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4 DAX Owner’s Manual
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Unpacking your
4 DAX & Placement Guidelines
Unpacking Your 4 DAX
Carefully remove your 4 DAX from its shipping carton and locate these included accessories:
Two 12V trigger wires with a mono 3.5mm (1/8”) mini plug at both ends.
Left and right side 1U rack mount brackets and 4 bracket screws.
18 AWG power cable
While you are unpacking your 4 DAX, inspect it thoroughly for evidence of possible shipping damage and tell
your Parasound dealer immediately if you find any. If possible, save and store both the inner and outer
cartons and–most especially–the foam packing inserts, to protect the 4 DAX if you have to move it or ship it.
This would be a good time to make a copy of your sales receipt for storage with the 4 DAX’s original
packing.
Again: Do not throw away the carton or foam packing inserts.
Placement Guidelines
Install your 4 DAX away from heat sources such as heating ducts, radiators, or other
heat-producing components. Observe the following ventilation guidelines when installing the 4 DAX in an
equipment rack or any other enclosed space:
You should never install the 4 DAX in an unventilated equipment cabinet or compartment because hot air will
not exhaust adequately to prevent overheating. Allow a few inches of empty space on each side and above
the unit and try to avoid crowding or stacking the 4 DAX tightly between other components. A ventilation fan is
also recommended where other heat-producing equipment must be mounted very close to the 4 DAX.
If you are installing the 4 DAX yourself, use input and output cables that are long enough to leave at least
two feet of slack; that will enable you to pull the 4 DAX out of a cabinet to check or to change connections
without inadvertently disconnecting cables.
Rack Mounting Your Parasound 4 DAX
For mounting in a standard 19” equipment rack (1U of space) left and right brackets and four screws are
included in the box with the 4 DAX. The rack bracket “ears” attach to each side of the unit using the four
screws that are packed in the bag with the brackets. First remove and discard the four screws that come
preinstalled on the side of the 4 DAX. These are just installed for cosmetic reasons and will not be needed if
the unit will be rack mounted. To improve air flow around the unit we don’t recommend mounting more than
two units directly on top of each other (“flat stacked”). If the 4 DAX will be racked in close proximity to heat
producing power amplifiers then a properly designed forced-air ventilation system should be used.