Arcam P38 Cell Phone User Manual


 
E-14
P38
connections
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Connecting to loudspeakers
e P38 amplier may be connected by simple wiring,
bi-wiring or bi-amping – see page 9 for details. In
addition, see the following section on the Mono Link
(and the diagram below) for another way of bi-amping
loudspeakers using a pair of P38s.
Other connections
e P38 amplier provides the following connections:
AUDIO IN
Connect the output sockets of your pre-amp. (or the
PRE OUT sockets of an integrated amplier, such as the
A38) to one of these inputs.
Mono Link
e P38 can be adapted to provide two mono
loudspeaker outputs from a single input. Using a pair of
P38s (i.e. one power amplier per loudspeaker) enables
you to bi-amplify a pair of compatible loudspeakers,
reducing the amount of cross-talk between channels
compared with using the P38 in a more conventional
stereo conguration.
1. Connect the
RIGHT channel from your pre-amp
(or PRE OUT R from an A38) to the socket labelled
AUDIO IN R on your rst P38.
2. Pull out the link supplied on the back panel
(labelled ‘link’), and use it to connect the le and
right
AUDIO OUT sockets together.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 on your second P38, but
this time connect the
LEFT channel from your
pre-amp (or PRE OUT L from an A38) to the socket
labelled AUDIO IN L.
4. Follow the diagram (le) for bi-wiring each
speaker, using the
SP2 connections of the P38
for the high-frequency speaker and the SP1
connections for the low-frequencies in each case.
Daisy chaining more ampliers
e P38 can be connected to further power ampliers
to drive more speakers (e.g., those in other rooms,
tri-amplied speakers, etc). is technique is called
‘Daisy chaining’.
Connect the
AUDIO OUT sockets on the P38 to the
pre-amp input of the next amplier in series, le to le,
right to right.
Note that daisy-chaining cannot be used if the Mono
Link (previously described) is in use.
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Using a pair of P38s with the Mono Link to bi‑amplify a pair of speakers