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A VR400 HANDBOOK A VR surround amplier[...]

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A VR400 HANDBOOK A VR surround amplier English[...]

E-2 CA UTIONS ON INST ALLA TION Fo r pr oper hea t disper sal, do n ot ins tall this uni t in a co nned s pace, su ch as a boo kcase o r similar enclo sure. • Mo re th an 0.3 m (12 in.) is reco mmended . • Do no t place a ny o ther eq uipm ent o n this uni t. saf et y Impor tant safety instructions 1. Read these inst ructions. 2. K eep these[...]

E-3 English FCC INF ORMA TION FOR US CUSTO MERS  1. PRODUCT is p roduct comp lies wi th Pa rt 15 of the FCC R ules. Operati on is s ubject t o the fo llowin g two co nditio ns: (1) i s device ma y no t cause harmful in terfe rence, and (2) this devi ce mus t accep t an y int erfere nce recei ved, in cludin g in terfer ence tha t ma y ca[...]

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E-5 English w elc ome an k you an d congr atu lati ons on pu rch asing y our A rc am FMJ A VR400 Rec eiver . A rca m has been pr oduci ng speci alist a udio pr oducts o f rema rka ble qua lity f or over t hre e decad es and t he new A VR400 Rec eiver is the la tes t in a lon g line o f awa rd win nin g H i-Fi. e desi gn of the FMJ r ange d ra[...]

E-6 e A VR400 receiver is designed t o pr oduce a level o f perfo rmance t hat will truly b ring m usic and movies to l ife. e A VR400 is a high-quali ty and high-perfo rmance hom e-cinema proces sor an d am plier b uilt t o Arca m ’ s quali ty design a nd ma nufact uring sta ndar ds. I t com bines digital p rocessin g with h igh-perform[...]

E-7 English Placing the unit < Place the uni t on a level, rm surfac e, av oidin g direct sunligh t and so urces of hea t or da mp . < Do not pla ce the A VR400 on t op o f a pow er am plier o r othe r sour ce of h eat. < Do not pla ce the am plie r in an enclosed s pace such as a book case or c losed cab inet unles s there is goo[...]

E-8 Dolby V olu me Man ufactur ed under li cense fro m Dolby Labora tories. Do lby a nd the dou ble-D sym bol are trademarks of Dolb y Labora tories. Dolby T rueHD, Digital , Digital P lus, PL IIx Man ufactur ed under li cense fro m Dolby Labora tories. Do lby , Pro Logic, and the doub le-D symbol are trad emarks o f Dolby Labora tories. D TS-HD Ma[...]

E-9 English NO TE Ple ase r ead the ‘P lacin g th e u nit ’ , ‘ P ow er’ an d ‘I n ter con nect cab les ’ sectio ns on pag e E- 7 bef or e co nnect ing up you r A VR400 in teg rat ed a mp lie r! V oltage select Ensu re the v oltag e selected ma tches y our local power s upp ly re ar pa nel c onn ec to rs 230V 115V HDMI Fo r info rmat[...]

E-10 a udi o /vid eo c onn ec ti on s Befor e conn ecting yo ur A VR400 to yo ur sour ce com ponen ts an d speakers , please r ead thro ugh the next f ew pages which will e xplain all the in put and ou tput connecti vity tha t is a vaila ble. e ‘S peakers ’ section e xplain s how to conn ect up y our speak ers to av oid da mage t o the am pl[...]

E-11 English Zone2 connectors e Z2 out a nalogue a udio c onnecto r can be used to co nnect the stereo audio out put o f the A VR400 to a n am plier loca ted in a second room. Connect the a nalogue vid eo out put to yo ur Zone2 displa y equi pmen t. See ‘ Mul ti-roo m Setup ’ on E-46 fo r info rmatio n. S-V ideo and C omposite conne[...]

E-12 Analogue audio inputs A V , S A T , BD, V CR, PVR, C D Connect th e le an d right inpu ts to the le a nd right ou tput s of y our sou rce eq uipme nt. MCH input i s m ul ti -c ha nne l an alo gu e a udi o in pu t ca n be c on nec ted to a so ur ce dev ic e w hic h ou t pu ts s urr ou nd so un d o n it s an al ogu e o u tp ut s. S uc h[...]

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E-14 BD/SA T C on nectio n gu ide Blu-r ay Dis c (BD ) / DVD play er e dia gram sh ows ho w to m ake a udio an d video conn ections fr om a ty pical BD /DVD p layer . e p referr ed video h ook-up , in o rder of pr efer ence is: < u se the HD MI conn ector (i f HDMI out put i s pr ovided b y the p laye r), otherwise co nnect the three Compo[...]

