Classe Audio SSP-600 owner manual Balanced Main Analog Audio Outputs, Video Outputs

5Balanced Main Analog Audio Outputs

Balanced connections between components provide the highest possible quality analog signal connection. This is due to both the effective doubling of the strength of the signal being transmitted and (even more importantly) to the significant improvement in immunity from noise as compared

to normal, “single-ended” designs. These changes result in a significant improvement in transparency and detail, as well as improved dynamics.

Using high quality cables, connect the balanced outputs of your SSP-600 to the balanced inputs on your power amplifier. Your Classé dealer can assist you in selecting cables appropriate for your system.

The pin assignments of these XLR-type male output connectors are:

Pin 1: Signal ground

Pin 2: Signal + (non-inverting)

Pin 3: Signal – (inverting)

Connector ground lug: chassis ground

These pin assignments are consistent with the standards adopted by the Audio Engineering Society. Refer to the operating manuals of your balanced-input power amplifiers to verify that the pin assignments of their input connectors correspond to the SSP-600. (This is not necessary if the you have Classé power amplifiers.) If not, wire the cables so that the appropriate output pin connects to the equivalent input pin.

6S-Video Outputs

The SSP-600 provides multiple S-video outputs to support different purposes.

•REC 1 and REC 2 are used to send the selected video signal to a video recorder such as a VCR or a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) for recording. Since the presumption is that you are recording some program for your personal video library, no OSD is ever superimposed on the video signal on either REC output.

•MAIN provides the selected video signal for the primary zone (your home theater) to your main display, and will superimpose an On Screen Display as needed. This “OSD” provides the same information as the LCD screen on the SSP-600 itself, making operation of the system from anywhere in the room considerably easier.

7Optical Digital Audio Output

This optical digital output allows you to distribute a digital source in its original, unprocessed digital form. For example, if you had another multichannel system elsewhere in the home, you could forward a Dolby Digital bitstream to the other system from this one—running a single digital cable instead of five or six analog cables for surround sound applications.

Alternatively, you could use this digital output to make digital recordings. Note that this output simply passes whatever signal has been selected – you should only make copies of recordings for which you have legal rights to do so. It is your responsibility to comply with copyright law.

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