User manual ARCAM AVR400

[. . . ] AVR400 AVRsurroundamplifier Handbook AVR400 AVRsurroundamplifier Handbook English CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN 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 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. [. . . ] However if this does not produce pleasing results we recommend manually trying other crossover frequencies to find something more to your preference. See the next sections for information of how to enter or change speaker settings manually. Problems We advise you to look over the reported measurements on the screen following Auto Speaker Setup for any obviously incorrect results, in particular to ensure the reported speakers match your configuration and that the speaker distances to the listening position appear look roughly correct. The Auto Speaker Setup function is normally quite accurate but occasionally false results can be generated. 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, < obstacles (such as a sofa) between speakers and the microphone. 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. NOTE Auto calibration is possible only for a 7. 1 Or 5. 1 Speaker configuration. Oher speaker configurations, such as a 2. 1 setup (left, right and subwoofer), must be configured manually using the speaker configuration menus (see page E-37), referring to the guidelines on page E-32 for speaker types, speaker distance and speaker levels. E-33 English There is a proprietary automatic loudspeaker setup function built into your AVr400. The Arcam Auto Speaker Setup function attempts to set all the essential speaker settings for all the speakers in your system. It also calculates room equalisation (room EQ) filter values to remove some of the worst effects of resonant frequencies in the listening room. speaker configuration there will be periods of silence between some speaker channels. After all the channels have been measured, a summary of the speaker configuration will be displayed on-screen. You can then choose to accept the settings, re-measure your system again or cancel Auto Speaker Setup without storing the settings. 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 AVr400. 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 AVr400. 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 AVr400 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. scroll bars These indicate the position of the displayed screen within longer menus. Entering Setup mode To enter the setup menu, press the MENU button on the remote control or font panel. The front panel display shows `SETUP MENU' and the setup menu (pictured right) is displayed. Unstable oSd menu or picture display? The default AVr400 output video resolution when first powered up out of the box is 525-line/60Hz nTSC for analogue video and "Preferred" 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 front panel Ok button for three seconds. Alternatively, press SHiFT then > on the remote control to cycle between different output resolutions until the picture returns. [. . . ] all the speakers are correctly connected to the speaker terminals and are secure. you have configured the AVr400 to include all the speakers in your system. Volume is always too loud when I turn on When Zone 2 is put into standby, the main zone is also switched off When a USB memory device is connected, `USB' is not shown in the network client's list of folders If files on a USB memory device cannot be played: If files on a computer cannot be played If you cannot connect to a wired network < the `max on volume' setting is not set too high. < the `zone standby` setting in the setup menu is set to LOCAL. < a USB memory device is connected that conforms to the mass storage class. < the computer is connected via a network and not USB the AVr400 USB port cannot be used for a direct connection to a computer and the network hardware. [. . . ]