha nges the
volume in 2 dB steps.

Plea se not e: If an o ptio nal digita l inpu t is se lect ed
and there is no va lid dig ital signal , the dis play wil l
show N O DIG S IGNAL instead of a volum e value. I n
this state, adjusting t he volum e is n ot po ssible .

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2.4 Analog inputs

Basic operation

NOTE

To us e a n a nalog in p u t,
it is n ecessary to install
an op ti o na l in pu t c a rd
(INPUT o r INPUT TONE )
(see section "As sembly o f

i np ut an d o ut pu t c ar ds "

on pag e 5).

To se l e ct an a va i la b le an al o g ue i n put , p re s s t he
so ur ce sel ec to r swi tc h (2) un til th e de sire d inp ut
na me is sh ow n on th e disp la y i n l ar ge le tt er s (d ).
Addi tional sound setti ngs ar e available by p ressi ng
the MENU (e) button (se e section "S ound set ti ng s " on
page 23).

a) SLOT: Indicates the s elect ed slot of an

input card (s lot 1- 8).

b) IN: Numeric d is play of the sel ected input o n a

card, e .g. 1 for RCA, 2 for XLR. T h e nam e of the
selected inpu t is shown i n large letters below.

c) LINEAR : Sound cont rol is deactivate d .

TO N E: Sound co n tro l is activated .

(see sectio n "So und settin gs" on page 23).).

(

d) Na me of the sele c ted input. This c an be

adjusted as nee ded (see sec ti on "Def ine i nput

names" on p age 31 ).

e) MENU button to sel ec t the sound settings

secti on "S oun d se ttin g s

f) VOLUME: Volume i n di cator (see sectio n "Vo l-

ume sett i ng" on pa ge 10 ).

" on page 23).

(see

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2.5 Digital Inputs

Basic operation

NOTE

To us e a di gi t a l i n put ,
t h e i n s t a l la ti o n of an
o p t i o n a l i n p u t c a r d
(DIGITAL I N ) is re qu ir ed
(see section "As sembly o f

i np ut an d o ut pu t c ar ds "

on pag e 5).

To se lect an avai labl e dig ital i nput, turn the so urce
selec tor (2) un til th e de si red in put na me is sh own
on the display in large lett ers (h) . Add itional sound
setting s a re av ailable by pr essin g th e M ENU (l) but­ton (s ee se ction "Soun d set tin gs" on page 23).

g) SLOT: Indic at es the sele ct ed slot of a n in p ut

card (slot 1- 8) .

h) IN: Numer ic display of the se lected inpu t o n a

card, e.g. 1 for USB, 2 for OPTO, 3 for C OAX 1,
4 for COAX 2 . The na me of t he selec t ed input is
shown in ca pi ta l letters b elo w and can b e
adjusted as re q uired (see s ec t io n "Defin e input

names" on p age 31 ).

i) LINEAR : Sound control i s deactivated.

TO N E: Sound co n tro l is activated .

j) VOLUME: Volum e indicator (see s e ction "Vol-

ume sett i ng" on pa ge 10 ).

k) CO N V Menu buttons fo r selecting t he sample

ra te and the fil ter setting (m) - see secti on
"Sampl erate and Filter se ttings" on page 1 3.

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l) MENU but to n to select the s ou nd settings ( see

section "S ou nd set tings" on p age 23 )
PLEASE NOTE: MENU o nly displayed i f a valid
signal is ap plie d to the se le c ted digital i n pu t.

m) Di splay of the c urre nt sample rate ( NATI VE or

CNV) and th e filter set ti n g (FAST or SLOW) ­see section "Samplerate a nd Filter set t ings" on
page 13.

2.5.1 Sample rate and Filter settings

Basic operation

NOTE

F o r U SB , o n l y th e
two options NATIV E

FA S T a nd N AT I V E
SLO W are availab le.

By pressing the tw o menu butto ns CO NV (k) o nce or
se ve ra l ti me s, y ou c an c h oo se b et wee n av ai lab le
sa m pl e rat e s an d f i lt e r sett i ng s f or the sele ct e d
digit al in put. The sett ing is s aved for each indi vidual
input until the ne xt man ual ch ange.

N ATI V E i n d ic a t es t h a t t h e sa m pl e r a t e of the
applie d signal is pro cessed direc tly. CNV stands for
'c onve rsi on' a nd m eans that it up sam ples or do wn­sampl es to th e desired an d displ ayed s ample ra te.

The fil ter settings FAST and SLOW can be s elec-
ted acc ording to your ton al prefer ences . Depen ding
on the s ignal pl ayed b ac k, di ffere nt fi lter setti ng s
can pr oduce the mo st prefera ble so und.

Technically speaking, FAST me ans s teep filtering
at the band end with a flat a mplitude response, but
wi th st ron g p ha se rot at ion. By co nt rast, S LO W fil­ters le ss st eeply an d already has a small am plitude
dr op b ef ore th e en d of t he f re q ue nc y ba nd , bu t a
lo we r p ha se sh if t. The s el ect e d fil ter s et ti ng on ly
applie s to the current inp ut and remains stor ed even
af te r th e d ev i ce h as be e n swi tc he d of f . It c an be
changed at a ny time by pres sin g the m enu buttons

CONV ( k) ag ain.

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2.6 Phono Input

Basic operation

NOTE

To u se a phono in pu t , an
o p t i o n a ll y a v a i l b a l e
p h o n o i n p u t c a r d
( P H O N O MM / MC ) i s
r e qu i r e d ( s e e s e ct i o n
" A ss e m bl y o f i n p u t a n d

outp ut ca rd s" on page 5).

