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McIntosh C 29 Owner's Manual

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THE C 29 SOLID STATE STEREO PREAMPLIFIER
Reading Time: 38 Minutes
Price: $2.00

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  • Page 1 THE C 29 SOLID STATE STEREO PREAMPLIFIER Reading Time: 38 Minutes Price: $2.00...
  • Page 2 WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The Mcintosh you have purchased is a C 29 Preamplifier. It has a serial number located on the rear panel of the chassis. Record that serial number...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SER- application is received at Mcintosh VICE CONTRACT will be cancelled. Laboratory Incorporated in Bingham- Damage by improper use or mishandl- ton, New York. Copyright 1979 © by Mcintosh Laboratory Inc.

  • Page 4: How To Install

    Remove the C 29 from its plastic bag and place it upside down on the shipping pallet; unscrew the four plastic feet from the bottom of the chassis. Mark the cabinet panel.
  • Page 5 use a file to square the corners and smooth any ir- regularities in the cut edges. Install the Mounting Strips In the hardware package you will find two mounting strips, four 6-32 x 1 1/4 inch fillister head screws and two 4-40 x 1 1/4 inch inch flat head screws.

  • Page 6: How To Connect

    Front Panel Tape Recorder Jacks: CONNECTING TURNTABLES Tape recorder inputs and outputs are available at The C 29 has shorting plugs in the phono inputs. the TAPE IN-OUT jacks on the front panel just to the To prevent unwanted noise remove the shorting left of the TAPE MONITOR pushbuttons.
  • Page 8 TURNTABLE AUTO/MANUAL switch selects the mode of operation. When the switch is in Cables are supplied to interconnect the C 29 to the AUTO position and a turntable is plugged into the power amplifier. Longer cables can be used if one of the green AC power outlets, the AC power to needed.
  • Page 9 OPTIONAL SCR 2 FOR PUSHBUTTON SWITCHING OF MAIN AND REMOTE SPEAKERS. POWER REMOTE AMPLIFIER SPEAKERS MAIN SPEAKERS POWER AMPLIFIER SECONDARY SYSTEM SPEAKERS CONNECTIONS FOR POWER AMPLIFIERS AND LOUDSPEAKERS...

  • Page 10: The Front Panel Controls And How To Use Them

    TUNER: the output from any AM, FM or MPX FM volume with flat frequency response. The loudness tuner is connected to the high level input stage. In compensation is inoperative in this position. the TUNER position the C 29 has flat amplification.
  • Page 11 L + R to R: Connects the left plus right program to microphone is connected to the low level input the right loudspeaker only. stage. In the MIC position the C 29 has flat amplification. VOLUME CONTROL The VOLUME control...
  • Page 12 C 29. The total capacity of the SPEAKER CON- The C 29 is designed so it may be used with two tape TROL RELAY AC power receptacles is 2400 watts. recorders. The four left pushbuttons control the signal output of these recorders.

  • Page 13: Top Panel Controls

    See the section below for top panel controls. An amplifier in the C 29 provides the power that feeds both the HEADPHONE jacks on the front panel and the LINE OUTPUT jacks on the rear panel.

  • Page 14: Specifications

    Specifications PERFORMANCE LIMITS AND RATINGS SEMICONDUCTOR COMPLEMENT We promise you that the C 29 you buy, at the time Integrated Circuits of your purchase, is capable of performance at or ex- Transistors ceeding these limits or you get your money back.

  • Page 15: Facilities And Features

    Facilities and Features BASS CONTROLS supplied by an amplifier in the C 29. Headphone Separate 11 position rotary switches for each listening can be accomplished without the use of an channel, +20 dB to - 2 0 dB at 20 Hz external power amplifier.

  • Page 16: Technical Description

    20,000 Hz. The non-linear distortion of the active network uses 1% metal film resistors and 5% poly filter elements in the C 29 is very low even at cutoff film capacitors. To achieve low noise performance it frequency. This is not always the case with passive...
  • Page 18 POWER SUPPLY To minimize hum pickup and thus improve signal to noise ratio the C 29 power transformer is triple shielded. Shielding includes a copper strap, a silicon steel strap, and a steel outer shell. The transformer output voltage is fed to a full wave...
  • Page 20 MCINTOSH LABORATORY INC. 2 CHAMBERS ST., BINGHAMTON, N.Y. 13903 607-723-3512 The continuous improvement of its products is the policy of Mcintosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice. Printed in U.S.A. 039116...

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