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P/N13466 0303 B&K SB ! IMPL Y ETTER B&K Components, Ltd. Reference 31 A/V System Controller Owner’s Manual.
ii USER INFORMATION SETU P CR O SSO VERS + LF E 1 Crosso v er 2 High Pass 3 Low P ass 4 LFE Lev el SET UP SPEA KER L EVEL S Left Cent er Righ t Front Sur r ound Back Subwoofe r SET UP SPEA KER SIZ E 1.
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1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Motorola ® , , “ * Digital DNA™, “Powered by Motorola”™, Moto rola name and l ogo are registered trad emarks of Motorola, Inc. Surround EX is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. Used u nder authorization. Manufactured under licen se from Dolby Laboratories.
2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING WARNING: to prevent fire or sh ock hazard, do not expose th is unit to rain or moisture. Care should be taken to prev ent objects or liquid from entering th e enclosure. Nev er handle the po w er cord w i th wet hands.
3 FEATURES Your new processor i s a versatile audio/video control c enter. The processor is desi gned to sound sensational and be an attractive, easy-to-use addition to your audio/video system. Although you already have a good i dea of your processor’s features, we woul d like to take a moment to point out certain highlights.
4 THE BASICS The following is intended to familiarize users with common terms and ap plications of Home Theater equipment. Sources - your proc essor can provide audio from its built-in AM/FM tuner. It ca n also provide limited video from its on-screen menu sy stem.
5 Stereo - Stereo contains two di screte, front left and right full range audio cha nnels. This is the most common format for music and i s also used on many movies.
6 DTS NEO:6 – DTS Neo:6 is an advances matrix decoder. It will take any two -channel source and expand it into five or six channels, depending on the user’s speaker lay out. Two-channel sources include VHS tapes, broa dcast television, stereo CDs and DVDs.
7 THX Surround EX ™ - Dolby Digital Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd. In a movie theater, film soundtra cks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technolo gy are able to reproduce an extra channel, which has been ad ded during the mixing of the program.
8 Bass Management - Dolby Digital and DTS-ES formats may contain up to 6 full range channels plus LFE. Only a system with six full-range (large) s peakers plus a subwo ofer can directly reproduce these formats.
9 FRONT PANEL t ¿ SLEEP HEADPHONE PRESET ENTER SAVE SOURCE MODE MENU DOWN UP POWER ON/OFF Reference 31 B&K Components, Ltd. A/V System Controller BK COMPONENTS 5 2 1 3 4 M U L CA S F I L SURROUND EXTENDED 1 * 1. Headphone Jack - Stereo headphones having a standard ¼ inch binau ral plug can be conn ected to the headphone output.
10 REAR PANEL The processor’s back panel is organized into group s of inputs and outputs for audio and vide o as shown below. See back of this manual for an enlarged view. FUSE CAUTION: FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME TYPE 0.
11 11. Component Video inputs - Switched input conn ections for two component video devices. Red RCA jack - typically connect to the red out put of a component video source Green RCA jack - typically connect to the green out put of a component video source Blue RCA jack - typically connect to the blue out put of a component video source 12.
12 MAKING THE CONNECTION It’s tempting to just plug in your n ew A/V processor and have gre at sound pour out. Before you do th at, take a few minutes to plan out how you want the proce ssor to fit into your audio/video system. Ask yourself the following questions: y What source components do I want to conne ct to my processor? (CD, VCR, etc.
13 AUDIO / VIDEO CONNECTIONS Connecting your analog sources to y our processor Audio / Video source - con necting a DVD/VLD player to the Processor’s analog inputs. Use the same instructions for connectin g to other audio / video sour ces such as a satellite receiver, cable box, etc.
14 Component Video - In addition to S-video and com posite video switch ing, your processor pr ovides two sets of component video inputs for DV D and TV/DBS type inputs, and one set of component video output s. Your processors component video connections are passive to minimize the possibility of video format compatibility issues.
15 DIGITAL CONNECTIONS Connect digital inputs (DVD, VLD, etc.) to the pro cessor. You will need either coaxial or opt ical digital inputs to play Dolby Digital (AC-3) or DTS surround sound p rocessing. Digital connection s are also recommended for PCM sources.
16 SURROUND OUTPUTS Your Processor has multiple surro und processor outp uts fo r use with external amplifie r(s) or powered sp eakers. The Reference 31 proce ssor allows THX Surround EX co mpatibility via two Surround Back ‘S BACK’ processor outputs.
17 SURROUND SPEAKER OUTPUT CONNECTIONS Connect the A/V System Controller’s surroun d outputs to y our external amplifier(s) or powered speakers as described previously.
18 ANTENNA CONNECTIONS The FM jack is a stan dard screw on F-type connector. The AM is a push type. Strip ¼ inch of insulation off your AM antenna wires and insert one wire end into each hole while holding the tabs down. Release the tabs to lock in the AM antenna wires.
