McIntosh C45 owner manual Installation

	Installation
Installation
The C45 can be placed upright on a table or shelf, standing	operation. Allow at least 2 inches (5.08cm) above the top, 2
on its four feet. It also can be custom installed in a piece of	inches (5.08cm) below the bottom and 1 inch (2.54cm) on
furniture or cabinet of your choice. The four feet may be	each side of the Audio Control Center, so that airflow is not
removed from the bottom of the C45 when it is custom in-	obstructed. Allow 17 inches (43.18cm) depth behind the
stalled as outlined below. The four feet together with the	front panel. Allow 1-1/8 inch (2.9cm) in front of the mount-
mounting screws should be retained for possible future use	ing panel for knob clearance. Be sure to cut out a ventila-
if the C45 is removed from the custom installation and used	tion hole in the mounting shelf according to the dimensions
free standing. The required panel cutout, ventilation cutout	in the drawing.

and unit dimen-

sions are

shown.

17-1/16"

Always pro-

43.34cm

vide adequate

ventilation for

your C45. Cool

C45 Front Panel

4-

operation en-

7/8"

sures the long-

Custom Cabinet Cutout

12.38cm

est possible op-

erating life for

any electronic

instrument. Do

not install the

C45 directly

Cutout Opening for Custom Mounting

above a heat

generating com-

Cabinet

ponent such as

Front

a high powered

Panel

amplifier. If all

the components

are installed in

C45 Side View

a single cabinet,

in Custom Cabinet

a quiet running

ventilation fan

Cutout Opening for Ventilation

can be a defi-

Support

Chassis

nite asset in

2"

Spacers

Shelf

maintaining all

5.08cm

the system com-

ponents at the

coolest possible

11-1/2"

1"

operating tem-

29.21cm

2.54cm

perature.

C45 Bottom View

14"

15-1/16"

A custom

in Custom Cabinet

Cutout Opening

38.26cm

35.56cm

cabinet installa-

for Ventilation

tion should pro-

vide the follow-

ing minimum

3/4"

spacing dimen-

10-5/8"

sions for cool

1.91cm

26.99cm

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