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Owner's Manual
Front Panel Controls
The front panel will look similar to Figure 2 (above). The large display window normally indicates the current
volume level and, whenever you change the input, it will briefly show the selected input.
The "Standby" button disengages the input section
from the rest of the 850P's circuitry and turns off the
digital display. However, when in "Standby" mode all
audio circuitry remains powered up to help maintain
optimal performance.
"Standby", both the 'input' and volume settings are re-
established from the previous listening session. The
blue pilot LEDs will not be illuminated, on both the
Preamplifier and Controller, when the 850P is in
"Standby" mode.
The "Monitor" button provides for a dedicated loop to
be used with either a component that can record &
playback (Cassette Deck, DAT, CD-Recorder, etc.) or a
signal processor such as an equalizer. Pressing this
button allows you to 1) monitor the recording as it
occurs on the recording device or 2) engage the effects
of the signal processor. The monitor component's
outputs must be connected to the 850P's "Tape
Monitor In" and its inputs must be connected to the
850P's "Tape Monitor Out". The monitor output level is
fixed and independent of the 850P's volume setting.
The LED immediately to the right of this button will
illuminate when the "Monitor" function is engaged.
The "Mute" button reduces your volume setting to zero.
Pressing the "Mute" button a second time will return the
output volume to its previous level. As well, adjusting
the volume level while the "Mute" function is engaged
will effectively defeat the muting function.
The "Display" button allows you to adjust the brightness
of the large digital display window. It also provides you
Figure 2: Front panel of MOON 850P dual-mono Controller
When switching back from
with the option of turning off the display. There are
three (3) different levels of brightness; The default is
medium. Pressing the "Display" button once will
increase the level to medium. Pressing the button a
second time will further increase the brightness to the
highest setting. Pressing the "Display" button a third
time returns the display to its default setting of
medium.
If you want to turn the display off, press and hold the
"Display" button for 2 seconds. When the display is
turned off, it will still come back on for a short period of
time whenever you press any of the buttons located on
the front panel or the remote control, using the
brightness level that was previously set; the display will
automatically turn off again once you are done. To turn
the display back on, simply press and hold the "Display"
button for 2 seconds.
The "Input
" and "Input
choose which input source you wish to listen to. The
MOON 850P dual-mono preamplifier has a total of
seven (7) inputs; The first three (3) inputs are fully-
balanced and use XLR connectors labeled B1, B2 and B3.
The next four (4) inputs are single-ended and use RCA
connectors labeled S1, S2, S3 and S4. Assuming that
you're currently listening to a source component
connected to input B1, the " " allows to sequentially
scroll forward through the available inputs from B2 to
S4. The " " button allows you to sequentially scroll
backwards from S4 to B2. Holding down either the " "
or " " input buttons will allow only a single change of
the selected input. You must press the button again to
select the next or previous input.
" buttons allow you to
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