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Preamp Owner’s Manual
the upper bank represents left channel, the lower bank represents the
right channel.
Viewing the control chassis from the front.
Extreme right hand side is the rotary volume control opto encoder.
The knob of the opto encoder lets you manually raise or lower the
volume in 0.5 dB steps from –89.5dB to + 9.5dB (100 discrete steps).
Left of center on the front panel is the vacuum florescent which
shows all operational characteristics of the preamp.
Underneath the vacuum florescent display, four small push buttons
and window for the IR receiver (remote control function)
Buttons are labeled “Mute, Mode, Input < and >”
MUTE: Pressing the mute button once, quiets the output of the Xs-
Preamp. Pressing the button a second time restores normal output.
MODE: Pressing the mode button, brings up the status of the slave
(auxillary) output. The relative level of the Slave (Aux) output can
then be set by the INPUT < and > buttons on the Xs-Pre front
panel. This function is only available on the front panel. A second
pressing of the mode button reverts the display back to normal
status and returns the INPUT< and > to their normal function of
manual input selection.
INPUT < and >: A single press on either of these buttons
increments the input selection for rear panel inputs (XLR or RCA)
selecting inputs 1-5 in the “normal” mode. In the “AUX” mode
