Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product P10 Plinius
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2 CONG RATULATIO NS on your de cision to become the pr oud owner of this Plinius S A-Ref ere nce Power Amplifier. This manual has been prepared to hel p yo u understand the operatio n of your amplifier , and to provide inf ormat ion about it s design and t he variet y of ways it ma y be us ed.
3 DESI GN PHILOSOPH Y Fro m a distan ce you can see t hat the design of the Plini us pro ducts is mor e than an appl ied styl ing exercise to t he front panel. We have start ed from the ground up to pro duce a casing for our electronics that is unr ivall ed in it s physical str ength and visual simplic ity.
4 C ONTENTS Int roduc tion .................................................................................................................. .................. Page 3 Prec auti ons .....................................................................
5 P RECAUT IONS Please t ake special note o f t he followi ng precaut ions befor e operat ing your new amplifier : • The P linius SA-Refe rence P ower Amp lifier ca n be op erat ed in mono mod e deli vering up to 1000 wat ts into 8 oh ms. This a mpli fier is also capa ble of a very larg e pe ak cu rrent de live ry.
6 A MPLIF IER F EAT URES – F RON T P ANEL F RON T P ANEL L AYOUT S HO WING M UTE A ND B IAS S WITC HES MUT E SWI TC H It is not rec omm end ed p ractice to inte rfe re wi th the i np ut ca bles while the a mplifi er is switc hed on and conn ected to the loud spe ake rs, so a M ute bu tton i s fi tte d to in terru pt the inp ut s ign al.
7 CLA SS A: This po sition pro vides Class A bias to the output stage therefor e ensuring the optimum pe rformanc e of th e am pli fier d uring a ll li steni ng ev en ts . Cla ss A a mplif iers ru n hot ter th an Cla ss AB amplifiers, hence our specially designed and distinctive heat sinks.
8 A MPLIF IER F EATU RES – R EAR P ANE L This panel incorporates all the te rminals for connecting the input signals from your preamplifier, and out put to t he lo udspeakers, an d main s suppl y.
9 A MP L IF IE R C O NF IG U RA TI ON S ELE CT OR REFER TO OWNERS MANUAL F O R USAGE IN STRUCTIONS RC A S TE R EO RC A B R ID G ED M ON O XL R BALANCED MO NO XLR STEREO A LL MONO/BR IDGE OP TION S USE.
10 The ACS s witch opt ions a re: RCA S TER EO : This option p rovide s a ste reo outpu t via both le ft a nd rig ht outpu t channe ls f rom a s tereo signal con nect ed to bo th left an d right input RCA in puts.
11 O UTP UT TER MIN ALS - B RIDGE D/ MON O In br idged/mo no modes, t he lo udspe akers ut ilise o nly t he posit ive (+) out puts o f your Plin ius SA - Reference.
12 I NSTALLAT ION AND O PERATIO N PL ACEMEN T AN D V ENT ILAT ION Your Pl inius SA-Ref erence is designed to o perate at a moder ately high t emperatur e, even more so when used in Cl ass A . Th e ideal l ocat ion is o n a rigid stand or f lo or mounted aw ay fro m direc t co ntact w ith any temper ature sensit ive materials or deep pil e carpets.
13 + + RIGHT OUTPUTS LE FT OU TPUT S + + A MPL IF IER CON F IGU RA TIO N S ELE CT OR RE FER T O O WNERS MANUAL F OR USAGE INS TRUCT IONS RCA S TEREO RCA BRI DGED M ONO XL R BA LAN CED M ON O XLR STERE.
14 RCA ST EREO Conn ect you r p ream plifie r or i nput s ign al to the tw o RC A inp uts a t the top o f the amp lifie r ba ck p ane l. Make sure yo u co nnect the red coded c able to the r ed R IGHT RCA input and the blac k ( or whit e) cable to the bl ack LEFT RC A input.
15 XLR BALANCED MONO As with RCA Bridg ed Mono, this option configu res your amplifier to drive one louds peaker, but from one balanc ed line i nput co nnected t o the RIGHT X LR Input . In balanced mo no mo de the only i nput made to your preamplif ier is to t he RIGHT channel XLR input.
16 P HAS ING ( OR PO LAR I TY) It is important to achieve go od ster e o imaging in y our list ening r oo m. By observing the wi ring instructions above, each Power Amplifier/loudspeaker comb inatio n should be in phas e. If you experience poor stereo image and/ or a lack o f bass, check that the loudspeaker wi ring has been co nnected c orrectl y.
1 7 SA -R EF ERENCE F EATU RES ERR OR DETECTION The Plinius SA-Reference Power Amp lifier has in-built error detection. This will func t ion und er the following conditions: • When t he ampli fier i.
18 LED BRI GH T NES S C O NTR OL Your P liniu s SA- Referen ce ha s an i nterna l LED b righ tne ss c ontrol tha t will a dju st all th ree fr ont pa nel LED’s.
19 L OUDSPEAKER S ELECT ION Your P linius SA-Re fe rence P ower Amp lifi er is d esi gned f or us e with h igh fid eli ty loud sp eake rs. It s hould not be used to o perate any o ther t ype of appl iance or equipment.
20 W HY C LASS A I S B ETTER Class A has al ways been r egarded as the per fect operatin g mode fo r audio amplif iers. Man y leadin g amplif ier desi gners and man ufact urers world w ide recognise t hat a well designed C lass A c ircuit has inh erently lower d isto rti on than any other de sig n.
21 S PEC IFICATIO NS 300-W ATTS RMS PER CH ANNEL INTO 8 OHMS. 450-W ATTS RMS PER CH ANNEL INTO 4 OHMS. BOTH CHANNELS DRIVEN FROM 20Hz TO 20kHz A T 0.05% TOTAL HAR M ONIC DISTORTION. M ONO O UTPUT : 1000 Watts RMS 2 0Hz to 2 0kHz i nto 8 oh ms (M ono).
22 I NDEX ACS (A mplifier Con figurat ion Sele ctor) ........................................................................................ P age 9 Bal anced S ignal ...................................................................................
23 C ONTA CT D ETAI LS All operational , t echnic al and desc ript ive mater ial publi shed here i s subject t o change at an y time w itho ut notice. For further product informat i on o r queries, please cont act us at th e address b elo w. PL INIUS pr oduct s are design ed and manuf act ured by: Plinius Audio Lt d.
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