Introduction; Connections; Analog Audio Inputs; Analog Audio Outputs - Bryston BP17 Owner's Manual

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing a Bryston BP17 Preampli-
fier. We are confident it will provide you with many
years of musical enjoyment. We would welcome any
suggestions or comments you may have regarding the
operation of your Bryston amplifier.
In the unlikely event that your amplifier may re-
quire service Bryston recommends that you retain the
original shipping box and packaging material for future
use if required.
SETUP RECOMMENDATIONS
You may place your BP17 Preamplifier in any conve-
nient location. Make sure you position the amplifier
to maintain a direct line-of-sight between the hand-
held remote and the remote sensor eye located on
the front panel. If plugged in the BP17 will remain
in standby indicated by the RED power LED on the
front panel.
The preamplifier is powered up by engaging the
power button located on the front panel of the BP17
or by depressing the POWER button on the hand
held remote control unit.. The BP17 will power-up
momentarily with mute engaged, indicated by the
mute LED turning red on the front panel; it will then
turn off within a few seconds. The POWER LED will
stay lit green indicating normal operation.

CONNECTIONS

ANALOG AUDIO INPUTS :

The BP17 preamp comes equipped with 7 pairs of
gold plated RCA (phono) analog audio input con-
nectors labelled: TV, CD, AUX-1/PHONO, AUX-2/SPDIF,
VIDEO, TUNER & RECORD IN. All have and input imped-
ance of 50K ohms
• In BP17-DA models the AUX2 (D1/D2) input jacks
accept only SPDIF PCM bit streams. They do
NOT accept analog audio input signals.
• In BP17-P models, which are equipped with a
moving-magnet phono equalization module, the
inputs labeled AUX1/PHONO accept moving mag-
net phono cartridge inputs. These inputs are NOT
line level inputs in the BP17-P and cannot be
used as such.

ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUTS :

The Bryston BP17 Preamplifier comes equipped with
3 pairs of gold plated analog RCA jacks for outputs
& 1 pair of XLR balanced outputs: 2 pairs of PREAMP
OUT jacks and 1 pair of RECORD OUT jacks.
RCA (phono) jack outputs:
• PREAMP OUT
• RECORD OUT not affected by volume, balance or mute controls.
XLR (3 pin male) outputs:
• BALANCED OUTPUT
(pin 1 gnd, pin2 positive, pin 3 negative(+)

HEADPHONE JACK:

There is a quarter inch headphone output jack avail-
able on the front panel of the Bryston BP17 Preampli-
fier. Inserting the headphone jack mutes PREAMP OUT
automatically. You can adjust the volume setting of
the headphones by using the volume control on the
front of the BP17 Preamplifier. You may also utilize
the remote control unit to adjust headphone volume.
The headphones cannot be muted with the remote
control unit or the front panel Mute. Only headphones
with impedances of greater than 50 ohms should be
used.

DIGITAL AUDIO INPUTS:

In the BP17-DA model, which contains a stereo D/A
converter module, there are 4 digital audio inputs
available.
Two TOSLINK optical inputs are selected by pressing
the D3 (TOSLINK-1) or D4 (TOSLINK-2) buttons on the
front panel (when in digital mode) or on the handheld
remote.
Two SPDIF coaxial inputs can be connected to the
BP17-DA using the RCA input jacks labeled D1 and
D2. To select these inputs first place the unit in digital
mode by pressing the DIGITAL4Select button on the
front panel (or the A/D button on the handheld remote)
and then press the D1 or D2 button on the front panel
or on the remote). When the green LED above the
font panel DIGITAL4SELECT switch button in ON con-
currently with either the D1 (CD), D2 (TUNER), D3 (TV) or
D4 (VIDEO) LEDs, then digital mode is engaged.
Note: Whatever digital input was previously
selected in Digital Mode will be automatically
reselected upon re-entering Digital Mode (from
Analog Mode). Similarly, when re-entering
Analog Mode from Digital Mode the previously
selected analog input will be automatically re-
selected.
See also the DIGITAL-to-ANALOG CONVERT-
ER OPTION section for more information.
BP17 PREAMPLIFIER