19 FREQUENTLY AS KED QUESTIONS My collection of equipment differs fr om the labels on the back of my processor, how can I hook them up? Your processor provides 5 identical sets of inputs - V1, V2, DVD, CD, and SAT. Each of these has analog audio, composite vid eo, S-video, coaxial digital audio, and o ptical digital audio.
20 My laser disc player (or other digital source) has only op tical output, but my CD recorder (or other digital recorder) has only coaxial input. Do I need some sort o f converter to make direct digital recordings? No, your processor will convert optic al to coaxial and coaxial to optical.
21 SETUP For best results, perform the following set up procedure wh e n you initially install your processor and anytime you change or add sources, sp eakers, etc. or when you rearrange your listening are a THE MENU SYSTEM Setup of your processor will re quire you to navigate through the menu sy stem.
22 SYSTEM SETUP You should always perform System Setup after first installing your processor and after adding/changin g speakers or sources or re arranging your listening area.
23 Set the size for your front left and righ t, ‘L’ and ’R’ speakers - You must have front speakers. From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Speake.
24 Set the size for your surround left an d right, ‘Sl’ and ‘Sr’ speakers - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Surround 2 ¶ (REW) or • (FF).
25 Surround Back setting Subwoofer Ultra Subwoofer Yes THX Subwoofer None Front Large Subwoofer None Front Small None Surround Bass to SW Surround Hi-Pass to Front Surround Bass to SW Surround Hi-Pass.
26 Subwoofer Setting Front Large Center Large Surround Large Surround Back Large None LFE + Bass to Front LFE + Bass to Center LFE + Bass to Surround LFE + Bass to Surround Back Yes THX LFE + Bass to .
27 Speaker Location Ideally your speakers will be the same dista nce away from your listening area. However, physical limitations usually require placin g the speaker in other tha n optimum locations. Your proce ssor contains a means to electronically move each speaker’s loca tion.
28 Speaker Levels Speaker level calibration al lows you to equalize the volume levels of each spea ker to make up for differences in speaker characteristics and distan ces from the listener to the speakers.
29 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Crossovers + LFE 2 SEL or ENTER (ENTER) activate SETUP CROSSOVERS + LFE 3 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN).
30 Set the low pass filters slope - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Low Pass 2 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB adjust filter slope to desired value Set your LFE (.1) channel lev el - Usually this will be set to 0.
31 Room Equalization Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults . However, theses settings allow for the correction of various tonal errors that occur during re production of audio in a home theater. The room equalization menu allows for two types of adjustments.
32 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Test Tone frequency 2 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB set to desired frequency 3 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) o.
33 Setup variable ‘EQ 1’ - allows you to se t default bass and treble settings for use with all input sources in all audio modes excluding DV D Audio.
34 Displays This menu allows you to set va rious aspects of your vide o and front panel display s. Make sure you are in th e SETUP MENUS and your remote is in B&K mode.
35 Set the intensity of on-s creen video overlay s - Overlays will appear when you change a processor setting or your processor detects a change in the incoming audi o or vi deo information. Transparent mod e allows video to be seen behind the overlay.
36 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Zone 1 Video Monitor 2 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB adjust for desired operation Set the Zone 1 Monitor Aspect Ratio - During normal operation, your processor will overlay status i nformation on your video monitor.
37 Inputs Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults . However, your processor allows ‘fine tunin g’ of its surround processor operates after the selection of an i nput source. Make sure you are in the SETUP MENUS and your remote is in B&K mode.
38 Favorite audio listening mode continued Setting a favorite listening mode here will not preve nt the system from automatically adjusting the listening mode in response to bitstre am information, nor will it prevent the user from changing mode s during normal operation.
39 From Remote From Front Panel Action 4 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Favorite Speakers 5 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB select favorite speakers for use with source Set the 2-chan.
40 From Remote From Front Panel Action 4 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Multi-chan type 5 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB select type for use with source Set input source level - Allows you to match the levels of your i nput sources so that there are no large changes in volume as you change from one source to another .
41 Set component v ideo - Allows you to associate one of two compon ent video inputs with each of your input sources. When you choose that source for viewing, the associated com ponent video input will be rout ed to the component video output.
42 Presets Usually these settings may be left set to the factory defaults . However, your processor allows ‘fine tuning’ of how presets operate. Make sure you are in the SETUP MENUS and your remote is in B&K mode.
43 Generating a name w he n saving a preset - When you save a preset, your system automatically ge nerates a simple name for the pre set, which you can then change before confirming the preset save.
44 MEMORY BACKUP Your processor continually saves any settings you have made even if power is lost. However, you may wish to save a backup of your settings in ca se of inadvertent changes to them. To perform a backup, follow the procedure below. To restore backup settings perform the same proced ure bu t select restore instead of backup.
