McIntosh C500 owner manual Installation

					Installation
Installation
The C500C, C500P and C500T can be placed upright on a				mounting panel for clearance. When the C500C, C500P and
table or shelf, standing on their four feet. The four feet, may				C500T are to be installed in cabinets refer to the		illustra-
be removed from the bottom of the C500C, C500P and				tion below . Be sure to cut out a ventilation hole in the
C500T when they are custom installed as outlined below.				mounting shelf according to the dimensions in the drawing.
The four feet, together with the mounting screws should be
retained for possible future use if the C500C, C500P and				1 Interconnect Cables are supplied with the C500P
C500T are removed from the custom installation and used				and C500T Preamplifiers and connect to the
free standing. They also can be custom installed in a piece				C500 Controller.
of furniture or cabinet of your choice. The required panel
cutout, ventilation cutout
and unit dimensions are				17-1/16"
shown.				43.34cm
Always provide ad-	C500C
equate ventilation for the
C500C, C500P and	C500P					4 -7/8"
	C500T
C500T. Cool operation en-
	Front Panel					12.38cm
sures the longest possible
	Cabinet Cutout
operating life for any elec-
tronic instrument. Do not
install the units directly
above a heat generating		Cabinet	2"	Cutout Opening for Custom Mounting
component such as a high
		Front	5.08cm
powered amplifier. If all		Panel
the components are in-		Opening for
stalled in a single cabinet,
		Ventilation
a quiet running ventilation	C500C
fan can be a definite asset
	C500P
in maintaining all the sys-
	C500T
tem components at the
	Side View in a
coolest possible operating	Partially Open
temperature.	Cabinet
A custom cabinet in-
stallation should provide				Cutout Opening for Ventilation
the following minimum				5-1/8"	Chassis	Support
spacing dimensions for					Spacers
		1-1/8"		13.02cm		Shelf
cool operation refer to the		2.86cm
illustration. Allow at least
2 inches (5.08 cm) above
the top of the C500C,		15/16"		14-3/4"
C500P and C500T, 2				37.47cm
	C500C	2.38cm
inches (5.08cm) below the
	C500P			Cutout		15"
bottom and 1 inch (2.54					14-1/4"
	C500T
cm) on each side of the				Opening	36.20cm	38.10cm
	Support Shelf
				for
Controller/Preamplifier, so	in Cabinet			Ventilation
that airflow is not ob-
structed. Allow 24 inches
(61.0cm) depth behind the
front panel1 for Intercon-	Notes: Center the Cutout Horizontally on the unit.				9-1/2"
nect Cables. Allow 1 inch
	For purposes of clarity, the above				24.13cm
(2.54 cm) in front of the	illustration is not drawn to scale.

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