Bryston SP1.7PRECISION manual

SP1 .7 SERIES INSTRUCTIONS FOR BR YSTON SP1.7 PRECISION PREAMPLIFIER/PROCESSOR[...]

IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with ar rowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to aler t the user to the presence of un-insu- lated “dangerous voltage “ within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an eq[...]

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 a. Using the Dynamic Range Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Rear Panel Input and Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 12 a. Setting the Optical Input Assign . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

ACCESSORIES In the carton you should have found the following accessories in addition to the SP1.7: 1 Bryston SP1.7 Instruction Manual 1 Bryston Safety Manual 1 IEC standard power cord 1 SP1.7 Infrared R emote Control unit with backlight and battery installed It is VER Y IMPOR T ANT that you read and completely understand the Bryston Safety Manual [...]

3 POWER The SP1.7 uses a dual mode electrical power system. In the electrical power input module located on the right hand side of the rear panel, adjacent to the IEC power cord socket is a large computer-style switch that controls the main electrical power to the unit. This is the ONL Y switch that actually completely turns off all power to the un[...]

FRONT P ANEL CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS When looking at the front panel of the SP1.7 you will see the following controls and displays from left to right: 1. P ower [Momentary Switch] T oggling this switch up or down takes the unit in and out of its’ Standby power mode. 2. Standby and (IR) Infrared Activity Indicator If this LED is continuously red,[...]

5 USING THE DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL For the majority of applications this switch should be placed and remain in the middle or NORM position. For late night viewing or at any time you wish to reduce the overall dynamic range of a program the switch may be set to the “LA TE” (down) position. If you wish to turn off all of the software’ s built-in[...]

6. Menu Control Buttons These three buttons labeled “<”, “>”, and “SEL” (SELECT) are used to control the menu/setup functions displayed on the LCD. To enter a menu mode, you can press any one of these buttons. This will bring up the main menu. Navigating any menu or sub-menu is done using the two arrow (< >) buttons. Once th[...]

7 MODE SELECTION BUTTONS: 8. Digital Mode and Indicator This button operates as a three-way toggle function. The LED immediately above the button has two colors - RED and GREEN, and an OFF mode where it is not illuminated. When Digital Mode is selected, the decoder will automatically default to a digital signal for the selected input if one is pres[...]

10. Stereo and Stereo Downmix Mode If this button is selected and the supplied bitstream is more than 2 channels, the decoder will automatically implement a stereo downmix. Otherwise, analog or digital two channel signals are passed as conventional stereo. 11. Mono and Mono Downmix Modes If this button is selected and the supplied bitstream is more[...]

9 12. THX Button Pressing this button will engage the SP1.7’ s default THX listening mode. The default mode is selected using the “EX Control” menu (see page 26). NO TE: THX Surr ound EX ™ decoding is only a vaila ble in the THX listening mode . If the “EX Control” Option is set to OFF , selecting this function (LED green) will automati[...]

13. Mode Button This button is used to select one of 13 effects for synthesizing surround sound with 2-channel source material. Pressing the button repeatedly will scroll through the modes: Av ailable with THX Listening Mode… ■ PLII Film ■ Pro Logic ■ NEO:6 Cinema Av ailable with Surround Listening Mode… ■ PLII Film ■ PLII Music ■ P[...]

11 14. Bypass Button This button operates as a three way toggle function. The LED immediately above the button has two colors - RED and GREEN, and an OFF mode where it is not illuminated. The options are Bypass 2ch, Bypass 5.1ch, and Bypass Of f. Press the button once, and the unit goes in the Bypass 2ch mode. In this mode, the LED will be GREEN. I[...]

REAR P ANEL INPUT AND OUTPUT CONNECTIONS 1. Balanced and 2. Unbalanced Outputs The SP1.7 offers both balanced (5.1) and unbalanced (7.1) outputs for power amplifiers or powered loudspeaker systems. The type you select to use will be determined by the input configuration of your amplifiers or self- powered loudspeakers. NO TE: XLR and RCA connectors[...]

13 5. T OSLINK Digital Audio Optical Inputs The SP1.7 offers two assignable TOSLINK optical inputs. These can be designated to any input using the OS menu (“Other Settings”)on the LCD screen. Please note that if you choose to assign an optical input to an input with a coaxial input, the coaxial will be over-ridden and the optical input signal w[...]

