Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AVP700 Arcam
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AVP700 HANDBOOK/MANUEL/HANDBUCH/HANDLEIDING Ar ca m AV P7 00 P re - am p . p ro ce ss or Pr éa mp li c at eu r -p ro ce ss or A rc am A VP 70 0 V o rv e rs tä rk e r/ Pr oz es so r Ar ca m AV P7 .
AVP700 E-2 AVP700 E-3 English 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.
AVP700 E-2 AVP700 E-3 English Con ten ts Safety guidelines..... .......... .......... .......... ... E-2 Importan t safety i nstructions ........ ........... ......... E-2 Safety compliance .............. ............ ........... ...... E-2 Before you start ! .
AVP700 E-4 AVP700 E-5 English Befo re y o u star t! Introduction Thank y ou for pur chasing the Arcam A VP700 Sur round Sound Receiv er . The A VP700 is a home cin ema processo r built to Arcam’ s quality design and manufactur ing standar ds.
AVP700 E-4 AVP700 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 the anal ogue and di gital output s of digita l sources.
AVP700 E-6 AVP700 E-7 English I nstal la t io n Positioning the unit < Place th e AVP7 00 on a lev el, rm surface. < Av oid placing the unit i n direct su nlight or ne ar sources of heat or damp. < Do not p lace the un it on top o f a power a mpli er or other sourc e of heat.
AVP700 E-6 AVP700 E-7 English Audio connections < Wherever po ssible, con nect both th e analogue and digital outputs of digital so urces. 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 if used.
AVP700 E-8 AVP700 E-9 English Reg ardless of the connecti on type ch osen, you should mak e connecti ons as foll ows: FR (Righ t) FL (Left) , CEN (Centr e): Connect these to th e equiv alent front channel in puts of yo ur power ampli er . SUB : Sub woofer outp ut.
AVP700 E-8 AVP700 E-9 English SCART RGB 4-WIRE CONNECTION (SCAR T refers to the mul ti-pole A/V connector u sed commonly on Europea n A/V equip ment.) Some vi deo projecto rs and most European TV sets requi re the use of a 4-wir e RGB conne ction, wher e the ‘sy nc’ signal is separ ate from RGB .
AVP700 E-10 AVP700 E-11 English Connecting the AM and FM antennas FM antenna A VHF an tenna is re quired to re ceive FM radio si gnals. Although a VHF ribb on antenna is supplied as an acces sory to the AVP70 0, for opti mal FM r adio recept ion a roof - or lof t-mount ed aerial i s advised as this will give supe rior recepti on.
AVP700 E-10 AVP700 E-11 English Con g u ri ng t he A V P 7 00 The A VP700 ‘S et-up M enu’ has six ‘Basic’ an d six ‘ Adv anced’ men u screens t hat take you throu gh the con gu ration p rocess.
AVP700 E-12 AVP700 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 fea ture to prev ent accid ental ove r-driving of low pow er- handling speakers , for examp le.
AVP700 E-12 AVP700 E-13 E n g l i s h HQ Video : Choose be tween RGB or YUV ; if y ou have a YUV disp lay , set this i tem to YUV , otherwise set it to RGB . This set ting contro ls the rout ing of the HQ-video within the AVP7 00, either as 3-wire YUV or 4- wire RGB signals (w ith the syn chronisatio n signal on composite for RGB).
AVP700 E-14 AVP700 E-15 English Sub Ster eo : This se tting allows the volu me level of the sub woofer to b e adjusted for when the sub woofer is being use d with 2-ch annel (stere o) sources.
AVP700 E-14 AVP700 E-15 E n g l i s h E n g l i s h Ch anging this setting will req uire you to change the con gu ration of t he cables c onnected yo ur speakers .
AVP700 E-16 AVP700 E-17 English The ‘Advanced’ Set-up Menus ADV 1 – Speaker E q. This all ows ne a djustment of bass and t reble in 1d B steps (up to ±6dB) fo r each of t he speake rs in the s ystem.
AVP700 E-16 AVP700 E-17 E n g l i s h 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 over- driving of low power -handling sp eakers, f or example.
AVP700 E-18 AVP700 E-19 English R em ot e co nt rol SELECT DEVICE SET LAST SLEEP A–B EXIT GUIDE CH VOL MUTE 0 FM 8 AV 9 MCH 7 TUN 5 AUX 6 TAPE 4 CD 2 SA T 3 VCR 1 DVD THX FX SUB P .
AVP700 E-18 AVP700 E-19 E n g l i s h Ope ra ti n g y ou r A VP 7 00 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 VP700.
AVP700 E-20 AVP700 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 th e remote con trol. There a re eight inp uts av ailable: DV D, Sat , AV , AUX, VCR, T ape, CD and DVD- A (multi- channel).
AVP700 E-20 AVP700 E-21 English 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 VP700 is in stereo m ode. For more infor mation on t he effects, see the se ction ‘DSP Effects Modes’ , page 25.