45 OPERATION The following outlines the norm al day-to-day operation of your processor from the supplied universal remote or directly from your processo r’s front panel. The universal re mote is also capable of controlling other equipment and storing sequences of commonly used commands.
46 CHOOSING A SOURCE In general, the select ed source will appear at the Zone 1 output, t he TAPE output, and the V1 output. To prevent feedback, TAPE input will not appear at TAPE output and V1 input will not appear at V1 output.
47 ADJUSTING THE VOLUME From Remote From Front Panel Action VOLUME ∧ or VOLUME ∨ VOLUME KNOB adjust volume MUTE can’t do from front panel instant volume all the way down press MUTE again to re store Note: The front panel VOLUME KNOB is used to control mult iple functions an d, therefore, cannot always control the volume.
48 AUDIO MODES Your processor is designed to work wit h 5 audio listening modes. Under norm al operation you may simply select Mono, Stereo, Surround, THX or DVD Audio via the remote control. In addition, you may choose an audio listening mode immediately followed by a speake r selecti on.
49 Audio Mode description MONO Sums the incoming audio information to a single channel and routes it to the desired speaker. Use this mode fo r listening to the FM tuner with weak RF sign al strengths. It is also useful in the case of a larg e listening group and it is difficult to put everyone near the optimum listening positio n.
50 Neo:6 Movie (Cinema) When listening to movies u sing the DTS Neo:6 m ovie de coder with stereo TV shows or other surround -encoded programs, there is furthe r enhancement to soundfield dire ctionality, which is close to the quality of di screte 6.1- channel soun d.
51 Special Considerations For use with multi-channel encoded bitstreams p ressing of SURROUND or THX toggles between the Movie and Music playback options.
52 Why do I need all these audio modes? With the wide variety of audio source material available today, i.e. single channel mono, 2 cha nnel mono, 2 channel stereo, 2 chann el surround and multi-chan nel encode d audio, we believe that the reprodu ction of this material is best handled in audio categories.
53 EQUALIZATION ‘EQ’ Selecting an EQ functio n via the remote con trol - allows you to override ho w the audio is cu rrently being processed. This is where you may set the Dynamic Range to either Norm al (default) or Limited for late night listening while processi ng Dolby Digital or DTS bit streams.
54 Select Dynamic Range Limited For late night listening while pro cessing Dolby Digital or DTS bit streams and a reduced dynamic range i s desired. When the dynamic range is set to limited, compre ss.
55 ZONE ‘Z’ Use the Z (zone) func tion via the remote control - For use in a second audio zo ne, your processor comes equipped with a fully independent 2-ch annel analog pre-amp.
56 Saving a Preset From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 make all settings you wish to save make all settings you wish to save prepare for saving preset 2 SAVE not available activate preset save enter.
57 Recall preset using Zone 1 Operation From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 MENU MENU return to main menu 2 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) o r (DOWN) move to Zone 1 Operation 3 SEL or ENTER (ENTER) ac.
58 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Zone 2 Operation 2 SEL or ENTER (ENTER) activate ZONE 2 OPERATION 3 source then B&K VOLUME ∧ or VOLUME ∨.
59 ZONE 1 FAVORITE PRESETS Favorite presets need only be setup after adding/ch anging pr esets or source s. This feature allows for skipping selected presets when p ressing the remote CHAN NEL ∧ ∨ buttons or front panel preset (+) button. When you save a preset it will be automat ically added to the favorite pre set list.
60 ZONE 2 FAVORITE PRESETS Favorite presets need only be setup after adding/ch anging pr esets or source s. This feature allows for skipping selected presets wh en pressing the remote CHANNEL ∧ ∨ buttons or front panel PRESET button. When you save a preset it will be automat ically added to the favorite pre set list.
61 GETTING PROCESSOR STATUS When you are not in a menu, pressin g ENTER at any time will bring up a two or three line status m essage on Zone 1 video outputs.
62 ADVANCED FEATURES WARNING - The followi ng describes the advanced fe atures of the processor. Si nce changing some of these functions may cause seve re effects such as no sou nd or no remote control operation, we sugg est you leave this menu disabled (hidde n) for normal operati on.
63 Set the maximum level of Zone 1 (A) - Max level allows you to set a maximum volume level for Zone 1 (A). This is very useful if you are using speake rs that can’t handl e the maximum po wer output from your processor or if you simply wish to limit the volume that can be achi eved using normal front panel or remote op eration.
64 From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to On Screen Display 2 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB set to All, User or Off Set V1 line output usage - V1 output is normally set up as a tape loop. The V1 and Zone 1 (A) outputs a re the current source (V2, TV, CD, DVD, etc.
65 Set surround mode ope ration - Most users will p refer the factory setting - AUTO. In this mode th e processor automatically sets the surround mode to full 7.1 channel operati on (or as many as permitted by your speake r setup) whenever a Dolby Digital or DTS bitstream is detected regardless of what surround mod e you have selected .