To sel ect a n avai labl e pho no input, t urn t he so urce
selec tor (2) un til th e de si red in put na me is sh own
on the disp la y in l arge l et te rs (q ). Se tt ing o pti on s
(M M / M C, pho n o ga in , s u bs o ni c f il t e r, e t c. ) a re
availab le by pressin g the MENU button (see sect ion
"Pho no Set t in gs " on page 15 ). For more o ptio ns, s ee
secti on "S oun d se ttin g s" o n page 23.

All se ttings made f or the p hono c ard ta ke effect
im m edia t el y. T hi s way, di ff e re n t o p ti o n s may be
compar ed in re al tim e while a re cord is playin g.

n) SLOT: Indicates the selected slot of an

input card (s lot 1- 8).

o) I N: Numeric d is play of the sel e cted input on a

card (in cas e of the phono c ar d , only one i np ut

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Basic operation

is available). The name of th e s el e cted input is
shown in la rg e letters below.

p) LI NEAR: Sound co ntrol is deac ti vat ed.

TO N E: Sound co n tro l is activated .

q) N a me of the sele c te d input. This c an be

adjusted as nee ded (see sec ti on "Def ine i nput

names" on p age 31 ).

r) MENU But ton t o a ccess the pho n o settings

(see sect i on "Ph ono Sett i ngs " on pa ge 1 5) and
sound sett ing s
on page 23

s) VOLUME: Vo lum e indicator (see se ction "Vol-

ume sett i ng" on pa ge 10 ).

(see sectio n "So und se tti ngs "

).

2.7 Phono Settings

A shor t pres s on th e MEN U button takes y ou to the
Pho no Se ttings menu. T he la bel o f th e sam e men u

key n ow change s to EXIT . Press the button again to
ex it t he m en u and r et ur n to the nor ma l ope ra ti ng
state.

Ind ivi dual menu it ems may b e se lect ed w ith the
<ITEM> keys. T he selected menu item is always dis­pl a y ed in t h e u p p er ar ea of t h e d i sp l a y. U s e th e
<VALU E> keys to cha ng e th e valu e of th e s ele cte d
menu item . The settings made take effect imme dia­tely. Th is way, you m ay immed iately c ontrol respec­tive adjustm ents w hile a record is pla ying.

Pl e ase not e : B e si d e s the ph ono s e t ti n gs ex p­lained below, yo u will f ind fur ther s ound settings in
t he sa m e m e n u ( s e e s e c t i on "S o u n d s e tt in gs " on
page 23).

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2.7.1 Set phono mode (M M/MC)

De p en d i n g on th e co n s t r u c t i o n pr i n c i p l e o f th e
pic ku p sy ste m, u se MM f or el ectrom agn et ic t rans­du c ers (MM = M o vi n g M agn e t) , o r s elec t M C f or
el e ctr ody nam i c tra n sd u c er s ( MC = Mov i ng C o il) .
Please refer to the corresponding documenta tion of
yo u r pi c ku p s y st e m t o fi nd ou t wh e th e r it wo r k s
accordi ng to the MM or MC princ iple.

Pleas e note: In case the output level of yo ur MC
system is hi gh enough, the MM setti ng can also be
us ed . For fur t he r inf or ma tio n, p le as e ref er to t he
operatin g ins tructions of your t urntab le or pickup .

Basic operation

2.7.2 Set phono gain

Use the set phon o ga in function to adjust the gain to
mat ch th e picku p y ou a re u sin g. De pen din g o n th e
output vol tage o f the syste m, a setting between 43
dB and 52 dB (with MM set ting) or 63 dB and 72 dB
(MC se tting) may be selec ted.

Pl e as e no te: E ve n w it h a ' wr ong ' se tt i ng , yo u r
pho no ca rd will not be da maged . If the gai n i s too
high , how ever, a n aud ible overload by the pickup is
possible.Pl ease make su re to reduce the gain in this
case.

2.7.3 Set subsonic filter

The fu nctio n set subson ic fil ter offe rs you a n opti o­nal subsonic filter to reduc e audible rum ble no ise in

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the l owest bass range. Activat ion is especially adv i­sable for corrugated records or un favorable ins talla ­tions of th e turntable ( struct ure-bor ne soun d).

2.7.4 Set MM capacitance

For a perfect sou nd expe rience, the set c apacit ance
f e a tu r e p r o vi d e s t h e a b i li ty t o c u st om i z e t he
connec tion c apacity for MM sy stems.

Ple as e n ot e: T he tot al ca pacit y c on si sts of th e
d is p l a yed va l u e p l u s t h e c a p a c i ty of th e su p pl y
cable (rule of thum b: 100pF per mete r). Fo r optimum
capaci ty re fe r to the instr uctions of your turntable /

Basic operation

pickup.

2.7.5 Set MC resistance

NOTE

Th e me nu i t em i s on l y
di sp la ye d if t he p h o n o
mode is set t o ‘MC ’ (s ee
section "S et p hono mod e

(MM/M C) " on page 1 6) .

Th e s et M C resi st a nc e f u nc ti o n ad j us t s th e l oa d
impeda nce fo r MC systems. Please refer to the inst­ruc tion s of you r tu rntable / pic kup for inst ruc tion s
on the optimum loa d impedance.

