Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit E-2 du fabricant Arcam
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A V 8 P r e a m p P r o c e s s o r P r é a m p l i f i c a t e u r - p r o c e s s e u r A V 8 V o rv e r s t ä r k e r / P r o z e s s o r A V 8 A V 8 V o o rv e r s t e r k e r P r o c e s s o r.
E-2 E-2 E-3 English Saf ety guid eline s CAU TION: T o r educe the ri sk of e lectric shock, do not r emov e co ver (or bac k). No user serviceable parts insi de. Refer servicing to qua lified service perso nnel. W ARNIN G: T o r educe t he risk of fir e or electr ic shoc k, do not e xpose this a pparat us to r ain or moistur e.
E-2 E-2 E-3 English W elcom e to the A V8 Pr eamp Pr oce ssor USING THIS HAN DBOOK Thank yo u fo r purc hasin g the Arcam FMJ A V8 Pre amp Pr ocesso r . This handbook has been designed to give y ou all the information you need to install, connect, set up and use the Arcam FMJ A V8 Preamp Proces sor .
E-4 E-4 E-5 English P OS I T IO N IN G TH E U N I T Place the pr ocesso r on a lev el, f ir m su rface. A void placing the unit in dir ect sunlight or near sour ces of heat or dam p. Do not place the unit on top of a power amplif ier or other source of he at.
E-4 E-4 E-5 English GENERA L The inp uts are named to make it easi er to re fer ence wh en conn ecting e.g., a D VD or VCR, but they all hav e the same input circuit , so there is no reason why y ou should not conne ct a differe nt device to any of the inp uts.
E-6 E-6 E-7 English DIGIT AL AUDIO INPUT S bp D VD , bq A V , br T APE, bs TUNER, bt CD , ck VCR, cl SA T . Connec t these inputs to the digital ouputs of your a vaila ble source equipm ent.
E-6 E-6 E-7 English ANALOG UE PR EAMPL IFIER OUTP UTS All the se anal ogue ou tputs a re bu ffe red, ha ve a low output impeda nce and are at line lev el.
E-8 E-8 E-9 English fm VCR OUT . Co nnect this to the S-video input of your video record er . fl T APE . If yo u are using the tape loop for a second VCR then connect the S- video from t he VCR to this input . HIGH QU ALITY (COMP ONENT ) VIDEO CONNE CTIONS These inputs are suitab le fo r c onnect ion to compon ent (YUV/ YCrCb) or RGB outpu ts.
E-8 E-8 E-9 English gs VID EO TRIGGER 1, gt V IDEO TRIGGER 2. The trigger outputs ha ve diff erent fu nction s depen ding on ho w the ‘Video St atus’ has been set (S creen Ctrl or SC AR T) in th e ‘General Settin gs’ menu .
E-10 E-10 E-11 English The A V8 ‘Setu p Menu’ has six ‘Basic’ and five ‘Advanced’ menu screens which take you through the config uration process. The ‘Basi c’ menus enab le y ou t o match your A V8 to y our speakers. The ‘A dvance d’ me nus allo w you to optimise the operation of your system.
E-10 E-10 E-11 English BA SI C S E TU P 1 – GE NERAL SETT INGS: 1 - General Settings Volume Display: Normal 0-72 Max Volume: +72 Max On Volume: +20 Delay units: Imperial OSD Mode: Mixed Video Status: SCART HQ Video: RGB Sync On Green: Off V olume displa y: Allows y ou to select how volume is displa yed.
E-12 E-12 E-13 English 5.1 Rear speak ers def ines ho w the speake r s in a full ‘7.1’ installa tion handle 5.1 d ecoded sourc es. Surr L/R redirect s 5.1 surround signa l to the surround left and right speakers. No signal will be directe d to the sur rou nd back left o r right spe akers.
E-12 E-12 E-13 English Large+ Sub Pure stereo fe d to left and right and extracted bass is sent t o the subw oofer . Sat+Su b Use this sett ing if yo u ha ve ‘Small’ satellite left and right speak er s.
E-14 E-14 E-15 English A D V A N CE D S E T UP AD V 1 – SP EAKER EQ. Adv 1 - Speaker Eq. Bass Treble FL: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB C: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB FR: --I-- +0dB --I-- +0dB SR: --I-- +0dB --I--.
