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Owner’s Manual
M2150 / S2150
True Digital Amplifier
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WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (ser- vicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.
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Important Safety 1. Read these instructions entirely before installing or operating this equipment. Instructions 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Do not use this equipment near water or allow it to become wet. 5. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. CAUTION CAUTION 6. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other appliances (including amplifiers) that produce heat,; doin
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Acknowledgments © 2003 Tact Audio Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or other wise, without the prior written consent of the Tact Audio Corporation. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Registration IMPORTANT! Please record your serial number here for future reference. You will need this for future upgrades or should you ever requir
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Table of contents Safety instructions 4 Acknowledgments/Registration 5 Unpacking the m/s 2150 7 CAUTION CAUTION Introduction 8 M/S 2150 Connections 9 Front Panel Controls 15 Remote Control 16 Front Panel Display 18 Main screen 18 MAIN menu 18 Saving Menu Settings 18 DELAY menu 19 LEVEL menu 19 ADC menu 20 CRO menu 20 TRIG menu 21 DISPL menu 21 OPT menu 22 InOut menu 23 POL menu 23 REM menu 24 COMM menu 24 ADDR menu 25 LOCK menu 25 GAIN menu 26 TacT M/S2150 Software 27 Connect your M/S2150 to you
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Unpacking the M/S 2150 Carefully remove the M/S2150 and accessory kit from the carton and check for shipping damage. Contact both the shipper and TacT Audio immediately if the unit shows any sign of damage from rough handling. All TacT Audio equipment is carefully inspected before leaving our factory. KEEP SHIPPING CARTON AND PACKING MATERIALS for future use or in the unlikely event that the unit needs servicing. If this unit is shipped without the original packing, damage could occur and void
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Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of your M/S 2150. You have now acquired the most advanced stereo amplifier ever developed! How does it work? The digital input is taken to the central processor where it is reformatted into a pulse width modulated signal of extreme precision. The pulse rate is measured at precisely 384,000 pulses per second. Each pulse can have 256 different widths, CAUTION CAUTION with the narrowest pulse being a mere 10 nanoseconds wide. The clock frequency therefo
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M/S 2150 Connections Digital input The 2150 amplifier has 5 digital inputs: - three RCA (S/PDIF) ( D1, D2, D3) - one AES/EBU (XLR) (D4) - one TosLink (S/PDIF) (D5) All of the digital inputs support PCM audio data with sampling rates from 32kHz to 96kHz /16-24 bits, however, the AES/EBU and RCA/coaxial inputs support up to 192kHz. Digital Input Section Analog input The 2150 amplifier has 3 stereo analog inputs whith the optional ADC module in- (optional ADC module) stalled: - two analog stereo s
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M/S 2150 Connections Digital output The 2150 amplifier has a digital pass through. The digital input signal is passed to the digital output without processing or volume control. The sampling rate is the native sampling frequency of the input. NOTE: that this output is not active when analog input is selected. CAUTION CAUTION Digital Output RS-232 interface The M/S 2150 has two RS232 interface ports: ports - INPUT - AUX Use the “INPUT” port for communication with your Tact master controller or Pe
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M/S 2150 Connections Trigger outputs The M/S 2150 has a trigger “IN” and “OUT” to provide on and standby control from a trigger device and to pass the trigger signal to another device. Trigger Connectors AC mains input Connect the M/S 2150 to the AC mains wall socket. CAUTION: Use the supplied IEC mains cable, or a 3-prong grounded cable only. Digital Output Speaker output The 2150 amplifier has one pair of high quality WBT speaker terminals. These termi- (normal operation) nals will accept bo
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M/S 2150 Connections Speaker output If you are using two or more 2150 amplifiers, and your speakers allow for multi- (Biamped operation) amping, you can configure the system to run in biamped or even tri-amped mode etc. This type of setup allows for one amplifier channel to drive a specific driver or fre- quency region. The most commonly used setup is biamped (two channels to each speaker: high and low). The following are two examples of making a biamped connec- tion: Horizontal Biamping LEFT RI
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M/S 2150 Connections Vertical Biamping LEFT RIGHT SPEAKER SPEAKER HIGH HIGH LOW LOW RIGHT LEFT SPEAKER SPEAKER HIGH HIGH + - + - LOW LOW + - + - Tact Audio 13
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M/S 2150 Connections Biamping - continued When two or more 2150 amplifiers are configured in a bi-/tri-amped setup, both the signal and the RS232 TacT System Bus must be daisy chained between the amplifi- ers. The same signal flow is applicable for both horizontal and vertical bi-amping. From source From RCS2.0S, RCS2.2X or Digital signal TCS mkII *Optional CAUTION CAUTION (coax/SPDIF) RS232 AMP-1 Digital signal (coax/SPDIF) RS232 AMP-2 Digital signal RS232 (coax/SPDIF) 1234567890123456789012345
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Front Panel Controls The front panel controls on the 2150 amplifier will allow you to control all of the amplifiers main features. All secondary options are controlled with menus using the remote control or the supplied software. The exclusive “TacT wheel” is the master volume control. (The wheel is only available on the M2150) Digital Input Selector Analog Input Selector Master Volume Mute ON/OFF Switch Input Display Display Volume Level Use the “ON/OFF” switch to toggle between ON and OFF ope
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Remote Control The remote control is used to access the front panel display controls and menus. CAUTION CAUTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 8 12 16 Tact Audio
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Remote Control 1 - STANDBY The STANDBY button will turn the M/S 2150 “ON” or it will place it into “STANDBY” mode. When in standby mode, the unit is placed into a low power “idiling” state. The standby button is also used to save changes that were made in the menu editing parameters. By placing the unit into standby the current settings are saved. 2 - DIGITAL The DIGITAL button will scroll sequentially, allowing the selection of one of the 5 digital inputs. 3 - ANALOG The ANALOG button will scr
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Front Panel Display Main screen When the 2150 amplifier is turned ON and the system loading sequence has com- pleted, the amplifier will display the normal operating main screen. Main Screen : 1 CAUTION CAUTION INPUT: CD/Transport -17.9 dB Fs= 44.1 2 3 1 - Name for input selection 2 - Master level in dB 3 - Input sampling frequency indicator. MAIN menu The Main menu of the M/S 2150 has three pages of general menu selections. Main Menu : DELAY LEVEL ADC <- OPT InOut POL CRO TRIG DIS
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Front Panel Display The Delay menu controls the system’s time alignment. The system’s time align- DELAY menu ment can be adjusted by changing the delay time for the left and right outputs inde- pendently. . Delay Menu : LEFT RIGHT 0.00 0.00 msec 1 1 - Left and Right channel independent delay time settings. Use the “LEFT” and “RIGHT” navigational buttons to highlight an option and use the “UP” and “Down” buttons to change its value . LEVEL menu The Level menu controls channel balancing. Yo
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Front Panel Display ADC menu The M/S 2150 may be equipped with an optional state of the art Analog to Digital (ADC module optional) Converter. To further enhance the converter’s performance, the system offers two selectable gain values for the ADC input stage. These two values may be assigned to each input independently. 3 2 ADC Menu : CAUTION CAUTION GAIN: LOW IN:2 LOW HIGH 1 1 - Assignable gain values. 2 - Input channel currently selected. 3 - Active gain setting for selected input
