Emotiva UPA-1 Stereo Amplifier User Manual


 
ConnectionsUsingaMultiChannelPreamp/ProcessorwithSpeakers
ThediagramontheprecedingpagedepictsanUPA7connectedtoanEmotivaUMC1MultiChannelProcessor/Preamplifier.
Yourpersonalsetupmaydiffer,dependingonwhichamplifieryouown,andhowmanychannelsyouareusing.TheUPA7is
simplyshownasabasicexample.
Theimageshowsabasic5channelsurroundconfigurationconnectingtheRCA/Unbalancedoutputsontheprocessortothe
RCA/Unbalancedinputsontheamplifier.
NotethateachchannelontheUPA7hasbeenswitchedto‘UnBal’(foranRCA/Unbalancedconnection)usingthe
Balanced/UnbalancedSelectors.Iftheselectordoesnotmatchtheconnectiontype,theamplifierchannelinquestiondoes
notpassthesignaltothespeakers,andthatchannelwillremainsilent.
Thepreamplifieroutputsontheprocessorarelabeledasfollows:
L(Left),LS(LeftSurround),C(Center),LBS(LeftBackSurround),R(Right),RS(RightSurround),SW(Subwoofer),andRBS
(RightBackSurround).
Connecttheoutputsfromtheprocessortotheamplifierchannelsyouwishtousetopowereachspeaker.
Example:YouplantouseChannel1ontheamplifiertopoweryourfrontleftspeaker.WithanRCA/Unbalancedcable,
connecttheoutputlabeled‘L’totheunbalancedinputonamplifierChannel1.Then,connectthespeakerterminalsfrom
amplifierChannel1toyourfrontleftspeaker.Continuethisprocessforallconnections,makingsuretokeeptheoutputs,
inputsandspeakerterminalconnectionsinorder.
Ifyourprocessor/preamplifierhasXLR/Balancedoutputs,theBalancedinputsonyourXSeriesamplifiermaybeused.Simply
switchyourchannelselectorsto‘Bal’,andusetheXLR/Balancedoutputsontheprocessor,andtheXLR/Balancedinputson
eachchanneloftheamplifier.
SurroundSpeakersNote:Inastandardfivechannelconfiguration,LS(LeftSurround)andRS(RightSurround)areused,and
LBS(LeftBackSurround)andRBS9(RightBackSurround)areleftunused.Inastandardsevenchannelconfiguration,LBSand
RBSareincluded.
SubwooferNote:Asseeninthediagram,thesubwooferoutputontheprocessor(shownasaXLR/Balancedconnection)
goesdirectlytothesubwooferitself.Thisassumesthatthesubwooferhasitsownamplifier.Ifthesubwooferhasa
separateamplifier,theprocessoroutputwouldfirstgototheinputoftheamplifier,thentothesubwoofer.
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