Altair owner’s manual
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Step-by-step operating process for the Altair
Although we’ve covered all of these steps already in the manual, we thought it would be helpful to have the
operating steps listed in order. The following steps will lead you through turning the unit on, listening to a
source, and turning it off.
STEP 1: To turn on the Altair from the front panel, push the Standby button at left under the front panel face.
You will hear the Altair’s internal relays click and see the front LED begin flashing green, indicating the Altair is
in warm-up mode. If you are using Hercules amplifiers and wish to turn them on from their front panels, press
the power switch on the front of each one. It will begin flashing green.
If you prefer to turn on the system using the Pyxis remote, touch the screen on the Pyxis to activate its display.
To turn on the Altair, touch the Altair onscreen button. Now touch the Standby hard button at bottom center.
The Altair will click as it turns on and the front LED will go from solid red to flashing green for 1 minute. If you
have Hercules amplifiers, turn them on by hitting the Home hard button at bottom left on the Pyxis, then hit the
Hercules button. When the Hercules power screen comes up, touch the onscreen Power button for each
amplifier. Now touch the Home hard button again.
After 1 minute, the front LED will change to flashing blue, indicating mute mode. The Altair and Hercules
buttons on the Pyxis will turn blue. Note that an X appears next to the speaker icon in the lower right corner of
the Pyxis screen.
STEP 2: Select the desired input. Enable playback on the chosen source device.
STEP 3: Press the Mute button on the Pyxis or the Altair front panel. The LED will now stop flashing and glow
solid blue. Two curved lines will appear next to the speaker icon in the lower right corner of the Pyxis screen.
Adjust listening volume with control knobs on Pyxis or the front panel volume buttons. Note that the volume
steps are in 0.1 dB increments from 0 dB (maximum volume) down to -30 dB; in 0.5 dB increments from -31.5
dB to -60 dB; and in 1 dB increments from -61 dB to -90 dB.
STEP 4: Enjoy your listening!
STEP 5: Unless you have deactivated the timeout on the Pyxis screen, the screen will go blank after a certain
amount of time. Touch anywhere on the screen to activate the display and backlight. Touch the Standby hard
button below the screen to turn the display off again.
STEP 6: To turn the system off, stop playback on the source device. If you prefer to use the front panel controls,
press the Standby button on the Altair and the power buttons on the fronts of the Hercules amplifiers. The LED
indicators on all of the components will flash red for 1 minute, indicating they are in cool-down mode.
To turn the system off from the Pyxis, press the Home hard button below the screen at the left. Press the Altair
onscreen button, then press the Standby hard button below the screen in the center. The LED on the Altair will
flash red for 1 minute to show it is in cool-down mode. Now hit the Home button again and touch the onscreen
Hercules button. When the Hercules power screen appears, touch both Power buttons. The LEDs on the
Hercules amps will flash red for 1 minute to show they are in cool-down mode. When the cool-down cycles are
completed, the LEDs will stop flashing and become solid red.
STEP 7: Replace the Pyxis on its base if it needs charging.
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