E-15 English Co nnecting an iPod using the Arcam irDock e co mbin atio n of the A VR400 an d Arca m ’ s optio nal irDock o r rLead acces sory pro vides a gr eat p latfo rm fo r you r iP od. Connect th e i rDock as shown , power on the irDock , slot in yo ur iP od and se lect iP od as the source . No te tha t the def ault inpu t is V CR b ut th[...]

E-16 FM Connecti ng an aeria l A sui table F M aerial mu st be con nected to the A VR400 befo re FM radio c an be rec eived. I n str ong s ignal a reas , the wir e FM aerial sup plied ca n be used wi th reaso nable resul ts. When installed and recei ving FM radio , check the signal stre ngth by pres sing th e fron t pane l or rem ote co ntr ol’ s[...]

E-17 English ot her c onn ec to rs Data connectors rLea d/irDock Fo r use wi th an Ar cam rLead o r irDock ac cessory . See page E-15 and the acces sory documenta tion for d etails. RS232 serial c onnector U se wi th con trol d evices ha ving a n RS232 serial port (f or exa mple , Cres tron and AMX touch screen con trolle rs). Network c onnec tor ?[...]

E-18 spe ak ers e A VR400 allo ws you to con nect up t o seven speak ers and an activ e sub woofer in the ma in syst em. e o utp ut cha nnels co rrespo nd to s peakers in stalled in the fron t le, ce ntre , fron t righ t, surr ound le , surr ound righ t, surr ound bac k le, s urroun d back righ t and an activ e sub woofe r . e co [...]

E-19 English Connecting speakers T o co nnect each o f the s peakers, un screw the corr espondi ng termi nals on the back o f the A VR400, insert th e speaker wi res thr ough the hole in each post and screw the t erminals ba ck up . M ake sur e tha t the red ( positive / + ) termin al of the speaker is connect ed to the r ed (positi ve/ + ) te rmin[...]

E-20 Operating y our A VR400 Fo r info rmatio n disp lay w e reco mmend y ou use th e OSD (On-Screen D ispla y) on your d ispla y device wheneve r possib le. Switching on Pr ess the fr ont panel po wer b utt on in. e powe r LED will glow gr een, the fr ont displa y sho ws the w ord ‘ ARCAM ’ . When initialisa tion is com plete , the dis play[...]

E-21 English Using Z one2 Zone2 pro vides the optio n fo r the occupa nts o f the mast er bedroo m, con ser vat ory , ki tchen, etc. to view or list en to a d iere nt sou rce a t a di eren t vol ume leve l from the mai n zone (Zone1). Sourc e selection and v olume contr ol f or Zone 2 is achiev ed either by us ing an IR recei ver in [...]

E-22 4 Remo te co ntrol receiver . is is position ed behind the dis play window , abo ve the MENU but ton o n the fron t pan el. En sure th e recei ver is in a clea r line o f sigh t from the rem ote co ntr ol fo r opera tion. I f this is not possible , use a sepa rate sensor c onnected to the Z1 I R inp ut o n the r ear pane l. fro nt pa nel op[...]

E-23 English Inser ting batteries int o the remote c ontrol The CR102 univ ersal remote contr oller e CR1 02 is a so phistic ated ‘ uni versal ’ backli t rem ote con trol that ca n con trol up to eight d evices. I t is pre- pr ogrammed for u se with the A VR400 an d man y oth er Arca m pr oducts (FM /DA B tuner s, CD pl ayer s and D VD pla y[...]

E-24 e CR1 02 rema ins in the last selected Device Mode so it is not necessary to pres s a Device M ode key befor e every comm and k ey if all yo u ar e doin g is pla ying o r skip ping tracks o n a CD , f or exa mple . Navi gation key s e N avig ation keys st eer the cur sor in Set up men us or on-scr een men us.  ey also r eplica te the [...]

E-25 English Con trolling other devices Method 1 (Direct c ode setu p) is sectio n describes th e sim plest (p ref erred) wa y to pr ogram the CR102’ s Device Mode k eys to c ontr ol the non- Arcam devices in your sy stem.           < S om e o f th e mo de s ar e l ock e d to[...]

E-26  AMP Device Mode e A Devic e Mode but ton co ngure s the CR10 2 to con trol the A VR400. Pres sing this but ton d oes not a ect the curr ently selected in put on the A VR400. IMPOR T ANT :  e CR102 m ust al so be in AMP Device Mod e to co ntro l the fo llowin g sour ces: MCH (m ulti- cha nnel an alogue), AUX , NE T (op tio[...]

E-27 English  DVD/BD Devic e Mode e d Devic e Mode but ton co ngure s the CR10 2 to co ntr ol the fun ctions o f Ar cam Bl u-ray Disc and DVD play ers, al though thi s can be c hang ed (see page E-25). Pres sing thi s but ton also selects BD as th e A VR400 sour ce. P T oggles po wer betw een stand by a nd on 0 … 9 Searc hes fo r a[...]

