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 200 Pre Owner’s Manual  

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Maintaining Your 200 Pre 

 

Your 200 Pre requires no periodic maintenance and has no user serviceable parts inside. 
To avoid risk of electric shock do not remove the top cover. To keep it clean use only a soft 
cloth moistened with a few drops of clear water or window cleaner. Never use any solvents or abrasives. 

 
 

Are You Having Difficulty? 

 
Warranty Repair 

 

Call your Parasound dealer first. If the dealer can’t help you with your problem we encourage 
you to call Parasound’s Technical Service Department at 

415-397-7100

, Monday - Friday, 8am 

- 4pm Pacific time. We can suggest other diagnostic tests you can easily perform. 
If we determine that your 200 Pre should be returned to Parasound or an Authorized 
Parasound Warranty Center for inspection and possible servicing, we will provide the location of 
a warranty center near you or shipping instructions for the unit’s return to Parasound. 
Read your accompanying Parasound Limited Warranty carefully to understand the applicable 
rights and limitations. This section provides instructions for obtaining repairs, both for units covered 
under the Parasound Limited Warranty and for units or situations which are outside the Warranty. 

 
 
Unit is not eligible for repair under the terms of the Parasound warranty if: 

 

1. Unit was not purchased from a Parasound Authorized Dealer. 
2. You do not have the original bill of sale or sales receipt from a Parasound Authorized Dealer. 
3. You are not the original owner. The Parasound warranty is not transferable. 
4. Unit’s serial number was removed, modified, or defaced. 
5. Unit shows evidence of abuse and/or misuse. 
6. Unit was modified in any way. 
7. A prior repair was attempted by an unauthorized repair station. 

 
 
 
Before You Return Any Unit to Parasound for Service 

 

 

Before you send your unit to Parasound, you will need to obtain a specific Return Authorization 
(RA) number and shipping instructions from Parasound’s Technical Department. The RA 
number must be clearly marked on the outer carton. Use the original factory packing materials 
and arrange adequate insurance to cover its replacement value. You must include a copy of your purchase 
receipt, since this document establishes the validity of this unit’s warranty. Warranty repairs are only 
performed by Parasound or Parasound Authorized warranty centers when your purchase 
receipt is from a Parasound Authorized Dealer or Parasound Authorized Reseller.   
 
 

Do not ship to Parasound by the USPS (US Postal Service) - we will not accept delivery.  
We will also refuse delivery of units whose cartons show evidence of damage caused by 
inadequate packing. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for 200 Pre

Page 1: ...200 Pre Stereo Preamplifier DAC Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...rong grounding plug This plug will only fit into a grounding power outlet If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not defeat th...

Page 3: ...invoice and store it inside the 200 Pre s carton If the 200 Pre should require warranty repair you will need its original carton and foam packing inserts to ship it Please do not throw away the carto...

Page 4: ...utputs 10 Subwoofer Outputs 10 Fixed Rec Outputs 10 Headphone Jack 10 12 Volt IR and RS 232 Connections 10 High Pass Crossover 11 Subwoofer Setup 11 Front Panel Display and Controls 12 Volume Multifun...

Page 5: ...d any heat producing equipment You should also avoid installing the 200 Pre in an unventilated equipment cabinet or small compartment because hot air created by the other components will not exhaust a...

Page 6: ...Parasound 200 Pre Owner s Manual Page 6...

Page 7: ...Input 2 Input 2 is compatible with any typical analog line level source Input 3 Aux Input 3 is compatible with any typical analog line level source but is shared with the Aux input on the front panel...

Page 8: ...full range The exclusions above are intentional so your surround sound receiver bass management menu settings and volume control function normally when you are listening to surround sound with the Le...

Page 9: ...ical cable It has limited flexibility and if you bend it at a sharp angle you ll impair its ability to transfer the optical signal from your source to the 200 Pre Coax Coaxial The Coax also called S P...

Page 10: ...tions 12 Volt Output Jack The 12V Out is used to turn a power amp or other accessories on and off automatically If your power amplifier is equipped with a 12 volt trigger input connect the included tr...

Page 11: ...oth the sub s and 200 Pre s crossovers will result in low output caused by double filtering Most powered subwoofers have a switch that s typically labelled Bypass LFE or simply Crossover Off If your s...

Page 12: ...hange The knob functions rotate through in this order with each press Input The default function no press of this knob is input selection Rotating it cycles through all of the inputs Stop at the input...

Page 13: ...stics The maximum adjustment is 15dB Volume and The and buttons increase and decrease the volume level Mute Press to mute the audio Pressing a second time will unmute the audio The mute is also turned...

Page 14: ...to the level it was last used at Cancel the Turn On Volume feature 1 Press the Set button 2 Press the Power Off button Now when the 200 Pre turns on the volume will be set to where it was last used M...

Page 15: ...he available names 4 When you have found the name you want press Set again to memorize Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the other inputs Input Level Offset This feature allows you to increase or decrease...

Page 16: ...r amp s stereo mono switch is set to stereo The USB input is not playing audio from my Computer Look in the sounds options of your computer and select PARASOUND as the output Ensure the USB cable is c...

Page 17: ...Warranty Unit is not eligible for repair under the terms of the Parasound warranty if 1 Unit was not purchased from a Parasound Authorized Dealer 2 You do not have the original bill of sale or sales...

Page 18: ...ighted 90dB input shorted unweighted S N Ratio Digital Inputs 100dB input shorted IHF A weighted 90dB input shorted unweighted DAC IC Burr Brown PCM1798 DAC Maximum Sampling Rates PCM only USB 96kHz 2...

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Page 20: ...Parasound 200 Pre Owner s Manual Page 20 Parasound Products Inc 2250 McKinnon Ave San Francisco CA 94124 Customer Service Tech Support 415 397 7100 www parasound com...

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