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2.8 FM-Tuner

Basic operation

NOTE

To use the F M tun er it is
ne c es s ar y to i ns t all an
o p t i o n a l i n p u t c a r d
( T U NE R ) ( s ee se c ti on
" A ss e m bl y o f i n p u t a n d

outp ut ca rd s" on page 5).

After selecti ng the FM Tuner wit h the sourc e selec­tor (2), yo u may operate all funct ions with the menu
b u t t o n s ( 4 ) b e l o w t h e d i s p l ay . Fu r th er s e t t in g
opt ions (R DS , se arc h m ode, e tc. ) a re av ail ab le vi a
the FM Tuner Settin gs me nu (see s ection "FM Tune r

Se tti ngs " o n pag e 2 0) a nd t he men u A d van c ed FM

Tu ner S ettin gs (se e sect ion " Advanc ed FM Tun er Set-

tings " on page 22).

t) STAT: Displays a s ta ti o n memory l oc ation (see

section "S tor i n g new s tati ons" on pa ge 1 9) .

u) Display of s t ation frequency or RDS name ( see

section "S et RDS d isplay" o n page 20).

v) LOCKED indic at es an identif ie d station. W hen

the RDS N AME is activ at ed, the stat io n fre ­quency is d isplayed here inst ead (see sect ion
"Set R DS d i splay" on p a ge 20 ).

w) In di cates wh e ther a station is being received in

MONO or S T E R EO.

x) S TAT: Menu bu ttons for recall ing stored sta-

tions (see s e ction "R ecalling s tored st ations " on
page 20).

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2.8.1 Tuning

Basic operation

y) MENU But to n to access FM Tu ner Sett in gs (see

section "F M Tun er S ettin g s" on pa ge 20 ) a nd
Advanced F M Tuner Sett i ng s (see section
"Advanced FM Tu ner S etti n gs" on p a ge 22 ).

z) VOLU M E: Volume indic ator (see section " Vo l-

ume sett i ng" on pa ge 10 ).

aa) AUT / MAN: B u ttons for autom at ic or manual

tuning (see se ction "Tuning" on page 19 ).

Depen ding on whe ther the sca n mode has bee n set
to m anual or automatic (s ee sectio n " Set scan mode"
on page 2 1), the right butto ns below the display are
la b el e d A UT or MA N. Whe n s et to A UT , p re s sin g
these bu ttons enables an autom ated sea rch proces s
to ide ntify the next higher or lo wer station (in terms
of fr eq uen cy ). Wh en se t to M AN , a ma nu al bu tt on
pre ss ch an ges the re cei ve freque ncy by 50 k Hz . I f
pre sse d f or a lon ge r ti me, the frequenc y will au to­matica lly m ove up or down in 5 0 Hz in cremen ts.

2.8.2 Storing new stations

You h ave the optio n to save a curren tly sele cted sta­tio n , to m ove an a lre ad y s to red statio n, to sa ve it
wi t h c h an ged s et tin gs or t o dele te i t. T he d ev i ce
al s o off er s a co n ve n ie nt autos t or e f unc ti o n (s ee
secti on "S et s can m ode " on pa ge 21).

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2.8.3 Recall ing stored stations

Use t he tw o bu tton s STAT (e) to se lect sto red st a­tio ns . Sh or t ta p s wit che s to the next h igh er / ne xt
lo wer m em o ry loc a ti on . Kee p one of the b u tt ons
presse d to switch to automat ically th e ne xt stati on.
The nu mber of the currently selec ted memory loca­tion is sho wn in the upper left corne r of the displ ay
(see t in t he fig ure abov e).

2.9 FM Tuner Settings

Basic operation

NOTE

Th e FM Tu n e r Sett in g s
menu i s onl y available if
a TU N E R i n p u t car d is
i n s t a l l ed (s ee s e c t i on
" A ss e m bl y o f i n p u t a n d

output ca rd s" on page 5 )

and selected as t h e cur­ren t s o un d source.

A shor t pres s on th e MEN U button takes y ou to the
FM Tuner Se ttings men u. Th e key label of t he same
me nu ke y no w cha ng es t o EXIT . Pr es s the b ut to n
again to exit t he menu and retur n to the normal ope­rating st ate. Ind ivi dual men u it ems c an be select ed
wi th t he < ITE M > ke ys . Th e s el e ct ed m en u it e m is
alway s d is playe d i n t he up pe r a rea of th e di sp lay.
Use t he < VAL UE > k ey s t o ch an ge t he va lu e of t he
selected men u item.

Ple ase not e: A fte r calling u p th e FM Tuner Set­tings op tions explaine d b elow, you w ill find additio-

nal so und se tti ngs i n th e s ame me nu ( se e s ect ion
"Sou n d s ett i ngs" on page 23).

2.9.1 Set RD S display

RDS stan ds for 'Ra dio D ata S yste m' and al lows the
tran sm ission and in dic ation o f a ddi ti ona l in forma ­tion of the selecte d radi o st ation on the display (5) .

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The set RDS dis play funct ion allow s you to sel ect a
frequen cy (F REQUEN CY) or station name (NA ME).

2.9.2 Set scan mode

Use the se t sc an m od e funct ion to s et t he d es ired
sc an m od e: A UT O aut om at ic a ll y sea rc hes fo r the
next station aft er pressing one of the t wo right -h and
menu but tons, wh ereas M ANUAL a llows ma nual tun ­ing (see sec tion "Tuni ng " o n page 19).

