Arcam AVR600 manual

A VR600 HANDBOOK A VR surround amplier                ?[...]

E-2 saf ety guidelines Impor tant safety instructions is p rod uct is designed and man ufa ctur ed to meet strict quality and safety stan dards. H ow ever , you sho u ld be aware o f the following installation a nd operation precaut ions. 1. T ake heed of warnings and instructions Y ou sho uld read all the saf ety and o perating instruction s be[...]

Fr ançais F-1 c ons igne s de séc uri té Instructions de sécurité impor tantes Cet ap pareil a été c onçu et fa briqué co nformém ent a ux normes de qualit é et de s écurité les plus strictes. V ous devez cependant observer les précau tions qui suiven t lors de son ins t allation et de son u tilisation. 1. A vertissements et consignes[...]

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E-3 English we lco me an k you and co ngra tulat ions for pu rchas ing you r Ar cam FMJ A VR600 Recei ver . A rcam h as been prod ucing spe cialist a udio p roducts o f rema rka ble q uality f or over th ree decad es and the n e w A VR600 Receiver is t he late st in a lon g lin e of awa rd winn ing H i-Fi. e desi g n of t he FMJ r an ge dra w[...]

E-4 e A VR600 receiver is designed to produce a level of perfo rmance tha t will truly brin g music and movies to life . e A VR600 is a high-q uality and high-perf ormance hom e-cinema p rocessor and am plier bu ilt to Ar cam ’ s quali ty design an d manu facturing s tandard s. It comb ines dig ital pr o cessing with high-performance aud[...]

E-5 English Placing the unit < Place the unit on a level, rm surface, a voiding direct sunlight and sour ces of heat or dam p. < Do not place the A VR600 on top of a power amp lier or other source of hea t. < Do not place the amp lier in an enclosed space such as a bookcase or closed cabinet unless ther e is good p ro vision f or [...]

E-6 Dolby V olume Man ufac tured under license fro m D olby Labora tories. Dolb y and the doub le-D sym b ol are trademarks o f D olby Labora tories. Dolby T rue HD , Digital, Digital Plus, PL IIx Man ufac tured under license fro m D olby Laboratories. Dolb y , Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol ar e trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. D TS-HD Master[...]

E-7 English NO TE Ple ase r ead th e ‘P lacin g the un it ’ , ‘ Po wer ’ an d ‘In terconnect cables ’ sections on page 5 befor e connecting up yo ur A VR600 integrated am plier! V oltage selec t Ensu re th e volta ge sel ected matc hes your local p ower s upply re ar pa nel connectors         ?[...]

E-8 au dio /video connections Befor e connectin g your A VR600 to you r sour ce com ponen ts an d speakers, please r ead thro ugh the next f ew pages whic h will expla in all the in put a nd out put co nne ctivity that is a vailable. e ‘ Spea kers ’ section e xpla ins h ow to co nnect up y our speaker s to avo id damage to the amp lier an[...]

E-9 English Zone 3 connectors Z3 OUT Connect th ese analogue audio ou tpu ts to y our Zo ne 3 equi pment . See ‘M ulti-room S etu p ’ on pa ge 48 for info rmation. Zone 2 connectors Z2 AUDIO OUT , Z2 VIDEO OUT Connect th ese analogue audio and video o utpu ts to yo ur Zone 2 equipm ent. See ‘Mul t i- room S etu p ’ on pa ge 48 fo r informa [...]

E-10                 ?[...]

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E-12                                                      ?[...]

E-13 English                                                  [...]

E-14 radio connectors                 NO TE e A VR600 pro vides p ow er for the Siriu s receiver , so[...]

E-15 English FM Connecting an aerial A sui table FM a erial must be connected to the A VR600 befor e FM radio can be received. I n strong signal a reas , the FM ribbon aerial sup plied can be used wi t h r easonable results . Mo unt thi s as h igh up as possib le on a wall with the to p of the ‘T ’-elements posi tioned verticall y or horizon ta[...]

E-16 ot her connectors Data connectors rLead/rDock For u s e with an Arca m rL ead or rDock accessory . See page 13 and the acc essory docume nta tion fo r details. RS232 serial connector U se with c on trol device s having an RS 232 serial port (f or exam ple, Cres tron a nd AMX tou ch screen con troller s). i s con nection is also used for upg[...]

