Operating The Asr Basis Exclusive; General Operation; Monitor Leds - ASR Basis Exclusive Manual

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Operating the ASR Basis Exclusive

4.1

General Operation

The knob on the front plate of the ASR Basis Exclusive has the following functions :
a) position „Off": the unit is turned off.
b) position „Line" („Line A" and „Line B") if your unit is equipped with two inputs) :
the main unit is turned ON and is supplied with current out of the charging transformer.
To protect all the internal high-grade components the voltage is lowered in this position.
c) position „Auto" („Auto A" and „Auto B") if your unit is equipped with two inputs) :
the main unit is turned ON and is supplied with current out of the charging transformer.
when a output signal higher than 100 mV is detected the Basis is switched Batt mode.
After about 3 minutes without signal the unit switches to Line mode again.
d) position „Batt" („Batt A" and „Batt B") if your unit is equipped with two inputs):
the unit is turned On and supplied with current out of the external battery power supply.
The charging transformer is separated from the AC outlet.
We recommend that you normally should use the unit in Auto mode.
Use the other modes are only when you want to operate the unit definitely in Line or Batt mode.
It may happen that when the records start very low the voltage is too low to switch to Batt mode.
In this case you may just wait till the signals gets louder. Or you may adjust the gain higher.
IMPORTANT: before switching from one position to another on the ASR Basis Exclusive
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turn down the volume control on your pre- or integrated amplifier or simply switch to another
input, which is not used at the moment.
This will keep your speakers from getting damaged by probably occurring switching noise.
4.2

Monitor Leds

The operation mode is monitored in the Main unit by some Leds around the switch ON knob:
Line Operation with a yellow led, in Batt operation an additionally blue Led comes ON,
input A is shown with a green led, input B is shown with a red led.
In the battery power supply unit during "Batt" operation a blue led Bar is showing "Batt ON".
In all other positions the display is showing a yellow bar with "Charge".
Additionally the operation voltage is shown with 4 yellow and 4 blue Leds in front of the main unit:
The 4 yellow leds are shining in „Line" mode, the blue ones light up additionally in „Batt" mode.
There is 1 led for the positive and 1 led for the negative voltage of the both colours at each channel.
While operating the ASR Basis Exclusive, the voltage is constantly monitored. When the batteries
are completely discharged, the ASR Basis Exclusive switches automatically into charging mode
and supplies the main unit out of the transformer so that you can continue listening music.
For best sonic results the ASR Basis should not be switched into Off Position.
Also when not in use please switch it in Line or Auto Position to keep the circuits warm.
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