Arcam AVR280 manual

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AVR280 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 t[...]

AVR280 3 English Co n te n t s Safety guidelines ....... .......... .......... .......... .... 2 Importan t safety i nstructions ........ ............ ........... 2 Safety compliance ... ............ ........... ............ ........ 2 Before you start ! .......... .......... .......... .......... . 4 Install ation ........ .......... .......... ..[...]

AVR280 4 Befo re y o u sta r t ! Introduction The A VR280 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 to[...]

AVR280 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 inpu[...]

AVR280 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 s[...]

AVR280 7 English Audio connections < Wherever possible, connect both the analog ue and digi tal outputs of digital sources. Th is 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 car e to place the audio cabl[...]

AVR280 8 Video connections The A VR280 al lows for co nversion between di fferent vid eo formats. This means that the A VR280 can conv ert betwee n composit e, S-vi deo and comp onent, if r equired. F or exam ple, if you ar e watchin g a composi te input fro m a VCR, y ou may vi ew it from the S-v ideo or Com ponent/RGB v ideo output s of the AV R2[...]

AVR280 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 VR280 pr ovides two HDMI input s; these are labelled ‘ DVD’ and ‘S A T’ in an ticipatio[...]

AVR280 10 Zone 2 connections The A VR280 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 VR280 ou tputs a lin e-level au dio signal taken fro m the stere o analogue audio , and a com posite vid[...]

AVR280 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 to[...]

AVR280 12 Co n g u ri n g t he A V R 2 80 The A VR280 ‘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 AVR2 80 to your speakers ; the ‘ Adva nced’ menus allow you to optimis e the oper ation of your syst em. [...]

AVR280 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 i[...]

AVR280 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 AVR2 80, either a s 3-wire YUV or 4- wire RGB signals (w ith the syn chronisatio n signal on comp[...]

AVR280 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 he [...]

AVR280 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 VR280 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 curate[...]

AVR280 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 l[...]

AVR280 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 selected[...]

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AVR280 20                            ?[...]

AVR280 21 English Ope ra t i ng y ou r A VR 2 80 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 VR280. Switching on/off Press t he POWER butt on in. Afte r approxi mately two s econds, the po[...]

AVR280 22 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 , AUX, VCR, T ape, CD a nd MCH (DVD -A mul ti-channel) . In addition , AM and FM radio reception ca n be select ed from the built-i n tuner . Any picture si gn[...]

AVR280 23 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 VR280 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 sig[...]

AVR280 24 Using the tuner The A VR280’ 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 Pressing the PRE[...]

AVR280 25 English FM Mute /Mono The A VR280’ 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 throu[...]

AVR280 26 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 ssion can b [...]

AVR280 27 English S u rrou nd m odes Introduction Y our A VR280 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 VR280 detects automatical ly the rele vant fo rmat in a di gital[...]

AVR280 28 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 hough a Do[...]

AVR280 29 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 6.1 Di screte mode operate s only on s ources with DTS-E S 6.1 Discr ete audio encoding , such as c ertain DVD dis[...]

AVR280 30 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 stag e fur[...]

AVR280 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 VR280 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 R280 requir es a 6-amp fuse, or[...]

AVR280 32 When pla ying a Dolb y Digital D VD, the AVR2 80 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 codi[...]

AVR280 33 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 VR280 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 R [...]

AVR280 34 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 VR280 is based on th e Philips R C-5 sta ndard. The main s[...]

AVR280 35 English These ex tra com mands on cod e 17 allow full contro l of the tu ner in the AVR280 using the remote cont rol supplied with the T 61/T31. The AVR2 80 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 pr[...]

AVR280 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 dth [...]

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