Page 2 - Important Safety In struc tions; SAFETY
User's Manual 2 Important Safety In struc tions 10. Ventilation — The apparatus should be situated so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ven ti la tion. For example, the apparatus should not be situated on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar surface that may block any ven ti l...
Page 3 - Safety Instructions; Contents
User's Manual 3 16. To prevent electric shock , do not use this polarized plug with an ex ten -sion cord, receptacle or other outlet unless the blades can be fully inserted to prevent blade ex po sure. Pour préevenir les chocs électriques ne pas utiliser cette fi che polariseé avec un prolongateur, ...
Page 4 - CHAPTER 1; Introduction
User's Manual 4 CHAPTER 1 Dear Friend, Thank you for purchasing a Sun fi re Theater Grand Ampli fi er . We hope you enjoy it and the music it makes as much as we have enjoyed creating it for you. The TGA-5400 can pro duce 400 watts rms per channel into 8 ohms and 800 watts rms into 4 ohms . The TGA-...
Page 5 - Theater Grand Editions
User's Manual 5 CHAPTER 1 Theater Grand Editions The Theater Grand fi ve channel power ampli fi er is available in two editions: • TGA-5400 • TGA-5200 The TGA-5400 has twice the power output than the TGA-5200. This manual uses illustrations of the TGA-5400. The operational details, features, and con...
Page 6 - Installation; AC Power Considerations; Unpacking
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 Theater Grand Am pli fi er: • Protect it from prolonged ex po sure to direct sunlight and other direct sources of heat, such as heat...
Page 7 - Front Panel Features; Overview
User's Manual 7 Front Panel Features Overview Your Theater Grand Ampli fi er has fi ve chan nels of power ampli fi 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 fi er and ampli fi es them to a ...
Page 8 - Rear Panel Features; 2 VDC Trigger Input
User's Manual 8 Rear Panel Features 1. AUTO/ON/OFF Switch Your Theater Grand Ampli fi er is designed with an automatic on/off circuit. • In the AUTO-ON po si tion, the am pli fi er will automatically turn on if an audio signal is pres-ent at any of the inputs, or if it receives a 12 VDC input voltag...
Page 9 - Current Source Fuses
User's Manual 9 4. XLR Inputs If your pream pli fi er has XLR out puts, connect them to these XLR inputs. These balanced connections offer su pe ri or noise rejection com-pared to the unbalanced RCA inputs, particularly for long cable runs. The female XLR inputs are wired as follows: Pin 1 is ground...
Page 10 - CHAPTER 2; System Con; Unbalanced Connections
User's Manual 10 CHAPTER 2 System Con fi gurations Unbalanced Connections If your preampli fi er has RCA out- puts, it can be connected to the ampli- fi er inputs as shown. The ampli fi er will boost the preampli fi er's output, up to a level suitable for driving speakers. This diagram also shows ho...
Page 11 - Balanced Connections
User's Manual 11 Speaker-level audio outputsFrom: Ampli fi er outputs To: Speaker input posts Balanced line-level audio signals From: Preampli fi er XLR outputs To: Ampli fi er XLR inputs Sun fi re Theater Grand Processor TGP-5 12 VDC Trigger signalFrom: Preampli fi er trigger outputsTo: Ampli fi er...
Page 12 - Bi amp ing; Output connections; Input connections
User's Manual 12 CHAPTER 2 If your speakers can be biamped, the Theater Grand Ampli fi er can be con fi g ured to provide a very powerful 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 bridge clips for normal operation....
Page 13 - Biamping Connections
User's Manual 13 CHAPTER 2 MINIMUM SPEAKE R LOAD IMPEDA NCE 4 OHM S + - RIGHT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) + - RIGHT WOOFER + - LEFT WOOFER + - LEFT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) R L UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPUTS LOUDSPEAKERS Note: The remaining channel can be used to drive another speaker, or left unconnected. ...
Page 14 - Biwiring Connections
User's Manual 14 CHAPTER 2 MINIMUM SPEAKE R LOAD IMPE DANCE 4 OHMS R L UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPUTS + - RIGHT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) + - LEFT WOOFER (VOLTAGE SOURCE) + - LEFT TWEETER (CURRENT SOURCE) LOUDSPEAKERS + - RIGHT WOOFER(VOLTAGE SOURCE) If your speakers can be biwired or biamped, they will h...
Page 15 - APPENDIX; Series and Parallel speaker con nec tions; Series
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 fi er run hot. For the best results use one speaker per chan nel....
Page 16 - Troubleshooting Guide
User's Manual 16 APPENDIX The Sun fi re Ampli fi 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 com-ponents connected to your pro ces sor are on and fully...
Page 19 - Limited Warranty
User's Manual 19 APPENDIX Limited Warranty Sun fi 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 fi re Corporation offers the following Warranty to y...