AVP700 E-22 AVP700 E-23 English Using the tuner The A VP700’ s r adio tuner can be cont rolled from the upper r ow of front panel butt ons (see di agram, below) or from the remote cont rol handset . Note that the tuner behaviour can be seen only via th e front - panel d isplay , as there is no on-s creen displ ay for the tuner .
AVP700 E-22 AVP700 E-23 English Listeni ng to the tuner in Zone 2 The tune r can be se lected, as other input s, for routi ng to Z one 2. Not e, though, that it is not possibl e to listen to different stations i n the main zone and Z one 2 simultaneou sly .
AVP700 E-24 AVP700 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 .
AVP700 E-24 AVP700 E-25 English S u rr o u nd m od es Introduction Y our A VP700 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.
AVP700 E-26 AVP700 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 ogi.
AVP700 E-26 AVP700 E-27 English 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.
AVP700 E-28 AVP700 E-29 English T r o u bl esh oo ti n g There ar e no lights on the uni t. < Is the p ower cord p lugged into the A VP700 and i s the mains socket it is plugged into switch ed on? < Is the p ower button pressed in? < Has the mains fuse in the plug (if applica ble) blown? The A VP700 requ ires a 6- amp fuse, or greater .
AVP700 E-28 AVP700 E-29 English The sou nd is poor or distorte d. < Are the cables to t he source a nd to the po wer amplie r making a good connec tion? If ne cessary withdr aw the c able from th e connector and plug i t back in a gain (turn t he power of f before do ing this).
AVP700 E-30 AVP700 E-31 English I R R e mo t e Codes 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.
AVP700 E-30 AVP700 E-31 English These ex tra com mands on cod e 17 allow full contro l of the tu ner in the AVP700 using the remote cont rol supplied with the T 61/T31. The AVP7 00 responds to these co mmands in b oth the main zone and Zone 2. System c ode 17 .
AVP700 E-32 AVP700 E-33 English S C AR T con n ec ti on s These pi nouts descr ibe the sig nal connecti ons between the A VP700 and your displ ay device input.
AVP700 E-32 AVP700 E-33 English T echn i ca l speci ca ti o ns 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.
AVP700 E-34 AVP700 E-35 English Gu ara n t ee 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 .
AVP700 E-34 AVP700 E-35 English Ap pen d i x : Seri a l p r og ram mi ng i n t er fa ce Introduction This sec tion descri bes the rem ote control protocol fo r controlli ng the A VP700 via the RS232 interface. Conventions < All v alues in t his section are hexadec imal va lues, unless otherwise specied.
AVP700 E-36 AVP700 E-37 English Command Specications / Spécications des commandes / Befehlsspezikationen / Opdrachtspecicaties Power / Alimenta tion / Bet riebsberei tschaft / Stroom g Change the stand- by state o f a zone. f Modie z l’état de veille d’ une zone.
AVP700 E-36 AVP700 E-37 English Close a menu / Fe rmeture d’ un menu / Schließ en eines M enüs / Een menu slui ten g Close one of the menus of t he AVP 700. An error message is returned i f the close instruction relates to a menu that is not open.
AVP700 E-38 AVP700 E-39 English Volume change / M odicatio n du volum e / Ändern der Lautst ärke / Vo lumewijzig ing g Increm ent/decreme nt the audi o volume i n 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.
AVP700 E-38 AVP700 E-39 English Volume set / Régl age du vo lume / Einstel len der La utstärke / Volume-i nstelling g Set th e volume of a zone. The v alue tr ansmitted f or the new volume mu st be offse t by 0x30. < For mula: tran smitted vo lume = (req uired volu me + 0x30) The v alue retur ned for the new volum e is offset by 0x30.
AVP700 E-40 AVP700 E-41 English Direct mode / Mo de Direct / Direktmo dus / Modu s Direct g Change the stand- by state o f a zone. f Modie z l’état de veille d’ une zone. d Ändern des Stand- by-Z ustands ein er Zon e. n De st andby-s tatus v an een zone wijzigen.
AVP700 E-40 AVP700 E-41 English Effect / Effet / Effekt / E ffect g Set th e effect mo de for two- channel mat erial. An error message is returned i f the select ed effect i s not av ailable f or the curr ent source. f Réglez le mode d’ effets pour le matériau à double c anal.
AVP700 E-42 AVP700 E-43 English Store / Mémorisa tion / Spe ichern / O pslaan g Store the current frequency in a preset. The v alue tr ansmitted/r eturned for the preset is offset b y 0x30. < For mula: actua l preset = (received preset + 0x 30) f Mémori sez la fréq uence actue lle dans une présélecti on.
AVP700 E-42 AVP700 E-43 English Tune / Réglage / Senderabst immung / A fstemmen g Increm ent/Decreme nt the tune r frequency in 0.05MHz steps (FM) or 9/10KHz steps ( AM). The retu rned freque ncy is calc ulated as f ollows: AM freq . (kHz) = (((1000’ s & 1 00’s ) – 0x30) * 100) + ((10’ s & 1’ s) – 0x 30))) FM freq .
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