Behringer POWERPLAY PRO-8 HA8000 Manual - Page 3

POWERPLAY PRO-XL HA4700/PRO-8 HA8000 FOREWORD TABLE OF CONTENTS Dear Customer, welcome to the team of BEHRINGER users, and thank you very much for expressing your confidence in us by purchasing the POWERPLAY PRO. Writing this foreword for you gives me great pleasure, because it represents the culmination of many months of hard work delivered by our engineering team to achieve a very ambitious goal: to present two outstanding pieces of equipment, whose flexibility lets them find use in both studios and P.A. situations. The task of designing our new POWERPLAY PRO certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician. Meeting your expectations also meant a lot of work and night shifts. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it is when all who participated in such a project can be proud of what they’ve achieved. It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team. With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve made a significant contribution to shaping our company and making it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising quality (manufactured under ISO9000 certified management system) as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an extremely reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free rein to your creativity without being hampered by budget constraints. We are often asked how we manage to produce such highquality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on to you? Because we know that your success is our success too! I would like to thank all of you who have made the POWERPLAY PRO possible. You have all made your own personal contributions, from the developers to the many other employees at this company, and to you, the BEHRINGER user. My friends, it’s been worth the effort! 1. INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 Before you get started 3 1.1.1 Initial operation 3 1.1.2 Warranty 4 1.2 The user’s manual 4 2. CONTROL ELEMENTS 4 2.1 Front panel 4 2.2 Rear panel 5 3. APPLICATION GUIDELINES 5 3.1 Using the MAIN IN connectors 5 3.2 AUX IN inputs (HA4700 only 5 3.3 Using the DIRECT IN connector 6 3.4 Mono mode 6 3.5 MUTE function (HA4700 only 6 3.6 Connecting multiple headphones 6 4. AUDIO CONNECTIONS 6 5. SPECIFICATIONS 7 6. WARRANTY 9 1. INTRODUCTION Congratulations! With the BEHRINGER POWERPLAY PRO, you have acquired a high-end headphone amplifier. Both POWERPLAY PRO units were developed with the most demanding applications in mind: professional recording, radio and television studios, as well as CD/digital sound production. They were developed as benchmark units for judging mixdown quality as well as distribution amplifiers for flexible playback applications in studio environments. Balanced inputs and outputs Both BEHRINGER POWERPLAY PROs feature electronically servo-balanced inputs and outputs. The servo function automatically recognizes when unbalanced pins are assigned. It internally modifies the nominal signal level, thus preventing any occurence of signal level difference between inputs and outputs (6 dB correction). + The following user’s manual is intended to familiarize you with the unit’s control elements, so that you can master all the functions. After having thoroughly read the user’s manual, store it at a safe place for future reference. Thank you very much, Uli Behringer 1.1 Before you get started The POWERPLAY PRO was carefully packed at the assembly plant to assure secure transport. Should the condition of the cardboard box suggest that damage may have taken place, please inspect the unit immediately and look for physical indications of damage. + Damaged units should NEVER be sent directly to us. Please inform the dealer from whom you acquired the unit immediately as well as the transportation company from which you took delivery of the unit. Otherwise, all claims for replacement/repair may be rendered invalid. 1. INTRODUCTION 3