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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com Introduction i ® Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference Instructions for use PowerPlay 8500[...]

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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® T able Of Contents T able Of Contents ii ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Introduction ............................................................................................................[...]

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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com Introduction iii ® ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Read these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions WARNING. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT EX[...]

  • Page 4

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com Introduction iv ® ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 PowerPlay is a revolutionary power conditioner , which not only offers world class protection and noise reduction, but also of fers u[...]

  • Page 5

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 1 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Location Once your new PowerPlay is unpacked, you’ll need to nd a convenient place to set it. Mount[...]

  • Page 6

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 2 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Rear Panel Controls and Connectors 1. Ground binding post 7. Phone Jack 13. Reset Switch 2. IEC AC power[...]

  • Page 7

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 3 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Placement PowerPlay must be installed in a protected envir onment away from heat emitting devices. Do no[...]

  • Page 8

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 4 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 When the PowerPlay is plugged into the wall or when it recovers fr om a power failure it will run a shor[...]

  • Page 9

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 5 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Log into your account With the unit ID number in hand visit http://powerplay .psaudio.com. If you have n[...]

  • Page 10

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 6 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Control Panel – DEALERS AND INST ALLERS ONL Y The Control Panel is a dealer or installer’ s window t[...]

  • Page 11

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 7 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Device List From the Device List you can identify and select any PowerPlay r egistered to your account. [...]

  • Page 12

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 8 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 GlobalNet - Control T ab Once you have identied and selected the PowerPlay you would like to control,[...]

  • Page 13

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 9 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 GlobalNet - Configure T ab The CONFIGURE tab is the most powerful page for your PowerPlay . From this pa[...]

  • Page 14

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 10 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Power T oggle By clicking on the Power Switch you may turn the p ower t o the outlet on or off. Switch [...]

  • Page 15

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 1 1 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Program Delay The outlet will follow the state of the Power Button after a programmed delay . Note: Th[...]

  • Page 16

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 12 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 UPS Priority When PowerPlay is connected to a PS Audio PowerPack battery backup you may control how eac[...]

  • Page 17

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 13 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 ALERTS One of the most distinguishing features of PowerPlay is its ability to alert you to possible pro[...]

  • Page 18

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 14 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Performance The Performance tab will allow you to check up on your power conditions and the performance[...]

  • Page 19

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 15 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 IR Codes The IR Control tab allows you to setup your PowerPlay to issue IR commands to any connected de[...]

  • Page 20

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 16 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 There ar e 4 triggers which can be used to initiate automated IR commands: Master Power On: Follows the[...]

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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 17 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 In order to contr ol and congure PowerPlay via the internal website the unit must indicate a connect[...]

  • Page 22

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 18 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Master Power – T o alter the power state of your PowerPlay click on the System Power bar . When the M[...]

  • Page 23

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 19 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Control Panel – Configuration The Conguration page allows you to control some of the mor e advance[...]

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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 20 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Switch Mode Change the way each outlet interacts with the Master Power button by altering the switch mo[...]

  • Page 25

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 21 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 UPS Priority When PowerPlay is connected to a PS Audio PowerPack battery backup you may control how eac[...]

  • Page 26

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 22 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Control Panel – Infrared Codes The Infrared Codes page allows you to setup your PowerPlay to issue IR[...]

  • Page 27

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Installation and Operating Instructions Getting Started 23 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Control Panel – Network The Network page allows you to modify the network settings of your PowerPlay [...]

  • Page 28

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com W arranty 24 ® W arranty ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 PS Audio warrants the product designated herein to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship, subject to the following c[...]

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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com W arranty 25 ® W arranty ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 This warranty does not cover cosmetic damage or any damage due to accident, misuse, abuse, negligence or modication of, or to any part o[...]

  • Page 30

    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com Service 26 ® Service ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 In the unlikely event there is a problem with your PS Audio component, please contact your dealer , distributor , or the PS Audio corporate res[...]

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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com Service 27 ® Service ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved. Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 Service for PS Audio products outside the United States is handled through your country’s distributor or dealer . 1. Obtain a Return Authoriz[...]

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    4826 Sterling Drive, Boulder , CO 80301 PH: 720.406.8946 service@psaudio.com www .psaudio.com ® Owner’s Reference PowerPlay 8500 ©2012 PS Audio International Inc. All rights reserved.[...]