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C 320BEE ® Stereo Integrated Amplifier Owner’s Manual Manuel d’Installation Bedienungsanleitung Gebruikershandleiding Manual del Usuario Manuale delle Istruzioni Manual do Proprietário Bruksanvisning...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Save these instructions for later use. • Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the audio equipment. 1 Read instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. 2 Retain instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.
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IMPORTANT OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE (SERVICING) INSTRUCTIONS IN THE LITERATURE ACCOMPANYING THE APPLIANCE CAUTION Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by NAD Electronics for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. CAUTION REGARDING PLACEMENT To maintain proper ventilation, be sure to leave a space around the unit (from the largest outer dimensions including projections) equal to, or greater than, shown below.
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS NAD is a trademark of NAD Electronics International, a division of Lenbrook Industries Limited Copyright 2002, NAD Electronics International, a division of Lenbrook Industries Limited...
Use a suitable adapter to connect headphones with other types of sockets, Should water get into your NAD C320BEE, shut off the power to the such as 3.5mm stereo ‘personal stereo’ jack plugs.
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RCA-to-RCA leads, connect to the left and right ‘Audio Outputs’ of the unit to these inputs. Note: These are audio inputs 7 Tone controls - The NAD C320BEE is fitted with BASS and TREBLE only. tone controls to adjust the tonal balance of your system.
Unscrew the speaker terminal’s plastic bushing until the 1 POWER ON & OFF - The NAD C320BEE remote has a separate On and hole in the screw shaft is revealed. Insert the pin or bare cable end into Off button.
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CD drawer Open/Close; Press once to open the CD drawer then once again to close the CD drawer and start playback. 7 CASSETTE DECK CONTROL - (for use with single NAD Cassette Decks) engages Forward Play. Press to put cassette deck into record-pause, then press Play to start recording.
PLACE BATTERIES INTO OPENING. ENSURE REPLACE BATTERY COVER BY ALIGNING AND PRESS IN AND LIFT TAB TO REMOVE THE CORRECT POLARITY IS OBSERVED BATTERY COVER OUT FROM RECESS INSERTING THE TWO TABS INTO THE HOLES. PRESS BATTERY COVER INTO PLACE UNTIL IT 'CLICKS' CLOSED TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM...
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1998. But what is Dimension NAD and who is Mr. Edvardsen? Well, for these among us that are novices at Hi Fi or very young, NAD (New Acoustic www.nad.co.uk/ Dimension) is a British milestone in Hi Fi history. A thirty-...
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IR receiver. The NAD has seven of them including two for the tape; the one marked "Disc" is intended for an external phono unit since no phono circuit is factory installed.
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I'd unscrew the case and upgrade it. A much thicker common mains cable with a good Shuko plug at the wall end will probably do the job. I placed the NAD onto a MDF shelf, then atop my CD player, then down on the marble floor of my living room where it spent most of its test: no remarkable differences to note down.
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"we put our focus on the inside" motto. A happy listening session Ero I was curious of the power output of the NAD, that was assessed in a very cautious way at 50+50 Watts minimum in the factory datasheet (see box). Luckily the unit I received for this test had already been at work, so no run-in was needed and I could go straight to the point.
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NAD in the middle range: the performance in track ten "Con alma" deserves an applause. In 1965, Arthur Rubinstein recorded Chopin's Nocturnes for the third time in his life.
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A FETs). I was simply astonished: the gap with my own preamplifier was unexpectedly narrow. Please notice that the latter costs alone a multiple of the whole NAD, and that it is considered to be very good value for money itself. I dare say that even without the power section the preamplifier would still be worth the money the C 320 costs.
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Enjoy its phone output. Do you want to upgrade with another power section? The pre can follow you for many steps upwards. Want to use the NAD to drive your HT front speakers? No problem with sound pressure, output level is not a problem.
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Nad C320 BEE Page 8 of 8 Cables: Cambridge, G&BL, several DIY pieces. The software - CDs: Jon Bon Jovi, Destination Anywhere Polygram Tierney Sutton, Unsung heroes Telarc Jazz Antonio Forcione, Live! Naim Audio Takeshi Inomata & Separation Ex-Spiral New Sonic Dimension Beethoven (Wiener Philarmoniker) Symphonye No.
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