2.9.3 Set 2 channel mod e

Basic operation

For an opti mal and noi se- fre e so und qualit y of the
t u n e r, t h e 2 c h a n n e l m o d e op t io n o f f e r s yo u a
cho ice bet wee n MO NO and STE REO . De pendi ng on
th e s e le c te d s e tt i ng, the tun i ng t h r es h ol d o f t he
tuner change s during autom atic t uning: In the STE-
REO setting, only stations wi th stro ng trans mission
power are id entified - i n the MONO setti ng, also sta­tions with w eaker t ransmis sion power.

2.9.4 Set deemphasis

Cho osi ng a co rre ct d ee mph asi s va lue wi ll i mpr ove
the sound quali ty of the FM t uner by optimizin g t he
signa l-to-no ise ratio and trans mitti ng the entir e fre­quency ra nge as con sisten tly as po ssibl e. If you do
not operate your de vice in the USA, please selec t the
op ti on EU R , A US , JP N wi th a tim e co ns ta nt of 5 0
(μs). In t he USA, ho wever, a t ime con stant of 75 (μs)
is recommende d.

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2.10 Advanced FM Tuner Settings

A lo ng p res s o n th e ME NU but ton takes yo u to the
Advanced FM Tuner Settin gs menu. Th e key label of

the same menu key now chan ges to E XIT. Press the
button again to e xit the menu an d return to the nor­mal operating state.

2.10.1 Sto ring and managing radio st ations

2.10.1.1 S t ore new station

To store new stat ions, an u nused pre set numbe r in

Basic operation

large lette rs is propo sed on the left side (e.g. if five
stati ons are alread y s tored, the 6th preset num ber is
sugge st ed). Pres s the STORE bu tton to save the sta­tion. Once at le ast one station is stored , you can use
t h e M OV E bu t t o n s to se l e c t a d i f f e r e n t st a t i o n
me m or y n um ber. I f you h a ve s el e ct e d an a l re ad y
used statio n memo ry n umber, the set station will be
sto red th ere and th e p reviou sly st ore d s tat ion wi ll
be shifted up one number.

2.10.1.2 C h a n ge, move, or d elete stored sta t io ns

An alread y s to red stati on can be dele ted, moved, o r
saved with c hange d sett ings ( mono / stere o, band -
width , etc.). Firs t, m ake the desi re d change s ou tside
the me nu in no rmal op era tin g c ond it io n an d p res s
the ME NU bu tton for more than 2 seco nds. I f neces­sa r y, you c an u s e the M OV E b ut to n s to mov e th e
position a nd save the sta tion using t he ST ORE but ­ton. If you just want to d elete the station, press t he

DELET E button.

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2.11 Sound settings

Re g ar d le s s of t he se le c te d i np u t c ar d , pres s t he
MENU b utton to go to th e Sound settings me nu. The
ke y l abe l o f th e s a me m e n u key now ch ang e s to
EXI T. P res s t he b utton aga in to e xit th e m enu an d
return to the normal operat ing state.

Ind ivi dual menu it ems may b e se lect ed w ith the
<ITEM> keys. T he selected menu item is always dis­pl a y ed in t h e u p p er ar ea of t h e d i sp l a y. U s e th e
<VALU E> keys to cha ng e th e valu e of th e s ele cte d
menu item

Ple as e no te th at fo r some input cards , spec ifi c

Basic operation

menu i te ms pr ec ede th e so un d s ettings des cri be d
be l ow (fo r ex a m pl e , se t ph on o m o de on P HO N O,
etc.).

2.11.1 General sound settings

2.11.1.1 S e t balance

Th e s e t ba la n ce fun c ti o n al lo w s y ou t o sh if t t he
right -left balance in the range of 9.5 dB left or right
to compensate for i mbala nces.

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2.11.2 Sound se ttings of the TONE IN car d

Basic operation

NOTE

Th e me n u opt i on s ex p­l a in ed be l o w a r e o nl y
av ai l a b l e i f a TO N E I N
inpu t c a rd with in t egra­ted tone control module
is in stalled (see se ction
" A ss e m bl y o f i n p u t a n d

outp ut ca rd s" on page 5).

2.11.2.1 S e t to ne control

With th e me nu i tem se t ton e co ntr ol you may ac ti­vat e the sou nd c ont rol e lec tron ics whi ch a llow the
adjus tment of bass an d trebl e as well as the selec­ti o n o f d if fe re n t lou d ne ss cur ve s . In th e BY PA SS
pos iti on, t he to ne c ont ro l el ectroni cs a re de act iva­ted (p revious ly made settings are still store d).

In the ACTIVE posi tion , the tone c ontrol electro­ni cs are re ad y t o o perat e a nd wi ll be ac ti vat ed as
soon as you make a settin g un der set bass, se t t re -

ble o r set loud ness . If a neut ral s etting (BA SS = 0 ,
TREBLE = 0 , COUNTOUR = OFF) h as be en se lect ed,

the tone con trol electronics will remain deactivated
even in the ACT IVE posi tion unt il one of th e p arame­ters is chang ed.

In the genera l operating state , an ac tivat ed tone
control el ectronics is d isplayed in the uppe r ar ea o f
the d isplay with TON E ON - otherwise LINEA R.

