Arcam AV9 manual

AV9 Pre-amp. processor Préamplificateur-processeur AV9 V or v er s t ärk er /Pr oz es s or A V9 A V9 V o or v er s ter k er Pr o ce s so r[...]

AV 9 E-2 English AV 9 E-3 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 sho ck, do not remove cover (or back). No user ser viceable par ts inside. Refer servic ing to qual ied service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of re or elect ric shock, d o n[...]

AV 9 E-2 English AV 9 E-3 Con ten ts Safety g uidelines ........ ............ ............ ........ E-2 Importan t safety i nstructions ..... ............ .....E-2 Safety compliance ........... ........... ............ ... E-2 Before y ou start! ............ ............ ............ ..... E-4 Introduc tion ............ ............ ............ ..[...]

AV 9 E-4 English AV 9 E-5 Befo re y o u st a r t! Introduction Thank y ou for purc hasing the A rcam A V9 Preamp p rocessor . The A V9 is a high-qualit y and high-p erformance h ome-cinema p rocessor an d audio pre- ampli er built to Arcam’ s qualit y design and manufacturi ng standard s. It combin es digital p rocessing wi th high performa nc[...]

AV 9 E-4 English AV 9 E-5 Before making connections Before connecting y our equipm ent it is im portant to t hink about t he following points, as these will affect your c hoice of con nections an d subsequent use of the system. Audio Wherev er possible, connect bot h analogue a nd digital outputs of d igital sourc es. This en ables use of a digita [...]

AV 9 E-6 English AV 9 E-7 Positioning the unit < Place th e processor on a level ,  rm s urface. < Av oid placing the unit in direct sunl ight or near sources of heat or dam p. < Do not p lace the uni t on top of a power amp li er o r other sour ce of heat. < Ensure a dequate ve ntilation. D o not place the unit in an enclosed spa[...]

AV 9 E-6 English AV 9 E-7 Audio connections < Whereve r possible, connect bot h the analog ue and digit al outputs o f digital s ources. This enables use of a digital in put for the main zone a nd the corre sponding ana logue input for recordi ng onto an anal ogue tape de ck or VCR, a nd for the Z one 2 output if us ed. < T ake ca re to place[...]

AV 9 E-8 English AV 9 E-9 Analogu e pre-ampl i er outputs All thes e analogue o utputs are b uffered, ha ve a low output impe dance and ar e at line le vel. They are able to dr ive long c ables or sev eral in puts in par allel if required. dl LEF T , dm RIGH T , dn CENT RE . Connect these to th e equiva lent front c hannel input s of your power [...]

AV 9 E-8 English AV 9 E-9 Video connections Important notes As descr ibed on pag e 5, the A V9 perfo rms no vide o format con version between comp onent, RGB , S-vi deo or compo site. Therefor e, whereve r possible, connect mul tiple video outputs from your vide o sources. T his enables use of the h igher qualit y video co nnection for the main sy [...]

AV 9 E-10 English AV 9 E-11 HDMI An HDMI connection between a so urce and y our displa y device off ers (in mos t cases) the best possible picture qu ality . This conne ction type is, howeve r , the most limitin g in terms o f routing and con version. The A V9 prov ides  v e HDMI inp uts, labelle d to match t he other di gital inputs . Each inpu[...]

AV 9 E-10 English AV 9 E-11 Con  g u r i n g th e A V 9 The A V9 ‘Setu p Menu’ has six ‘Basic’ and six ‘ Adv anced’ me nu screens w hich take you throug h the con guratio n process. T he ‘Basic’ menus enable you to ma tch your A V9 to your spea kers. The ‘A dvanced’ menus a llow you t o optimise t he opera tion of yo ur sy[...]

AV 9 E-12 English AV 9 E-13 Basic Setup 1 – Gen eral Setti ngs: Volume display : All ows you to select how volume is displayed . Choose fr om Normal 0–82 (in 1dB steps), THX Ref –63dB to +19dB , and Fine 0–8 2 (in 0.5dB s teps). W e reco mmend settin g this to T HX Ref as th is represent s a volume control aro und 0dB (th e reference level)[...]

AV 9 E-12 English AV 9 E-13 HQ Video : Allows se lection of t he high qual ity video o utput to mat ch your di splay devi ce. Choose between RGB or Comp onent . This set ting has no effect on t he HDMI outp ut. The A V9 allows progressiv e scan and high de nition TV (HDTV) signals to b e passed th rough the high qua lity compo nent inputs to the[...]

