Adcom GTP-860 manual

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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S WELCOME .................................................. 2 S A F E T Y I N F O R M A T I O N ..................................... 4 INTRODUCTION & UNP ACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 W A R R A N T Y I N F O R M A T I O N ................................. 5 DESCRIPTION OF UNIT F[...]

THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ARE REQUIREMENTS OF UL AND CSA SAFETY REGULATIONS Warning: To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. The graphi c symb ol of a li ghtnin g as h wit h an arro w point within a tria ngle signie s that ther e is da ngerou s volta ge with in the u [...]

ADCOM GTP-860 OWNER’S MANUAL | 5 INTROD UCTION Congratul ations on your decision to purchase the ADCOM GTP-860 tuner-preampli fier . The GTP-860 provides Dolby Digital and DTS decod ing with 7.1 output channels, as well as a 5.1 analog bypa ss and the RDS radio data system. These features and ADCOM’ s legendary quality pro vide the heart of you[...]

[ 1 ] P ower Bu tton [ 2 ] Displa y Butt on [ 3 ] FM Mut e/High Blend Button [ 4 ] Memory Butto n [ 5 ] T un er Up/ Down Bu ttons [ 6 ] T un e/Pres et But ton [ 7 ] Displa y Wind ow [ 8 ] V olume Knob [ 9 ] Headp hone Ou tput & V ideo 5 Inpu t [ 10 ] Surro und Bac ks But ton [ 11 ] Input Select or But tons [ 12 ] Surro und Mod e Butt on [ 13 ] [...]

1.1 Interfa ce Over v iew The GTP-860’ s front panel is designed for ease of operat ion. All co ntrols are lo gically grouped for easy , intuit ive ope ration. Familia rize yo urself with the pre ced- ing diagram and read the short explanation s of each fea- ture below . When you fin ish, you will be well on your way to enjoying the GTP-860’ s [...]

Howeve r , very weak radio station signal s may be sup- presse d by the muting circuit. If such a very weak station is in ste reo it will have a hig h level of backgroun d hiss. Switch ing to Mono Mode and disengagi ng the muting cir- cuit by depressing the FM Mute/High Blend button will allow the station to be hear d and will cancel most or al l o[...]

search mode. When tuned accura tely to a station, “TUNED ” will light up in the displa y . [ 6 ] T une/P reset Button The T une/P re set but ton tog gles be tween the P res et and T une mo de. Whe n P rese t mode is selected, “PRESE T” lights up in the displa y area. R efer to the T uner Up/Down button [5] descript ion for more informa tion[...]

switch ing is indepe ndent of the composi te/S video signal and does not support on-scree n displ ay messa ges. ext 5.1: Selects the multi-cha nnel output signal from a DVD pla yer or extern al deco der sou rce (su ch as DVD- Audio) conne cted to the ext 5.1 inpu t as the active input. NOTE: No ext 5.1 audi o signa l is availabl e from the headphon[...]

ADCOM GTP-860 OWNER’S MANUAL | 11 [ 14 ] Antenn a Conn ection s [ 15 ] Pream p Outp uts [ 16 ] Auxili ary Ou tputs [ 17 ] Monit or Outp uts [ 18 ] Vi deo/An alog Au dio Inp uts & Ou tputs [ 19 ] Compo nent V ide o Inp uts & Ou tput [ 20 ] Multi -Zone Source Output s [ 21 ] T ape In puts an d Outpu ts [ 22 ] CD Ana log Inp uts [ 23 ] Exter[...]

1.2 Inputs & Out puts Sy stem Connectio tns Like the front panel, the GTP-860’ s rear pa nel is carefu lly arran ged to make hookup, confi guration, and use as sim- ple as possible. Howeve r , the GTP-860’ s ca pabilities take some study to use mos t effec tively . W e strongly sugges t that you read this se ction of the manual before begin[...]

