Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Azur 740A Cambridge Audio
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Y our music + our passion 7 40A azur ENGLISH Integrat ed amplifier User’s manual 2.
Thank you for purchasing this Azur 740A Integrated Amplifier. We hope that you will enjoy many years of listening pleasure from it. The 7 40A is based on our award-winning amplifier t opology as seen in our 540A and 640A models, fur ther dev eloped and enhanced for this new higher end model as part of our on-going development pr ogramme.
7 40A azur 3 ENGLISH For your own safety please read the following important safety instructions carefully before attempting to connect this unit to the mains power supply . They will also enable you to get the best performance from and prolong the life of the unit: 1.
4 V entilation IMPORT ANT – The unit will become hot when in use. Do not place anything on top of the unit. Do not place in an enclosed area such as a bookcase or in a cabinet without sufficient ventilation. Ensure that small objects do not fall through any ventilation grille.
7 40A azur 5 ENGLISH Rear panel connections Pow er On/Of f Switches the unit on and off. AC po wer socket Once you ha ve completed all connections t o the amplifier , plug the AC power cable int o an appropriate mains sock et then switch on. Your amplifier is now ready f or use.
6 F ront panel controls Bass Treble Direct Mode Speaker A/B Phones Standby / On azur 7 40A Integrated Amplifier Volu me Standby/On Switches the unit between Standby mode (indicat ed by dim pow er LED) and On (indicated b y bright power LED). Standby is a lo w power mode where the power consum ption is less than 10 W atts.
The 7 40A is supplied with an Azur Navigator remot e control that operates both this am plifier and Cambridge Audio Azur CD play ers. Inser t the supplied AAA batteries t o activate. The functions relevant t o the amplifier are as follo ws: Standby/On Switches the amplifier between On and Standby mode.
Speaker B connections The Speaker B connections on the back of the amplifier allo w for a second set of speakers to be used (i.e. speak er s located in another room). The Speak er A/B button on the front panel allo ws this second set of speakers t o be switched on and of f.
7 40A azur 9 ENGLISH Operating instructions The 7 40A has a custom-made display on the front of the unit sho wing the current status and allowing you t o access the 7 40A Syst em Configure menus. Here you can adjust the listening settings of the amplifier to personal pref erence.
10 Amplifier setup continued V olume display T o change the volume display fr om decibels (-84 to 0dB) to arbitrary volume units (0 to 72 units) select V OL DB in the System Configure menu. Press the input select button t o turn of f the volume in decibels.
7 40A azur 11 ENGLISH The 7 40A features Incognito Ready/A-BUS Ready outputs, allowing multi-r oom capability. One or two amplified k eypads can be plugged into the 7 40A (using Cat5/5e cable and RJ45 plugs) to pr ovide multi-room audio in one or two secondary rooms or zones.
12 CAP5 - Fiv ewa y protection system Cambridge Audio has de veloped a proprietary prot ection system to ensure reliability and a long life f or its amplifiers and the speakers they are connected t o.
7 40A azur 13 Power Output 1 00W RMS into 8 Ohms 150W RMS into 4 Ohms THD (unweighted) < 0.00 1% 1 kHz at 80% of rated pow er < 0.0 1% 20 Hz - 20 kHz at 80% of rated pow er Frequency Response 1 .
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