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El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual Arcam AVR350 se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales Arcam AVR350, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

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Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Arcam AVR350 debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Arcam AVR350
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Arcam AVR350
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Arcam AVR350
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Arcam AVR350 no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Arcam AVR350 y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Arcam en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Arcam AVR350, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

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Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo Arcam AVR350, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

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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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 ........ .......... .......... .....[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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, [...]

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    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[...]

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    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. [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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. < [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 ?[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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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