Parasound P 7 manual Using The Bypass Mode With A Surround Receiver

CONNECTING YOUR P 7: OTHER CONNECTIONS 11

AC POWER CORD

The IEC standard AC cord supplied with your P 7 is an audiophile-grade component. Please connect it directly to an AC wall outlet that is always “live.” If possible, plug your P 7 into the same AC outlet that your accompanying audio components (particularly your source components and power amplifi ers) are plugged into. If different AC outlets are used the ground potential may be higher or lower between the outlets, resulting in audible hum.

AC POWER SWITCH

This switch is provided to turn the P 7 completely off when it will not be used for an extended time. Normally, this switch is left in the “on” position (upper section is pressed in).

USING THE BYPASS MODE WITH A SURROUND RECEIVER

The Theater Bypass feature of the P 7 allows you to integrate the all-analog P 7 into a system which also uses a digital surround sound receiver. By combining the P 7 with a high quality power amplifi er and a surround receiver, you can achieve superior reproduction of your analog sources while continuing to use your surround receiver to decode digital sources. Because an external power amplifi er will be of a higher quality than the amplifi er stage built into your surround receiver, you will also be getting upgraded sound for all of your digital sources as well.

When the P 7 Bypass mode is selected in the Setup menu (see page 15), the P 7 volume level is

fixed at unity gain (unity gain means that the output level equals the input level) and the volume level knob and remote control buttons for volume are inactive . In this case, the system volume level is completely controlled by the separate digital surround receiver. The Theater Bypass mode can only be used with the multichannel inputs (Inputs 9 and 10).

WARNING: Never connect a source component such as a DVD player directly to one of the P 7’s Multichannel Inputs with the Theater Bypass mode activated. Since the P 7 volume level is fixed the resulting sound level will be very high and could damage your speakers. The Theater Bypass mode is intended only for use with components such as surround sound receivers and processors which have their own volume controls

For information about activating the Theater Bypass mode, see page 15.