Owner's Manual

Parasound
®
200 Pre Owner’s Manual
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Unpacking your 200 Pre & Placement Guidelines
Unpacking Your 200 Pre
Carefully remove your 200 Pre from its shipping carton and locate its AC power cord and these included
accessories:
 A 12V trigger cable with mono 3.5mm mini plugs at both ends.
 Remote control and two AA batteries.
 18 AWG power cord
While you are unpacking your 200 Pre, inspect it thoroughly for evidence of possible shipping damage and
tell your Parasound dealer immediately if you find any. If possible, save and store both the inner and outer
cartons and–most especially–the foam packing inserts, to protect the 200 Pre if you move it or have to ship
it. This would be a good time to make a copy of your sales receipt for storage with the 200 Pre’s original
packing.
Placement Guidelines
Install your 200 Pre away from heat sources such as heat-producing audio components, heating ducts,
radiators. Observe the following ventilation guidelines when installing the 200 Pre in an equipment rack or any
other enclosed space:
It is better to position your 200 Pre under, rather than above, power amplifiers or other heat-producing
components. Pockets of intense heat can still develop above and around any heat-producing equipment. You
should also avoid installing the 200 Pre in an unventilated equipment cabinet or small compartment because
hot air created by the other components will not exhaust adequately and result in overheating. A cabinet or
enclosure whose front and back are open doesn’t guarantee that air will circulate adequately. Allow a few
inches of empty space on each side of the unit and try to avoid crowding or stacking the 200 Pre tightly
between other components.
If you are installing the 200 Pre yourself, use input and output cables that are long enough to leave at least
two feet of slack; that will enable you to pull the 200 Pre out of a cabinet to check or to change connections
without inadvertently disconnecting cables.
Rack Mounting Your 200 Pre
A rack mount adapter model “RMK-11” is available for purchase separately.
AC Line Power Cord
Connect your sources and preamplifier before you plug in the AC cord. The power cord supplied with your
200 Pre is an IEC type 18AWG AC cord. The AC ground potential can vary between your AC outlets and the
result can be an audible 60Hz (or 50Hz) hum heard in your speakers. To help avoid this problem plug your
200 Pre into the same AC wall outlet, power strip or line conditioner as you have plugged in your power
amplifier and other audio components. The power cord might be different for units sold in other regions of the
world.