E-17 English T rigger connectors e trigger connectors ( TRIG Z1 , TRI G Z2 and TRIG Z3 ) pr ovide an electrical signal wh enever the A VR600 is switched o n and the relevan t zone enabled. e trigg er signal can be used to switch o n and o compa tible piece s of home en tertainmen t equi pment , fo r exam ple, yo u could set up a trigger to[...]

E-18 sp ea ke r s e A VR600 allows you t o connect up to seven speakers and three active subwoo fers in th e main sys tem. e ou tpu t chann els corr espond t o speake rs installed in the fron t le, centre, fron t r ight, surro und le, surround right, surroun d back le, surround back righ t and an active subw o ofer . e congurat[...]

E-19 English         Fr ont left and right P osition yo ur f ron t le and right speakers to achiev e a good ste reo i mage fo r normal m usical rep roduction as well a s for the mul tichann el modes. I f they ar e placed t oo close toge t her there will be a la ck of spa ciou sness ; if th ey ar e pla[...]

E-20 Operating y our A VR600 Fo r inform ation di splay w e recom mend you use the OSD (On-Scr een Dis play) o n your d isplay device wheneve r possible . Switching on Pr ess th e fro nt pane l power b utto n in. e po wer LED will glo w orang e, the fro nt dis play sh ows the w ord ‘ ARCAM ’ , followed by the v olume setting and the name o f[...]

E-21 English Using Z one 2 and 3 Zone 2 provi des the op tion fo r the occupan ts of the master bedroom, con s ervatory , kitchen, etc. to view or listen to a dier ent source at a di erent vol ume le vel from the main zo ne (Z one 1). Zone 3 pro vides for a third living space to ha ve a copy of the audio signal in Zone 2 at a di erent vol [...]

E-22 Remote co ntrol receiver . is is positio ned behind the display windo w , above the MENU bu tton on the fron t p anel. En sure the receiver is in a clear line o f sigh t fro m the rem ote con trol f or opera tion. I f this is not p ossi ble, use a separa te sensor connected t o the Z1 IR inpu t on the rear panel. fro nt pa nel operation [...]

E-23 English Inser ting batteries in to the remote c ontrol 1. Open the battery com partment by p ressing the but ton on the back o f the handset. 2. I nsert four ‘ AAA ’ batteries into the ba tter y compa r tment – two facin g the top of the uni t, and two facing the end , as in t he diagram. 3. Low er the end cap on to the plastic locating [...]

E-24 e CR102 remain s in t he last selected Device Mode so it is not necessary to pres s a D evice Mode key befor e every command key if all you are do ing is playing or skipp ing tracks on a CD, f or example. Navigation k eys e N aviga tion keys steer the cursor i n Setup men us or o n-screen m enus. ey also replica te the na vigatio n fu[...]

E-25 English Con trolling other devices Method 1 (Direct code setup) is section describes t he simp lest (preferred) way t o pr ogram the CR 102’ s Devic e Mode k e ys t o contr ol the non-Ar cam devices in your system.              < Some of the modes ar e lo ck ed to A rc a[...]

E-26  AMP Device Mode e A Device M ode but ton co ngures the CR102 to con trol the A VR600. Pr essing th is b ut ton does not a ect the currently selected inp ut on the A VR600. IMPOR T ANT : e CR102 must also be in AMP Device Mode to co ntrol the followin g s ources: PHONO , MCH (multi-cha nnel analogue), AU X , NE T (op tiona[...]

E-27 English   DVD Devic e M ode e d Device M ode but ton co ngures the CR102 to contr ol the DVD functions of Arca m DVD players, altho ugh this can be cha nged (see pa ge 25). P res sing th is but ton also selects DVD as the A VR600 source. P T oggles power between standby a nd on 0 … 9 Searc hes for and plays the track correspon[...]

E-28   SA T Device Mode e z Device M ode but ton co ngures the CR102 to con t rol the function s of a sate llite receiv er . Y ou will need to congur e this Device M ode to wo rk with y our equipm ent. Pr essing this butto n a lso selects S AT as the A VR600 source. P T oggles power between standby a nd on 0 … 9 Function s as or[...]

E-29 English   VCR Device Mode e w Device M ode but ton co ngures the CR102 to co ntro l the fun ctions o f a video rec order o r similar device. Y ou will need t o congur e this Device M ode to wor k with yo ur equip ment. Pr essin g this bu tton al so selects VCR as the A VR600 source. P T oggles power between standby a nd on. 0[...]

