User manual PARASOUND AVC1800

[. . . ] O W N E R ' S M A N U A L AVC-1800 Audio Video Controller Re -EQ TM w w w. parasound. com Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AVC-1800 Rear Panel Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Position the loop antenna for best AM reception. If you are trying to pick up very distant stations, you may connect a single long wire to the AM terminal and a good earth ground to the GND terminal. Once you have connect the AM antenna, fasten it to the antenna clamp on the rear panel. Bass Management Switches Bass management is designed to assure overall balanced response by accommodating many different types of speaker systems that may or may not be able to reproduce frequencies below 80 Hz. The Bass Management switches allow you to configure your speakers to reproduce low frequencies below 80 Hz, or to filter out these frequencies and route them to your front speakers or only to your subwoofer channels. The AVC-1800 has four toggle switches, which you must set according to the characteristics of your speakers. Refer to the setup section of this manual for more details on setting the bass management switches to accommodate your home theater system. NTSC/PAL Switch This switch allows you to select the display default system to be for the NTSC or PAL video format. PAL is the video format in most European countries and NTSC is the predominant video format in other regions. If you select the incorrect format, the on-screen display will not synchronize properly with your television and will look scrambled. Input Connections Analog Audio 1-3 Input Connections The three audio-only analog inputs are compatible with typical analog line level sources such as CD players, MiniDisc players, cassette decks, etc. Connect the left and right analog audio outputs of your audio source components to these inputs. You can also "assign" any of the four Digital audio inputs to accompany any of these three Audio analog inputs. Audio Only Record Output Connections The audio signal from the source you select for the main zone is routed to the Record Output connectors of Audio 1. Connect the left and right play/output of your tape deck to the left and right Audio 1 input connectors. Next, connect the left and right Record Output connectors of your AVC-1800 to the left and right audio record/input connectors of your tape deck. Analog Audio/Video 1-4 Input Connections All four Audio/Video analog inputs are compatible with typical line level sources such as DVD players, videocassette recorders, satellite receivers, cable converter boxes, etc. Each of the four Audio/Video inputs also switches an accompanying NTSC/PAL composite video and an S-Video input. You can also assign any of the four Digital audio inputs to accompany these four Audio/Video inputs. If you have a DVD player, be sure to connect its digital output to one of the digital inputs of the AVC-1800 for digital surround decoding. S-Video and Composite Video Input Connections Each of the four Audio/Video inputs has both composite and S-Video connectors with separate video circuits and amplifiers. The AVC-1800 cannot convert video signals from S-video to composite video, or vice versa. For example, when you connect a video signal to one of the four RCA composite RCA input jacks, the proper video signal will only be available through the RCA composite Monitor and Record output jacks. If you try to cross video platforms, the signal will be black and white and distorted. 19 Record and Playback Connections for Video 1 and Video 2 Video inputs 1 and 2 have audio and video record inputs so you can connect up to two audio/ video recording components such as a video cassette recorder. For audio, connect the left and right audio output connectors from the VCR you'll use for recording to the corresponding left and right audio inputs of either Video 1 or Video 2 labeled In. Next, connect the left and right Out connectors of the AVC-1800 to the left and right audio input connectors of the VCR. For video, connect the composite and/or S-Video output connectors from the VCR you will use for recording to the Video 1 or 2 In connectors of the AVC-1800. [. . . ] Therefore, if you select a station or station preset from the remote Zone, it will also change the station in the main Zone. When the remote zone has been activated by pressing the On button, the Active LED will illuminate. When remote zone commands are issued, the front panel Zone LED illuminates for about five seconds indicating the remote zone is being controlled. Five seconds after making your adjustments to the remote zone, the AVC-1800 front panel and on-screen displays revert to main zone indication. [. . . ]