7. R emote 12V T rigger Outputs T wo trigger outputs are provided. The output labeled “ON/OFF” provides a 12V voltage level whenever the unit is fully powered up. When the unit goes into standby , the level is 0 V olts. The output labeled “AUX” is programmable from the LCD menu as described below . This means that the termi- nal supplies th[...]

15 10. IEC P ower Connector 11. Fuses Please note that the Analog and Digital power supplies are fused separately . Replace fuses ONL Y with an exact equivalent to avoid damage to the SP1.7. 12. Master P ower Switch THE SP1.7 REMOTE CONTROL The SP1.7 from the Remote Control can operate all front panel operations, with the addition of several functi[...]

3. Mode Select Buttons These buttons (THX, SURR, DIG, STEREO, MODE) are used to change the SP1.7 decoding mode, and function exactly like their equivalent buttons on the front panel. 4. Mute Button Pressing this button will fully mute the output of the SP1.7. 5. V olume/T rim Buttons These buttons increase and decrease the master volume. When the S[...]

17 Pressing the OSD (On-Screen Display) Button will toggle the OSD function on and off, on your video monitor , if you are using the Bryston SPV -1 video switcher . Pressing the SUB button will engage the menu for the volume trim level of the subwoofer channel. Use the MENU/UP/DOWN button to change the subwoofer channel level up or down. Press SELE[...]

SET UP and CALIBRA TION OF THE SP1.7 NO TE: In most operating menu modes the last segment of line 2 of the displa y will either sho w an “X” f or EXIT , or an “>” (arr o w) to indicate more men u items. (sample screens ar e sho wn belo w - f i g 11,12). Choosing (highlighting) the “X” position in the displa y and pressing the Select [...]

19 Explanation of ‘Saved Settings per Source’ F eature The SP1.7 will remember different mode settings for each source. Every time a source is engaged it will recall the following settings: Digital Status Listening Mode (Surround, THX, Stereo, Mono) Surround Mode Bypass Status Subwoofer Level Rear Channel Levels Back Channel Levels Speaker Conf[...]

The options available in this menu are: For LEFT/RIGHT (LR) you can select SMALL OR LARGE For CENTRE (C) you can select SMALL, LARGE or NONE FOR SURROUNDS (SUR) you can select SMALL, LARGE or NONE FOR BACK (BK) you can select NONE, ONE or TWO FOR SUBWOOFER (SUB) you can select YES or NO The SP1’ s default factory settings as shipped are: Left/Rig[...]

21 1. None: no subwoofer attached to the system. 2. Y es - Xbass Off: subwoofer is active, but only active with LFE tracks if the front speakers are full-range 3. Y es - Xbass On: subwoofer is active in system, in addition to full-range speakers. NO TE 1: the Xbass settings only sho w up in the menu if the fr ont speakers ar e def ined as ‘Lar ge[...]

3. Next move the cursor to ‘XO’. Hit ‘SELECT’ - Y ou are now in the Crossover Menu. The options available in this menu are either NONE or 60 Hz to 220 Hz in 10 Hz increments. The SP1.7’ s default factory setting as shipped is the THX standard 80 Hz crossover frequency . 4. Once you have selected the desired crossover frequency , press SEL[...]

23 3. Move the cursor to the speaker you want to set the distance/delay for (L C R RS LS RB LB SB). Hit Select. Now you can adjust the Delay value which is equivalent to the distance you measured for the selected speaker using the arrow buttons. Set the delay for each speaker in your system to the nearest foot/meter . Rounding up is OK. Remember th[...]

1.`First enter the main menu by pressing on any one of the menu buttons on the SP1.7 front panel (< - > or SELECT). 2. Next move the cursor to “L VL”. Hit ‘SELECT’ - Y ou are now in the Level T rim Menu. 3. Move the cursor to the speaker(s) you want to change the level for using the arrow keys (L, C, R, RS, LS, RB, LB, SUB). Hit ‘SE[...]

25 3. Hit ‘SELECT’ and you will see the adjustment screen picture below appear , and you will hear a low level Pink Noise signal coming from your subwoofer and/or large speakers. Now you can adjust the value of the subwoofer limiter (-24 to 0 dB). Slowly increase the level by pressing the “>” button (display counting up from -24) until y[...]