Bass and trebl e ca n be raised o r low ered together
for all inputs ( GLO BAL ) or speci fic al ly f or the cur­rent ly sel ect ed in put (INDIV IDUAL). If an in divi dua l
setting is required, the input s m ust first be parame­terize d via the Per sonal Set up (see section "Per s onal

Se tup " on page 29 ). This i s u sef ul , fo r exa mp le, to

com pen sa te f or a ba ss w ea kne ss of the turnt able,
without the bass is raise d at a nother input source.

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Basic operation

The se tt ing o f the l oudness fu nc tio n ( set loud ­ness) is dependent on the lou dspea ke r a nd the room

and th erefore generall y val id for all i nputs g loball y.

Pleas e note: As s oon as the tone c ontrol electro­ni cs un der set to ne c ont ro l i s se t t o BY PAS S, t he
other menu items set bass, set treble and set loud-

ness will b e hidden.

2.11.2.2 S e t bass

With the menu item se t ba ss yo u ca n adjust the bass
reproduc tion from -7 to +7 dB. Wh en a global set ting
fo r all sou nd sou rc es is se le c te d, G LOB AL i s dis ­played in the upper right corne r of t he dis play, INDI -

VIDUAL if set individually.

2.11.2.3 S e t treble

Th e me n u it e m se t t re bl e may be u se d to s et t he
high-frequenc y rep ro ductio n fro m -7 to +7 dB. When
a g lob al se tt in g for al l soun d so urces is se lecte d,
GLO BAL is disp layed in the up per right cor ner of the
displa y, I NDIVID UA L if s et ind ividually.

2.11.2.4 se t loudness

Soft listening to music of ten gives the imp re ssion of
a flat, u nbril liant sound. This is due to a charact eri­stic of the huma n e ar: wit h q uiet no ises and sounds,
low bas s and tre ble si gnals ar e no t as wel l percei ­ved as when listening to louder volume level s.

The op ti on set l ou dne ss rai se s ba ss an d treble
signa ls wh ile liste ning to soft volum e levels and gra­du al l y dec re a se s the e f fect t o a li nea r fr eq u en cy
respon se whe n the vo lume level i s raised.

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Basic operation

Se lec t a so u nd s ou r ce a nd s et a m od erat e l is ­ten in g v ol ume . Then sw it ch to th e m enu se t l oud-
n e s s . Un de r C O NT O U R , u s e t h e m e nu b u tt on s
<VALU E> to sel ect on e of the 9 av ailable lou dn ess
correc tion curves un til the s ound app ears balance d
and p lea sant . As soon a s you exit the me nu (me nu
but ton EX IT) , t he sel ect ed setti ng rem ai ns store d.
Any chang e in the volume s etting wil l n ow ca use an
adjust ment o f the bass and treb le leve ls.

Pleas e no te : W hen the set loudnes s men u is cal­led up again, t he disp layed value may di ffer from the
origin ally sele cted setting. This is not a mi stake, but
due to the fact that the soun d engine unit selects an
adapt ed c orrection curve depend ing on the currently
set volum e lev el. The current cur ve is then dis played
accor dingl y w hen th e set lo ud ness m en u is se le c­ted.

2.11.3 Input sensi tivity (Level Adj ustmen t)

CA U T I ON
T h e m e n u f o r l e v e l
a d j u st m e n t o f di gi t a l
inp u ts is on l y avail able

if a co m pa t ib le d ig it al
s i g na l i s pr e se nt a t a
res p ecti ve input.

Often, the sound so urces of a hif i s ystem have dif fe­rent vo lu me le vel s. Sw it ch in g t he av ai lab l e in pu ts
may resul t in an unple as ant vol um e j ump th at c an
be prevent ed by adjusting the in put sensitivity of the
availab le input sou rces.

Use th e source selec tor (2 ) to select an existi ng
input and set the monito ring vo lume to a c omfor ta­ble level wit h the volume co ntrol (6). By sw itching to
antoth er inpu t, che ck if the levels are approximat ely
ident ical. If you n otice a majo r deviation, pres s an d
hold the MENU butto n for two seconds. On t he right
side of th e dis play below level, the current sensiti­vity va lue o f the selecte d input is displaye d.

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Basic operation

By s wi tc hi ng b et wee n s ource s wit h the s ou rc e
se lect o r ( 2) , you ma y co mpa re th e s et l ev el s and
adj ust the sen si tivi ty of all inp uts wi th t he v olu me
control (6) in a ran ge of - 9.5 to +10 d B.

NOTE

Please note that the RC
3 remote cont rol is dis a ­b l e d d u ri n g th e l e v e l
adjus tm e nt p rocess.

Once all des ired leve ls have been adjust ed, pres s
the cen ter menu bu tton EXIT LVL. The set sensiti vity
va l u es ar e s av e d a nd th e de vi c e c ha n ge s t o t he
general operati ng state.

Ple as e n ot e t hat th e me nu is al so avail able f or
adjus ting the l evel of th e FM Tune r, but may not be
selecte d b y a long p re ss on the me nu button. Ins­tead, s elect anoth er exis ting input in normal opera­ting m ode, then press an d hol d the MENU button for
tw o se co n ds, t he n use t he s ou r ce s el ector ( 2) to
switch t o F M Tun er to ad ju st th e se ns itiv ity va lue
with the volu me contro l (6). Onc e the des ired leve l
of the FM Tun er is s et, press the ce nter menu bu tton
EXIT LVL. The s et sensitivity value is saved an d t he
device changes to t he gene ral operating s tate.

