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CPA5000 Reference Preamplifier

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Page 1: ...CPA5000 Reference Preamplifier...

Page 2: ...R CONNECTION 6 AC CONNECTOR 6 CONNECTING YOUR EQUIPMENT 7 INPUT CONNECTIONS 8 OUTPUT CONNECTIONS 9 RECORDING 10 AV BYPASS 11 HEADPHONES 11 EVERYDAY USE OF YOUR CPA5000 12 USING THE REMOTE CONTROL 15 M...

Page 3: ...nterference Extra flexibility is now offered with four pairs of fully balanced XLR style inputs and an additional four pairs of RCA style unbalanced inputs with two completely independent tape recordi...

Page 4: ...o the neutral terminal Connect the brown wire to the live terminal Connect the yellow green wire to the earth terminal if you need to fit a plug for US Canada Connect the white wire to the neutral ter...

Page 5: ...ltages and energy levels Circuit designs that embody these components conform to applicable safety requirements Precautions must be taken to prevent accidental contact with power line potentials Do no...

Page 6: ...AC 50 or 60Hz For optimum operation it is recommended that the CPA5000 is connected directly to the wall socket via the power cord provided AC Connector Powering up Press the front panel switch marked...

Page 7: ...gths of cable with less deterioration of signal They are also less prone to interference than unbalanced inputs Balanced inputs have three pins and use Neutric XLR style connectors Pin 1 is earth pin...

Page 8: ...5 6 T1 Tape 1 and T2 Tape 2 are RCA phono style inputs Left channel connections are at the top right channel connections are at the bottom It does not matter which input you choose just select the sa...

Page 9: ...nding on the appropriate input connection on your power amplifier Left channel connections are at the top right channel connections are at the bottom Note For optimum performance it is recommended tha...

Page 10: ...pe from any source to either of the tape recorder outputs and both outputs can be monitored For example You can play a CD on Line 1 on Bus A and record this by connecting your tape recorder to the Tap...

Page 11: ...nced or RCA output on the CPA5000 Press the SET button or Bypass on the remote control to activate the bypass option Note The volume control in the CPA5000 will be bypassed so please check before swit...

Page 12: ...us A for normal operation and the display will read the last selected input with no dots underneath The selected input will automatically be sent to the tape recording T1 phono outputs To assign the m...

Page 13: ...rrently selected line input will be displayed with dots underneath to indicate Bus B The selected input will automatically be sent to the tape recording T2 phono outputs Press and release the B button...

Page 14: ...change will un mute the outputs to prevent large changes in volume from damaging your loudspeakers The volume level is shown on the display as the word VOL and a two digit level as shown in the exampl...

Page 15: ...universal controller for all Chord products televisions and DVD players Full instructions can be found in the System Remote Manual supplied but for the purposes of controlling the CPA5000 the main fu...

Page 16: ...ath As an example you can listen to your CD player on Line1 Bus A whilst recording the radio on Line2 Bus B Press BUS B then Line2 Start recording The press BUS A then Line1 to listen to the CD player...

Page 17: ...nput gain 1 Select the Line and Bus with the source that requires increased gain e g Line2 Bus A 2 On the remote control press BUS A or BUS B if you are using this bus The display will show the curren...

Page 18: ...s Limited or their expressly approved Service Agents Frequently asked questions why aren t any of the remote control buttons working Press the HIFI button to set up the remote control for pre amplifie...

Page 19: ...via a standard 1 8th inch 3 5mm mono or stereo jack plug to the socket fitted to the rear of the unit The CPA5000 should be switched off the trigger lead inserted then the unit switched back on The c...

Page 20: ...Hz 20KHz Channel Separation 20 Hz 100dB 1kHz 95dB 10kHz 90dB 20kHz 85dB Channel Balance 0 01dB Input impedance Unbalanced 50kOhms Balanced 100kOhms Output impedance 100 Ohms short circuit protected Ou...

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