B&K p/n 12698 Bedienungsanleitung

B&K Components, Ltd. Reference 10 Reference 20 A/V S y stem Controller Owner’s Manual p/n 12698 Rev. 9808B[...]

B&K Components, Ltd., 2100 Old Union Road, Buffalo, New York 14227-2725 p/n 12698 Rev. 9808B[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 49 Rear Panel Enlarged View ....................................................................... 48 The Menu System ............................................................................... 47 A/ V System Controller Specifications ............................................................. 46 Troubleshooting ...........[...]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Manufactur ed under lic ense fr om Dolby Laboratories. “ Dolby ”, ”Pro Logic” , “AC-3", and the double-D symbol are tradem ark s of Dolby Laboratories. Conf idential Unpublished W ork s. © 1992- 1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc . All rights reserved. DTS ® is a register ed trademar k of Digital Theater Sy stem s, LLC. A[...]

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING W A RNING: to prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not expose this unit to rain or mois ture. Care should be taken to prevent objects or liquid from entering the enclosure. Never handle the power cord with wet hands. The lightning f lash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to ale[...]

FEATURES Your new A/V System Controller is a versatile audio/video contr ol center. The A/V System Controller is des igned to sound sensational and be an attractive, easy -to-use addition to your audio/video system. Although you already have a good idea of your A/V Sy stem Contr oller’s f eatures, we would lik e to take a m om ent to point out ce[...]

THE BASICS The following is intended to familiarize users with common terms and applications of Home Theater equipment. Sources - your A/V Sy stem Controller can direc tly provide audio f rom its built-in AM/FM tuner . It can also pr ovide limited video f rom its on-s creen m enu s y stem . Typically y ou will want to connect a num ber of additiona[...]

(see “Sur round Mode”). Since all m odern sour ces ar e ster eo, the m ono inform ation is usually replicated on both the left and right channels. Stereo - Stereo contains two discrete, full range audio channels . This is the mos t com m on form at for mus ic and is also used on m any movies. You may get stereo from any source - digital or anal[...]

Bass Management - Dolby Digital and DTS form ats contain up to 5 f ull range channels plus LFE. Only a sy stem with five full-range (large) s peaker s plus a s ubwoofer c an directly reproduce these f orm ats. However, alm ost all com m ercially available center channel s peaker s are s m all and incapable of reproduc ing the lowest bass frequenc i[...]

FRONT PANEL 1. Headphone Jack - Stereo headphones having a standard ¼ inch binaural plug can be connected to the headphone output. The A/V System Contr oller m ust be on and in HEADPHONE Mode for proper headphone operation. 2. Front panel buttons SLEEP PRESET ENTER MENU DOWN U P SOURCE MODE LEVEL Puts the A/V System Controller in standby mode. Ste[...]

REAR PANEL The A/V System Controller’s bac k panel is organized into groups of inputs and outputs for audio and video as shown below. See back of this manual for an enlarged view. 1. AC fuse holder - Holds the AC Line fuse. Replace only with 0.5 Amp / 250 Volt Fast Blow fuse. 2. AC input receptacle - For attaching the supplied AC power cord to th[...]

MAKING THE CONNECTION It’s tem pting to just plug in y our new A/V Sy stem Controller and have great sound pour out. Before you do that, take a f ew minutes to plan out how you w ant the A/V Sy stem Controller to f it into your audio/video sy stem . Ask yourself the following questions: What source components do I want to connect to my A/V System[...]

AUDIO / VIDEO CONNECTIONS Connecting your analog sources to your A/ V System Controller A udio / Video source - connecting a DVD/VLD player to the A/V Sy stem Controller’s analog inputs. Use the s am e instructions for c onnecting to other audio / video s ources such as a television, satellite rec eiver, cable box , etc. (Om it the video connecti[...]

DIGITAL CONNECTIONS Connect digital inputs (DVD, VLD, etc.) to the A/V Sy stem Controller. You will need either coax ial or optical digital inputs to play Dolby Digital (AC-3) or DTS surr ound sound proc essing. Digital connections are also rec om m ended for PCM sources. If your source has both optical and coaxial outputs connect only one. Coaxial[...]