AV 9 E-14 English AV 9 E-15 3 – Spe aker delay settings Note : O nly enter th ese delay settings onc e you hav e speci ed what d elay units (i.e. , Time , I mperial or M etric ) you will be usi ng, or the i nformation will be lost when changing units. The measurement units can b e speci ed on page 1 of this me nu (describ ed on page 12). Th[...]

AV 9 E-14 E n g l i s h AV 9 E-15 5 – Sub woofer Set tings If no s ubwoofer w as selected in the previ ous speake r menus yo u cannot adj ust the stereo s ub level o r the number of subwoof ers. Crossov er Frequency : This settin g de ne s the freque ncy at which bass redire ction begins. Frequencies below this level are redirected f rom ‘sm[...]

AV 9 E-16 English AV 9 E-17 6 – THX Settings THX Surr . EX : This c an either b e set to Aut o or Manual and is only applicable when playin g either THX ‘Surround E X’-encoded material. < Auto T he AV9 switches TH X to THX Sur r. EX when suitably enc oded materia l is detec ted (this c an be tempor arily o verridden by pressing the THX but[...]

AV 9 E-16 English AV 9 E-17 Audio a nd Video : App lies to the audio and v ideo assignm ents set up in the ‘Mai n Menu Scree n 1’ . < If set t o Separate , then audio and video si gnals for vi deo sources can be sepa rately as signed (e.g. , DVD sound wi th video fro m a satelli te receiver ). Once ass igned to be separate , audio and video [...]

AV 9 E-18 English AV 9 E-19 ADV 5 – Input tri ms Input t rims : Allows the adjustm ent of the i nput sensit ivity of th e analogue i nputs (in V olts RMS) so that ea ch one achie ves the op timum dynami c range and sounds similar in loudn ess to the o thers. Av ailable level setti ngs are: Lo w 1V , Refere nce 2V , Medi um 4V , High 8V . The refe[...]

AV 9 E-18 E n g l i s h AV 9 E-19 E n g l i s h Saving Settings, User Presets and Exiting the Setup Menu To save the AV9 set -up: 1. Press M ENU to go to the Setup Menu Index at the Save S etup point. 2. Press O K to go to t he Save Set tings menu. User Presets All the settings y ou have made on the previous sc reens can be saved as a user pro l[...]

AV 9 E-20 English AV 9 E-21 F r on t p a ne l con t r ol s POWER AV8 PREAMP PROCESSOR 1 Remo te control r eceiver . Thi s is positio ned behind t he FMJ badg e. Ensure th e receiver is in a clear l ine of sight from the r emote contro l for oper ation. If this is not possible, us e a separ ate sensor connecte d to the IR input on th e rear pane l. [...]

AV 9 E-20 English AV 9 E-21 R emo t e con t r o l[...]

AV 9 E-22 English AV 9 E-23 Ope ra ti n g y ou r A V 9 Introduction For informatio n display we recommend you use t he OSD on y our TV/scre en wheneve r possible. However all ke y informatio n is also d uplicated on e line at a time on the front panel display of the A V9. Using the controls Switching on Press t he power but ton in. Betw een one and[...]

AV 9 E-22 English AV 9 E-23 VCR Operation The A V9 has a fully indep endent VCR loop for aud io and video (Composite and S-vi deo only). T his can be con gured to rec ord the sour ce you are watching to or to rec ord any ot her input us ing the R ecord to VCR opti on in the ‘ Main Menu Sc reen 2’ . < Pressing the VCR but ton selects audio[...]

AV 9 E-24 English AV 9 E-25 Effects/FX The EFFE CT button ( F X on the rem ote) cycle s through th e avail able effect modes. The e ffects are o nly av ailable when the A V9 is in st ereo mode. For more infor mation on th e effects, see the sect ion ‘DSP Ef fects Modes’ . THX This but ton cycles through the avail able THX mo des. The a vailable[...]

AV 9 E-24 English AV 9 E-25 Using the Main menu screens Three Ma in Menu scre ens allow d ay-to-d ay changes to be made to the wa y the A V9 oper ates. Examp les include adjusting t he tone cont rol for a pa rticular in put, recordi ng one sourc e while list ening to an other or con guring the headphon e output. The thre e Main menu screens are [...]

AV 9 E-26 English AV 9 E-27 Main me nu screen 2 Record to Tape : All ows any an alogue input to be direc ted to the tape output, independ ently of th e input that is being li stened to. Y ou can not select t ape as a re cord source: if allowed this would c ause feedba ck through the tap e recorder . If Reco rd to VCR is set to the tape input, you c[...]

