PS Audio MultiWave P1200, P-300, MultiWave P600, MultiWave P300 Upgrade Instructions
PS Audio MultiWave®Upgrade Instructions for Model
A small Phillips head screwdriver for the P300 or the enclosed red handled Allen wrench for the P600 and P1200.
P300, P600, P1200
The MultiWave upgrade to your unit is a fairly simple process. If you have any
questions at any time, please contact us by e-mail, fax or telephone at the
numbers listed at the end of these instructions.
Overview
What you will be doing is rather simple. In short, these are the steps neces sary to install MultiWave:
1. On the P300, remove the bottom cover. On the P600 and P1200, remove the top cover.
2. Pull the socketed oscillator board out.
3. Pull the connecting plug out.
4. Remove a socketed integrated circuit.
5. Put a new integrated circuit back into the socket.
6. Replace the connecting cable.
7. Insert the new oscillator board.
8. Replace the bottom cover or the top cover, depending on your model.
9. You are done.
When you are ready, please follow these step by step instructions:
Before beginning the upgrade, you will need to perform the following activities:
1. THE NIGHT BEFORE. Unplug the Power Plant the night before you plan to do the upgrade. Really unplug it!
Take out the power cord and take out all the power cords to your a/v equipment. By letting the Power Plant sit
overnight, most of the energy stored in the power supply will drain away. This is important.
2. THE DAY OF THE UPGRADE Assemble the following in your work area:
a. A clean table to place the Power Plant on while you are working.
b.
c. A desk lamp, gooseneck lamp or other light placed next to the Power Plant so you can see what you are doing.
While this upgrade process is easy, you must be able to see exactly what you are doing.
d. A small cup to hold the screws you are going to remove from the Power Plant.
e. The MultiWave Upgrade Kit.
3. INSTALLING THE UPGRADE
a. Open the Upgrade Kit. You should have the following items:
b. A 6 inch by 6 inch box which contains a pink bubble wrap bag. Do bot take anything out of the bag at this time.
In the pink bag is:
1. The new PS Audio Low Distortion Oscillator Board
2. The Display Microprocessor chip stuck to a piece of black anti-static conductive foam.
3. A yellow handle "Chip Puller" which looks like a set of small tongs.
4. A red handled Allen wrench (for P600 and P1200 only)
5. A plastic "dentist's mirror."
6. These instructions.
7. A MultiWave label for the back of your Power Plant.
4. BEFORE you open the Power Plant:
a. Are you sure it is FULLY UNPLUGGED?
b. Are you sure it has been unplugged from the wall for at least 12 hours?
c. Did you take the time to read these instructions all the way through at least once?
5. Turn the P300 upside down, with the feet facing up. For the P600 and P1200, keep them upright so you have easy access to their top. Use
your small screwdriver to take out the 10 small screws holding on the bottom plate on the P300, or use the red handled Allen wrench to remove
the Allen screws affixing the top cover of the P600 or P1200. Save the screws in a safe place. NOTE: You do not need to take off the screws
holding down the feet to the Bottom Cover on the P300.
6. On the P600 and P1200, remove the top cover and set it aside. On the P300, after you take off the ten screws from the bottom cover, CARE-
FULLY and SLOWLY lift the Bottom Cover straight off. You may notice some slight resistance. The Oscillator Card in the P300 is secured by a
small gray plastic bracket on the inside of the bottom cover. So, when you lift off the bottom cover, the Oscillator board MAY remain attached to
this bottom cover support. Simply keep lifting the Bottom Cover straight up.
7. Most times, the Oscillator Card will stay plugged into the P300 Main Board. Sometimes, the Oscillator Card gets unplugged from the P300
main board and instead stays attached to the gray plastic support. The Oscillator board in the P600 and
P1200 is held in place with screws and will not come out after the top cover has been removed.
8. REMOVING THE OLD OSCILLATOR CARD ON THE P300
a. If the oscillator card remains attached to the gray support on the bottom cover:
Simply remove the Card from the support and set it aside. You will be sending this old Oscillator Card back
to PS Audio in the postage paid box (US residents).
b. If the oscillator card remains attached to the motherboard:
Simply grab the card with two fingers and lift straight up to remove. Do not rock the card back and forth to
remove it! Set it aside. You will be sending this old Oscillator Card back to PS Audio in the postage
paid box (US residents).
9. Removing the oscillator card on the P600 and P1200.
Remove the two screws and nuts holding the oscillator board in its
socket. Then, Simply grab the card with two fingers and lift straight up
to remove. Do not rock the card back and forth to remove it! Set
it aside.
You will be sending this old Oscillator Card back to PS Audio in the
postage paid box (US residents).
10. Replacing the front panel microprocessor “chip”.
First, we need to take out the Old Microprocessor Chip.
a. This is the part that takes a little patience and concentration. You
are going to remove the front panel microprocessor chip and replace
it with a new one.
b. First locate the Front Panel Board. This is the small computer board
that is screwed to the back of the Power Plant's Front Panel.
c. Next, unplug the small cable on the Front Panel Boardthat connects to the Power Plant's main board.
This takes your attention, but must be done before you can remove and replace the Front Panel
Microprocessor.
d. The Connecting Cable is flat and gray, with a rectangular black con nector. Using your thumb and forefinger, pull the connector of the
Connecting Cable off the Front Panel Board.
e. Next, locate the Microprocessor on the Front Panel Board. The
Microprocessor is the only computer chip on the Front Panel Board that
is in a socket.
f. Next, take the Chip Puller enclosed. The Chip Puller will be used to
carefully pry out the oldMicroprocessor. Notice the Chip Puller has two
small prongs.
g. Put the two prongs of the Chip Puller between the Chip and the socket on the left and right side. There is a small gap between the Chip and
the socket for you to get in the prongs of the Chip Puller. It may take a
little wiggling of the Chip Puller to get its prongs under the Chip.
h. Next, squeeze the Chip Puller together and pull the Microprocessor
Chip straight out of its Socket. It may take a tug. Pull straight back. When
the OLD Microprocessor chip pops out of its Socket, lay it out of the
way.
Great work! You are almost done. Take a break.
Next, we need to install the New Front Panel
Microprocessor Chip. Carefully open the sealed
end of the pink bubble wrap bag.
Do not take out or touch the microprocessor chip
yet.
Just open the pink bag. You MUST first make sure
you have discharged all static from yourself. This is
not difficult. The easiest way of doing that is to touch
a metal object. A metal table or chair leg is good. Or
an exposed metal part of some appliance that is plugged into the wall, such as the table lamp you
should have lighting your work area.
i. After you have discharged yourself of any static electricity, carefully remove the new Processor Chip from the pink bag. The Chip is pressed
to a small piece of black conductive foam. This special foam protects the Chip from static.
Do not remove the chip from the anti static foam yet.
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