Clean Sound Clear Picture Home Theater Power Protection with PureFilter™ Technology Power Console PF30 User Manual AP20800-10
Table of Contents Page PureAV Power Console Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 Safety Precautions ............................................................................. 3 Package Contents ............................................................................... 4 Power Console Features .................................................................... 5 Hookup and Installation Step 1 Mounting your Power Console .........
Introduction The Power Console is packed with innovative features to provide you with the best home theater experience. Ordinary household AC power that is delivered to your home is polluted with “noise” from many sources within your home, including digital components and household appliances. The Power Console’s advanced Phase 3 PureFilter Circuitry is optimized to remove electrical noise and provide clean and clear power to all of your valuable audio, video, and high-current equipment.
Safety Precautions PureAV Power Console Warning – Grounding and Polarization This product must be plugged directly into a grounded AC power outlet (3-prong). Do not use a 3-to-2-prong adapter to defeat the grounding pin. Do not plug or “daisy-chain” this product into other electrical products such as surge protectors, power strips, or UPSes. Do not plug this product into an extension cord.
Package Contents • User Manual • RJ45 Ethernet Patch Cable – For broadband connectivity • RJ11 Phone Cable • PureAV Coaxial Video Cable • One sheet of PureAV cable labels • One pair of rack-mount brackets and bag of assembly screws • Warranty registration card PureAV Power Console • PureAV Power Console PF30 4
Power Console Features 1. PureAV Power Console Switched button – turns the power on and off to the Power Console’s “switched” outlets 2. Central LED Display – monitors the Power Console’s vital functions 3. Video Filter – ensures optimum reduction of line noise and interference to your video components 4. Audio Filter – ensures optimum reduction of line noise and interference to your audio components 5.
Hookup & Installation The PureAV Power Console can be mounted to a standard AV equipment rack or inside a cabinet equipped with an equipment rack. A. Remove the brackets and mounting screws from the box. B. Make sure that the Power Console is unplugged. C. Align the bracket with the front of the Power Console for flush installation in the rack. PureAV Power Console Step 1 (optional) Mounting your Power Console D. Attach the bracket to the side of the Power Console with the screws provided (Fig. 1).
Hookup and Installation PureAV Power Console Step 2 Connect Video Components to the Video Filter The PureAV Power Console Model PF30 contains an isolated Video Filter that is optimized to clean and condition the power to all of your video components. The video filter also isolates your video components from connected audio and high-current audio components. The Video Filter outlets are “Always ON” when the Power Console is plugged into a live AC outlet. A.
Hookup and Installation The PureAV Power Console Model PF30 contains an isolated Audio Filter that is optimized to clean and condition the power to all of your audio components. The audio filter also isolates your audio components from connected video and high-current audio components. The Audio Filter outlets are “Switched” and are controlled by the “Switched” button on the front of the Power Console. A.
Hookup and Installation PureAV Power Console Step 4 Connect High-Current Audio Filter (8 second delay) This outlet is specifically designed to filter out AC line noise while delivering maximum current to power-hungry amplifiers and other highcurrent audio components. The High-Current outlet is also equipped with an 8 second delay. This allows your high-current amplifier to turn on last and turn off first, avoiding that annoying “thump” from getting to your speakers and potentially damaging them.
Hookup and Installation Your PureAV Power Console comes equipped with Pay-Per-View/phone-line protection with a built-in splitter. These are standard RJ11 phone jacks and are labeled “Phone”. A. Connect one end of your telephone cable to the wall outlet to which you normally connect your phone line. Connect the other end of your telephone cable to the Power Console Phone jack labeled “IN”. B. Connect one end of the PureAV phone cable (included) to the Power Console Phone jack labeled “OUT”.
Hookup and Installation PureAV Power Console Step 6 Connect your Coaxial-Cable/DSS Lines Your PureAV Power Console comes with two pairs of coaxial-cable connections to protect your system from dangerous electrical disturbances that can travel down your coaxial-cables lines. You will need additional coaxial cables to connect the Power Console to your home theater components. A. Cable TV – Connect the incoming cable television coaxial-cable line to the connector labeled “Cable IN”.
Hookup and Installation Your PureAV Power Console comes equipped with broadband Ethernet line protection. These are standard RJ45 Ethernet jacks and they are labeled “Network”. A. Connect one end of an RJ45 network patch cable to a network jack (either directly to a router or wired network wall jack). Connect the other end of the network patch cable to the Network jack labeled “IN”. A. Connect one end of the broadband Ethernet cable (included) to the Network jack labeled “OUT”.
Operation Central LED Control Panel PureAV Power Console The PureAV Power Console PF30 is equipped with an LED display that monitors the vital functions of the Power Console.. A. Power ON indicator light – indicates that the “Switched” outlets are receiving power. B. Wiring OK indicator light – indicates whether the AC outlet to which the Power Console is connected is wired properly, or cross-wired. If the Wiring OK indicator does not light, then the hot and neutral wires are reversed.
Troubleshooting • Your components may be plugged into a “Switched” outlet and the outlet is not Switched On. Press the “Switched” button on the front of the Power Console to activate the switched outlets. You should now have power to all of the switched outlets. • Your components may not be turned on. Power may be flowing from the Power Console, but if the power switch on your component is not turned on then your component cannot receive power. Turn on the power switch on your component.
Glossary of Power Terms PureAV Power Console Alternating Current (AC): The current that is commonly flowing through the electrical outlets in your home. It is an electrical current in the form of a sine wave that oscillates up and down continuously. Amp: An abbreviation for Ampere. This is a unit of electrical current. Direct Current (DC): An electrical current flowing in one direction only. DC current does not have a wave form.
Belkin Connected Equipment Warranty Belkin Corporation will repair or replace, at its option, any equipment which is damaged by a transient voltage surge/spike or lightning strike, (an “Occurrence”), while properly connected through a PureAV Power Console to a properly wired AC power line with protective ground.
Belkin Connected Equipment Warranty PureAV Power Console Corporation determines that the PureAV Power Console has been improperly installed, altered in any way or tampered with, Belkin Corporation determines that the damage did not result from the Occurrence or that no Occurrence in fact took place, the repair or replacement of the damaged equipment is covered under a manufacturer’s warranty, or Belkin Corporation determines that the connected equipment was not used under normal operating conditions or in
Belkin Connected Equipment Warranty a. The part number of the PureAV Power Console. b. The equipment that was connected to the PureAV Power Console at the time of the Occurrence. c. The equipment that was damaged during the Occurrence and the extent of the damage. PureAV Power Console Belkin Corporation, 501 W. Walnut St., Compton CA 90220 Attn: Technical Support, or call (310) 898-1100, extension 2263, within 15 days of the Occurrence. Be prepared to provide the following information: d.
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