Bryston B100 - Introduction and Setup Guidance; Core Connection Overview

INTRODUCTION
ThankyouforpurchasingaBrystonB100integratedamplifier.Weareconfidentitwillprovideyouwithmany
yearsofmusicalenjoyment.Wewouldwelcomeanysuggestionsorcommentsyoumayhaveregardingthe
operationofyourBrystonamplifier. 
 IntheunlikelyeventthatyouramplifiermayrequireserviceBrystonrecommendsthatyouretaintheoriginal
shippingboxandpackagingmaterialforfutureuseifrequired.
SETUP RECOMMENDATIONS
YoumayplaceyourB100integratedamplifierinanyconvenientlocation.Ifyouhavepurchasedtheoptional
infra-redremotecontrol,makesureyoupositiontheamplifiertomaintainadirectline-of-sightbetweenthe
hand-heldremoteandtheIRsensoreyelocatedonthefrontpanel.IfpluggedintheB100willremainin
standbyindicatedbytheREDpowerLEDonthefrontpanel.
 TheamplifierispoweredupbyengagingthepowerbuttonlocatedonthefrontpaneloftheB100orby
depressingthePOWERbuttononthehandheldremotecontrolunit..TheB100willpower-upmomentarily
withmuteengaged,indicatedbythemuteLEDturningredonthefrontpanel;itwillthenturnoffwithinafew
seconds.ThePOWERLEDwillstaylitgreenindicatingnormaloperation.
CONNECTIONS
MAINS POWER INLET:
MainspowerisconnectedtotheB100throughanIEC-C14powerinletontherearpanel.Thisinletmates
withanIEC-C14connector.Useonlyanapprovedpowercordforyourlocation.Beforeconnectingordiscon-
nectingthepowercord,makesurethattheunitispoweredoff.
POWER CONDITIONERS:
Brystonurgescautioninchoosingapowerconditionerforyouraudio/videosystem.Largepoweramplifiers
candrawverysubstantialcurrentfromthewallplug,andmanyso-calledpowerconditionerscaninfacthin-
derthesupplyofcurrentbyinsertingresistancesinserieswiththelinecord.However,therearenowpower
conditionersthatcanreduceoreliminateRFand‘hash’fromtheACsupplyandmayactuallyimprovecurrent
deliverytoyoursystem.Thistypeofpowerconditioner(exemplifiedby‘TORUS’PowerConditioners)uses
theenergystorageinalargetoroidaltranformertoprovidehighinstantaneouspowerandreducethesub-
stantialACoutputresistanceofthewallsocketandhousewiring.Thisresistancecanbeintherangeof0.5
to1OhmandistypicallyreducedtoonlyafewmilliOhmsbythePowerConditioner.Thatinturnconsiderably
reducesVoltagedropinthepowerlineonhighcurrentsurgesandquitesubstantiallyincreasesthestability
ofthepowerlineimprovingaudio(andvideo)focus,precisionandclarity.
LOUDSPEAKERS:
Connectyourloudspeakers,ensuringthatthepositive(red)andground(black)terminals(gold-plated5-way
bindingposts)ontheBrystonB100integratedamplifierareconnectedtothepositiveandgroundterminals
onyourloudspeakers.Makecertaintheleftandrightspeakeroutputsontheamplifierareconnectedtoyour
appropriateleftandrightloudspeakers.
SEPARATE PRE-AMP OUT & POWER AMP IN JACKS:
ThesetwopairofRCAjacksallowfortheindependentuseofthestereoamplifiersectionwithinamulti-channel
audioorvideosystem.Ontherearpanelthereareconnectionslabeled‘PREAMPOUT’(preamplifieroutput)
and‘POWERAMPIN’(poweramplifierinput)alongwithtwoslideswitches(oneperchannel)labeled“Separate/
Connect”.Thisfeatureallowsyouto"separateorconnect"thepreamplifiersectionoftheB100fromthepower
amplifiersectionthusproducingaseparatestereopreampandseparatestereopoweramplifier.
WIRED (SERIAL DATA) REMOTE CONTROL:
ThereisoneRS-232,oneAUXIRinputandtwo12volttriggeroutputconnectionsaswell.TheRS-232isbi-
directionaland allowsforfuturesoftwaredownloadsfromthe Brystonwebsite.Italsointerfaceswithcontrol
systemssuchasCrestronandAMX.