Requirements & Connections
Component
All slave chains:
•
Must include compatible Mark Levinson components. The
Nº 320S is compatible with the components listed on page 2-9.
Refer to the appropriate documentation for Link compatibility
information about other Mark Levinson components.
•
Must connect components in a certain order to prevent
communication from terminating. In general, components
must be linked as follows: digital audio processor, to digital
transport, to Nº 320S, to power amplifier.
Note
Link communication port names differ among Mark Levinson
components. The Link communication port names used in
the table below correspond with the component listed in the
Component column.
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Nº 320S
Basic Operation
(continued)
Digital Audio
Processor*
(e.g., Nº 360S)
• Serves as the master component in the
slave chain
.
• Maximum of one per
slave chain
.
• Connect the
master
communication port on the digital audio processor to the
slave in
communication
port on the first digital transport. If no digital transports are included in the
slave chain
, connect
the
master
communication port on the digital audio processor to the
slave in
communication port
on the Nº 320S.
• No maximum number per
slave chain
.
• Must be positioned after the digital audio processor and before the Nº 320S and power amplifier(s).
• Connect the
slave in
communication port on the first digital transport to the
master
communication
port on the digital audio processor.
Digital transports CANNOT be included in a slave chain that
does not include a compatible Mark Levinson digital audio processor.
• Connect multiple digital transports in a “daisy chain” using
slave out
-to-
slave in
communication
port connections. Connect the
slave out
communication port on the last digital transport to the
slave in
communication port on the Nº 320S.
• No maximum number per
slave chain
.
• Connect the
slave in
communication port on the Nº 320S to the
slave out
communication port on
the last digital transport. If no digital transports are included in the
slave chain
, connect
slave in
communication port on the Nº 320S to the
master
communication port on the digital audio
processor.
• Connect the
communication port on the Nº 320S to the
input
communication port on
the first power amplifier.
• Maximum of six per
slave chain
.
• Connect the
input
communication port on the first power amplifier to the
communication
port on the Nº 320S.
• Connect up to six power amplifiers in a “daisy chain” using
input
-to-
control
communication port connections. The
control
communication port on the last power
amplifier is not connected.
Digital
Transport*
(e.g., Nº 37)
Preamplifier
(e.g., Nº 320S)
Power
Amplifier
(e.g., Nº 432)
* The Nº 39 and Nº 390S CD Processors can serve as either a digital audio processor or a digital transport in a
slave chain
.
