McIntosh C2600, Owner'S Manual

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When the C2600 is part of a Home Theater or Mul

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tichannel Audio System, the Right and Left Front 

Channels from an Audio/Video Processor or Surround 

Decoder can “Passthru” the C2600 and onto its associ-

ated Power Amplifier(s). The Setup Mode allows se

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lection of the specified C2600 Input to be used for the 

Right and Left Front Channels. In the example below, 

the Right and Left Front Channels from the Audio/

Video Processsor will be connected to the BALanced 

3 Input Connectors on the C2600. Refer to pages 8 and 

9 for additional connection information.

Note: The Phono and Digital Inputs are not assign-

able as a Passthru Input.

1. Press and hold in the INPUT Control to enter the 

SETUP MODE. Refer to figure 2 on page 13.

2. Rotate the INPUT Control until “SETUP: Passth

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ru,  Off” appears on the Information Display. 

Refer to figure 39.

3. Rotate the VOLUME (ADJUST) Control to select 

“BAL 3” Input. Refer to figure 40.

4. Exit the SETUP Mode by several presses of the 

INPUT Control.

The C2600 may be remotely controlled from other 

equipment connected to the Rear Panel RS232 Jack. 

The speed at which the C2600 communicates (8 bit, 

no parity and 1 stop bit) with other equipment is ad

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justable from 9,600 bits per second to 115,200 bits per 

second. To change from the default speed of 115,200 

bits per second, perform the following steps:

1. Press and hold in the INPUT Control to enter the 

SETUP MODE. Refer to figure 2 on page 13.

2. Rotate the INPUT Control until “SETUP: RS232,  

115200 Baud” appears on the Information Dis-

play. Refer to figure 41.

3. Rotate the VOLUME (ADJUST) Control to select 

the desired Baud Rate Speed.

4. Exit the SETUP Mode by several presses of the 

INPUT Control.

Setup, con’t

Comm Port Baud Rate

  SETUP: Passthru

        BAL 3

Figure 40

  SETUP: Passthru

        Off

Figure 39

Data Ports

Data Ports Connections between the C2600 and a 

McIntosh Source Component allows for basic func

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tion control of the source component using the C2600 

supplied HR085 Remote Control. By default, all of 

the six Data Ports are set to send the same Data to the 

selected source. To dedicate a given Data Port for only 

one source component (example, source component 

connected to the BAL 1 Input will be assigned to Data 

Port 1) perform the following Steps:

1. Press and hold in the INPUT Control to enter the 

SETUP MODE. Refer to figure 2 on page 13.

2. Rotate the INPUT Control until “SETUP: Data 

Ports, (Hold INPUT)” appears on the Information 

Display. Refer to figure 36.

3. Press and hold in the INPUT Control until “SET

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UP:  DATA PORT 1, All Data” appears on the 

Display. Refer to figure 37.

4. Rotate the VOLUME (ADJUST) Control to select 

“BAL 1” Input. Refer to figure 38.

5. In a similar manner, perform steps 3 and 4 to as-

sign any additional Data ports.

6. Exit the SETUP Mode by several presses of the 

INPUT Control.

Figure 36

SETUP: Data Ports

   (Hold INPUT)

Figure 37

SETUP: DATA PORT 1

     All Data

Figure 38

SETUP: DATA PORT 1

      BAL 1

Passthru

Figure 41

 SETUP: RS232

    115200 Baud