Parasound JC 1 Amplifier manual

JC 1 Amplifier

Owner’s Guide

Contents

Main THANK YOU! Congratulations and Thank You for Choosing Parasound The Parasound Staff Unpacking Your JC 1 Keeping Records for Future Reference YOU SHOULD KNOW JC 1 Amplifier PLACEMENT GUIDELINES FOR YOUR JC 1 Rack Mounting Your Parasound JC 1 Balanced Input Jack To Connect CONNECTING A STEREO PREAMPLIFIER OR A SURROUND CONTROLLER TO THE BALANCED INPUTS ON YOUR JC 1 2 Balanced XLR Jacks and Their Pin Conguration Page Correct Speaker Polarity is Important CONNECTING SPEAKERS TO YOUR JC 1 Speaker Terminals MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC TURN ON-OFF OPTIONS Start Sensitivity at 3 o'clock Switch in right Audio Signal position Page CONNECTING THE JC 1 TO TRIGGER ANOTHER COMPONENT What Youll Need: Before Connecting To Connect UNDERSTANDING THE INDICATORS AND CONTROLS ON THE JC 1 8 On and Off Indications for Both Manual and Automatic Modes High-Temp Indicator Ground Switch CONNECTING THE AC POWER CORD 9 AC Power Connections To Connect Page TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SERVICING YOUR JC 1 If All Else Fails-Call Us fo Help Procedure for Returning Your JC 1 to Parasound for Service We do not accept any of the following: Important Notice - Shipping the JC 1 TECHNICALLY SPEAKING 13 Audio Trigger Sensitivity Adjustment Balanced and Unbalanced Input Lines Choosing Interconnect Cables and Speaker Wire Signal Polarity TECHNICALLY SPEAKING continued Eliminating Ground Loops - Hum and Buzz Level Control - Omitted by Design Two Sets of Binding Posts PARASOUND JC 1 DESIGN OVERVIEW 15 Designed by John Curl and CTC Builders The Power Supply Relay-Bypassed Soft Start Circuit Complementary Configuration PARASOUND JC 1 DESIGN OVERVIEW continued Class A/AB Operation Total Protection - DC Servos Total Protection - Relays Total Protection - Current Overload PARASOUND JC 1 SPECIFICATIONS