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REVISION 14: MAJIK and WAKONDA
Sept 95
Copyright © 1995 by Linn Products Limited. All Rights Reserved.
INTRODUCTION
The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is
marked with the letter N or coloured black.
The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which
is marked with the letter L or coloured red.
POSITIONING
You can put your MAJIK/WAKONDA more or less anywhere you find
convenient, but there are a few considerations which may affect your choice.
Turntables have short signal leads, so the MAJIK/WAKONDA will need to be
close to your turntable. However, if they are too close together the cartridge
may pick up hum from the amplifier, especially if it is a moving coil cartridge.
30 cm between the amplifier and the cartridge is usually enough to avoid
such problems. Some cassette decks may also pick up hum if they are too
close to the MAJIK/WAKONDA
The MAJIK is a high-powered amplifier in a compact case and in normal use
the case will get quite warm. So allow a minimum of a few centimetres of
space around the amplifier, and ample access for air to circulate, and in
particular don't block the vent holes on the top. No harm will come to your
MAJIK if it has inadequate ventilation - it will simply turn itself off until the
temperature drops.
WARNING: Be careful about putting it on or close to anything
delicate or expensive which may be affected by the
heat.
USEFUL INFORMATION
LOAD IMPEDANCE The MAJIK will drive two pairs of 8 Ohm loudspeakers,
or one pair of 4 Ohm loudspeakers. You can use the MAJIK to drive two pairs
of 4 Ohm loudspeakers if only moderate listening levels are required as this
can cause the over-current protection to trip at moderate volume levels.
However, this will in no way damage the MAJIK. It is not possible to switch
between the speakers as they will be wired in parallel on the speaker
outputs.
PROTECTION The MAJIK provides fully automatic overload protection
against both over-current and overheating. If it operates, the audio signal
mutes until the power amplifier has reset itself, and un-mutes within a few
seconds. The volume is reduced by 1 dB, to reduce the likelihood of further
overloads. If overload persists, the volume will be reduced by a further 1 dB,
and so on until no overload condition is sensed.
CUSTOMISING THE MAJIK There are three ways you can vary the
behaviour of THE MAJIK from standard:
- the display can be set to remain on all the time (MAJIK/WAKONDA)
- the start-up volume can be set to 15 instead of 30 (MAJIK/WAKONDA)
- the power amp can be disabled to save power when the MAJIK-
is being used as a pre-amp only.(MAJIK ONLY)
This is simply done by removing the sleeve and fitting a shorting link across
specific pins. Please see the section on how do this.
PHASE The MAJIK and WAKONDA pre-amplifiers preserve the phase
of the signal to the power amplifier. Therefore the wiring from the power
amplifier to the speakers does not require its polarity inverted.
