McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 FAX: 607-724-0549
Owners
Manual
MSE1
Surround Expander
Page 1: ...McIntosh Laboratory Inc 2 Chambers Street Binghamton New York 13903 2699 Phone 607 723 3512 FAX 607 724 0549 Owner s Manual MSE1 Surround Expander ...
Page 2: ...rovided for you to record that information Your decision to own this McIntosh MSE1 Surround Ex pander ranks you at the very top among discriminating mu sic listeners You now have The Best The McIntosh dedication to Quality is assurance that you will receive many years of musical enjoyment from this unit Please take a short time to read the information in this manual We want you to be as familiar a...
Page 3: ...olongateur une prise de courant ou un autre sortie de courant sauf si les lames peuvent etre inserees afond ans en laisser aucune partie a decouvert 7 For added protection for this product during a lightning storm or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning or power line surges 8 Do not us...
Page 4: ...ning experi ence Performance Features 17 Do not overload wall outlets extension cords or inte gral convenience receptacles as this can result in a risk of fire or electric shock Care of Equipment 18 Clean the instrument by dusting with a dry cloth Un plug this equipment from the wall outlet and clean the panel with a cloth moistened with a window cleaner Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol clean...
Page 5: ...tion on the next page pertaining to installing the MSE1 into cabinets Dimensions 17 1 2 44 45cm 2 3 4 7 00cm 4 3 16 10 60cm 14 5 8 37 1cm 15 11 16 39 90cm 3 16 0 48cm 2 15 16 7 47cm 11 9 16 29 36cm 1 2 54cm 13 1 4 33 65cm 17 43 18cm Front View of the MSE1 Rear View of the MSE1 Side View of the MSE1 3 9 16 9 00cm 13 16 2 06cm ...
Page 6: ...ng temperature A custom cabi net installation should provide the following minimum spacing dimensions for cool operation Allow at least 2 inches 5 08 cm above the top 2 inches 5 08cm be low the bottom and 1 inch 2 54 cm on each side of the Surround Expander so that airflow is not obstructed Al low 20 inches 50 8 cm depth behind the front panel Al low 1 inch 2 54 cm in front of the mounting panel f...
Page 7: ... whether or not an optional Secondary Subwoofer is used in the system Connect the MSE1 power cord to a live AC outlet Refer to informa tion on the back panel of the MSE1 to determine the correct voltage POWER CONTROL IN jack accepts a turn on sig nal from a McIntosh Con trol Center The POWER CONTROL OUT jack sends the turn on signal to another McIntosh product DATA IN jack receives control data fr...
Page 8: ...les from the MX132 Zone A Surround Out puts to the ANALOG Inputs of the McIntosh MSE1 Surround Expander 6 Temporarily disconnect the male end of the 25 conduc tor DB25 cable from the McIntosh Five Channel Power Amplifier Locate and remove cut out pins 5 6 18 and 19 from the male connector end of the DB25 cable Reconnect the now modified male end of the DB25 cable to the McIntosh Five Channel Power...
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Page 10: ... Data cable from the MSD4 MAC 3 Data Out Port to the DATA IN jack of the McIntosh MSE1 Sur round Expander 7 Connect cables from the MX130 Area A Surround Out puts to the ANALOG Inputs of the McIntosh MSE1 Surround Expander 8 Temporarily disconnect the male end of the 25 conduc tor DB25 cable from the McIntosh Five Channel Power Amplifier Locate and remove cut out pins 5 6 18 and 19 from the male c...
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Page 12: ...hannel power amplifier Note A six channel power amplifier may also be used in place of the five channel amplifier 4 Connect a Power Control Cable from the Power Con trol Out jack of the five channel power amplifier to the Power Control In jack of the powered subwoofer 5 Connect a Data cable from the MSD4 MAC 3 Data Out Port to the DATA IN of a jack of the McIntosh MSE1 Surround Expander 6 Connect ...
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Page 14: ...ays SYS CAL push button activates the internal test signal generator for sur round channel level cali bration POWER switch turns all power completely ON or OFF TRIM push button acti vates the Volume Level Push buttons for all the Surround Channels LEVEL q and p push buttons allow for volume adjustment of all the Sur round Loudspeakers STANDBY ON push button turns the MSE1 on and off and can reset ...
Page 15: ...itch to LARGE If the Back Surround Loudspeakers cover the frequency range only down to 80Hz set the switch to SMALL The NONE Speaker Switch position should be selected when no Back Surround Loudspeakers are connected or when the Surround Expansion Processing is bypassed Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 2 Surround Speaker Size When the Left and Right Surround Loudspeakers cover the full frequency range dow...
Page 16: ...r Delay If the back surround speakers are located closer to the lis tening area than the surround speakers their sound will reach the listener before the sound from the surround Surround Calibration speakers This difference in sound arrival times can de grade the listening perception of some sound tracks The MSE1 allows you to adjust the back surround speaker time delay to correct for this differe...
Page 17: ...ng area note the volume lev els of the test signal from each of the channels as the test signal switches If you determine that the test sig nal volume is louder or softer in any of the channels the levels should be adjusted so you hear essentially the same test signal volume from all of the channels The Left Surround Loudspeaker can serve as a refer ence 4 Make channel level calibration adjustment...
Page 18: ...m all of the channels The Left Surround Loudspeaker can serve as a reference 4 Make channel level calibration adjustments by using the LEVEL p and q push buttons the DELAY VOL UME display instantly changes to indicate the calibra tion level change in dB If the level is increased the display shows plus numbers and if decreased shows minus numbers Calibration levels can be adjusted over a range of 6...
Page 19: ...above the push button lights When the MSE1 receives via it s data port the correct control signal the MSE1 will automatically switch into the Surround Expan sion Mode and the Back Surround Loudspeaker s will re produce the added sound track information If there is no control signal present the Surround Expansion Mode will switch Off and no sound will be heard from the Back Sur round Loudspeaker s ...
Page 20: ... push buttons allow the up and down adjustment of Back Surround Channel Delay the Surround Channels and Subwoofer Levels during the calibration process They also allow all the Surround Loudspeaker Levels to change while listening Refer to figure 8 Note The TRIM push button needs to be pressed first to activate the LEVEL push buttons Trim Pressing the TRIM push button allows the MSE1 Surround Louds...
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Page 22: ...o Greater than 90dB A weighted Greater than 98dB CCIR Maximum Input Signal 3 5V Voltage Gain Unity gain from Input to Output 6dB adjustment with TRIM LEVEL Power Requirements 100 Volts 50 60Hz at 40 watts 110 Volts 50 60Hz at 40 watts 120 Volts 50 60Hz at 40 watts 220 Volts 50 60Hz at 40 watts 230 Volts 50 60Hz at 40 watts 240 Volts 50 60Hz at 40 watts NOTE Refer to the rear panel of the MSE1 for ...
Page 23: ... repack the equipment for shipment the equipment must be packed exactly as shown below It is very important that the four plastic feet are at tached to the bottom of the equipment This will ensure the proper equipment location on the bottom pad Failure to do this will result in shipping damage Use the original shipping carton and interior parts only if they are all in good serviceable condition If...
Page 24: ...McIntosh Part No 040720 McIntosh Laboratory Inc 2 Chambers Street Binghamton NY 13903 ...
