Thule SPACE PR350 B manual

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. ”Dolby”, ”Pr oLogic II” and the double-D sym bol are trademar ks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories Inc. All rights re ser ved. Manufactured under license from Digital Theater System s, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,[...]

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 5 Congratulations with your new Preamplifier/Processor SPACE PR350 B. The SPACE PR350 B contains advanced technology for an outstanding range of features and sound performance. We are sure that the PR350 B will give you long lasting pleasure. To give you full benefit f[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 6 Following formats are used : Cursive text indicates display readout, e.g.: CONFIG Key type is indicated with “”, e.g.: “ENTER” key. Stereo speakers: “L” : left speaker “R” : right speaker Surround speakers: “C” : center speaker placed in front of [...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 7 0. Installation Place the amplifier on a hard and flat surface. The ventilation holes should not be covered. There has to be at least 5 cm (2 inches) free air on top of the amplifier. To ensure long and trouble free operation we recommend: - Do not expose the amplifi[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 8 2. Volume controls The master volume level is set by rotating the volume knob on the front panel or by using the “VOL ⇑ ” or VOL ⇓ ” key on the remote control.[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 9 3. Zone 2 With zone 2 it is possible to redirect the sound to other audio systems, e.g. placed in kitchen or bedrooms. The zone 2 has separate volume control and input selector. Adjustments for zone 2 are achieved by holding down the same input knob as currently sele[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 10 A sound wave travels at approx. 340 meter/sec., which is equivalent to: 1 foot in 1 millisecond or 1 meter in 3 milliseconds Following example demonstrate how to calculate the delay setting for SL, SR, SC and C: From the listening position to each speaker, we measur[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 11 The user may still prefer to change delays during playback of a movie, based on subjective preference in a specific movie. Hence the delay can also be set “on the fly”. The intermediate delay settings will return to the default settings stored in the memory bank[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 12 And the transmission bit rate of the received bitstream: 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 two audio channels are active in the received Dolby Digit[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 13 DTS 6.1 Compatible: This DTS mode is actually identical to DTS ES 6.1 Matrix as described above, but by enabling this mode the user choose always to activate the matrix process on the SL and SR to generate the SC channel. DTS 6.1 Compatible will work on Dolby Digita[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 14 An analogue or PCM input stream contains no information about the surround mode, therefore STEREO is selected as default, if ProLogic II is not selected under the config.ProLogic II menu. By pushing the “SURROUND MODE” key for more than one second or “STATUS?[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 15 The following selections can be made in the config.speaker menu by using naviga- tion keys described above: Left speaker (L): SMALL or LARGE Right speaker (R): SMALL or LARGE Center speaker (C): SMALL or LARGE or OFF Surround left speaker (SL): SMALL or LARGE or OFF[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 16 Further the Subwoofer – max bass ON can be selected in the Dolby Digital and DTS mode if extra bass is required. The Subwoofer – max bass setting will be stored in the memory bank and can therefore be set individually for each surround mode. 6.2 Inputs Assignmen[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 17 DYNAMIC LO (Dolby Digital) Low level boost: 0.0 (disable low level boost) 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 (maximise low level boost) 6.7 Volume scale It is possible to select two volume level settings: a progressive step size, where step size is large at low levels for rapid se[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 18 6.9 Return to factory setting Each setting in the configuration menu will be stored even if the power is removed. However, if your entire set-up doesn’t work well, it may be desirable to reload the original factory settings. If this option is selected by the ” ?[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 19 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 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 Opto THD, digital inputs, 0 dB, 44kHz PCM: 0.003% Pure Aud[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 20 7.0 Your notes In this section you can fill in your own settings for the Space PR350 B, so you always have them, if you by mistake erase them. Stereo Speaker size Delay / ms Volume Trim / dB L (left main) R (Right main) ProLogic II Speaker size Delay / ms Volume Tri[...]

___________________________________________________________________________ page 21 APPENDIX A: Special Functions A.1 Communication between PR350 B and IA/PA350 B/PA250 B It is possible to remote control the functions in the IA250 B or the PA250 B, so that the operational mode of PA/IA250 B always will follow the operational mode of the PR350 B. Fo[...]

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 23 A.2 A/D level Except for the Pure Audio inputs, all other analogue inputs will be converted to digital samples (A/D conversion) by the built-in 24 bit 96kHz high quality A/D converter. The digital audio samples are then used in the DSP circuit e.g. for further proce[...]