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Front Panel
1. Power / Standby
Press this button to toggle the BP-17³ on or into
standby mode.
Unlit
BP-17³ is not receiving power. Plug unit
into AC mains power.
Red Plugged into AC Mains but in standby
mode.
Green or
Blue
BP-17³ is on and operational.
Blinking
Red
Receiving valid IR or RS232 data
Blinking
Red/Green
Fault indicated. Contact customer service
2. Mute
Pressing this button or the Mute button on the
BR-2 will disconnect the main outputs. When
the unit is muted, the LED will illuminate red.
Mute does not affect the headphone or record
outputs.
3. Volume Control
Rotate this knob clockwise to increase the
output volume or counterclockwise to decrease
the volume.
4. Balance Control
Adjust the left / right balance of audio output
by pressing the corresponding buttons on the
front panel. Each button press will attenuate
that channel by 1dB. When either channel is
attenuated, the LED above the affected channel
will illuminate green. Upon the 7th press of
either channel’s balance button, the channel
will fully mute and the LED above that channel
will illuminate red. Balance does not affect the
record output.
5. Input Selectors
The BP-17³ features 6 analog inputs plus one
record input into which you can connect analog
source components. When the BP-17³ is fitted
with the optional DAC module, 5 analog inputs
are available plus 4 digital inputs. When the
BP-17³ is fitted with the optional MM Phono
module, 5 line level analog inputs plus one MM
phono input are available.
•
BP-17³ Standard: Pressing any of the 7 input buttons
selects the corresponding analog line level input for
listening.
•
BP-17³ Phono: Same functionality as the standard
BP-17³ except that input 2 is reserved for input from
a turntable and cannot be used with regular line level
analog components.
•
BP-17³ DA: Analog input one can also accept digital
S/PDIF audio. Left becomes D3 and Right becomes
D4. The two TOSLINK optical digital inputs (D1 and
D2) are also populated. Pressing the Select / 1 button
toggles between analog and digital input.
To select a digital input, press the Select / 1 button.
The LED above it will illuminate green. Then press the
input button that corresponds with the digital input
that you would like to listen to. To reactive analog
mode in order to select an analog input for listening,
press the Select / 1 button once again.
6. Record Input
Though this input can be used as a standard
analog input, the previously selected input
will still accept audio. This special input allows
for monitoring of audio coming back in from a
VOLUME
BALANCE
MUTE
BYPASS
POWER
REC
BAL 2
BAL 1
4
3
2
1
HEADPHONE
DIGITAL
ANALOG
D1
PHONO
Select
D2
D3
D4
1
2
9
4
6
7
3
8
5
