Arcam AV888 manual

A VR600 / A V888 HANDBOOK A VR surround amplifier / A V proc essor               ?[...]

E-2 saf ety guidelines Impor tant safety instructions is p rodu ct is de signed a nd ma nufact ured t o meet strict quality and safety stan dards. H owever , you sho uld be aware o f the following in stallation and o peration precaut ions . 1. T ake heed of warnings and instructions Y ou sho uld r ead all the safety and o perati ng ins truction [...]

Fr ançais F-1 c on si gne s de séc urit é Instructions de sécurité impor tantes Cet ap par eil a ét é conçu et fab riqué conf ormém ent a ux normes de qualit é et de sécurité les plus strictes. V o us devez cependant observer les préca utions qui s uivent lors de son in stallation et de son utilisatio n. 1. A vertissements et consigne[...]

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E-3 English we lco m e an k you a nd con gra tula tion s for pu rc hasi ng you r A rca m FMJ A VR600 surro und a mpl ier o r A V888 A V pro cessor . A rca m has been p rod ucin g specia list a udio p rod ucts of rem ark ab le qual ity f or over t hr ee decad es and t he new FMJ pr oducts a re t he la test i n a lon g lin e of a war d winn ing[...]

E-4 e A VR600 surround amplier and A V888 A V processor are both designed to produce a level of perfo rmance that will truly bring music and movies to life . e A VR600 is a high-qual ity a nd high-perf orma nce hom e-cinem a pr ocessor and a mp lier b uilt t o Arc am ’ s quality design and ma nufacturing standa rds. e closely rela [...]

E-5 English Placing the unit < Place the unit on a level , rm surface, avoidin g direct sunlight and sour ces of heat o r damp . < Do not place the unit o n top of a pow er amplier o r other source o f heat. < Do no t place the uni t in a n encl osed space such a s a bookcase or closed cabinet unless ther e is good pr ovisi on f or v[...]

E-6 Dolby V olume Man ufactured under license from Dolb y Labora tories. Dolby and the doubl e-D symbol are trademarks o f Dolby Laborato ries. Dolby T rue HD, Digital , Digital Plus, PL IIx Man ufactured under license from Dolb y Laboratories. Dolb y , Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol a re trademarks of Dolb y Lab orator ies. D TS-HD Master Audi[...]

E-7 English NO TE Ple ase rea d th e ‘ Pl acin g t he u ni t ’ , ‘P ow er ’ a nd ‘In terco nnect cables ’ sections on page 5 befor e connecting up yo ur A VR600 or A V888! V oltage select Ensu re the vol tage sel ected matc hes your local power su pply re ar pa nel connectors           [...]

E-8 a udi o /video connections Befor e con necting y our A VR600 or A V888 an d powe r am plie r (e.g. the Ar cam P777 ) to y our so urce com ponen ts and speak ers, p lease r ead thr ough the next f ew page s which will expla in all th e inp ut a nd out put connectivity tha t is availab le. e ‘S peakers ’ section e xplain s ho w to co nn[...]

E-9 English Zone 3 connectors Z3 OUT Connect th ese an alogue a udio ou tpu ts to y our Zone 3 eq uip men t. See ‘M ulti-r oom Setu p ’ on pa ge 48 for inf ormation. Zone 2 connectors Z2 AUDIO OUT , Z2 VIDEO OUT Connect th ese an alogue a udio and video ou tp uts t o you r Zone 2 equipm ent. See ‘M ulti- room Setup ’ on pa ge 48 for infor m[...]

E-10                 ?[...]

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E-12                                                      ?[...]

E-13 English                                                  [...]

E-14 radio connectors                 NO TE e A VR600 provides po wer for the Siri us receiver , so a[...]

E-15 English FM Connecting an aerial A sui table FM aerial mus t be connected to the A VR600 before FM radio can be received. I n stron g signal ar eas , the FM ribbon aerial s upp lied can be used wi th reaso nabl e res ults. Mo un t this a s high u p as possib le on a wall wi th the t op of the ‘T ’-elements positio ned verticall y or h orizo[...]

E-16 ot her connectors Data connectors rLead/rDock For u se with an Arcam rLead or rDock accessory . See page 13 an d the acc essory documen t atio n fo r details. RS232 serial connector U se with co ntro l device s hav ing an RS 232 serial po rt (fo r exam ple, Cres tro n and AMX to uch scr een con tro llers). is co nnection is also used for up[...]

