Bryston B60RDA - Manual (Page 3)

B60 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing a Bryston B60 integrated
amplifier. We are confident it will provide you with many
years of musical enjoyment. We would welcome any
suggestions or comments you may have regarding the
operation of your Bryston amplifier.
Bryston recommends that you retain the original
shipping box and packaging material for future use if
required.
SETUP:
You may place your B60 integrated amplifier in any
convenient location, with one possible exception; if you
own the remote-control version, position the amplifier to
maintain a direct line-of-sight between the hand-held
remote and the remote sensor eye located on the right
side of the front panel. The amplifier is powered up by
engaging the power toggle located on the front panel of
the B60. The B60 will power-up momentarily with mute
engaged, indicated by the pilot light turning red on the
front panel. It will then quickly turn green signifying nor-
mal function. If you have the remote control version of
the Bryston B60 please refer to the section on the remote
control unit.
CONNECTIONS:
Connect your loudspeakers, ensuring that the positive
(red) and ground (black) terminals (gold-plated 5-way
binding posts) on the Bryston B60 integrated amplifier
are connected to the positive and ground terminals on
your loudspeakers. Make certain the left and right speak-
er outputs on the amplifier are connected to the appropri-
ate left and right loudspeakers. Connect your CD player,
tape deck and other sources to the appropriate left and
right RCA inputs.
The tape loop may be used to insert a surround sound
processor, tape deck or other recorder into your system.
Plug your tape deck or external processor’s input cables
into the ‘To Tape’ jacks and the processor or deck’s out-
put cables into the ‘From Tape’ jacks on the rear of the
B60. The tape or processor loop may be monitored via
the toggle switch located on the front panel of the B60.
PRE-AMP OUT / POWER-AMP IN CONNECTIONS
On the rear panel there are connections labeled ‘PRE
OUT’ (preamplifier output) and ‘PWR IN’ (power amplifier
input). Please refer to the rear panel illustration later in
this manual for further clarity). This feature allows you
to separate the preamplifier section of the B60 from
the power amplifier section by removing the ‘jumpers’.
Simply pull the two ‘U’ connectors straight out with the
power to the amplifier turned OFF. Store them in a safe
place for future use. These pre-out/power-in connec-
tors provide for complete separation of the preamplifier
and power amplifier sections. This allows you to easily
accommodate the integration of a surround sound pro-
cessor into your system and still maintain the control
functions available on the front panel of the B60. It also
allows the independent use of the stereo amplifier sec-
tion within a multi-channel audio or video system.
INPUT & OUTPUT CONNECTIONS:
The Bryston B60 integrated amplifier comes equipped
with 4 pairs of RCA input connectors, 1 pair of tape loop
connectors, 1 pair of pre-out ~ power-in connectors and
1 pair of five-way binding post loudspeaker outputs. All
input and output connectors are gold plated. Only cables
with high quality gold plated connectors should be used
with your amplifier to avoid noise and distortion from the
corrosion which will eventually appear on poorly plated
or gold-flashed cable connectors. Bryston offers high
quality very low capacitance interconnect cables with
custom RCA connectors gold-plated to 20 micro-inches
(30 times heavier than standard gold-flashed cables).
Standard 1 and 2 meter, or custom length cables, are
available by contacting any authorized Bryston dealer or
distributor.
HEADPHONE JACK:
There is a quarter inch stereo (3 conductor) headphone
jack available on the front panel of the Bryston B60 inte-
grated amplifier. The headphone output is driven directly
from the preamplifier section. We recommend the use
of headphones with input impedances between 50 ohms
and 600 ohms. Headphones with input impedance val-
ues above 600 ohms may experience some problems
attaining sufficient volume levels. The main outputs, both
balanced and single-ended, will be muted when a phone
plug is inserted into the headphone jack. TAPE outputs
are not muted.
You can adjust the volume setting of the headphones
by using the volume control on the front of the B60
integrated amplifier. You may also utilize the remote
control unit to adjust headphone volume if your unit is
so equipped. The headphones cannot be muted with the
remote control unit. Use caution when disconnecting the
headphones as the loudspeakers will be immediately
re-connected at the volume level indicated by the front
panel volume control.
TAPE LOOP:
Tape Outputs: The “TO TAPE” outputs are selected
by the rotary “SELECTOR” knob and are provided as a
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