Chord PRIMA, User Manual

Page 1: ...fore you start to enjoy using your Chord Electronics product please take a couple of minutes to read how to connect your audio equipment and loudspeakers to your Chord Choral product and how to maximise your listening experience user guide for pre amplifier PRIMA ...

Page 2: ... a little rusty connecting your equipment Chord amplifiers are supplied with and designed to be connected using balanced inputs The interconnecting cables you use will depend on the available input and output sockets on your other equipment We have installed unbalanced inputs on all Chord equipment thus enabling you to mix Chord Electronics and other manufacturer s equipment Balanced inputs carry ...

Page 3: ...erminal Connect the brown wire to the live terminal Connect the yellow green wire to the earth terminal if you need to fit a plug for US Canada Connect the white wire to the neutral terminal Connect the black wire to the live terminal Connect the green to the earth terminal earthing issues in Europe In some European countries a hum may occur if your processor is connected to mains sockets that do ...

Page 4: ...esult in exposure to hazardous levels of laser radiation that could cause eye damage To prevent injury this product should be returned for qualified service to Chord Electronics Ltd There are no user serviceable parts within any Chord Electronics Choral product Unauthorised tampering or dismantling of this product will invalidate the warranty and could cause injury mains connection The mains conne...

Page 5: ...e for the BLU to read the disc s Table of Contents TOC During this time the display will indicate For all Choral products except the BLU Press the bottom part of the power switch labelled I powering down for the BLU For everyday use there is no need to power down the BLU completely you can put the BLU into standby mode instead Press the STANDBY button on the top panel controls or the STBY on the r...

Page 6: ...d connecting to your power amplifier 1 Use the XLR style output connectors to connect your PRIMA pre amplifier to the XLR style input connectors of your power amplifier 2 If you are using the PRE AMP REMOTE then press the button marked O P 1 3 If you are using the Chord touch screen remote control then press the OUTPUT 1 LCD touch pad which is on page 3 of the CHORAL SERIES device menu Main output...

Page 7: ...ctors to connect your PRIMA pre amplifier to the XLR style output connectors of your source input equipment 2 If you are using the PRE AMP REMOTE then press the button marked 1 that is grouped with main line bus buttons The main bus buttons are grouped with the button marked M 3 If you are using the Chord touch screen remote control then press the MAIN LINE1 LCD touch pad which is on page 1 of the...

Page 8: ...2 If you are using the PRE AMP REMOTE then press the appropriate button marked either 2 3 4 or 5 that is grouped with main line bus buttons depending on the line input connectors that you have used The main bus buttons are grouped with the button marked M 3 If you are using the Chord touch screen remote control then press the appropriate LCD touch pad which are on page 1 of the CHORAL SERIES devic...

Page 9: ...put connectors Tape line outputs assigning an input source line to the tape line output 1 If you are using the PRE AMP REMOTE press the corresponding numbered button for the desired line input Use the numbered buttons that are grouped with the button marked T 2 If you are using the Chord touch screen remote control the use the corresponding LCD touch pad that relates to the line input that you are...

Page 10: ...e of the PRIMA controls on the PRIMA The diagram below shows the controls on the PRIMA Controls on the PRIMA Button A Main Line Input Select Button B Tape Line Input Select Infra Red Receiver Volume Knob Balance Knob ...

Page 11: ... the display will read To assign the main output with a particular input signal press the button A several times to cycle through the 5 line inputs until the one you wish to use is displayed The options are shown in the diagram below Cycle of input selection options for the main line outputs ...

Page 12: ... tape line output with a particular input signal press the button B several times to cycle through the 5 line inputs until the one you wish to use is displayed The options are shown in the diagram below Cycle of input selection options for the tape line outputs ...

Page 13: ... the input line that is assigned to the tape line output The PRIMA stores the gain setting for each input line There are six gain settings available in total that can be assigned to each input line and these are shown below After the gain setting has been shown for a second the input line that is currently assigned to the tape line is displayed When you are viewing the tape line settings the displ...

Page 14: ...vent large changes in volume from damaging your loudspeakers The volume level is shown on the display as the word VOL and a two digit level as shown in the example diagram below Volume display changing the balance Use the balance knob to shift the balance between the left and right loudspeaker A clockwise turn of the knob will shift the balance to the right speaker and an anti clockwise turn of th...

Page 15: ...hrough the available settings reducing the input gain of the input assigned to the main line 1 Press M on the pre amp remote followed by the VOL button marked V or 2 Press the MAIN LINE LISTEN LCD touch pad on the Chord touch screen remote followed by the mechanical button marked I VOL 3 Each time you carry out steps 1 or 2 the input gain assignment will be stepped down through the available setti...

Page 16: ...usted the gain setting on an input device your amplifier will remember the setting even if it is switched off for many months The six available gain settings are shown below as they are displayed on the PRIMA Gain settings as displayed ...

Page 17: ...he bottle of cream glass cleaner thoroughly Apply sparingly onto a dry soft and lint free cloth Clean the area with the cloth Polish off again with a new soft dry and lint free cloth before the cream dries changing the batteries in the PRE AMP REMOTE Simply undo the four small cross head screws on the side of your remote control You may need to run a sharp knife along the join to remove the batter...

Page 18: ...ed inputs and outputs instead of RCA phono types can reduce interference the sound coming from the loudspeakers is distorted Check that the speakers are connected properly It may be that the volume is turned up too high for your speakers or that you have set the gain for the input device too high Note If you are using the Chord DAC 64 converter always set the gain to 0 25 the amplifier was in stan...