User manual AUDIO ANALOGUE BELLINI

[. . . ] Dear Audiophile, Congratulations and thank you for choosing Bellini Virtual Battery. You're now the owner of a unit that establishes a new reference in the category of high-quality and high-versatility stereophonic products. maestro Line Preamplifier provides circuital solutions with no compromises and features capable to satisfy advanced users' demands. We built Bellini Virtual Battery with a preamplifier with line ins, a high-quality phono in, high-performance circuits and separated circuit sections for each channel. [. . . ] Sixteen blue leds around the volume knob progressively indicate the volume level. Record player ground connector (needed when phono in is in use). Trigger out, 12VDC-300mA 12) IEC standard power inlet. If necessary, replace them with others of the same kind (see back panel). When pressed and immediately released, it activates/deactivates standby mode. When muting is activated, volume level is reduced to background level and the volume leds start blinking. 1 Bellini Virtual Battery 1 remote controller 2 AAA batteries (already placed in the remote controller) 1 power cord 1 instruction manual 1 trigger cable 1 set of jacks for Phono in resistive/capacitive load setting If one of the items listed above is missing, please contact your Audio Analogue retailer. After extracting the smallest items from the package, pull out the unit carefully. separate the package from the anti-shock expanded-foam protections. If batteries are not already placed in the remote controller battery slot, open the slot; insert batteries according to the indicated polarity, then close the battery slot. Where to place Bellini Virtual Battery Bellini Virtual Battery is a complex unit that may generate a large quantity of heat. please locate the unit in a well-ventilated place. In particular, you should leave at least 5cm around and above the unit and avoid placing it close to heat sources (radiators, heaters, amplifiers, television sets). Plugging and connecting Bellini Virtual Battery Before connecting Bellini Virtual Battery to sound source, please be sure that they are all unplugged from wall outlets. First of all, connect the sound sources to the Bellini Virtual Battery inputs you want to use. Please use only high-quality cords with gold-plated connectors. as the second step , connect Bellini Virtual Battery pre-outs to the amplifier inputs. At last, plug the power cord into the Bellini Virtual Battery inlet and into the wall outlet. It means that it turns on any time it is plugged to a wall outlet. Power plugging has ALWAYS to be done at last!Powering up Bellini Virtual Battery When the power cord is plugged into a power plug, the virtual battery capacitors start to recharge. It last a few seconds according to the remaining charge. [. . . ] Warning: when unplugging the unit from the wall outlet you will lose your set-up configuration for by-pass. In this case, when Bellini is turned on again, by-pass function will be deactivated. Phono input A feature that makes Bellini Virtual Battery a versatile unit is the extreme flexibility of its PH/1 input. In fact, this is may be used as a normal line in and as an MM or MC phono in. [. . . ]