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Brightness – Sets the video brightness for this in put.
is setting can be used to com pensate fo r an overl y
dark or b right source pictur e on this in put when
compa red with other video sources.
Contrast – Sets the video contrast f or this inp ut. is
setting can be used to compensa te for t oo much or too
little con trast in the source p icture on this in put when
compa red with other video sources.
Colour – Sets the video colour satura tion fo r this inpu t.
is setting can be used to com pensate fo r too much or
too little colo ur in the source pictur e on this inp ut when
compa red with other video sources.
Film Mode – Sets how the video pr ocessor in the
A V950/A VR750/450/380 interprets the video o n this
inp ut. N o rmally the video pr ocesso r au tom aticall y
detects the original source type and correctly sets either
V ideo mode or Film mode processin g. In the unlikely
event tha t the video processor misin terprets the video
type, resulting in su btle picture a rtefacts, Film mode can
be forced O. is function s hould normally be set to
Aut o.
Edge Enhancement – Sha rpens the picture from a
source on this in put.
MPEG N.R. – Remo ves artefacts in over ly com pressed
digital video from a source o n this inpu t.
Noise Reduction – Removes ra ndom noise within the
picture fr om a source on this in put.
Video Source – Selects the video signal connection for
this source. e defa ult is HDMI; this settin g must be
chang ed if another connection is used.
< HDMI: the unit is for ced to use the HDMI video
inpu t for this sour ce.
< C om ponent: the unit is f orced to use the
COMPONENT video in put f or this source.
< C ompo site: the unit is for ced to use the COMPOSITE
video inpu t for this sour ce.
Audio Source – Selects th e particular connecti on type
for each in put. e defa ult is HDMI; this set ting must be
chang ed if another connection is used.
Select from the list the audio type you a re using o n this
sou rce.
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HDMI : the uni t is forced to u se the HDMI audio
inpu t for this sour ce.
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Digit al : the unit is fo rced to use the optical (T OSLINK)
or coaxial (S/PDIF ) digital audi o inpu t for this source
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Analogue : the unit is f orced to use the analogue
audio in put f or this source.
General Setup
General informa tion and system co ntrol s.
Source Input – (Inf ormation o nly) e currently
selected input t o which the settings below rela te.
Incoming F ormat – (Info rmation onl y) e forma t
of the digital audio s tream connected to this in put, if
pres ent .
Incoming Sample Rate – (I nformatio n only) e
sample ra te of the digi tal audio stream conn ected to this
inpu t, if presen t.
Incoming Bit Rate – (I nforma tion only) e b it rat e
of the digital audio s tream connected to this in put, if
pres ent .
Dialnorm – (Info rmation onl y) If a Dolby Digi tal audio
stream is con nected to this inpu t, this is the Dialogue
No rmalisation setting req uested by the strea m.
Video Input – e curren tly selected video input. F or
inpu ts that ha ve video connections (e.g. S AT , PVR etc),
audio an d video inputs n ormally switch o ver together .
Ho wever , here you can tem porarily select a dieren t
video source for the curren t audio so urce. is fea ture
may be useful, for exa mple, if y ou are wa tching a s ports
game on sa tellite b ut on this occasion wish to li sten to
the commen tar y o n the radio instead. is t emporary
override is re set when the input sour ce is chang ed so
that the V ideo I npu t follows the A udio I npu t setting (or
the setting in the V ideo In puts men u, if ap plicable).
Audio Compression – All ows sel ecti on of compress ion
which is ideal for la te night listenin g. e comp ressio n
eect increases the volum e of the quiet passages
and decreases the vol ume of the louder passag es.
Compr ession o nly app lies to Dolby sound track forma ts
that su pport this function (DTS is not sup ported).
< O : (defa ult) no a udio comp ressio n is app lied.
< Medium : compr ession is a pplied so that lo ud
portions of a sound track are r educed in level. Dolby
T rue HD stream is compr essed aut omatically as set
by the incomin g stream.
< Hi gh : t h e maximum amo unt of d ynamic range
comp ressio n is app lied, so that the dieren ce
between loud and quiet po rtions of a soundtrac k is
minimised.
is setting ap plies to all inp uts when a relevan t digital
audio str eam is detected. I t is stor ed in memory and
recalled each time the unit is power ed up .
Balance – T o alter the sound balance tem porarily
between front le a nd right speakers. Y o u can alter
the sound stage to ei ther the le or the right by u p to
6dB. N ote tha t it is not possib le to shi the audio signal
comp letely ov er to one cha nnel. is function r esets to
equal le/right balance when the inpu t is chang ed.
PLII Dimension –
PLII Centre Width –
PLII Panorama –
ese allow the adjus tment of the sound eld for Dolb y
Pro Logic II M usic mode decoding of two-cha nnel
sources. ese setting a pply to all in puts when PLII o r
PLIIx M usic decoding is selected. e settings are s tored
in memory and recalled each time PLII or PLIIx M usic
mode is se lected.