SURROUND OUTPUT CONNECTIONS Connect the A/V System Controller’s surround outputs to your external amplifier(s) or powered speakers. Here is a typical A/V System Controller output setup : SUB 1 CENTER 1 REAR L FRONT L SUB 2 CENTER 2 REAR R FRONT R SURROUND OUTPUTS POWERED SUBWOOFER Rear Left Rear Right Center Front Right Front Left PLUS OUTPUT 3 O[...]

ANTENNA CONNECTIONS The FM j ack is a s tandard scr ew on F-ty pe connector. T he AM is a push type. Strip ¼ inch of insulation off y our AM antenna wires and ins ert one wire end into each hole while holding the tabs down. Release the tabs to loc k in the AM antenna wires. CONTROL OUTPUTS / IR INPUTS Control Outputs - Thes e connections are used [...]

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS My collection of equipment differs from the labels on the back of my A/V System Controller, how can I hook them up? Your A/V System C ontroller provides 5 identical sets of inputs - V1, V2, DVD, CD, and SAT . Each of these has analog audio, composite video, S-video, coax ial digital audio, and optical digital audio. It is[...]

Do I need to connect both analog and digital audio from my A/V System Controller to my CD, DAT, MD, etc. recorder? In general, yes. If all of the sources y ou wish to record are digital, then you need only connect digital to your recorder. Howev er, your A/V System Controller does not prov ide digital outputs for non-digital inputs. If you w ish ma[...]

SETUP For best results, per form the following set up pr ocedure when y ou initially install y our A/V System Contr oller and anytime you change or add sources, speakers, etc. or when you rearrange your listening area THE MENU SYSTEM Setup of y our A/V System Controller will require you to navigate through the menu system. W e recomm end that y ou [...]

USER PREFERENCE SETUP You should alway s perfor m USER PREFERENCE SETUP af ter f irst ins talling your A/V Sy stem Controller and after adding/c hanging sources or video m onitors . Be sure your main power is switched on f rom the f ront panel. For correc t zone 1 video operation it is im por tant that y ou perf orm the firs t step - DISPLAY OPTION[...]

Set y our Zone 1 video monitor type - You should do this first s o that y ou will get the best possible dis play while performing the rest of the setup procedure. DISPLAY OPTIONS 1 Background Color Red 2 Overlay Opaque Bright 3 Front Display Bright 4 Z1 Video Monitor Composite 5 Z1 Tuner Video last 6 Z2 Tuner Video last move to new line adjust para[...]

Set the intensity of on-screen video overlay s - Over lay s will appear when y ou change a A/V Sy stem Controller setting or your A/V System Controller detec ts a c hange in the inc oming audio or video inf orm ation. Tr ansparent mode allows video to be seen behind the overlay. DISPLAY OPTIONS 1 Background Color Red 2 Overlay Opaque Bright 3 Front[...]

Set the tuner video - T his allows y ou to view a TV/FM s imulc ast or watch a network sports broadcas t while listening to your local radio announcer. You can set any of the seven external sourc es . You can also choos e “las t”. In “last” m ode the tuner video will be from whatever sourc e y ou watched before switching to TUNER. T he fina[...]

Edit Source Name From the f actory, your A/V Sy stem Contr oller will display source nam es that m atc h thos e printed on the r ear of the A/V Sy stem Controller and on the supplied r em ote. However, this m enu allows you to change the displayed names to matc h the actual sourc es used. If you do not w ant to change the nam es then sk ip this ste[...]

SURROUND MODE OPERATION Dolby Digital / DTS 5.1 USER PREFERENCE SETUP 1 Edit Preset Options 2 Edit Source Names 3 Display Options 4 Surround Modes move to new line select menu page previous page ↑ ↓ SEL MENU adjust parameter previous page ←→ MENU 1 Surround Operation Auto overrides MODE setting 2 Stereo Operation Normal STEREO MODE is Digit[...]

SETUP/CONFIGURE You should alway s perform Setup/Configure af ter f irst installing your A/V Sy stem Contr oller and after adding/changing speak ers or sources or rearranging your listening area. If you have just com pleted the USER PREFERENCE SET UP above you are already in the MAIN MENU. If not, f ollow the instruc tions above to get to the MAIN [...]

