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    DMS-A V TSP2000 Home Theater Amplifier Owner's Manual[...]

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    D M S - A V O w n e r ’ s M a n u a l © 2 0 1 2 U n i v e r s a l R e m o t e C o n t r o l , I n c . T he in fo r ma ti o n i n t h is ma n ua l i s c o p yr ig h t p ro te c te d. N o p ar t o f th is m an ua l m a y b e c o pi ed o r r ep ro d uc ed i n a n y fo rm wi t ho ut p ri or w ri tt e n c on se n t f ro m U ni v er s al R em ot e C o[...]

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    IM P OR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 C a uti o ns on Ins t allatio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 S a fet y P recaution s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 FCC Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER H DM I A ud i o O u tp u t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 C EC C on t ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 A u to A/ V Sy n c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 V id [...]

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    P age 6 Ni g ht Mo d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 S ur ro u nd m od e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 3 6 S el ec t in g th e S u rr o un d m od e 4 0 C an c el li n g th [...]

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    P age 7 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Cautions on Installation F or prop er heat dis persal, do not instal l this unit in a confined space, suc h as a bo ok ca se or si mi la r e ncl os ur e. Mo re th an 3” cl ea ra nc e i s r ec om me nde d f or th e t op , wh ile 0.5” is recommen ded for the sides and botto m of the un it. Do n ot p lace any[...]

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    P age 8 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Safety Precautions T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture. Care should be taken to prevent objects or liquid from entering the enclosure. Never handle the power cord with wet hands. W ARNING : T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE TH IS AP PLIA[...]

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    P age 9 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER • T o prevent the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover . No user - serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. • T hese servicing instructions are for use by qualified service personnel only . T o reduce the risk of electric shock, do not perform any servicing other [...]

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    P age 10 • It is recommended that the system speaker impedance seen by the amplifier channels of the receiv er not fall below 4 ohms. Best amplifier thermal stability is achieved when it operates into a 4 ohms or greater speaker load. T he nominal impedance of most home speakers range between 6 and 8 ohms. T h e re ce i v er sh ou ld be se rv i[...]

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    P age 11 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER F C C I N F O R M A T I O N T hi s equip ment has bee n teste d and fou nd to com ply wit h the lim its for a Cla ss B digi tal dev ice, pur suan t to P art 15 of th e FCC Rul es. T hese limit s are des igne d to pro vide re ason able prot ecti on aga inst ha rmfu l inter fere nce in a res iden tial ins ta[...]

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    P age 12 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER DMS-A V Fr ont P anel 1. Right-Hand Knob - The right selector knob’ s primary purpose is audio volume adjustment. 2. Po wer LED – T his LED illuminates Blue when the DMS-A V is ON and Red when the DMS-A V is in Standby mode. 3. Ethernet LED - T he Ethernet LED illuminates STEAD Y BLUE when successfully[...]

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    DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER DMS-A V Rear P anel 1. V oltage T riggers, Reset Switch and Ethernet - T he two 12 volt triggers present at this section of the back panel supply a maximum current of 100 mA, and can be used to trigger an external amplifier , or can also be used to trigger the use of an anamorphic lens on a projector . T hese jack[...]

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    P age 14 3. Remote Infr ar ed Input - Th e Infr ared Input port allow s for easy integr ation with an RF(ra dio frequenc y) to IR (infr ared) style base stati on, such as the URC MRF-350 or MRF-260 . T his port prov ides the ability to perform simple one-w a y contr ol of the DMS-A V with a URC legac y-style infr ared remote contr ol, such as a MX-[...]

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    P age 15 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER 8. Component Video Inputs/Output - T he DMS-A V has three component video connections. T wo of these connections are inputs, while the third connection acts as a video output (in case HDMI is not used). T he co m po ne nt v id eo i np ut s ac ce p t a ma xi m um in p ut re s ol ut i on of 1 08 0i /6 0 Hz .[...]

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    P age 16 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Q u ic k S ta rt C o n si de r at i o n s Y o ur U RC re ce i v er i s p re - pr og r am m ed fo r ea se o f o pe r at io n , r ig h t o ut o f t he b ox . I n g e ne r al , t h er e i s mi ni m al se t up re qu i re d t o st ar t us in g yo u r n ew D MS -A V N et w or k Ho me T h ea te r Pr oc e ss or . [...]

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    P age 17 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER T he rest of this manual will give further insight into the many aspects of your new receiver . Some additional installation considerations should be noted as follows: • It is important that your electronic equipment be located where there is proper ventilation. F ailure to ventilate your receiver could [...]

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    P age 18 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER • Determine the type of cable that is needed for each connection. Keep in mind that the quality of the cabling that is used may make a difference in the over all audio and video quality . T ry to keep interconnecting cable runs as short as possible. When routing cables between equipment, be sure to keep [...]

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    P age 19 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER C o n n ec t i o n O v e r v i e w Audio Connections Video Connections Cable Jack Description Cable Jack Description HDMI is an audio and video interface that carries an uncompressed digital bitstream. It can also carry HD video and up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio. Component video is analog video in[...]

