Arcam E-2 manual

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E-2 E-2 E-3 English Saf ety guid eline s CAU TION: T o r educe the ri sk of e lectric shock, do not r emov e co ver (or bac k). No user serviceable parts insi de. Refer servicing to qua lified service perso nnel. W ARNIN G: T o r educe t he risk of fir e or electr ic shoc k, do not e xpose this a pparat us to r ain or moistur e. The lig htning flas[...]

E-2 E-2 E-3 English W elcom e to the A V8 Pr eamp Pr oce ssor USING THIS HAN DBOOK Thank yo u fo r purc hasin g the Arcam FMJ A V8 Pre amp Pr ocesso r . This handbook has been designed to give y ou all the information you need to install, connect, set up and use the Arcam FMJ A V8 Preamp Proces sor . The remote contr ol handset suppli ed with the e[...]

E-4 E-4 E-5 English P OS I T IO N IN G TH E U N I T  Place the pr ocesso r on a lev el, f ir m su rface.  A void placing the unit in dir ect sunlight or near sour ces of heat or dam p.  Do not place the unit on top of a power amplif ier or other source of he at.  Ensure adequat e ve ntilat ion. Do not place the unit in an enclose d spac[...]

E-4 E-4 E-5 English GENERA L The inp uts are named to make it easi er to re fer ence wh en conn ecting e.g., a D VD or VCR, but they all hav e the same input circuit , so there is no reason why y ou should not conne ct a differe nt device to any of the inp uts. For examp le, if y ou had two D VD play er s and the A V input was n ot b eing used, the[...]

E-6 E-6 E-7 English DIGIT AL AUDIO INPUT S bp D VD , bq A V , br T APE, bs TUNER, bt CD , ck VCR, cl SA T . Connec t these inputs to the digital ouputs of your a vaila ble source equipm ent. bs bt ck cl cm OUT TUNER CD VCR SA T TAPE AV DVD bp bq br DIGIT AL INPUTS Notes:  Each of t hese sev en di gital inpu ts ca n be indi vidual ly alloc ated t[...]

E-6 E-6 E-7 English ANALOG UE PR EAMPL IFIER OUTP UTS All the se anal ogue ou tputs a re bu ffe red, ha ve a low output impeda nce and are at line lev el. They ar e a ble to driv e long cables or sev er al inputs in parallel if re quired . LEFT CENTRE L/SURR LS/BACK SUB/2 RIGHT SUB/1 R/SURR RS/BACK SUB/3 dm do dq ds ek dl dn dp dr dt OUTPUTS dl LEF[...]

E-8 E-8 E-9 English fm VCR OUT . Co nnect this to the S-video input of your video record er . fl T APE . If yo u are using the tape loop for a second VCR then connect the S- video from t he VCR to this input . HIGH QU ALITY (COMP ONENT ) VIDEO CONNE CTIONS These inputs are suitab le fo r c onnect ion to compon ent (YUV/ YCrCb) or RGB outpu ts. Thes[...]

E-8 E-8 E-9 English gs VID EO TRIGGER 1, gt V IDEO TRIGGER 2. The trigger outputs ha ve diff erent fu nction s depen ding on ho w the ‘Video St atus’ has been set (S creen Ctrl or SC AR T) in th e ‘General Settin gs’ menu . ZONE 2 MONITOR OUT 2 1 VIDEO TRIGGERS 1/RGB 2/S-VIDEO PROG gs gt SCAR T mode 1/RGB trigge r outp ut – c onnec t to R[...]

E-10 E-10 E-11 English The A V8 ‘Setu p Menu’ has six ‘Basic’ and five ‘Advanced’ menu screens which take you through the config uration process. The ‘Basi c’ menus enab le y ou t o match your A V8 to y our speakers. The ‘A dvance d’ me nus allo w you to optimise the operation of your system. Screen shots of these menu s are sho[...]

E-10 E-10 E-11 English BA SI C S E TU P 1 – GE NERAL SETT INGS: 1 - General Settings Volume Display: Normal 0-72 Max Volume: +72 Max On Volume: +20 Delay units: Imperial OSD Mode: Mixed Video Status: SCART HQ Video: RGB Sync On Green: Off V olume displa y: Allows y ou to select how volume is displa yed. Choose f rom Normal 0 –72 (in 1dB st eps)[...]