E-30  CD Device Mode e c Device M ode but ton co ngures the CR102 to co ntro l the C D functio ns of A rcam CD p layers , although this can be chang e d (see page 25). Pressin g t his but ton also selects CD as the A VR600 source. P T oggles power between standby a nd on. 0 … 9 Function s as original remote num b er key . PHONO E Sele[...]

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E-32 Befor e you use yo ur A VR600 it i s essential t ha t you enter som e informa t ion in to the S etup men us about you r speaker co nguratio n. is allo ws the A VR60 0 to process an y surround sound digital sour ce to exac tly matc h your system and give yo u the ultimate surround sound experience. ere ar e t hree pieces o f v ital inf[...]

E-33 English au to spea k er se tup ere is a p rop r ietary automa tic loudspeaker setup functio n buil t int o yo ur A VR600.  e Arcam Au to Speaker Setup function at tempts to set all the essential speaker s etti ngs f or all the s peakers in y our syst em. I t als o calculates room equalisa t ion (Room EQ) lter value s to r emove some o[...]

E-34 set up men us e Setu p menu s allow y ou t o congur e all aspects of your A VR600. e next few pages will go through the me nu ite ms a nd explai n their functio n. e Setu p menus will pr obably look quite da unting if you ar e ne w to set ting up h ome cine ma, b ut the ma jority o f them need o nly be cong ured onc e when you ?[...]

E-35 English Input Config . e a udio and video setting s on this pa ge of the Setu p menu can be tailor ed specica lly a nd indepen dentl y to the curren tly selected i nput . When a dier ent inpu t is s elected on the In put line, all the in put-s p ecic settin gs fo r that inp ut ar e displa yed below it. ese settings a re a pplied[...]

E-36 Sub Stereo – If Le/Right+S ub or Sat+Sub is selected in Ster eo Mode abov e, this s etting adj usts the level of the subw oofer when the source is two c hannel stereo . Brightness – Sets th e video brigh tness fo r this in put. is set ting can be used to com pensat e for a n overl y dark or brigh t source picture on this in put wh en[...]

E-37 English loud) volum e exc eeds this value . It is sto red i n memo r y and recalled each time the unit is power ed up. Audio In iPod – I f you ha ve an iPod connected to the A VR600 using an Arcam rDoc k or rLead, th is co ntrol allows you to set which a udio input is used. Auto Setup A uto S pe aker Setu p of your lo udspeakers a nd sub woo[...]

E-38 V ideo Inputs Setting s to op tionall y assign a video so urce to ea ch o f the no rmally a udio-o nly inp uts. ese settings are st ored in memory and recalled each time the unit is power ed up. Video Input T ape – Video Input CD – Video Input Aux – Vide o Input AM / F M – Vide o Input Phono – Video Input MCH – Video Input iPod [...]

E-39 English Out 1 & 2 Resolution – is se ttin g con trols the out put r es olu t ion when both HDMI o utputs ar e us ed sim ultaneou sly . is settin g is only valid i f Out put Switc hing is set to Output 1 & 2. < e dropdown list s hows all the resolu tions that the A VR600 video proce ssor can o utpu t. Resolu tions that ar [...]

E-40 Introduction Y our A VR6 00 r eceiv er pr ovides all the k ey decoding and pr o cessing modes fo r analogue and digital signals, including the la test high denition audio fo rmats over HDMI. Modes for digital sources Digital recordin gs are usually encoded to include info rmation about th eir forma t type. e A VR600 detects auto maticall[...]

E-41 English High resolution a udi o sources Dolby T rue-HD Pro vides up to 7.1 full channel at 96kHz, 24b it resolution, wi t h poten t ially no losses in the comp ression process. Da t a rat es can be up to 18Mbps. Dolby Digital Pl us Pro vides up to 7.1 discrete channels o f audio with less com pression than traditional Dolb y Digital encoding. [...]

E-42 Dol by v ol ume Dolb y V olum e is a sop histica ted new techn ology that r esolves the p rob lem of dier ent v olume lev els between p rogramm e cont ent (e.g. a TV show and advert br ea ks) and between sources (e.g. a roc k radio sta tion an d DV D, o r between tw o TV stations). I t lets the listener enjoy everything at the same pr eferr[...]

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E-44 tu ner operation e A VR600 is  tted with an int ernal AM/FM t uner . Depending on your loca t ion, it m ay also be tted with a D AB tuner (Euro pe) or Siri us sat ellit e radio co nnection (Americas). Sirius req uires the purchase of the ‘ Siriu sC onn ect™ Ho me T uner’ kit and Sirius su bscriptio n – please visit www.sirius.[...]