2.12 Remote Control

Th e PA 8 .3 com es sta nd ar d wit h t he R C 3 re mo te
con trol. T he fol lo win g func tions ca n be co ntro ll ed
with the RC 3 remo te control : Turnin g t he device on
and off (ON, OFF) , volume adjustm ent (<VOL UME>),
source selection (<INPUT >).

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2.12.1 Battery replacement

Basic operation

CA U T I ON

The t wo mi dd l e sc r e ws
wi th ou t a rr o w ma r k in g
must n ot b e l o o s e ne d to
chang e t he batte ry!

As soon as the ran ge of the re mote c ontrol decrea ­se s sig ni fi can tl y, t he b at te rie s m ust be r ep la ced .
Remo ve t he sc rew s ma rked on t he botto m wi th si x
a r r o w s . N o w t u r n t h e re m ot e c o n t r o l o v e r a n d
remove the b ot tom wi th the PC B. No w remo ve th e
used bat teries an d replace the m with two new on es
of the sam e t ype (lit hium coin c ell 3V, type CR2 032).
When inser ting, pay att entio n to the correct pol arity
of th e ba tt e rie s (m ar k " +" u pw ard s ), as ot he rw is e
the electron ics may be damaged.

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CHAPTER

Appendix

3

3.1 Personal Setup

Th e Per s o n a l Se t up me n u p rov i d es a nu mb e r o f
ot h er s e tt i ng opt i on s t o cus t om i ze t h e dev i ce to
yo ur pe rs on al ne ed s. To enter the Per so na l S et up
menu, turn off the power using the power button (1)
on th e f ront pa ne l. N ow pre ss th e m enu bu tto n on
the right under the displ ay (4) and switc h the device
on ag ain using the on / of f b utto n (1) . A s soon as
the disp lay shows * ** person al setup ** *, the menu
key can be re le as ed . I n t he Pe rs ona l S et up menu ,
the in divi dual menu i tems c an be s elected with the
menu ke ys <I TEM> an d a ctiva te d a cco rd ing ly with
t he me n u ke y S E L E C T . Th e n u s e th e me n u k e y s
<VALUE > to c hang e th e value of the s ele cted fun c­ti on . Af te r m aki ng th e d es ir ed se tt in gs , press th e
me nu bu tt on m ark ed B AC K. Sub se qu en tl y, f ur th e r
menu i tems c an be e dited . Press ing th e EXIT m enu
button will e xit the Pers onal Setup m enu.

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3.1.1 Set display bri ghtness

Set display brightness adjusts the brightness of the
dis pla y fr om 2 5% ( dar k) to ove r 50 %, 75% to 10 0%
(very brigh t).

P l e a s e n o t e : T h e 1 0 0 % b r i gh t n e s s se t t in g ma y

resu lt i n uneven brig htness of i ndividu al s egm ents
of th e di sp la y du e to 'b ur n- i n e ff ec ts ' d u ring lo ng
operatin g periods . Do not leave the device with th is
set t i ng unn e c e ss a r i ly lo ng . S w i tc h it to s t a nd b y

App endix

mode w hen no t in use (fo r exam ple, ov ernigh t).

3.1.2 Bas s & treble control

You c an use t he bass and treb le control menu item
to sp eci f y w h e t h er ba s s an d tre b l e c o mpon e n ts
shou ld be adj uste d via t he ton e con trol e lect roni cs
(see section"S ound setti ng s" on page 23) for a si ngle
sound s ource ( INDIV IDUAL) o r for al l sound sourc es
(GLOBAL).

3.1.3 Skip u nused inputs

If y ou do not nee d a ll analog or d igita l in puts of t he
i nst a l l e d i n p u t c a r d s, th e u n u s e d i n p u t s c a n be
deacti vated (SKI PPED ). W hen sel ecting the source
w it h t h e ro tar y sw i tc h ( 2 ) , al l in p u ts d efi n e d a s
SKIPPE D are s kipped au tomatically and can not al so
b e s e l e c t e d vi a th e U P / D O W N fu n c t i o n of th e

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remo te c ont rol. The settings can b e un don e at a ny
time by recal ling t he men u item (Inpu t ACTIVE ).

3.1.4 Def ine input n ames

You c an use the m enu it em de fi ne in pu t na mes to
ch an ge t he i np u t n a me s o f so un d sour c es on t he
di s pl ay ( 5) . A n am e c an c on ta i n a m ax im um of 8
characters. Use t he me nu key s <ITE M> to select the
desired in put. In the left h alf of t he display, the c ur­rent na me of the se lect ed inp ut is d isplayed, i n the
right h alf is the new name . Th e character just ed ited
is marked with an underscor e. Use the menu buttons

App endix

<P O S> to se t the p o sit i on o f t he chara c t er to b e
ch an ged , and th e volume co nt ro l ( 6) to se le ct th e
des ired charac ter. O nce y ou hav e co mpl ete ly e nte ­red t he na me s, p res s the BA CK me nu ke y and th e
names are saved.

3.1.5 Gain fix / variable

In a surroun d sy stem, th e leveling of all ch annel s, as
well as the bass management is done with a specific
sur r ou n d d e co d er. The s e s e t ti n g s sho u l d no t b e
c h a n g e d, s i n c e o t h e r w i se t h e le ve l i n g o r ba s s
ma nag ement of th e i nvolv ed surround ch an nel s is
out o f bal anc e. The PA 8.3 offe rs a so- call ed gain-
fi x fun c ti on f or t hi s us e cas e. Thi s a l lo ws y ou to
operate the ana log input s X LR and RCA w ith a f ixed
gain.

