.o Pre-Amplifier ‘YAMAHA THANKS YOU FOR CHOOSING THE C6 PREAMPLIFIER CONTENTS CAUTION: READ THIS FIRST aaeeeer : Genome ransitars andthe DC guste amir wth hghtramconductnoe ous! FET. combine to provide the ebolute minimum of noe and» Sat Parana tne conte YAMAHA‘: orginal srvo contol cuit with te Towewize 10 festurng 2 high dec strength allows the cert frequeny, amiiiestion and frequency bandwidth tobe vais eontnuouly and for the sou flan ton! ela to be compen “Tone made wsetor mesic tone conto! with payback, recording ot i noise eduction recording ae payback. {F dub the contents of ape playing In one doh arty f sco Sete {LOW ard HIGH fiers for outing ov undseabe ris, the balance conto for ataining bal the sound hrough the left ec gh speaker, the [AUDIO MUTING ste tat witha ip reds he volume 29 one tenth and the headphones ck, eae @& VAMAHA(G-G cavmons nev mais pest | oad ahs manual crf to get the bet performance rom te Pre-Amoiie, 2 De not drop or othe jr he Pr-Amo: fi 3 Do not expose the Pre-Amplifier to are sgh, excessive eat eat du, 4 a not ie chemi! sent to clas the ‘of sgtly damp doth 5 Do not atampt to make intemal aust ‘id YAMAHA service opavnttve. 6 CCeck the “Troubiethooting” Ht provided inthis manal for eammon operating eros before suming that here malfenton 7 Operate at swlches and knobs according to the instructions. Avoid spying undue fore, Do not try £0 us inrmedite set 8 Note tht o muting tele kaeps the Pre Ampito slont for seal conde eftr 9 (US, Canada & Generel mods ony) Do tot comet suo squint 9 the AC out lets on the mar anal if that auipent ‘ques met power than the outlet ae ‘ated 0 proce, 10 Keep this manual ina safe poe fr tute referees. IMPORTANT Spec Instructions for Brith Standard Made! | WaRwing To prevent fre oF mock hazard, do not exoare his appliance tenor msture(G-@_specirications “Penna quan Chenin TEVELGONTAOL Comic #956 Teulon wore Goiremarewe “ng 18 oe ‘il Snoin AN(8-@_rront PANEL AND CONTROLS POWER Switch @PARAMETRIC TONE CONTROL Sniteh ON to con ef " Lave OFF le @TONE MODE Selector Switch caAUDIO MuTING Gwen Provides 20d rduetion In volume without Jemant of VOLUME contol. Ust wher opr ing owiehe, before lrg the pn carte ‘nto the record, oF when ansuting phone al, @VOLUME Contra! Tun clocivite tinea volume, We recom Clockwise when no int OPHONES (Hee: Cannct your stereo headchones oti ck. @PRE OUT Switch ‘This witch is uid to put ON and OFF the outer OFWLTER Switene LOW: When thie button swith pushed ues low taquarey oie below 1642 out the tune feauerey range, normally une: tssry for musi eproduction, ict of s0 1 to prevent the speaker’ vita ow fe funny reaction (tering of cane paper) 13103 warped i. HIGH: Pshing ti button site, cue ih fe MODE Switch Sects ero. ono. @PHOND Switch Sects PHONO 1 oF PHONO 2, and HM phono fartidge oF MC anonoearrige of HON 1 @BALANCE Contre! ‘Controle the diferees in output volume batween et) nd Fig stereo chan Use 0 a jst the banat inthe two Sanne” audio out Dts or to eoect for 8 latening poston not @REC OUT Selector Switch ‘an be recorded iralivnt tote program ssced by the INPUT sector switch Fr ample, you ‘cu record an FM broadest by plcing the AEC ‘OUT lector aviten in the TUNER postion or fib a tape wile Tatening t0 9 sie trough “Typical examples: mio neconT| ‘er cm wn ven {8y matching other poeons ofthe REC OUT and INPUT stehes, yu can enjoy various other pro tim te REC OUT sector swt in the OFF ‘tho recording outout terminals Thus, when you te not recording, the 3 wil be rated rom tiny otere effets of unveed tape deck nowt SSeult impedances Use the potion when not reading.| rs a ! qn a ie fi ee (GENERAL Med) ae to) aUS.A. and CANADIAN Models To “yo BRITISH @GND Ground Termine! @ INPUT Terminal [Use the PHONO terminals to connect 9 tenabis,the TUNER termina to onnact a tuner, andthe AUX termina to connect an xem ght track (ridge player oe Slated by INPUT Selector onthe front pol REC OUT Selector independent ofthe source being layed @PRE OUT Terminale {Connect she this termina tothe INPUT terminal on powar amir by @ Ac Power Cord Plug the receiver's power cord nto a main power supaly wal outlet (With & Beith mode est retrto the IMPORTANT isructons on P.2 @ VOLTAGE SELECTOR (GENERAL Mode!) ‘Set this to your les! AC mains voltage, Failure todo so wil eit in seit Ac OUTLETS (U5.A, CANADIAN and GENERAL Modes) Provided for connecting ether ao equipment. Tha aft out, withNAL FUNCTIONS. (-@_ave ‘TONE MODE SELECTOR PERWITS VERSATILE USE OF BUILTIN PARAMETRIC TONE CONTROL ‘The C4 incorporates newly dovloped Peramuttle Tone Conte cee, sitched over by the TONE MODE Ssaetor onthe rot pant Fi: 2 TONE CONTROL GRAPHS ‘= BANDWIDTH CONTROL TONE MCoE ee en Se ° SO |PARAMETRIC TONE CONTROL ESE Pees ills po (ne of the mot excting and inno