OPERATING YOUR SO-8000 AMPLIFIER CORRECTLY
After all proper connections have been made, you are now ready to turn the power ON.
1. Set the VOLUME CONTROL of the SO-8000 to a low or mid-range position.
2. Set the POWER ON/OFF SWITCH located on the back panel to the "I" position to turn the
unit ON.
3. To avoid having sudden damaging surges of power reach the SO-8000, we recommend
turning the system ON in the following order:
(1) Turn on all the auxiliary sources (e.g. turntable, digital player, CD player & etc.) that
you will be using.
(2) Turn on the pre-amplifier of any turntable with a magnetic cartridge and wait until
pre-amplifier has stabilized.
(3) Now turn ON the SO-8000.
(4) Use the SOURCE SELECTOR to choose the source you wish to play from and play
your music.
4. When powering down your system, turn the SO-8000 OFF first by setting the POWER
ON/OFF SWITCH located on the back panel to the "O" position to turn the unit OFF.
Caution:
After the unit is turned OFF, wait at least 5 minutes before turning the power
ON again. Do not turn it ON then OFF then ON again in quick succession. Doing this will not
allow the power supply to fully discharge between the ON/OFF cycling and may result in sudden
damaging surges of power to reach and permanently damaging your Speakers.
Qualcomm® aptX™ audio enables CD-like quality wireless audio over Bluetooth.
aptX™ achieves this by reducing the size of the audio files so they can be squeezed through the
wireless pipeline without affecting the sound quality. The SO-8000 system employs a high quality
Bluetooth module powered by Qualcomm® aptX™ to receive and process the high quality
lossless digital music delivered from your aptX™ compatible smartphones or Bluetooth enabled
devices. The aptX™ feature of the SO-8000 Bluetooth system will automatically turn on once a
compatible external device is connected.
PAIRING A SMARTPHONE OR BLUETOOTH ENABLED DEVICE
1.
Before turning ON the system, always remember to turn down the volume level using the
VOLUME CONTROL to avoid possible damage to the speakers due to sudden bursts of high
audio output.
2.
Rotate the SOURCE SELECTOR to
3.
Set the POWER ON/OFF SWITCH located on the back panel to the "I" position to turn the
unit ON. The VACUUM TUBES will gradually heat up and glow with a dim light.
4.
The Amplifier will start searching for a previously paired device that is active and in range. If
no active device is found within 10 seconds, the Speakers will emit a low level alert beep
tone.
5.
To establish a new link, turn on the Bluetooth function of your Bluetooth enabled device and
enable the search or scan feature to find "SO-8000" in the list of Bluetooth devices.
6.
Select the "SO-8000" from your active device list when it appears on its screen.
7.
After successfully pairing and connecting your device with SO-8000, you can now play
music from your Bluetooth enabled device wirelessly to the SO-8000.
8.
Rotate the VOLUME CONTROL on the Amplifier to increase the listening volume gradually
until the desirable level is reached.
Notes:
•
The Bluetooth function of the SO-8000 system will remain paired and connected once a link
is successfully established. That means even that if you switch the SO-8000 to AUX IN 1 or
AUX IN 2, and switch back later, you will resume the current Bluetooth stream without any
break in the operation (i.e. your previous song will continue to play in background).
•
If you want to connect the SO-8000 to another new external Bluetooth enabled device while
paired with another device, you need to turn off the Bluetooth function of the paired external
BLUETOOTH OPERATIONS
position to select the Bluetooth function.
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