Balanced Audio REX II Preamplifier User Manual

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It is quite common to have sources with very different output levels connected to a

preamplifier. In this case, switching between different inputs is usually

accomplished by a large change in volume. The REX II allows the user to avoid this

inconvenience by setting volume offsets between different inputs (using ANY input

as a reference).

To program this feature:

1. Select any input that you would like to use as a reference. Play music at the

level you find comfortable.

2. Press the Function button twice. The display will read: VOL 000

3. Switch to a different input. Adjust the volume while playing the music to the

level that is comparable to the reference input level. The display will indicate

the volume offset number. That number can be either positive or negative,

depending upon whether the new selected input is stronger or weaker than

the reference input.

4. Exit the programming mode by

pressing and holding the Function

button

or by switching to a different input.

Any input volume offset can be programmed at ANY time with respect to ANY

other input.

EXAMPLE:

The CD1 input is used as the reference. Let’s presume that the PH1 input (the

weaker source) is then programmed to play at 20 counts higher. Its volume offset

will then read 20.

The user can later select the PH1 input and using it as the reference, program the

AUX1 input to be 10 counts lower than the PH1 input. Effectively, the volume

offset from the CD1 input to the AUX1 will now become 10.

The user then can at any time verify his volume offset programming by switching

the unit in its VOLUME mode (by pressing the Function button twice) and then

selecting the inputs 3, 4 and 5. The volume offset numbers for these inputs should

then read 0, 10 and 20 respectfully. That means that the AUX1 source will be

played at 10 counts above the CD1 input and the PH1 input at 20 counts above

the CD1 input.


Alternatively, the volume offset number can be entered directly, based on your

judgement of volume difference between the two sources. To do that, select the

input, enter the VOLUME programming mode by pressing the Function button twice,

and use the volume knob to set the volume offset number that you deem desirable.

Then exit the programming mode by

pressing and holding the Function

Button

.

NOTE: A negative number for the selected input indicates that its gain

will be set lower than the gain of the reference input.

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