If the gain-f ix fun ctio n is act ivate d, the s ignal is
reproduc ed at a fixe d gain wh en this i nput is selec­ted. In addition , all the sound settin gs (for exa mple,

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App endix

B A S S , T R E B LE , s e e s e c ti on " S o u n d s e t ti n g s " on
pa ge 2 3) a re di s ab le d , r eg ar d le ss o f w het he r you
change the vol ume of the oth er i nputs or the ir s ound
setting s or b alance sett ings.

Th e g ain f i x fu nc t i on i s a ls o a va i la b le for the
digit al in pu ts COA X, OP TO1 and O PTO 2. Ho wev er,
un lik e t he analo g in pu ts, the soun d s et tings (e .g .,
BAS S, T RE BLE ) an d ba lan ce adj us tme nt a re acti ve
he re . Th is fea tu re is usef ul , f or e xa m pl e , whe n a
sound sou rce with its own volume contro l is con nec­te d to a corr es po nd in g d ig it al in pu t (fo r ex am ple,
systems such as So nos et c.).

3.1.6 FM auto store

HINWEI S

Th e me nu i t em i s on l y
displa y e d if an op t io nal
TUNER input c a r d ins i n ­s t a l l e d ( s e e s e c ­t i o n" A s s e mb l y o f i np u t

a n d o u t p u t c a r d s " o n

page 5).

This fun ction ma kes it easier for you to s ave several
ra d io st a tio n s t h ro u g h a n a uto m a ti c se ar c h a n d
sa ve pr oc ess . Se le ct th e fun ct io n a u to st or e with
the men u but to n SELE CT and pre ss the menu bu tton
START . No w t he se arc h pr oc es s s ta r ts. I de ntif ie d
ra dio s t at i on s a re b r i ef l y pl ay e d and are aud i bl e
through the speakers. Afte r the search is com plete,
th e n u mb e r o f st at i o ns fo un d w i ll be br ie f ly di s­played. I f d es ire d, y ou ca n s ub se qu en tl y o rgan ize
the sto red stations accor ding to your preference s in
nor m al o pe ra t i o n , de l e t e un w a n te d st a t i o n s, o r
change an d sav e th e se ttings (mo no / stereo etc.) of
cer tain st at ion s ( se e s ect io n" St ori ng and m ana gi ng

radio station s" o n page 22).

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3.2 Reset (Factory Settings)

The Res et menu al lows you to r estore the de vice to
its original state. Option ally, all settings or only the
i n p u t n a m e s ( N A M E S ) or th e st a t i o n m em or i e s
(STAT) can be edi ted. To en ter the rese t menu, turn
the uni t off using the on / o ff butto n (1) on the fro nt
p a n e l . No w ho l d do wn th e m i d dl e m e n u b ut t on
below the d isplay (4 ) a nd switch the devic e on again
using the o n / o ff bu tton (1 ). As soon as the display
shows R ESET, th e middle menu key (4) can be rel ea­sed. Sele ct wh ethe r you o nly w ant to cl ear the sta­tion memor y ( STAT), on ly the i nput names (N AMES)
or w hether the d evi ce sho uld be com pl ete ly set to

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the d elivery state (ALL).

If you have accidentally se lected the Reset menu,
you can leave i t at any time by pressi ng the CANCEL
menu ke y without ma king a ny changes.

After a re set operat ion, th e device must be c om­pl e te l y sw it c hed o ff vi a the mai n s sw it c h on t he
back (12 ) and swit ched on a gain for fur the r ope ra­t i o n a f t e r a sh o r t w a i t i ng t i m e o f a p p r o x . 1 0
seconds.

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3.3 Cleaning

T h e su r f a c e of th e h ou s i n g ar e la r g e l y sc ra t c h
re sis ta n t. Thi s can b e cl e an ed wit h a mi ld s oa p y
soluti on or a gl ass cle aner and a s oft du ster. P lease
note: Wh en cleaning, makes su re to prevent liquid to
get inside th e housing. The po wer cor d shoul d also
be u nplugge d bef ore w ipi ng fo r sa fety reasons. Do
not use sol vents or abrasives tha t could damage the
surface of the ho using.

3.4 Troubleshooting

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3.4.1 No Pla yback

Often, al leged de fe cts can be att ribut ed to ac ciden ­ta l o p e ra t i ng err o rs. Oc ca s ion a l ly, ot h er c o m p o­nen ts co nne cte d to the de vice may be respon si ble
for mal fu nct ion . There fore , b efo re c ont act ing yo ur
dealer o r u s for a defect , we w ould kindky ask you to
exclud e the f ollowi ng ca uses.

Ac c i de n t al l y sw it c h ing t o s t an d -by m o de via the
remote contro l. Press the on / off button (1)

If the display is dim and the Power LE D (3) is off,
the po wer su pply fu se may be fa ul ty. S inc e t hi s is
usual ly due to a d efe ct in th e p ower su pp ly or the
amplifier ele ctronics (due to lightni ng, for example),
please contact your deale r.

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3.4.2 Inadve rtent switchi ng to stand by

In t h is c a se, o n e of th e pr ot e ct i on c i rc u it s ( e. g .,
o ver te m p e r atu re , sh o r t ci r c u i t ) h as re s p o n de d .
Please conta ct you r dealer.

3.4.3 Hum du ring music playback

Tur nta ble i s p os i ti one d n ea r an el e c tr ic a l d ev ic e
wh os e m a gn etic in te r fer en ce f ie ld is s ca tt er ed in
pickups or cables .

