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Chord PRIMA User Manual

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welcome
Thank you for buying a Chord Electronics product
Before you start to enjoy using your Chord Electronics product, please take a couple of minutes
to read how to connect your audio equipment and loudspeakers to your Chord Choral product
and how to maximise your listening experience.
user guide for
pre amplifier
PRIMA
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  • Page 1 Thank you for buying a Chord Electronics product Before you start to enjoy using your Chord Electronics product, please take a couple of minutes to read how to connect your audio equipment and loudspeakers to your Chord Choral product and how to maximise your listening experience.

  • Page 2: Connecting Your Equipment

    Chord amplifiers are supplied with and designed to be connected using balanced inputs. The interconnecting cables you use will depend on the available input and output sockets on your other equipment. We have installed unbalanced inputs on all Chord equipment, thus enabling you to mix Chord Electronics and other manufacturer’s equipment.

  • Page 3: When Setting Up

    Your Chord product should have at least 5cm of clear space all around it to ensure a free flow of air at all times. We do not recommend that you place your Chord product directly on a carpet as this can damage the equipment through blocked ventilation.

  • Page 4: Mains Connection

    Removal of the top cover or tampering with any of the enclosed electronics may result in exposure to hazardous levels of laser radiation that could cause eye damage. To prevent injury this product should be returned for qualified service to Chord Electronics Ltd. There are no user serviceable parts within any Chord Electronics Choral product.

  • Page 5: Powering Down

    powering up for the BLU STANDBY If you are powering the BLU up from standby mode simply press the button on STBY the top panel controls or the on the remote control . If you are powering up the BLU from cold then press the bottom part of the power switch labelled ‘I’.
  • Page 6 1. Use the XLR style output connectors to connect your PRIMA pre-amplifier to the XLR style input connectors of your power amplifier. 2. If you are using the PRE AMP REMOTE, then press the button marked O/P 1.
  • Page 7 1. Use the XLR style input connectors to connect your PRIMA pre-amplifier to the XLR style output connectors of your source input equipment. 2. If you are using the PRE AMP REMOTE, then press the button marked 1 that is grouped with main line bus buttons.
  • Page 8 LINE 5 Unbalanced inputs on the PRIMA 1. Use any of the four pairs of phono style input connectors to connect your PRIMA pre- amplifier to the phono style output connectors of your source input equipment. 2. If you are using the PRE-AMP REMOTE, then press the appropriate button marked either: 2, 3, 4 or 5 that is grouped with main line bus buttons, depending on the line input connectors that you have used.
  • Page 9 PRIMA You can use the PRIMA to tape record the signal from an input source whilst you are listening to your main signal from another input source through the main outputs. connecting to a tape recorder to tape an audio source use the pair of phono style connectors that are furthest to the right, next to the XLR style output connectors.
  • Page 10 PRIMA controls on the PRIMA The diagram below shows the controls on the PRIMA Button A: Button B: Main Line Input Select Tape Line Input Select Infra Red Receiver Volume Knob Balance Knob Controls on the PRIMA...
  • Page 11 Your PRIMA uses the main line by default and the display will read: To assign the main output with a particular input signal, press the button A several times to cycle through the 5 line inputs until, the one you wish to use is displayed.
  • Page 12 assigning an input to the tape line outputs To assign the tape line output with a particular input signal, press the button B several times to cycle through the 5 line inputs until, the one you wish to use is displayed. The options are shown in the diagram below: Cycle of input selection options for the tape line outputs...
  • Page 13 The PRIMA stores the gain setting for each input line. There are six gain settings available in total that can be assigned to each input line and these are shown below.
  • Page 14 The volume range runs from 0 to 98 and is displayed on the PRIMA as you alter the volume. If the outputs are muted, a volume change will un-mute the outputs to prevent large changes in volume from damaging your loudspeakers.
  • Page 15 1. Press M on the pre amp remote followed by the VOL button marked 2. Press the MAIN LINE LISTEN LCD touch pad on the Chord touch screen remote followed by the mechanical button marked VOL+ .
  • Page 16 Once you have adjusted the gain setting on an input device your amplifier will remember the setting, even if it is switched off for many months. The six available gain settings are shown below as they are displayed on the PRIMA. Gain settings as displayed...
  • Page 17 AAA batteries as shown inside the battery compartment. servicing There are no user serviceable parts in your Chord amplifier, and it should only be serviced by Chord Electronics Limited or their expressly approved Service Agents.
  • Page 18 Note:- If you are using the Chord DAC 64 converter always set the gain to 0.25 the amplifier was in standby mode and has turned itself off Changing connections while the amplifier is on, for example, dropping the stylus onto a record can cause the unit to shutdown.