2. Next move the cursor to “OS”. Hit ‘SELECT’ – you are now in the ‘Other Settings’ menu. 3. Move the cursor to “ES”. Hit ‘SELECT’ – you can now change the ES Control setting. The options available in this menu are: DISABLE – DTS-ES will not be decoded ON – DTS-ES Matrix will be forced on for all DTS 5.1 channel input bi[...]

27 3. Move the cursor to “EX”. Hit ‘SELECT’ – you can now change the EX Control setting. The options available in this menu are: DISABLE – THX Surround EX ™ will not be decoded ON – THX Surround EX ™ will be forced on for all Dolby Digital 5.1 channel input bitstreams, if the back channels are enabled. AUTO – THX Surround EX ™[...]

PLII Film This is the preferred decoding method for watching movies with matrix surround encoding. The centre width and dimension variables are set and optimized for this application, and cannot be adjusted. No filters are present on the surround channels, and autobalance is operational. PLII Music This mode can enhance normal stereo music recordin[...]

3. Move the cursor to the setting you want to change. The options are: CEN – center width (0 to 7; default 3) DIM – dimension (-3 to +3; default 0) P AN – panorama (YES or NO; default NO) Hit ‘SELECT’ – you can now change the chosen PLII setting. Changing DTS NEO:6 Settings Neo 6 provides up to six full-band channels of matrix decoding [...]

To change the Center Image: 1. First enter the main menu by pressing on any one of the menu buttons (< - > or SELECT) 2. Next move the cursor to “DTS”. Hit ‘SELECT’ – you are now in the ‘DTS Settings’ menu. 3. Move the cursor to ‘CEN’ Hit ‘SELECT’ – you can now change the NEO:6 center imgage setting. (0 – 0.5) Acknow[...]

31 APPENDIX A - SP1.7 Surround MODES Pressing the MODE button will illuminate the LED and let you sequentially select one of the many available decoding modes for 2 channel signals. These special modes are designed to expand your enjoyment of almost any 2 channel music source and many other 2 channel signals. Y ou are encouraged to experiment with [...]

Party . The Party (Five-Channel Mono) Mode converts stereo input to a mono signal which is then distributed to the five satellite channels. Stereo5. The Stereo5 (Five-Channel Stereo) Mode converts stereo input to surround sound. The stereo signal is distributed to the five satellite channels, creating a giant stereo image in your listening space. ([...]

33 T able of all available surround modes. Signal Listening Surround EX ES Line1 LCD Line2 LCD Mode Effect control control SIGNAL: DD 5.1 Surround N/A OFF any DIGIT AL D 3/2.1 DD 5.1 THX N/A OFF any DIGIT AL +THX D 3/2.1 DD 5.1 THX N/A ON, Auto any THX Surround EX D 3/2.1 DD 5.1 Stereo N/A any any STEREO D 3/2.1 DD 5.1 Mono N/A any any MONO D 3/2.1[...]

APPENDIX B - THX INFORMA TION Below is a summary of issues and information related to the proprietary and patented THX processing incorpo- rated used in the SP1. The available space cannot include all the available information on this topic. Therefore, if you want more information or wish to research the topic in more detail please use the THX webs[...]

35 EXAMPLE HOOK-UP DIAGRAMS Figure 34 – SPV-1, SP1.7, 9B, and a 2ch9B or 3b RSURR RSURR SUB SUB BALANCED OUTPUTS BALANCED OUTPUTS LSURR LSURR RIGHT RIGHT CENTER CENTER LEFT LEFT UNBALANCED OUTPUTS UNBALANCED OUTPUTS RIGHT RIGHT RSURR RSURR SUB SUB CENTER CENTER LSURR LSURR R BACK BACK L LEFT LEFT TAPE TAPE OUT OUT VCR VCR R L SINGLE ENDED SINGLE [...]

SP1.7 SPECIFICA TIONS Inputs Analog Audio: Six stereo (RCA) pairs, One 5.1 channel (RCA) input Digital: 4 coaxial (RCA) 75 Ohms, 2 Optical (TOSLINK?), conforms to S/PDIF standard. Pro version 1 AES/EBU input (XLR) 1 10 Ohms Infrared: 1 mini phone jack RS-232: D9 connector (bidirectional) Outputs Analog Outputs: Left, Centre, Right, Right Surround, [...]

37 SUGGESTED SURROUND SPEAKER PLACEMENT Figure 35 – Suggested Surround Speaker Placement[...]

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