E-17 English T rigger connectors e trigger connectors ( TRIG Z1 , TRI G Z2 and TRIG Z3 ) pr ovide an el ectrical signal whenever the am plier is switched o n and the relevan t zone enabled. e trigg er signal can be u sed to switch o n and o co mpatible piece s of h ome e nte rtainmen t equi pmen t, f or exa mp le, y ou could set up a tr[...]

E-18 speakers Connecting speakers – A VR600 only e A VR600 allows you to con nect up to seven speakers and three acti ve su bwoo fer s in the main s ystem. e ou tpu t cha nnels corr espond to speak ers in stalled in the fron t le, centre, fro nt right, surr ound le, surroun d right, surroun d back le, surround back right a nd an ac[...]

E-19 English         Fr ont left and right P osition your fr ont le a nd right speakers to achiev e a good ster eo imag e fo r norm al mu sical rep rodu ction as well a s fo r the m ultic hanne l modes. If they are placed t oo close t ogethe r ther e will be a la ck o f spacio usnes s; if th ey ar e p[...]

E-20 Operating y our A VR600 or A V888 Fo r inf orma tion d ispla y we reco mmend y ou u se the OSD (On-Screen Disp lay) o n yo ur dis pla y device whenev er possi ble. Switching on Pr ess the fron t pan el pow er bu tto n in. e pow er LED will glo w ora nge , the fr ont disp lay s hows the wo rd ‘ ARCAM ’ , followed by the v olume setting a[...]

E-21 English Using Z one 2 and 3 Zone 2 pro vides the op tion for the occupa nts of the master bedroom, con ser vatory , kitchen, etc. to view or listen to a dier ent sour ce at a dier ent vol ume level from the main zo ne (Zone 1). Zone 3 pro vides for a third li ving space to hav e a copy of the audio signal in Zone 2 a t a dieren t volu[...]

E-22 Remote co ntrol receiver . is is positio ned behi nd the display windo w , above the MENU b utt on o n the fron t panel. Ensur e the receiver is in a clear line o f sigh t from the r emot e con tro l for opera tion. If th is is not possib le, use a separa te sen sor co nnected t o the Z1 IR inpu t on the rear pan el. fro nt p ane l operatio[...]

E-23 English Inser ting batteries int o the remote c ontrol 1. Open the batt er y compartmen t by pr essing the but ton on the back o f the handset. 2. I nsert four ‘ AAA ’ batt eries into the bat tery compa rtment – two facing the top o f the unit, and two facing the end , as in the diagram. 3. Low er the end cap on to the plastic locating p[...]

E-24 e CR102 remain s in the last selected Dev ice Mode so it is not necessary to pr ess a Device Mode key before every command key if all you ar e doing is pla ying or skipp ing tracks on a CD , for example . Navigation k eys e N av igatio n key s steer the curso r in Set up men us o r on- screen menu s. ey also re plica te the na viga ti[...]

E-25 English Con trolling other devic es Method 1 (Direct code setup) is section describes the simplest (pr eferred) way t o pr ogram th e CR102’ s Device M ode keys to co ntr ol the non-Ar cam devices in your system.              < Some of the modes ar e l oc k ed t o A rca [...]

E-26  AMP Device Mode e A Device M ode bu tto n co ngur es the CR 102 to con tro l the A VR600/A V888. P ress ing thi s bu tto n does not a ect the cur rently selected in put on the A VR600/ A V888. IMPOR T ANT : e CR102 must also be in AMP Device Mode to co ntrol the f ollowing sources: PHONO , MCH (multicha nnel analogue), AU[...]

E-27 English   DVD Devic e Mode e d Device M ode bu tto n co ngur es the CR 102 to contr ol the DVD functions o f Arcam D VD players, altho ugh this can be c hang ed (see pag e 25). Pres sing this but ton also selects DVD as the A VR600/A V888 source. P T oggles p ower between standb y and on 0 … 9 Searc hes f or a nd pla ys the tr[...]

E-28   SA T Device Mode e z Device M ode bu tto n co ngur es the CR 102 to con trol the functions of a sa tellite recei ver . Y ou will need to cong ure th is Device M ode to wo rk wi th you r equipm ent. Pre ssing this but ton also selects S AT as the A VR600/A V888 source. P T oggles p ower between standb y and on 0 … 9 Functi[...]

E-29 English   VCR Device Mode e w Device M ode bu tto n co ngur es the CR 102 to co ntr ol the function s of a video r ecor der o r simila r device. Y ou will need t o con gure this Device Mode to wor k with your equip men t. Pr essin g this but ton also selects VCR as the A VR600/A V888 s ource. P T oggles p ower between standb [...]