E-14 E-14 E-15 English AD V 4 – ZO NE 2 SETTI NGS Adv 4 - Zone 2 Settings Max Vol 20-72: 72 Fix Vol: No Max On Vol 0-72: 20 Zone 1 Standby: Local Only Zone 2 Standby: Local Only Local OSD: On Zone 1 Control: Yes Access: All Max V ol 20–7 2 : Limits the maxim um vol ume setting f or z one 2.
E-16 E-16 E-17 English SA VING S ETTIN GS AND EX ITING SETU P Save Settings No Save - Return to index Save as:Preset 1* Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 5 Press OK to edit- OK to save All the setting s y ou ha ve made on the previous scr eens can be sa ved as a user prof ile and stored as one of f ive ‘Presets ’.
E-16 E-16 E-17 English Fr ont pan el co ntr ols POWER AV8 PREAMP PROCESSOR DVD A TAPE PHONO/AUX VCR AV SAT DVD MENU DISPLAY CD TUNER MODE EFFECT THX 9 bn 8 7 6 1 5 bo OK DIRECT MUTE THX SURROUND EX 4 3 2 bk bl bm V ol: +8 An. PLII Movie T o n e bp 1 Remot e contro l r eceiv er .
E-18 E-18 E-19 English Rem ote c ontr ol 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 .
E-18 E-18 E-19 English INTR ODUCTION For information displa y we recommend you use the OSD on you r TV/scr een when eve r possib le . How ev er all k ey inf ormation is also duplic ated o ne lin e at a time on th e fron t pane l disp lay of t he A V8.
E-20 E-20 E-21 English For examp le, if ‘R ecord to VCR’ is set to Sour ce and yo u want to recor d the SA T inpu t: Select the SA T input then put y our VCR into record pau se so that it wil l moni tor it s inpu t.
E-20 E-20 E-21 English INFO Press t his b utton on the r emote once to displ ay t he loca l OSD r epor t on source inputs and processing mode . The display times out after about three second s. SYN Dela ys ma y be introduced into the video signal by external video proces sing equipme nt which causes a mismatch between the audio and video timing.
E-22 E-22 E-23 English Ster eo Direc t : If Stereo d irect is Off , the A V8 funct ions in its normal way . If stereo direct is On , the A V8 uses the analog ue input signa l for the source, bypass ing the digital circu itr y .
E-22 E-22 E-23 English MAIN MENU S CREEN 3 This pa ge ref er s to z one 2 fu nction s. These a re requ ired if yo ur syst em is i nstall ed t o se nd a udio and video to a s eparate ‘zone 2’ room, or yo u wish t o mak e use of th e z one 2 headph one f acilit y .
E-24 E-24 E-25 English Sur r ou nd mo des I NT R O DU C T IO N Y our A V8 processor pro vides all the key decoding and processing modes for analog ue and digi tal si gnals. MODES FOR D IGIT AL SOURCES Digita l recordings are usually encoded to include inf ormation about their format type.
E-24 E-24 E-25 English The A V8 allo ws both Pro Logic and Pro Logic II decod ing. Generally , yo u will fi nd Pro Logic II perf or ms better and gives a livelier , more realis tic su rround soun d f ield.
E-26 E-26 E-27 English THX Su rr ound EX a nd Sur round ES Surround EX is a joint develop ment of Dolby Laboratories and the THX divisio n of Lucasfi lm Ltd. In a mo vie theat re, film soundt racks that hav e been encode d with Surround EX technology are abl e to reprod uce an extra channel whic h has been added during the mixing of the programme.
E-26 E-26 E-27 English T r oubl esh ootin g Ther e are no lig hts on the u nit: Check that: the pow er cord is plugged into the A V8 and the mains socke t outlet it is plugg ed int o is switch ed on. the po wer b utton is pr essed in. If a red LED is pre sent, the A V8 is in standb y mode .
E-28 E-28 E-29 English Unab le to select Dolb y Digita l or D TS de coding modes : The A V8 can only apply Dolb y Digita l and DTS decoding to sour ces which ha ve been encode d in t he sam e f ormat. Check that: a digi tal so urce i s sele cted and co nnecte d.
