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The Importance Of Wires

Interconnect and speaker wires are an important element in your stereo
system. Interconnects are available which will permit a reference quality
system to blossom and fulfill its promise of musical reality. Others will
strangle the system to the point where it becomes little better than
average. To complicate matters, our experience suggests that the
choice of interconnects will be system dependent - those that are top
ranked on one system may be a poor choice for a different system.
Consult your conrad-johnson dealer for recommendations for your spe-
cific system.

Performance Tip

Warm up the PV10A before listening: The sonic performance improves
noticeably as the unit warms up. The midrange becomes more lucid, the
highs smoother, and the soundstage expands. The warm up period can
be expected to last about fifteen minutes.

Questions: If you have questions about the installation or function of
your PV10A do not hesitate to call Customer Service at (703) 698-8581.

PV10A Owner’s Manual

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Summary of Contents for PV10A

Page 1: ...on for producing among the industry s most reliable compo nents is a natural consequence of this engineering approach Although the PV10A has been designed to operate in an intuitively apparent way you will find useful information on it s installation and operation in this manual Please take a few minutes to read the manual to better understand the features and capabilities of your PV10A Note that ...

Page 2: ... exclusion may not apply to you Obtaining Warranty Service To obtain warranty service the unit must be shipped along with evidence of purchase in factory packing to conrad johnson design or designated service center with freight and insurance prepaid by the owner After repair the unit will be returned with freight and insurance prepaid by conrad johnson design to any destination in the United Stat...

Page 3: ...address above Boxes and packing materials can be ob tained from our service department for a nominal charge if you no longer have yours Include with the unit a note describing the problem you are having in as much detail as possible It is especially important for our technician to know if the problem is intermittent If you want an estimate of cost for out of warranty service be sure to request it ...

Page 4: ...ice and power supply design have all been specified with a view to reducing the impact of electromagnetic fields on the performance of this unit At the same time however our primary goal is the accurate reproduction of recorded music in the normal home environment and we have elected not to compromise this objective by the application of heavy handed RFI filters or by using grounding practices tha...

Page 5: ...ompute the required additional resistance RA RA 47000 x RD 47000 RD Some moving magnet cartridges require higher capacitance for opti mum performance Increasing the input capacitance may be achieved by soldering a suitable value capacitor across the phono input jack Use polystyrene capacitors for this purpose TUNER CD VIDEO AUX2 TAPE IN These are high level inputs and are electrically equivalent T...

Page 6: ...m your processor to the TAPE IN input and the input of your processor to the TAPE OUT output on the PV10A The TAPE MON position of the SOURCE TAPE MON button will insert the processor into the circuit the SOURCE position will provide flat unprocessed response PV10A Owner s Manual 6 ...

Page 7: ...ng AUX1 PHONO TUNER CD VIDEO and AUX2 inputs The selected source will be available at the source position of the tape monitor switch and at the TAPE OUT output connection SOURCE TAPE MONITOR Tape monitoring is accomplished via a pushbutton control The button labeled SOURCE TAPE MON lets you select your tape deck as an input source and is also used to compare the original program source with the pl...

Page 8: ...he sonic performance of your PV10A The tubes in your preamplifier have been tempered by a controlled burn in procedure that permits them to perform for a greatly extended period without sonic degradation then selected for minimum residual noise Replacement tubes are prepared and selected in the same way Therefore we highly recommend that you purchase replacement tube sets from conrad johnson desig...

Page 9: ...o be phase inverting Each component in the stereo system either preserves the phase of the incoming signal and is said to be phase correct or inverts the phase and is said to be phase inverting It is unimportant whether an individual component is phase correct or phase inverting as long as the system as a whole is phase correct This will be the case if the number of phase inversions is even or zer...

Page 10: ...be system dependent those that are top ranked on one system may be a poor choice for a different system Consult your conrad johnson dealer for recommendations for your spe cific system Performance Tip Warm up the PV10A before listening The sonic performance improves noticeably as the unit warms up The midrange becomes more lucid the highs smoother and the soundstage expands The warm up period can ...

Page 11: ...B below 10mv input Mechanical Dimensions 15 75 W x 3 75 H x 11 D Weight 12 lbs Fuse The power transformer of the PV10A is protected by a fuse on the ac power line mains A failure of this fuses is a symptom of a more serious problem and a competent service technician should be consulted The fuse is located on the printed circuit board near the transformer In no event should the fuse be replaced wit...

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