McIntosh MC352 User Manual

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McIntosh C42 Audio Control Center

How to Connect the MC352

1. Connect the MC352 power cord to a live AC outlet.

2. Connect a power control cable from the control center

Power Control Out to the MC352 Power Control In.

3. Prepare the loudspeaker hookup cables as follows:

A. Carefully remove sufficient insulation from the

loudspeaker cable ends to just fit within the bind-

ing post with no exposed

wire accessible. Refer to

figure 1.

B. If the cable is stranded,

carefully twist the strands

together as tightly as pos-

sible. Refer to figures 2

& 3.

Note: If desired, the

twisted cable section

can be tinned with a

solder iron to keep

the strands together

and/or attach

appropriate

connector ends.

C. Insert the bare section of the cable end or connec-

tor into the access hole, and tighten the terminal

nut clockwise until the cable is firmly clamped

into the terminal so the wires cannot slip out. Re-

fer to figure 4.

D. Insert the bare section of the cable end or connec-

tor into the access hole, and tighten the terminal

nut clockwise until the cable is firmly clamped

How to Connect the MC352

into the terminal. Refer to figures 5 & 6.

Note: The bare sections of the cable ends or the non

insulated part of the connectors must not be exposed on

either side of the terminal access hole.

E. Repeats Steps A through D for each speaker cable

used with the amplifier.

4. Connect the loudspeaker cables to the appropriate termi-

nals for your loudspeakers, being careful to observe the

correct polarities. Output impedance connections of 2

ohms, 4 ohms and 8 ohms are provided.

If the impedance of your loudspeakers

is rated at other than the listed imped-

ance connections, use the nearest lower

connection.

5. Install the plastic protective loudspeaker

terminal covers that were supplied with

your amplifier. Refer to figure 7.

6. Connect a cable from the balanced outputs of a control

center to the MC352 balanced Input connectors for both

audio channels and power control.

Note: An optional hookup is to use unbalanced cables from a

McIntosh Control Center to Unbalanced Inputs of the

MC352.

To AC Outlet

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Right Loudspeaker

4ohm

Left Loudspeaker

4ohm

Figure 7