Note - The control outputs can output a maximum of 50 mA. Check to see that the source you are connecting to the control out requires 50 mA or less current. Each of these has analog audio, composite video, S-video, coaxial digital audio, and optical digital audio. Page 24 recorder has only coaxial input. Do I need some sort of converter to make direct digital recordings?
No, your processor will convert optical to coaxial and coaxial to optical. In general, yes. Page Setup SETUP For best results, perform the following set up procedure when you initially install your processor and anytime you change or add sources, speakers, etc. We recommend that you use a video monitor connected to the Zone 1 output along with the remote control provided with your processor. Page Speaker Location Ideally your speakers will be the same distance away from your listening area.
However, physical limitations usually require placing the speaker in other than optimum locations. This allows for superior reproduction of the directional cues available during the playback of movie or music. Page Speaker Levels Speaker level calibration allows you to equalize the volume levels of each speaker to make up for differences in speaker characteristics and distances from the listener to the speakers.
For best results it is important that you perform this calibration when you initially install your processor, whenever you change speakers, and whenever you rearrange your listening area.
However, if you have no subwoofer you may wish to reduce the low frequency effects LFE channel to lessen its contribution to the bass going to your remaining large speakers. Page Room Equalization Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults. However, theses settings allow for the correction of various tonal errors that occur during reproduction of audio in a home theater. The room equalization menu allows for two types of adjustments. Many systems allow only adjustment of bass and treble levels at fixed frequency points.
Page Displays This menu allows you to set various aspects of your video and front panel displays. Page 39 your processor detects a change in the incoming audio or video information. Transparent mode allows video to be seen behind the overlay. This information is normally displayed at the bottom of the monitor. However, if you are viewing letterbox material on a widescreen monitor, this information will be cut off. Page Inputs Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults.
Page 42 Setting a favorite listening mode here will not prevent the system from automatically adjusting the listening mode in response to bitstream information, nor will it prevent the user from changing modes during normal operation. It is merely the mode that is chosen when that input is initially selected and no additional bitstream information is available.
This is for your convenience only and need not be performed unless you wish to. Page 45 sources. When you choose that source for viewing, the associated component video input will be routed to the component video output.
Page Presets Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults. Page Music Mode simple name for the preset, which you can then change before confirming the preset save. You may wish to defeat this automatic naming so that any custom names that you have entered will not get erased each time you save a minor change to a preset.
Turning auto naming off means that the name that is already present in the preset will be re-used when you save a new preset to that location. However, you may wish to save a backup of your settings in case of inadvertent changes to them. To perform a backup, follow the procedure below.
The universal remote is also capable of controlling other equipment and storing sequences of commonly used commands. Refer to the separate remote manual for details on these functions.
And therefore don't want to tell anyone that may be a potential buyer that something they are selling is not good. Hmmm, the "logic" used by Rwwear really applies to all components here It works mighty fine in the context of a HT-only setup. I am not overly excited about a unit which is switching so many sources, audio and video; this only complicates the setup and surely must degrade the sound with all the cables criss-crossing all over the place.
The new Naim and McCormack units would be examples of such exceptions. I actually tried it in my music system and was quite impressed. It did not have any fatigue nor brightness in its tonal balance. This is key for anything to survive with me for any amount of time.
With speakers all around the HT room, the fancy special effects within the movie recording bring this to me in spades. And at times when I do use this system as my priomary music source, it sounds quite good. But I think this will be a common problem with any solid-state based multi channel system where there is much D-A and A-D conversion going on. We read about all the simulated modes within such HT processor units. Ultimately, I just want to have the D-A conversion done as was intended by the movie creators and not play around with all the different kind of modes.
And this unit decodes all the formats that exist today. What more can you ask for in this regard. If you want a clean unit that does not have a ton of switches and knobs, etc. The remote control is a typically laid out unit like many made by TV manufacturers.
AC input receptacle - For attaching the supplied AC power cord to the preamplifier. Trigger outputs for controlling external devices, such as amplifiers, projection screens, IR emitter, etc. Page Internally summed. DVD-Audio 5. RCA Surround outputs - 7. Zone B Output - Line outputs for supplying the second zone. Configurable fixed or variable. Component Video output - Component video pass through. Transcoded component video output.
Component Video inputs - Three assignable component video inputs. To quickly setup and begin operating your preamplifier, follow these quick steps:. The rest of this manual will describe in detail the many aspects of your new preamplifier. Some additional installation considerations should be noted as follows:.
Failure to ventilate your preamplifier could result in erratic operation and possible failure caused by overheating. Do not place items directly on top of the preamplifier. The preamplifier has seven sets of inputs. Even though the back panel is labeled for specific sources, in most cases it is possible to connect any source to any input. For example, if you have a satellite receiver you can connect it to the V2 input and it will work the same way as connecting it to the SAT input.
Select V2 instead of SAT. Keep in mind that the quality of the cabling that is used can make a difference in the overall audio and video quality. Try to keep interconnecting cable runs as short as possible. When routing cables between equipment, be sure to keep AC cables separate from audio cables. It is a good idea to bundle like cables together to keep interference noise to a minimum.
Determine the length of the cable for each component's connection and how it should be routed. It is a good idea to label each cable with a name or number at both ends when allocating each cable. Have all the cables you need before you begin the installation because it is inconvenient to run to the store when you are excited to hear what the system will sound like.
If the equipment is installed in a rack, be sure to insulate the equipment from the rack itself. In most cases only one audio and one video connection is needed for each source device. Shown below are the available options:. Use the diagrams that follow as a guide for each of the seven source inputs. For analog audio connections, use the left and right white and red RCA connections.
