Front Panel; Rear Panel - Crest Audio CKI Owner's Manual

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Output Connectors
A barrier strip provides output connection terminals for two speak-
ers operating in stereo or parallel, for a single speaker wired in a
bridged mono configuration,or for constant voltage distribution.Bare
wire or spade lugs may be used to make barrier strip connections.
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Ground Lift Switch
This switch disconnects the audio ground from the chassis ground in
the amplifier.
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Module Bay
All CKi amplifiers possess a module bay configured to accept inter-
changeable plug-in modules. Your amplifier may have been factory
configured with a module. Information on all CKi modules is available
in this manual.
See – Chapter 7 NexSys Modules for more information.
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Mode Select Switch
This switch reconfigures the amplifiers outputs for stereo, parallel, or
bridged operation..
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Input Attenuators
Each channel has an attenuator knob to adjust the channel' s output
from - to maximum power.
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Status LEDs
The "Protect, " "Signal, " and "ACL" LED's on the rear panel serve the
same function as the front panel LED's of the same names.The "IGM"
LED will light if the amplifier' s IGM protection circuit engages.
Input Connectors
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The CKi uses one 3-pin Phoenix connector per channel for balanced
line-level audio input. These inputs can also be setup to accept an
unbalanced signal.
13 Gain (input sensitivity) Select Switch
This switch sets the amplifier' s gain structure as constant sensitivity
(0dB setting) or constant gain (x20 or x40 settings).
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Do not adjust the
mode selection switch
while the amplifier is
turned-on.
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In situations where an
UNBALANCED sig-
nal is fed to the amp,
it's important to ground
the unused input. If the
inverting (-) input of an
amp channel is left float-
ing, the gain will drop
by 3 dB.
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