rmb 1085 and 12V trigger

[ipsterl]

My understanding is that the amp must stay on to use the 12V trigger. Should I keep the amp on and use this or turn the amp on manually? What is better for the amp, processor and speakers?

[mjb]

The amps power button should stay depressed (on) when using remote trigger "in" - from the processor. When it's remotely triggered (on or off) you'll hear a relay clicking noise, but there's no visual indication as to what state its in. Obviously when its off you won't hear anything!

[ipsterl]

Thanks. That is what I thought. Do you think it is a good idea to use the trigger?

[biekrx]

There is a visual indicator

I am currently driving my 1085 with an RA-1060 integrated from the pre-outs. I use the trigger from the RA-1060, but I only set it to "Stand-by" when I turn it off by using the power button on the remote. The red "protection" light on the 1085 comes on about 5-10 seconds after the RA-1060 is set to "stand-by" indicating that it is in standby as well. I do hear the relays click over when this happens.

I leave them in standby on the theory that the electronics will "stay warm". The RA-1060 takes a couple of hours to warm up when I fully power it down by the main switch. When I first got it, I was really disappointed with it until I had played it for a few hours and let it warm up. I haven't really tried this on the 1085 because I prefer to have a single button to turn on the system.