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tings above a certain point in the preamplifier’s range.
In systems that have highly sensitive loudspeakers, the available +18.9
dB of gain may allow the system to be driven to dangerously loud lev-
els. Alternatively, the presence of children in the home may lead the
owner of the system to desire some restriction on how loudly it can be
played.
In either case, setting the maximum volume is quite simple:
1. turn the volume to the desired “maximum volume”
2. press and hold the mono button until the display reads
LOCK SET
The display will time out after a few seconds and revert to its normal
display, except that it will no longer allow you to exceed the chosen
maximum volume. (Exception: the SSP mode will still override this fea-
ture and pass the surround processor’s front channels through at unity
gain, regardless of the setting of the Volume Lock.)
If and when you want to restore the volume control to its normal, full
range operation, simply press and hold the mono button again to
toggle back into the normal volume mode of operation. The display
will read LOCK OFF to indicate the return to normal operation.
standby timer In a similar fashion, you may elect to have the preamplifier (and the
entire system, if Linked) go into standby after a certain period of time,
much like a “Sleep Timer” on many alarm clocks. To engage the
standby timer on the Nº380:
1. press and hold the standby button until the display reads
TIME OFF.
2. turn the volume knob to select a time between 1 and 120
minutes.
An example might be: TIME 60 would turn off the system in an
hour.
3. the display will now time out and return to normal
The preamp (or entire Linked system) will go into standby at the
appointed time one time only (so you don’t have to live with the
product turning itself off every 60 minutes thereafter…).
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