Classe Audio AMP5 CAN-Bus, Make your speaker connections, Double-check all your connections

CAN-Bus

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5.Make your speaker connections.

Make the connection between the output terminals of the amplifier and your loudspeakers, using high quality speaker wires.

Connect the black (–) terminals on the amplifier to the black (–) terminals on your speaker, and the red (+) terminals on the amplifier to the red (+) terminals on your speaker. If bi-wiring, run a total of four conductors between each amplifier channel and its corresponding loudspeaker: two separate +/– leads, one for the bass and the other for the mids and treble. Make sure that no wires cross between the red (+) and black (–) terminals, at either end.

Make sure all the connections are snug and cannot be easily wiggled free, but do not overtighten them. If you can give the speaker wires a reasonable tug without movement, they are snug. Further tightening will not make a better connection, and (taken to the extreme) may damage the connectors.

6.Double-check all your connections.

We understand that this step sounds redundant, but it is worth the extra minute or two it might take just to ensure that all connections are correct and secure before plugging the power cables to the AC outlets.

7.Turn on all the other components in your system, and then turn on your amplifier.

It is always good practice to turn any power amplifier on last, and to turn

it off first. Doing so prevents any turn-on/turn-off transients that	might
originate in other components from damaging your loudspeakers.

Classé’s Controller Area Network, or CAN-Bus, opens the way to a new level of interaction between similarly featured Classé components. When the amplifier is connected with other CAN-Bus-equipped Classé components, the different elements in the system are in constant communication, creating a “global” network that delivers system wide status information and shared operational features, all through the preamp/processor’s touchscreen display.

Note that some components will require a software update to recognize the AMP5 on the CAN-Bus. Check the Classé website periodically for updates.

CAN-Bus will allow a Classé touchscreen to:

• Display status information for every connected unit, including amplifiers which do not have a touchscreen display.

•Create a “PlayLink” that allows an SSP or Preamp to automatically switch to the correct input when a Delta series source component starts playback.

•Adjust the global system brightness.

•Configure the entire system to go in and out of standby at the touch of a button and also bring individual components in and out of standby.

•Mute any connected unit.