E-12 E-12 E-13 English 5.1 Rear speak ers def ines ho w the speake r s in a full ‘7.1’ installa tion handle 5.1 d ecoded sourc es. Surr L/R redirect s 5.1 surround signa l to the surround left and right speakers. No signal will be directe d to the sur rou nd back left o r right spe akers. Surr Back L/R redirec ts 5.1 surround signa l to the sur[...]

E-12 E-12 E-13 English Large+ Sub Pure stereo fe d to left and right and extracted bass is sent t o the subw oofer . Sat+Su b Use this sett ing if yo u ha ve ‘Small’ satellite left and right speak er s. Full bass management is used in analog ue stereo so that analogue sources are fed to the DSP where the bass is fi ltered off l eft an d right a[...]

E-14 E-14 E-15 English A D V A N CE D S E T UP AD V 1 – SP EAKER EQ. Adv 1 - Speaker Eq. Bass Treble FL: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB C: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB FR: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB SR: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB SBR: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB SBL: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB SL: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB Auto Stereo Tone Bypass: Yes Allo ws advance d adjustment of all[...]

E-14 E-14 E-15 English AD V 4 – ZO NE 2 SETTI NGS Adv 4 - Zone 2 Settings Max Vol 20-72: 72 Fix Vol: No Max On Vol 0-72: 20 Zone 1 Standby: Local Only Zone 2 Standby: Local Only Local OSD: On Zone 1 Control: Yes Access: All Max V ol 20–7 2 : Limits the maxim um vol ume setting f or z one 2. This is a useful featu re to prev ent accidenta l over[...]

E-16 E-16 E-17 English SA VING S ETTIN GS AND EX ITING SETU P Save Settings No Save - Return to index Save as:Preset 1* Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 5 Press OK to edit- OK to save All the setting s y ou ha ve made on the previous scr eens can be sa ved as a user prof ile and stored as one of f ive ‘Presets ’. A choice of setu p preset s ca[...]

E-16 E-16 E-17 English Fr ont pan el co ntr ols POWER AV8 PREAMP PROCESSOR DVD A TAPE PHONO/AUX VCR AV SAT DVD MENU DISPLAY CD TUNER MODE EFFECT THX 9 bn 8 7 6 1 5 bo OK DIRECT MUTE THX SURROUND EX 4 3 2 bk bl bm V ol: +8 An. PLII Movie T o n e bp 1 Remot e contro l r eceiv er . This is positioned behind the FMJ badge. Ensure the receiver is in a c[...]

E-18 E-18 E-19 English Rem ote c ontr ol SELECT DEVICE SET LAST SLEEP A–B EXIT GUIDE CH VOL MUTE 0 FM 8 AV 9 MCH 7 TUN 5 AUX 6 T APE 4 CD 2 SA T 3 VCR 1 DVD THX FX SUB P .MODE SUBT TITLE MENU ZOOM AUDIO MEM RETURN ANGLE SETUP STA TUS 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 AMP AUX OK A[...]

E-18 E-18 E-19 English INTR ODUCTION For information displa y we recommend you use the OSD on you r TV/scr een when eve r possib le . How ev er all k ey inf ormation is also duplic ated o ne lin e at a time on th e fron t pane l disp lay of t he A V8. U SI N G TH E C O NT R O LS SWITCH ING O N Press the pow er button in. Between one and fi ve secon[...]

E-20 E-20 E-21 English For examp le, if ‘R ecord to VCR’ is set to Sour ce and yo u want to recor d the SA T inpu t:  Select the SA T input then put y our VCR into record pau se so that it wil l moni tor it s inpu t.  Press the VCR button, and yo u can now watch the audio and video actuall y being recorded by your VCR from the satellit e [...]

E-20 E-20 E-21 English INFO Press t his b utton on the r emote once to displ ay t he loca l OSD r epor t on source inputs and processing mode . The display times out after about three second s. SYN Dela ys ma y be introduced into the video signal by external video proces sing equipme nt which causes a mismatch between the audio and video timing. Y [...]

E-22 E-22 E-23 English Ster eo Direc t : If Stereo d irect is Off , the A V8 funct ions in its normal way . If stereo direct is On , the A V8 uses the analog ue input signa l for the source, bypass ing the digital circu itr y . In this mode, the A V8 functions like an analogu e preamp: it also shuts down all the unuse d digital circui tr y for o pt[...]

