Placement And Ventilation Guidelines; Rack Mounting - Parasound HINT 6 Owner's Manual

Unpacking Your HINT 6 & Placement
Guidelines
Unpacking Your HINT 6
Carefully remove your HINT 6 from its shipping carton and locate the enclosed accessories:
• AC power cord
• A 12 V trigger wire with mono 3.5 mm mini plugs on each end
• Remote Control with two AA batteries
• USB A to USB B cable for music playback from a computer
While you are unpacking your HINT 6, inspect it thoroughly for possible shipping damage and tell
your Parasound dealer immediately if you find any evidence of shipping damage. This would be a
good time to make a copy of your sales receipt to store with the HINT 6's original packing.
Note: The HINT 6 should be shipped only in its original carton set and foam packing inserts.
Please save and store both the inner and outer cartons and, most especially, the foam packing
inserts to protect the HINT 6 if you have to move it or ship it. You may wish to flatten the cardboard
cartons to save room in storage after cutting the taped seams on the bottom flaps.
Placement Guidelines
The HINT 6 will be easier to use and will last longer if you follow these simple guidelines:
• Use input and output cables that are long enough to leave some slack; that will enable you to
pull the HINT 6 out of a cabinet to check or to change connections without inadvertently
disconnecting cables.
• Place your HINT 6 where you can route input and output signal cables as far as possible from
AC cords.
• Where signal cables must cross AC cords they should do so only at a 90° right angle.
Ventilation Requirements
• Always position the HINT 6 horizontally.
• The HINT 6 should not be stacked on top of a power amplifier.
• The HINT 6 should not be placed in a completely enclosed cabinet.
• The HINT 6 requires at least 4" inches (10cm) empty space above it to avoid overheating
Rack Mounting your HINT 6
With its four feet removed, the HINT 6's front panel height occupies three rack spaces: 5.25" or
133 mm. (A single standard rack space occupies 1.75" or 44.5 mm vertical height.) For mounting in
a standard 19" equipment rack, you must use the Parasound HRA 3 rack mount kit (sold
separately). The HRA 3 kit includes four bolts and eight plastic washers with raised "shoulders."
Slide one washer onto each mounting bolt with its raised shoulder pointing toward the panel hole.
Insert the bolt through the hole and slide the other washer on the bolt with its raised shoulder
facing the rear side of the panel. The washers will sandwich the HINT 6 panel and the four
mounting bolts to prevent metal-to-metal contact between the HINT 6 chassis, the equipment rack,
and the other components mounted in the rack.
Note: Because of its high bias Class A/AB design the HINT 6 can get very warm, even when no
music is playing. At least 4" (or 10cm) of free space must be left above the unit. Other
heat-producing components should not be positioned directly beneath the HINT 6.
Warning: Do not put the screws for the feet back into the bottom of the HINT 6 without the feet.
If you insert the screws without the feet they could touch internal electrical circuitry
and cause a short circuit, damage to the amp and electric shock.
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