Owners Manual

8
Powering On
Your Stellar Phono
Once the unit is connected to power, flip the master power switch on the rear panel to
the on position. The PS Audio Logo LED button on the front panel will glow blue when the
unit is powered on and ready for use. When powering on your Stellar Phono Preamplifier
using the master power switch, it will always load the factory default settings: moving
magnet, low gain, and 47K ohm loading. The unit will always power up in mute.
Plugging In Your
Equipment
With the Stellar Phono powered off, plug the cables from your turntable into either the
moving magnet or moving coil (depending on the output voltage of your cartridge) RCA
input jacks on the rear panel of the phono preamplifier. If your turntable has a grounding
wire, we highly recommend connecting it to the grounding post on the rear panel of the
Stellar Phono.
Next, connect the cables from your line preamplifier to either the balanced XLR or single-
ended RCA jacks on the rear panel of the Stellar Phono. Keep in mind, single-ended
cables have 6dB less gain, so if you are using a cartridge with low gain (<0.2mV) you will
want to use balanced XLR cables.
Stellar Phono Preamplifier
Getting Started
®
Idle Mode The master power switch on the rear panel should remain on at all times (except when
making new connections). When your connected equipment is not in use, the Stellar
Phono can be placed in Idle mode. Putting your unit in Idle mode will deactivate all of its
output relays.
Idle mode can be activated/deactivated by pressing the PS Audio logo button, located
on the upper left hand corner of the Stellar Phono’s front panel. When the logo button is
not lit, the Stellar Phono is in idle mode. Idle mode can also be activated/deactivated by
pressing the On/Off button in the top left hand corner of the remote.
When toggling in and out of idle mode, the phono preamplifier will retain its most recent
settings. However, if you power down your unit using the master switch on the rear panel,
the Stellar Phono will load the factory default settings on the next power up.
CAUTION: Activate idle mode before powering down your unit using the rear panel master
power switch.