E-28   SA T Device Mode e z Devic e Mode but ton co ngure s the CR10 2 to co ntr ol the fun ctions o f a sa telli te rece iver . Y ou will need to congu re this Device Mod e to wo rk with your equi pmen t. Pr essing this bu tto n also selects SA T as the A VR400 so urce . P T oggles po wer betw een stand by a nd on 0 … 9 Fu ncti[...]

E-29 English  VCR De vice Mode e w Devic e Mode but ton co ngure s the CR10 2 to co ntr ol the fun ctions o f a video recor der o r similar device. Y ou will need to congur e this Devi ce Mode to wor k with y our eq uipm ent. P ressi ng this b utt on also selects VCR as the A VR400 sour ce. P T oggles po wer betw een stand by a nd[...]

E-30  CD Device Mode e c Devic e Mode but ton co ngure s the CR10 2 to co ntr ol the CD function s of Ar cam CD play ers, altho ugh this can be chang ed (see page E-25). Pr essing this bu tton also selects CD as the A VR400 sou rce. P T oggles po wer betw een stand by a nd on. 0 … 9 Fu nctions as origin al remo te n umber k ey . PHONO[...]

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E-32 Befor e you use yo ur A VR400 i t is es sential th at yo u ent er some inform atio n int o the Setu p men us abou t you r speaker c ongura tion. is allo ws the A VR400 to pr ocess an y surr ound sound di gital sour ce to e xactly ma tch yo ur syst em and give y ou the ul tima te surr ound sound experience . er e are three p ieces of v[...]

E-33 English a ut o spe ak er set up er e is a p rop rietary au toma tic lo udspeaker se tup functio n built into your A VR400. e Arcam A uto Speake r Setup fu nction a ttem pts to set all th e essen tial speaker settings for all the speaker s in yo ur syst em. I t also calcula tes r oom eq ualisatio n (Room EQ) lte r value s to re move so[...]

E-34 set up me nu s e Setu p men us allo w you to con gure all aspects of y our A VR400. e next few pages will go thro ugh the me nu i tems a nd expla in their function. e Setup men us will p robab ly look quite daun ting if you a re new to set ting u p home cinema, but th e majo rity o f them need o nly be co ngured once wh en you ?[...]

E-35 English Input Config . e a udio a nd video set tings o n this pa ge of the Setup men u can be ta ilor ed speci call y an d indepen dentl y to the c urren tly se lected i npu t . When a dier ent inp ut is se lected on the In put line, all the in put -specic set tings f or tha t in put a re dis play ed below it.  ese setting s are[...]

E-36 Contr ast – Sets the video co ntra st fo r this in put . is settin g can be u sed to co mpensa te fo r too m uch o r too lit tle con trast i n the sour ce pi cture on this i npu t when com pared with o ther video so urces. Colou r – Sets the v ideo colo ur sat urati on fo r this in pu t. is set ting ca n be used to com pensate for t [...]

E-37 English micr opho ne at the list ening pos ition befor e running A uto Setup . Run A uto Setup – Pres s OK (or O on the remo te) to start A uto Speak er Setup .  e proce ss will ge nerat e test ton es fro m the speake rs and will typicall y take le ss than two mi nut es. e t est to ne gen erato r will cyc le ro und each s peaker twice [...]

E-38 V ideo Inputs Setting s to op tionall y assign a video so urce to each o f the no rmally a udio-o nly in puts . ese set tings a re st ored i n memo r y and recalled eac h time th e unit i s powe red up . Vide o Input CD – Vide o Input A ux – Vide o Input AM / FM – Vide o Input M CH – Vide o Input iP od – Vide o Input Ne t – Vide[...]

E-39 English Zone Settings Lists the vol ume an d con trol settings for Zo ne2 . e se settin gs ar e ap plied to all audi o inp uts a nd ar e sto red in memo r y and recalled eac h time th e unit i s powe red up . Z2 Inpu t – Selects the analogu e audi o and co mposi te video so urce t o be ro uted t o Zone2. e defa ult is ‘F ollo w[...]

E-40 Introduction Y our A VR40 0 recei ver pr ovide s all the k ey decoding and proces sing mode s for analogue and digi tal signals , incl uding th e lat est high d enitio n audi o form ats o ver HDMI . Modes f or digi tal sour ces Digital recor dings are u sually enc oded to inc lude info rmatio n abou t their forma t type.  e A VR400 detec[...]

E-41 English High r esolut ion audio sources Dolb y T rueHD Pr ovides u p to 7 .1 full cha nnel a t 96kH z, 24bi t reso lutio n, with poten tially no losses in the co mpr essio n pr ocess. Da ta rat es can be up to 1 8Mbps. Dolb y Digital Plus Pr ovides u p to 7 .1 discre te cha nnels o f a udio with less co mpr essio n than tradi tional Do lby Di [...]

