Operation
Switch on and off
Select an input
Change the volume
Mute the
preamplifier output
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OPERATING THE APPLIANCE
Button(s)
Description
The preamplifier is switched on and off using this button at the front panel.
It has no standby option. When switched off the device is internally separa-
ted from the AC power. As a precaution, after switching on, the volume set-
POWER (4)
ting of the preamplifier should be reduced. After switching on, the device
needs up to 30 seconds before it is ready to operate. Meanwhile, the LED
in the speaker's knob (2) will be blinking. During power-on mode, one of
the LED for the input selection (1) will be lighted.
At the front panel: If you turn the dial "INPUT", you select one of the devi-
ces connected to the inputs on the back of the SA-T8 (6) for playback.
INPUT (1)
Using the remote control: A short touch on the button for the desired input
channel (e.g. "S1") changes to the playback of the audio source connec-
Input keys
ted there.
(12)
The LED associated to the selected input channel will be illuminated at the
front of the appliance. Before switching over the input channel, the volume
(2)(13) should be turned down as a precaution!
At the front panel: Turn the knob "VOLUME" clockwise to turn up the volume
and counter-clockwise to turn it down.
VOLUME (2)
Using the remote control: Press and hold the button "VOLUME
VOLUME
value. Use "VOLUME
/
(13)
the volume using the remote control, the LED inside the volume knob lights up.
The volume setting does never influence the signal at the output
"REC OUTPUT" (7).
The MUTE function can be activated or deactivated at the front panel as
well as with the remote control. It switches off the preamplifier output "OUT-
MUTE
PUT" (8) and the recording output "REC OUTPUT" (7). The LED in the tur-
(5)(11)
ning knob will be blinking during mute mode. Pressing one of these buttons
again restores the volume to its original setting. Before you do this, make
sure that the volume setting is not too high (2)(13).
" to lower the volume level. While you are changing
" to raise ist