User manual VINCENT KHV-1

[. . . ] Dear Customer, we thank you for the confidence you prove in purchasing our product. It will match your high demands towards sound and manufacturing quality. Though it is understandable that you want to plug and play this product instantaneously, we encourage you to read this manual carefully before installation. It will help you in handling and operating this machine in your system and obtaining the best possible performance, even if it was installed by your dealer. [. . . ] Technically and visually designed for Vincent's tubeLine, this preamplifier is especially suitable to drive mono main amplifiers such as the Vincent models SP-996 or SP-997. furthermore , this preamplifier is the ideal partner for Vincent's CD players and tuners. Along with the hi-fi furniture, speakers and cables of our product line in this way a perfectly harmonious system can be set up. 30 seconds during warm-up after turning the unit on and stays permanently on as long as the unit is turned on and in ready for use. PHONES: Headphone socket Headphones with an impedance of at least 32 can be connected to this 6. INPUT: Input Selector This push button allows you to choose one of the two input sources (CD, AUX). POWER This is the main power switch for turning on and off the device. The KHV-1 is separated from the mains voltage when switched off and cannot be set into a standby state. PRE OUT: preamplifier output With this pair of connectors you can connect the preamplified stereo audio signal of the currently selected source to the main amplifier channels. Two main amplifier channels can be connected here to supply the loudspeakers. INPUT: Terminal for stereo audio signals of the source equipment Here you find two stereo RCA inputs for source equipment with analogue stereo (line level) audio output. LAMP Set one of three brightness levels for the tube window or turn this light off. AC: Power Connector To establish the power supply, connect the plugs of the power cable to the device and to a suitable wall outlet. Connect the power cable between device and power supply only after all other connections have been made. DURING INSTALLATION PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING ADVICE: Protective caps Prior to the first installation the protective plastic caps must be removed from all the connections used at the rear of the unit. Inadequate connections can cause noise interference, failures and malfunctions. Make sure that you do not get these connections confused during installation!Make sure that you do not mix up the analogue inputs for right and left. The RCA plugs for these are mostly colour coded as follows: red for the right channel, black or white for the left channel. To make the most of the components' sound potential, only high quality loudspeakers and connecting cables, for example Vincent cables, should be used. Contacting the middle pin of the RCA plugs with the outer ring of the RCA chassis jack may lead to damages to the main amplifier if it is switched on!To avoid this hazard, connect or disconnect only in switchedoff state and more than one minute after deactivating! [. . . ] Symptom Unit does not work after pressing the power button Possible Cause Mains cable is not connected to a suitable mains wall outlet. Mains cable has not been firmly inserted into wall power socket and the device's socket. If necessary, exchange it with a suitable mains cable and push its plug firmly into wall socket and the device's power connector. No sound, appliance is switched on (LED (3) on the front of the device is lit) One of the audio settings of a connected DVD player (analogue/digital) has not been correctly selected. [. . . ]