McIntosh MC602 - Manuals

6 Installation Caution: The MC602 Amplifier weight is 155 pounds (70.31 kilograms). It requires two or more persons to safely handle when moving the amplifier. The MC602 can be placed upright on a table or shelf, standing on its four feet. The four feet may be removed from the bottom of the MC602 wh...

7 UNBALANCED INPUTS for audio cables from a preamplifier or control cen- ter audio output CIRCUIT BREAKER Press to reset if the am- plifier will not power up RIGHT OUTPUT Connections for 8 ohm loudspeakers MC602 Rear Panel Connections and Switch Connect the MC602 power cord to a live AC outlet. Refe...

8 How to Connect the MC602 Caution: The supplied AC Power Cord should not be connected to the Rear Panel of the MC602 Amplifier until after the Loudspeaker Connections have been made and the supplied protective Terminal Connections Cover has been installed. Failure to observe this could result in El...

9 How to Connect the MC602 To AC Outlet Right Loudspeaker 4 ohm Left Loudspeaker 4 ohm Caution: The Loudspeaker Negative Connections are above chassis ground and are not common between channels. Do not combine any connections together or ground them. McIntosh C200C Controller McIntosh C200P Preampli...

10 MC602 Front Panel Displays and Controls METER indicates the Left Channel Power Output of the amplifier METER Switch selects the display modes of the power output meters POWER GUARD LEDs light when the amplifier channel POWER GUARD circuit activates POWER Switch Turns AC power On/Off, or On/Remote...

11 How to Operate the MC602 How to Operate the MC602 Power On To have the MC602 automatically turn On or Off when a control center turns on or off, rotate the power switch to the remote position. For manual operation, rotate the power switch to the On or Off position as desired. Refer to figure 8. N...

12 Technical Description McIntosh Laboratory, the company who introduced the world’s first amplifier that could be called “High Fidelity”, has done it again. The McIntosh engineering staff has cre- ated a power amplifier without compromise, using the most advanced McIntosh circuit design concepts. A...

13 Technical Description not come easily. Many months of design, testing and mea- suring were required. Extensive controlled listening tests, the ultimate form of measuring, were made before the final design was accepted. Design Philosophy The design philosophy incorporated in the MC602 in- volved s...

14 Figure 15 Input Test Signal balanced circuitry. The resulting double balanced configu- ration cancels even order distortion. Refer to figure 12 on page 13. All transistors are selected to have nearly constant cur- rent gain over the entire current range they must cover. Output transistors in part...

15 Technical Description, con’t Figure 17 With Power Guard Figure 16 Without Power Guard able, since it can damage valuable loudspeaker sys- tem tweeters. You will never experience the harsh and damaging dis- tortion due to clipping. The Power Guard cir- cuit is a waveform com- parator, monitoring b...

18 Specifications Specifications Power Output Minimum sine wave continuous average power output per channel, all channels operating is: 600 watts into 2 ohm load 600 watts into 4 ohm load 600 watts into 8 ohm load Rated Power Band 20Hz to 20,000Hz Total Harmonic Distortion Maximum Total Harmonic Dis...

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