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AVR350 HANDBOOK Ar ca m A VR 35 0 su rr ou nd so un d re ce iv er English[...]

AVR350 E-2 RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE P AS OUVRIR A TTENTION CA UTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus[...]

AVR350 E-3 English Co n te n t s Safety guidelines ....... .......... .......... .......... . E-2 Importan t safety i nstructions ........ ............ ........ E-2 Safety compliance ... ............ ........... ............ ..... E-2 Before you start ! .......... .......... .......... ........ E-4 Install ation ........ .......... .......... .....[...]

AVR350 E-4 Befo re y o u sta r t ! Introduction The A VR350 is a high qua lity and h igh performa nce home ci nema proces sor and mul ti-channel audio amplier built to A rcam’ s tradi tional high quality de sign and ma nufacturing standards. It combines high res olution dig ital proces sing with hi gh performa nce audio a nd video co mponents [...]

AVR350 E-5 English Before making connections Before connecting y our equip ment it is i mportant to think abou t the follow ing points, as these w ill affect your c hoice of co nnections a nd subsequen t use of th e system. Audio Wherev er possible , connect bo th analogue and digita l outputs of digital so urces. This enables us e of a digita l in[...]

AVR350 E-6 I nsta l l a t io n Positioning the unit < Place th e receiver on a lev el, rm sur face. < Av oid placing the unit i n direct su nlight or ne ar sources of heat or damp. < Do not p lace the uni t on top o f a power am plier or o ther source of heat. < Ensure a dequate ve ntilation. Do not plac e the unit in an enclos ed[...]

AVR350 E-7 English Audio connections < Wherever po ssible, conn ect both th e analogue and digital outputs of digital sou rces. This enables use of a digital in put for the main zone and the cor responding analogue in put for reco rding onto an anal ogue tape de ck or VCR, and for the Zone 2 output i f used. < T ake care t o place th e audio [...]

AVR350 E-8 Video connections The A VR350 al lows for co nversion between di fferent vid eo formats. This means that the A VR350 can conv ert betwee n composit e, S-vi deo and comp onent, if r equired. For example, i f you are watching a composite input from a VCR, you ma y view it from the S -video o r Component /RGB video outputs of the A VR350. T[...]

AVR350 E-9 English HDMI An HDMI connection between a s ource and y our displa y device o ffers the b est possibl e picture q uality . This con nection ty pe is, howev er , the most limiting i n terms of routing, adv ised cable length and conv ersion. The A VR350 pr ovides two HDMI input s; these are labelled ‘ DVD’ and ‘S A T’ in an ticipat[...]

AVR350 E-10 Zone 2 connections The A VR350 al lows indepe ndent routin g and contr ol of analo gue audio a nd composit e video to a second r oom such as a kitchen, bedroom or lounge. Thi s second ro om is known as ‘Z one 2’ . For Zone 2, the A VR350 ou tputs a lin e-level au dio signal taken fro m the stere o analogue audio , and a com posite v[...]

AVR350 E-11 English Control connections es (RE MOTE) O UT . This ou tputs any remote cont rol signal t hat is rece ived by o ne of the t wo remote control inputs desc ribed below (but not s ignals rece ived from the front -panel). It allows re mote control of source c omponents; control is p ossible by either conn ecting this output to the devices [...]

AVR350 E-12 Co n g u ri n g t he A V R 3 5 0 The A VR350 ‘S et-up M enu’ has si x ‘Basic’ a nd ve ‘ Adv anced’ m enu screens that take you thro ugh the con guratio n process. The ‘Basic’ menus enabl e you to match your AVR3 50 to your speakers ; the ‘ Adva nced’ menus allow you to optimis e the oper ation of your syst e[...]

AVR350 E-13 English The ‘Basic’ Set-up Menus 1 – Gen eral Setti ngs: Max Volu me : This li mits the ma ximum volu me setting the system can be turn ed up to . This is a useful feat ure to prev ent accid ental ove rdriving of low power - handling speakers , for examp le. Max On V olume : Limi ts the maxi mum volume the system operate s at when[...]

AVR350 E-14 HQ Video : Choose be tween RGB o r YUV ; if y ou have a YUV disp lay , set this i tem to YUV , otherwise set it to RGB . Note that this setting has no effect o n the HDMI output. This set ting contro ls the rout ing of the HQ-video within the AVR3 50, either a s 3-wire YUV or 4- wire RGB signals (w ith the syn chronisatio n signal on co[...]

