SUNFIRE 400 ~ five - Manual

User's Manual 5 CHAPTER 1 Cinema Grand Editions The Cinema Grand Þ ve channel power ampli Þ er is available in two editions: • Signature 400~ Þ ve • 200~ Þ ve The Sig na ture 400~ Þ ve has twice the power output, and uses heavier output ter mi nals com pared to the 200~ Þ ve. Each Signature 400~ Þ v...

User's Manual 6 Installation Read and follow all safety instruc- tions shown on pages 2 and 3. Observe the fol low ing pre cau tions when choos ing a location for your Cinema Grand Am pli Þ er: • Protect it from prolonged ex po sure to direct sunlight and other direct sources of heat, such as heatin...

User's Manual 7 Front Panel Features Overview Your Cinema Grand Ampli Þ er has Þ ve chan nels of power ampli Þ ca- tion combined in one chassis for the purpose of re pro duc ing music or video soundtracks. It accepts line level signals from a controlling preampli Þ er and ampli Þ es them to a higher...

User's Manual 8 Rear Panel Features 1. AUTO/ON/OFF Switch Your Cinema Grand Ampli Þ er is designed with an automatic on/off circuit. • In the AUTO-ON po si tion, the am pli Þ er will automatically turn on if an audio signal is present at the right front or center inputs, or if it receives a 12 VDC i...

User's Manual 9 4. XLR Inputs If your pream pli Þ er has XLR out puts, connect them to these XLR inputs. Use them instead of the RCA inputs because balanced connections offer su pe ri or noise rejection. The female XLR inputs are wired as follows: Pin 1 is ground Pin 2 is positive (hot) Pin 3 is neg...

User's Manual 10 Speaker-level audio outputsFrom: Ampli Þ er outputs To: Speaker input posts C LS R UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPU TS RS L + - R + - RS + - C + - LS + - L LOUDSPEAKERS Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signatur e 400 ~ five CHAPTER 2 System Con Þ gurations Unbalanced Connections If your prea...

User's Manual 11 Sunfire Corpora tion Cinema G rand Signatu re 400 ~ fiv e AM GND FM 75 Ω LEFT CENTER RIGHT LEFT SUR RIGHT SUR LB SUR RB SUR SUB DVD SAT VID1 VID2 VCR CD PHONO DAT R L R L R L C r Y b R L COMP VIDEO S VIDEO TAPE DAT TAPE LEFT L SUR CEN LB SUR FIXED MAIN ZONE2 PHONO DAT TAPE DAT TAPE ...

User's Manual 12 CHAPTER 2 If your speakers can be biamped, the Cinema Grand Ampli Þ er can be con Þ g ured to provide a very powerful stereo system. A speak er which can be biamped or biwired will have two sets of bind ing posts. Some times these posts are joined with shorting links for normal oper...

User's Manual 13 CHAPTER 2 Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Sign ature 400 ~ five + - RIGHT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) + - RIGHT WOOFER + - LEFT WOOFER + - LEFT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) R L UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPUTS LOUDSPEAKERS Note: The remaining center chan-nel can be used to drive a center speaker...

User's Manual 14 CHAPTER 2 Sunfire Corporatio n Cinema Grand S ignature 400 ~ fiv e R L UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPU TS + - RIGHT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) + - LEFT WOOFER (VOLTAGE SOURCE) + - LEFT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) LOUDSPEAKERS + - RIGHT WOOFER (VOLTAGE SOURCE) If your speakers can be biwired or b...

User's Manual 15 APPENDIX Series and Parallel speaker con nec tions AmplifierOutputs AmplifierOutputs The con nec tion of more than one speaker per channel will tend to de grade the speaker’s frequency response, and may make the ampli Þ er run hot. For the best results use one speaker per chan nel. ...

User's Manual 16 APPENDIX The Sun Þ re Ampli Þ er is expertly designed and built to provide years of trouble-free per for mance. Most prob-lems that occur can usually be solved by checking your setup or making sure that the audio and video compo-nents connected to the pro ces sor are on and fully op...

User's Manual 19 APPENDIX Limited Warranty Sun Þ re Corporation is proud of its prod ucts which have been built with care using ad vanced technology and premium com po nent parts. Your unit has been crafted to perform properly for many years. Sun Þ re Corporation offers the following Warranty to you...