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    P age 20 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER V i d e o I np ut s - H a r d w a r e Co n nec t i o ns Video I npu t C onnec t ion – H D M I T he URC surround processor provides 5 HDMI A/V inputs. While HDMI carries both audio and video, URC allows options to process audio and video separately (please see the menu setup for further options). T o conn[...]

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    P age 21 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Video Outputs - Har dwar e Connections Video Output C onnection - HDMI T he H DM I outp ut co nn ec tion on t he rece i v er carrie s high-definition video to yo ur tele vision or mo ni to r . T o co nnec t an HD MI video out put from the DMS- A V , connect the H DM I ca ble to t he HD MI outp ut on the D[...]

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    P age 22 Audio Inputs - Hardw are Connections Audio Input C onnection – HDMI A lth o ug h an H DM I conn ecti on ca r ries bo th au dio a nd vi deo , t he DMS -A V ca n pro ce ss a ud io and vide o s ep ar at ely (p le a se se e t he me nu stru c tu re fo r fu rt h er inf o rm ati on ). T o co nnect an HD MI a ud io so ur ce to t he D MS -A V , c[...]

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    P age 23 Audio Output - Har dwar e Connections Y our DMS-A V receiver has both unbalanced line level RC A surround output (for use with other external amplifiers) and speaker binding posts (for use with the 125 watt internal amplifiers). T hese will connect directly to a speaker or an amplifier . When connecting audio cables to the amplifier , [...]

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    Audio Output C onnection – Subwoofer(s) T he DMS-A V supplies two subwoofer (.2) outputs. Connect the subwoofer output(s) to the input on the subwoofer(s). T he diagram shows how the receiver ma y be connected to active subwoofer(s). Audio Output C onnection - Optical Digital Record T he optical digital output will output the S/PDIF optical digit[...]

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    DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER P age 25 Configur ation and Control - Hardw are Connections Ethernet C ommunication - C onnection Instructions 1. Make sure that all devices are powered Off, including the DMS-AV , PCs, routers, switches, etc. 2. Connect one end of an Ethernet network cable to one of the numbered ports on the back of the router . [...]

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    P age 26 C ontrol Output T riggers / Amp Enable T he C ont r ol Out / A mp Ena ble ou tp ut s are s tan d ard 3.5 mm (m ono m ini) jack conn e ction s us ed fo r tr i gg er i ng suc h pie ces as a mplifier s, s cree ns, re lay s, etc . T he out put is a 1 00 mA 12 VDC sig na l. T he v oltage trigger out p ut s are act ive w he n the DMS-A V is se [...]

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    P age 27 Edge Enhancement Edge Enhancement brings out the fine detail in the edges of objects, and is important for SD and HD material. When combined with Noise Reduction and Adv anced Scaling, DMS-A V Edge Enhancement can make regular D VDs approach the quality of high definition DVDs. HDMI Audio Output T he HDMI output of the DMS-A V has the abil[...]

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    P age 28 Video PReP® Progr essiv e Re-Process ing (PReP®) is the industry’ s first tec hnology desig ned s pe ci f ic al ly t o i mp r ov e p ro gr e ss i v e v id e o s ig na l s b y r em o vi ng t he a rt if ac t s c au s ed b y in fer io r int erl ac ed- to- pro gre ssi ve co nv er sio n. Vid eo si gna ls t hat orig ina te in the in ter lac [...]

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    P age 29 When the brightness and contrast are adjusted correctly , you should be able to see the 1 IRE and 2 IRE above black bars on the black background and the 1 IRE and 2 IRE below white bars should be visible on the white background. When the brightness is adjusted correctly , black objects should appear ‘black’ with the details still intac[...]

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    P age 30 Color 8 Bars 75 In this SMPTE color bar image, the display ed pattern contains eight vertical bars of 75% intensity . Color 8 Bars 100 In this SMPTE color bar image, the display ed pattern contains eight vertical bars of 100% intensity . OSD T ransparency T he on-screen display transparency can be set to Low , Medium or High. T he default [...]

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    P age 31 On Screen Displa y (OSD) F ormat T he DMS-A V on-screen Display allows for the complete system setup of the DMS-A V , when using in an application that does not include a URC DMS Multi Zone Audio System. Momentary OSD O n- sc re e n d is p la y i nf or m at io n , s uc h a s v ol um e l ev el an d i n pu t n a me ca n be d is ab le d , if [...]

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    P age 32 F ront Speakers T here must be at least 2 front speakers in order to use the DMS-A V . Set the crossover frequency of the front speakers in the on-screen display or the URC Accelerator Application, based on the guidelines described above. C enter Speaker It is not necessary to have a center speaker . Set the Center Speaker Option in the on[...]

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    P age 33 F ront Height Speake rs It is not necessary to ha ve front height speak ers. Set the Fro nt Heigh t Optio n in the on-screen displa y to Y es or No, or set this in the URC Accel erator , based on the surround chan nels av ailab ility . If set to none, the front height speak er infor mation will be reproduc ed in the front speaker s and alt[...]