E-30  CD Device Mode e c Device M ode bu tto n co ngur es the CR 102 to co ntr ol the CD functio ns o f Ar cam CD play ers, although this can be chang ed (see page 25). Pressing this but ton also selects CD as the A VR600/A V888 source. P T oggles p ower between standb y and on. 0 … 9 Function s as original remote n umber key . PHONO [...]

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E-32 Befor e yo u use yo ur A VR600 or A V888 it i s essen tial that yo u enter some inf ormation in to the Setup men us about yo ur speaker conguratio n. is allows the unit to p rocess an y surr ound sound d igital so urce t o exactl y matc h your system a nd give you the ultima te surroun d sound experience. ere ar e three pieces of vita[...]

E-33 English a ut o s pea k er se tup Auto speak er setup ere is a p roprietary aut omatic lou dspeaker setup functio n buil t in to yo ur A VR600 or A V888. e Arcam A uto Speake r Setup function at tem pts to set all the essen tial speak er settin gs fo r all the speaker s in yo ur syst em. I t also calculat es r oom equal isatio n (Roo m EQ[...]

E-34 set up m enu s e Setu p men us allow y ou t o con gure all aspects o f your A VR600 or A V888. e next few pages will go thro ugh the m enu item s and expla in their function. e Setup men us will probably look q uite daun ting if you ar e new to setting up ho me ci nema, b ut th e ma jority of them need only be congur ed once whe[...]

E-35 English Input Config . e a udio a nd video settin gs on this pag e of th e Setu p menu can be tailo red speci cal ly a nd in dependen tl y to the curren tly selected in put . When a dier ent in put is selected on the In put lin e, all the in pu t-specic setting s fo r that inp ut a re di spla yed below it. ese settings a re ap p[...]

E-36 Sub Stereo – If Le/Right+S ub or Sat+S ub is selected in Ster eo Mode above , this setting adjusts the level o f the subw oofer when the source is two cha nnel ster eo. Brightness – Sets th e video b rightn ess f or this inp ut. is set ting ca n be used t o com p ensa te f or a n ov erly dark or b right so urce pictu re o n this i np[...]

E-37 English loud ) vol ume ex ceeds thi s value . I t is sto red in memo r y and recalled each time the unit is pow ered up . Audio In iPod – I f you hav e an iP od connected to the A VR600/A V888 usin g an Ar cam rDock or rLead, thi s contr ol allows you t o set which audio inp ut is used. Auto Setup A uto Speaker Setup o f your loud speakers a[...]

E-38 V ideo Inputs Setting s to o ptio nally as sign a vi deo sour ce to each o f the no rmally a udio-only inp uts. ese settings are st ored in memo r y and recalled each time the unit is power ed up . Video Input T ape – Video Input CD – Video Input Aux – Vide o Input AM / FM – Vide o Input Phono – Video Input MCH – Video Input iPo[...]

E-39 English Out 1 & 2 Resolution – is setting con trol s the out put resol ution when both HDMI o utpu ts are used sim ultan eousl y . is set ting i s only valid if Outp ut Switc hing is set to Outp ut 1 & 2. < e dropdown lis t shows all the resolu tions tha t the video p roces sor can out pu t. Resol utio ns tha t ar e not s[...]

E-40 Introduction Y our A VR600 r eceiv er or A V888 pr e-am p p rov ides all the k ey decoding and p roces sing m odes fo r anal ogue and digital signals, includin g the latest high deni tion audio fo rmats ov er HDMI. Modes for digital sourc es Digital recordin gs are usually encoded to incl ude informa tion about their f ormat type. e unit[...]

E-41 English High resolution audio sources Dolby T rue-HD Pro vides up to 7.1 full channel a t 96kHz, 24bi t resolutio n, with potentially no losses in the comp ressio n process. Data ra tes can be up to 18Mbps. Dolby Digital Pl us Pro vides up to 7.1 discrete c hannels of a udio with less com pres sion than traditional Dolb y Digital encoding. Dat[...]

E-42 Dol b y v ol ume Dolb y V olum e is a sophis ticat ed new techn ology tha t re solves the p robl em of dier en t vol ume lev els betw een pr ogram me co nte nt (e.g. a TV show and advert b reaks) and between sources (e.g. a rock radio s tatio n and DVD , or betw een two TV stations). I t lets the listener en joy everything at the same pr ef[...]

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E-44 tu ner operation T uner – A VR600 only e A VR600 is  tted with a n int ernal AM/ FM tun er . Depending on your loca tion, it ma y also be tted with a D AB tu ner (E uro pe) or Siriu s sat ellit e radio connecti on (Americas). Sirius req uires the purc hase of the ‘ Sirius Connect™ H ome T uner ’ kit a nd S irius s ubscrip tion[...]