66 Zone 2 (B) Level Contr ol - You may wish to install an in-wall volume control in your second zone. This can cause confusion between y our processor’s internal Zone 2 (B) volume cont rols and your in-wall controls.
67 Set the Zone ID for Zone B - Each me ssage transmitted from your remo te includes a Product ID Code Set (See Zone ID), which allows independent command and control of the processo r’s Zones A and B. Set the desired zone ID number for use wi th Zone B (default 2).
68 Link Zone 2 (B) input to Zone 1 (A) input sele ction - Zone 2 (B ) input source selection may be linke d with Zone 1 (A) source selection s. In operation, whenever a source selection is dete cted (remote, front panel or RS-232) on Zone 1 (A), source lin kage will cause the source to b e selected on both zones.
69 Power On Titles When you turn your pro cessor on it displays two lines of text. You can ch ange this text to a personalize d message. Make sure you are in the ADVANCED SYST EM SETUP menu and the remote is in B&K mode.
70 Setup Control Out 1 Control out 1 is dedicated to Zone 1 (A) it can be programm ed to be on or off for each source. Fo r example you may wish to use the control out to pull down a projection screen for your V1 and DVD sou rces but roll it up for Tuner and CD.
71 Setup Control Out 3 CONTROL OUT SETUP 1 Control Out 1 2 Control Out 2 3 Control Out 3 4 Control Out 4 next item SEL select MENU advanced setup 3 Control Out 3 CONTROL OUT 3 CONTROL OUT 3 SETUP 1 TU.
72 Security Options Advanced Security options allow you to hide the ADVANCED SY STEM SETUP menu to prevent inadvertent changes to advanced system settings. This menu al so allows you to lo ck your preset and sy stem setup settings to prevent inadvertent reprogramming.
73 Front Panel Locked - Locking the front panel will only allow operation of your processor with a B&K remote or RS-232 computer interface. Note if you inadvertently lock the front panel , simultaneously pressing SLEEP, UP and DOWN on the front panel will alw ays enter the advanced security options to allow changing these settings.
74 DSP Usage Allows displaying the current DSP usag e in MIPS. From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to DSP Usage 2 SEL or ENTER (ENTER) activate DSP USAGE .
75 RS-232 baud rate - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) move to Baud Rate 2 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB select desired baud rate RS-232 echo - From Remo.
76 RS-232 receive ID - From Remote From Front Panel Action 1 À (PAUSE) or § (STOP) (UP) or (DOWN) mo ve to Receive ID 2 ¶ (REW) or • (FF) VOLUME KNOB select desired receive ID RS-232 transmit ID .
77 TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE POSSIBLE SOLUTION No sound, display will not light 1. Power cord not plugged in. 2. Power off at AC source. 3. Power switch off. 4. AC power inlet fuse blown or faulty. * 1. Reconnect power cord. 2. Check power at plug.
78 A/V SYSTEM CONTROLLER SPECIFICATIONS Audio Specifications Video Specifications Frequency Response: 5 Hz - 20 kHz, + 0 / − 0.5dB Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 10 MHz ± 3dB Input Sensitivity: 2 V in, 1.
79 LIMITED WARRANTY B & K Components Ltd., referred to herein as B & K, warrants your B & K equipment against all defects in material and workmanship for a period of five years from the date of purchase. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser and only to equip ment in normal residential use and service.
80 NOTES.
81 REAR PANEL ENLARGED VIEW FUSE CAUTION: FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME TYPE 0.5A, 250V FUSE V1 V2 DVD CD SAT OPTICAL DIGIT AL CAUTION RISK O F E LECTRIC S HOCK DO N OT O PEN RS-232 12VDC 50mA + www.bkcomp.com DVD TAPE ZB/V2 V2 CD TAPE ZB TV SAT V1 ZA Audio/Video Systems Made in the U.
82 THE OSD MENU SYSTEM A SETU P SPEA KERS 1 Speaker Size 2 Speaker Lo cation 3 Speaker Levels 4 Crossovers + LFE 5 Room Eq ualization next it em SEL select MENU sy stem setu p SETU P DISPL A YS 1 Fron.
83 THE OSD MENU SYSTEM B SETU P CRO SSO VERS + LF E 1 Crossover 80.0 Hz THX 2 High Pass +12.0 dB T HX 3 Low Pass +24.0 dB THX 4 LFE Level -20.0 dB next it em adjust MENU speaker setu p SETU P SPEA KER L EVELS Left Center Rig ht Front +12.0 -11.5 +9.5 Surr ound +12.
84 WWW.BKCOMP.COM B&K Components, Ltd. 2100 Old Union Road Buffalo, New York 14227 Phone: 716 – 656 - 0026.
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