Arcam AVP700 manual

AVP700 HANDBOOK/MANUEL/HANDBUCH/HANDLEIDING Ar ca m AV P7 00 P re - am p . p ro ce ss or Pr éa mp li c at eu r -p ro ce ss or A rc am A VP 70 0 V o rv e rs tä rk e r/ Pr oz es so r Ar ca m AV P7 00 Ar ca m AV P7 00 V oo rv e rs te rk e r pr oc es so r English Français Deutsch Nederland s[...]

AVP700 E-2 AVP700 E-3 English RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE P AS OUVRIR A TTENTION CA UTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not ex[...]

AVP700 E-2 AVP700 E-3 English Con ten ts Safety guidelines..... .......... .......... .......... ... E-2 Importan t safety i nstructions ........ ........... ......... E-2 Safety compliance .............. ............ ........... ...... E-2 Before you start ! ......... .......... .......... ......... E -4 Install ation ..... .......... .......... .[...]

AVP700 E-4 AVP700 E-5 English Befo re y o u star t! Introduction Thank y ou for pur chasing the Arcam A VP700 Sur round Sound Receiv er . The A VP700 is a home cin ema processo r built to Arcam’ s quality design and manufactur ing standar ds. It combines high resol ution digit al processin g with high performanc e audio and video comp onents to b[...]

AVP700 E-4 AVP700 E-5 English Before making connections Before connecting y our equip ment it is i mportant to think abou t the follow ing points, as these w ill affect your c hoice of co nnections a nd subsequen t use of th e system. Audio Wherev er possible , connect bo th the anal ogue and di gital output s of digita l sources. This enable s use[...]

AVP700 E-6 AVP700 E-7 English I nstal la t io n Positioning the unit < Place th e AVP7 00 on a lev el,  rm surface. < Av oid placing the unit i n direct su nlight or ne ar sources of heat or damp. < Do not p lace the un it on top o f a power a mpli er or other sourc e of heat. < Ensure a dequate ve ntilation. Do not plac e the uni[...]

AVP700 E-6 AVP700 E-7 English Audio connections < Wherever po ssible, con nect both th e analogue and digital outputs of digital so urces. This enables use of a digital in put for the main zone and the cor responding analogue in put for reco rding onto an anal ogue tape de ck or VCR, and for the Zone 2 output if used. < T ake care to place th[...]

AVP700 E-8 AVP700 E-9 English Reg ardless of the connecti on type ch osen, you should mak e connecti ons as foll ows: FR (Righ t) FL (Left) , CEN (Centr e): Connect these to th e equiv alent front channel in puts of yo ur power ampli er . SUB : Sub woofer outp ut. Connect this to th e input of your activ e sub woo fer , if you h ave one. LS : Su[...]

AVP700 E-8 AVP700 E-9 English SCART RGB 4-WIRE CONNECTION (SCAR T refers to the mul ti-pole A/V connector u sed commonly on Europea n A/V equip ment.) Some vi deo projecto rs and most European TV sets requi re the use of a 4-wir e RGB conne ction, wher e the ‘sy nc’ signal is separ ate from RGB . In this case, you need to us e the compo site vi[...]

AVP700 E-10 AVP700 E-11 English Connecting the AM and FM antennas FM antenna A VHF an tenna is re quired to re ceive FM radio si gnals. Although a VHF ribb on antenna is supplied as an acces sory to the AVP70 0, for opti mal FM r adio recept ion a roof - or lof t-mount ed aerial i s advised as this will give supe rior recepti on. It is r ecommended[...]

AVP700 E-10 AVP700 E-11 English Con  g u ri ng t he A V P 7 00 The A VP700 ‘S et-up M enu’ has six ‘Basic’ an d six ‘ Adv anced’ men u screens t hat take you throu gh the con gu ration p rocess. The ‘Basic’ me nus enable y ou to mat ch your A VP700 to your s peakers; t he ‘ Adva nced’ menus allow you to optimis e the oper [...]

AVP700 E-12 AVP700 E-13 English The ‘Basic’ Set-up Menus 1 – Gen eral Setti ngs: Max Volu me : This li mits the ma ximum volu me setting the system can be turn ed up to . This is a useful feat ure to prev ent accid ental ove r-driving of low pow er- handling speakers , for examp le. Max On V olume : Limi ts the maxi mum volume the system oper[...]