E-28 E-28 E-29 English Unab le to adjust bass and t re ble contr ols: Bass and treb le is not a vailabl e i n THX mod e. For Analogue Stereo an d Digita l Stereo modes, check that the ‘Auto Stereo T one Bypass’ line of ‘Speak er Eq’ in the S etup M enu is se t to N o .
E-30 E-30 E-31 English T e chn ical speci cati ons NO TE: All speci ficat ion va lues a re typic al unl ess o therwi se sta ted. CONTI NU AL IMP RO VEMEN T POLI CY Arcam has a polic y of contin ual impro vement for its produc ts. Thi s means that design s and specifi cation s are subject to change withou t notice.
E-30 E-30 E-31 English RADIO INTER FEREN CE The A V8 is a digi tal audio device which ha ve been designed to ver y high standa rds of elect romagn etic compat ibilit y . The unit can radiate RF (radio freque ncy) energy . In some cases this can cause interf erence with FM and AM radio reception.
E-32 E-32 E-33 English S CAR T C ON N E CT I ON S These pinout s desc ribe the si gnal connec tions betw een the A V8 an d y our displa y device i nput.
E-32 E-32 E-33 English I R R E MO TE CO D E S The follo wing information is supplie d for owne r s of advanced programmab le remote controls, such as the Philips ‘Pronto ’ and simi lar device s, where it is p ossib le to p rogram re mote codes dire ctl y int o th e device.
E-34 E-34 E-35 English A V8 SE R I AL PR O G R AM M IN G IN T E RF A CE INTR ODUCTION This section of the document detail s the serial command set of the A V8 soft ware.
E-34 E-34 E-35 English QUER Y COM MANDS Command Parameters Descript ion Respons e PWR ?zPWR Quer y P ow er State zPWRx , where z is t he zone parame ter yo u suppl y.
E-36 E-36 E-37 English GENER AL OPE RA TIO N COM MANDS Command Parameters Descript ion Parameter values PWR ?zPWRx P owe r on/of f MUT ?zMUTx Mute o n/off FAN zFANx Force Analogue EFF ?EFFy Eff ect Mo.
E-36 E-36 E-37 English SETUP COMMA NDS – BASI C Basic Genera l Command Parameters Descr iption Paramet er val ues VDS VDSy V olume Dis pla y y may ha ve th e value s 0 to 2 , as follo ws: 0 = Normal, 1 = dB re f, 2 = Fine.
E-38 E-38 E-39 English Basic Sub Command Paramet ers Descrip tion Paramet er val ues CRF CRFy Crosso ver Freque ncy y may ha ve a valu e in th e range 0 to 1 1 : 0 = 4 0 H z 1 1 = 150Hz (in 10H z step s) STM STMy Stereo Mo de y may h a ve t he val ues 0 to 2 , as follo ws: 0 = Large+Sub , 1 = Sa t+Sub , 2 = Large.
E-38 E-38 E-39 English SETUP COMMA NDS – AD V ANCE D Advanc ed Spe ak er Command Parameters Descriptio n Paramet er val ues BAS BASsy Bass Lev els y may ha ve a value in th e range - 6 to + 6 : - 6 .
E-40 E-40 E-41 English Engine ering Settin gs Command Paramet ers Description Paramet er val ues RC5 zRC5y RC5 Syste m Code y may ha ve the va lues 0 to 5 , as foll ows : 0 = RC5 System Code 1 6, 1 = RC5 Syste m Code 19. SCM SCMx Scrolling Messag e SCT SCTyn Scrolling T ext Select y may ha ve a value in th e range 0 to 8 .
E-40 E-40 E-41 English A V8 PR OGRAMMER The A V8 programmer utility allow s future software upgrades to be instal led and allo ws backu p a nd restoration of th e un it’ s se ttings vi a t he RS232 por t on the b ack of the A V8. The f ollowing equip ment i s requ ired: IBM PC compa tib le com puter r unn ing Windo ws 98 or lat er .
E-42 E-42 F-1 Français W ORLD WIDE GU ARAN TEE This entitles you to hav e the unit repair ed free of charge , during the fi r st two yea r s after purchase, at any authorised Arcam distributor pro vided that it was originall y purcha sed from an autho rised Arcam dealer or distributor .
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 E-2 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 E-2 - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Arcam E-2, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Arcam E-2 va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Arcam E-2, 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 E-2.
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 E-2. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Arcam E-2 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.
