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McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 www.mcintoshlabs.com

MA12000

Integrated Amplifier

Owner’s Manual

Summary of Contents for MA12000

Page 1: ...McIntosh Laboratory Inc 2 Chambers Street Binghamton New York 13903 2699 Phone 607 723 3512 www mcintoshlabs com MA12000 Integrated Amplifier Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...ontact McIntosh with additional questions or in the unlikely event of needing service McIntosh Laboratory Inc 2 Chambers Street Binghamton New York 13903 Technical Assistance 607 723 3512 Customer Ser...

Page 3: ...TM Table of Contents Thank you from all of us at McIntosh 2 Make a Note 2 Trademark and License Information 3 General Information 4 Connector and Cable Information 4 Introduction 5 Performance Feature...

Page 4: ...mation including how to disable it refer to page 25 4 When Power Amplifier Protection Circuitry of the MA12000 has activated the LEDs under the Tubes illuminate the Tubes amber to alert you 5 When the...

Page 5: ...bit resolution up to 384kHz sampling rate The Input Port can also process DSD512 as well as DXD 24 bit signals up to the same 384kHz sampling rate Moving Coil and Moving Magnet Phono Inputs The MA1200...

Page 6: ...MA12000 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER McINTOSH LABORATORY INC BINGHAMTON NY HANDCRAFTED IN USA WITH US AND IMPORTED PARTS R OUTPUT 8 4 2 CLASS 2 WIRING R L OUTPUT 2 BALANCED INPUTS 2R 2L 1R 1L L OUTPUT 8 4 2...

Page 7: ...6 inches 15 24cm above the top 2 inches 5 08cm below the bottom and 2 inches 5 1cm on each side of the Integrated Amplifier so that airflow is not obstructed Allow 20 inches 50 8cm depth behind the fr...

Page 8: ...g Posts Positive 8 Ohm Positive 4 Ohm Positive 2 Ohm Negative Right Loudspeaker Binding Posts Positive 8 Ohm Positive 4 Ohm Positive 2 Ohm Negative AC Power Connector Main Fuse holder refer to the bac...

Page 9: ...use the XLR output connect the OUTPUT 2 R jack to the right input of your amplifier and OUTPUT 2 L jack to the amplifier s left input Below is the Pin configuration for the XLR Balanced Input and Outp...

Page 10: ...until the source unit is shutoff or disconnected To use the PASSTHRU feature connect the controlling unit to the MA12000 s PASSTHRU connector using the same type of cable as used for Power Control Tri...

Page 11: ...EC VOL screen or the SETUP HDMI CEC PWR screen Turn the Right Knob VOLUME to choose On or Off Press and release the Left Knob to exit Lip Sync Mode ARC The MA12000 HDMI Input Connector ARC Audio Retur...

Page 12: ...party applications such as JRiver Media Center The MA12000 s display will show the sampling rate or bit rate for the USB input Optical The two Optical Inputs allow digital sources to be connected to...

Page 13: ...T Jack See Passthru on page 10 for more information PU S H PU S H PU S H PU S H FUSE PUSH MA12000 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER McINTOSH LABORATORY INC BINGHAMTON NY HANDCRAFTED IN USA WITH US AND IMPORTED PAR...

Page 14: ...s for both Left and Right Channels 3 Connect the remaining unconnected part of the Y Adapters to the separate Power Amplifier 4 Referring to How to Connect Loudspeakers on page 15 and the owner s manu...

Page 15: ...Do not over tighten Refer to figure E 4 Referring to figure K connect the Loudspeaker hookup cables with banana plugs into the hole at the top of the terminal to the MA12000 Negative Binding Post and...

Page 16: ...ct the MA12000 power cord to an active AC outlet Figure L Figure M How to use the Remote Control The supplied MA12000 Remote Control HR085 is capable of directly controlling the functions of contempor...

Page 17: ...h McIntosh Models displaying instructions on a video screen Press to change Broadcast BANDs on a connected Tuner Select certain functions on a variety of McIntosh Models Select the DEVICE to select th...

Page 18: ...use the Remote Control on page 16 Trim Function Default Settings BALANCE Center Transitions between full left and full right INPUT TRIM 0dB 12 dB to 12 dB in 1 dB increments EQUALIZER Off On or Off MO...

