Arcam A80 manual Installation P80 power amplifer, Remote switching, + R, Audio In, Mono Link, + L

Installation: P80 power amplifer

POWER INLET

SP2 AUDIO LINK

	TRIG	4 – 16 OHMS		L
VOLTAGE	OUT
SELECT			SP1
	REMOTE			R
	IN	+ R –	+ L –
115/230V				IN OUT

Connecting to power, loudspeakers and other equipment

Follow the installation instructions for the amplifier on pages 4–6.

AUDIO IN

Connect this input to the output sockets of your pre-amplifier or the PRE OUT sockets of an amplifier.

MONO LINK

The power amplifier can be adapted to provide two mono loudspeaker outputs from a single input. Pull out the link supplied and use it to connect the L and R AUDIO OUT sockets together. Using one power amplifier per loudspeaker will enable you to bi-amplify bi-wireable loudspeakers.

This is particularly beneficial for top quality stereo installations with a separate pre-amplifier, or where amplifiers are provided for the left, centre and right channel loudspeakers in a five speaker Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital system.

Contact your Arcam dealer for more information.

‘Daisy chaining’

The power amplifier can be connected to further power amplifiers to drive more speakers (e.g. those in other rooms or tri-amplified speakers, etc).

Connect the extra power amplifier inputs to the AUDIO OUT sockets on the power amplifier, left to left, right to right.

Remote switching

By making a connection from the REMOTE IN socket of the P80 power amplifier to the TRIG OUT socket of the A80 amplifier, you can use the A80 to switch the power amplifier on and off. If configured in this way, the front panel POWER button of the A80 (or the POWER/STANDBY button on the remote control) switches both amplifiers on and off together. This facility allows you to conceal the power amplifier yet still control it.

The connecting cable required is a male 3.5mm to male 3.5mm jack lead (stereo or mono) and it is possible to connect several power amplifiers to an A80 by ‘daisy chaining’ from TRIG OUT of one P80 into the REMOTE IN of the next.

Signal detect

The P80 power amplifier features a signal-detecting circuit that automatically switches the unit on when an input signal is delivered to the amplifier. The unit switches into standby approximately 12 minutes after the signal source is switched off.

The signal detect feature is disabled by the supplied blank plug, or when a connection from the REMOTE IN socket to TRIG OUT of an A80 is made. Simply remove the blank plug from the REMOTE IN socket if you wish to use this feature.

A80/P80

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