< PLII Dimension: Allows the user gradually to
adjus t the sound eld either to wards the fro nt or
towar ds the rear . S et tings range fro m -3 to +3. W e
recommend Dim ension is set to 0 fo r normal use.
< PLII C en tr e Wi d th: Contr ols the centre ima ge
width.W ith Pro Logic decoding, domina nt cen tre
signals come only fro m the centre s peaker . If no
centre s peaker is present, the decoder spli ts the
centre signal equally to the le a nd right speakers
to crea te a ‘ phant om ’ centre image . e Centre
W idth con trol allows variab le adjustmen t of the
centre ima ge so it may be hear d only from the
centre s peaker ; onl y from the le/right speakers as a
phan tom imag e; or from all three fron t speakers to
varying degrees. W e recommend Centre W id th is set
to 3 for no rmal use.
< PLII Panorama: Extends the fron t centre im age to
include the surr ound speakers for a n exciting ‘wra p-
aro und’ e ect with side-wall imaging.
Digital Output Freq. – Sets the samp ling frequency of
the audio Analogue-to-Digi tal converter . is setting
app lies to all inpu ts when analogue audio is being
processed (i.e. no t Stereo Dir ect mode). It is st ored in
memory and recalled each time the unit is power ed up .
Maximum V olume – Limits the maximum v olume
setting the system can be turned up t o in the main zone.
is is a useful featur e to preven t accidental o verdriving
of low po wer-h andling speakers (for exa mple). I t is
stor ed in memory and recalled each time the unit is
p owe red up.
Max On Volume – Limits the maximum vo lume the
system opera tes in the main zone when i t is switched
on or co mes out o f Standb y . e system comes o n at
this stor ed volume setting if the last u sed (possibly very
loud) vol ume exceeds this value. I t is sto red in memory
and recalled each time the unit is pow ered up .
Display on time – Sets the time that the front pan el
display r emains illumina ted aer r eceiving a comman d.
e default i s always on.
CEC Control – Enables o r disables HD MI CEC contro l,
a system that allo ws devices connected with HDMI to
contr ol other com patible co nnected devices.
< O : disab les CEC Control
< O utput 1
< O utput 2
ARC Control – Enables o r disables the HDMI 1.4 A u dio
Return Channel. is allo ws for televisio n sound to
be sent back to the A V950/A VR750/450/380, via the
‘Displa y’ inp ut. ARC Contr ol depends on CEC con trol
(Outpu t1 or Outp ut2) being set.
HDMI Audio T o TV – Enables or disab les the
transmissio n of HDMI a udio from the HD MI outp ut
connector . Enable this setting if you wish t o be able to
listen using y our TV spea k ers.
Control – Enables o r disables RS232 or IP (NE T)
contr ol, a system tha t allows con trol from va rious third-
party home au toma tion systems. N ot e, only RS232 or IP
contr ol can be used, not both.
Pow er on – Determines how the unit po wers on.
< St by: in Standb y mode
< On : On
< L ast state: Last state (defa ult).
Auto Setup
A uto S peaker S et up of yo ur loudspeakers and s ubwoof er
(if presen t) is con trolled by this men u. A full description
of ho w A uto Speaker Setup wo rks is given o n page
E-27. Remember to insert the calibratio n microph one
into the AUX input on the fro nt panel a nd position the
microp hone a t the listening position befo re running
Auto Setup.
Run Auto Setup – Press OK (o r
O
on the remo te) to
start A uto Speaker Setup . e p rocess will generate t est
tones fro m the speakers and will typically take less than
two minu tes. e test to ne genera tor will cycle round
each sp eaker twi ce.
Accept Setup – W hen A uto S peaker Setup has
comp leted without err ors yo u can choose to accept or
reject the settings
< No : e settings are no t stored in memo ry .
< Ye s : All the speaker settings (speakers p resent, type,
distance, level a nd crossov er frequency) are sto red
in the relevan t sections of the Setup M enu and
overwrite an y previous setting s.
Auto Setup Progress – Giv es a summary of what A ut o
Speaker Setup is doin g as it pr ogresses, starting with
which speaker is being tested.
< No ise Le vel: Checking n oise level rela tive to each
spe aker and subwo ofer .
< N umber of Speakers: Speaker congura tion is
detected including the n umber of surro und speakers
and whether a sub woofer and cen ter speaker are
connecte d.
< Speaker Distance: A ccurately det ects the
app rop riate distance o f each speaker position as well
as the subw oofer with respect to the micro phone
po sition.
< Speaker Level and Size: e crossover i s set based
on each cha nnel’ s signal handlin g capability a nd the
subw oofer crosso ver is au toma tically set. e SPL
(Sound Press ure Level) of each speaker is ma tched
with respect to the micro phone positio n.
< C alculating EQ : Data ga thered from each o f the
speakers is being processed.
< C omple ted Er ror : A pr oblem was detected with the
speaker setup . See the descr i ptions f or each of the
individual speakers, below . Alternativ ely an in valid
speaker conguratio n was detected.