Page 19: ...ft Channel Amplifier Output Meter Two right Tubes will glow amber when the Right Channel Amplifier POWER GUARD circuit activates and during Tube Warmup OUTPUT 1 and 2 Push buttons with indicators swit...

Page 20: ...Name Default Options MA12000 V_ _ _ DA2 V_ _ _ INPUTS On Rename Off OUTPUTS 1 2 Switched Unswitched Output Headphones Mute All Mute No Outputs TRIGGER 1 Output 1 Main Output 2 TRIGGER 2 Output 2 Main...

Page 21: ...B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z In the following example the BAL Input will be renamed to MEDIA SVR 11 Press and hold in the INPUT Control to enter the SETUP MODE 12 Rotate the INPU...

Page 22: ...phones function OUTPUT 1 and 2 By default OUTPUT 1 and 2 are set to go On Off by using the Front Panel OUTPUT 1 and 2 Push buttons or by using the OUTPUT 1 and 2 Push buttons on the Remote Control If...

Page 23: ...m the available additional selections including Output 2 or Input Refer to figure 28 5 In a similar manner perform steps 3 and 4 to change the Trigger 2 setting from OUTPUT 2 to Main Refer to figures...

Page 24: ...2 Rotate the INPUT Control until SETUP Passthru Off appears on the Information Display Refer to figure 37 3 Rotate the VOLUME ADJUST Control to select SETUP Passthru UNBAL 6 Input Refer to figure 38...

Page 25: ...lay Refer to figure 43 3 Rotate the VOLUME ADJUST Control to select Disabled Refer to figure 44 5 Exit the SETUP Mode by several presses of the INPUT Control Figure 43 SETUP Front IR Enabled Figure 44...

Page 26: ...es 48 and 49 4 Press the Front Panel STAND BY Push button to switch On the MA12000 Figure 49 FACTORY RESET Completed Figure 47 FACTORY RESET Hold INPUT Figure 48 FACTORY RESET In Progress Reset of Mic...

Page 27: ...s will glow green or off if TUBE LIGHTS Trim setting is set to Off To switch OFF the MA12000 press the STANDBY ON Push button on the Front Panel or the Power Red Push button on the Remote Control Sour...

Page 28: ...lowing steps to make the Phono Trim Adjustment 1 Select the MC Phono Source Input 2 Select TRIM PHONO RESISTANCE 400 as indicated on the Front Panel Information Display Refer to figure 62A 3 Rotate th...

Page 29: ...1 Select METER LIGHTS On as indicated on the Front Panel Information Display See figure 65 2 Switch Off the Meter Illumination See figure 66 After approximately 5 seconds the Information Display retu...

Page 30: ...5 of the power output with only a single cycle of a 2 000Hz tone burst Using a Separate Power Amplifier There are two different ways to use a separate power amplifier with a MA12000 The first way is t...

Page 31: ...activated it will automatically turn on when the A V Processor or Surround Decoder is turned On It will indicate on the Front Panel Display PASSTHRU Refer to figure 75 The MA12000 OUTPUT 1 OUTPUT 2 Fr...

Page 32: ...rough amplify or attenuate each all or any combination of the marked equalizer frequencies Equalization frequencies are set to 25Hz 50Hz 100Hz 200Hz 400Hz 1 000Hz 2 500Hz and 10 000Hz Frequency Contro...

Page 33: ...95dB below rated output Phono MM 77dB below 3mV input Phono MC 75dB below 0 3mV input Input Impedance High Level 22K ohms Unbalanced 44k ohms Balanced Phono MM 50 to 400pF in 50pF steps 47K ohms Phono...

Page 34: ...nputs PCM DSD HDMI ARC PCM Dolby Digital DTS Digital Input Sample Rate Optical PCM 16Bit 24Bit 44 1kHz to 192kHz Coaxial PCM 16Bit 24Bit 44 1kHz to 192kHz MCT PCM SACD 16Bit 24Bit 44 1kHz to 192kHz US...

Page 35: ...ipping damage Use the original shipping carton and interior parts only if they are all in good serviceable condition If a shipping carton or any of the interior part s are needed please call or write...

Page 36: ...cts is the policy of McIntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice Printed in the U S A McIntosh Laboratory Inc 2 Chambers Street Binghamton NY 13903 www mcin...

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