User manual CLASSE AUDIO CAP-2100

[. . . ] Owner's Manual CAP-2100 Integrated Amplifier WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. NOTICE All of us at Classé take extreme care to ensure that your purchase will remain a prized investment. We are proud to inform you that all Classé components have been officially approved for the European Community (CE) mark. This means that your Classé product was subjected to the most rigorous manufacturing and safety tests in the world. [. . . ] · The Enter key allows you to select the highlighted item, having the same effect as if you had pressed the button on the LCD touchscreen. · The Tape key is not a navigation key, per se, but allows you to easily toggle between listening to the selected source and listening to the output of your recording device. If you have a recording device (such as a three-head tape deck) which can play back a recording while it is being made, you will be able to compare the original signal to the recording while you are making it. 20 3 Input Selection These Up and Down arrow keys will cycle through the active inputs on your CAP-2100. If you have inputs you are not using, we suggest deactivating them in order to provide faster, easier access to the inputs you are actually using. (See the section The Menu System, the next section in this manual, for information on how to do this. ) 4 System Controls The CAP-2100 remote control can also control user-defined functions as well as the volume and mute functions on a Classé system. · F1/F2/F3/F4 keys are available for controlling aspects of the CAP-2100 not covered by the other buttons on the remote control. You are able to choose what the CAP-2100 should do in response to receiving the infrared signal that a particular Fkey has been pressed. The list of possible functions is quite extensive, and is found in the menu system (see the section The Menu System, the next section in this manual). Note: The Fkeys on all Classé remote controls issue the same infrared commands. This saves you from having to be sure you have picked up the proper remote, since all your Classé remotes will perform the same function for each Fkey. · Volume Up, Volume Down, and Mute do what you would expect them to do. · The Bal (balance) key takes you directly to the balance screen in the menu system; once there, you can use the navigation keys on the remote to select either the left or right buttons on the LCD touchscreen, depending on which way you wish to move the balance. Adjust the relative left-right balance of the system by using the Enter key on the remote to "press" the appropriate button on the display. 21 The Menu System Your CAP-2100 includes a versatile LCD touchscreen which supports both an attractive information display and a flexible menu system. While its use is quite intuitive, it is also quite extensive. This section of the owner's manual outlines the many capabilities found in the menu system. operational menu The operational menu provides easy access to the most basic functions of the integrated amplifier: input selection and tape monitor. It also provides both a numeric and a graphic depiction of the current volume setting input selection Pressing any of the input buttons on the touchscreen will switch to the appropriate input. You may have as many as three line inputs (meaning singleended connections using RCA connectors) and one bal input (balanced connector using an XLR connector). If you do not have this many sources in your system, you can elect to deactivate the unused inputs. Doing so removes their associated buttons from the touchscreen, reducing confusion for occasional users of the system. tape loop In addition, the CAP-2100 has a dedicated tape loop for use with sources that can both record and play back, bringing the total number of sources you can connect to the CAP-2100 to five (four single-ended and one balanced). When you touch the tape button to highlight it, you will notice that the previously selected input remains highlighted. Whenever any input is selected for listening, it is also selected for possible recording; a copy of its signal is sent to the recording device connected to the tape output. When you select the tape button, you are asking the CAP-2100 to continue with this recording feed (whether or not it is being used), while switching to monitor the output of the tape deck (or CD recorder, or whatever else you might have connected to the record loop). In this way, you can monitor the result of your recording while you are making it, in real time. (This assumes that your recording device supports this capability, as do three-head tape decks. ) 22 main menu system Pressing the front panel Menu button to the left of the LCD touchscreen brings up a comprehensive main menu system, the top two levels of which are shown above. [. . . ] After replacing the fuse and fuse cover, reconnect the integrated amplifier to the AC mains only and turn it on without reconnecting either the inputs or the speaker wires. If the fuse blows again, disconnect it from the AC mains and contact your Classé dealer for assistance. If everything seems fine, place the integrated amplifier back into standby and carefully reconnect the input cable and power the integrated amplifier up. If the fuse then blows (or the integrated amplifier goes into protection), you may have a serious fault with your integrated amplifier/processor. [. . . ]