E-22 E-22 E-23 English MAIN MENU S CREEN 3 This pa ge ref er s to z one 2 fu nction s. These a re requ ired if yo ur syst em is i nstall ed t o se nd a udio and video to a s eparate ‘zone 2’ room, or yo u wish t o mak e use of th e z one 2 headph one f acilit y . Main Menu Screen 3 Zone 2 Vol:--------------I--- +0 Headphone Out: Zone 1 Zone 2 A[...]

E-24 E-24 E-25 English Sur r ou nd mo des I NT R O DU C T IO N Y our A V8 processor pro vides all the key decoding and processing modes for analog ue and digi tal si gnals. MODES FOR D IGIT AL SOURCES Digita l recordings are usually encoded to include inf ormation about their format type. The A V8 automat icall y detects the relevant format in a di[...]

E-24 E-24 E-25 English The A V8 allo ws both Pro Logic and Pro Logic II decod ing. Generally , yo u will fi nd Pro Logic II perf or ms better and gives a livelier , more realis tic su rround soun d f ield. DTS NEO:6 Cinema : A movie mode designed to reproduc e a mov ie theat re env ironm ent with natural steering to all av ailab le surround spea ke[...]

E-26 E-26 E-27 English THX Su rr ound EX a nd Sur round ES Surround EX is a joint develop ment of Dolby Laboratories and the THX divisio n of Lucasfi lm Ltd. In a mo vie theat re, film soundt racks that hav e been encode d with Surround EX technology are abl e to reprod uce an extra channel whic h has been added during the mixing of the programme. [...]

E-26 E-26 E-27 English T r oubl esh ootin g Ther e are no lig hts on the u nit: Check that:  the pow er cord is plugged into the A V8 and the mains socke t outlet it is plugg ed int o is switch ed on.  the po wer b utton is pr essed in. If a red LED is pre sent, the A V8 is in standb y mode . Press any sour ce butt on on the fr ont pa nel o r[...]

E-28 E-28 E-29 English Unab le to select Dolb y Digita l or D TS de coding modes : The A V8 can only apply Dolb y Digita l and DTS decoding to sour ces which ha ve been encode d in t he sam e f ormat. Check that:  a digi tal so urce i s sele cted and co nnecte d.  the so urce i s pla ying appro priately encode d mat erial.  the DV D disc i[...]

E-28 E-28 E-29 English Unab le to adjust bass and t re ble contr ols: Bass and treb le is not a vailabl e i n THX mod e. For Analogue Stereo an d Digita l Stereo modes, check that the ‘Auto Stereo T one Bypass’ line of ‘Speak er Eq’ in the S etup M enu is se t to N o . Unab le to adjust balan ce co ntr ol: Balanc e is n ot a vailab le in TH[...]

E-30 E-30 E-31 English T e chn ical speci cati ons NO TE: All speci ficat ion va lues a re typic al unl ess o therwi se sta ted. CONTI NU AL IMP RO VEMEN T POLI CY Arcam has a polic y of contin ual impro vement for its produc ts. Thi s means that design s and specifi cation s are subject to change withou t notice. Audio Line in put se nsitivi ty[...]

E-30 E-30 E-31 English RADIO INTER FEREN CE The A V8 is a digi tal audio device which ha ve been designed to ver y high standa rds of elect romagn etic compat ibilit y . The unit can radiate RF (radio freque ncy) energy . In some cases this can cause interf erence with FM and AM radio reception. If this is the case , keep the A V8 play er a nd its [...]

E-32 E-32 E-33 English S CAR T C ON N E CT I ON S These pinout s desc ribe the si gnal connec tions betw een the A V8 an d y our displa y device i nput. SCAR T RGB cab le wi th aud io bac k to p r ocesso r Pin Signal Connect or typ e Connect or Pin Cable T ype Label 1 Audio o utput B (right) Fr om TV T uner RC A Ph ono (1 ) Centre Coaxial cab le (1[...]

E-32 E-32 E-33 English I R R E MO TE CO D E S The follo wing information is supplie d for owne r s of advanced programmab le remote controls, such as the Philips ‘Pronto ’ and simi lar device s, where it is p ossib le to p rogram re mote codes dire ctl y int o th e device. The coding system for the A V8 is based on the Philips RC-5 standard. Th[...]