For composite video, use the yellow RCA connections. For S-video use the S-video connections. For component video, use the red, green and blue RCA component connections. See Video Monitor Connection page 14 for details on connecting a video monitor.
The preamplifier will neither process nor convert digital audio or component video for use in the the second zone. Be sure to maintain the discrete channel connec-. Each channel is labeled appropriately according to the speaker location in the. Many times, DVD-Audio players have multiple configuration options. You should adjust your player's bass and delay management to match that of the preamplifier. Some popular video monitors are televisions, plasma screens, LCD screens and projectors.
Video transcoding allows multiple video formats to be combined onto one. Transcoding will not change the resolution of the image. Specifically composite video is transcoded to S-video S and component video.
S-video is transcoded to composite video and component video. Component video is not transcoded. The On Screen Setup Menu is available in all three video formats. Since there are seven.
If no component assignment is made to a particular input, the component output will be transcoded from the appropriate composite or S-video input. The preamplifier automatically detects the presence of composite or S-Video. No user assignment is necessary. There is an S-video output for each zone of the surround preamplifier. Zone B S- video output will provide output only from S- video inputs - there is no transcoding for Zone B. S-Video record outputs provide output only.
There is a composite RCA video output for each of the zones of the surround preamplifier. Zone A video output will pass composite video through or transcode from S-video. Zone B composite video output will provide output only from composite video inputs - there is no transcoding of video in Zone B. The composite video record outputs provide output only from composite video inputs - there is no video transcoding with the record outputs.
Both types of outputs connect from the preamplifier directly to the amplifier in the system. Either type of connection can be used when connecting to the external amplifier. When connecting audio cables to the amplifier, be sure to match the labeled output channel to the position of the speaker in the room.
Each balanced connector will click when locked in place. To release, push in on the silver tab and unplug the balanced connector. Be sure to pull on the plug and not the wire.
Eight coaxial RCA surround outputs are provided. See page 17 for a connection diagram using the coaxial connections. For best acoustic results, be sure to set up the speakers using the speaker setup menu. To Setup System Speakers see page To connect a 7. All seven surround outputs should be connected to the amplifier. The point one. If a subwoofer is used, the Reference 50 Series2 has two subwoofer outputs, one balanced XLR Subwoofer out and one coaxial RCA Subwoofer out, either can be used for connecting a subwoofer into the audio system.
If a subwoofer is going to be used, connect the subwoofer cable from the subwoofer output to the subwoofer. The diagram below illustrates using a balanced cable to connect a powered subwoofer. For use in a 6. We recommend the 6th speaker be connected to the surround back left channel of the surround preamplifier. However, either the back left or back right output will operate correctly when the system is configured for use with one back speaker.
Connect the subwoofer cable from the subwoofer output to the subwoofer. The diagram below illustrates a connection using a balanced cable to connect to the subwoofer. To use the Reference 50 Series2 in a 5. Do not use the surround back left or surround back right for a 5.
The speaker setup menu will then used to configure the internal software for proper audio selection and operation see page The Reference 50 Series2 supplies 7. These surround outputs can be used to connect an external amplifier or the subwoofer to the preamplifier. To connect seven audio channels, connect seven coaxial audio cables between the surround outputs and the amplifier inputs. Be sure to match the appropriate preamp output to the speakers location in the room, i.
If a 5 channel audio system is desired, do not connect the surround back audio channels. If a 6 channel audio system is desired, connect the 6 th channel to the surround back left channel. See page 25 for speakers setup. The diagram below illustrates seven channels plus the subwoofer connected using the coaxial RCA outputs.
Optical Digital Output - The optical digital output will output the digital signal of the source selected in the main theater zone Zone A. Coaxial digital inputs are converted to optical. You need only connect one or the other. Analog inputs are not converted to digital output. If you wish to record both analog and digital sources you must connect both analog and digital inputs to your recorder. Optical digital inputs are converted to coaxial. Analog inputs are not converted to coaxial digital output.
If you wish to record both analog and digital sources you must connect both analog and digital to your recorder. To prevent possible speaker damaging feedback, tape out will not output the TAPE source input. Digital audio is not converted to analog audio on the Tape output. Only LtRt mode will downmix a digital bitstream into left and right analog. Video is not transcoded on the Tape output.
As a record output, V1 will output the analog audio and video from the selected input in Zone A except when V1 is selected. This prevents feedback through the recording device which could damage your speakers.
As a line output V1 will output the analog audio and video from whatever input is selected in Zone A. LtRt mode will downmix a digital bitstream to left and right.
Similar to the Tape output, digital audio is not converted to analog on the V1 output. Video is also not transcoded on the V1 output. To configure the V1 output see page As a record output, V2 will output the analog audio and video from the selected input in Zone B except when V2 is selected.
As a line output V2 will output the analog audio and video from whatever input is selected in Zone B. As with the Tape output, digital audio is not converted to analog on the V2 output. Nor is video transcoded on the V2 output. To configure the V2 output, see page These control outputs can be used for a variety of applications that require a 12 volt control or an IR output pass through. Each output is VDC 50 mA. To configure the control outputs, see the control setup section on page To connect an IR emitter to the control output, one end should be terminated into a 3.
The IR output will pass through IR signals received by the surround preamplifier. Additional resistance may be required in series with the IR emitter, check the current rating of the emitter you are using. Welcome to ManualMachine. We have sent a verification link to to complete your registration.
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