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CONNECTION OF THE POWER CABLE
Check that the electricity supply to your home is appropriate to the device. The required voltage and fre-
quency can be read on the back of the device beside the socket for the mains. If the electricity supply is
appropriate, push the inlet connector of the supplied mains cable firmly into socket for the mains on the
back of the device. Connect the other end of the mains cable to a mains socket.
Operation
Button(s)
Description
Switch on and off
POWER
(10)
The amplifier is switched on and off using this button at the front panel,
there is no standby option. When switched off the device is internally
separated from the AC power. The switching operation is signalled via
the cables connected in the terminal “POWER CONTROL”.
As a precaution, before switching on, the volume setting should be
reduced. After switching on, the LED on the VOLUME dial flashes and
the device needs a few seconds before it is ready to operate.
This is the case if the volume LED is constantly lit.
Change the volume
VOLUME
(2)
VOL
and
VOL
(18)
Using the front panel buttons: Turn the knob “VOLUME” clockwise to
turn up the volume and counter-clockwise to turn it down.
Using the remote control: Hold down the button “VOL
” to turn the
volume up. Use “VOL
” to turn it down.
The volume setting does never influence the signal at the output
“OUTPUT REC” (12).
Select an input
INPUT
(3)
If you turn the dial “INPUT”, you select one of the devices connected
to the inputs on the back of the SA-96 (13) or the USB device.
Before switching over the input channel, the volume should be turned
down as a precaution! The choice of input has no effect on the
functions of the built-in MP3 player and on the status of a connected
USB device.
Mute the headphone
and the preamplifier
outputs
MUTE
(17)
The MUTE function can only be operated with the remote control.
It switches off the headphone (8) as well as the preamplifier outputs (15).
While the Mute function is switched on, the LED on the volume dial
flashes. Pressing it again restores the volume to its original setting.
The Mute function does not influence the signal at the output
“REC OUTPUT” (13).
OPERATING THE APPLIANCE