E-45 English is displa yed and a udio is muted. If y ou have an y queries about yo ur subscription, please contact Sirius. Operation In a ddition t o the cha nnel and pr eset selection, previous ly mentio ned, you can also cycle through the sta tion cat egories (Roc k, Po p, Coun tr y , etc.) using the ] and [ k eys. e rst sta tion in eac h c[...]

E-46 netw ork / usb operation e A VR600 is  tted with a netwo rk aud io clien t which is capa ble of p laying i nternet radio sta tion s as well a s stor ed music on a netw ork sto rage devic e such as a PC, or from a US B ash drive. Fo r inform ation o n installin g the A VR600 on you r network, see page 16. e A VR600 sup ports the fol[...]

E-47 English ex t ern al amplie rs Analogue pre-amplifier outputs All pr e-amp lier anal ogue out puts a re bu ered, ha ve a lo w outp ut im p edan ce an d are a t line lev el. ey a re able to drive lo ng cables or several inpu ts in p arallel if requ ired . R, L, C Connect th ese to the eq uivalent (Right, Le and Centr e) fron t cha[...]

E-48 Zone 2 and 3 con trol outputs e A VR600 also allows remot e control from Zones 2 and 3. Z2 IR and Z3 IR is allo ws the A VR600 to be con trolled r emotel y from Zo ne 2 or Zone 3 via Infra-red r emote con trol. Connect a rem ote IR recei ver in Zon e 2 or Zon e 3 to allow contr ol of the A VR600 from these liste ning/viewing area s. For [...]

E-49 English                                            [...]

E-50 Code L earning e CR1 02 comes w ith a compl ete li brary of pr eprogra mmed codes. A er you h ave set u p the CR102 for your device, you ma y nd that there are o ne or mor e functions on yo ur original remote which do not ha ve a place on the CR102 keypad. F or convenience , t he CR102 oers a Code Learning featur e that allows you [...]

E-51 English Exampl e: T o deassign the Macro associate d with the h key 1. Pr ess and hold S until the power LED b links twice: * * . 2. Pr ess 9 9 5 . 3. Pr ess h . 4. Pr ess and hold S un til the powe r LED blinks twice: * * . V olume punch-through V ol ume punc h-through m eans tha t, no ma tter whic h Device Mode is selected, the CR102 contro [...]

E-52 Mode Mover If yo ur home entertainment set up con tains devices of the same type (e.g. two TVs, p erha ps from dier ent man ufactur ers) y ou can s till contr ol both th ose devices with the CR102. Y ou simply need to r e assign an unus ed Device M ode key . NO TE Before using M ode Mover , make sure both the source and des t inatio n Devic[...]

E-53 English De vic e cod es e tab les that begin on pag e 58 (in the nal sectio n of this Han db ook) list the four -gure codes f or die ren t manufact urers’ devices. U se these w hen setting yo ur CR102 up t o con trol yo ur devices, as describe d in M et hod 1 (see page 25). If mo re than on e code number is li sted, tr y the r[...]

E-54 trouble - shooting Problem Check that... ere are no lights o n the unit < the po wer cor d is pl ugged int o the A VR600 and the ma ins socket it is plugged in to is switched on. < the power bu tton is pres s ed in. If a red LED is p resent, the A VR600 is in standby m o de. Pres s any but ton on the fron t p anel o r remot e control.[...]

E-55 English Problem Check that... Sound only comes from some of the speakers < you ha ve an app ropriate surr ound source selected and playing. < the DVD disc is encoded in the ap pro priate forma t, and the correct format has been selected in the disc star t men u of the DVD p layer (if a pplicable). < the DVD pla yer has been s et to ou[...]

E-56 Continuous power out put (20Hz—20kHz at 0.05% THD), per channel 2 channels driv en 150W All channels driven 120W THD at full rated pow er <0.2% Residual noise & hum <0.25mV unweigh ted 20Hz – 22kHz Inputs Phono in put: In put sensitivity a t 1kHz 5mV In put impedance 47k Ω Signal/noise ratio (CCIR, 65W) 88dB Overload margin 31d[...]

E-57 English pro du c t guarantee W orldwide Guarantee is en titles y ou to ha ve the un it repa ired free o f char ge, durin g the rst two y ears a er pur chase, a t any autho rised Arca m dis tribu tor pr ovided th at it wa s originally purch ased from an au thorised Ar cam dealer o r distrib utor . is is exten ded by a fu rther thr e[...]

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