User manual ARCAM AV888

[. . . ] AVR500/AVR600/AV888 AVRsurroundamplifier/AVprocessor Handbook POWER/STANDBY MENU INPUT + OK INFO MODE DIRECT DISPLAY ZONE MUTE VOLUME + AVR600 AUX PHONES VIDEO SCALING POWER English CAUTION ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR Class II product This equipment is a Class II or double insulated electrical appliance. It has been designed in such a way that it does not require a safety connection to electrical earth (`ground' in the U. S. ). safety guidelines RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated `dangerous voltage' within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. [. . . ] Problems may be as a result of: < external sounds or rumbling / handling noises picked up by the microphone < sound reflections off hard surfaces (e. g. windows or walls) close to the listening position, < very strong acoustic resonances within the room. If you are still experiencing difficulties or you wish to have the most accurate results for ultimate surround performance, we recommend using the manual method of establishing speaker distances and levels. E-37 English When activated, a calibration tone is played through each channel in turn, including the subwoofer channel. If you do not have a full 7. 1 speaker configuration there will be periods of silence between some speaker channels. Follow the `progress' information on-screen. Using a subwoofer If your system includes an active subwoofer you may need to re-run Auto Speaker Setup with the subwoofer output level / gain control set to a higher or lower value, if the summary screen reports problems setting the subwoofer up. setupmenus The Setup menus allow you to configure all aspects of your AVR500, AVR600 or AV888. The next few pages will go through the menu items and explain their function. The Setup menus will probably look quite daunting if you are new to setting up home cinema, but the majority of them need only be configured once when you first install the system (or if your system changes or you move house!) The only way to view the Setup menus is on your display device (TV or projector) using the on-screen display (OSD) capability of the unit. To view the OSD for the initial setting up, connect any of the video outputs to your display device. You do not need to have a video source connected to the video inputs. Menu panel The left-hand panel lists the setup screens available for adjustment. The selected menu is highlighted with a grey band. Adjustment panel The upper right-hand panel lists the parameters you can change as a user. Lines that cannot be selected are greyed-out. Input Config General Setup Auto Setup S p k r Ty p e s Spkr Distance Spkr Levels Video Inputs Video Outputs Mode Zone Settings Network Audio Input Incoming Format : DVD : Dolby Digital Scroll bars These indicate the position of the displayed screen within longer menus. 0dB 0dB Incoming Sample Rate : 48KHz Out : 48KHz Incoming bitrate Dialnorm Video Input Audio Compression Balance Bass Adjust to compensate for an off-centre listening position. : 192kbps : -31dB : DVD : Off Entering Setup mode To enter the setup menu, press the MEnu button on the remote control or font panel. The front panel display shows `MENU' and the setup menu (pictured right) is displayed. Unstable oSd menu or picture display? The default AVR500/AVR600/AV888 output video resolution when first powered up out of the box is 525-line/60Hz NTSC for analogue video and 480i/60 for digital video. This has been chosen as most display devices can synchronise to this automatically. If the output resolution and frame rate is forced to a setting your display device does not support, the picture may become unstable or may not display at all. To reset the output video resolution and frame rate to the default values to restore the display, press and hold the oK button for three seconds. Help screen The lower right-hand panel gives a short help text for the feature being adjusted. navigating the setup menu . . . using the remote control The setup menu can be navigated by using the cursor (arrow) keys on the remote control. To enter the setup menu, press the MEnu button (which is located immediately under the navigation buttons). Use the B and C keys to navigate up and down the main section headings in the left-hand panel. Once you have the main section that you require highlighted, use the E key to enter the section. Use the B and C keys to navigate up and down the section settings in the left-hand panel. [. . . ] < the `zone standby` setting in the setup menu is set to LOCAL. The AVR500/AVR600/AV888 can only apply Dolby Digital and DTS decoding to sources which have been encoded in the same format. < the DVD disc is encoded in the appropriate format and that the correct format has been selected in the disc start menu of the DVD player (if applicable). < the DVD player has been set to output `bitstream' audio on the digital output (not PCM). < a USB memory device is connected that conforms to the mass storage class. < the computer is connected via a network and not USB the AVR500/ AVR600/AV888 USB port cannot be used for a direct connection to a computer AVR500/AVR600/AV888 and the network hardware. [. . . ]