T+A Elektroakustik K 6 Bedienungsanleitung

V 6.0 Order No. 9103 – 0264  USER MA NUA L K 6[...]

Welcome! W e are delighted that you have purchas ed a     p roduct. The K6 DVD su rround rece iver forms th e basis of a supe rb digital AV surround syst em whose overal l desig n and co mprehen sive faci lities fulfil al l the requ iremen ts of a hi gh-quali ty video and home c inema s ystem. The highly sophis ticated si gnal proces si[...]

Operation 4 Front panel cont rols and connections Pr imar y switch / Emergency buttons / Ope ning and clo sin g th e dr awer / H eadp hone sock et / Scr een 6 F6 remote control hand set Switching On-/Off/Stand by / Scree n brightn ess ad justme nt / Scre en angle adjustmen t / Source sele ction / Volume control / Mut ing     A /  [...]

Operation 4 Front panel controls and connections     Primary swi tch The K6 is normall y switched on and o ff using the     button o n the rem ote con trol hand set. The K6 also features a prim ary switch (rock er sw itch) located on the l eft unde r the fron t panel. Operating t he primary switch c omple tely di sconne cts [...]

5 Operation     CD / DVD draw er Opening th e drawer To open the d rawer first se lect the Disc Player as pro - gram sou rce, then hold the     butto n on the remot e control handse t presse d in for about 2 second s. The drawer can als o be opened by moving your hand close to the sensor     located below the uni[...]

Operation 6 F6 remote control handset The F6 remot e control hands et controls all the functions of the K6 DVD surround receiver. The ad- justme nts you mak e are displayed on the in tegral screen and als o on a TV set which i s conne cted to t he system. CD / DVD AUX T AP E P A USE OK STOP PLA Y 1 4 7 SRC M E N U F U N C T I O N AMP T/C SRND 2 5 8[...]

7 Operation Menu control sy stem A menu c ontrol s ystem is used to adjust the tone con- trols and the surro und dec oder s ettings , and als o to set the bas ic con figuratio n of the K6 . If the TV set con nected to the syste m is switched on, all the menus are di splayed page by p age on its screen . They are also displ ayed li ne by line (us in[...]

Operation 8 Tone con trols - treble and bass: These two me nu p oints enabl e you to alter the treble and bass sett ings to comp ensate for tonal differenc es in programm e m aterial . The setti ngs affec t all channe ls, and the adjustm ent rang e is +/-6 dB in 1 dB increm ents. Note The b asic s ettings for the tone con trols should fi rst be car[...]

9 Operation Surround sound - explanatory notes General i nformation The following se ction i s n ot c oncerne d di rectly with the operatio n of your K6 , but i s rather i ntended to ex plain some of the term s w hich arise in connect ion with sur- round systems . It is i ntended to help you u nderstan d and exploit the fac ilitie s and c apabil it[...]

Operation 10 Unfortunate ly not all listeni ng rooms are suitable for exploiting the f ull d ynamic range. For example, it m ay be necess ary to tak e your neighbou rs' fee lings into a ccoun t - espec ially in t he late e vening ho urs. For this reaso n it is possi ble to reduce the d ynamic range of Dolby d igital enc oded sound sou rces in [...]

11 Operation Using the tuner Lis ten ing to rad io pro gram mes Ope rat ion:     Sw itc h on Tu ner mode TUN ER TUN ER TUN ER TUN ER Th en e.g . WDR 2 WDR 2 WDR 2 WDR 2     Sw itc h to nex t-l ow er pro- gra m e.g . NDR 1 NDR 1 NDR 1 NDR 1     Sw itc h to nex t-hi gher p ro- gra m e.g . NDR 2 NDR 2 NDR 2 NDR 2 ?[...]

Operation 12 Program sea rch Ope rat ion: Wit h Tu ner sel ecte d . . .     /     pr ess for 2 sec Sta rt pr ogra m searc h in appr opr iate dire ction (up or dow n) e.g . 89 -0 0 89 -0 0 89-0 0 89 -0 0 Ex pla nati on: If you hold o ne of t he tu ning buttons (     /     ) pres sed in for about 2 se c[...]

