Emotiva UPA-5 Manual

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BackPanelLayouts

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UPA‐1BackPanel

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1.StatusLedSelector‐StatusLEDscanbeturnedonandoffwiththisselector.

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2.RCA/UnbalancedAudioInput‐StandardRCAinputconnectionthatconnectstoastandardRCAaudiooutputconnection

onapreamplifier,receiverormulti‐channelprocessor.

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3.Unbalanced/BalancedInputSelector–Whenturnedtowards‘Un‐Bal’,theRCA(unbalanced)inputischosenandactive.

Whenturnedtowards‘Bal’,theXLR/Balancedinputischosenandactive.

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4.XLR/BalancedAudioInput‐StandardXLRinputconnectionthatconnectstoastandardXLRaudiooutputconnectionon

apreamplifier,receiverormulti‐channelprocessor.

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5‐6:SpeakerTerminals‐These5waybindingpostsacceptstrippedspeakerwire,bananaplugs,orspadeconnectors.Be

suretoobservecorrectpolaritywhenconnectingspeakersandbesurethatthewiresdonottouchbetweenpositiveand

negativeterminals.

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WhenusingtheUPA‐1to‘bi‐wire’aspeaker,usebothnegativeandbothpositiveterminalstoconnecttothecorresponding

negativeandpositiveterminalsonyourspeakers.Inastandardwiringsituation,useonlyonenegativeterminalandone

positiveterminaltosinglenegativeandpositiveterminalsonthespeaker.

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Note:Potentiallylethalvoltagespresent!Neverconnect,disconnectormodifyspeakerwiringwiththeamplifierturned

on.

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7.VoltageIndicator–AllEmoitvaamplifiersoperateoneither115Vor230V.Thevoltageisdetectedwhentheamplifieris

turnedon,andisidentifiedbytheindicatorlights.Therearenouseradjustments,theamplifierautomaticallyadjuststothe

voltage.

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8.RemoteTriggerInput/Output–TheUPA‐1canberemotelytriggeredbyanotherdevice,andinturn,remotelytrigger

anotherdevice.Whenaremotetriggeroutputfromapreamplifier,processororotheraudiodeviceisconnectedtothe

triggerinputhere,theamplifierwillpowerupandshutdownalongwiththefirstdevice.Anotherdevice(CDplayer,

amplifier,etc)canbeaddedtothischainusingthetriggeroutput.

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A3.5mm,5‐12voltmonoaudiocableisusedforbothinputsandoutputs.Ifbuildingyourowncable,centerispositiveand

outershieldisnegative.

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9.MasterPowerSwitch‐Thisrockerswitchprovidesthemasterpowerfortheamplifier.AfteritisintheONposition,the

amplifiercanbeturnedonmanuallyfromthefrontpanelswitchorautomaticallywiththetriggerinputvia3.5mminputjack.

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Undernormaluse,thisswitchshouldremainon,leavingtheamplifierinstandbyposition,andcomingtofullpowerwith

eitherthefrontpanel‘STANDBY’button,oractivationthroughtheremotetrigger.