Arcam A38 manual

A38/P38 HANDBOOK Int egrated an d power amplier s English[...]

E-2 saf ety guidelines Impor tant safety instructions is p rod uct is designed and man ufact ured to mee t strict quality and safety stan dards. H ow ever , y ou should be aware o f the follo wing installation a nd operation precaut ions. 1. T ake heed of warnings and instructions Y ou s hould read all the sa fety and opera ting ins truction s b[...]

E-3 English we lco me an k you a nd co ngr at ula tio ns for p ur ch asin g you r A r cam FMJ A mpli er . A rc am has b een pr odu cing s pecia list a ud io pr oducts o f rem ar ka ble q ual ity fo r over t hr ee decad es an d the n ew A38 and P38 a mp li ers ar e th e la tes t in a lo ng l ine o f aw ar d winn i ng H iFi.  e des ign of[...]

E-4 ove r v i ew Arca m ’ s A38 In te grat ed Am pli er – a nd i ts co m panio n P38 P o wer Am plier – p ro vide c lass-l eading sound quality . e A38 fea tur es a num ber o f new t echno logies which practically eliminate thermal modula tion of aud io sign als, en surin g truly d ynam ic an d thrillin g repr oduction. New o utp ut [...]

E-5 English Placing the unit < Place the am pl ier o n a l evel, rm surf ace, avo iding direct sunlight a nd sources of h eat or d amp. < Do no t plac e the A3 8 on top of a pow er am p lier or other sour ce of heat. < Do not place the am plier in an enclosed space such as a bookcase or closed cabinet unless ther e is good pro [...]

E-6                                 ?[...]

E-7 English Audio inputs Altho ugh the in put s ar e la belled f or s pecic devic es, all hav e the same cha racteris tics a nd eac h ma y be used with an y line-level prod uct. e exception is the o ptional Phono in pu t (see page 16 for specication). DVD In tended for the a nalogue outp uts fro m a DVD-pla yer . AV In tended for the a nal[...]

E-8 loudspeakers Notes on making speaker connections < Do no t make an y co nnectio ns to a ny am plie r while i t is s witc hed o n. W e reco mmen d tha t your am plier is co mplete ly disconnected from the main s supp ly before s tarting. < Before switchin g your am plier(s) o n for the rst time aer co nnecting to speakers, p[...]

E-9 English Single wiring Both the A 38 an d P38 ar e design ed fo r b i-wirin g, whic h is wh y th ere ar e du pli cat e speake r terminals on the back. Fo r single wiring, we reco mmend that yo u use the lower set of speaker terminals on your a mplier . If each speaker has mor e than one pa ir of connecting terminals, use the terminals labelle[...]

E-10 Switching the A38 on e POWER butt on switc hes the unit on a nd o; alte rnati vel y , the uni t ca n be swi tch ed in a nd o ut of stand-by m ode by pres sing the 2 bu tt on o n the rem ote contr ol handset. e po wer l ight (next to the ‘ A38 I nt egra ted A mp lier ’ text) indicat es the state of the a mplier: 1. A red ligh[...]

E-11 English Adjusting listening settings e A38 allows you t o customise various f eatur es of the amp lier to t yo ur system. U se t his diagram to he lp you naviga te through the a vailable congura tion op tions. In the diagram, the con trol kno b is shown as . No rmally , the display shows the curren t vol ume and the contr ol knob i[...]

E-12 Inser ting batteries int o the remote c ontrol 1. Open the battery compartment b y pr essing the butt on on the back o f the handset. 2. Insert four ‘ AAA ’ batteries in to the batt ery compa rtment – two facing the to p of the unit, and two facing the end , as in the diagram. 3. Lower the end ca p o n to the plas tic loca ting pla te in[...]

E-13 English                           ?[...]

E-14 P3 8 connections                      ?[...]

E-15 English Remote switching By making a connection fro m the TRIG OUT sock et o f the A38 In tegrated Am plier to the REMOTE IN sock et of your P38, y ou can use the A38 to swit ch the power am plie r on and o. If congur ed in this way , the front pa nel POWER b utt on of the A38 (or the 2 b ut to n on the r emot e co ntr ol) switches[...]

E-16 A38 P38 Continuo us power o utp ut (20Hz—20kHz a t 0.5% THD), per channel Both channels, 8 Ω , 20Hz—20kH z 100W 100W Single channe l, 8 Ω , 20Hz—20kHz 150W 150W Both channels, 4 Ω , 20Hz—20kH z 140W 140W Single channe l, 4 Ω , at 1kH z 200W 200W Ha rmonic disto rtion, 80% power , 8 Ω at 1kHz 0.005% 0.005% Inputs Phono in pu t[...]

E-17 English T roublesho oting If y ou ar e ha ving tro uble with y our am plie r , check th e followin g items. No sound Check the following: < Both the A38 and (if applica ble) P38 power - amp liers are swi tched on. < e amp lier is not m uted (indica ted on the A38 by Muted being shown o n the fron t-panel). < e selected [...]

E-18 pro du ct guarantee W orldwide Guarantee is entitles yo u to ha ve the unit repa ired free of cha rge, d uring the rst two year s aer pur chase, a t any a utho rised Arcam distribut or pr ovided that i t was originally pur chased fro m an au thori sed Ar cam deal er or distri bu tor . e man ufact urer can tak e no r espon sib ility[...]