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EMM Labs PRE2 Owner's Manual

Manual is about: STEREO PREAMPLIFIER

Summary of PRE2

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    © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual 001 version 1.1.

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    Thank you for choosing emm labs... Welcome 002 © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual.

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    Warranty operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier main screen front panel & functions 008 008 rear panel & functions 011 012 003 table of contents welcome 002 005 007 009 006 pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual features & specifications 012 012 013 volume knob and signal gain input selector...

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    Appendix a - serial remote control (rs232) infrared remote control input naming menu volume display units system maintenance input preselect 017 008 clear settings 019 004 table of contents 014 015 016 017 016 pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual set volume font 018 © 2014 emm labs inc., all righ...

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    Warranty warranty emm labs warrants the pre2 product against defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of time specified by the product’s serial number from the date of first delivery to the owner. The warranty time period is 5 years. Warranty is limited to the or...

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    006 pre2 stereo preamplifier pre2 stereo preamplifier built on the heritage of the famous pa6i, the pre2 preamplifier incorporates ed’s latest preamplification designs coupled with ground breaking technology. The pre2 stereo preamplifier features: • 6 sets of stereo analog inputs and 1 stereo record...

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    007 features & specifications features & specifications s/n ratio: 110db (a-weighted) thd: 1khz frequency range: 0hz-100khz gain control range: better than 62db maximum output level: +/- 11v p-p (+26 dbu) maximum input level: +/- 7v p-p (+22 dbu) system gain: +12db analog inputs: • 2 stereo sets of ...

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    008 front panel and functions pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual front panel & functions 1. Standby/power-save button: toggles the operation between on and power-save mode. In power save mode the remote control and all front panel functions become inactive. 2. Program and function buttons: fron...

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    009 back panel and functions pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual back panel & functions 1. Analog inputs: • inputs 1 and 2 are balanced xlr inputs • inputs 3, 4, 5 and 6 are un-balanced rca inputs 2. Loop input and output (un-balanced) 3. Analog outputs: • left and right balanced (xlr) connector...

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    010 back panel and functions pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual back panel & functions 4. System (cont’d): • reset: used to access the backup bios. 5. Product model and serial number indicator: warranty void if model/serial number indicator is not attached to unit, missing or damaged whereby se...

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    011 operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual main screen 1. Mute button pressing the mute button initiates a 2-stage, sequential mute function. Soft mute (-20db from the current level), full mute, and finally mute off. Mute is off/disabled as soon as the volume knob is rotated or...

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    012 operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual main screen 4. Save button (cont’d) notes: • the mute is a transient feature and its state is not saved. Pre2 product powers up with mute off. • input names are saved from a dedicated, on-screen name editor; see the ‘programming menu’ ...

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    013 operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual product power-up (cont’d) in a newly built product or when pre2 is reset, default settings are as follows: • selected input : input 1 (xlr) • volume : step 0 (all inputs) • volume units : steps • loop : off (all inputs) • mute : off • ...

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    014 operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual programming menu (cont’d) 1. Display contrast and brightness contrast and brightness both have a 9-step adjustment range, visualized on screen by horizontal indicator bar. The left and right arrow soft buttons operate the adjustment. C...

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    015 operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual programming menu 2. Input naming menu (cont’d) • dash, period, and slash characters • digits 0-9. Rotating the volume knob scrolls through the characters. Pressing one of input selector buttons shows the current name of the input, and ...

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    016 operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual programming menu 4. System maintenance the system maintenance screen shows the current firmware version and a list of maintenance tasks. The tasks are selected by using the numbered input select buttons. In this release, there are 3 ma...

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    017 operational features pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual programming menu 4. System maintenance (cont’d) • input preselect the power-on input can be changed by the user using the ‘input preselect’ feature. The current power-on input is shown on-screen. At this point, any input can be chosen ...

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    018 infrared remote control pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual display vol units 1 4 loop dim 2 3 5 6 mute input volume © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Infrared remote control vol units : this button toggles...

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    019 appendix a - pre2 serial remote control (rs232) © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual pre2 serial remote control (rs232) introduction the pre2 can be remotely controlled in o...

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    020 appendix a - pre2 serial remote control (rs232) © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual pre2 serial remote control (rs232) remote control protocol the pre2 remote control proto...

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    021 appendix a - pre2 serial remote control (rs232) © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual pre2 serial remote control (rs232) frame structure (cont’d) checksum : c1, c0 one-byte c...

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    022 appendix a - pre2 serial remote control (rs232) © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual pre2 serial remote control (rs232) control messages (cont’d) loop (lp) : *prlp00na loop ...

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    023 appendix a - pre2 serial remote control (rs232) © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual pre2 serial remote control (rs232) rs232 port set-up the rs232 control port in pre2 is s...

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    024 appendix a - pre2 serial remote control (rs232) © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual pre2 serial remote control (rs232) rs232 cables for pre2 standard, direct rs232 cable fr...

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    025 appendix a - pre2 serial remote control (rs232) © 2014 emm labs inc., all rights reserved. Emm labs reserves the right to amend specifications & design without notice. Pre2 stereo preamplifier owner’s manual pre2 serial remote control (rs232) rs232 cables for pre2 (cont’d) y-patchcord for pre2 d...