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CLEAR PICTURE CLEAN SOUND
IMAGE CLAIR SON CLAIR
Home Theater Power Protection with PureFilter™ Technology
Protection d’alimentation pour cinéma maison doté
MD
de la technologie PureFilter
Power Console PF60
Console d’alimentation PF60
User Manual
Manuel d’utilisation
AP41300fc10-BLK
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Belkin Power Console Table of Contents Page Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 Safety Precautions ............................................................................ 3 Package Contents .............................................................................. 4 Power Console Features .................................................................... 5 Hookup and Installation Step 1 Mounting your Power
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Belkin Power Console Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Belkin Power Console PF60. The Power Console is designed to clean, protect, and efficiently distribute power to your valuable home theater system. Belkin ensures that every movie you watch and every album you hear is as clean and clear as possible. 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
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Belkin Power Console Safety Precautions 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. Failure to plug this product directly into a grounded outlet may result in personal injury or damage
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Belkin Power Console Package Contents • Belkin Power Console PF60 Home Theater Power Protection with PureFilter Technology • One sheet of Belkin cable labels • One pair of rack-mount brackets and bag of assembly screws • User Manual 4
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Belkin Power Console Power Console Features 1. S witched button – turns the power on and off to the Power Console’s “switched” outlets 2. Auxiliary outlet – offers optimal connection for digital components and is ideal for temporary connection of equipment such as video/ digital cameras, game consoles, or any device you wish to power 3. Central LCD Control – controls and monitors the Power Console’s vital functions 4. Digital Filter 1 – ensures optimum reduction of line noise and interfer
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Belkin Power Console Power Console Features 11. Trigger Out – allows for remote operation of peripheral devices equipped with a low-voltage trigger 12. Remote AC/DC trigger – allows for remote turn on/off of switched outlets on the Power Console (equipped with both AC and DC inputs) 13. Coaxial-Cable Line Input/Output – protects coaxial cable lines from dangerous electrical disturbances that can travel down your coaxial cable lines 14. 15- Amp Circuit Breaker – offers safety of resettab
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation Step 1 (optional) Mounting your Power Console The Belkin Power Console can be mounted to a standard AV equipment rack or inside a cabinet equipped with an equipment rack. 1. Remove the brackets and mounting screws from the box. 2. Make sure that the Power Console is unplugged. 3. Align the bracket with the front of the Power Console for flush installation in the rack. 4. Attach the bracket to the side of the Power Console with the screws pro
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation Step 2 Program the Outlet Banks Each outlet bank on the rear panel of the Power Console is programmable. Using the slide switches on the rear panel, you can program the outlets for switched or unswitched, and for delay or always-on (no delay) (Fig. 2). You can also determine the length of the delay (5, 10, or 15 seconds). A. Outlet Banks Always-On (unswitched): For components that need to retain memory or other settings (DVRs, satellite receiv
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation E. Trigger Out: The trigger out function gives you the ability to control an external device equipped with a remote trigger such as a retractable movie screen when the Power Console is switched on. The 12-volt DC OUT port accepts a 1/8” mini plug cable. Set the “Trigger Out” switch to “Delayed” and the Trigger Out will power an external device after a delay set by the Delay Time Switch. If you do not want a delay then set the “Trigger Out” swit
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation Step 3 Connect Digital Components to Digital Filter 1 and Digital Filter 2 (Bank 01 and Bank 02) The Belkin Power Console PF60 contains two isolated digital filters that are optimized to clean and condition the power to all of your digital components. The digital filters also filter out noise created by digital components such as DVD players and isolate your digital components from connected video, audio, and high-current audio components. A.
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation Step 4 Connect Video Components to the Video Filter (Bank 03) The Belkin Power Console PF60 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 digital, audio, and high-current audio components. A. Attach Belkin power cord labels to each component’s power cord before you plug the cord into the corresponding out
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation Step 5 Connect Audio Components to Audio Filter 1 and Audio Filter 2 (Bank 04 and Bank 05) The Belkin Power Console PF60 contains two isolated audio filters that are optimized to clean and condition the power to all of your audio components. The audio filters also isolate your audio components from connected digital, video, and high-current audio components. A. A ttach Belkin power cord labels to each component’s power cord before you plug the
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation Step 6 Connect High-Current Audio Filter (Bank 06) This outlet is specifically designed to filter out AC line noise while delivering maximum current to power-hungry amplifiers and other high- current audio components. A. Attach Belkin power cord labels to each component’s power cord before you plug the cord into the corresponding outlet on the Power Console. B. AMP 1 – Connect your main amplifier power cord to the outlet labeled “AMP 1”. C. A
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Belkin Power Console Hookup and Installation Step 7 Connect your Coaxial-Cables/DSS Lines Your Belkin Power Console comes with three 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. 1. C able TV – Connect the incoming cable television coaxial-cable line to the connector labeled “Cable IN”. Con
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Belkin Power Console Operation Operation Central LCD Control Panel K. Bank Selector Button – lets you select which outlet banks you want to monitor; press the button repeatedly to choose either a single bank The Belkin Power Console PF60 is equipped with an advanced LCD Control (Fig. 3a) or all banks (Fig. 3b). Panel. Most functions of the Power Console can be monitored from L. Dimmer Button – adjusts the brightness of the LCD Control Panel; this display. press it repeatedly to change t
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Belkin Power Console Belkin Power Console Operation Operation Central LCD Control Panel K. Bank Selector Button – lets you select which outlet banks you want to monitor; press the button repeatedly to choose either a single bank The Belkin Power Console PF60 is equipped with an advanced LCD Control (Fig. 3a) or all banks (Fig. 3b). Panel. Most functions of the Power Console can be monitored from L. Dimmer Button – adjusts the brightness of the LCD Control Panel; this display. press it r
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Belkin Power Console Troubleshooting Power Console is not providing power • Check to ensure that the Power Console is plugged into a properly grounded AC wall outlet. Some outlets require a wall switch to be turned on in order to deliver power to the outlet. • Too many devices may be plugged into the Power Console, which are overloading the unit and tripping the overload circuit breaker. The Power Console is not designed to handle current loads larger than 15 Amps or 1800 watts. Try unplu
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Belkin Power Console Troubleshooting Ground Fault indicator is lit GROUND • Check to make sure that the Power Console is plugged into a grounded AC wall outlet. (3-prong AC outlets only. Do not use 2–3-prong adapters.) • If the “Ground” light is still not lit, you have a ground-wiring problem. Connecting the Belkin Power Console to an improperly grounded outlet is not safe and will void all Belkin warranties. Unplug the Power Console and consult an electrician to properly ground the outle
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Belkin Power Console Glossary of Power Terms 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. Electromagnetic Interference (EMI): Electrical interference gen