E-42 Dol b y v olu me Dolb y V olu me is a sophisti cated new techn ology that resol ves the p rob lem of dier ent volu me level s between p rogra mme con ten t (e.g. a TV show a nd adv ert br eaks) and between so urces (e.g. a rock r adio sta tion a nd DV D, or betwee n two TV statio ns). I t l ets the li stener enjo y everything a t the same p[...]

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E-44 tu ner ope rat io n e A VR400 is  tted wi th an i nternal AM/FM t uner and a D AB (digital radio) t uner . DAB broad casts a re no t ava ilable in all loca tions. is sectio n deals wi th tune r opera tion, f or inf orma tion on setting up the tuner and installing aerials, see page E-16. When a tune r inp ut is selected, th e OSD s how[...]

E-45 English netw ork / us b ope rat io n e A VR400 is  tted wi th a netw ork a udio c lient which is ca pable of pla ying i nterne t radio s tation s as w ell as sto red m usic o n a netw ork st orag e device su ch as a PC, or fr om a U SB ash drive. Fo r info rmatio n on installin g the A VR400 on yo ur netwo rk, see pa ge E-17. e A V[...]

E-46 Zone2 con trol connections e A VR400 also allo ws re mote c ontr ol fro m Zone 2. Z2 IR is allo ws the A VR400 to be con trolled remo tely fr om Zon e2 via I nfra-red r emot e con trol . Connect a remo te IR r eceiver in Zone 2 to allo w con tro l of the A VR400 fro m this lis tening / viewing area. Fo r mor e info rmati on on r[...]

E-47 English Zone1 Mu lt i-room c o nnecti on gu id e Zone2[...]

E-48 Code L earning e CR1 02 come s with a comp lete li brary of pr eprogr ammed code s. Aer you ha ve set up the CR102 for your device, y ou ma y nd tha t ther e ar e one or mo re functio ns on your o riginal r emote which do not ha ve a place on the C R102 keypad . Fo r con venie nce, the CR102 oe rs a Code Learni ng fea tur e that al[...]

E-49 English Exampl e: T o deassi gn the Ma cro asso ciated with t he h ke y 1. Pres s and hold S un til the power L ED blinks twice: * * . 2. Pres s 9 9 5 . 3. Pres s h . 4. Pres s and hold S un til the power L ED blinks twice: * * . V olume punch-through V olu me pun ch-thro ugh mean s that , no ma tter which Device M ode is se lected, the CR102 [...]

E-50 Mode Mover If y our h ome en tertain ment se tup co nta ins devices of the sam e type (e. g. two TVs, perh aps fr om di eren t man ufactur ers) y ou ca n still co ntro l both tho se devices with th e CR102. Y ou sim ply n eed to rea ssign a n unused Device M ode key . NO TE Befor e using Mode Mo ver , m ake sur e both th e sour ce and desti[...]

E-51 English De vic e c ode s e tab les tha t begin o n page 5 6 (in the nal section of this H and book) list the fo ur-g ure codes for d ieren t man ufactur ers ’ devic es. U se these when settin g you r CR102 u p to co ntr ol yo ur devices, as described i n Meth od 1 (see pag e E-25). If m ore than o ne code n umber is listed , try [...]

E-52 tr oub le- sh oot ing Pro blem Check that. .. ere are no lights o n the un it < th e powe r cor d is pl ugged in to the A VR400 an d the ma ins sock et it i s plu gged in to is swi tched on. < th e powe r but ton i s pre ssed in. If a red LED is pr esent, the A VR400 is in sta ndby mode. P ress a ny b utt on o n the fron t pan el or r[...]

E-53 English Pro blem Check that. .. Sound o nly com es from some of th e speakers < you have an a ppr opria te su rround source selected a nd pla ying. < the BD/ DVD di sc is encoded in the a ppr opria te f orma t, and the corr ect form at ha s been selected in the di sc start me nu o f the BD play er (if ap plicab le). < the BD/ DVD p la[...]

E-54 Contin uous powe r out put, per channel , 8 2 cha nnels driven, 20Hz - 2 0kHz, <0 .02% THD 100W 2 cha nnels driven, 1kHz, 0. 2% THD 125W 7 cha nnels driven, 1kHz, 0. 2% THD 90W Resid ual noise & hum <0.3mV In puts Line in pu ts: N ominal se nsitivi ty 1V , 2V , 4V (u ser adju stable ) In pu t impeda nce 47k Ω Signal/ noise ra ti[...]

E-55 English pro duct gu ar an tee W orldwide Guaran tee is en titles you t o hav e the uni t repa ired fr ee of c harg e, duri ng the r st two years aer pur chase, pro vided tha t it w as origin ally pur chased from a n au thorised A rcam d ealer . e Ar cam deale r is re sponsi ble fo r all a er-sal es service. e m anuf acturer c[...]

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