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    P age 34 Chann el Le ve l Chann el lev el calib ration will allo w the equal ization of the volum e leve ls of eac h speak er to make up for difference s in speaker ch aracte ristics and dista nces from the listener to the speakers . Best result s will be achie ved using a Sound Pressur e Leve l (SPL) meter , and an external analo g tone or pink no[...]

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    P age 35 Heig ht Gain T he Height Gain appli es to the F ront Height speake rs. T his optio n is a vai lable when the DMS-A V is set to use F ront Height speake rs. T hree optio ns are a vail able for this setting: Low , Mid and High. T he default val ue for this par ameter within the DMS-A V is “Mid”. Change this v alue within the on- scree n [...]

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    P age 36 Surround modes DTS Surround DTS Surround (also called simply DTS) supports up to 5.1 discrete channels and uses less compression for high fidelity reproduction. Use it with D VDs and CDs bearing the DTS logo. DTS-ES TM Discrete 6.1 T his is a 6.1 channel discrete digital audio format adding a surround back channel to the DTS digital surro[...]

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    P age 37 Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is the multi-channel digital signal format developed by Dolby Laboratories. Discs bearing the Dolby Digital logo include the recording of up to 5.1 channels of digital signals. T his will put you right in the middle of the action, just like being in a movie theater or concert hall. Dolby Digital EX T his mode ex[...]

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    P age 38 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Dolby Pro Logic II If you are not using any surround back speakers, Dolby Pro Logic II surround will be used instead of Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround. It includes Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, Dolby Pro Logic II Music and Dolby Pro Logic II Game like Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround. T heater T his mode provides th[...]

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    P age 39 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER A.L.C (Auto V olume Level Control) T hi s mode auto matically equal i zes pl a yba ck sound le v el if ea ch sound lev el v a ries with t he m usic sou r ce recorded in a portable audio pl a yer . Note ◆ T he so u nd fr om ea c h c ha nne l can be reproduced acco rd ing to the su r ro und mod e s a s f o[...]

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    P age 40 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Selecting the Surround mode Before surround playback, first perform the speaker setup procedure, etc. on the OSD settings for optimum performance. Select the desired surround mode by pressing the SURROUND UP(•) / DO WN(•) buttons. • Each time the buttons are pressed, the surround mode changes depend[...]

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    P age 41 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Automated Speaker Setup All of the m an u al room correc tion des cri b ed in the pre vious section can be accom plished th r ou gh an automated pr o ce ss, wit h in the on-scre en displa y , or the URC Ac ce le rator Applic ation. Inclu d ed wi th each DMS-A V is a s et up mi c ro p ho n e, whic h when co[...]

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    P age 42 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Analog Audio Assign (A v ailable for HDMI inputs only) - Analog audio assign options may also be us ed to reassi gn HDMI aud io to any of the line le v el analog au di o i nputs ( IN 1 thro ug h IN 6 ) . Video Scaling T his allows setting of a desired output resolution per input selected by the DMS-A V . A[...]

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    P age 43 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Ac ce ss in g St r ea mi ng A u di o So ur ces wi th th e D MS -A V T he DMS-A V has the ability to receiv e multicast audio stream s from URC DMS multi zone ampli fiers and SNP units in a T otal Contr ol project. Up to 32 audio multic ast streaming sourc es can be selected by the DMS-A V . Please conta ct[...]

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    P age 44 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER DSP Processing Processor: TI D A 788 D/A Converter: 192KHz / 24Bit for All channels Auto Speaker Setup: Y es Room EQ: TI Decoding/Surround DTS-HD MA / HRA: Y es DTS ES: Y es DTS: Y es DTS 96/24: Y es DTS Neo:6: Y es Dolby T rueHD / Digital Plus: Y es Dolby Digital EX: Y es Dolby Digital: Y es Dolby ProLogi[...]

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    P age 45 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER Gener al Audio Featur es Pr ea mp li fi er Out pu ts : F ron t / Ce nt er / Su rr ou nd / Su rr ou nd Bac k / F ron t He ig ht Subw oof er (2) Spe aker Out puts : Fr ont / Cen ter / Sur roun d / Sur roun d Bac k / Fr ont Hei ght (as sign able ) AMP As sign fo r Multi -Spe aker : Y es Spe aker Out put T erm[...]

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    P age 46 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER USA Limited W arr anty Statement Y o u r U n i v e rs al R e mo te C o nt ro l, w h e n d e l i v er ed t o y o u i n n e w c o n d i t i o n , i s w a rr an t e d ag ai n st de f e ct s i n m a te r i a ls o r w o r km a n s hi p a s f ol l o w s : U NI VE R S AL R E M O T E C ON T R O L, I N C . w ar r a[...]

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    P age 47 DMS-A V H OME T HEATER A MPLIFIER LIMIT A TION OF REMEDIES UNI VERS AL REM O TE CON TRO L SHALL NO T BE LIA BLE FOR AN Y INC IDEN T AL OR CON SEQU ENTI AL D AMA GES FOR BRE A CH OF ANY EXP RES S OR IMPL IED W AR RANT Y OR CON DITI ON ON THI S PRO DUC T . IN NO EV ENT SHA LL UNI VERS AL REM O TE CON TRO L BE LI ABLE , W HETH ER IN CON TRA C[...]

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