Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CAD 200 Cary Audio Design
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OWNER’S MANUAL ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo CAD 500 MB Pure Balanced Mono P owe.
2 CONTEN TS _________________________________________________________ Welcome........................................................................................................................ .... 3-4 Introduction................................
3 WELC OME __________________________________________________________ Greetings to all of you! I would like to tell you the story on how the mono bloc solid state power amplifiers called the 500 MB came about. The 500 MB’s are a pair of discrete, true balanced 500 watt amplifiers.
4 devices. The amplifier also needed to be true fully balanced design to match some new preamplifier designs that I was completing. The basic prototypes were soun di ng much too good for our listening room at the factory. I took them h ome and I was now listenin g in my own living/list ening room.
5 INTRODUC TIO N ____________________________________________________ Congratulations! You have just purchased one of the fin e st solid stat e power amplifiers made. Whether in mono, stereo or in multi channel usage, the CAD 500 MB and the CAD 200 are audiophile quality power amplifiers.
6 SPECIFICAT IONS ___________________________________________________ This section describes the basic spec ifications of the CAD 500 MB or CAD 200 power amplifiers at the time of printing. Specifications are subject to chan ge without notice or obligation.
7 ............................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................... SENSITIVITY 1.42 Volts for full output .
8 INSTALLA TION _____________________________________________________ This section describes the unpackin g and insta llation procedures for your ne w component. CAUTION EQUIPMENT DAMAGE MAY OCCUR WITH IMPROPER FUSES. NEVER REMOVE / INSERT AC LINE CORD WHEN THE UNIT IS ON.
9 distances up to 10 feet, #12 for 25 feet. Most audio dealers will have proper speaker cable in stock for this purpose. Consul t your Author ized Cary Audio Design Dealer for advice about wire.
10 SERVICE AN D C ARE ________________________________________________ The chassis may be cleaned with a soft to wel and Windex® or a similar window cleaner. Spray it on the cleaning cloth to moi sten it, not o n the component. Do no t use solvents or harsh chemicals to clean the preamplifier.
11 AWA RDS ___________________________________________________________ The CAD 500 MB and CAD 200 power a mplifiers are der ived from the CAD 500 T power amplifier that sold for $8,000 as a multichannel audiophile power amplifie r. We firmly believe that you will enjoy with our Cary Classic solid state power amplifiers.
12 TROUBLESHOOTIN G GUID E ________________________________________ SYMPTOM CAUSE REMEDY Hum or “Buzzing” through the speakers Ground loop Intermittent or poor connection of interconnect ground RC.
13 UNITED STATES LI MITED WARRA NTY ______________________________ Cary Audio Design warrants to th e original United Stat es purchaser for use in th e United States, that Cary Audio Design vacuum tub.
14 foregoing constitutes Cary Audio Design ’s entire obligation with respect to this product, and th e original purchaser and any user or owner shall have no other claim for incidental or consequential damages.
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