Set The size for your front left/right speakers - OFF is not a choice - you must have front speakers. SPEAKER SIZE SETUP 1 Front L/R SETUP MENUS 1 Speaker Size and Delay 2 Speaker Calibration 3 Source Levels 4 AM Tuner Channels move to new line select menu page previous page ↑ ↓ SEL MENU 5 FM Tuner Channels 2 Center 3 Rear L/R 4 Subwoofer 5 LFE[...]

Set the size for your rear left/right speakers - SPEAKER SIZE SETUP 1 Front L/R 2 Center 3 Rear L/R 4 Subwoofer 5 LFE 6 Center Delay 7 Rear Delay adjust parameter previous page ←→ MENU ↑ ↓ move to new line Small Small Small Yes Normal 0 ms 0 ms choose speaker size VOLUME KNOB  (REW) or   (FF) 2 move to Rear L / R ∧ (UP) or ∨ (D[...]

Setup y our LFE channel - Usually this will be set to NORMAL. However, if you prefer less LFE you can reduce the level or com pletely turn off the LFE channel. Note that this aff ects only the separate LFE channel available on Dolby Digital and DTS material it has no eff ect on the reproduction of norm al bass from the front, center , or rear chann[...]

Speaker Calibration Speaker calibration allows you to equaliz e the volume levels of eac h speak er to m ak e up f or dif fer ences in speak er charac teristics and distances f rom the listener to the speak ers. For best results it is impor tant that y ou perfor m this calibration when you initially ins tall y our A/V System Controller, whenever yo[...]

Source Levels This s etup allows you to m atch the levels of your sourc es so that there are no large changes in volum e as y ou change fr om one s our ce to another. T his is f or your convenienc e only and need not be perf or m ed unless you wish to. You m ay use a SPL meter or your ear to adjust the levels. Note that the levels will depend not o[...]

AM TUNER SETTINGS change frequency previous page ←→ MENU A M 550 Channel 0 ↑ ↓ change channel SETUP MENUS 1 Speaker Size and Delay 2 Speaker Calibration 3 Source Levels 4 AM Tuner Channels move to new line select menu page previous page ↑ ↓ SEL MENU 5 FM Tuner Channels return to SETUP MENUS MENU MENU 6 program more channels repeat 3 - 4[...]

OPERATION The following outlines the nor m al day-to-day operation of y our A/V System Controller f rom the s upplied univers al rem ote or direc tly from your A/V System Controller ’s front panel. T he universal r em ote is also c apable of controlling other equipm ent and storing sequenc es of com m only used com m ands. Ref er to the s eparate[...]

CHOOSING A SOURCE In general, the s elected sour ce will appear at the ZONE 1 output, the T APE output, and the V1 output. T o prevent feedback, TAPE input will not appear at TAPE output and V1 input will not appear at V1 output. DVD Source Composite Video DVD PCM 2.0 Pro Lo g ic return control to A/V System Controller if desired AUDIO select desir[...]

ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Master Volume 0 dB MASTER LEVEL MASTER LEVEL instant volume all the way down press MUTE a g ain to restore can’t do from front panel MUTE adjust volume VOLUME KNOB VOL ∧ or VOL ∨ Action From Front Panel From Remote Note: The f ront panel VOLUME KNOB is used to c ontrol m ultiple func tions and, therefore, c annot alway s [...]

SURROUND MODES Your A/V System Controller provides a num ber of lis tening m odes. T he f ollowing table shows how your A/V Sy stem Controller res ponds to the c hosen sur round m ode setting f or various ty pes of s ource mater ial. The table assum es five full range speak ers plus a subwoofer. If your speak er conf iguration is diff erent fr om t[...]

Surround Modes (cont.) DVD Source Com p osite Video DVD PCM 2.0 Pro Lo g ic step to desired mode  (MODE) MODE Action From Front Panel From Remote Note: y our A/V System Controller k eeps tr ack of a sur round m ode f or each of the sourc es. It would be possible, f or exam ple, to have y our DVD play er set to SURROUND while y our CD play er is [...]

OVERRIDES Some laserdiscs contain the normal movie soundtrack on the PCM, AC-3 RF or DTS digital soundtrack along with supplem ental inform ation on the laserdisc’s analog track. Your A/V System Controller w ill autom atically select the digital track if one is available. In order to r each the analog track we have provided an analog override to [...]

