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XSP-1
Troubleshooting
The XSP-1 is carefully designed and manufactured from high-quality precision components
to ensure years of trouble free operation. We really doubt you’ll ever have any problems
with your XSP-1 but, if you do, here are a few things you could try:
Problem: There is no output (nothing is lit).
Reason: You have no AC power.
• Verify that the rear panel AC Power switch is On.
• Verify that your circuit is live.
• Verify that the line cord on the XSP-1 is fully inserted and is tight.
Problem: Input 1 doesn’t work for balanced inputs.
Reason: Input 1 is the first unbalanced input; the first balanced input is Balanced 1
(and they are different).
• Use Balanced 1 to select the first balanced input and Input 1 to select the first
unbalanced input.
Problem: “I plugged in the headphones, then changed the volume but, when
I unplugged the headphones, the speaker volume came right back to where
it was before.”
Reason: When you adjust the Volume on the XSP-1 with no headphones plugged in, you
are adjusting the main output level; when you adjust it with headphones plugged in, you are
adjusting the headphone output level. When you unplug the headphones, the XSP-1 will
return to the main level it was set to when you plugged them in.
Problem: “I’m using bass management, and there seems to be a big hole
between the subwoofer and my mains (or they seem to overlap way too
much).”
Reason: The bass management on the XSP-1 is manually configured, and the crossover
points for the sub and the mains can be set independently. The currently selected values
are not optimal for your speakers.
• Normally, you want both the low-pass and high-pass frequencies to be set to the same
(or similar) values to get a smooth transition between the sub and the mains.
• When using the bass management in the XSP-1, any crossover or low-pass filter on
the sub itself should be disabled so it doesn’t interact with the bass management on
the XSP-1 (set it to “flat” if you have that option, if not, then set it to the highest value
possible.)
