Rane SSA 6 Operator's Manual

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OPERATORS  MANUAL

SSA 6

MULTICHANNEL AMPLIFIER

QUICK START

You gots your good habits, and you gots your bad habits. A good habit is to read at least this much of the manual. A bad

habit is not to read any of this manual. Reading just this section can prevent grief worse than your worst nightmare. Grief

that's hard to get rid of—harder than a bad habit.

Be sure the amplifier is off before making any connections. Euroblock speaker connectors make connecting the ampli-

fier easy. They are just like little snap-on terminal blocks that take up to 12 gauge wire. Gold plated RCA connectors take

standard unbalanced sources. See Rane Note 110 for more information about other connectors. Keep your input cable

lengths as short as possible. Speaker loads should be no less than four ohms per output. If you are running multiple speak-

ers per Channel in series or parallel, check your final impedances.

If you are running six separate Channels (unbridged), be sure all the BRIDGED switches on the rear panel are de-

pressed. If you are running any Channels bridged, you are obviously a power user and we highly recommend you read

further into the manual regarding this issue.

With Input and Output connections completed, be sure all front panel LEVEL controls are all the way counterclock-

wise. Now flip the POWER switch and after hearing the relays click in after a second, notice that the READY lights come

on. Slowly turn up each Channel's LEVEL control to the desired gain and if all is well you should hear something pleasant.

If not, re-check connections, put on a better CD, and read more of the manual.