Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto C2300 del fabbricante McIntosh
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McIntosh Laboratory , Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New Y ork 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 F AX: 607-724-0549 C2300 Owner ’ s Manual T ub e P re am pli f ie r.
2 The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “danger- ous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
3 Thank Y ou Y our decision to o w n t his McIntosh C23 0 0 T ube P rea mpli- f ier ra n k s y ou at the very t op among discr i mi nat ing music liste ners. Y ou no w have “The Best. ” T he Mc I ntosh dedica- tion to “Qu alit y , ” is assu r ance t hat you will receive many years of musi cal enj oyment f rom th is u nit.
4 X LR Connectors Bel o w is the Pi n conf igu r ation for the XLR Bala nced I nput and O ut put Connec tors on the C2300. R ef er to t he dia- g ra ms for connect ions: P I N 1 : Shiel d /G round P I.
5 Introduction C2300 Fe atures • Elect romagentic I npu t Sw itchi ng w ith Level T r i m Ad justment Digital L ogic integr ated ci rcuits d r ive E lect romag netic Switches on all Inputs a nd oper ati ng f u nctions for re liable , noise less, d istor t ion fr ee switch ing.
6 Dimensions Dimensions The foll owing di mensions can a ssist in dete r m in ing t he best locat io n for y ou r C23 00. Ther e is addit ional infor ma- tion on the next page per t ai ni ng to in sta lli ng the C23 00 into cabi nets. 17- 1/2 " 44.
7 Installation Installation The C2300 can b e placed upr ight on a table o r shelf, stand - ing on its four feet. It also can be cu stom in stal led in a piece o f f u r n itu re or cabi net o f y our choice . The four feet may be remo ved from t he bot tom o f the C2300 when it is custom i nst alled a s outlined b el ow .
8 Rear P anel Connections Rear P anel Connections The identi f ication o f Rear Panel Connec tions for the C23 00 T ube P rea mplif ier is located on a se par ate fo lded sheet contai ned in t he Ow ner’ s Ma nual Packet. Re fer to sepa rate sheet “ Mc 2A ” for the Rear Panel Connec - tions.
9 How to Con nect t he C2300 How to Con nect t he C2300 The C2300 has t he ability t o automatically switch pow er On / Off t o Mc I ntosh Sourc e Components via t he P ow er Control con nections. T he Data Por t Conne ctions al lo w for the remote ope rat ion o f ba si c f u nctions u sing the C23 00 Remote Con t rol.
10 F ront Panel Displa ys, Con trols, Push-bu ttons and Jack IR Se nsor r eceives com ma nds f rom a Remote Cont rol ST A N DB Y /ON Pu sh-but t on switch - es t he C2300 ON or OFF (Stan dby ) a nd re.
1 1 The C2300 f u nctionalit y is cont rolled b y inte r nal soft wa re that is k now as F ir mware. The V e rsion o f t he F i r mware in t he C23 00 ca n be identif ied at any ti me by utili zi ng the Set up Mode . 1 . Pre ss the SETU P P ush-butt on to acce ss the Set up Mode .
12 2. Pre ss the SETU P P ush-but ton to acce ss the Set up Mode . 3 . Rotat e the M EN U ( I N PUT) Cont rol unti l “T R IM T U N 0. 0” appea rs on t he F ront P anel Alphanu mer ic Display .
13 Setup, con ’t P ower Control T r iggers The OUT PUT 1 ( A ) a nd OUTPUT 2 ( B) P ow e r Control Out puts a re rea ssignable to activate only when a giv en Input is selected. I n the follo w ing example , the Po wer Con- t rol O U T PUT 1 ( A ) Jack will b e set to f u nct ion as TR IG- GER A f or t he D V D Input.
14 Remote Control P ush- Buttons Pr ess to Pow e r the C2300 ON or OFF Selects one of the n i ne available A udio Sou rc es Selects a D isc Play e r, M u sic Ser ver or T ape Rec order Fu nct ion and .
15 How to use the Remote Control How to use the Remote Control The sup plied Remo te Cont ro l is capable o f di re ctly con- t rolling t he f unc tions of con tempor ar y Mc I ntosh Sourc e Components con necte d to the C2300 T ube P reamplif ier .
16 How to Operate the C2300 P ow er On The Red LED abov e t he ST A N DB Y /ON Push-but ton lights to i ndicate the C2300 is con nected t o A C P ow er. T o Switch ON the C2 300, press the ST A N DB Y /ON P ush-but ton on the Fron t Panel o r the PWR ( Po wer ) Pu sh-butt on on the Remote Con t rol.
17 act iva te T one Bypa ss per for m the foll owing: 1 . Rotate the Fron t Panel TR I M SEL ECT Control or press the T R I M Pu sh-butt on on the Remote Con t rol until “TONE B YP ASS” appea r s on the F ront P anel Alpha- numer ic Display .
18 MET ER ILLUM I NA TION The C2300 F ront P anel Meter Illu mi nat ion ma y be switched O n or Off by per for mi ng the fo llo wi ng: 1 . Rotate the T R I M SELE CT Control or press t he TR I M Pu sh-butt on on the Remote Con t rol until “ MET ER ON” appea r s on the F ront P a nel Alphanu mer ic Displa y .
19 How to Operate the C2300, con’t Out pu t 1 and 2 Pre ss the Fron t Panel O U TPUT 1 / OUT PUT 2 P ush-but- ton or by using the Remote Control and pressi ng the 2nd Pu sh-butt on f ollo wed by the O UT PUT 1 / OUT PUT 2 Pu sh-butt on to send audio to sepa rat e P o wer Amplif ier s con nected t o the rea r pa nel O U T PUTS 1 or 2 J acks.
20 The McIntosh engi neer i ng staf f has c reate d a T ube Pre - amplif ier without compromise, using t he most advanced Mc I ntosh cir cuit desi g n concepts.
21 Control Circuit is u nacc ept abl e for use i n the C2300, as it does not match the classi c Mc I ntosh V olume Control Audio T aper . T he C23 0 0 i ncor por ates elect ronic circu itr y together .
22 Specif ications Specif ications Frequency Response + 0, -0.5dB f rom 20Hz t o 20 ,000H z + 0, - 1 d B f rom 1 0H z to 1 0 0, 00 0Hz T otal Har monic Di stort ion 0.
23 Packing Instructions In t he ev ent it is necessar y to re pack the equ ipment f or shipment, the e quipment must be packed exactly as sho w n belo w . I t is very i mpor t a nt that t he f our plast ic feet are at- ta ched to the bot tom of the equ ipment.
The continuous improvement of its products is the policy of McIntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice. Printed in the U.S.A. McIntosh Laboratory , Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, NY 13903 McIntosh Part No.
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