AVR350 E-15 English Sub Ster eo : This se tting allows the volu me level of the subwo ofer to be adjusted fo r when the subwoof er is being used with 2 -channel (s tereo) sour ces. The sub woofer lev el for ste reo music of ten needs t o be set at a lower lev el than t hat for cine ma use; use this trim setting, wi th a stereo source, to reduce t h[...]

AVR350 E-16 5 – Lev el setting s The rela tive sens itivity of different s peakers c an lead to some speak ers soundin g dispropo rtionately loud or qui et, relativ e to other s in the sy stem. The l evel setti ngs of your A VR350 can help t o address th is inbalanc e. It is im portant to calibrat e the speak ers corre ctly to ach ieve an ac cura[...]

AVR350 E-17 English The ‘Advanced’ Set-up Menus ADV 1 – Speaker E q. This all ows ne adj ustment of bass and tr eble in 1dB steps (up t o ±6dB) for each of th e speake rs in the s ystem. Use these adjust ments spari ngly to com pensate for speaker response problems c aused by po sitioning, adjacent su rface textur es, or mix ed bra nds of[...]

AVR350 E-18 ADV 4 – Zone 2 Se ttings ZONE2 VOL : Sets the volume for Zone 2. Max Vol 20–83 : Limi ts the maxi mum volume setting fo r Zon e 2. This i s a useful feature to preven t accidenta l overdri ving of low power-ha ndling speak ers, for example. Fix Vol : This selec ts between xed and variable audio outp ut to Z one 2. If NO is select[...]

AVR350 E-19 English R em ot e co n tro l SELECT DEVICE SET LAST SLEEP A–B EXIT GUIDE CH VOL MUTE 0 FM 8 AV 9 MCH 7 TUN 5 AUX 6 T APE 4 CD 2 SA T 3 VCR 1 DVD THX FX SUB P .MODE SUBT TITLE MENU ZOOM AUDIO MEM RETURN ANGLE SETUP STA TUS SEARCH DIS TRM 1 2 TST SYN DYN SLP P – P + TM F AV MODE OPEN MENU INFO CR 80 DVD CBL VCR TV SA T CD AMP AUX OK A[...]

AVR350 E-20 Ope ra t i ng y ou r A VR 3 5 0 For informatio n display we recommen d you use the OSD on your TV/s creen whene ver possi ble. Howev er , all ke y informati on is also duplicated o ne line at a time on t he front pan el displa y of the A VR350. Switching on/off Press t he POWER butt on in. Afte r approxi mately two s econds, the power L[...]

AVR350 E-21 English Input selection T o select a particular source, pr ess the cor responding button on th e front pan el or on the remote con trol. There a re eight inp uts av ailable: DV D, Sat , AV , PVR, VCR, T ape, CD a nd MCH (DVD -A mult i-channel). In addition , AM and FM radio reception ca n be select ed from the built-i n tuner . Any pict[...]

AVR350 E-22 Effects/FX The EFFE CT button ( F X on the rem ote) cycl es through the av ailable effect modes. The e ffects are only av ailable wh en the A VR350 is in stereo m ode. For more infor mation on t he effects, see the se ction ‘DSP Effects Modes’ , page 25. Mode When a selected dig ital input carries a D olby Digita l or DT S signal, t[...]

AVR350 E-23 English Using the tuner The A VR350’ s r adio tuner can be cont rolled from the upper r ow of front panel butt ons (see di agram, below) o r from the remote cont rol handset . Note that the tuner b ehaviour can be seen only via th e front - panel d isplay , as there is no on-s creen displ ay for the tuner . Tuning to a stati on Pressi[...]

AVR350 E-24 FM Mute /Mono The A VR350’ s tune r has an aut o-muting ci rcuit that, when engage d, mutes an y signal that is of insufci ent strengt h for liste ning. T o engage this c ircuit pres s the FM MU TE/MONO butt on on the f ront panel: ‘FM MUTE’ i s shown in t he displa y . If a signal i s muted y ou will hea r no sound through the[...]

AVR350 E-25 English Main Me nu Screen 2 Compress ion : Allows selection of three di fferent comp ression r atios ( OFF , MEDIUM and HIGH ), where th e higher com pression is intended f or ‘late ni ght’ listening . The comp ression eff ect increas es the vol ume of the quiet passa ges and decrease s the vol ume of the louder passa ges. Compre ss[...]

