How To Connect Your System - ELECTROCOMPANIET ECI 80D Owner's Manual

HOW TO CONNECT YOUR SYSTEM

The rear panel connector layout is illustrated on page 9. Please refer to this when
making connections to ECI 80D.
Single-ended inputs
Connect analog sources to analog inputs AN1or AN2. Make sure that the left and
right channel is not mixed. The right channel has a red indication on the connector.
Both inputs are similar regarding sonic performance. Unused inputs may be shorted to
ground, using a shorting plug.
Phono MM input and ground terminal
The input labeled PHONO MM connects the phono cartridge through the record
player arm cable to your ECI 80D built-in phono stage. Be sure to use high qual-
ity shielded interconnect cables for this purpose. In addition, most turntables are
equipped with a separate grounding wire. This connects the earth plane of the turn-
table chassis, the tonearm and the phono cartridge to the earth plane of the ECI 80D.
Connect the grounding wire (if there is one) to the ECI 80D grounding terminal, but
be aware that in some (very rare) instances you may experience less noise (hum) with
the grounding wire detached.
SPDIF inputs
ECI 80D will accept optical SPDIF sources up to 192kHz/24bit on inputs TL1, TL2
and TL3. Please use an optical TOSLink cable for this connection.
Connect coaxial sources up to 192kHz/24bit to inputs CX1 and CX2. Please use a
coaxial SPDIF cable for this connection.
Preamplifier output
The preamplifier output labeled PREOUT is dependent on the volume setting, the
MUTE function and also the ECI 80D operating mode. This output can be used to
control an additional power amplifier. Connect the preamplifier output from your ECI
80D to the audio input on your power amplifier. Observe correct connection of the
right and left audio channel. The preamplifier output is disabled in some operating
modes. Please refer to table "ECI 80D operation modes and activiation"on page 7.
Headphones output
Connect a 3.5mm or 6.35mm headphones jack to the outputs labeled HEADPHONES
on the rear panel of ECI 80D. Please note that both headphone outputs can be used
simultaneously as long as the combined (paralleled) load of the headphones is larger
than 16 ohms. Both outputs have the same signal, signal amplitude and volume set-
ting. Please refer to table "ECI 80D operation modes and activiation"on page 7 for
information on how to activate the headphones outputs.
Speaker output
Connect your 4-8 ohms speakers to the outputs labeled SPEAKERS. The speaker termi-
nals will accept banana, spades and stripped speaker cables. Make sure to not mix
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