McIntosh C500 User manual

C500 Preamplifier or C500 Tube Preamplifier Rear Panel Connections
2A
McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Part No. 04106700
MAIN RIGHT Channel
OUTPUTS (Balanced)
contain Listen program
signals at all times
MAIN/SPKR 1 and 2 RIGHT
Channel OUTPUTS (Balanced)
contain Listen signals and may be
assigned either as two additional
Main Outputs (active all the time)
or switched On/Off with the
Remote Control SPKR 1 and 2
Push-buttons
PROCESSOR RIGHT Channel LISTEN
TO and FROM allow an external signal
processor to be connected for use in the
Listen mode
PROCESSOR RIGHT Channel RECORD
TO and FROM allows an external signal
processor to be connected for use in the
Record mode
CD (6), CDR (5)
and D/A (7) RIGHT
Channel INPUTS
(Balanced) accept
high level program
source signals
TUNER (3), DVD (1), SRVR (4)
and AUX (2), RIGHT Channel
INPUTS (un-balanced) accept
high level program source signals
PHONO INPUTS RIGHT MM
(8) accepts signals from a Moving
Magnet Phono Cartridge. MC (9)
Input accepts the low level signals
from a Moving Coil Phono Car-
tridge
SPKR 1 and 2 RIGHT Chan-
nel OUTPUTS (unbalanced)
contain Listen signals and
are switched On/Off with the
Remote Control SPKR 1 and 2
Push-buttons
CDR (5) RIGHT
Channel OUPTUTS
(Balanced) contain
the selected Record
Source Signal for
recorders
SRVR (4) and CDR (5)
RIGHT Channel OUPTUTS
(Unbalanced) contain the
selected Record Source Signal
for recorders
GND (Ground)
connectors for
connecting
the Turntable
Ground Wire
to the C500P or
C500T Chassis
CD (6), CDR (5) and
D/A (7) LEFT Chan-
nel INPUTS (Bal-
anced) accept high
level program source
signals
CDR (5) LEFT
Channel OUPTUTS
(Balanced) contain
the selected Record
Source Signal for
recorders
MAIN LEFT Channel
OUTPUTS (Balanced)
contain Listen program
signals at all times
MAIN/SPKR 1 and 2 LEFT
Channel OUTPUTS (Bal-
anced) contain Listen signals
and may be assigned either as
two additional Main Out-
puts (active all the time) or
switched On/Off with the
Remote Control SPKR 1 and 2
Push-buttons
SPKR 1 and 2 LEFT Chan-
nel OUTPUTS (unbalanced)
contain Listen signals and
are switched On/Off with the
Remote Control SPKR 1 and 2
Push-buttons
SRVR (4) and CDR (5) LEFT
Channel OUPTUTS (Unbalanced)
contain the selected Record Source
Signal for recorders
PROCESSOR LEFT Channel LISTEN
TO and FROM allow an external signal
processor to be connected for use in the
Listen mode
PROCESSOR LEFT Channel RECORD
TO and FROM allow an external signal
processor to be connected for use in the
Record mode
TUNER (3), DVD (1), SRVR (4)
and AUX (2), LEFT Channel IN-
PUTS (un-balanced) accept high
level program source signals
PHONO INPUTS LEFT MM (8)
accepts signals from a Moving
Magnet Phono Cartridge. MC (9)
Input accepts the low level signals
from a Moving Coil Phono Car-
tridge
RIGHT INPUT Connector accepts the cus-
tom McIntosh 23-Conductor Cable. This cable
connects to the C500C RIGHT OUTPUT. It
supplies the control signals and power supply
voltages for the Right Channel Circuitry in the
Preamplifier
LEFT INPUT Connector accepts the custom
McIntosh 23-Conductor Cable. This cable con-
nects to the C500C LEFT OUTPUT. It supplies
the control signals and power supply voltages
for the Left Channel Circuitry in the Preampli-
fier
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or
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