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JustInTime  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:24:52 PM(UTC)
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Hi all,
After 9 months purchasing the BIII and 2 HD BP Placid kits later, I finally got the HD BP Placid to work Dancing

So I am now onto the next step is to connect the components together. From the manual, my understanding is that I need to put the jumpers in the back board of BIII (red circle on the BIII board), to combine signal 1,3,5,7 and 2,4,6,8 in parallel and connect them to the I/V III stage, which then will go to a pair of McIntosh[img]null[/img] monoblocks via XLR connection. My questions are :

1. The combined signal output from BIII will be connected to the connection (marking yellow) on I/V board, am I correct?
2. On this particular location of the I/V board, there are three inputs mark +/GND/-. The output from BIII +/GND/- will go to these inputs on I/V board, am I correct? The reason I am asking because I noticed some of the finished projects or post pictures only have + and GND connected. Also, would it matter much in sonic quality if connecting wire is silver solid core?
3. The power from Placid HD will be connected to location mark blue on the BIII board. From here, a ribbon will connect to side car, which then connect to the 4:1 Mux that provide power to both of these board, am I correct?
4. What are the CSS and Shunt current should be after all loads are connected?

I just want to make sure because I am so close to enjoy some good sounds and I don't want to damage anything in the process. Thank you in advance.


Justin.

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SCompRacer  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:55:58 PM(UTC)
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Only pics I can think of that show only two wires connected might be dual mono where you connect R and L channels of the DAC together and they criss cross. You still need to connect a ground from each DAC board to I/V board.

There should be extra long three pin headers on your output board for stacking the DAC.

You should have some three pin female headers to solder to the DAC board. This allows you to plug the DAC board onto the I/V board. Fairly sure you need to install it in the 04 position on DAC to line up with I/V headers.
That is covered in the manual.

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