Owner's Manual SSP-600 Surround Processor - Classé Audio

5 Balanced Main Analog Audio Outputs
Balanced connections between components provide the highest possible
quality analog signal connection. This is due to both the effective doubling
of the strength of the signal being transmitted and (even more importantly)
to the significant improvement in immunity from noise as compared
to normal, “single-ended” designs. These changes result in a significant
improvement in transparency and detail, as well as improved dynamics.
Using high quality cables, connect the balanced outputs of your SSP-600
to the balanced inputs on your power amplifier. Your Classé dealer can
assist you in selecting cables appropriate for your system.
The pin assignments of these XLR-type male output connectors are:
Pin 1: Signal ground
Pin 2: Signal + (non-inverting)
Pin 3: Signal – (inverting)
Connector ground lug: chassis ground
These pin assignments are consistent with the standards adopted by
the Audio Engineering Society. Refer to the operating manuals of your
balanced-input power amplifiers to verify that the pin assignments of their
input connectors correspond to the SSP-600. (This is not necessary if
the you have Classé power amplifiers.) If not, wire the cables so that the
appropriate output pin connects to the equivalent input pin.
6 S-Video Outputs
The SSP-600 provides multiple S-video outputs to support different
purposes.
• REC 1 and REC 2 are used to send the selected video signal to a
video recorder such as a VCR or a Digital Video Recorder (DVR)
for recording. Since the presumption is that you are recording
some program for your personal video library, no OSD is ever
superimposed on the video signal on either REC output.
• MAIN provides the selected video signal for the primary zone
(your home theater) to your main display, and will superimpose
an On Screen Display as needed. This “OSD” provides the same
information as the LCD screen on the SSP-600 itself, making
operation of the system from anywhere in the room considerably
easier.
7 Optical Digital Audio Output
This optical digital output allows you to distribute a digital source in
its original, unprocessed digital form. For example, if you had another
multichannel system elsewhere in the home, you could forward a Dolby
Digital bitstream to the other system from this one—running a single
digital cable instead of five or six analog cables for surround sound
applications.
Alternatively, you could use this digital output to make digital recordings.
Note that this output simply passes whatever signal has been selected – you
should only make copies of recordings for which you have legal rights to do
so. It is your responsibility to comply with copyright law.
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