Talk electronics Cyclone 1.2, User Manual

4

M

AKING

TAPE

RECORDINGS

The Cyclone 1.2’s  tape circuits are set to record

from the currently selected input. So, if you are listing

to your tuner input, that is the signal that is being

sent to the amplifier’s record outputs. You cannot

listen to one source while recording from another. To

record from any input simply select it on the amplifier

and switch your cassette deck to “Record”. Use the

Monitor button, whose function is described above,

to monitor from suitably equipped cassette decks.

To copy from one cassette or tape deck to another

on the Cyclone 1.2 integrated amplifier, you must

use Tape 2 / Aux as the source (play) deck and Tape

1 as the destination (record) deck.

R

EMOTE

 C

ONTROL

OPERATION

.

The Cyclone’s remote control window is situated at

the bottom of the front panel just to the left of the

volume control. The remote control handset must

have an unobstructed view of this window in order to

pass instructions to the amplifier.

The handset duplicates all the control functions of

the amplifier’s front panel and is RC5 compatible .

R

EAR

 P

ANEL

A diagram of the rear panel can be found on page 7

of this manual.

P

OWER

CONNECTIONS

The Cyclone’s mains switch is fitted on the right of

the rear panel, when viewed from the rear. Use this

to switch off the amplifier completely. Below or to the

side of it is an IEC socket into which the supplied

mains lead fits. If an internal fuse should blow i.e. the

blue LED will not illuminate when the amplifier is not

hot but plugged in and switched on, then the

amplifier should be returned to your dealer for

examination. Any replacement should only be of an

identical type.

S

IGNAL

CONNECTIONS

All signal connections for the Cyclone use RCA

phono sockets, which are clearly identified by

legends on the rear panel. The uppermost

connectors are for the left channel, and the lower

ones for the right.

T

URNTABLE

SIGNAL

CONNECTIONS

Phono equipped units leave our factory set up for

use with moving coil cartridges. They can, however,

be easily reconfigured to work with moving magnet

cartridges. This involves no more than altering

jumper settings on the amplifier’s circuit board.

If you do not feel confident about doing this yourself

please return the amplifier to your dealer.

To change from the default (moving coil) setting to

moving magnet setting:

Move the six red jumpers from the pins marked

 C

 to

the corresponding pins marked 

M

Failure to position the jumpers correctly will cause no

harm but will prevent the phono stage from

operating properly.

S

PEAKER

CABLE

CONNECTIONS

Cyclone amplifiers use gold-plated European saftey

sockets. These are both designed to be touch proof

and to be secure, good-sounding connections for

speaker cables. These should be soldered for the

best long term performance.

The output sockets are marked LEFT and RIGHT to

indicate which channel is which. Each channel’s red

terminal is its positive connection and the black

terminal is the negative. There are two sets of each

to facilitate bi-wiring.

Cyclone amplifiers are suitable for use with most

current loudspeaker systems with an impedance

rating between 4 and 16 Ohms. Contact your dealer

if you have a particularly unusual loudspeaker

system and are uncertain about how your amplifier

might react to it. Under all normal circumstances the

amplifier is well protected against encounters with

demanding speakers: it has thermal protection,

voltage and current limiting and DC offset protection.

B

I

-

WIRING

If you intend to bi-wire - or tri-wire - your

loudspeakers, we recommend that you use cables

fitted with the correct plugs.