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robust protection
Finally, your new Classé amplifier incorporates a variety of protection circuits, all
designed to protect both the amplifier and your loudspeakers against dangerous
fault conditions. Significantly, these protection circuits do not intrude upon
or limit the normal performance of the amplifier; rather, they simply put the
amplifier into
protection
mode when confronted with abnormal conditions.
These conditions include:
• output overload
• DC offset
• AC mains voltage (outside of normal tolerances)
• excessive operating temperatures
If any such conditions occur
(any of which might harm either your amplifier or
possibly your loudspeakers)
, the amplifier will immediately go into protection
mode. In such a case, a
Standby LED
indicator will blink red until the fault can
be righted and the amplifier is re-started by pressing and holding the standby
button.
Likewise, if the AC mains voltage is out of range, the
Standby LED
will
blink. In all cases, the unit will need to be re-started once the cause of the fault
condition has been rectified.
