McIntosh MC2155 mystery switches


OK, I feel stupid asking, but can anyone solve the mystery of what the two switches on the top, right front, on an MC2155 do? To my defense, they are not mentioned or pictured in the owner's manual.
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Showing 1 response by jameswei

These are probably system test switches for the Power Guard circuit. The Power Guard circuit is supposed to prevent amplifier clipping by automatically turning down the input volume when it senses the amp approaching clipping volumes. There's some descriptions of it if you Google.

If you have the owner's manual, there may be a discussion of Power Guard and the system test function for it.