Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit AVR250 du fabricant Arcam
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AVR250 HANDBOOK Ar ca m A VR 25 0 su rr ou nd so un d re ce iv er English Français Deutsch Nederland s.
AVR250 E-2 AVR250 E-3 English 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 sh ock, do no t remove co ver (or back ). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servi cing to qua lied servic e personnel .
AVR250 E-2 AVR250 E-3 English Con ten ts Safety guidelines..... .......... .......... .......... ... E-2 Importan t safety i nstructions ........ ........... ......... E-2 Safety compliance .............. ............ ........... ...... E-2 Before you start ! .
AVR250 E-4 AVR250 E-5 English Befo re y o u star t! Introduction The A VR250 is a high qua lity and h igh performa nce home ci nema proces sor and mul ti-channel audio amplier built to A rcam’ s tradi tional high quality de sign and ma nufacturing standards.
AVR250 E-4 AVR250 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.
AVR250 E-6 AVR250 E-7 English I nstal la t io n Positioning the unit n Plac e the recei ver on a l evel, rm sur face. n A void pl acing the u nit in direc t sunlight or near sour ces of heat or damp. n Do n ot place th e unit on t op of a pow er ampli er or other source of heat.
AVR250 E-6 AVR250 E-7 English Audio connections n Wherev er possible , connect bo th the anal ogue and di gital output s of digita l sources. This enable s 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 if used.
AVR250 E-8 AVR250 E-9 English Video connections The A VR250 al lows for co nversion between di fferent vid eo formats. This means that the A VR250 can conv ert betwee n composit e, S-vi deo and comp onent, if r equired.
AVR250 E-8 AVR250 E-9 English Connecting loudspeakers The red and black t erminals on the back o f the A VR250 are used to mak e the conn ections to the loudspea kers. The speakers should be connected to the loudsp eaker ter minals, refe ring to the labels on the rear -panel.
AVR250 E-10 AVR250 E-11 English Connecting the AM and FM antennas FM antenna An FM an tenna is re quired to r eceive VHF radio signals. Although a FM ribbo n antenna i s supplied as an access ory to the AVR25 0, for opti mal FM r adio recepti on a roof - or lof t-mount ed aerial i s advised as this will give supe rior recepti on.
AVR250 E-10 AVR250 E-11 English Con g u ri ng t he A VR 2 5 0 The A VR250 ‘S et-up M enu’ has si x ‘Basic’ a nd v e ‘ Advan ced’ menu s creens that take yo u through the con gur ation proc ess.
AVR250 E-12 AVR250 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 fea ture to prev ent accid ental ove rdriving of low power - handling speakers , for examp le.
AVR250 E-12 AVR250 E-13 English HQ Video : Choose be tween RGB or YUV ; if y ou have a YUV disp lay , set this i tem to YUV , otherwise set it to RGB . This set ting contro ls the rout ing of the HQ-video within the AVR2 50, either a s 3-wire YUV or 4- wire RGB signals (w ith the syn chronisatio n signal on composite for RGB).
AVR250 E-14 AVR250 E-15 English Sub Ster eo : This se tting allows the volu me level of the subw oofer to be adjusted fo r when the subwoof er is being used with 2-channel (s tereo) sour ces.
AVR250 E-14 AVR250 E-15 E n g l i s h 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 VR250 can help t o address th is inbalanc e.
AVR250 E-16 AVR250 E-17 English The ‘Advanced’ Set-up Menus ADV 1 – Speaker E q. This all ows ne adjustme nt of bass and treble i n 1dB steps (up to ±6d B) for each of the speake rs in the s ystem.
AVR250 E-16 AVR250 E-17 E n g l i s h E n g l i s h 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.
AVR250 E-18 AVR250 E-19 English R em ot e co nt rol 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 .
AVR250 E-18 AVR250 E-19 E n g l i s h Ope ra ti n g y ou r A VR2 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 VR250.
AVR250 E-20 AVR250 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 and DVD-A (multi-cha nnel).
AVR250 E-20 AVR250 E-21 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 VR250 is in stereo m ode. For more infor mation on t he effects, see the se ction ‘DSP Effects Modes’ , page 25.
AVR250 E-22 AVR250 E-23 English Using the tuner The A VR250’ s r adio tuner can be cont rolled from the upper r ow of front panel butt ons (see dia gram, below) or from the remote cont rol handset . Note that the tuner behaviour can be seen only via th e front - panel d isplay , as there is no on-s creen displ ay for the tuner .
AVR250 E-22 AVR250 E-23 English FM Mute /Mono The A VR250’ s tuner has an aut o-muting ci rcuit that, when engage d, mutes an y signal that is of insuf cient strength fo r listening . T o engage th is circuit press the F M MUTE/MONO b utton on th e front panel: ‘FM MUTE’ i s shown in t he displa y .
