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SAFETY Safety 8. Power Sources The Com po nent 13. Damage Re quir ing Service In struc tions should be con nect ed to a power sup- The Com po nent should be serviced ply only of the type de scribed in these only by qualiÞ ed service per son nel 1. Read In struc tions - All the safe ty op er a tion in struc tions or as marked on when: and op er a tion instructions should be the Com po nent. A. The power-supply cord or the plug read before the SunÞ re Com po nent is 9. Power Cord Pro
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SAFETY 15. To prevent electric shock, do not 16. Grounding or Po lari za tion ATTENTION Le présent appar- use this polarized plug with an ex ten - Pre cau tions should be taken so that eil numérique n'émet pas de bruits sion cord, receptacle or other outlet the grounding or polarization means radioélectriques dépassant las limites unless the blades can be fully inserted of the Com po nent is not defeated. applicables aux appareils numériques to prevent blade ex po sure. d
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Bob Carv er, AmpliÞ er De sign er, Physicist Dear Friend: Thank you for purchasing my SunÞ re Cinema Grand Þ ve channel power ampliÞ er. I hope you enjoy it and the music it makes as much as I have enjoyed creating it for you. This magniÞ cent ampliÞ er represents my very latest thinking - and my best ampliÞ er design ever. Ive spent over twenty years developing it, and cannot imagine how I could make it any better, or reÞ ne it any further. No matter what, its perfor-
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0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 CHAPTER 1 Cinema Grand Editions The Cinema Grand Þ ve channel Signature 400~Þ ve power ampliÞ er is available in two 400 Watts per channel into 8 Ω editions: 800 Watts per channel into 4 Ω Signature 400~Þ ve 200~Þ ve Cinema Grand Power Supply Energy The Sig na ture 400~Þ ve has twice the power output, and uses heavier JOULES output ter mi nals com pared to the Load Invariant High Fidelity Super Definition Power Amplifier 200~Þ ve. Each
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CHAPTER 1 Unpacking Installation Your SunÞ re AmpliÞ er should reach Read and follow all safety instruc- Make sure that the power you in perfect con di tion. If you do tions shown on pages 2 and 3. cords of all your components notice any shipping damage, please are attached to the same outlet Observe the fol low ing pre cau tions contact your SunÞ re Dealer immedi- or at least to the same circuit. when choos ing a location for your ately. This will reduce the possibility Cinema Grand
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0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 CHAPTER 1 Front Panel Features Cinema Grand Power Supply Energy JOULES Load Invariant High Fidelity Super Definition Power Amplifier Signature 400 ~ five Sunfire Four Hundred Watts per Channel by Five Channels Overview Meter Illumination Your Cinema Grand AmpliÞ er has The front panel meter indicates the The meter is illuminated by an Þ ve chan nels of power ampliÞ ca- total energy available from the track- in can des cent lamp operating at a tion combined in one chassis for
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Sunfire Corporation C CHAPTER 1 Rear Panel Features 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five 7 6 7 7 8 9 The voltage range for the trigger 1. AUTO/ON/OFF Switch 2. 12 VDC Trigger Input input is from 5 to 18 VDC. The input Your Cinema Grand AmpliÞ er is Although the AUTO-ON signal impedance is approximately 600 Ω designed with an automatic on/off sensing turn-on is ad e quate for most (20 mA @ 12V). circuit. installations, the 12 VDC trigger inputs are
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+ + - - + - + - CHAPTER 1 NOTE: The Current Source output 4. XLR Inputs 5. Current Source Outputs is a Voltage Source modiÞ ed to yield If your pream pli Þ er has XLR and: a Current Source impedance of one out puts, connect them to these XLR 6. Voltage Source Outputs ohm. This cor re sponds ap prox i mate ly inputs. Use them instead of the RCA to a vacuum tube ampliÞ er output im- The front left, front right, and center inputs because balanced connections ped ance and constitutes
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Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five BALA E P EA P O TP TS LS L S R UN NC D R M U U C R R + - + - + - + - + - RS C L LS LOUDSPEAKERS CHAPTER 2 System ConÞ gurations The following pages show some typical con nec tions that you might make in your in stal la tion. They show how the inputs and outputs of the Cinema Grand AmpliÞ er are con nected to your pream pli Þ er and speakers. Unbalanced Connections Line-level audio signals From: PreampliÞ er main R