AVR350 E-26 S u rrou nd m odes Introduction Y our A VR350 processor p rovides al l the key decoding a nd processin g modes for analogue a nd digital signals. Modes for Digital sources Digital recordings are usually encoded to include inf ormation ab out their fo rmat type. The A VR350 detects automatical ly the rele vant fo rmat in a di gital signa[...]

AVR350 E-27 English Two-channel source modes The fol lowing decod ing and sur round modes are av ailable: < Mono < Pro Logic E mulation < Stere o < Neo:6 Cin ema < Pro L ogic II/IIx Movie < Neo:6 Musi c < Pro L ogic II/IIx Music These mo des are a vailable with two-c hannel analo gue and two -channel PC M digital s ources (alt [...]

AVR350 E-28 DTS-ES 6 .1 Discrete : This is a true discre te 6.1 chan nel sound fo rmat (unlik e DT S-ES 6.1 M atrix where th e sixth (su rround cent re) channel information is extr acted from the two sur round channels ). DT S-ES 6.1 Di screte mode operate s only on s ources with DTS-E S 6.1 Discr ete audio encoding , such as c ertain DVD discs. A [...]

AVR350 E-29 English Bi - w i r i n g a n d bi - a m p i n g l ou d spe a k er s Bi-wi ring impro ves the so und of yo ur system as it divides the high a nd low freq uency signa l currents i nto separ ate speak er cables. The perform ance of yo ur system c an be furth er enhanced over th at achieve d with bi- wiring b y extending the princip le one [...]

AVR350 E-30 Bi-amping using an external power-amplier T o bi-am plify you r speaker s using one or more ext ernal power ampliers, you will need as man y channels of amplic ation as th ere are cha nnels you wish to bi -amplify . For exa mple, to bi -amplify just the fro nt left and right chann els, a two-c hannel ampl ier such a s the Ar[...]

AVR350 E-31 English T r o u bl esh oo t i ng There ar e no lights on the uni t: Check th at: < the powe r cord is p lugged into the A VR350 and t he mains s ocket outl et it is pl ugged into is switched on. < the powe r button is pressed in. < the main s fuse in t he plug (if applicable) has not blown. T he AV R350 requir es a 6-amp fuse, [...]

AVR350 E-32 When pla ying a Dolb y Digital D VD, the AVR3 50 selects Dolby Pro L ogic: Check th at: < you ha ve a dig ital connect ion from y our DVD pl ayer . < sometime s Dolby Dig ital DVD di scs contain material at eithe r the begin ning or the end of the main movi e that is not in ful l 5.1 format , but in tw o-channel or Pro Logic en co[...]

AVR350 E-33 English I R R em o t e Cod es The fol lowing info rmation is s upplied for owners of advanced progra mmable remot e controls, such as th e Philips ‘Pronto’ an d similar d evices, whe re it is po ssible to p rogram r emote codes directly in to the devi ce. The codi ng system f or the A VR350 is based on th e Philips R C-5 sta ndard. [...]

AVR350 E-34 These ex tra com mands on cod e 17 allow full contro l of the tu ner in the AVR350 using the remote cont rol supplied with the T 61/T31. The AVR3 50 responds to these co mmands in b oth the mai n zone and Zone 2. System c ode 17 . Command Command code T une down (s eek down if pressed for >1 seco nd) 31 T une up (see k up if pressed [...]

AVR350 E-35 English S C AR T co n n ec ti o ns These pi nouts descr ibe the sig nal connecti ons between the A VR350 and your displ ay device input. SCART RG B cable wit h audio back to process or Pin Signal Connecto r type Connecto r Pin Cable T ype Lab el 1 Audio o utput B (right) from TV T uner RCA Pho no (1) Centr e Coaxial cable (1) Audio out [...]

AVR350 E-36 T ech n i c a l spe ci cat i on s Analogue audio inpu ts Line in put sensitiv ity 0.5/1/2/ 4V rms (2V rms normal) Overlo ad margin +2dB Input im pedance >22kΩ Analogue audio outp uts Level (at 0dB gai n) 2V rms Maximum level 3.5V rms Impedanc e 600Ω Signal/ Noise ra tio (analog ue input) 100dB unweigh ted (measur ement bandwi dt[...]

