McIntosh MA6600 - Manual (Page 16)

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How to Operate the MA6600
Power On
The Red LED above the STANDBY/ON Push-button lights
to indicate the MA6600 is in Standby mode. To Switch
ON the MA6600, press the STANDBY/ON Push-button
on the Front Panel or the Power Push-button on the Re-
mote Control. The MA6600 will go through a brief startup
initialization with the Front Panel Information Display
indicating the last used source and volume setting, this is
followed by the
volume setting
indication starting
at zero and then
increasing to the
last used volume setting. Refer to figures 15, 17 and 18.
Note: For an explanation of the Remote Control Push-but-
ton functions, refer to pages 10 and 11.
Source Selection
Rotate the INPUT Control to select the desired source or
press the appropriate push-button switch on the Front Panel
or Remote Control. Refer to figures 15, 16 and 17.
Volume Control
Rotate the Front Panel VOLUME Control or use the VOL-
UME Up or
Down Push-
buttons on the
Remote Control
for the desired
listening level. Refer to figures 15, 16 and 17.
Trim Functions
The MA6600 has six different
Trim Selections with Adjustments.
The Trim Selections include Bal-
ance, Bass, Treble, Tone Bypass,
Input Level Matching and Meter
Illumination. The Trim Settings
are stored in memory indepen-
dently for each Input Source
Selected, the only exception being
Meter Illumination setting of On
or Off, which is the same for all
inputs.
BALANCE
Listening balance varies with
different program sources, room
acoustics and listening positions
relative to the Loudspeakers. Use
the Balance (Trim Function) as
needed to achieve approximately
equal listening volume levels in
each Loudspeaker. To adjust the
Balance perform the following:
1. Rotate the Front Panel TRIM
SELECT Control or press the
TRIM Push-button on the
Remote Control until “BAL-
ANCE 0 dB” appears on
the Front Panel Information
Display. Figure 19.
SOURCE: CD1
15%
Figure 17
Figure 15
SOURCE: CD1
15%
Figure 18
Figure 16
SOURCE: SERVER
30%