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A38 setup

configuring your A38 amplifier

adjusting listening settings

The A38 allows you to customise various features of the

amplifier to fit your system. Use this diagram to help you

navigate through the available configuration options.

In the diagram, the control knob is shown as

Normally, the display shows the current volume and the

control knob is used to adjust this.

Press

once to enter the setup menu, then press

repeatedly to cycle through the menu items. When

This allows you to adjust the output balance between left and right channels. The display is

Balance

also available directly by pressing the front panel

There are three volume-display options to chose from: 'Standard' , 'Fine' or 'Reference' .

Volume resolution

Standard and Fine represent different levels of volume-control sensitivity; the Reference

setting gives absolute increments in 0.5dB steps.

Input trims are used to compensate for variations in output levels of different source

Input trims

equipment. If, for example, your CD player is louder at a given volume display value

than other inputs, you can attenuate it by using this setting so that it matches your other

components.

Use the source-select buttons to select the input you wish to adjust, then the control knob

to set (increase or decrease) the input volume for that source.

This can be used to limit the maximum volume the amplifier operates at when it is first

Max on volume

switched on: the A38 comes on at the (reduced) 'Max. On Volume' level if the last-used

volume exceeds this value.

If this item is set to 'Disabled' , the A38 always comes on at the last used volume, even if this

is very loud.

Processor mode enables you to fix the gain (volume setting) of your A38. The A38 (in

Processor mode

combination with a power amp.) can then be used to drive the front left and right speakers

of a surround-sound system, when fed from a separate processor. The volume of the entire

system can then be controlled using the processor.

Feed the sound from the processor into the

the amplifiers that drive your other loudspeakers.

Confirming 'Yes' restores all amplifier settings to their factory defaults.

Reset

you have found the setting that you wish to adjust (as

shown on the front panel display), you can change the

setting using the control knob. Press

to store the

change and return to volume display mode – or press

again to move to the next setting.

Note that the menu will time-out after a short period

without pressing a button, with the display reverting to

the current volume.

The following items can be adjusted from the setup

menu:

button.

dIsPLAy

input, then set the gain of the A38 to match

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'Power On' state