Thule PR350 B V350 manual

Manufactured under license fro m Dolby L aboratori es. ”Dolby ”, ”ProL ogic I I ” and the doubl e-D sy mbol are trademarks of Do lby L abo rato ries. Confidentia l unpubl ished works. © 1992- 1997 Dolby L aborato ries I nc. All rights reserv ed. Manufactured under license fro m Digital Theater Sy stems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956,67[...]

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___________________________________________________________________________ page 3 INDEX OVERVIEW OF RE MOTE CONTROL ..................................................................................................... .... 4 OVERVIEW OF RE AR AND FRONT PANEL ..........................................................................................[...]

STBY MUTE [MODE] T APE 1 DIM L SL SUB SR C R LD T APE 2 [ST A TUS] TV SA T DV D [CONFIG] ENTER VOL PURE A. VOL VOL standby | mute -20dB | increase volume REMOTE CONTROL change light | return to master volume | decrease volume left | center | right surround left | subwoofer | surround right DVD player | sattelite receiver | TV-set laser disc | audio[...]

FRONT P ANEL AND REAR P ANEL volume control | control panel: see next page display: see next page S-video inputs composite video inputs analog audio inputs to DSP[...]

SL SL SURROUND PURE MUTE/ MODE SURROUND MODE AUDIO STBY SR SR SAT SAT LD LD TAPE 2 TAPE 2 SUB SUB L L C C R R DVD DVD TV TV TAPE 1 TAPE 1 VOL VOL short push: surround left channel balance 2 sec. push: surround left channel delay / enter left channel balance / left Dolby Digital surround Dolby ProLogic II surround 2 channel stereo Adjustments Zone 2[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 7 Congratulations w ith y our new Preamplifier/Processor SPACE PR350 B. The SPACE PR350 B contains adv anced technology for an outstanding rang e of features and sound performance. W e are sure that the PR350 B will gi ve you long lasting pleasure. To giv e you full be[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 8 Following for mats are used : Cursive text indicates di splay readout, e.g .: CONFIG Key ty pe is indicated with “” , e.g.: “ENTER” key. Stereo speakers: “L” : left speaker “R” : r ight speaker Surround speakers: “C” : center speaker placed in fro[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 9 0. Installation Place the amplifier on a har d and flat surface. The ventil ation holes should not be covered. There has to be at l east 5 cm (2 inches) free air on top of the amplifier. To ensure long and tr ouble free operation w e recommend: - Do not ex pose the a[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 10 a CD play er or D VD player to one of the availabl e digital inputs in the PR350 B and use the balanced 24bit D/A conv ersion for L and R channel s, built into the PR350 B. The Space PR350 B is also optimis ed for D/A conversi on of the 24bit/96kHz stereo DVD disc?[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 11 3. Zone 2 W ith zone 2 it is possibl e to redirect the sound to other audi o systems, e.g. pl aced in kitchen or bedr ooms. The zone 2 has separate v olume control and input selector . Adjustments for zone 2 ar e achieved by holding down the same input knob as curre[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 12 A sound wav e travel s at approx. 340 meter /sec., which i s equiv alent to: 1 foot in 1 millisecond or 1 meter in 3 milliseconds Follow ing ex ample demonstrate how to calculate the delay setting for SL, SR, SC and C: From the listeni ng position to each speaker , [...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 13 The user may still prefer to change delays during play back of a movie, based on subjectiv e preference in a specific mov ie. Hence the delay can also be set “on the fly” . The in termediat e delay settings will return to the de fault se ttings stored in the mem[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 14 And the transmission bi t rate of the received bi tstream: 32k : 32 kbit/sec. . . 448k : 448 kbit/sec. 768k : 768 kbit/sec. (only DTS) 1411k : 1411 kbit/sec. (only DTS) 1532k : 1532 kbit/sec. (only DTS) If only tw o audio channels are activ e in the receiv ed Dolby [...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 15 DTS 6.1 Compatible: This DTS mode is actually identical to DTS ES 6.1 Matrix as described abov e, but by enabli ng this mode the user choose al way s to activ ate the matrix pr ocess on the SL and SR to generate the SC channel. DTS 6.1 Compatible will w ork on Dolby[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 16 An analogue or PCM input stream contai ns no information about the surround mode, therefore STEREO is sel ected as default, if ProLogic II is not sel ected under the config.ProLogic II menu. By pushing the “SURROUND MODE” key for more than one second or “ST AT[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 17 6.1 Speakers The SPACE PR350 B contains ex tensive bass manag ement adjustments, so that the bass signal can be r e-routed to those loudspeaker s capable of handling the low frequency i nformation. The following selections can be made in the config.speaker menu by u[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 18 The b) situation can be useful in situations, w here the L, R speakers can handle deep bass information and extra bass i s requir ed. If the L and R speakers are not so w ell suited for the low est frequencies, then chose a), eventual ly w ith low est 60Hz cr oss ov[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 19 The following setti ngs are possibl e: DYNAMIC HI (DTS + Dolby Digital) High level limit: 0.0 (disable high level lim it fun ction) 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 (maximise high l evel l imit function) DYNAMIC LO (Dolby D igital ) Low lev e l boost: 0.0 ( disable low level boo[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 20 6.9 Return to f actory setting Each setting in the configuration menu will be stored ev en if the power is removed. Howev er, if y our entire set-up doesn’ t work well , it may be desi rable to reload the origi nal factory setting s. If this option is selected by [...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 21 6.14 Video input output For ever y input sour ce, the user must select the correct v ideo input format. Furthermore, the output format to the TV/Projector must be chosen as either RGB or Component. The DVD component input can be selected as pass-thr ough w ith over [...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 22 TECHNICA L SPECIFICA TIONS Max. analog output voltage : 8V phono/ 16V XLR Analog inputs to DSP: 4 Phono THD, Pure Audio input, 2V out: 0.002% Digital inputs to DSP: 4 Electrical THD, A/D inputs, 0 dB: 0.004% 2 O pto THD, digital inputs , 0 dB, 44kHz PCM: 0.003% Pure[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 23 7.0 Your notes In this section you can fill in your ow n settings for the Space PR350 B, so you alw ays hav e them, if you by mistake erase them. Stereo Speaker siz e Delay / ms Volume Trim / dB L (left main) R (Right ma in) ProLogic II Speaker siz e Delay / ms Volu[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 24 A PPENDIX A: Special Functions A.1 Communication bet ween PR350 B and IA/PA350 B/PA 250 B It is possible to r emote control the functions in the IA250 B or the PA250 B, so that the operational mode of PA/IA250 B always w ill follow the operational mode of the PR350 [...]

CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN R L L R SR S2 SUB OUT SL S1 MUL TI CHANNEL INPUTS 2 CHANNEL INPUTS C DAT A I/O +R -R +S R -S R +S 1 +C +S 2 -S 1 -S 2 -C +S L -S L +L -L UNBALANCED BALANCED L R MADE IN DENMARK BY THULE A UDIO THULE AUDIO 2/5-7 CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER MODEL: SP ACE P A350 B SERIAL NO.: 220-230 V 50-60 Hz High Efficiency - [...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 26 A.2 A/D level Except for the Pure Audio inputs, all other analogue inputs w ill be converted to digital samples (A/D conv ersion) by the built- in 24 bit 96kHz high qual ity A/D converter . The digital audi o samples are then used in the DSP ci rcuit e.g . for furth[...]