NAD C 390DD manuel d'utilisation

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SA VE THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR LA TER USE. FOLL OW ALL WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS MARKED ON THE A UDIO EQUIPMENT . 1 Read instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the pr oduct is operated. 2 Retain instructions - The saf ety and operating instructions should be retained for future r eference. 3 Heed W arnings - Al[...]

21 Safety Check - Upon completion of any service or repairs to this product, ask the service technician to per form safety checks to determine that the product is in proper operating condition. 22 W all or Ceiling Mounting - The product should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as recommended by the manufacturer . 23 Heat - The product should be [...]

THANK Y OU FOR CHOOSING NAD . The NAD C 390DD is a new concept in amplication exemplied by leading edge audio system architecture . The C 390DD has no analog stages in its signal path, keeping music in the digital domain right up to the speaker output. All preamplier functions are executed in the digital domain without the phase shift, noi[...]

INTRODUCTION GET TING ST ARTED WHA T’S IN THE BO X Packed with your C 390DD y ou will nd • A detachable mains power cord • The A VR 4 remote control with 2 AA batt eries • C 390DD Quick Start Guide SA VE THE P ACKA GING Please save the box and all of the packaging in which your C 390DD arrived. Should you move or otherwise need [...]

1 ST ANDBY BUTTON • P ress this button to switch ON the C 390DD fr om standby mode. The Standby LED indicator will turn from amber to blue and illuminate the VFD. P ressing the ST ANDBY button again turns the unit back to standby mode. NOTE In order to turn ON the C 390DD from standby mode or back to standb y mode, the rear panel POWER switch [...]

1 COMPUTER • Using Type A to Type B cable connector (not supplied), interface computer audio to this asynchronous Type B USB input to directly stream 24/96 PCM content from y our PC or MAC. • Ref er also to the item about LISTENING TO COMPUTER at the O THER FEA TURES section of the OPERA TION page. 2 DIGIT AL USB BACK • C onnect a US[...]

6 GROUND TERMINAL The C 390DD requires a g rounded AC receptacle or a separate earth ground. Use this t erminal to properly ground your C 390DD . T he C 390DD can be connected to ground by connecting a gr ound lead wire or similar to this gr ound terminal. After inser tion, tighten the terminal to secure the lead. EXAMPLE ILL USTRA TION OF GROUNDIN[...]

MDC CLASSIC UPGRADE SL OT The delivery format of digital content is constantly changing in pure digital systems like the C 390DD . Each of these formats typically requires specialized hardware and software, often with licensed IP and cont ent copy protection. In order to address such continuous technological evolution, NAD’ s design team placed a[...]

USING THE A VR 4 REMOTE C ONTROL The A VR 4 remote control handset handles the key functions of the C 390DD . The A VR 4 can also be used to directly command other NAD products that respond to applicable common r emote control codes. This includes other NAD Stereo Receiver , I ntegrated Amplier and P reamplier models. It has additional contro[...]

6 DIMMER • Reduce or r estore VFD brightness. • Depending on the NAD model , the brightness of the front panel display will var y when you toggle this button. • Use with NAD C 390DD and other compatible NAD St ereo Receiver , T uner and CD Player models. 7 TEST Initiate speaker TEST mode while at the Speaker Levels section of the Spe[...]

BD PLA YER C ONTROL (use with compatible NAD Blu-ra y Disc Player models) Set the DEVICE SELEC TOR to “BD ” in order to gain access to these buttons. Some of the control buttons below are applicable only to specic NAD Blu-ray Disc P layers; check the owner ’ s manual of your NAD model for control butt on compatibilit y . Y ou can also load[...]

LIBRARY The A VR 4 can store a di erent librar y of default NAD codes for each of its DEVICE SELEC TOR “pages. ” If the original default librar y does not control your NAD Blu-ray disc player or other components , follow the procedure below to change the library code. Refer as well to the table below f or a list of applicable NAD Library Cod[...]

SELECTING SOURCES T oggle AVR 4 [ 5 SOURCE 6 ] or fr ont panel’s [ a SOURCE s ] buttons t o step through the following Sour ce modes. Stop (release button) when desired Source comes up. Digital Coaxial 1 $ Digital Coaxial 2 $ Dig ital Optical 1 $ Digital Optical2 $ Digital AES EBU $ Computer $ Digital USB Back $ Dig ital USB Front $ then back [...]

SETUP MENU Bass Treble Balance }Setup }Equalization Polarity Listening Mode Speaker Compensation Pre Out/Subwoofer Soft Clipping IR Channel }Source Setup The Setup menu consists of the following selectable and adjustable parameters – Equalization, P olarit y , Listening Mode, Speaker Compensation, Pr e Out/Subwoofer , Soft Clipping, IR Channel an[...]

LISTENING MODE Listening Mode }~Stereo `Mono `Reversed The C 390DD oers distinct listening modes, tailor ed for dierent types of recording or pr ogram material. The following listening modes can be selected. STEREO • Select “Stereo ” when you wish to listen to a ster eo production, such as music CD or FM broadcast. • Stereo reco[...]

There are two options when Subw oofer is enabled - Mode and Crossover . Subwoofer }Mode Crossover MODE Set the subwoofer mode to either mono or st ereo setting. Mode }~Mono `Stereo MONO Select this setting when using one subwoofer . At mono mode, the left and right channels are summed in the low pass subwoof er output to drive a single subwoofer . [...]

IR CHANNEL IR Channel }~CH0 `CH1 `CH2 The C 390DD has the capability to operate over f our IR channel settings. This is practically useful if you have several NAD products that can be operated by similar remote contr ol commands. With var ying IR Channel settings, dier ent NAD products can be controlled independently in the same zone by setting [...]

LEVEL TRIM Adjust the input signal level fr om -9dB to 0dB or Fixed . Single-ended }Level Trim Sample Rate Single-ended Level Trim 0dB Balanced }Level Trim Sample Rate Balanced Level Trim 0dB -9dB to 0dB: Increase or decrease the input signal level fr om -9dB to 0dB. This attenuates the signal before the Analog-to-Digital (A/D) Converter . If the a[...]

PHONO Phono }~Enable `Disable There are thr ee options when Phono input is enabled – Level trim, Type and Infrasonic Filter . NOTE The optional NAD DD AP-1 (Direct Digital Analog Phono) module must be installed for “Phono ” source to be functional. Otherwise, “Phono ” source will not be available fr om the Source Setup menu selection. LEV[...]

USB MODE The C 390DD is equipped with three USB input terminals – USB F ront, USB Back and Computer . Using either “USB Front” or “USB Back ” , the C 390DD can play back MP3/WMA/FLAC les st ored in external USB (Universal Serial Bus) mass storage devices. Use “Computer ” to interface computer audio and directly stream 24/96 PCM con[...]

CONDITION POSSIBLE CA USES POSSIBLE SOL UTIONS No “C omputer” audio. • Sound or Audio device setting of your PC or Mac is not set to “NAD USB Audio ” . • Set your PC or Mac Audio or Sound device setting to “NAD USB Audio ” . • No music les being played back from your PC or Mac. • Playback a music le from your c[...]

OVERALL SPECIFICA TIONS Continuous output pow er (ref . 20Hz – 20kHz, rated THD) ‑ 8 ohms ≥150W Continuous output pow er (ref . 20Hz – 20kHz, rated THD) ‑ 4 ohms ≥150W Rated distortion (THD, with AES17 and AP passiv e 20kHz LP lters) <0.005% (ref . 20Hz – 20kHz, 500mW – rated pow er) Clipping power >165W (ref . 1kHz 8 ohms [...]

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