MANLEY LABORATORIES, INC. OWNER'S MANUAL CONTROL MASTER PREAMPLIFIER MANLEY LABORATORIES, INC. 13880 MAGNOLIA AVE. CHINO, CA. 91710 TEL: (909) 627-4256 FAX: (909) 628-2482 email: emanley@netcom.com http://www.manleylabs.
CONTENTS SECTION PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 MAINS CONNECTIONS 4 CONNECTING YOUR PREAMPLIFIER 5 FIGURE 1 FRONTPANEL 6 FIGURE 2 REAR PANEL 7 OPERATIONAL NOTES 8 SPECIFICATIONS 9 WARRANTY 10 WARRANTY REGISTRATION 11
INTRODUCTION THANK YOU!... for choosing the Manley Laboratories CONTROL MASTER Preamplifier. Designed by David Manley, the Mastering Room LINE Preamplifier uses the best available parts with the shortest, cleanest, signal path possible. With the use of our own in-house C.N.C. milling machine, we can provide you with a superb sounding machine with elegant packaging. The design is completely DUAL-MONO with separate power supplies for each channel including two custom designed power transformers.
MAINS CONNECTIONS Your preamplifier has been factory set to the correct mains voltage for your country. The voltage setting is marked on the serial badge, located on the rear panel. Check that this complies with your local supply. Export units for certain markets have a moulded mains plug fitted to comply with local requirements. If your unit does not have a plug fitted the coloured wires should be connected to the appropriate plug terminals in accordance with the following code.
CONNECTING YOUR PREAMPLIFIER Setting up your preamplifier is rather easy. 1. Please refer to page 7 diagram 2 for an illustration of the back of the preamplifier. 2. There are two sets of main outputs, one set UNBALANCED RCA and the other BALANCED XLR. The pin out for the XLR is as follows: PIN1 - ground PIN2 - POSITIVE going phase (+) PIN3 - NEGATIVE going phase (-). Connect either (or both for bi-amping) the XLR or RCA output to the input of your amplifier as required. 3.
FRONT PANEL XLR AUX DIG TAPE TUNER VIDEO A VOLUME OPERATE MUTE B C BALANCE TRIM LEFT RIGHT D E F A SELECTOR SWITCH Switch to select between inputs. Counterclockwise: BALANCED XLR INPUTS, AUX (auxilary), DIG (CD), TAPE, TUNER, VIDEO. NOTE: always turn volume control (level) down before switching selector switch to avoid surprisedifferences in source levels. NOTE: inputs which have nothing plugged in to them can pick up noise.
REAR PANEL A BC D E F G H I J K L A IEC MAINS SOCKET Standard IEC mains socket (120/240 VAC) B FUSE HOLDERS Right & Left channel fuses. Replace with 1A SLO-BLO fuse only. C VOLTAGE SELECTOR SWITCH Selectable to 110,120 / 220,240 VAC. Set to the proper voltage for your country. D OUTPUT (XLR) Left (upper) and Right (lower) output XLR's. BALANCED E OUTPUT (RCA) Paralled output to the Left and Right XLR outputs. UNBALANCED F RECORD OUTPUT Set at input line stage level.
OPERATIONAL NOTES SWITCHING ON The power switch is located on the right hand corner of the front panel. Flip the switch up to turn on the preamplifier and down to turn off the preamplifier. RUNNING It is not recommended that you leave your preamplifier permanently switched on. This only wastes electricity and tube life. Your preamplifier has solid state rectification and reaches peak operating condition in approximately 30 minutes. TUBE LIFE As with all tubes, their quality degrades with age.
SPECIFICATIONS Vacuum Tubes: 2 x 5814's, 2 x 6414's Gain 6 dB (line stage) Input Impedance 100 Kohm line stages Output Impedance 120 ohms Power Consumption 33 Watts (275mA @ 120VAC)
WARRANTY All Manley Laboratories equipment is covered by a limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from date of purchase to the original purchaser only. A further optional limited 5 year warranty is available to the original purchaser upon proper registration of ownership within 30 days of date of first purchase.
WARRANTY REGISTRATION We ask that you please fill out this registration form and send the bottom half to: MANLEY LABORATORIES REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT 13880 MAGNOLIA AVE. CHINO CA, 91710 Registration entitles you to product support, full warranty benefits, and notice of product enhancements and upgrades. You MUST complete and return the following to validate your warranty and registration. Thank you again for choosing Manley Laboratories. MODEL CONTROL MASTER PREAMPLIFIER SERIAL No.