STEREO POWER MC24O AMPLIFIER GENERAL DESCRIPTION TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION PANEL FACILITIES INSTALLATION CONNECTIONS Input—Stereo Input—Twin Amp Input—Mono Output—Stereo or Twin Amp Output—Mono CONTENTS Line Output—Stereo or Twin Amp Line Output—Mono AC Power OPERATION ADJUSTMENTS GUARANTEE OWNER'S MANUAL...
Mclntosh instruments is directly due to low maintenance costs. distortion performance. Careful, devoted The MC240 has on one chassis two 40 research is a way of life at Mclntosh. The watt power amplifiers. In addition to use as a world's finest amplifier is the creation of per- stereo amplifier, the flexibility of the MC240 severing, resourceful Mclntosh engineers.
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To greatly extend tube and component creases the power response at both low and life a thermistor in the MC240 limits current high frequencies, heating the output tubes surges produced when the equipment is and lowering the available power output.
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Intermodulation Distortion: (Center tap internally grounded) 140 Less than 0.5% for any combination of volts frequencies from 20 cycles through (One side internally grounded) 70.7 20,000 cycles if instantaneous peak volts power is below twice the rated power. Mono: Phase Shift: (Isolated from ground) 25 volts Less than +6°...
PANEL FACILITIES Fig. 3—The end panel of the MC240 showing all input and output facilities. OUTPUT INPUT The input of the MC240 has a three posi- The two barrier terminal strips marked tion lever switch to permit the amplifier to be...
The mounting flange on the other end of the amplifier is installed in the same way. ing the MC240 is 20" long x 14" wide x 10" high. Always allow for air flow either by ventilation holes or space next to the bottom...
INPUT-MONO OUTPUT-MONOPHONIC When the MC240 is to operate as an 80 The shielded cable from the program watt monophonic amplifier, the outputs of source is plugged into the jack marked the two channels combine to produce a MONO INPUT. -single 80 watt output. This chart lists the...
COM AC POWER on the LEFT barrier strip to the screw marked The MC240 operates on 105 volt to 130 COM on the RIGHT barrier strip. Connect, volt, 50 to 60 cycle power. The amplifier will...
Turn the volume control on match the input voltage sensitivity of the the source equipment to the 12 o'clock posi- MC240 to the output voltage of the program tion (half rotation). Turn up the GAIN con- source. trol on the LEFT input until the loudness in...
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LABORATORY INC. 2 CHAMBERS STREET, BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Made in U.S.A. Phone-Area Code 607 723 5491 PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1M 038-002...
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