Classe Audio CA-D200 owner manual Rear Panel, Balanced XLR Input

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SHOCK HAZARD - DO NOT OPE N

RISQUE DE CHOC ÉLECTRIQUE-NE PAS OUVRIR

CAUTION! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, GROUNDING

OF THE CENTER PIN OF THIS PLUG MUST BE MAINTAINED

AVIS! POUR RÉDUIRE LE RISQUE DE CHOC ÉLECTRIQUE

LA FICHE CENTRALE DE LA PRISE DOIT ÊTRE

BRANCHÉE POUR MAINTENIR LA MISE À LA TERRE

100-120~ T6.3AH 250V

220-240~ T3.15AH 250V

CAN BUS

IN OUT IN OUT

IN OUT

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.

OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:

(1)THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND

(2)THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED,

INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

CLASS 2 WIRING

RIGHT INPUT LEFT INPUT

RIGHT OUTPUT LEFT OUTPUT

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Rear Panel

The following descriptions are intended as a quick reference, should you have any questions about your new product. Please see the next section (entitled Initial Setup) for specific advice on incorporating your new amplifier into your system.

1Balanced (XLR) Input

Balanced audio interconnections were originally developed for the telephone and more recently have been used in the professional audio world for preserving the delicate nuances of extremely small microphone- level signals. For many years now, they have also been used by performance-oriented companies such as Classé to preserve every nuance of the finest audio recordings in your collection.

Technically, balanced audio interconnections provide two distinct benefits: they double the signal’s strength as it travels from one component to the next, increasing the potential Signal-to-Noise ratio by 6 dB; they also do an excellent job of rejecting noise and interference that might otherwise be picked up between the components. If executed with a high degree of symmetry between the inverting and non-inverting signal paths, balanced connections can offer the best performance. For this reason, we strongly recommend using the balanced analog interconnections between your Classé components wherever possible.

The pin assignments of these XLR input 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 standard adopted by the Audio Engineering Society (AES14-1992).

If you are using your Classé power amplifier with a Classé preamplifier/ processor, you’re all set – just remove the supplied shorting pins (between Pins 1 and 3) from the amplifier’s XLR connector(s), take standard balanced interconnect cables and plug them in.

If you are using another brand of preamplifier or processor, please refer to its operating manual to verify that the pin assignments of its output connectors correspond to those of your amplifier. If not, have your dealer obtain cables with the appropriate output pin connecting to the equivalent input pin.