•The oscillator board is fully inserted with the electronic components facing the front of the Power Plant.
•If the Power Plant is powered on with the oscillator card inserted backwards, the Power Plant will require service from an authorized PS Audio dealer.
Replace the bottom cover - P300
If your P300 has a fan, reattach the fan wire to the main board. It should be reconnected to plug J9. The connector will only fit on in one direction as the plugs are
Before reinstalling the bottom cover of the P300, notice the gray support strip on the inside of the bottom cover. The groove in this support strip aligns with the edge of the oscillator board. Replace the bottom cover of the P300. Align the top of the oscillator board with the groove in the gray support strip. When they are aligned, press down on the bottom cover. It will snap into place when properly aligned. Sorry, the trusty den- tists mirror will not help you here.
In the case of the support strip not being attached to the bottom cover, simply attach the support strip to the top edge of the oscillator card before replacing the bottom cover.
Replace the screws in the bottom cover.
Replace the top cover - P600/P1200
Line the top cover up against the front bezel of the Power Plant. This should help in lining up the Allen screw holes.
Replace the Allen screws in the top cover.
Place the MultiWave II+ sticker on the back of your Power Plant
Testing the Power Plant
To make sure everything is
•Plug the Power Plant into a power source. Do not plug anything into the back of the unit at this time.
•If you have a P300 ensure the back panel switch is on. Up is ON.
•Next, press the front panel power switch.
The Power Plant front panel should indi- cate [Sin] If it does, the Power Plant is fully operational and you are now a certified PS Audio MultiWave II+ upgrade installer. We are proud of you, but you may want to keep your day job.
•Don’t forget to remove the
YOU’RE DONE! Really. But keep that den- tist mirror close by. Who knows what micro- chips or teeth might need inspecting.
NOW, hold on to your favorite listening chair and experience MultiWave II+. We are quite sure you will be as amazed as we were the first time we listened. Use Clean Sweep and do a full system clean after every- thing’s turned on and ready to go.
Its benefitrs become addicting after a while so Clean Sweep the system before every serious listening session.
If you have any questions about the instal- lation process, stop and contact us. We are here to help.
MultiWave II+ Operation
Notice of MultiWave II+ operation:
Any turntable or equipment with AC synchronous motors, such as some cooling fans should not be used with MultiWave patterns. This type of equipment must be used with 60Hz sin mode.
We recommend the use of the sine wave [sin], or TubeWave™ [tub] with any type of tube based audio products.
There are five available display modes on the front panel of the Power Plant. The Mode button will cycle through the following five modes:
1.Waveform setting
2.Frequency generated (sin mode only)
3.Voltage produced
4.Wattage produced
5.Display blanking mode
6.Clean Sweep
Waveform setting
This mode will display the name of the
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waveform presently being generated. For more information about each of the MultiWave settings, see the MultiWave II+ Waveforms section of the manual.
Frequency generated
The frequency setting will only be displayed if the Waveform menu is set to Sin.
This mode will display the frequency the Power Plant is generating. The frequency can be adjusted in 1 hertz increments from 50Hz to 120Hz by using the Up and Down buttons. The default setting is 60Hz.
New with MultiWave II+ is the ability to fine tune the frequency which is particularly useful with turntables.
Frequency Fine Tuning Turntables
1)After selecting the desired frequency, press the Mode Up Button. This will take you to the frequency fine tuning menu.
2)You can go up or down in 0.0625Hz steps up to a full +/- 1hz of range. The display will read
3)If you change the main frequency, the fine tuning value will be cleared.
Voltage produced
This mode will display the output voltage of the Power Plant. Note: the voltage figure will be flashing. The output voltage can be adjusted in 1 volt increments by using the Up and Down buttons. The range varies depending on the Power Plant model:
•100 volt model ranges from 95 - 105 v. Default setting is 100 volts.
•120 volt model ranges from 100 - 120 v. Default setting is 117 volts.
•240 volt model ranges from 220 - 240 v.
Default setting is 240 volts. (adjustments in 2 volt increments)
As long as the voltage to the Power Plant does not deviate more than 10% below normal it will continue to output the voltage displayed on the front panel.
Wattage produced
This mode will display, in
accurately on the Power Plant's meter. For true power consumption figures consult the owners manual of the connected product.
Under normal operation a green LED will illuminate. A yellow LED will indicate a heavy load and is not recommeded for continous operation. A red LED indicates an overload or fault mode.
Display Blanking
This mode allows discrete front panel operation by blanking the display. The PS logo will continue to illuminate in blue to indicate that the unit is operational.
Clean Sweep
Clean Sweep is a revolutionary new feature of the Power Plant that, in effect, cleans and demagnetizes the power supplies and power cables of all connected equipment.
We recommend running this feature before every serious listening session. There is a 60 second Clean Sweep mode, which is to be used for initial cleaning before listening. There is a Quick Sweep mode that will clean for 5 seconds and is designed for use as a touch up cleaning action when needed.
1)Press the Mode Up Or Mode Down Button until the word CLEAN appears on the display.
2)For a full system cleaning process (60 seconds), press the edit down button.
3)For a quick clean (5 seconds), press the edit up button.
4)The cleaning process is complete once the countdown stops and the world CLEAN is displayed on the display.
MultiWave II+ Waveforms
[sin] sine wave
In the sine wave mode the Power Plant will generate a perfect sine wave
[tub] TubeWave
TubeWave is specifically designed to opti- mize the performance of tube based audio products.
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