AV 9 E-26 E n g l i s h AV 9 E-27 Using Zone 2 Introduction Zo ne 2 provi des the opti on for the o ccupants of the master b edroom, chil dren’ s room or kitchen to view or listen to a different so urce at a di fferent vo lume level from the ma in zone ( zone 1). If a vi deo feed is provided to Zone 2, then the following m enu, unique to a Z one [...]

AV 9 E-28 English AV 9 E-29 S u rr o u nd m od es Introduction Y our A V9 proc essor prov ides all the key decod ing and proc essing modes for analog ue and digit al signals. Modes for Digital sources Digital recordings are usually encoded to i nclude infor mation about their forma t type. Th e AV9 detects automati cally the r elevant format in a d[...]

AV 9 E-28 English AV 9 E-29 Dolby P ro Logic II : Dolby Pro L ogic II deco ding is des igned to pro duce a 5-cha nnel output from two chan nel source m aterial. There a re two diffe rent modes a vailab le in Pro Lo gic II: ‘Mo vie’ and ‘ Music’ modes , which are intended for use a s their nam es suggest. Due to the different recording me th[...]

AV 9 E-30 English AV 9 E-31 Dolby D igital 5.1 S urround Ex : This is acce ssed from th e MODE butto n. THX Surro und Ex encod ed source m aterial auto matically s elects THX S urround Ex s election (wh en activ ated). DTS 5.1 : Less common than the D olby Digital format, bu t genera lly recognis ed within th e audio industry as being o f superior [...]

AV 9 E-30 English AV 9 E-31 DSP Effects Modes The A V9 has a number of e ffects mode s that can b e used to en hance a ster eo signal a nd to make use of the sur round loudsp eakers. DS P effects mo des are only avail able with st ereo source signals. Y ou can listen to t he inuence of any ef fect mode by playing a CD, t hen pressing pause, when[...]

AV 9 E-32 English AV 9 E-33 Speaker Installation The A V9 allows you to co nnect up to seven chan nels of ampli cation a nd three act ive subwoo fers in the main system. The output channels cor respond to s peakers install ed in the fr ont left, ce ntre, front right, surr ound left, s urround righ t, surround back left, s urround back right a nd[...]

AV 9 E-32 English AV 9 E-33 T r o u bl esh oo ti n g There ar e no lights on the unit : Check th at: < the powe r cord is pl ugged into the AV 9 and the ma ins socket outlet it i s plugged i nto is switc hed on. < the powe r button is pressed in. If a re d LED is pre sent, the A V9 is in standby m ode. Press a ny source button on t he front p[...]

AV 9 E-34 English AV 9 E-35 No soun d is produce d: Check th at: < the corr ect input ha s been selec ted. < the sour ce equipment is on, is operating normally , and is in ‘play’ mode if app ropriate. < the vo lume is turn ed up to a r easonable le vel and ‘ MUTE’ is not displaye d on the fr ont panel displa y . < your p ower am[...]

AV 9 E-34 English AV 9 E-35 The sou rce switchin g changes ra ndomly or fr eezes on one source: Check th at: < there ar e no static or impulse i nterference problems cau sed by near by power equ ipment switchin g, e.g. , he ating or ai r conditioni ng control. Switch the AV9 o ff , wait ten seconds, then switch i t on again t o clear an operatin[...]

AV 9 E-36 English AV 9 E-37 T ech n ica l speci ca ti o ns NOTE : Al l specicat ion valu es are typi cal unless o therwise sta ted. Continual improvement policy Arcam h as a policy of continual improve ment for its products. T his means t hat designs and specica tions are sub ject to chan ge without n otice. Audio Line in put sensitiv ity [...]

AV 9 E-36 English AV 9 E-37 A dd i ti o n a l tech n i c a l i n fo rma t io n Radio interference The A V9 is a digital audi o device whi ch has been designed to very high standards o f electromag netic compatib ility . The unit can rad iate RF (r adio frequ ency) energy . In s ome cases t his can caus e interferen ce with FM and AM radio rec eptio[...]

AV 9 E-38 English AV 9 E-39 S C AR T con n ec ti on s These pi nouts descri be the sign al connectio ns between t he AV9 and your display de vice input. SCART RGB cable with audio back to processor Pin Signal Connector type Connector Pin Cable T ype Label 1 Audio output B (right) from TV T uner RCA Phono (1) Centr e Coaxial c able (1) Audio out R 2[...]

AV 9 E-38 English AV 9 E-39 I R r em o te cod es The fol lowing infor mation is su pplied for owners of ad vanced p rogramma ble remote c ontrols, suc h as the Philips ‘Pronto’ an d similar de vices, where it is poss ible to prog ram remo te codes dir ectly into t he device. The codi ng system f or the A V9 is base d on the Phi lips RC -5 stand[...]