ADCOM GTP-860 OWNER’S MANUAL | 13 The video signal availab le on the S-Vid eo and Vi deo Compos ite out puts is depe ndent on the select ed video input (V ideo 1, Vi deo 2, Vid eo 3, Vid eo 4, Vid eo 5). Howeve r , when one of the audio- only sources is sel ected (FM, AM, CD, T ape Mon itor or ext 5.1) the las t selec ted video signal from one of[...]

14 | ADCOM GTP-860 OWNER’S MANUAL 75 ground AM ground antenna FM 12V DC triggers room3 out in out CD in aux2 aux1 IR sensor output room2 power ~ AC fuse TIAL 250V Model: GTP-506 Voltage: 120V ~ Frequency: 60 Hz power consumption: 50W max 10 Timber Lane Marlboro N.J. 07746 USA R L serial # tape ext IR sensor IR sensor 300 switched 500VA ma x unswi[...]

[ 23 ] Extern al 5.1 A nalog Inputs Input s for the multi-cha nnel au dio sig nals fro m an exter- nal decoder , such as an SAC D or DVD-Audi o playe r with integr ated decoder . Us e two twin RCA-to-R CA lea ds to connec t the decoder ’ s front left and right ‘Audio Outputs’ to the Fr ont lef t and right inputs, and the decoder ’ s Surrou [...]

[ 29 ] Source selectors [ 30 ] P ower button [ 31 ] Input selectors [ 32 ] Mute button [ 33 ] d. range [dynamic range] button [ 34 ] V olume Up/Down buttons [ 35 ] Mode button [ 36 ] Play button [ 37 ] P ause button [ 38 ] Stop button [ 39 ] Arrow buttons [ 40 ] Select button [ 41 ] Direct Access K eypad [ 42 ] T est button [ 43 ] Bal (balance chec[...]

REMO TE CON TROL 2.1 Overv iew of the GRC-800 The GRC-800 remote contr ol is a lea rning remote control that is capable of saving commands for all remote controls in your home th eater system. In this way , you may elimi- nate the confusion of using multiple remotes . Al though such power comes with some added complexi ty , the com- plexit y is min[...]

[ 32 ] Mute Button In all mo des , th is butt on is preprog rammed to mut e out- puts of device. Mute does not aff ect rec ordings made using the T ape outputs but will aff ect the signal going to the P reamp Outputs . When the unit is in mute mode, any adjust ment of the V ol ume Con trol on the front panel [8] will release the muting, i.e. the or[...]

[ 42 ] T est Bu tton P ressi ng the test button engage s the test signal generat or to allow for ad justment of all spe aker levels, so tha t each channe l can be adjusted for equal loudness at your listen- ing position . The tes t signa l cycle s autom atically with 3- second interv als fro m Fron t Left, Center , Front Right, R ear Right , Back R[...]

continued on opposite 2.2 Remote F unc tion T able This table supplem ents the inf ormation you’ve just read. Use it to quick ly revi ew butt on func tions. The control ler’ s capabi lities are extensive and may be somew hat int imi- dating at first. However , you will soon find that it s logic al button arran gement and pr ogramming capabi lit[...]

ADCOM GTP-860 OWNER’S MANUAL | 21 B UT T ON S R IG H T D OW N L EF T S EL E CT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 + 10 T ES T B AL B AC K S R EP E A T R AN D OM A M F M P RE / TU N E R DS T UN I NG U P T UN I NG D OW N M 1 M 2 M 3 M 4 S LE E P B LA C KL I GH T D IM M ai n O SD R ig h t S e l ec t O SD S cr o ll D o wn O SD L ef t Se l e ct O SD “ En t er ” [...]

2.3 Progr am ming Y our ADCO M GRC-8 00 Remo te Cont roller The ADCOM univer sal rem ote con troller operates eight dif- ferent audio/ video component s. As you’ve alread y seen, it’ s pr eprogramme d to control ADCO M’ s GTP-860 P reamp / T uner and the GCD-70 0/750 CD play ers. In additi on, it has seven “compon ent memo ry ban ks” avai[...]

