Connecting The Preamplifier To Your System; Connecting To A Turntable; Select And Connect Source Components - VTL TL6.5 Owner's Manual

Damage to the unit that is the result of improper AC connection or grounding will not be
covered under the warranty.

Connecting the Preamplifier to your system

Connecting to a Turntable

As there is no phono amplifier inside the TL 6.5, connection to a turntable will require an
external phono preamplifier.

Select and Connect Source Components

The Input Selection buttons for the preamplifier are marked for CD1, CD2, Ph/Aux 1,
Aux 2, Tuner, Aux 3 and Tape 1 and Tape 2. The input connectors on the back panel of
the preamplifier are correspondingly marked the same way.
You can replace and use any of the marked input sources with your own source
component as long as the proper interconnect is used. For example, if you do not have a
tuner in your system, but you would like to connect any other line level source to the Tuner
input instead, you can do so without any loss of performance. When you select the
preamplifier's input selector to Tuner the preamplifier will play the signal from that source.
Similarly, the Aux. inputs can be used for any line level input source you wish to use. If
your preamplifier is not going to be used with a phono preamplifier then you can also use
Phono/Aux1 as an additional input for any line level source you wish to use.
Connect all source components
(e.g. CD, SACD/DVD Audio, Tuner, DAT, Video
Before making any connections to the
Recorder etc.) to the inputs on the preamplifier.
preamplifier make sure that the preamplifier and the source components are powered off.
Connect the output cables from each of the source components to the relevant inputs on
the preamplifier. For example, connect the CD transport to the CD input connectors of
the preamplifier.
Different sources may provide either balanced or single ended connections, and different
sources will most likely sound different in each mode. There are 3 balanced or single ended
inputs on the TL 6.5 preamplifier, and 3 additional inputs that are single ended only, in
addition to the 2 single ended Tape inputs. Decide which source components will be
connected to each input, using appropriate interconnects for the different sources
If a direction indicator is printed on the cable make sure that the cable is connected to the
source and the preamplifier in the appropriate direction (arrows flowing in the direction
the signal will travel, i.e. from the source to the preamplifier.) It is also important that the
left and right channels from the source components are connected to the corresponding
left and right channels of the preamplifier.
. If your preamplifier is going to be
Connect the Phono stage to the preamplifier
used with a standalone phono preamplifier, connect the output from the phono stage
to the Phono/Aux 1 input channel of the preamplifier.
Connect the Tape input channels to the preamplifier To take advantage of the Tape
.
Monitor capability of the preamplifier, connect the Tape In on the tape deck(s) to either of
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