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+ - LS + - L + - RS + - R + - C Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five LOUDSPEAKERS I R AUDIO/VIDEO INPUTS AUDIO/VIDEO OUTPUTS COMPONENT VIDEO IN COMPONENT OUT TRIGGERS BALANCED AUDIO OUTPUTS DVD SAT VID1 VID2 VCR CD MAIN VCR VID2/MON2 DVD SAT VID1 MAIN MON2 MAIN 12VDC LEFT LEFT SUR CENTER LB SUR S VIDEO Y Y 12VDC 12VDC FM C C ZONE2 MAIN ZONE DVD SAT VID1 VID2 VCR CD r r 75 MAIN VCR VID2/MON2 I R COMP VIDEO ZONE2 RS-232 RIGHT RIGHT SUR SUB RB SUR C Cb b DVD SAT VID1 VID2 VCR
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CHAPTER 2 Bi amp ing If your speakers can be biamped, The following connections are the Cinema Grand AmpliÞ er can be shown in the diagram on the next con Þ g ured to provide a very powerful page. stereo system. Output connections Connect the ampliÞ ers right rear output to the right speak- ers woofer input terminals and connect the ampliÞ ers right front current source output to the right speakers upper range input terminals. If you prefer, Inputs you could use the right front
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Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five RIGHT RIGHT LEFT LEFT TWEETER WOOFER WOOFER TWEETER (CURRENT (CURRENT SOURCE) SOURCE) LOUDSPEAKERS + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - RIGHT RIGHT LEFT LEFT TWEETER WOOFER WOOFER TWEETER (CURRENT (CURRENT SOURCE) SOURCE) LOUDSPEAKERS R L L R INPUT L L R L R R UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPUTS HIGH OUT LOW OUT ACTIVE EXTERNAL CROSSOVER FULL FREQ RANGE UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPUTS LOW FREQ HIGH FR
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S unfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five IG IG LE LE EE E OO E EE E OO E E (VOL AGE E (VOL AGE SO E SO E SO E SO E + - + - + - + - R HT R HT FT FT TW T R W F R TW T R W F R (CURR NT T (CURR NT T URC ) URC ) URC ) URC ) LOUDSPEAKERS R L UNBALANCED PREAMP OUTPUTS CHAPTER 2 Biwiring Connections If your speakers can be biwired or biamped, they will have completely separate input terminals for the woofer sec tion and the upper range. See the speak er diagram and dis cus sion o
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APPENDIX Series and Parallel speaker con nec tions The con nec tion of more than one Parallel speaker per channel will tend to Ideally, the total average For example, if you want to parallel- de grade the speakers frequency impedance should be no less connect two speak ers to the front right response, and may make the ampliÞ er than 2 ohms per channel. chan nel of the ampliÞ er: run hot. For the best results use one speaker per chan nel. You must make sure that the lower imp
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APPENDIX Troubleshooting Guide The SunÞ re AmpliÞ er is expertly Try to have all of your equip ment The ampliÞ er shuts down designed and built to provide years of on the same electrical outlet or often or the line fuse blows trouble-free per for mance. Most prob- circuit. Group all the low power lems that occur can usually be solved often components (preamp, CD player, by checking your setup or making DVD etc.) on a single outlet or Check that the positive and nega- sure that the aud
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APPENDIX Check that the interconnect cables sist you. Make a list of the things to the ampliÞ er do not have any you have tried. broken con nec tions. Poor bass performance If you are still having a problem, Make sure that your preamp does remember that SunÞ res dealers not have the bass level turned and technical support staff will as- down. sist you. Many surround preampliÞ ers have Other causes of noise con trols which can direct all the Speaker noise may also be caused ba
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APPENDIX SpeciÞ cations Removable terminal block, and RCA Input impedance dual 1/8" mini jacks for daisy 24 kΩ Signature 400~Þ ve chaining. Input sensitivity for rated Power Consumption Power output out put 45 W At idle 400 watts con tin u ous, per chan- 400 W Typical (1/8th power) Unbalanced: 1.3 Vrms nel, all chan nels driven into 1800 W Ab so lute Max (Fuse Bal anced: 0.65 Vrms eight ohms, from 20 Hz to 20 kHz
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APPENDIX Limited Warranty Service Assistance SunÞ re Corporation is proud of its SunÞ re Corporations liability is We suggest that you read the Limited prod ucts which have been built with limited to the repair or replacement, War ran ty completely to fully un der - care using ad vanced technology and at our option, of any defective prod- stand your Warranty/Service cover- premium com po nent parts. Your unit uct and shall not in any event include age. has been crafted to perform properly prop
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Sunfire Corporation Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ five and 200 ~ five five Manual part number : 913-113-00 Rev B
