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Unpacking Your Halo Integrated & Placement
Guidelines
Unpacking Your Halo Integrated
Carefully remove your Halo Integrated from its shipping carton and locate the enclosed
accessories:
• AC power cord
• Two 12 V trigger wires, one with mono 3.5 mm mini plugs, one with a mono 2.5 mm sub-mini
plug and a mono 3.5 mm mini plug
• Remote Control with two AA batteries
• USB A to USB B cable for music playback from a computer
• Stereo audio cable with stereo 3.5 mm mini plugs for using the front panel AUX input
While you are unpacking your Halo Integrated, inspect it thoroughly for possible shipping damage
and tell your Parasound dealer immediately if you find any evidence of shipping damage. This
would be a good time to make a copy of your sales receipt to store with the Halo Integrated’s
original packing.
Note:
The Halo Integrated should be shipped only in its original carton set and foam packing
inserts.
Please save and store both the inner and outer cartons and, most especially, the foam
packing inserts to protect the Halo Integrated if you have to move it or ship it. You may wish to flatten
the cardboard cartons to save room in storage after cutting the taped seams on the bottom flaps.
Placement Guidelines
The Halo Integrated will be easier to use and will last longer if you follow these simple guidelines:
• Use input and output cables that are long enough to leave some slack; that will enable you to
pull the Halo Integrated out of a cabinet to check or to change connections without
inadvertently disconnecting cables.
• Place your Halo Integrated where you can route input and output signal cables as far as
possible from any AC cords.
• Where signal cables must cross AC cords they should do so only at a 90° right angle.
Ventilation Requirements
• Always position the Halo Integrated horizontally.
• The Halo Integrated should not be stacked on top of a power amplifier.
• The Halo Integrated should not be placed in a completely enclosed cabinet.
Rack Mounting your Halo Integrated
With its four feet removed, the Halo Integrated’s front panel height occupies three rack spaces:
5.25” or 133 mm. (A single standard rack space occupies 1.75” or 44.5 mm vertical height.) For
mounting in a standard 19” equipment rack, you must use the Parasound HRA 3 rack mount kit
(purchased separately). The HRA 3 kit includes four bolts and eight plastic washers with raised
“shoulders.” Slide one washer onto each mounting bolt with its raised shoulder pointing toward the
panel hole. Insert the bolt through the hole and slide the other washer on the bolt with its raised
shoulder facing the rear side of the panel. The washers will sandwich the Halo Integrated panel
and the four mounting bolts to prevent metal-to-metal contact between the Halo Integrated
chassis, the equipment rack, and the other components mounted in the rack.
Note:
Because of its high bias Class-A/AB design this amp can get very warm, even when no
music is playing. At least 4” (or 10cm) of free space must be left above the unit. Other
heat-producing components should not be positioned directly beneath the Halo Integrated.
Warning:
Do not put the screws for the feet back into the bottom of the Halo Integrated without
the feet. If you inserts the screws without the feet they could touch internal electrical
circuitry and cause a short circuit and damage to the amp.
