Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SP2 Bryston
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SP2 PREAMP/PROCES SOR OWNER’S MANU AL.
1 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to aler t the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage “ within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons .
T ABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Safety Instructions & Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Introduction, Accessories and Power . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . .
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the Bryston SP2 pre-amplifier/processor . This product will pro- vide you with the finest av ailable signal control and DSP audio processing available. Like all Bryston products the SP2 has been carefully designed and engineered to deliver a lifetime of enjoyment.
SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR SP2 FRONT P ANEL CONTROLS & INDICA T ORS 1: POWER SWIT CH (momentary) 2: ST ANDBY & INFRA-RED ACTIVITY INDICAT OR 3: INFRA-RED RECIEVER (sensor) 4: D YNAMIC RANGE CONTROL .
6: MENU CONTROL BUTTONS SEL These three buttons labeled “ ” , “ ” , and “SEL ” (SELECT) are used to con- trol the menu and setup functions dis- played on the LCD . T o enter a menu mode, you can press any one of these buttons. This will bring up the main menu.
SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR resents different mixing coefficients for the centre and surround channel signals. These will be detected by the SP2 and used to pro- duce the downmix if this mode is selected. 12: “THX” BUTTON THX This button allows selection of THX post pro- cessing modes.
2 . Move the cursor to the Optical Input (OPT1 or OPT2) you want to change the input assign- ment for . Hit ‘Select’ . (see figure below) 3 . Now you can assign the optical input to any one of the 6 inputs selectors. Doing this will override the digital coax connector on that input.
SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR 3 . T o change the source, use the “<” button. T o toggle the trigger setting On or Off , use the “>” button. Hit ‘Select’ to exit when finished. 8: AUX IR RECEIVER The Aux IR Input is a miniature mono phone jack connector .
SP2 Remote Control continued... 1: SOURCE SELECT BUTTONS These buttons are used to select the desired source. TV/SA T , DVD, CD, AUX, VCR, and T APE function exactly like their corresponding buttons on the SP2 front panel. 2: BYP ASS BUTTONS T o use the 5.
SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR may have one.) IMPORTANT : When using the Pink Noise genera- tor within the SP2 for speaker level calibration, the salient point is that all channels measure equal dB. After pushing the test button, the pink noise will start in the front left speaker .
any system which you expect to effectively handle the low frequency dynamics of modern motion picture soundtrack sources such as DVD or HDTV feeds, and many other discrete multi-channel pro- gramming sources.
SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR 4 : Once you have selected the desired crossover frequency , press SELECT to exit this menu and return to the Speaker Config menu. The select- ed frequencies are common to all speakers defined as ‘SMALL ’ . Crossover frequency can be set independently for Front, Centre, Surround and Back speakers.
2 : Next move the cursor to “L VL ” . Hit ‘SELECT’ - Y ou are now in the Level T rim Menu. 3 : Move the cursor to the speaker(s) you want to change the level for using the arrow keys (L, C, R, RS, LS, RB, LB, SUB). Hit ‘SELECT’ . Now you can adjust the Level for the selected speaker using the arrow buttons.
SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR ● ON : DTS-ES Matrix will be forced on for all DTS 5.1 channel input bit- streams, if the back channels are enabled. ● AUTO : DT S-ES Matrix will be decode if the incoming DTS bitstream is flagged as having DTS-ES encoded con- tent, and if the back channels are enabled.
3 : Panorama Mode extends the front stereo image to include the surround speakers for an exciting “wrap around” effect with side wall imaging. PLII Music also applies a mild high-frequency shelf filter to the surround channels for a more natural soundfield.
SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR ers. Surround Modes: HALL : This Sound Field Mode emulates a medium or large concert hall. It provides a longer reverber- ation time than other modes and gives the effect that music is heard at a greater distance from the performers.
17 P ower OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 TV/SA T ............................001 DVD .................................002 CD ...................................003 AUX .................................004 VCR .................................005 T A P E .
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