13 Operation Man ual sto rin g o f r adi o p rog rams Ope rat ion: Wit h Tu ner sel ecte d . . .     /     pr ess for 2 sec Sta rts pro gram sear ch dow nw ard s or upw ar ds w ithin th e fr eque ncy band e.g . -- +- - 9 8- 00 -- +- - 9 8- 00 -- +- - 9 8- 00 -- +- - 9 8- 00     pr ess briefly Cal l up Tun er Menu[...]

Operation 14 C le ar in g ( era si n g) Pr o gr am s Ope rat ion: Wit h Tu ner sel ecte d . . .     pr ess briefly Cal l up Tun er Menu *) e.g . MODE NORM MODE NORM MODE NORM MODE NORM     Cal l up Pr ogr am Me nu * ) PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM     Con firm sel ectio n e.g . P0 1 90 - 60 P0 1 90 - 60 P01 90 [...]

15 Operation Ex ch a ng i ng two Pr o gr am s Ope rat ion: Wit h Tu ner sel ecte d . . .     pr ess briefly Cal l up Tun er Menu *) e.g . MODE NORM MODE NORM MODE NORM MODE NORM     Cal l up Pr ogr am Me nu * ) PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM     Con firm sel ectio n e.g . P0 7 10 5- 6 0 P0 7 10 5- 6 0 P0 7 10 5-[...]

Operation 16 R en am i ng a Pr o gr am Ope rat ion: Wit h Tu ner sel ecte d . . .     pr ess briefly Cal l up Tun er Menu *) e.g . MODE NORM MODE NORM MODE NORM MODE NORM     Cal l up Pr ogr am Me nu * ) PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM     Con firm sel ectio n e.g . P0 1 1 05 -6 0 P0 1 1 05 -6 0 P0 1 1 05 -6 0 P0[...]

17 Operation The Tuner as alarm cl ock Ope rat ion:     Sw itc h on Tu ner mode TUN ER TUN ER TUN ER TUN ER the n e .g . WDR 2 WDR 2 WDR 2 WDR 2     pr ess for 2 sec. Ope n A lar m Me nu By R DS ON By R DS ON By RD S O N By R DS ON         Sel ect menu poin t     /     Cha nge [...]

Operation 18 The Disc Play er The integral Di sc Player is a play-bac k device f or digita l audio and video m edia which comply with the universal DVD v ideo standa rd. The player provides playback of movies at genuine ci nema pictu re qu ality, a nd also offers stereo o r multi-c hannel sound (accord ing to m edium) . All the un ique features of [...]

19 Operation Using the Disc Play er to play audio CDs Ins ert ing an audi o C D Ope rat ion:     Sel ect Disc mode DIS C DIS C DISC DIS C the n e .g . NO DIS C NO DIS C NO DIS C NO DIS C     pr ess for 2 sec. Ope n dr aw er OP EN OP EN OP EN OP EN Ins er t a udio CD Sensor     Clo se d raw er a gain a nd star t p[...]

Operation 20 Play ing a t rack Ope rat ion: Sel ectin g a tra ck     Sel ect Disc mode DIS C DIS C DISC DIS C the n e .g . Sto p 1 6 Sto p 1 6 Stop 16 Sto p 1 6     Sta rt play back e.g . CD 1 CD 1 CD 1 CD 1     Res tart the curr ent tra ck, the n play pr eced ing trac ks e.g . CD 1 CD 1 CD 1 CD 1    [...]

21 Operation Cre ati ng a pl ay ba ck p rog ram for a C D The track sel ect program ena bles you to re-arrange the playing se quence o f the track s of an audio CD. To do this you must switch to progra mming mode with a long press o n the  bu tton. It is very easy to as sembl e the track selec t program with the help of the on-s creen m enu. Ens[...]

Operation 22 Play back v aria nts (R epe at T rack , R epea t D isc, Scan an d Sh uf fle) Ope rat ion: Wit h C D p lay ing . . .     pr ess re pea te dly Pre ss re peat edly unti l the desi red play bac k va rian t i s disp lay ed o n th e scr een     Act iva te in dicat ed pla y- back va rian t Ex pla nati on: Th e K6 offer[...]

