Bryston BP16-DA Owner's Manual

BP16

PREAMPLIFIER

INTRODUCTION:
Thank you

for purchasing a Bryston BP16

Preamplifier. 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.

In the unlikely event that your amplifier may require

service Bryston recommends that you retain the origi-

nal shipping box and packaging material for future use

if required.

SETUP RECOMMENDATIONS:

You may place your BP16 Preamplifier in any

convenient location. Make sure you position the

amplifier to maintain a direct line-of-sight between

the hand-held remote and the remote sensor eye

located on the front panel. If plugged in the BP16

will remain in standby indicated by the RED power

LED on the front panel.

The amplifier is powered up by engaging the

power button located on the front panel of the BP16

or by depressing the POWER button on the hand

held remote control unit.. The BP16 will power-up

momentarily with mute engaged, indicated by the

mute LED turning red on the front panel; it will then

turn off within a few seconds. The POWER LED will

stay lit green indicating normal operation.

CONNECTIONS:

WIRED (SERIAL DATA) REMOTE CONTROL

There is one RS-232, one AUX IR input and two 12

volt trigger output connections as well. The RS-232 is

bi-directional and allows for future software downloads

from the Bryston website. It also interfaces with control

systems such as Crestron and AMX.

CHASSIS GROUND

A chassis ground thumb screw terminal is provided on

the rear panel.

12 VOLT TRIGGER CONNECTOR:

These 12Vdc control outputs allow the BP16 to

exert on/off control over compatible equipment. See

“REMOTE POWER CONTROL” for more informa-

tion..

LINE LEVEL ANALOG AUDIO INPUTS :

The Bryston BP16 Preamplifier comes equipped with

8 pairs of gold plated analog RCA input connectors:

TV, CD, AUX-1/PHONO, AUX-2/SPDIF, VIDEO, TUNER,

RECORD IN and POWER AMP IN. All have and input

impedance of 50K ohms

• POWER AMP IN is normally connected, internally,

to PRE AMP OUT via the CONNECTED/SEPARATE

slide switch located on the rear panel. When this

switch is in the SEPARATE position, however, any

line level audio input can be used at the POWER

AMP INPUT jacks to drive the amplifier.

• In BP16-DA models the AUX2 (D1/D2) input jacks

accept only SPDIF PCM bit streams. They do

NOT accept analog audio input signals.

• In BP16-P models, which are equipped with a

moving-magnet phono equalization module, the

inputs labeled AUX1/PHONO accept moving mag-

net phono cartridge inputs. These inputs are NOT

line level inputs in the BP16-P and cannot be

used as such.

LINE LEVEL ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUTS :

The Bryston BP16 Preamplifier comes equipped with

3 pairs of gold plated analog RCA jacks for outputs:

pairs of PREAMP OUT jacks and 1 pair of RECORD OUT

jacks

• PREAMP OUT is normally connected, internally, via

the CONNECTED/SEPARATE switch, to POWER AMP

• RECORD OUT output is not affected by volume,

balance or mute controls.

DIGITAL AUDIO INPUTS:

In the BP16-DA model, which contains a stereo D/A

converter module, there are 4 digital audio inputs

available.

Two

TOSLINK optical inputs are selected by pressing

the D3 (TOSLINK-1) or D4 (TOSLINK-2) buttons on the

front panel (when in digital mode) or on the handheld

remote.

Two

SPDIF coaxial inputs can be connected to the

BP16-DA using the RCA input jacks labeled D1 and

D2. To select these inputs first place the unit in digital

mode by pressing the DIGITAL4Select button on the

front panel (or the A/D button on the handheld remote)

and then press the D1 or D2 button on the front panel or

on the remote). When the green LED above the font

panel DIGITAL4SELECT switch button in ON concur-

rently with either the D1 (cd), D2 (tuner), D3 (tv) or D4

(vIdeO) LEDs, then digital mode is engaged.

Note

: Whatever digital input was previously

selected in Digital Mode will be automati-

cally reselected upon re-entering Digital