Emotiva UPA-5 Stereo Amplifier User Manual


 
Groundloopisolatorsareavailableforaudiolinesandvideodevices.Ifyouneedassistance,contactEmotiva.Althoughthisis
notalwaysanidealsolution,thegroundingdifferencesbetweencertainhomeentertainmentcomponentssometimesrequire
groundloopisolators.Thisistheexceptionratherthantherule.
OtherProbableCausesofNoise
SpeakernoisemayalsobecausedbyinterferenceornoiseonyourACline.Makesuretherearenolargeappliances
sharingtheline,orhalogenlampsorlightdimmingTriacdevices.
TryconnectingyoursystemtoanotherACsocketonaseparateline.
Ifthehumisheardfromwithintheamplifier,andnotthroughthespeakers,thismayalsobecausedbyinterference
ontheACorDClines.Thepowertransformersmayturnthisinterferenceintoanaudiblenoise.Internalhumcanbe
madeworsebyashelforcabinetresonating,sotrymovingtheamplifiertoanothershelf.
TrymovingyourcomponentsfurtherawayfromtheTV,especiallyifyounoticethescreenhaschangedcolorinthe
areaclosesttothecomponent.
Ifyouhaveveryhighefficiencyspeakers,thesemaytendtorevealnoises,whichotherspeakersdonot.
OneormoreREDlightsontheFrontPanelareBlinking
YourUltraSeriesAmplifierisequippedwitha‘ProtectMode’tominimizethepossibilityofdamagetoeitheritselfor
speakers.Ifaproblemisdetected,thechannel(s)atriskwillshutdown,followingaredblinkingonthecorresponding
indicatorlight(s).
EachREDlightindicatesafaultconditionforthecorrespondingpowermodule.
Afaultconditionisoneormoreofthefollowing:
ExcessiveOperatingTemperature
ExcessiveCurrent(ShortCircuit)
DContheOutputs
Anexcessivetemperaturefaultcanberesetbyallowingamplifiertocoolandcyclingpoweron/offbuttononthefrontpanel.
Excessivecurrent(shortcircuit)canberesetbyremovingthecauseoftheshortandcyclingpoweron/offbuttononthefront
panel.DCatoutputisapossiblefaultconditionthatisequipmentrelatedandrequirestechnicalassistance.Pleasecontact
EmotivaifyouhaverepeatedproblemscausingtheREDfrontpanellighttoflashthatareNOTthermalorshortcircuit
related.
ProblemswiththewholeA/VSystem
Ifyouarehavingmorecomplexproblemsinyouroverallhomeentertainmentsystem(notjustwiththeamplifier),please
contactEmotivaSupportforassistance.877EMOTech(8773668324)
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