Owner's Manual

Parasound
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200 Integrated Owner’s Manual
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Bypass Input
The 200 Integrated’s Bypass input makes it suitable for both high quality stereo reproduction and powering the
L and R channels in a surround sound system. This unique feature benefits your system in several ways. It
will improve the performance of your left and right speakers in a surround sound system because the power
amp built into the 200 Integrated is superior to most surround sound receiver’s amp. This will also relieve your
AV receiver of the burden of driving the left and right speakers so that more power is available to drive the
center and surround channels. This feature also enables your subwoofer(s) to operate with stereo sources
and the sub channel(s) in your surround sound system.
The Bypass input jacks may also be used to integrate the 200 Integrated with additional audio sources that
have their own volume control. The most common example is a music streaming device such as a Sonos
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, a separate house audio controller, bluetooth adapter or network audio player.
The Bypass input works by passing the incoming Left and Right signals directly to the power amp stage
bypassing the preamp and volume control. The incoming L, R and Sub channels are also routed directly to the
L, R and Sub Main preamp output jacks.
None of the 200 Integrated controls have any effect on the bypassed signals. The 200 Integrated is thus
transparent to the Left, Right and Subwoofer(s) outputs from your surround sound processor or receiver and
passes them on to the internal or external power amp(s) and subwoofer(s). In order to use the 200
Integrated Bypass function your surround sound receiver must have line level preamp output jacks.
You can’t use Zone 2 output jacks for surround sound integration.
All controls are excluded from the bypass signal path.
 Adjusting the 200 Integrated Volume will not change the volume level of the Bypass input.
 The Bass and Treble Tone controls do not function; frequency response is flat, regardless of
how these controls are adjusted.
 The Left/Right Balance control does not function; channel balance is equal, regardless of how
this control is adjusted.
 The Subwoofer Level and on/off control does not function.
 Speaker and Main Preamp Outputs are full range, regardless of the crossover settings.
 Both Subwoofer Outputs are full range.
The exclusions above are intentional so your surround sound receiver bass management menu settings and
volume control function normally when you are listening to surround sound with the Left, Right and Sub
channels routed through the 200 Integrated. Please see the owner’s manual for your surround sound receiver
or processor to set the proper speaker levels, distance and bass management. Don’t forget that the volume
control on the 200 Integrated does not work when the Bypass Input is selected. Use the volume control on
your surround sound AVR or processor.
Connecting an AVR to the Bypass Input
Connect your surround sound receiver’s Left, Right & Sub(s) preamp output jacks to the 200 Integrated’s Left,
Right & Sub(s) Bypass Input jacks. Two Bypass Subwoofer Input jacks are included in case you have two
Subwoofers and your surround receiver includes two Subwoofer out jacks. With a single Subwoofer you can
use either the Sub 1 or Sub 2 Input jacks.
The 200 Integrated Bypass Inputs should not be connected directly to any source component with a
fixed output level. Examples are CD players, most Blu-ray/DVD players, cable/sat set-top boxes or
tuners. Since there is no volume control with the Bypass input the full voltage output from the source
will go directly to the power amplifier. The sound level could be extremely high and could damage
your speakers.