Single-Ended Bridging Kit; Single-Ended Bridged Input Connection - Mark Levinson N 331 Operating Manual

Single-Ended Bridging Kit

Important!
Single-Ended Bridging
Input Adapter
(pin configuration)
Female RCA Input
Skirt: signal ground
Center: signal + (non-inverting)
Bridging Output Adapter
(not drawn to scale)
The "normal" leg of the Madrigal Single-Ended Bridging Input Adapter will be
marked with a red stripe to indicate positive polarity, and the inverted leg will be
marked with a black stripe to indicate inverted polarity (corresponding to the red
and black terminals of your loudspeaker).
The Balanced Bridging Output Adapter is simply a single, heavy gauge bus bar,
used to strap two of the output ground terminals together. This establishs a com-
mon reference for the amplifier and completes the circuit that includes the loud-
speakers.
Do not attempt to operate your amplifier in a bridged mode
without first strapping the black output terminals together.
Failure to establish a common ground reference between the
two channels can damage your amplifier by forcing
significant currents to flow where they do not belong!
To bridge your Mark Levinson amplifier using a single-ended (RCA) input signal,
follow these steps:
1 DISCONNECT YOUR AMPLIFIER FROM EVERYTHING
Start with your amplifier totally disconnected from inputs, outputs, and AC
power. It is always best to power down an amplifier before changing con-
nections; here you are also changing its basic configuration.
2 CONNECT THE SINGLE-ENDED BRIDGING INPUT ADAPTER TO THE AMP'S
INPUTS
Connect the two male XLRs to the inputs of your amplifier, noting which
XLR is marked red and which is black. You may want to standardize on
"Red is Right" to avoid confusion, although it makes no difference to the
amplifier. The channel with the red, normal input will later be connected to
the red, positive terminal of your loudspeaker.
Male XLR Output (normal)
Pin 1: signal ground
Pin 2: signal + (non-inverting)
Pin 3: signal ground
1 2
3
1 2
3
Male XLR Output (inverted)
Pin 1: signal ground
Pin 2: signal ground
Pin 3: signal + (non-inverting)
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