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    340R azur ENGLISH A V receiver User’s manual 2[...]

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    Thank you for purchasing this Cambridge Audio Azur range AV Receiver. We hope that you enjoy many years of pleasure from it. The 340R is designed for e xcellent multi-channel surround-sound per formance without com promising on music reproduction. As such the five fully discrete audiophile grade am plif iers are kept as separat e as possible from t[...]

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    340R azur 3 ENGLISH Cambridge Audio warrants this pr oduct to be free from def ects in materials and workmanship (subject t o the terms set forth below). Cambridge Audio will repair or replace (at Cambridge A udio's option) this product or an y defective parts in this product. Warranty periods ma y vary from country to country. If in doubt con[...]

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    Impor tant safety instructions Please take a moment t o read these notes before installing y our 340R, as they will enable you t o get the best per formance and prolong the lif e of the unit. We advise y ou follow all instructions, heed all warnings and keep the instructions f or future reference. V entilation IMPORT ANT - The unit will become hot [...]

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    340R azur 5 ENGLISH Pow er On/Of f Switches the unit on and off. Mains power lead Once you ha ve completed all connections, plug the A C power lead into an appropriat e mains socket. The A V receiver is now ready for use. Speaker t erminals Connect to loudspeak ers with an impedance of between 4-8 ohms. Subwoofer Output Connect to a pow ered (activ[...]

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    6 F ront panel controls Volu me Phones Tuning Mode/St ore DVD Video 1 Dolby Digital/ DTS DSP Mode Pro Logic II Input Mode Video 3 inputs Video Left Right Stereo Mode Video 2 Video 3 Tuner FM/AM Tape/MD/CDR CD/Aux 5.1 Direct –+ Standby / On azur 340R AV R eceiver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Standby/On Switches the unit betwe[...]

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    340R azur 7 ENGLISH Remote control Audio T ype Selects between analog or digital audio input f or the current source. Stereo For list ening in 2-channel stereo. Stereo + Sub 2-channel stereo and digitally creat ed subwoofer channel. PLII, DD/DTS, DSP Modes See button details as list ed in the ‘Front panel contr ols’ section on the previous page[...]

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    8 F ront panel display Digital/Analog indicators Indicates the current sour ce input type - digital or analog. Decoding mode indicators Shows the current decoding type: Dolby Digital, Pr o Logic II or DTS. In conjunction with the Output Channel indicators these give full details of the current processing mode. T uner mode indicators Shows Memory/St[...]

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    340R azur 9 ENGLISH Analog audio connections Note: Do not plug in the mains pow er lead or turn the unit on until all connections hav e been made. Connect to source eq uipment using stereo phono cables (stereo 2RCA- 2RCA). T ape/MD/CDR recorder/play er s require two sets of st ereo phono/RCA cables, one f or recording, one for listening. FM 75 Ω [...]

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    10 Video connections For best picture quality w e recommend making a HDMI connection, then in declining order of quality , Component video connections, S-Video connections and then Composite video connections. T o use HDMI (digital connection), see the next section belo w. For analog video, use one of the follo wing three types of connections: 1. C[...]

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    340R azur 11 ENGLISH 5.1 Direct in DVD-A or SACD pla yers etc can be connected to the 340R via its 5. 1 Direct inputs allowing multi-channel music pla yback from these new sources. DVD-A and SACD both support 5. 1 analog output. T o select the Direct Input press the 5.1 Direct butt on on the front panel or remote. Note: These connections are pure a[...]

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    12 T o setup your speak er configuration, press the OSD button on the remote t o activate the On-Screen Display (OSD). Note: Y ou must be connected t o a T V/Monitor by Composite or S-Video connections first. Highlight the ‘Speaker Configuration’ menu by using the Volume Up/Down butt ons on the remote and press the Enter butt on: Now mov e down[...]

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    340R azur 13 ENGLISH Because the speakers in a surr ound sound system are usually dif ferent distances from the list ener the 340R incorporates the ability to apply a variable digital dela y to each of the channels so that the sound from each arrives at the same time at the list ening position for best surround- sound effect. Each pair of speakers [...]

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    14 The next st ep is to select each source input in turn on the 340R and tell the unit the type of audio connection you want t o use for that source (Analog or Digital input). The 340R remembers this setting individually for every source input and automatically recalls it as and when you change source input. Select the ‘Input Setup’ menu. Highl[...]

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    340R azur 15 ENGLISH The 340R has sev eral music and home-cinema listening modes av ailable. Before we describe how t o operate the 340R, below is a brief guide to surr ound sound formats: Dolby Digital Known also as DD (3/2) or DD 5. 1, pro vides (up to) 5.1 output fr om suitable encoded Dolby Digital mat erial, with 5 main channels (Front Left, F[...]

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    16 (1/0) - Mono, Centre channel only (2/0) - Left/Right stereo (2/1) - Left/Right stereo and LFE (Sub) (2/2) - Left/Right stereo and Lef t/Right surround (3/0) - Left, Centre, Right (3/1) - Left, Centre, Right and LFE (Sub) (3/2) - 5. 1: Lef t, Right, Centre, Lef t Surround, Right Surround and LFE (Sub) (3/3) - 6.1: Left, Right, Centre, Left Surrou[...]

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    Modes Output channels (button cycles round) Movie >5. 1 ! Music >5.1 % Room >5. 1 ! Theatre >5. 1 ! Hall >5. 1 ! 340R azur 17 ENGLISH Modes Output Modes Output (button cycles round) channels (button cycles round) Channels PLII Movie >5. 1 PCM 2 " PLII Music >5.1 Dolby Digital (2/0) + PLII Movie >5. 1 Dolby Digital (2/0)[...]

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    18 Dynamic Range Control This setting controls the dynamic range of Dolb y Digital or DTS movie soundtracks by compressing the dynamics in f our stages to limit the difference in lev el between loud and quiet passages in the movie. This can be a useful feature when w atching movies late at night f or instance. Four settings are possible: DRC=0/4 No[...]

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    340R azur 19 ENGLISH Note: These adjustments work in the digitally processed St ereo and Surround modes but not in 5. 1 Direct mode. The Sub/LFE channel (for DD / D TS material) can also be trimmed by up to -1 0dB in 1dB steps useful for lat e night listening or other situations where it might be desired to reduce the low freq uency ef fect lev el [...]

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    20 Bass Augment can be a useful function with PLII mat erial because this encoding type does not include an LFE Channel. This would normally mean that if all the speakers in your setup w ere set to ‘Large’, the subwoof er would in fact be inactive (as no bass has been re-direct ed plus there is no LFE channel). If it is desired to ha ve the sub[...]

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    340R azur 21 ENGLISH Power Output 80 watts rms per channel, 8 ohms, two channels driven 50 watts rms per channel, 8 ohms all 5 channels driven THD <0.006% @1kHz Crosstalk <-60dB Frequency response 20Hz – 20kHz +/- 1dB Audio Input Sensitivity 150mV Audio Input Impedance 4 7kOhms Digital Input Impedance 75ohms (Coaxial/SPDIF) S/N Ratio >90[...]

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    AP21 582/2- A © 200 7 Cambridge Audio Ltd Cambridge Audio is a brand of A udio Par tner ship Plc Regist ered Of fice: Galler y Cour t, Hankey Place, London, SE1 4BB, United Kingdom Regist ered in England No. 2953313 www.cambridge-audio.com[...]