Schiit KARA - OPERATION; Front Panel and Headphone Output

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1 Remote window. Don’t block this window
if you want Kara’s remote to work correctly.
2 Headphone output. Yes! Kara has a
headphone output. This is a real-deal, fully
discrete, same-as-the-SE-stage as Kara,
64V rail headphone output, so feel free to
treat your headphones. Preamp outputs are
muted when headphones are inserted, and
the Headphone LED (9) turns on.
Note: Kara’s headphone jack is fully protected against
all faults. It will mute on rst plug-in, and mute again
when unplugging headphones.
3 Input select. Push this button to step
through the inputs, 1-5. The rst two are
balanced, the last 3 are single-ended.
4 Input. Your selected input is indicated by
the LED to the right of this control.
5 Volume. Turn up for more, down for less.
Simple, right? Same as you’ve been using
for years, at least before the crazy carmak-
ers started putting everything on screens.
Buttheads.
6 Mode select. Push to step through output
modes. Kara offers pure passive operation,
as well as low and high Nexus™ gain.
OPERATION
1
3
2
5
9 Muting and Headphone Indicators. These
LEDs indicate conditions in which the output
is muted, as follows:
Headphone connected
Preamp muted
When you press and hold (8) to force the
preamp outputs on while a headphone is
connected, the Headphone LED will pulse
slowly.
Press and hold (8) again to turn off preamp
outputs when in Override mode.
The mute LED also ashes on start-up, while
Kara is performing self-checks and coming
up to proper operating points. This takes
about 40 seconds after power on.
6
4
7 Mode. The LED corresponds to your mode.
From left to right:
Passive
Low Gain
High Gain
Passive runs only the resistor ladder and
bypasses the gain stage.
Note: Passive mode can’t convert between SE and
balanced. The other modes can.
8 Mute/HP Override. Press to mute all
outputs. Press and hold for 2 seconds to
force the preamp outputs on when a
headphone is plugged in.
8
7 9
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INPUT 1 INPUT 2 BAL OUT SE OUTSIN 3 IN 4 IN 5
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INPUT 1 INPUT 2 BAL OUT SE OUTSIN 3 IN 4 IN 5
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SHOCK—DO NOT OPEN
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PARTS INSIDE
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INPUT 1 INPUT 2 BAL OUT SE OUTSIN 3 IN 4 IN 5
CAUTION:
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SHOCK—DO NOT OPEN
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PARTS INSIDE
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INPUT 1 INPUT 2 BAL OUT SE OUTSIN 3 IN 4 IN 5
CAUTION:
RISK OF ELECTRIC
SHOCK—DO NOT OPEN
NO USER
SERVICEABLE
PARTS INSIDE
01234567
115VAC 30W
ASSY IN USA