Bel Canto Design PReProTM manuale d’uso

PRePr o ™ Home Theater PReamplifier/Processor Bel Canto Design, L TD. 212 Third A venue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 Phone: (612) 317.4550 Fax: (612) 359.9358 www .belcantodesign.com Info@belcantodesign.com ©2002/2003 Bel Canto Design, L TD User's Guide and W arranty Information[...]

Page 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1.1 1103 Congratulations! Y our new PRePro is an award winning home theater processor of the highest quality , designed to easily integrate the components of your home theater into a high resolution enter- tainment system. Utilizing the highest standard of surround sound decoding [...]

Page 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Recommendations BEFORE you begin setting up the PRePro, we strongly recommend that you take a moment to: • Familiarize yourself with the Controls and Functions of the unit • Carefully study the System Connection and Basic Operational instructions • Understand the System[...]

Page 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Speaker Size QUICK SETUP SPEAKER SIZE This menu section defines how the PRePro treats the audio signal that goes to the speakers. On larger full range speakers where no bass signal limiting is needed you will select LARGE. For small speakers needing a high pass crossover , SM[...]

Page 5 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Speaker Distance QUICK SETUP SPEAKER DIST ANCE This section enables you to quickly set proper delay values to output channels. This is neces- sar y to insure proper playback of surround sound effects and improve audio coherency . Before you begin the following steps measure a[...]

Page 6 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Loudspeaker Setup CENTER FRONT RIGHT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND LEFT FRONT LEFT SUBWOOFER 5.1 SETUP 6.1 SETUP 7.1 SETUP BACK LEFT BACK RIGHT BACK LOUDSPEAKER IDENTIFICA TION Please note the position and identification of the loudspeakers used in a Home Cinema system. These are d[...]

Page 7 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 LOUDSPEAKER SIZE SELECTION When choosing loudspeaker sizes it is impor- tant to take into consideration the low frequency energy and demands of the home cinema sys- tem. Generally loudspeakers using a single 8 inch or smaller low frequency driver need to be specified as SMALL[...]

1 US X 2 EUROPE 3 TV SETTING NTSC EXIT T uner Settings TUNER/P AL/NTSC SETTING 1. From MAIN MENU press selection 4. 2. Press number that corresponds to your geo- graphical region. Example, Press 2 for Europe. 3. Press 3 if you need to switch the default NTSC setting to P AL. Press 3 again to toggle back. 4. Press Exit to return to MAIN MENU. Page 8[...]

Page 9 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 INPUT AUDIO BASS TRIM 1 VCR1 0db 2 VCR2 0db 3 TV 0db 4 LD 0db 5 AUX 0db 6 SA T 0db 7 DVD 0db 8 CD 0db 9 T APE 0db EXIT Bass T rim The BASS TRIM setting allows you to increase or reduce the amount of low frequency information sent to the subwoofer for each input selection. Use[...]

Page 1 0 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Calibration 1 FRONT LEFT 0db 2 CENTER 0db 3 FRONT RIGHT 0db 4 SURROUND RIGHT 0db 5 BACK RIGHT 0db 6 BACK LEFT 0db 7 SURROUND LEFT 0db 8 SUBWOOFER 0db EXIT The CALIBRA TION setting allows you to match the volume level of front and surround speakers with the CENTER channel sp[...]

Page 1 1 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER SIZE 2 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER DIST 3 INPUT ASSIGNMENT 4 TUNER/P AL/NTSC SETTING 5 BASS TRIM 6 CALIBRA TION 7 COMPRESSION OFF 8 ST A TUS DISPLA Y ON 9 DVD AUDIO FULLRANGE NO 0 RESET TO DEF AUL TS NO EXIT Compression This utility is used to limit and narrow[...]

Page 1 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER SIZE 2 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER DIST 3 INPUT ASSIGNMENT 4 TUNER/P AL/NTSC SETTING 5 BASS TRIM 6 CALIBRA TION 7 COMPRESSION OFF 8 ST A TUS DISPLA Y ON 9 DVD AUDIO FULLRANGE NO 0 RESET TO DEF AUL TS NO EXIT 1 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER SIZE 2 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER DIS[...]

Page 1 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 5. Use the curser arrows on the remote to move up, down, right, left. When you have high- lighted the desired letter , blank or numbers, press select. Repeat this procedure until the new name is created. Use blank _ to erase unused spaces. 6. Press 1 to change name. 7. Pres[...]

Page 1 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Hardware Setup It is strongly recommended that your PRePro be properly installed and all connections completed before programming the SET UP MENU. The PRePro connection configuration and back panel design was strongly influenced by professional installers and is organized i[...]

Page 1 5 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 The main video out section accommodates 1- Component, 1-S and 2-Composite connectors. The Component connection will only output video from each of the three component inputs. S-Video inputs can be viewed from the S output or composite outputs since the PRePro will down mix [...]

Page 1 6 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Connecting the PRePro to your amplification and subwoofer systems can be done using the single ended (RCA) connections, the XLR con- nections or both, in combination or parallel. If you require extra outputs, for example when using 2 subwoofers, the PRePro’ s outputs pro-[...]

