Behringer HA4700 Manual Do Utilizador

POWERPLAY PRO-XL HA4700/PRO-8 HA8000

FOREWORD

Dear Customer,
welcome to the team of

BEHRINGER users, and

thank you very much for

expressing your confi-

dence in us by purchasing

the POWERPLAY PRO.
Writing this foreword for

you gives me great

pleasure, because it re-

presents the culmination

of many months of hard

work delivered by our

engineering team to

achieve a very ambitious

goal: to present two out-

standing pieces of

equipment, whose flexi-

bility 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 theyve 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 youve

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 high-

quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is

quite simple: its you, our customers! Many satisfied customers

mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing

terms for components, etc. Isnt 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, its been worth the effort!

Thank you very much,

Uli Behringer

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 de-

manding 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 appli-

cations in studio environments.
Balanced inputs and outputs

Both BEHRINGER POWERPLAY PROs feature electronically

servo-balanced inputs and outputs. The servo function auto-

matically 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 users manual is intended to familiarize

you with the units control elements, so that you can

master all the functions. After having thoroughly read

the users manual, store it at a safe place for future

reference.

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 3

1.1 Before you get started .................................................... 3

1.1.1 Initial operation ..................................................... 3

1.1.2 Warranty ............................................................... 4

1.2 The users 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