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Operation 24 Using the Disc Play er to play DVDs Ins ert ing a D VD Ope rat ion:     Sel ect Disc mode DIS C DIS C DISC DIS C the n e .g . No DIS C No DIS C No DIS C No DIS C     pr ess for 2 sec. Ope n dr aw er OP EN OP EN OP EN OP EN Ins er t DV D Sensor     Clo se d raw er a gain a nd star t p lay back CLO SIN[...]

25 Operation Cal lin g up ad dit ion al D VD pla y er i nf orma tio n Ope rat ion: Wit h D VD play ing . . .     pr ess br ief ly Sw itc hes int egra l screen disp lay e.g. DVD 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 or e.g. DV D 0 - 10 DV D 0 - 10 DVD 0 - 10 DV D 0 - 10 Explanation: The inte gral screen sho ws which p assage of the in serted DVD i s curre[...]

Operation 26 Play ing a t itl e Ope rat ion: Se lec tin g a tit le     Sel ect Disc mode DIS C DIS C DISC DIS C then e.g. DVD 10 DVD 10 DVD 10 DVD 10     Sta rt play back e.g. DVD 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 or                 M ove to t itle wh ich you w ould like to selec t or  ?[...]

27 Operation Sear ch Ope rat ion: Wit h D VD play ing . . .     Sea rch forwar d (press rep eate dly if neces sary )     Sea rch back (pr ess re- peat edly if nec essar y) Op tion al : end sear ch b y p ressi ng:     Sw itc h pla yba ck o n or     Pau se mo de or     Sto p mo de Ex pla nat[...]

Operation 28 Cam era ang le Ope rat ion: with the ang le s y mbol s uper imp osed . . .     to     Enter the number of the desired camera angle or     pr ess for 2 sec. Call u p the c amera angl e symbol on the sc reen then     pr ess for 2 sec. , or     /     or    ?[...]

29 Operation Sub -t itl e lan gu age Ope rat ion: Wit h D VD play ing . . .     Open the select sub -title option then     Repeated b rief pres ses switch to the availa ble sub-titl es. Ex pla nati on: Generally speak ing, the sub -title la nguage is sele cted within the Disc me nu when you s tart the DVD. Please follow the [...]

Operation 30 Dis c M enu Fun cti on Ope rat ion: Wit h D VD play ing or sto ppe d . . .     press briefly Cal l up Di sc Me nu                 Mov e to men u point w hich y ou wi sh to sel ect or     to     Op tion al : ente r the de- sir ed men u po int dire ctly t[...]

31 Operation Play er Setup Ope rat ion:     pr ess for 2 sec. Open menu         Select m enu poi nt     /     Change menu point     Activate s electio n or     Leave menu Ex pla nati on: The purpose of the ' Player Setup Menu' is to enable you to adj ust t[...]

Operation 32 Using the Disc Play er to play other media Video-CD s (VCD) can be recogni sed b y the l ogo shown here. The VCD may contain one or more tracks , and each track may contain one or mo re chapt ers; t his depends on the type of material the DVD contains (fil ms, video clips, TV se ries etc.). For h istoric al reaso ns a titl e on the VCD[...]

33 Basic settings Basic settings for the K6 Ope rat ion:     press for 2 sec. Ope n Con fig urat ion Menu e.g . M- OS D ON M- OS D ON M - OS D ON M- OS D ON         Sel ect menu poin t     /     Cha nge menu poin t     Act iva te se lect ed p oint or     Leav e Con [...]

Basic settings 34 Configuration Menu OK OK OK OK STOP / / / / / OK   Select menu point Change value on of f english start menu link ed menu menu on on off off Configura tion english deutsch other languages link ed split S wi tc h TV o u t p ut f or O n - S c r e en m a i n m e n u o n / o f f : If you just wish to adjust the bala nce or tone [...]

35 Basic settings A ssistant Menu The purpose of the     Se tup Assistant is to help you set up your surround system correctly. If you follow the steps desc ribed below, the K6 will automa tically c alibrate your lo udspea kers with th e help of the meas uremen t microp hone s upplie d, and un der normal listening room conditi ons th is[...]