E-45 English Operation In a dditio n to the cha nnel and p reset selection, previous ly mention ed, you can also cycle through the sta tion ca teg ories ( Rock, P op, Co untry , etc.) using the ] and [ k eys. e r st sta tion in eac h cat egory is display ed. Y ou can then scroll through other sta tions in that particular catego ry using the D[...]

E-46 netw ork / usb operation e A VR600 and A V888 ar e t ted with a netwo rk a udio c lien t which is capable o f playing in ternet radio statio ns a s well as sto red mu sic on a netw ork s tora ge device such as a PC, or fro m a USB ash drive. For in formatio n on installing the A VR600 or A V888 on your netwo rk, see page 16. e unit[...]

E-47 English XLR balanced line outputs – A V888 only e A V888 pr ocessor pro vides XLR co nnector s fo r each of seven channe ls, to an XLR -e quipped am plier (e.g. the Arcam P777). r ee XLR subwoof er outp uts are pro vided in addition. RIGHT , LEFT , CENTRE Connect th ese to th e equi valen t (Righ t, Le a nd Centr e) fron t channe[...]

E-48 Zone 2 and 3 con trol outputs e A VR600 and A V888 also allo w r emot e con tro l from Zones 2 and 3. Z2 IR and Z3 IR is allo ws the A VR600/A V888 to be contr olled remotel y from Zone 2 or Zone 3 via Infra- red r emo te co ntr ol. Con nect a rem ote I R recei ver in Zone 2 or Zo ne 3 to allow con trol of the A VR600/A V888 fro m these [...]

E-49 English                                            [...]

E-50 Code L earning e CR1 02 com es with a com plet e lib rary of pr epr ogrammed codes. A er yo u ha ve set up the CR102 for your device, you ma y nd that there a re one o r mor e functions on yo ur original remote which d o not hav e a place on the CR102 keypad. F or con venience, the CR102 oers a Code Learning feat ure that allows y [...]

E-51 English Exampl e: T o deassig n the M acro as sociat ed with the h key 1. Pr ess and hold S un til the power LED blinks twice: * * . 2. Pr ess 9 9 5 . 3. Pr ess h . 4. Pr ess and hold S until th e pow er LED b links twic e: * * . V olume punch-through V olume punc h-thro ugh mea ns tha t, no mat ter wh ich Device Mode is selected, the CR102 co[...]

E-52 Mode Mov er If yo ur home en tertainment setup co ntains devices of the same type (e.g. two TVs, p erhaps fro m dieren t man ufactu rers ) you can s till con trol both tho se devices with the CR102. Y ou simply need to r eassign an unus ed Device M ode k ey . NO TE Before using M o de Mo ver , make sure both the source and des tination Devi[...]

E-53 English De vi ce c odes e tab les tha t begin on pa ge 58 ( in the n al section of this Ha ndbook) list the four -gure codes for dier ent manufact urers ’ de vices. U s e these when setting your CR102 up to co ntr ol yo ur devices, as described in Method 1 (see page 25). If mo re than one code n umber is list ed, try the r st [...]

E-54 trouble - shooting Problem Check that... ere are no lights o n the unit < the power co rd is pl ugged into the unit a nd the mains socket it is pl ugged into is swi tched on. < the power bu tton is p ressed in. If a red LED is p resent, the uni t is in standby mode. P ress an y but ton on the fron t panel or rem ote con trol. e uni[...]

E-55 English Problem Check that... Sound only comes from some of the speakers < you ha ve an a ppro priate surr ound source selected and pla ying. < the DVD disc is encoded in the ap prop riate fo rmat, and the corr ect format has been selected in the disc start menu of the DVD pla yer (if ap plicable). < the DVD pla yer has been set to ou[...]

E-56 Continuous power out put (20Hz—20kH z at 0.05% THD), per channel (A VR600 only) 2 channels dri ven 150W All channels driv en 120W THD at full rated pow er <0.2% Residual noise & h um <0.25mV unwe ighted 20Hz – 22kHz Inputs Phono in put: In put sensiti vity at 1kHz 5mV In put im pedance 47kΩ Signal/noise ratio (CCIR, 65W) 88dB O[...]

E-57 English pro duct guarantee W orldwide Guarantee is en titles yo u to h ave the uni t re paired free o f cha rge, durin g the r st two year s aer pur chase, at any au thorised Arca m distri but or p rov ided tha t it was o riginally p urc hased from an a utho rised Ar cam deal er or distrib uto r . is is extend ed by a further thr e[...]

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