E. BASIC INSTALLATIONAND
CONNECTIONS
1. Place the unit on a clean, level surface awayfrom
excessiveheat, moist,ure or light. Ideally, the MD-20
should be placedon tlae top of an audio componentcabi-
net or other "openair" rigid platform.
2. TheMD-20may.be. placedin a cabinet. It will require.
17.0 inches of vertical clearancebetweenthe bottomancl
top shelves for proper operationof the cover.
3. I.f spaceis limited, the MD-20can be operatedwithout
its clust cover. Sixinchesvertical clearanceis adequateto
allowconvenientaccessto the disc transport area.
4. Thelocation of the unit shouldbe within2 metersof
the digital signalprocessor.If longerdistanc,e is re~quired,
werecommendusing an AT&Tfibre optic clata linl~ o.r an
AES/EBUbalancedi:lata link, as they are moresuitecl to
longdistance runs.
5. Connectthe ACpowercord to the backof the unit.
Oncethe powercord is secured, plug the cord into an AC
outlet.
6. Press the POWERbutton on the front panel. Thedis-
play will illuminate and the transport willnowbe active.
NOTE:While the MD-20has superb regulation and does
not require a dedicatedACcircuit, westrongly advise
against any. connectionsthroughextension cords or mul-
tiple ACai:laptors. Highquality 15 ampgroundedAC
sti-ips are acceptable.
7. Connectthe Digital Outputfromthe MD-20to a Krell
Dig!tal Processoror other compatibledigital-to-analog
aualo processor.
TheMD-20is compatible with industry standard Fibre
~Optic, Coaxial RCA,AT&Twide bandwidthFibre Optic
bl’ type and AES/EBUXLRoutput connectors.
NOTE:Care shouldbe taken in selecting the type_ of
cable usedto lin.k the MD-20to your processor. We
recommendbotla the AT&TFibre Optic due to its supe-
rior bandwidthand, signal isolation properties, andtile
AES/EBUformat clue to its higher voltage transmission
andnoise rejection dueto balancedformat.
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