Ground loo p by antenn a a mplifi er or antenn a cab­li n g . C h e ck if t h e hu mm i n g s t op s wh en yo u d i s -

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co nn e ct the ant en na c a bl e f rom t he t un er. If th is
hel ps, a sh eat h curre nt f ilt er mus t a lway s be plug­ged into the antenna cable s of the connect ed recei­vers (available from your sp ecial ist de aler).

3.4.4 Rem ote control not working

T h e ba tt e r i es or re c h a r g e a bl e b a t t e r i e s of t h e
r e m o t e c on tr o l a r e em p t y. P l e a s e ex ch a n g e o r
recharge them.

There is no direct con nectio n between the rem ote
control and the device, o r the dista nce is too b ig.

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3.4.5 No RDS display

The st ation is too we ak or wrongl y tun ed - therefore
th e d at a c an no t be decry pt ed an d no th in g i s dis­played. Some station s do not bro adcast RDS data.

3.4.6 Inp ut of an ins talled slot-in module can not be selected

If an i np ut is mar ke d a s unus ed ( SK IP PE D) i n t he
per so na l se tu p ( se e s ecti on"S kip u nus ed in put s" on
page 30), it can not be s elect ed via th e remote c ont­rol or via th e sour ce selector.

3.5 Conditions of wa rranty (EC only)

If despite exp ectations a defect occu rs that cannot
be rep aired by y ourself or your dealer, we unde rta ke
the repair of your unit fre e of charge for u p to three
yea rs fr om d at e o f p urc ha se. The w arr ant y c ove rs
th e c os ts of m at er ia l an d wo rking ti me, t ran sport
costs are to be borne by the own er.

Provisi ons for this warranty are:

1 . T h e un i t mu s t ha v e be e n pu r c h a s e d fr o m an
au th or i se d dea le r. Equ ip me nt f ro m ot he r so u rces
will n ot be repaired, no t even at charg e.

2. The w ar rant y r eg is tr at io n c ar d, t og et he r w it h a
copy of the bill of s ale, m ust be received by us wit­hin four wee ks of the date of purchase.

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3. The defect must no t have bee n c aused by impro­per ha ndling or misuse.

4. R eturn the uni t to us only in it s original packing. If
this is not possible we are entitled to refuse ac cep­tan ce. W e wi ll n ot a ssu me r esponsi bil ity for tran s­port damag e und er any circums tances.

5. A shor t des criptio n of the d efect is to be i ncluded
with the ret urned unit.

6. In cases of do ubt we reser ve the righ t to req uest
a copy of the bill of sa le.

We als o rese rve the right to levy a han dlin g charge
for items ret urned without goo d or va lid reason , o r if
the un it proves to be not defecti ve.

3.6 Specifications

3.6.1 Bas e unit

Input sensitivity (Outp ut volt age 1V )

20 mV –450 mV (adj ustable)

Input impedance L ine RCA

3,4 kΩ

Input impedance L ine XLR

13,6 k Ω

Signal -to-noi se ratio (SNR) Semiconductor/ Tube Ou t

>100 dB / >90 dB

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THD Se micon ductor/Tube Out

<0,001 % / < 0,01 %

Frequen cy response S emicon ductor/Tube Out

<20Hz - >10 0 kHz / <20 H z - >3 0 kHz

3.6.2 Digital Input Card

Sampl erate u psampl ing /downsampling

switc hable up to 384 kHz / 32 Bit

Deemph asis

yes, automati cally

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Input format opt/c oax

S/P-DI F, 33 kHz – 96 / 192 kHz / 1 6 – 24 Bit

USB Input

asynch ronous

PCM (w ithou t driver )

up to 9 6 kHz / 24 Bit

PCM (w ith driver)

up to 3 84 kHz / 32 Bit

DSD (w ith driver)

DSD64 (2, 8 MHz), DSD128 (5,6 MHz)

3.6.3 Phono Input Card

Input impedance MM

47 kΩ // 4 7 - 42 0 pF (adjus table)

Gain M M

43 dB - 52 dB (adjustable)

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Input impedance MM C

47 pF // 47 Ω - 1 kΩ ( adjustable)

Gain M C

63 dB - 72 dB (adjustable)

Signal -to-noi se ratio MM

(5mV / 1kHz ) 79 d B or 84 dB( A)

Signal -to-noi se ratio MC

(0,5 m V / 1 kHz) 70 dB or 76 dB (A)

Frequen cy response

< 30 H z - > 100 k Hz

Phono Equalization

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gem. RI AA +/ - 0,2 dB

Subson ic Filter

20 Hz, 3rd o rder

3.6.4 FM Tun er Input Card

Frequen cy range

87,5 - 108,0 MHz

Tuni ng steps

50 kHz

Input impedance ant enna

50 Ω

Sensit ivity mono / stere o

1,5 µV / 50 µV

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Signal -to-noi se ratio mono /stere o

THD mo no /s tereo

Frequen cy response

Channe l sep aration

3.6.5 Mis cellaneous

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73 dB (A) / 6 8 dB(A )

0,1 % / 0,3 %

30 Hz - 16 kHz

55 dB

Supply

115 V/ 60 Hz, / 230 V/50 Hz

Power consumption max.

70 W

Stand by

<0,5 W

Dimen sions (B x H x T)

430 x 130 x 390 mm

We ight

12 kg

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