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Preamp Owner’s Manual
fluorescent display on the front panel of the Xs-Preamp control
chassis. The default setting is “bright”. One push on the button and
the display re-sets to “dim”. A second push on the button and the
display extinguishes. A third push and the blank display reverts to
the default setting of “bright”.
With the display extinguished any command function, such as a
volume change will illuminate the display in the “dim” mode for
approximately 5 seconds and then return to a blank, extinguished
state.
Viewing the gain channels from the rear… right to left.
There are 6 inputs of XLR and RCA, these inputs are labeled 1-5
and pass-thru. At any input you may choose either RCA or XLR.
To properly input RCA one of the supplied gold jumpers must be
placed between pins 1 & 3 of the associated XLR. You may use a
mix of RCA and XLR, not however on the same channel.
RCA inputs will function without the jumper but gain will be low by
6dB and noise will be up by a like amount.
The Pass Thru input deserves special mention. Pass Thru is identical
to all other inputs with one exception. Pass Thru is associated
with a software sequence that sets the gain of that input to 0 dB
specific for use with a surround sound processor. However there is
no requirement that the Pass Thu be used at the 0 dB default. The
user is free to set Pass Thru manually to any level they wish after the
initial ramp up.
Immediately to the left of the normal inputs is a side loop named
conventionally as Tape In and Tape out. The selected input always
appears at the Tape out without benefit of the volume control. One
could use this loop for a conventional analog recording system or
just as easily an analog signal processor. We do not anticipate a
large number of users will have need of this feature, it is however