E-34 E-34 E-35 English A V8 SE R I AL PR O G R AM M IN G IN T E RF A CE INTR ODUCTION This section of the document detail s the serial command set of the A V8 soft ware. The serial por t is set as f ollo ws: baud rate 38,400 data bi ts 8 parity none stop bi ts 1 flow contr ol none Comman d lines must be ter min ated by an ASCII line feed (0X0A hexa[...]

E-34 E-34 E-35 English QUER Y COM MANDS Command Parameters Descript ion Respons e PWR ?zPWR Quer y P ow er State zPWRx , where z is t he zone parame ter yo u suppl y. MUT ?zMUT Quer y Mute State zMUTx , where z is t he zone parame ter yo u suppl y. EFF ?EFF Quer y Eff ect Mode EFFy , whe re y ma y hav e the values 0 to 7 , as fo llo ws: 0 = off, 1 [...]

E-36 E-36 E-37 English GENER AL OPE RA TIO N COM MANDS Command Parameters Descript ion Parameter values PWR ?zPWRx P owe r on/of f MUT ?zMUTx Mute o n/off FAN zFANx Force Analogue EFF ?EFFy Eff ect Mod e Selec tion y may ha ve the va lues 0 t o 7 , as foll ows: 0 = off, 1 = m usic , 2 = par ty , 3 = club , 4 = hal l, 5 = spor t, 6 = ch urch, 7 = ne[...]

E-36 E-36 E-37 English SETUP COMMA NDS – BASI C Basic Genera l Command Parameters Descr iption Paramet er val ues VDS VDSy V olume Dis pla y y may ha ve th e value s 0 to 2 , as follo ws: 0 = Normal, 1 = dB re f, 2 = Fine. MXV zMXVy Max V olume y may ha ve a valu e in th e range -33 to +19 : -33 = – 3 3 d B +19 = +19dB MXO zMXOy Max On V olume [...]

E-38 E-38 E-39 English Basic Sub Command Paramet ers Descrip tion Paramet er val ues CRF CRFy Crosso ver Freque ncy y may ha ve a valu e in th e range 0 to 1 1 : 0 = 4 0 H z 1 1 = 150Hz (in 10H z step s) STM STMy Stereo Mo de y may h a ve t he val ues 0 to 2 , as follo ws: 0 = Large+Sub , 1 = Sa t+Sub , 2 = Large. LFE LFEy LFE Lev el y may h av e a[...]

E-38 E-38 E-39 English SETUP COMMA NDS – AD V ANCE D Advanc ed Spe ak er Command Parameters Descriptio n Paramet er val ues BAS BASsy Bass Lev els y may ha ve a value in th e range - 6 to + 6 : - 6 = – 6 d B + 6 = +6dB TRB TRBsy T reble Lev els y may ha ve a valu e in th e range - 6 to + 6 : - 6 = – 6 d B + 6 = +6dB STB STBx Auto Stereo T one[...]

E-40 E-40 E-41 English Engine ering Settin gs Command Paramet ers Description Paramet er val ues RC5 zRC5y RC5 Syste m Code y may ha ve the va lues 0 to 5 , as foll ows : 0 = RC5 System Code 1 6, 1 = RC5 Syste m Code 19. SCM SCMx Scrolling Messag e SCT SCTyn Scrolling T ext Select y may ha ve a value in th e range 0 to 8 . If y = 0 , then n can b e[...]

E-40 E-40 E-41 English A V8 PR OGRAMMER The A V8 programmer utility allow s future software upgrades to be instal led and allo ws backu p a nd restoration of th e un it’ s se ttings vi a t he RS232 por t on the b ack of the A V8. The f ollowing equip ment i s requ ired:  IBM PC compa tib le com puter r unn ing Windo ws 98 or lat er .  Softw[...]

E-42 E-42 F-1 Français W ORLD WIDE GU ARAN TEE This entitles you to hav e the unit repair ed free of charge , during the fi r st two yea r s after purchase, at any authorised Arcam distributor pro vided that it was originall y purcha sed from an autho rised Arcam dealer or distributor . The manufac turer can tak e no responsi bility for def ects a[...]