Parasound P 3 manual

P 3 Preamplifier

Owner’s Guide

Contents

Page THANK YOU Congratulations and Thank You for Choosing Parasound The Parasound Staff Keeping Records for Future Reference TABLE OF CONTENTS UNPACKING AND PLACEMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE P CONNECTING A SOURCE COMPONENT TO THE BALANCED DIRECT 1 INPUTS ON THE P CONNECTING A SOURCE COMPONENT TO THE UNBALANCED DIRECT 1 INPUTS ON THE P CONNECTING A SOURCE COMPONENT TO THE P UNBALANCED DIRECT 2 INPUTS Direct 2 Unbalanced Input Jacks CONNECTING A TURNTABLE OR OTHER COMPONENT TO THE AUX INPUTS ON THE P Connecting a Source Component to the Aux Inputs on the P Connecting Another Source Component to the Aux Inputs on the P CONNECTING OTHER SOURCE COMPONENTS TO THE CD AND TUNER INPUTS ON THE P What You’ll Need For Each Input Connection: CONNECTING AN ANALOG TAPE DECK TO THE P CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL SIGNAL PROCESSING COMPONENT TO THE P 3 EXTERNAL LOOP JACKS CONNECTING THE P 3 TO THE BALANCED INPUTS ON CONNECTING THE P 3 TO THE UNBALANCED INPUTS ON YOUR POWER AMPLIFIER CONNECTING AN INFRARED REPEATER SYSTEM TO THE P TURNING ON THE P 3 WITH AN EXTERNAL TRIGGER VOLTAGE TRIGGERING ON ANOTHER COMPONENT FROM THE P 3’S TRIGGER OUTPUT JACK RS232 CONTROL Connecting a Controller to the RS232 Port of the P CONNECTING THE P 3 AC POWER CORD AC Power Connections AC Voltage Selection Switch Turning the P 3 On and Off Adjusting the Volume Level Muting the Main Outputs Selecting the Input Source Adjusting the Balance Level Adjusting Bass and Treble Tone Phones Jack P 3 FRONT PANEL AND REMOTE CONTROL P 3 - T 3 Remote Buttons Controls P 3 Front Panel TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Main Power Fuse SERVICING YOUR P If All Else Fails –CallUs for Help Procedure for Returning Your P 3 to Parasound for Service Important Notice - Shipping the P TECHNICALLY SPEAKING Balanced and Unbalanced Input Lines Direct Inputs External Loop In / Out Connections Output Connections 23TECHNICALLY SPEAKING continued DC Trigger Input Jack DC Trigger Output Jack External Remote Input and Loop Out Front Panel Display PARASOUND P 3 DESIGN OVERVIEW Parts Selection The Power Supply Audio Circuit Path Topology Functionality 25PARASOUND P 3 SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Response Maximum Input Level Total Harmonic Distortion Signal-to-NoiseRatio