Sunfire TGP-5 User Manual

User's Manual

CHAPTER 1

Observe the following precautions 

when choosing a location for your 
TGP-5:

•    Protect it from pro longed 

ex po sure to direct sunlight and 
other direct sources of heat, 
such as heating vents and 
ra di a tors. 

•    Do not expose the unit to rain 

or moisture. If fl uid or a for-
eign object should enter the 
unit, immediately turn off the 
power and contact your Sunfi re 
Dealer. 

•    Avoid excessive exposure to 

extreme cold or dust.

•    Do not place heavy objects on 

top of the unit.

AC Power Con sid er ations

Ensure that the unit is plugged into 

an outlet capable of supplying the cor-
rect voltage specifi ed for your model.

Care

If you need to clean the front sur-

face, fi rst turn off the power and then 
use a soft dry cloth, rubbing with the 
grain. Be careful not to scratch the 
display window.

Connection Tips

Before setting up your new sys tem, 

please consider the following :

Always make sure that your 

com po nents are all turned 
OFF, or unplugged before         
making or changing any 
connec tions. 

•    Whenever possible, route the 

power cords away from the 
signal cables or speaker wires 
to pre vent any hum or in ter -
fer ence heard in the speak ers.

•    Choose reliable hookup cables. 

They should be fully shield ed 
and as short as pos si ble.

•    Use quality coaxial digital 

cables to connect the TGP-5 to 
any source equipment which 
has coaxial digital outputs.

•    Some patch cords can be a 

very tight fi t and there is usu-
ally a preferred method of get-
ting them off. Some have to be 
removed with a twisting action. 
Be gentle or you may dam age 
the jacks of your TGP-5, or 
other com po nents.

•    Some audiophile cables should 

be hooked up in one direction, 
these are usually marked with 
arrows.

•    It is usual for the right channel 

patch cord plugs to be red and 
the left channel con nec tions to 
be white, grey or black. Com-
 pos ite video con nec tions are 
usually yellow.

•    If your amplifi er or subwoofer 

has XLR inputs, use balanced 
connections as they provide 
superior rejection of hum and 
noise, especially if long cables 
are required.

Video Connections

The TGP-5 has four types of video 

connections: composite video, S-
video, component video and HDMI. 
Choose component or S-video if your 
video system supports it, as this will 
give better picture quality than com-
posite video.

When an audio/video component 

is selected, the audio will play in your 
system and the video will be switched 
to a video input of your TV mon i tor. 

You must have the TV connected 

in order to see the On Screen Display 
(OSD). For component video OSD, 
only the system setup menus are 
available, not the pop-up text (volume, 
source etc.) which appear on the com-
posite or S-video outputs. For HDMI, 
no OSD is available.

Video Screen Trigger

The Main Zone and Zone 2              

12 VDC terminals each supply 12 
VDC whenever that zone is turned 
on. This can be used to turn on power 
amplifi ers equipped with a 12 V trigger 
input.

The two middle ter mi nals marked 

as re lay con tacts are con nect ed to-
 geth er only when the Main Zone is on 
and an in put is se lect ed for which the 
trigger output is enabled. The OSD 
INPUTS Menu can be used to select 
which inputs have the trigger output 
enabled or disabled (see page 34).

Use all stan dard safe ty pre-
 cau tions and make sure all 
the equip ment is dis con nect ed 
be fore making any con nec -
tions.

Here are two connection options:

DO NOT use the relay con-
tacts for 120 VAC or 240 VAC 
switching! They are only for 
low voltage AC/DC loads of     
2 A maximum.

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