Hello new comer here, does anyone has a Carver HTA5A user manaul? Or anyone has a used HTA5A to sell here with the box and manual?

[AG01 0]

Please message me and I will pay premium on it.

 

Matt

[4krow 6,543]

 Look at the manuals portion this web site. Likely you will find it there.

[4krow 6,543]

  It might be noted that I found manual in the manual section of this site. The HTA5A is a home theater 5 channel amp and looks to be of a later design. There may be manuals available on the web somewhere, but I did not seek them out.

[AndrewJohn 10,432]

Welcome to the site, @AG01, glad you found us.

 

That model is one of the latest? HT systems that came out of China, in the last decade, I believe, and was designed and built by the Chinese entity that purchased rights to the Carver name and brand.   

 

I've never seen one, other than recalling seeing them listed on Amazon, a few years ago, for sale.

 

No one I know has seen one - and I suspect a) that it was a limited run production item, and b) (MOST IMPORTANT) the item may have very little in terms of anything Bob Carver ever designed.  I could be wrong - but Bob Carver has not been designing anything with the original Carver Corp brand and logo since the late 80's and early 90's of the last century.

 

If you DID find a manual for this unit, we'd love to add it to our library, if you can copy it and share a PDF of it.

 

FWIW, if you go to Google, Google's AI turns up a good, but short, list of references to reviews..., search on the string: "Carver HTA5A Review" and you'll see that it was sold by Amazon, in 2019.  I saved the link to this amp for sale, on Amazon, years ago..., while you cannot "search" for the amp for sale..., you can see the archival link at: Amazon.com: Carver Five Channel Amplifier Home Audio/Video Product, Black (Carver HTA5A) : Electronics 

 

There is a picture of the unit with the lid off, and, to my average eyes, it doesn't look like any of the 5 channel "Bob" Carver amps I've seen.

 

From the Amazon archived listing, this amp, it says, was made by "Factor Electronics."  Factor Electronics ( https://factorelectronics.com/ ) no longer lists the Carver product(s) they distributed out of Burnaby, BC in Canada.  They appear today to be a contract-middle-man and system customizer to get a variety of home theater and other products out to a variety of markets (home, church, office, etc.

[AndrewJohn 10,432]

Interesting..., This post from a guy on Audiogon ( https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/carver-hta5a ) seems to indicate that the Factor Electronics amp is identical to the "OSD Audio XA 5180..., albeit apparently with some confusing power specs (maybe even incorrect specs) between the two.

 

I have ZERO information beyond the research I'm posting here..., TheCarverSite focuses on the vintage Bob Carver gear from the 80's and 90's production, all built with Bob Carver's designs.  Note that the Brand "Carver" was purchased by Phoenix Audio, then sold again, (and again..., probably)..., so it's a long shot or anyone's guess on how it got here.

 

Another search found the manual to the OSD version of the same amp..., here:  https://www.outdoorspeakerdepot.com/mm5/graphics/pdfs/OSD-XA5180-Amplifier-Manual2020.pdf

 

That may be helpful..., maybe not..., 

 

I tried searching for the HTA50 manual, only one site had it, but it required too much effort http://ServiceManuals.net (purchase, registration, etc..., I avoid those sites.)

[4krow 6,543]

Thanks AJ, can't do more than that.

[AndrewJohn 10,432]

20 hours ago, 4krow said:

Thanks AJ, can't do more than that.

 

Thanks, Greg.   In the interest of "completeness..."

 

Here's the Amazon Product Description:  

Product Description

Carver high fidelity five channel amplifier. Carver signature audio quality. 5 x 150 watts RMS at 8ohms. 5 x 200 watts RMS at 4ohms. LED status display. Balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs. 12VDC trigger inputs. Gold plated binding posts. Individual channel automatic on/off

 

And the bullet list of features:

 

Here are the pictures that Amazon has on that link - it's 5 years old, so I suspect it won't work eventually - so here's the images, captured for permanency..., as this HTA5A ( HTA-5A ) question has come up a few times.

 

 

 

[itchitch 4,472]

That amp looks to be from the short period that Emotiva and Carver were partners.

 

I would reach out to to Emotiva tech support to confirm.

[AndrewJohn 10,432]

3 hours ago, itchitch said:

That amp looks to be from the short period that Emotiva and Carver were partners.

 

I would reach out to to Emotiva tech support to confirm.

 

Could well be.

 

A post from the guy on Audiogon (link above) indicated that he contacted Factor Electronics, back in 2019, and they sent him an owners manual.

 

I shot an email to the support address at Factor Electronics with the same request..., I haven't heard back.