R e pe at S tep s 3 t hro ug h 5 f or a ny o the r co mm an ds y ou w ant to tea ch you r A DCO M re mo te f or t ha t so urc e co mp on ent . Save the commands you’ve just progra mmed in to the ADCOM remot e by pressing and holding the appropria te source select or and select button s simult aneously . Hol d until the status LED and source selec[...]

For example , if the m1 butto n is programm ed in Group 1 mo de to turn on the TV , turn on the au dio rec eiver , tu rn on the VCR, and then turn on the satell ite rec eiver , it will perfor m the same series of commands wheneve r the m1 button is pre ssed IF main, vid 1, vid 2, or vid 3 sources are selected at the time you select that macro. If y[...]

* MAIN POWER ON 0010 1010 84 * MAIN POWER OF F 1010 1010 85 * DOLB Y PRO LOGIC 0111 0000 14 * SYMP HONY H ALL 1111 0000 15 * 2 CH ANNEL STERE O 1111 0010 79 * 5 CH ANNEL STERE O 0111 0010 78 * DOLB Y PL II MOVIE 0011 1010 92 * DOLB Y PL II MUSIC 1011 1010 93 * DOLB Y PL II P ANORAMA 0111 10 10 94 * DOLB Y PL II MA TRIX 1111 1010 95 * Dela y Front 5[...]

OPER A TION & SETU P After conne cting your hom e theat er, you may elect to config ure the GTP-8 60 to the specific speake r arran ge- ment and dimensio ns of your system. The procedure s descri bed in this section demon strate how to use the GT P- 860’s on screen display to enter this information . Once comple te, th e GTP-86 0 stor es this[...]

result s, star t with the Left channel set at 0dB and to match the other channel s to it. Normally, if the Rig ht speak er is located at the same dis tance from the list ening positi on to the Left speaker it should be set at the sa me level as the Lef t speak er. Press the Test button again to lea ve or cancel the Test mode; any changes will be me[...]

Scrol l throug h the preset delay time options and select the desired time. When both delays have been entered, choose “SAVE & EXIT” to save the set tings and ret urn to the Main Menu. In Dolby Digital surrou nd mode , the rear channel delay time can be set from 0ms to 15m s with 1ms incremen ts. The center channel can also be del ayed up t[...]

ately limite d in dynamic range and frequenc y bandwi dth for the surround channel and thus only requires speaker s of far lesser capabiliti es com pared to the front channel s. Dolby Digita l, howe ver, is a full range system with two indepe ndent surround channe ls and with dynamic s equal to that of the front channe ls. For this reason it is adv[...]

3. 5 Sur ro und S pea ke r Pla cem en t surround rear left surround rear right front left front right center surround rear left surround rear right front left front right center surround back right surround back left surround rear left surround rear right front left front right center surround back right surround back left This speaker setting is p[...]

2-3 ft. surround rear left Note: If space permits, install surrounds 2-3 feet above viewers.This helps to minimize localization effects. 3.6 Input Settin gs Input Setting s shows inform ation about the cu rrent state of operation of the GT P-860, and repeats much of the same informa tion shown on the GTP-860 ’ s front panel. This menu should be t[...]

T ro ubl esh oot ing T ip Y our GT P-8 60’ s circ uit ry is b uil t arou nd ad van ced mi cro pro ces sor s. T he GT P-86 0 may e xhi bit oc cas iona l ano mal ies a risi ng fr om AC line s urg es, et c. If y ou ex per ienc e une xpe cte d beh avio r , or if the GT P-8 60 “l ock s up” an d doe s not r esp ond to cont rol i nput , res et it b [...]

No sound No sound on one channe l No sound on sur round channels No sound on cen ter cha nnel “Dolb y Digit al” OR “DTS” auto- detect ion fun ction does not work W eak bass/Di ffuse stereo image R emote contro l hands et not workin g No sound with tuner Noise , hiss on AM an d FM Disto rtion on FM Whistl es or buzzes on FM & AM Whistl e[...]

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GTP-860 SPECIFICA TIONS Input Impedance A u d i o . ............................................................................... 5 0 k Ω V i d e o ................................................................................. 7 5 Ω Output Impedance A u d i o . ...............................................................................[...]

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