Talk electronic Cyclone Remote Control Operation, Rear Panel, Bi-Wiring, External Dc Connection

one and record on the other. Whilst Tape 1’s output is permantly connected to Tape 2’s record out sockets you will need to select Tape 2 in the record mode to send the output of tape 2 to the record sockets of Tape 1.

REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION.

The Cyclone’s remote control window is situated at the bottom of the front panel just to the left of the volume control. The remote control handset must have an unobstructed view of this window in order to pass instructions to the amplifier.

The handset duplicates all the control functions of the amplifier’s front panel and is RC5 compatible .

The output sockets are marked LEFT and RIGHT to indicate which channel is which. Each channel’s red terminal is its positive connection and the black terminal is the negative. There are two sets of each to facilitate bi-wiring.

Cyclone amplifiers are suitable for use with most current loudspeaker systems with an impedance rating between 4 and 16 Ohms. Contact your dealer if you have a particularly unusual loudspeaker system and are uncertain about how your amplifier might react to it. Under all normal circumstances the amplifier is well protected against encounters with demanding speakers: it has thermal protection, voltage and current limiting and DC offset protection.

REAR PANEL

POWER CONNECTIONS

The Cyclone’s mains switch is fitted on the right of the rear panel, when viewed from the rear. Use this to switch off the amplifier completely. Below or to the side of it is an IEC socket into which the supplied mains lead fits. If an internal fuse should blow i.e. the blue LED will not illuminate when the amplifier is not hot but plugged in and switched on, then the amplifier should be returned to your dealer for examination. Any replacement should only be of an identical type.

SIGNAL CONNECTIONS

All signal connections for the Cyclone use RCA phono sockets, which are clearly identified by legends on the rear panel. The uppermost connectors are for the left channel, and the lower ones for the right.

TURNTABLE SIGNAL CONNECTIONS

Phono equipped units leave our factory set up for use with moving coil cartridges. They can, however, be easily reconfigured to work with moving magnet cartridges. This involves no more than altering jumper settings on the amplifier’s circuit board.

If you do not feel confident about doing this yourself please return the amplifier to your dealer.

To change from the default (moving coil) setting to moving magnet setting:

Move the six red jumpers from the pins marked C to the corresponding pins marked M

Failure to position the jumpers correctly will cause no harm but will prevent the phono stage from operating properly.

SPEAKER CABLE CONNECTIONS

Cyclone amplifiers use gold-plated European saftey sockets. These are both designed to be touch proof and to be secure, good-sounding connections for speaker cables. These should be soldered for the best long term performance.

BI-WIRING

If you intend to bi-wire - or tri-wire - your loudspeakers, we recommend that you use cables fitted with the correct plugs.

EXTERNAL DC CONNECTION.

The Cyclone 2.1 integrated amplifier is equipped with an external DC socket, this allows the connection of an out board ‘Whirlwind’ DC power supply. This powers all of the pre-amplifier and micro-processor circuits and will lift the overall performance attainable from your amplifier, with better dynamics and stereo space. In order for this to work you will need to move the internal BLUE jumpers on the main PCB to the External position and then connect the Whirlwind to the DC socket. Once connected you should turn on the Whirlwind on first - to prevent switch on thumps, and then preferably leave it on and then use your Cyclone as usual.

Do not attempt this unless you are confident about what you are doing, your dealer will be happy to do this for you.

OPTIONAL 6 CHANNEL AV BUFFER INPUT / OUTPUT

The Cyclone 2.1 has provision for an internal AV buffer board to be fitted. This allows master volume control over all 6 channels required for AV home theatre applications. So if you have a DVD player with an internal Dolby AC3* processor you can connect this directly to your Cyclone 2.1 and simply add a Tornado AV3 power amplifier. It can also be used if you have a separate stand alone processor which has digital control over volume, just set it to maximum output and connect it in the same way. NOTE:- digital volume controls work by reducing the number of ‘bits’ used to describe the level, this means that at lower listening levels from maximum you loose vital information which as a result makes the sound flat and boring at lower listening levels -

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