Basic settings 36 Loudspeaker Menu The purpose of the 'Loudspeaker Menu' is to distri bute the outpu t signa ls cor rectly to th e louds peakers which are prese nt in your s ystem. This proces s gene rally only ne eds to b e ca rried out when you f irst instal l the s ystem, if you add or replace i ndivid- ual l oudspe akers, or if th ere[...]

37 Basic settings Rear speaker: Set the si ze an d bass capability of the surround loud- speake rs. Selec t one o f the fol lowing setti ngs: *) n one if your syste m does not inc lude s urround speake rs. The surro und cha nnels are mixed onto the left and right m ain lou dspeak ers. Note Gen uine surr ound sound is not poss ible with out sur rou [...]

Basic settings 38 Loudspeaker Position Menu In the 'Loudspe aker Pos ition Menu' you can enter the correct di stanc e to the lis tening po sition for each loud- speake r separa tely (in 0.3 m inc rements ). This enabl es the s ystem to compe nsate fo r del ays du e to unequal distan ces fro m the li stenin g posit ion. Measure the dis tan[...]

39 Basic settings Loudspeaker Balance Menu If the DVD surround receiver is to supply a balanc ed sound image, i t is imp ortant to adjust the volume of the individua l chann els ca refully to e ach oth er. The 'Loudspeaker B alanc e Menu' is designed to set the exact levels of all channe ls. W hen you initia lly activate the ' Loudsp[...]

Basic settings 40 Tone adjust Menu The K6 DVD surround re ceiver fe atures an active (+/- 6dB) tone adjust s ystem. This is design ed to com- pensate for room influences or unfavourable loudspeaker positio ns on t he quali ty of reprod uction. Tone value s c an be adj usted s eparatel y fo r all the output channe ls us ed b y your s ystem, and the [...]

41 Basic settings Video Norm Menu In the world of video a w hole serie s of different video norms has beco me establi shed. The most im portant ar e Standard Video (also kno wn as FBAS, CVBS or Com- posite), S-Video (also known as Y/C or S-VHS), a nd RGB (Red/Green/Bl ue co mponen t video). The K6 sup- ports al l three o f these video norm s. To en[...]

Basic settings 42 Inputs Menu Four AV source d evices (providi ng picture and a na- logue sound signals) c an be co nnecte d to the DVD su r- round rec eiver; a lternati ve inpu t so ckets ca n be ass igned to th ese source devices o n the K6 ; the se inpu ts (co-a xial or optic al) are s uitable for digi tal sig nals. If the K6 is set up in this w[...]

43 Setting up Installati on Using the system for the fir st time Safety notes This section descr ibes all those m atters which are of fundam ental im portance when setting up and f irst using the equipment. T his inf orm ation is not relevant in daily use, but you s hould nevertheless read and note it be- fore using the equipment for the first tim [...]

Basic settings 44 A pproved usage This de vice is designed exclusively for reproducing sound and/or pictures in the domestic environment . It must be operated in a dry indoor room which meets all the reco mmenda tions s tated i n these instruc tions. W here the e quipme nt is to be used for othe r purposes , especi ally in the medical field or for [...]

45 Setting up Notes on w iring the s y stem: Be sure to pu sh a ll pl ugs firmly int o thei r soc kets. Loos e connections can cause hum and other unwanted noises. Before wiring up the system remove t he b ack pane l, which is s imply cli pped in place . Deploy al l m ains cable s, lo udspea ker c ables and re mote control c ables as far as possi b[...]

Basic settings 46 Rear panel connections     TA PE 1 (CINCH) Input / output sock ets to c onnec t an ana logue rec order (tape, ca ssette etc.).     A UX 1 (CINCH) Universal an alogue stereo s ound i nput.     A UX 2 (PHONO) (CINCH) Universal an alogue ste reo s ound input. This input can be upgraded to a Phono i[...]

47 Setting up     FM A NT - aeria l input The K6 features a 75 Ohm VHF aerial input (dom estic aerial o r cable).     STB (SCA RT 1) ) Socket for connecting a s et-top box (SAT or c able re- ceiver) with SCART connec tion 1) .     MA INS FUSE It is ess ential to use a rep lacem ent fuse ra ted exactly as printed [...]

