Marantz MM8003 Basic Connections, Preparing The Connection Cables, English, Balanced Connections

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NAMES AND FUNCTION

BASIC CONNECTIONS

PREPARING THE CONNECTION CABLES	UNBALANCED CONNECTIONS
Provide the cables required by the component to	RCA audio cable
be used.

INPUT CONNECTOR SWITCHING

A BALANCED or UNBALANCED input for the input connectors can be selected for each channel.

Input selector switches

CONNECTIONS	BASIC
OPERATION
CONNECTIONS	ADVANCED
TROUBLESHOOTING
OTHERS

BALANCED CONNECTIONS

XLR audio cable

PUSHMale Female

qThis amplifi er uses XLR connectors, which are widely used in professional audio applications, for the BALANCED connectors. Their features are described below.

•Due to their 3-pin construction, the music signals can be transmitted as balanced signals, and the effects of extraneous noise are minimal.

•Their connect/disconnect locking mechanism minimizes any shakiness in the connector area and performs high reliability.

wFor professional audio applications, the XLR connectors can be connected in the following two ways.

1. European system (pin w = hot, pin e = cold)

HOT GND

2 1

3 COLD

2. U.S. system (pin w = cold, pin e = hot)

REMOTE CONTROL CONNECTIONS

RCA cable (accessory)

(This cable is required to connect the AV8003 or other Marantz component to this amplifier.)

SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

Speaker cable

CHANNEL 8	CHANNEL 7	CHANNEL 6	CHANNEL 5	CHANNEL 4	CHANNEL 3	CHANNEL 2	CHANNEL 1 U
(OPTION)	(C)	(SBR)	(SBL)	(SR)	(SL)	(R)	(L)
UNBALANCED	UNBALANCED	UNBALANCED	UNBALANCED	UNBALANCED	UNBALANCED	UNBALANCED	UNBALANCED
BALANCED	BALANCED	BALANCED	BALANCED	BALANCED	BALANCED	BALANCED	BALANCED
PUSH	PUSH	PUSH	PUSH	PUSH	PUSH	PUSH	PUSH

B

BALANCED:

The XLR audio cable is used for connection with the control amplifier.

UNBALANCED:

The RCA audio cable is used for connection with the control amplifier.

Notes:

•Select the input, whether balanced or unbalanced, before turning on the power. Failure may occur if it is selected after the power has already been turned on.

•If the amplifi er input and input selector switch settings are incorrectly matched, no sound will be output from the amplifier.

COLD 2	1 GND
	3
HOT

eThe XLR connectors on this amplifier use the European system in 1. above. If a pre-amplifier or control amplifi er with connectors using the U.S. system is connected to this amplifi er using balanced cables, the signal phase will be reversed.

To correct the signal phase, reverse the connections of pins w and e of the XLR connector at one end of the cable.

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