Front L eft –
Centre –
Front Right –
Surr . Right –
Surr . Back Right –
Surr . Back Left –
Surr . Left –
Subwoofer –
If the abov e speakers are corr ectly detected as present in
your speaker congura tion, their size (Small or Larg e),
distance from the lis tening position a nd trim level
(dB) will be displayed. N ote tha t size does not ap ply
to the subw oofer . O therwise an error messag e will be
display ed:
< Not Pre sent: A spe ak er was not detected on this
channel.
Crossover F req. – e frequency a t which A uto Speaker
Setup determined is the best poin t to lter low fr equency
sounds awa y from Small speakers an d into the sub woofer
(or Large speakers if a su bwoofer i s not pre sent).
Spkr T ypes
Settings for the types of lo udspeaker you ha ve connected
in your con guration. ese settings a re ap plied to all
audio in puts a nd are sto red in memory and recalled
each time the unit is powe red up .
Front L eft / Right –
Centre –
Surr . Left / Right –
Surr . Back L / R –
Her e you set the type of speakers that y ou hav e
connected to your A V950/A VR750/450/380:
< L arge : capable of full frequency rang e repr oduction
< Sm all : not capable o f full frequency range
repr oduction at the low frequency end
< No ne : spe aker n ot presen t in your co nguration
< Su bwoofer : Set whether a sub woofer is pr esent or no t.
NO TE
I t is not possible t o set all spe aker s to Small unless
there is a sub woofer in yo ur speaker conguratio n.
If yo u do not ha ve a subw oofer , y ou will be forced to
set your fron t speakers to Large.
Crossover F req – is is the frequency at which
loudspeakers set as Small start to redir ect bass signals to
the Sub woofer or Larg e speakers in your system. S mall
speakers redirect bass to the sub woofer , if present. e
exception is the Cen tre speaker which, if Small, redirects
its bass to fro nt le/right p rovided tha t they themselves
are Larg e. is is done to h elp keep Centre bass dir ectly
in fron t of the listening posi tion.
Use Channels 6+7 for – If yo ur main zone speaker
set up does not incl ude Surroun d Back Le and Right
speakers, you can c hoose to use the Surround Back
amp lier channels t o Bi-Amp the F ron t Le and Right
pair , o r as a stereo pow er amp lier for Zone2.
Spkr Distance
Calibration settin gs for the distances between the
loudspeakers and the lis tening position.
NO TE
Speakers that a re not p resent in yo ur congura tion
will be grey ed ou t.
ese settings are a pplied to all a udio inpu ts and ar e
stor ed in memory and recalled each time the unit is
p owe red up.
Units – Select whether you wish to measure dista nces in
imperial or metric units.
Front L eft –
Centre –
Front Right –
Surr . Right –
Surr . Back Right –
Surr . Back Left –
Surr . Left –
Subwoofer –
As described in “ essential setup ” o n page E-26, measure
the distance from each lo udspeaker in your syst em to
your ear in the ma in listening position a nd enter the
values. is allows the A V950/A VR750/450/380 to
calculate the correct rela tive delay f or each louds peaker .
Spkr Levels
Calibration settin gs for the test no ise signal level
through the louds peakers and measured a t the listening
po sition.
NO TE
Speakers that a re not p resent in yo ur congura tion
will be grey ed ou t.
ese settings are a pplied to all a udio inpu ts and ar e
stor ed in memory and recalled each time the unit is
p owe red up.
U se the
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and
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naviga tion but tons o n the remote
contr ol to select the relevan t speaker . Pre ss
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enable/disab le the calibration no ise and the
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naviga tion but tons to a djust the no ise level from each
s p e a k e r.
Front L eft –
Centre –
Front Right –
Surr . Right –
Surr . Back Right –
Surr . Back Left –
Surr . Left –
Subwoofer –
As described in “ essential setup ” o n page E-26, adju st
the level of the test no ise from each speaker so that an
SPL meter a t the listening posi tion measures 75dB S PL.
V ideo Inputs
Settings to optio nally assign a video source to each of
the normally audio-o nly inp uts.
ese settings are st ored in memo r y a nd recalled each
time the unit is power ed up .
Video Input CD –
Video Input Aux –
Video Input FM –
Video Input USB –
Video Input Net –
Video Input DAB –
e default f or each of the a udio inp uts is ‘N one ’ . Y ou
could, ho wever , associat e ‘Sa t’ video with FM o r Digital
Radio audio to receiv e radio commen tar y o f a sports
game with pict ures from sa tellite co verage, fo r examp le.
NO TE
A uto calibra tion is possible o nly for a 7.x, 5.x
or 4.x speaker congura tion. Fo r other speaker
congura tions such as a 2.1 (st ereo + subw oofer)
setup , you m ust com plete setup ma nually by
referring to the guidelin es below for S peaker
Conguration, S peaker Distance and S peaker
Le vels.