Audio Control SAVOY Manuel utilisateur

Savoy

For those who consider perfection possible®

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Home Theater Power Amplifier

Professional Installer’s

Consciousness Guide

Savoytm

Home Theater Power Amplifier

Professional Installer’s

Consciousness Guide

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Contents

Congratulations!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Product Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Guided Tour

Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Congratulations!

You are now installing a component capable of dramatically

improving the performance of almost any home theater system.

The Savoy is a U.S. designed and manufactured theater ampliﬁer

from AudioControl that will provide years of trouble-free enjoy-

ment for your home theater system.

This high quality home theater power ampliﬁer is made by the

only electronics company that considers “Perfection Possible.”

The engineers at AudioControl have more than half a century

of experience with ampliﬁer design. They know how to build a

great sounding ampliﬁer that will stand the test of time. Audio-

Control equalizers, signal processors and audio analyzers have

been standard ﬁxtures in performance theater systems for over

25 years, and their professional sound division designed and still

sells the most popular one-third octave real time analyzer in the

world, the SA-3050 series.

AudioControl’s passion for high quality, meticulous attention to

detail and pro sound heritage shows itself in dozens of awards for

design, product performance, and customer service. Now, as it

has always been, AudioControl’s greatest satisfaction comes from

their reputation for sonic excellence and reliability among people

just like you throughout the world.

This manual is designed to help you get everything you can out

of your new Savoy ampliﬁer, and we don’t mean parting it out!

So even though you’re dying to hear the pristine sonics of the

Savoy, please take a few minutes to slog through our not-so-

weighty prose and learn how to get the most from your Audio-

Control home theater power ampliﬁer.

Anything as capable as this ampliﬁer deserves all the explanation it

can get.

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Product Highlights

Pristine Sonics, Authoritative Power, and Legendary Reliability…

The Savoy ampliﬁer has been designed from the ground up to pro-

vide pristine sonics, authoritative power, and legendary reliability. This

ensures that you will be able to enjoy amazing sound at almost any

level for years to come. This is the AudioControl commitment, and the

reason you’ve selected this amazing ampliﬁer.

Class H Design: Most ampliﬁers have one speed: all on. That means that

during most playback, up to 90% of the amp’s power is just going up

in heat. The Class H design takes care of this problem by automatically

and intelligently adjusting the power supply to ﬁt the power demands

of the moment. The result is much cooler operation without the need

for bulky heat-sinks or fans.

LightDrive Protection Circuitry: The LightDrive protection circuitry defends

this ampliﬁer and your speakers against clipping, distortion, damage,

and annoying teenage beach party movies, even if the movie festival

lasts all weekend. Each channel is independently protected, so a prob-

lem in one channel will not affect the rest of the system.

Bulletproof Reliability: AudioControl ampliﬁers are designed with per-

formance and durability in mind. Every technology integrated and pro-

duction speciﬁcation employed add to the Savoy’s longevity and audio

enjoyment. For this reason, consumers have long referred to

AudioControl ampliﬁers as “Bulletproof.” It is highly likely that this will

be the longest lasting component in your home theater.

Five-Year Warranty: AudioControl ampliﬁers are built to such high stan-

dards that each ampliﬁer is backed by a ﬁve-year parts and labor war-

ranty. Why ﬁve years? Because products that are two-and-a-half times

better than the competition deserve a warranty that reﬂects it.

Designed and Manufactured In The Paciﬁc Northwest Rainforest:

Your

Savoy began it’s existence at the AudioControl factory in Mountlake

Terrace, Washington, a few miles north of Seattle. Here, AudioControl

builds precision test instruments, equalizers and analyzers along with

a totally awesome line of car stereo components. AudioControl started

in 1977 and has won so many audio industry awards for design and

engineering excellence that the reception room wall is starting to sag

(reinforcements are currently being added to prepare for the additional

awards that are sure to be given in the coming years).

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A Guided Tour of The Savoy

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Front Panel

 Standby Button – The Standby button manually toggles the Savoy

between normal operation and standby (when “Master Power” switch

located on the rear panel is ON). It will override the rear panel remote

12 volt trigger, but normal operation will resume when the trigger input

is cycled.

 Display Button – The display button allows you to toggle between

three display settings for the Channel Level Indicators on the front of

the Savoy. “Off ” will turn off the channel level indicators. “Low” (as in-

dicated by the Range Setting LED) allows the Channel Level Indicators to

dance when playing at moderate listening levels (think Elton John con-

cert). “High” (as indicated by the Range Setting LED) allows the Channel

Level Indicators to dance when the Savoy is playing at high levels (think

Metallica).

 Channel Status LEDs – These blue LED’s indicate that the associated

channel is active and functioning properly.

 Channel Level Indicators – Indicate activity and power output for

each channel.

 Protection Indicators – This red LED illuminates to indicate that a

channel has gone into protection mode.

 Range Setting LEDs – There are two range settings that regulate

movement of the Channel Level Indicators (See “Display Button” opera-

tion). “Low” will provide more LED dancing action at moderate listening

levels while “High” keeps the LED dance ﬂoor clear until volumes reach

the upper echelon. Neither option effects ampliﬁer

performance.

 Rack Mounting (Optional) – Allows the Savoy to be

mounted in an equipment rack.

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Rear Panel

 Remote Power Control –

The Remote Power Control is an 1⁄8” mono

jack plug connector that provides remote turn-on of the Savoy (see Figure

1). The sleeve of the pin is the ground (-) and the tip is active (+).

 Line-level Input – The Savoy features both unbalanced RCA and bal-

anced XLR inputs to connect your preampliﬁer’s outputs. Any standard

line-level audio signal can be connected to these inputs. DO NOT con-

nect both the balanced and unbalanced inputs of a single channel.

 Line-level Output – The Savoy offers unbalanced RCA line-level out-

puts that allow you to send the signal on to a second ampliﬁer for those

systems that are arranged in a bi-amp design.

 Sensitivity Switch – The Savoy provides three input sensitivity set-

tings to level match the inputs of the Savoy with the outputs of your

theater processor. AudioControl recommends setting “C” because it

provides the greatest protection and noise reduction. Setting “B” is the

THXTM standard (consult your theater processor or source unit manual

to determine if output voltage is THX rated). Setting A is only used in

situations where other manufacture’s pre-ampliﬁers with higher gain

are a part of the system.

 Speaker Outputs – These 5-way binding posts are solid construction,

gold plated, high-current terminal blocks that will accept large gauge

speaker wire, pin, fork, and standard 0.75” spaced banana plugs.

 AC Power Fuse – The Savoy is designed with several layers of protec-

tion circuitry. This power fuse is here just in case something really awful

goes wrong.

 Master Power Switch – This switch shuts off the main AC power.

Normally the only time you need to turn the master power switch off is

if the system is going to be shut down for an extended period of time.

 Power Plug – The Savoy accepts any IEC Power Chord (included).

The Savoy draws an average of 700 Watts with typical source material.

Make certain that it is plugged directly into the wall outlet or a power

strip with sufﬁcient power handling capabilities. Since the Savoy has

remote power switching, you can plug the unit into an outlet that is

always active.

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Figure 1.

1⁄8”

mono jack

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