AVR250 E-24 AVR250 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 .
AVR250 E-24 AVR250 E-25 English S u rr o u nd m od es Introduction Y our A VR250 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.
AVR250 E-26 AVR250 E-27 English Two-channel source modes The fol lowing decod ing and sur round modes are av ailable: n Mono n Pro Logic Emulation n Stere o n Neo:6 Ci nema n Pro L ogic II/IIx Movie n.
AVR250 E-26 AVR250 E-27 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.
AVR250 E-28 AVR250 E-29 English Bi - w i ri n g a nd b i - a m p i n g lo u ds pea 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.
AVR250 E-28 AVR250 E-29 English T rou b les hoo t i ng There ar e no lights on the uni t: Check th at: n the power cord is plugged into the A VR250 a nd the mains s ocket outl et it is pl ugged into is switched on. n the power butto n is presse d in. n the mains fuse in the plug (if applica ble) has no t blown.
AVR250 E-30 AVR250 E-31 English Hum on an analogue input: Check th at: n all cables are making a go od connectio n. If neces sary withdr aw the c able from th e connector and plug i t fully in again . (T urn the pow er off befor e doing thi s.) n the connections inside the source cabl e connector are not bro ken or bad ly soldered .
AVR250 E-30 AVR250 E-31 English S C AR T con n ec ti on s These pi nouts descr ibe the sig nal connecti ons between the A VR250 and your displ ay device input.
AVR250 E-32 AVR250 E-33 English I R R e mo t e Codes 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.
AVR250 E-32 AVR250 E-33 English These ex tra com mands on cod e 17 allow full contro l of the tu ner in the AVR250 using the remote cont rol supplied with the T 61/T31.
AVR250 E-34 AVR250 E-35 English T ech n i c a l sp eci c a ti o ns 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.
AVR250 E-34 AVR250 E-35 English Gu ara n t ee 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 .
AVR250 E-36 AVR250 E-37 English Ap pen d i x : Seri a l p r og ram mi ng i n t er fa ce Introduction This sec tion descri bes the rem ote control protocol fo r controlli ng the A VR250 via the RS232 interface. Conventions n All values in this sec tion are hex adecimal v alues, un less otherw ise specie d.
AVR250 E-36 AVR250 E-37 English Command Specications / Spécications des commandes / Befehlsspezikationen / Opdrachtspecicaties Power / Alimenta tion / Bet riebsberei tschaft / Stroom Change the stand-b y state of a zone. Modiez l’état de veille d’u ne zone.
AVR250 E-38 AVR250 E-39 English Close a menu / Fe rmeture d’ un menu / Schließ en eines M enüs / Een menu slui ten Close one of the menus of the AVR2 50.
AVR250 E-38 AVR250 E-39 English Volume change / M odicatio n du volum e / Ändern der Lautst ärke / Vo lumewijzig ing 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.
AVR250 E-40 AVR250 E-41 English Volume set / Régl age du vo lume / Einstel len der La utstärke / Volume-i nstelling Set the volume o f a zone. The v alue tr ansmitted f or the new volume mu st be offse t by 0x30. n F ormula: transmi tted volum e = (requir ed volume + 0x30) The v alue retur ned for the new volum e is offset by 0x30.
AVR250 E-40 AVR250 E-41 English Direct mode / Mo de Direct / Direktmo dus / Modu s Direct Change the stand-b y state of a zone. Modiez l’état de veille d’u ne zone. Ändern des Stand-b y-Zu stands eine r Zone . De sta ndby-st atus van een zone wijzigen.
AVR250 E-42 AVR250 E-43 English Effect / Effet / Effekt / E ffect Set the effect mod e for two-c hannel mate rial. An error message is returned i f the select ed effect i s not av ailable f or the curr ent source. Réglez le mode d’e ffets pour le matériau à double ca nal.
AVR250 E-42 AVR250 E-43 English Store / Mémorisa tion / Spe ichern / Op slaan Store t he current frequency i n a preset. The v alue tr ansmitted/r eturned for the preset is offset b y 0x30. n F ormula: actual pres et = (recei ved preset + 0x30) Mémoris ez la fréqu ence actuel le dans une présélectio n.
AVR250 E-44 Tune / Réglage / Senderabst immung / A fstemmen Increme nt/Decremen t the tuner frequency i n 0.05MHz s teps (FM) o r 9/10KHz steps ( AM). The retu rned freque ncy is calc ulated as f ollows: AM freq . (kHz) = (((1000’ s & 1 00’s ) – 0x30) * 100) + ((10’ s & 1’ s) – 0x30))) FM freq .
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Arcam AVR250 c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Arcam AVR250 - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Arcam AVR250, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Arcam AVR250 va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Arcam AVR250, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Arcam AVR250.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Arcam AVR250. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Arcam AVR250 ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
