Emotiva UPA-5 Manual

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Groundloopisolatorsareavailableforaudiolinesandvideodevices.Ifyouneedassistance,contactEmotiva.Althoughthisis

notalwaysanidealsolution,thegroundingdifferencesbetweencertainhomeentertainmentcomponentssometimesrequire

groundloopisolators.Thisistheexceptionratherthantherule.

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OtherProbableCausesofNoise

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• SpeakernoisemayalsobecausedbyinterferenceornoiseonyourACline.Makesuretherearenolargeappliances

sharingtheline,orhalogenlampsorlight‐dimmingTriacdevices.

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• TryconnectingyoursystemtoanotherACsocketonaseparateline.

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• Ifthehumisheardfromwithintheamplifier,andnotthroughthespeakers,thismayalsobecausedbyinterference

ontheACorDClines.Thepowertransformersmayturnthisinterferenceintoanaudiblenoise.Internalhumcanbe

madeworsebyashelforcabinetresonating,sotrymovingtheamplifiertoanothershelf.

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• TrymovingyourcomponentsfurtherawayfromtheTV,especiallyifyounoticethescreenhaschangedcolorinthe

areaclosesttothecomponent.

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• Ifyouhaveveryhighefficiencyspeakers,thesemaytendtorevealnoises,whichotherspeakersdonot.

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OneormoreREDlightsontheFrontPanelareBlinking

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YourUltraSeriesAmplifierisequippedwitha‘ProtectMode’tominimizethepossibilityofdamagetoeitheritselfor

speakers.Ifaproblemisdetected,thechannel(s)atriskwillshutdown,followingaredblinkingonthecorresponding

indicatorlight(s).

EachREDlightindicatesafaultconditionforthecorrespondingpowermodule.

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Afaultconditionisoneormoreofthefollowing:

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• ExcessiveOperatingTemperature

• ExcessiveCurrent(ShortCircuit)

• DContheOutputs

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Anexcessivetemperaturefaultcanberesetbyallowingamplifiertocoolandcyclingpoweron/offbuttononthefrontpanel.

Excessivecurrent(shortcircuit)canberesetbyremovingthecauseoftheshortandcyclingpoweron/offbuttononthefront

panel.DCatoutputisapossiblefaultconditionthatisequipmentrelatedandrequirestechnicalassistance.Pleasecontact

EmotivaifyouhaverepeatedproblemscausingtheREDfrontpanellighttoflashthatareNOTthermalorshortcircuit

related.

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ProblemswiththewholeA/VSystem

Ifyouarehavingmorecomplexproblemsinyouroverallhomeentertainmentsystem(notjustwiththeamplifier),please

contactEmotivaSupportforassistance.877‐EMO‐Tech(877‐366‐8324)

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