of te CO i the Yamahaotclusin Parimetie Tore Convo! cieuit using serve convo PTC parmisurvesicted, Independent, continuous fontzol of tee parameters ~ center fequercy ff, tequeney bani (and ven 9 frequency bands HIGH BAND ara LOM BAND. The cater fequerey (4) contra range inthe LOW BAND i 31.5He — 640He and inthe HIGH BAND, Stohs —125kHs, ther pemiting Separate convo! of low an high roquanee the frequency bandwicth contol slows contnuout ‘aration from narrow (0'= 3} t9 wide (= 03) Ud the lvl conta offers +1208 cntucusly ‘rab range, “his origina etre canes tone contol care terior completely eiferore fom te tone ‘onto aphs sen unt new Fig 2, dpiting the frequeney onto! adjnted at intel of 1/3 fete ech, shows thatthe PTC does cover the tie auto frequency range, Fi. 2 shows the fone control aserriie achieve when the {reaueny bandwith contr (0) i apeatea i 2 inaratinaly enous tat the convention, ere ‘uly avabl tone onto characte can ho carne — 2 while at fst glance It may ook rather como fad to operate it, setualy gute sino ‘thanks othe 1/3 oct intra stion of ‘ta frequency made posse by 2 precion sb erp side volume conta EXAMPLES OF HOW PARAMETRIC TONE ‘CONTROL (PTC) CAN BE USED PTC Aosomplihes All that Conventions Tone ‘Control Cireits Can and ch More De i. 2 shows, PTC's insepandert, continuous ‘contol of thie parameters cantor frequency, Frequency bandwith and level ~ means I {ncomplits the ania ange of conto previa ‘tere by the conventions BASS/TREBLE tone PTC Sharply Cuts Ont the Annoying Nose Head Whi stoi for oxampla, peculiar chaetrisies of the ‘arias or teakor Systm uae shoul eu snoring oie, PTC permits thorough limination ‘of only that annoying frequency. One way of find ing an slimiating the unwanted frequency i 0 lmphasre tothe grat extant pose han, by completaly reversing the LEVEL Cont he ‘tect on othr dase reaveneie Getting the Sound You Want Dring Reconting shee in profesional meording mons, PTC ‘stows you t "shape the sound os yOu wat, laheter it mean emphasing vot oF equaling ‘he tonal eharector of she: moses! instrament beng recordes, Compensting or Room Azoustics “The prt soar choraterste ofthe ien tng room ean havea huge fect on sound quay, tsoeclaly othe mice requerces. The pat of the Frequency range nein equation aften bxromelynaron. PTC offers unvesited contol ofthe banawith, are for ety of sal Convenient Suton To Probus With Simple PA Systems hen sing mpl PA yrem of he mice amp to sesker variety, slighty excessive volume oF oor mie postoning andthe ike ean imoditly ‘ult In mowing. When this happens, PTC can Be Shad, jatar 2 grahie equalizer fused in roe Sonal setups, conv the frequency respon oF the peer systems nd stables ie pant howling {nd ale a haghan sound ela. Nolte Raduction Eft, Too len recording into 0 ape eck st the TONE Snactor to REC OUT 1 or 2 and use the PTC 10 boos the high raquenies during ecrding. Then dhring paysoce. se tn TONE Sector to PRE ‘QUT, tuning the LEVEL Control from the ps foe al the way to the xem end onthe minus Sic. Thiel eouce he annoying tape hi rng tapeplaytack,TROUBLE SHOOTING G6 | No power tnoush POWER sch is ON. ‘No sound although INPUT selector site is ON. — | | No sound fom Both speakers, oF ound only | rom ether Lor speaker. eases | Poor bas espns and inferior see imag. “Saint volume unobainabe though VOLUME Sufiet volume of MC card unobtainable | Loud ‘harming ecu dating ecordeudon | Recrption of amateur or pret sation mixed with {Loud howling nae when aig VOLUME during _cord won. [MC eat dls low sour volume, “Treble or bas poorly balance PARAMETRIC TONE CONTROL dow nat work | Ae power co [PRE OUT sich t OFF postion. | Belanee conta not oropery adhe ‘AC powot cout not pluged nto supy socket Power remain off eis of AC supa tough em __INPUT selector switch in wrong position [INPUT pia plusineorecdy inser or bataen powers. bad “Adverse conectd pase laity ower amp. on peat. “Turntab’s ground cord not connected to amp,'s GND ‘Suc sation leated iy. ‘Speakers and turntable re positioned else, UC carrie output cord connected to PHONO? ‘PARAMETRIC TONE CONTROL not propery porte, TONE NODE wis ocho DEFEAT pao, FEC OUT ecior wich at OFF posto, ‘Detective connections between controland power L Perlorm eoreet connectors, or aac operations ‘Check ne int ly i cnet pasion, ‘Check nc make ora connteion, Switch # OFF and edt VOLUNE, "Set PHONO switch PHONO and MC, infer CConeet sound card to GND trina on var) paral | Consult with your autoreve presto lie «proper as Between a ae, ~ ona ito PHONO win and: PHONO sector teh MC postion "| | ‘Operate conrecly etarting wo. 8, “fe doe not work t DEFEAT pon ‘Change over REC OUT slsctor ete szaring 12 ‘th rogram source to be eoree, isl(B-@ _scHemanic DIAGRAM .‘= @ YAMAHA PEON GAKKI 00, LTO HAMAMATSU JAPAN