Parasound P 5 Home Theater Bypass Input, Connecting the Bypass Input, Selecting the Bypass Input

Home Theater Bypass Input

The Bypass input jacks are used to incorporate the P 5 into a surround sound system. This enables you to use the power amplifier (or two channels of a multi-channel amp) driving your Left and Right front speakers and subwoofer(s) with stereo sources connected to the P 5 and with your surround sound system. The Bypass input works by passing the incoming L, R and Sub channels directly through to the L, R and Sub output jacks. None of the P 5 circuits or controls has any effect on the bypassed signals. The P 5 is thus transparent to the Left, Right and Subwoofer(s) outputs from your surround sound processor or receiver and passes them on to your amplifier(s) and Subwoofer(s).

Note: In order to use the P 5 Bypass function your surround sound receiver must have line level preamp output jacks.

The P 5’s Bypass function is a direct connection between its L, R and Sub Bypass Input jacks and its Main and Sub output jacks. All controls are excluded from the bypass signal path.

Adjusting the P 5 Volume will not change the volume level of the Bypass input

The Bass and Treble Tone controls do not function; frequency response is flat, regardless of how these controls are adjusted.

The Left/Right Balance control does not function; channel balance is equal, regardless of how this control is adjusted.

The Main Outputs are full range, regardless of the crossover settings

The Sub Outputs are full range, regardless of the crossover settings

The exclusions above are intentional so your surround sound receiver (or processor)’s bass management menu settings and volume control) function normally when you are listening to surround sound with the Left, Right and Sub channels routed through the P 5. Please see the owner’s manual for your surround sound receiver or processor to set the proper speaker levels, distance and bass management. If you have already calibrated your surround sound system, there is no need to recalibrate your system after adding the P 5. Don’t forget that the volume control on the P 5 does not work when the Bypass Input is selected. Use the volume control on your surround sound AVR or processor.

Connecting the Bypass Input

Connect your surround sound receiver’s Left, Right & Sub(s) preamp output jacks to the P 5’s Left, Right & Sub(s) Bypass Input jacks. With a single subwoofer you can use either the Sub 1 or Sub 2 Input jacks.

Note: Two Bypass Subwoofer Input jacks are included in case you have two subwoofers and your surround receiver includes two Subwoofer out jacks.

Selecting the Bypass Input

The Bypass Input can be selected by two different methods:

P 2 is Already Turned On:

When the P 5 is turned on you can select the Bypass input with the remote control or the front panel Input selector knob.

P 2 is Turned Off:

The Bypass input is automatically selected whenever the P 5 is turned off. This makes it easy to use your surround sound equipment even without turning the P 5 on.

Note: Do not connect a source component such as a cd player, blu-ray player, tape deck or tuner directly to the bypass input. Since there is no volume control with this input the full voltage output of the source will go directly to the power amplifier. The sound level could be extremely high and could damage your speakers and hearing.

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