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BBE® CONNECTIONS AND OPERATION
Figure 3: BBE SAT Module Controls and Indicators
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1.Status LEDs: Illuminate to show if the BBE process is ON, and how much processing (+6dB or +9dB) is being applied.
2.BBE ON/OFF switch: In the OFF EXT. position, BBE processing is bypassed; in the ON position BBE processing is applied.
•When this switch is in the OFF EXT. position BBE processing can be automatically activated when an external control voltage is applied to the BBE ON/OFF EXT. CTRL. connector.
3.BBE ON/OFF EXT. CTRL. connector: When a control voltage appears at this connection and the BBE ON/OFF switch is in the OFF EXT. position, BBE processing is automatically activated.
•The connection accepts AC or DC control voltages between 5V and 24V.
4.BOOST LEVEL +6dB EXT./+9dB switch: Sets the amount of BBE processing being applied to either +6dB or +9dB.
•When this switch is in the +6dB EXT. position the amount of BBE pro- cessing being applied can be automatically changed to +9dB when an external control voltage is applied to the BOOST LEVEL EXT. CTRL. con- nector.
5.BOOST LEVEL EXT. CTRL. connector: When a control voltage appears at this connection, and the BOOST LEVEL switch is in the +6dB EXT. position, the amount of BBE processing being applied is automatically changed to +9dB.
•The connection accepts AC or DC control voltages between 5V and 24V.
High-Pass Filter Settings (Figure 4)
The 275 SE and 275X3 SE have
IMPORTANT: The
To bypass the
1.The jumper pins are located in the marked area of the BBE SAT module circuit board, as shown in the upper portion of Figure 4.
2.As shown in the lower portion of Figure 4, remove the shorting sleeves from their
Figure 4: BBE SAT Module High-Pass Filter Jumpers
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BBE SAT MODULE CIRCUIT BOARD
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BBE SAT Module Connections
Systems With No External Control Capability (Figure 5)
1.Connect the BBE module’s Input jacks to the stereo
• If you’re operating the 275 SE in the bridged mode, use the R input only.
2.Connect the amplifier’s speaker outputs to the speakers.
3.If you wish to feed the source’s signal to additional amplifiers, connect them to the BBE module’s Output jacks.
Note: The signal sent through the module’s Output jacks is not BBE processed.
Systems With External Control Capability (Figure 6)
The BBE sound enhancement process can be activated and the amount of BBE processing changed by an external control voltage. This allows an audio system with two different sources to employ BBE processing for only one source, or to employ different amounts of BBE processing for the different sources.
Figure 6 shows a system with two sources (such as would be used in a doctor’s office): a CD player playing uncompressed audio that doesn’t require BBE processing, and an iPort™ with an iPod® playing compressed audio files that could benefit from BBE enhancement. Both sources are connected to a Sonance AL1
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