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McIntosh Powered Secondary Subwoofer
(Optional)
McIntosh Five Channel
Power Amplifier
How to Connect with a MX132
Right
Surround
Left
Surround
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The following connection instructions and illustrations
cover the addition of the McIntosh MSE1 Surround Ex-
pander, McIntosh Back Surround Power Amplifier and op-
tional secondary McIntosh Power Subwoofer into an exist-
ing MX132 Home Theater System. For additional connec-
tion information, please refer to the owner’s manuals for
the particular components that make up your system.
1. Connect a Power Control Cable from the MX132
Power Control A jack to the POWER CONTROL IN
jack of the McIntosh MSE1 Surround Expander.
2. Connect a Power Control Cable from the POWER
CONTROL OUT jack of the McIntosh MSE1 Sur-
round Expander to the Power Control In jack of the
McIntosh Back Surround Power Amplifier.
3. Connect a Power Control Cable from the Power Con-
trol Out jack of the McIntosh Five Channel Power Am-
plifier to the Power Control In jack of the McIntosh
Powered Subwoofer.
4. Connect a Data cable from the MX132 Sum A Data Out
Port to the DATA IN of a jack of the McIntosh MSE1
Surround Expander.
5. Connect cables 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 Am-
plifier.
Note: The above step is necessary, as the Left and Right
Surround Channels receive additional sound processing
in the MSE1 Surround Expander. The next step connects
the MSE1 Surround Outputs to the McIntosh Five
Channel Power Amplifier using the audio connection
cables. If your system consists of
a McIntosh Six Channel Power
Amplifier the same above step
must also be performed.
7. Connect cables from the McIntosh
MSE1 Surround Expander
SURRound Outputs to the Sur-
round Inputs of the McIntosh Five
Channel Power Amplifier.
8. Connect cables from the McIntosh
MSE1 Surround Expander
BACK2 Outputs to the Inputs of
the McIntosh Surround Power
Amplifier.
Note: The MSE1 also has a BACK1 Output that provides a
single Surround Back Channel that may be used in
place of the BACK2 Output.
9. Connect the loudspeaker hookup cables to the output
terminals of the McIntosh Surround Power Amplifier.
10. Plug the MSE1 AC power cord into a live AC outlet.