Cary Audio Design SA-500.1 manual

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    OWNER’S MANUAL ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SA-500.1 P ower Amplier NOTE: Bef ore installing your new component, p[...]

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    TA BL E OF C ON TENTS Impo rta n t S af e ty Instructions ............................................................................................................. 2 Welcome Product F eat ur es .................................................................................................................................. 4 U np ac ki ng and I[...]

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    IMP OR T AN T SAFETY INST RUC TIONS W AR NING: The tri angle with th e li g htnin g fl as h s ymbol di sp lay ed on the un it a dv i ses the user of dangerous un - i nsulat ed v o lta ge i n s i de the pr o du ct ’s enclo s ur e. CAUT ION: To re du ce th e risk of electri c shock , do not r em ov e the c ov e r. T he re a re no user -serv icea b [...]

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    IMP OR T AN T SAFETY INST RUC TIONS 15. REPL ACEM ENT PA RTS: When replac ement parts a re re qu ire d, be sure th e serv ice tec hn ic ia n h as use d repl acemen t parts specifi ed b y the manuf act ur er o r tho se havin g the s am e chara cteristi cs as th e origina l parts . Un autho r ized substi tuti ons may result in fi re, e lectri c s ho [...]

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    W EL COME PRODUC T FEAT UR E S Thank y ou for purchasin g t he SA- 500.1 p owe r am p li f ie r. T he introd uction of t he SA -500.1 so li d-stat e po we r am p li fier rep resent s a n all ne w am p li f ie r design . It em bodie s a new m od u la r ap proac h t hat ens ur es c on sistency i n perfor ma nce , a nd ea se of manufacture a nd serv i[...]

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    W EL COME T he SA -500.1 powe r am p li f ie r f eat ur es i n cl ud e: Single- e nd e d R C A or XLR balan ce d i np u ts 500 Watts/8 ohms; 1 000 Watts/4 ohms R em ote tri gg e r (works w it h +3.3 to +24 Vol ts D C) Ove rbu il t po we r suppl y em ploy s a ma ss i ve 1500 kV A powe r transfor me r a nd i n e x ce ss of 82,000 u F of ca p acitan c[...]

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    W EL COME UN PACKING AND I NS TALL ATION Unp ac king Your Car y A ud i o De sign product was shi pp e d i n a cart on p articu la rly desi gne d to prote ct it s c on te n ts , a nd sp ec i al ca re has bee n take n to preve nt damage duri ng shi pp ing. Care fu ll y r em ov e your new compon e nt from it s p ac ki ng ca rt on a nd exami ne it cl o[...]

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    SPECIFICATION S Operati ng t he SA -500.1 am p li f ie r is a simple pro ce du r e since each unit is designed for l ong- te rm s ta bil it y in virtuall y an y ho me op erati ng s it uation. Howe v er, i f t he un it is ope rate d o utsi de the par am e te rs ou tline d i n this owne r’s ma nu al , damag e ma y o cc ur . Ple ase r ea d this ma n[...]

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    C ON TROLS AN D DISPL AY S FRON T P AN EL PO WER BU TT ON T he Powe r Bu tt on performs no function whe n t he amp li f ie r is po wered off w it h th e r ea r panel Mas te r Powe r Sw it c h. Whe n t he r ea r panel Mast e r Powe r Sw itch is po wered on, t he SA -500.1 is i n S ta ndby m od e . Pre ss i ng t he front pan el Pow e r Butt on whe n [...]

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    C ON TROLS AN D DISPL AY S REAR P AN EL 1. UN BALA NC ED ( RCA) IN PUT JA CK P ro v ide s unb ala n ce d au dio input fr om source. 2. BALANCE D (XLR) IN PUT JA CK P ro v ide s balan ce d a udio input fr om source. No te : Please use bala n ce d OR unbalan ce d connect or s. D o NO T use bo t h. Never m a k e or b re a k co nn ec tions t o the SA -[...]

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    C ON TROLS AN D DISPL AY S D o no t co nn ec t the out p ut s of the SA -50 0.1 to the out pu ts of o t her a mp li fiers o r to a speake r sw i tc hb ox or volume c ont r ol wi th a c om m on gro un d . I f y ou are unsu re , chec k w i th Cary Au d i o o r th e m a nu fa ctu re r of the de vice . Fa il ure to f o ll ow th is can damage y o ur a m[...]

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    SERV ICE A ND CAR E CAR E AND CLE AN ING U np l ug t he un it from t he wall ou tlet. C l ea n t he ca binet housi ng and front panel of th e SA- 500.1 w it h a so ft cl ot h a nd a g la ss cl eaner (suc h a s Wi nd e x). Removi ng t he c ov e r duri ng clean i ng is not advised. T he fr eq ue nc y of cleani ng w il l var y based on the c lean li n[...]

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    LIMITED WARR ANTY Cary Audio Warran ts to the original Uni ted States purchaser for use in the United States the Following Cary Au dio Produc ts for the Perio ds Indicated: 1. Power Am plifiers, Integrated A mplifiers, Surround So und Processors, an d Preamplifiers have a three (3) year part s and labor wa rranty from the date of the origi nal purc[...]

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    LIMITED WARR ANTY What Will We Pay For? We will pay for all labor a nd mate rial expenses for items covered b y the warranty. Pa yment of shipping charges is disc ussed in the next section of this w arranty. How You Can G et Service? In the event that the owner needs to return the u nit to Cary Audio for service or repa ir of a possible defect, he [...]

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    LIMITED WARR ANTY How State Law Relat es to the Warranty Some states do not allow limitations on how lo ng an implied wa rranty lasts and/or do not allow the exclusion or limitation o f incidental or consequentia l damages, so the a bove limitations or ex clusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives yo u specific legal rights, and yo u may al[...]

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    CARY A UDIO DESIGN 1020 Goodworth Drive, Apex, NC 27539 phone 919-355-0010 fax 919-355-0013 www.caryaudio.com oooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo[...]