AVP700 E-12 AVP700 E-13 E n g l i s h HQ Video : Choose be tween RGB or YUV ; if y ou have a YUV disp lay , set this i tem to YUV , otherwise set it to RGB . This set ting contro ls the rout ing of the HQ-video within the AVP7 00, either as 3-wire YUV or 4- wire RGB signals (w ith the syn chronisatio n signal on composite for RGB). I n addition, it[...]

AVP700 E-14 AVP700 E-15 English Sub Ster eo : This se tting allows the volu me level of the sub woofer to b e adjusted for when the sub woofer is being use d with 2-ch annel (stere o) sources. The sub wo ofer leve l for stereo music ofte n needs to be s et at a low er level t han that fo r cinema us e; use this trim settin g, with a s tereo sourc e[...]

AVP700 E-14 AVP700 E-15 E n g l i s h E n g l i s h Ch anging this setting will req uire you to change the con  gu ration of t he cables c onnected yo ur speakers . 5 – Le vel settin gs The rel ative sen sitivity o f differen t speaker s can lead to some spe akers so unding disp roportionat ely loud or quiet, rel ative to others in t he system[...]

AVP700 E-16 AVP700 E-17 English The ‘Advanced’ Set-up Menus ADV 1 – Speaker E q. This all ows  ne a djustment of bass and t reble in 1d B steps (up to ±6dB) fo r each of t he speake rs in the s ystem. Use these adjust ments spari ngly to com pensate for speaker response problems c aused by po sitioning, adjacent su rface textur es, or mix[...]

AVP700 E-16 AVP700 E-17 E n g l i s h ADV 4 – Zone 2 Se ttings ZONE2 VOL : Sets the volume for Zone 2. Max Vol 20–83 : Limi ts the maxi mum volume setting fo r Zon e 2. This i s a useful feature to preven t accidenta l over- driving of low power -handling sp eakers, f or example. Fix Vol : This selec ts between  x ed and v ariable a udio out[...]

AVP700 E-18 AVP700 E-19 English R em ot e co nt rol SELECT DEVICE SET LAST SLEEP A–B EXIT GUIDE CH VOL MUTE 0 FM 8 AV 9 MCH 7 TUN 5 AUX 6 TAPE 4 CD 2 SA T 3 VCR 1 DVD THX FX SUB P .MODE SUBT TITLE MENU ZOOM AUDIO MEM RETURN ANGLE SETUP ST ATUS SEARCH DIS TRM 1 2 TST SYN DYN SLP P – P + TM FA V MODE OPEN MENU INFO CR 80 DVD CBL VCR TV SA T CD AM[...]

AVP700 E-18 AVP700 E-19 E n g l i s h Ope ra ti n g y ou r A VP 7 00 For informatio n display we recommen d you use the OSD on your TV/s creen whene ver possi ble. Howev er , all ke y informati on is also duplicated o ne line at a time on t he front pan el displa y of the A VP700. Switching on/off Press t he power but ton in. Aft er approx imately [...]

AVP700 E-20 AVP700 E-21 English Input selection T o select a particular source, pr ess the cor responding button on th e front pan el or on the remote con trol. There a re eight inp uts av ailable: DV D, Sat , AV , AUX, VCR, T ape, CD and DVD- A (multi- channel). I n addition , AM and FM radio reception ca n be select ed from the built-i n tuner . [...]

AVP700 E-20 AVP700 E-21 English Effects/FX The EFFE CT button ( F X on the rem ote) cycl es through the av ailable effect modes. The e ffects are only av ailable wh en the A VP700 is in stereo m ode. For more infor mation on t he effects, see the se ction ‘DSP Effects Modes’ , page 25. Mode When a selected dig ital input carries a D olby Digita[...]

AVP700 E-22 AVP700 E-23 English Using the tuner The A VP700’ s r adio tuner can be cont rolled from the upper r ow of front panel butt ons (see di agram, below) or from the remote cont rol handset . Note that the tuner behaviour can be seen only via th e front - panel d isplay , as there is no on-s creen displ ay for the tuner . Tuning to a stati[...]

AVP700 E-22 AVP700 E-23 English Listeni ng to the tuner in Zone 2 The tune r can be se lected, as other input s, for routi ng to Z one 2. Not e, though, that it is not possibl e to listen to different stations i n the main zone and Z one 2 simultaneou sly . This is beca use the A VP700 i s  tted with just a single tune r module. Using the Main M[...]

