Lexicon CP-1 - Manual (Page 12)

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Lexicon
Connection
and
Calibration
VCR
or
CASSETTE DECK
AUDIO
OUT
I
II
TAPE
OUT/IN
REAR
MAIN
SIDE
SIDE
AMPS
CP-1 INPUTS
VCR, TV, VIDEO
CONTROL CENTER
REAR
AMPS
CENTER
AMP
SUBWOOFER
AMP
CENTER
SUB
WOOFER
INTEGRATED AMP,
PREAMP or RECEIVER
TAPE
IN
TAPE
OUT
Connecting the CP-1
in a Tape Monitor Loop
Connect the main outputs of your audio preamplifier or the preamplifier
output of your receiver to Input I on the CP-1.
Inputs I and II are electrically identical and can be used interchangeably.
The CP-1 will also act as a line-level preamp with three inputs (including the
built-in tape monitor loop) if you wish to connect, for example, the audio
outputs from a TV receiver/monitor, a CD player and a VCR directly to it.
Connect the CP-1’s MAIN outputs to your main stereo channels. Connect
any additional amplifier/speaker combinations to the remaining outputs
on the CP-1: SIDE to the side amplifiers, REAR to the rears, CENTER to the
center- channel amplifier and SUB WOOFER to the subwoofer amp.
Locate the button below the SUB potentiometer marked CENTER/OUT,
PHANTOM/IN. If you have no center front speaker, push it in; if you have
a center channel, make sure this button is in the out position.
Audio Inputs
Note
Audio Outputs
If you have a receiver with no external access to the preamplifier outputs (or
you wish to use the tape monitor loop on your preamp), you can use a tape
output or external processor loop to the CP-1. However, any change in the
receiver’s volume control after the system is adjusted will upset the balance
between the main and auxiliary speakers. If you are using this configura-
tion, you should now turn the receiver’s volume control all the way down.
If there was a tape deck previously connected to your receiver's monitor
loop, connect it to the CP-1's tape outputs and inputs. Note
Turn off ALL audio and video components, including individual power
amplifiers. (Unplug any preamps and power amps that don’t have
switches.) Locate the gain trim potentiometers on the CP-1 rear panel; these
are knobs at the top of the panel, marked REAR, SIDE, MAIN, CENTER and
SUB. Turn each one all the way down (counterclockwise as viewed from
the back).