Cambridge Audio 350A user manual Front panel controls

Front panel controls

Volume

azur 350A

Integrated Amplifier

				Bass	Treble	Balance
On / Off	MP3 In	Phones	Speaker B	Direct		MP3	CD	Tuner / DAB	BD / DVD	Aux	Tape Mon

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1Power On/Off

Switches the unit on or off.

2MP3 Input

This source input allows you to connect a portable audio device such as an MP3 player, plugged into either the rear panel Phono/RCA input pair (labelled ‘MP3’) or the front panel 3.5mm stereo-jack input (labelled ‘MP3 In’).

Press the MP3 button on the front panel to select the input, or insert a device into the front panel socket which automatically selects the input and overrides the rear Phono/RCA sockets.

7Infrared sensor

Receives IR commands from the supplied Azur remote control. A clear, unobstructed line of sight between the remote control and the sensor is required.

8Volume

Use to increase or decrease the level of the sound from the outputs of the amplifier. This control affects the level of the loudspeaker output, the preamp output and the headphone output. It does not affect the Rec Out connections. It is advisable to turn the Volume control fully anti-clockwise before switching the amplifier on.

3Phones

Allows for the connection of headphones with a ¼" jack plug connector. Headphones with an impedance of between 32 and 600ohms are recommended. When the headphones are connected, the loudspeaker relay is released switching off the output to the loudspeakers (speakers A and B).

4Speaker B

Turns on/off the secondary set of loudspeaker terminals on the back panel. This can be used for listening to an extra set of loudspeakers in another room.

Please note that care should be taken when selecting if two loudspeakers are going to be used on each channel. If the combined resistance measured on the loudspeaker terminals is too low the amplifier may not switch out of Standby mode until a suitable load resistance is detected.

Note: When using two pairs of speakers, use speakers with a nominal impedance of between 6-8 ohms each.

5Direct

This control gives the audio signal a more direct path to the power amplifier stage of your amplifier, bypassing the bass and treble control circuits for the purest possible sound quality.

6Bass and Treble

These controls allow subtle adjustments to the tonal balance of the sound. In the central position these controls have no effect. They only modify the sound through your loudspeakers and do not affect the signals sent through the Rec Out connections. With a well-produced CD and a good system, the tone controls are unnecessary and can be switched out by the ‘Direct’ switch. If the musical recording is of poor quality or other factors are affecting the sound quality, it may be necessary to adjust the tone controls to compensate.

9Balance

This control allows you to adjust the relative output levels of the left and right channels. In the central position the output from each channel is equal. This control only modifies the sound through your loudspeakers – it does not affect the signals sent through the Rec Out connections.

10CD, Tuner/DAB, BD/DVD, Aux

Push the appropriate input selection button to select the source component that you wish to listen to. The signal selected is also fed to the Tape Out sockets so that it may be recorded. The input should not be changed whilst recording (but the recorded signal can be checked using the tape input Tape Monitor).

11Tape Monitor

This control lets you listen to the output signal from a tape recorder or signal processor connected to the amplifier's Tape In/Rec Out sockets. When Tape Monitor is selected, the source component chosen by the input selection buttons continues to be routed to the Rec Out sockets for recording or processing.

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