AVP700 E-24 AVP700 E-25 English Main Me nu Screen 2 Compress ion : Allows selection of three di fferent comp ression r atios ( OFF , MEDIUM and HIGH ), where th e higher com pression is intended f or ‘late ni ght’ listening . The comp ression eff ect increas es the vol ume of the quiet passa ges and decrease s the vol ume of the louder passa ge[...]

AVP700 E-24 AVP700 E-25 English S u rr o u nd m od es Introduction Y our A VP700 processor p rovides al l the key decoding a nd processin g modes for analogue a nd digital signals. Modes for Digital sources Digital recordings are usually encoded to include inf ormation ab out their fo rmat type. The A VP700 detects automatical ly the rele vant fo r[...]

AVP700 E-26 AVP700 E-27 English Two-channel source modes The fol lowing decod ing and sur round modes are av ailable: < Mono < Pro Logic E mulation < Stere o < Neo:6 Cin ema < Pro L ogic II/IIx Movie < Neo:6 Musi c < Pro L ogic II/IIx Music These mo des are a vailable with two-c hannel analo gue and two -channel PC M digital s [...]

AVP700 E-26 AVP700 E-27 English DTS-ES 6 .1 Discrete : This is a true discre te 6.1 chan nel sound fo rmat (unlik e DT S-ES 6.1 M atrix where th e sixth (su rround cent re) channel information is extr acted from the two sur round channels ). DT S-ES 6.1 Di screte mode operate s only on s ources with DTS-E S 6.1 Discr ete audio encoding , such as c [...]

AVP700 E-28 AVP700 E-29 English T r o u bl esh oo ti n g There ar e no lights on the uni t. < Is the p ower cord p lugged into the A VP700 and i s the mains socket it is plugged into switch ed on? < Is the p ower button pressed in? < Has the mains fuse in the plug (if applica ble) blown? The A VP700 requ ires a 6- amp fuse, or greater . If[...]

AVP700 E-28 AVP700 E-29 English The sou nd is poor or distorte d. < Are the cables to t he source a nd to the po wer amplie r making a good connec tion? If ne cessary withdr aw the c able from th e connector and plug i t back in a gain (turn t he power of f before do ing this). < For analogue a udio sources , is the in put sensiti vity on [...]

AVP700 E-30 AVP700 E-31 English I R R e mo t e Codes The fol lowing info rmation is s upplied for owners of advanced progra mmable remot e controls, such as th e Philips ‘Pronto’ an d similar d evices, whe re it is po ssible to p rogram r emote codes directly in to the devi ce. The codi ng system f or the A VP700 is based on th e Philips R C-5 [...]

AVP700 E-30 AVP700 E-31 English These ex tra com mands on cod e 17 allow full contro l of the tu ner in the AVP700 using the remote cont rol supplied with the T 61/T31. The AVP7 00 responds to these co mmands in b oth the main zone and Zone 2. System c ode 17 . Command Command code T une down (s eek down if pressed for >1 seco nd) 31 T une up (s[...]

AVP700 E-32 AVP700 E-33 English S C AR T con n ec ti on s These pi nouts descr ibe the sig nal connecti ons between the A VP700 and your displ ay device input. SCART RG B cable wit h audio bac k to process or Pin Signal Connecto r type C onnector Pin Cable T ype Lab el 1 Audio o utput B (right) from TV T uner RCA Pho no (1) Centr e Coaxial cable (1[...]

AVP700 E-32 AVP700 E-33 English T echn i ca l speci ca ti o ns Analogue audio inpu ts Line in put sensitiv ity 0.5/1/2/ 4V rms (2V rms normal) Overlo ad margin +2dB Input im pedance >22kΩ Analogue audio outp uts Level (at 0dB gai n) 2V rms Maximum level 3.5V rms Impedanc e 600Ω Signal/ Noise ra tio (analog ue input) 100dB u nweighted (mea[...]

AVP700 E-34 AVP700 E-35 English Gu ara n t ee Worldwide Guarantee This ent itles you to have the unit r epaired fre e of charge, during the rst two y ears afte r purchase, at any au thorised Ar cam distrib utor provi ded that it was origi nally purch ased from a n authorised Arcam dealer or distribut or . The manufa cturer can take no r esponsib[...]