Setting up 48 Ty pical w iring diagram: Standard arrangement (main room) Use of banana plugs: see the section entitled ' Rear panel connections ' .[...]

49 Setting up Ty pical w iring diagram: Connecting activ e loudspeakers[...]

Setting up 50 A djustment s at the TV set Your TV se t must be correct ly config ured in order to operate c orrectly with the K6 . The nece ssary setting s are as foll ows: Selecting the A V input You mus t se lect an AV inpu t on your TV set which supports the video norm you have set on th e K6 . Some 16:9 TV sets use a switching si gnal (pi n 8 o[...]

51 Setting up Ty pical w iring diagrams: Source device connection Connecting a digital rec order Connecting a n analogu e recorder Phono module (ty pe PHE) MM or MC (opt ional a cces- sory ) required. Connecting a turn table *) If a di gital output is present: Use a Cinch digital cab le or an op tical cabl e Connecting a set-top box[...]

Setting up 52 Ty pical w iring diagram: adjacent room operation The K6 can pro vide soun d in an adjace nt room. The K6 is s et up in th e main roo m ( Room A ), i.e. the room in which t he speakers connect ed to loudspea ker output     A are located . The adj acent room ( Room B ) houses the speakers which are connecte d to loudspeak e[...]

53 Setting up Dev ice approv al and conformity w ith EC directives In its ori ginal conditi on the un it meets all curre ntly valid German and European regu lations . It is approved for use as stip ulated within the EC. By attachin g the  s ymbol to the machine,     de- clares i ts conf ormity with the EC directives 89/336/EEC , amen[...]

Appendix 54 A ppendix A Trouble-shooting Many proble ms have a s imple cause a nd a corre spond- ingly sim ple so lution. The fo llowing sectio n des cribe s a few di fficulti es you m ay encounter, and the measures you need to take to cure the m. If you fin d it i mposs ible to solve a problem with t he help of these notes pl ease di sconne ct the[...]

55 Appendix Cause 3: K6 not set to surrou nd mod e. Remedy : Set to su rround mo de, or sel ect one of the sou nd field s. Cause 4: Programme con tains no inform ation on the auxiliary cha nnels (e.g. stere o m a- terial). Remedy : If you wish, ca ll up th e 'Main Menu' and select a soun d field. Cause 5: The level for th e ch annel affec[...]

Appendix 56 Problem: When play ing an NTSC-DVD the on - screen me nu is disto rted. Cause: The TV s et does not fea ture automatic format detection for NT SC, and has been se t manua lly to NTSC. The K6's on-scree n menus are only gen erated in PAL format, so t his operati on is not possib le. Remedy : Use a TV set w ith a utomati c PAL / NTSC[...]

57 Appendix Problem: The picture is to o small, or not show n comple tely (cut off). Cause 1: The DVD in th e drawer is not s et to th e video fo rmat ( 4:3 or 16:9 ) of the con- nected TV set. Remedy : Set t he c orrect vide o forma t in the 'Player Setup Menu' . Cause 2: Many DVDs contain film versions in different vid eo formats on the[...]

Appendix 58 A ppend ix B Pin assignments SCA RT View from ou tside VCR / TB B S ET T OP B OX TV Pin RGB / Video S-Video RGB / Video S-Video RGB / Video S-Video 1 Audio Out (R) Audio Out (R) --- --- Audio Out (R) Audio Out (R) 2 Audio I n (R) Audio In (R) Audio In (R) Audi o In (R) Audio In (R) Audio In (R) 3 Audio Out (L) Audio Out (L) --- --- Audi[...]

59 Appendix A ppend ix C Specification Connections AV sock ets SCART 3 Video: RGB, S-VIDEO, CVBS Audio: Ste reo AV sock ets Cinch 1 Vid eo: CVBS Audio: Ste reo Audio in puts Cinch 2 Anal ogue Ste reo 1 x phono (opti onal) Digital i nputs optical coaxial 1 Multi-cha nnel an d Stereo-PCM (SP/DIF), 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz 2 Multi-channel and Stere o-PCM ([...]

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