Recalling a Preset Press SEL to Recall TV-V3 Surround 0dB Preset 0 Music Video recall preset ↵ (ENTER) SEL or ENTER 2 review settings for recall  (PRESET) step to desired preset number or A + number 1 Action From Front Panel From Remote Saving a Preset SAVE PRESET A2 DVD Stereo Lt Rt -14 dB change character previous page ↑ ↓ MENU change po[...]

GETTING A/V SYSTEM CONTROLLER STATUS If you are not in a m enu, pr essing ENT ER will bring up a two-line s tatus m es sage. T his display will also pop up automatic ally whenever y ou change sources or whenever the sour ce inform ation changes. T he video ty pe is very impor tant if you are using m ixed c om posite and S- video sourc es s ince it [...]

ADVANCED FEATURES WA RNING - T he following desc ribes the advanced featur es of the A/V System Controller. Sinc e changing som e of these f unctions m ay cause severe ef f ects suc h as no sound or no r em ote control oper ation, we suggest you leave this m enu disabled ( hidden) for norm al operation. If you are unsure of what y ou are changing D[...]

ZONE CONFIGURATION Zone Configur ation will allow y ou to set m ax imum volume levels f or eac h zone, change rem ote contr ol ID codes for eac h zone and turn off the on-sc reen display overlays in z one 1. Make sure you are in the ADVANCED SYSTEM SETUP menu and the remote is in AUDIO mode. Z1 Max Level - Z1 m ax level allows you to set a m aximum[...]

Z1 / Z2 Product ID - Each m ess age trans mitted f rom your rem ote includes a Produc t Code, identifying the manuf acturer , and a product ID code f rom 1 to 16. The product ID code allows m ultiple B&K products to be controlled f rom the sam e r em ote. Your A/V Sy stem Controller ac tually uses two product ID codes - one f or zone 1 (norm al[...]

Z2 Level Control - Y ou m ay wish to install an in-wall volume control in your second zone. This can cause confus ion between your A/V Sy stem Controller ’s internal zone 2 volum e c ontrols and your in-wall controls. You can set your A/V Sy stem Contr oller to provide a fixed level to zone 2 instead of the variable level. The f ixed level can be[...]

POWER ON TITLES W hen y ou turn y our A/V Sy s tem Controller on it displays two lines of text. You can change this text to a personalized mes sage. Make s ure you are in the ADVANCED SY STEM SET UP m enu and the remote is in AUDIO mode. ADVANCED POWER ON TITLES 1 Power On Line 1 ' BK Components ' change character previous page ↑ ↓ ME[...]

CONTROL OUT SETUP Your A/V Sy stem Controller’s control outputs allow you to control up to 4 ex ternal devices suc h as power amplif iers, pr ojection s creens, etc. T he control outputs can be pr ogram m ed on/off depending on which sourc e is selected. They may also have global control for all sources for headphone listening or remote repeater [...]

Control Out 2, 3, and 4 - Control out 2, 3, and 4 can be used in either zone. For each source they can be program m ed to be on when that source is selected in zone 1, zone 2, or both zones. If the source is selected in neither zone the control out w ill be off. Control outs 2, 3, and 4 can also be set to REMOTE. In REMOT E mode y our A/V System Co[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 1. Cy cle the A/V System Controller’s front panel POWER switch to OFF then back to ON. 1. It is possible that the A/V System Controller needs to be reset (cold power boot). One or more channels sound bad 1. Select the proper video signal type (composite or S-video). 1. Z1 video monitor is selected to the wrong signal type. Video i[...]

A/V SYSTEM CONTROLLER SPECIFICATIONS 5 years processor 1 year remote Warranty: See Warranty page for complete explanation A/D, D/A, digital receiver, and DSP(s) Upgradability: 10 pounds Weight: 17"(w)x10"(d)x3.50"(h) Dimensions: Motorola 24 Bit 46 MIPS DTS DSP: Line -.5 Amp/250 Volt Replacement fuses: Motorola 24 Bit 43 MIPS Dolby Di[...]

THE MENU SYSTEM 48 p/n 12698 Rev. 9808B 6 MAIN MENU 1 Help / Navigate 2 Product Information 3 Zone 2 Operation 4 Edit Preset Title 5 User Preferences 6 Setup / Configure move to new line select menu page exit menu system ↑ ↓ SEL MENU ZONE 2 OPERATION change position save preset previous page ←→ SEL MENU PRESET 3 'Watch V1 ' POWER [...]

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