Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Cronus Rogue Audio
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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) In tr o duc ti on 2 2) Unpacking the Cronus integrat ed amplifier 2 3) Installi ng t he Cro nus in t o your sys t e m 3 4) O pera ti on of th e Cron us 5 5) Se tti n g t h e tub.
2 INTRODUC TION Congrat ul at i o ns on y o ur purchase decisi o n! We at Rogue Audio truly believe t hat our amplifiers pro vide the “smartest ” v a lue in hi g h-end aud io.
3 Figure 1. Tube and Deck Layout INSTALLING THE CRONUS INTO YOUR SYS TEM Connecting C r onus to the L oudspeak e rs : The Cro nus is equ ipped w i t h 5 wa y bin d ing po sts t hat can acco mm o dat e spade, l ug, o r b are wi re spea ker ca ble t ermi nati o ns .
4 Connect ing Cronus to source com pon ents: The input co nn ect i o ns to the Cro nus are made via RC A jacks o n the rear o f the amplifi er. See figure 2. Be sure to use hi g h quali t y in t er conn ect cables – they do m ake a d iffer e nc e Fi g ur e 1.
5 OPERATION OF THE AMPLIFIER Powering up the System - Af t er a ll pr o per co nn e ct ions have been made, y o u ar e now read y t o turn the Cr o n us integrat ed amplifier o n. Th e po wer on/off sw i t c h is o n t he f ro nt o f t he amp. Some s o ur ces can generat e dangero us t ransi e nts t hat can damage l o udsp eakers.
6 Figure 3. Rem o vable hatch plat e 1) Allow t he am p lifi er t o warm up for at l east 30 mi n ut es. 2) Tur n the prea m p lifier vo l u me co m p let e ly o ff so t hat no si g nal is e nt erin g t he a mp l if ie r 3) Lo o sen the 2 cap t ive s cr ew s on the top hatch c o ver.
7 10) Repeat the ab o ve steps for each o f t he t ubes in bot h channels. As i t is a qu i ck op erati o n, t he t ube bi a s shou ld b e c hecked o n a regul ar bas is. Note that t he bi as w ill change slight ly o n a day t o day bas is as t he wall vo l t age fl u ct uat es.
8 FUSE VALUES Main fuse locat ed o n rear pan e l (1) – 5 Am p s l o w bl o w Tube F us es (4) – 1/4 Am p s l o w bl o w Power Supply Fuse o n PC B (1) – ¾ Am p s l o w bl o w SPECI FICA TIONS output po we r 55 WPC frequ enc y respon se 5H z – 50 kH z ± 1dB THD < 0.
9 LIMI TE D WARRANTY Warranty P eriod Th i s pr od u ct ha s b ee n m a nu f a ct ur e d un d er t he hi gh e st s ta n da r ds of qu a l it y an d w or k ma ns hi p.
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