AVR350 E-37 English Gu ara n tee Worldwide Guarantee This ent itles you to have the unit r epaired fre e of charge, during the rst two y ears afte r purchase, at any au thorised Ar cam distrib utor provi ded that it was origi nally purch ased from a n authorised Arcam dealer or distribut or . The manufa cturer can take no r esponsibili ty for de[...]

AVR350 E-38 Ap pen d i x : Seri a l p rog ra m m i ng i n ter fa ce Introduction This sec tion descri bes the rem ote control protocol fo r controlli ng the A VR350 via the RS232 interface. Conventions < All v alues in th is section are hexadec imal val ues, unless otherwise specied. Data transfer format < T ransfer rate: 38 ,400bps. < [...]

AVR350 E-39 English Command Specications / Spécications des commandes / Befehlsspezikationen / Opdrachtspecicaties Power / Alimenta tion / Bet riebsberei tschaft / Stroom g Change the stand-b y state of a zone. f Modiez l’état de veille d’u ne zone. d Ändern des Stand-b y-Zu stands eine r Zone . n De sta ndby-st atus va n een [...]

AVR350 E-40 Close a menu / Fe rmeture d’ un menu / Schließ en eines M enüs / Een menu slui ten g Close one of the menus of th e AVR3 50. An error message is returned i f the close instruction relates to a menu that is not open. F or exam ple, if the Main menu is open and a close ins truction fo r the Set -up menu is received, then an err or is [...]

AVR350 E-41 English Volume change / M odicatio n du volum e / Ändern der Lautst ärke / Vo lumewijzig ing g Increme nt/decremen t the audio volume in a zone. The v alue retur ned for the new volum e is offset by 0x30. T o obtain t he correct valu e, subtr act 0x30 fr om the repo rted va lue. < F ormula: act ual volum e = (reporte d volume ?[...]

AVR350 E-42 Volume set / Régl age du vo lume / Einstel len der La utstärke / Volume-i nstelling g Set the volume o f a zone. The v alue tr ansmitted f or the new volume mu st be offse t by 0x30. < For mula: transm itted vol ume = (requi red volum e + 0x30) The v alue retur ned for the new volum e is offset by 0x30. T o obtain t he correct valu[...]

AVR350 E-43 English Direct mode / Mo de Direct / Direktmo dus / Modu s Direct g Change the stand-b y state of a zone. f Modiez l’état de veille d’ une zone. d Ändern des Stand-b y-Zu stands eine r Zone . n De sta ndby-st atus va n een zone wijzigen. Example / Exemple / Beispiel / Voorbeeld g Comman d/response s equence to switch ‘Dir ect[...]

AVR350 E-44 Decode mode – mul ti-channel / Mode de décodage – multica nal / Dekodie rmodus – M ehrkanal / Decoder ingsmodus – meerkan aals g Set the decode mod e for multi -channel ma terial. f Réglez le mode de décodage po ur le matér iau multica nal. d Einstel len des Dek odiermodu s auf Mehrka nalmaterial . n De dec oderingsmodu s vo[...]

AVR350 E-45 English Select analogue/ digital / Sélecti on analog ique/numér ique / Analog/ digital au swählen Analoog /digitaal selectere n g Select an analogue /digital au dio input f or the curr ent source. f Sélecti onnez une e ntrée audio analogique/ numérique p our la sour ce actuelle . d Auswäh len einer a nalogen ode r digitalen Audio[...]

AVR350 E-46 Increme nt/Decreme nt Preset / Augment ation/dim inution de la présél ection/ Erhöhen /Verringer n der Vor einstellun g/ De voor instelling verhogen /verlagen g Increme nt/decremen t the curre nt tuner pre set. The v alue retur ned for the new preset is offset by 0x30. T o obtain th e correct v alue, subtr act 0x30 f rom the rep orte[...]

AVR350 E-47 English Example / Exemple / Beispiel / Voorbeeld g Comman d/response s equence to increment t he FM tuning from 85.0M Hz to 85.05 MHz: f Séquenc e commande/ réponse pour incrémente r le réglag e FM de 85,0 MHz à 85,0 5 MHz : d Befehl s-/Rückmelde sequenz zur Erhöhung de r UKW- Frequenz v on 85 auf 8 5,05 MHz: n Opdr acht- en resp[...]

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