AV 9 E-40 English AV 9 E-41 Gu ara n t ee Worldwide Guarantee This ent itles you to have the unit rep aired free of charge, d uring the r st two yea rs after pu rchase, at any au thorised Ar cam distribu tor provide d that it w as origina lly purchase d from an au thorised Arc am dealer or distribut or . This period can be extended to ve y ea[...]

AV 9 E-40 English AV 9 E-41 Ap pen d ix : A V9 se r i a l p r og ra m m i n g i n t er fa ce This sec tion of the document de tails the se rial command set of the AV9 s oftware. Data transfer format < T ransfer rate: 38, 400bps. < 1 start bit, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no par ity , no ow cont rol. Command lines must b e terminated by an ASC[...]

AV 9 E-42 English AV 9 E-43 Command descriptions / Descriptions des commandes / Beschreibung der Befehle / Opvraagcommando’s Query commands / Commandes d’interrogation / Abfragebefehle / Vraagcommando’s Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschr[...]

AV 9 E-42 English AV 9 E-43 Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Resp onse/ Réponse/ W erte/ Antwoord STS ?zSTS g Query Z one Status. f Interro ger état Z one d Zustand der Zon e abfragen n Z one status opv raag g Re ports the curr ent [...]

AV 9 E-44 English AV 9 E-45 General operation commands / Commande s de fonci onnenment général / Allgeme ine Betrie bsbefehle / Commando’ s algemene werking Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Pa ramet er val ues/ V aleurs des param [...]

AV 9 E-44 English AV 9 E-45 Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Pa ramet er val ues/ V aleurs des param ètres/ Mögliche W erte/ Par ameter- waarden STS ?zSTS g Zone S tatus. Displa ys current state of Audio, Vi deo, V olume, Mu te, Aud[...]

AV 9 E-46 English AV 9 E-47 RCT RCTi g Record T o T ape Sele ct f Sélecti onner ‘Re cord T o T ape’ g Bandau fzeichnung au swählen n Bandopn ame selectie RCV RCVi g Record T o VCR Select f Sélecti onner ‘Re cord T o VCR’ d Videoau fzeichnung a uswählen n VCR opn ame selectie COM COMy g Compression f Compres sion d K omprimierung n Compr[...]

AV 9 E-46 English AV 9 E-47 Setup c ommands – Basic / Co mmandes de base / Befehle des Setup -Menüs (Bas ic) / Set- up commando ’s – basis GENERAL / GÉNÉRALES / ALLGEMEINE EINSTELLUNGEN / GENERAAL Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv[...]

AV 9 E-48 English AV 9 E-49 LEVELS / NIVEAUX / PEGELEINSTELLUNGEN / NIVEAUS Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Pa ramet er val ues/ V aleurs des param ètres/ Mögliche W erte/ Par ameter- waarden LVL LVLsy g Speaker Le vel settings f R[...]

AV 9 E-48 English AV 9 E-49 Setup c ommands – Advanced / Réglages : Commandes avancées / Befehle des Setup -Menüs (Adv anced) / S et-up comma ndo’s – ge avanceerd ADV 1 – SPEAKER EQ / ENCEINTES / LAUTSPRECHER EQUALIZER / LUIDSPREKER Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Desc[...]

AV 9 E-50 English AV 9 E-51 ADV 4 – ZONE 2 / ZONE 2 / ZONE 2 / ZONE 2 Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Pa ramet er val ues/ V aleurs des param ètres/ Mögliche W erte/ Par ameter- waarden FVL FVLx g Zone 2 Fix V olume f V olume [...]

AV 9 E-50 English AV 9 E-51 Save Se ttings / M émoriser l es réglages / Einstel lungen Spe ichern / S ave instell ingen Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Pa ramet er val ues/ V aleurs des param ètres/ Mögliche W erte/ Par ameter- w[...]

AV 9 E-52 English AV 9 E-53 Multi-b utton pres ses / Touc hes multip les / Drücken mehrerer Tasten / Me erdere toe tsen druka cties Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Pa ramet er val ues/ V aleurs des param ètres/ Mögliche W erte/ Pa[...]

AV 9 E-52 English AV 9 E-53 Command/ Commande/ Befehl/ Commando Par ameters/ Par amètres/ Par ameters/ Par ameters Descripti on/ Descripti on/ Be sc hr eib un g/ Beschrijv ing Pa ramet er val ues/ V aleurs des param ètres/ Mögliche W erte/ Par ameter- waarden L S g Displ ay LipSyn c Shortcut f Afcher raccourci synchronisati on d V erknüpfung[...]

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