Owner's Manual

Digital
Pre-amp Mode
Th
e
851C can
optionally
be used as a digital pre-amp and connected
directly to a suitable power-amp.
Before making this connection access
the
851C's
Digital Volume menu
by
pressing
the
Menu
button then using
the
~
and
•~
buttons
to
move
to
the
Digital Volume item.
Press
the
Select
button
to
enter this submenu and use
the
~
and
•~
buttons
to
select
On.
Finally confirm
thi
s setting
by
pressing
the
Sel
ect
button again.
See next section for a
full
listing
of
the
Menu structure.
Once
Digital Volume is enabled,
the
handset Volume
Up
and Down
buttons will affect
the
signal output level from
the
851C.
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851C
Th
e level
at
both
the
balanced X
LR
and single-ended Phonoj
RCA
outputs
is affected and ei
ther
connection type can be used, see diagram bel
ow.
Be careful
not
to turn Digital Volume
off
when connected
to
a power
amplifier
in this way as this returns
the
output
level
to
an un
-a
djustable
maximum
level
for
use only
into
an
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or pre-a
mplifier
with
its
own volume control.
When Digital Volume is enable, a
Ch
.
Balance (Channel
Balance)
opt
ion
is also available in
the
menu structure.
This
allows adjustment
of
the
relative level be
tw
een le
ft
and
ri
ght
channels for circumstances where one speaker is
further
away than
the
other or
the
source material itself has a channel imbalance.
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Use
with
an
iD100
Digital
iPod
/ iPhonej iPad dock
The
851C
can optionally be used with a
Cambridge
Audio iD100
dig
ital
iP
od/
iPh
oneji
Pad
dock.
Con
nect
the
iD100 to a suitable digital input,
Di
g
it
al
lnputl
, Dig
it
al
lnp
ut2
or
AES
/
EBU
Ba
lanced
In
can be used, we recommend using
the
AES/EBU Balanced input
for
best sound quality.
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operate
th
e
iP
odj
iPh
onejiP
ad in the dock, fir
st
select
th
e
ap
propriate
in
put
and
then
press and hold
th
at same button whilst us
in
g t he Apple
compatible buttons
on
th
e remote.
See
the
'Remote
Control'
section
for
details.
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