Page 1 7 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Digital Source Set-up & Connection This section describes how to connect a digital audio or video source, such as DVD, DISH, SA T , GAME, CABLE BOX. W e will use the SA T INPUT and a satellite receiver as an example for this instruction. 1. Using high quality video cabl[...]

Page 1 8 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 T o Change Input Assignment a) Press the number of the input to be changed from the DEF AUL T settings, assignment will blink. b) T o change a digital input assignment from the current DIG # or ANALOG setting, press SELECT button repeatedly until input assign- ment scrolls [...]

Page 19 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 In this example we will use VCR1 input. 1. Connect a high quality S-Video cable from your VCR S-VIDEO OUT to the S-Video input of VCR1 on back of PRePro. If your VCR does not have an S-Video output use the composite video out with a high quality RCA video cable. 2. Connect h[...]

Page 20 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 INPUT AUDIO 1 VCR 1 DIG 8 2 VCR 2 DIG 7 3 TV DIG 6 4 LD DIG 5 5 AUX DIG 4 6 SA T DIG 3 7 DVD DIG 2 8 CD DIG 1 9 T APE ANALOG EXIT T o Change Input Assignment T o Analog 1. Press the MENU button on the front panel of the PRePro or remote control and the main menu will show on[...]

Page 2 1 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 SET UP ZONE 2 INPUT SOURCE Zone 2 can access CD, T APE, TUNER inputs as well as the Zone 2 AUX INPUT . T o set up a source unique to Zone 2 use the following instructions. Main zone will have no effect on this source. 1. Connect high quality RCA audio cables from the AUDIO [...]

Page 2 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Power up unit 1. Press MASTER power button all the way in. This turns on the power and puts the unit in standby . Do not turn the unit off by pressing this button . Press the OFF button on the right of the font panel. T urn unit on and off 1. Press any INPUT button on the f[...]

Page 2 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1. POWER SWITCH This is the MASTER power switch and should only be used to reset the unit or to shut off all power to the unit. For day to day use, use the OFF button to put the unit into stand- by and the INPUT buttons to power the unit from standby . NOTE: Do not use the [...]

Page 2 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 12. SURROUND, MUSIC 7 AND STEREO This button scrolls through surround modes, set music 7 (party mode) and stereo modes. 13. 1-0 These buttons are used for set-up menu, selection and turner presets. 14. TFT DISPLA Y 15. TFT This button toggles TFT display on and off. 16. SEL[...]

Page 2 5 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1. DIGIT AL AUDIO INPUTS (DIG 1, DIG 2, DIG 3 and DIG 4) and T oslink (DIG 5 and DIG 6) digital inputs. 2. DIGIT AL AUDIO OUTPUT (TOSLINK) 3. AUDIO INPUTS (CD AND T APE) 4. AUDIO/VIDEO INPUTS Labeled as VCR 1, VCR 2,TV , LD, AUX, SA T and DVD with composite and S Video Inpu[...]

Page 2 6 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 POWER: Puts the PRePro into “Standby” mode. This button cannot turn the unit on; you must use one of the input selection but- tons located further down on the remote (i.e. DVD, LD, VCR1, VCR2, etc.). MUTE: This mutes the unit. TV : T oggles NTSC –P AL. VOL: V olume up[...]

Remote Contr ol Learning Mode This remote control allows you to transfer a command from a button on your source remote control (original equipment remote control) to a button on the Stargate remote control. New commands can be taught to any button in the CD, DVD, AUX, SA T , TV , VCR and CBL device modes, except on the LIGHT button. The remote cont[...]

Page 2 8 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Erasing a Learned Command From a Button Step 1. Press the Device button and SELECT buttons simultaneously and hold until the orange Status LED and the Device button turn on and remain lit. Step 2. On the remote control, press the button that is to be erased. The orange Stat[...]

Page 29 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 V olume Punch Through Y ou can set the audio volume controls (VOL , VOL and MUTE) to operate on any of the eight (8) Device modes. Step 1. Press the Device and MUTE buttons, simulta- neously . Step 2. Press the VOL button. Step 3. Press the A VC device button to select the t[...]

Page 3 0 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Example for Programming a Macr o Sequence T o program the M1 button in the A VC mode to power on the receiver , power on the CD, power on the TV and power on the VCR: Step 1. Press the A VC button and MUTE buttons simultaneously . Hold both buttons until the red light under[...]

Page 3 1 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 The various listening modes affect signals from any input except the 7.1-channel analog input. Not all listening modes are available for ever y type of input. For example, modes that generate surround signals from stereo sources cannot be used with DTS or Dolby Digital sign[...]

Page 3 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 DTS Neo:6 Music: Similar to Neo:6 Cinema, but for music. It feeds stereo signals directly to the front channels, bypassing the decoder , while feeding the center , surround side, and surround back channels with ambient information derived from the recording, to add spacious[...]

Page 3 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 T r ouble Shooting the Basics PROBLEM SOLUTION NO sound, LED is OFF Check if AC power cord is securely plugged in. Check AC power fuse, replace if necessary . NO sound, LED is ON Check all RCA cables for proper connections. Verify correct source is selected. Verify power am[...]

Page 3 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Specifications DTS Digital Surround is a registered trademark of DTS T echnologies, LLC. "Dolby", "AC-3", "Pro Logic" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Manufactured under license from Dolby Labo[...]