User manual PROCEED DSD

[. . . ] Digital Surround Decoder PR O C E E D WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. Marking by the "CE" symbol (shown left) indicates compliance of this device with the EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) and LVD (Low Voltage Directive) standards of the European Community. NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. [. . . ] If you decide to change it again, simply revisit this menu item and reset it. dialog normalization Digital audio has a clearly-defined maximum recordable volume. In some movies, the dialog may exist fairly close to this maximum volume, especially if the movie does not have of loud noises that need occasionally to overshadow the dialog. Other movies are full of explosions and other effects that must be much louder than the dialog in order to achieve their desired effect. Thus the level at which dialog occurs within the overall digital dynamic range may vary significantly, requiring volume changes from one source to the next, or one movie to the next. Dialog normalization takes advantage of the fact that Dolby Digital soundtracks are supposed to include information on the relative volume of the dialog. Using this information, we can automate this volume adjustment for you so that the dialog appears at approximately the same volume all the time. (Of course, this assumes that the movie's Dolby Digital soundtrack includes accurate information regarding dialog level. ) This automatic volume change may be defeated if you prefer to handle such things yourself. auto migration As shipped from the factory, the PAV/PDSD system automatically tries to give you your "preferred" audio connection, whenever it is available. Thus if you have a Dolby Digital RF connection as your "first choice, " followed by a normal digital connection, followed by the analog connection specified in your set source button screen for laserdisc, the system will automatically "migrate" back up to a higher-priority connection when it becomes available. If for some reason you prefer to handle such changes manually, you can turn off automatic migration in this section of the operate menu. forced/manual migration Additionally, you can always temporarily engage manual migration simply by pushing the same input button repeatedly (which cycles through the connections associated with that button). As soon as you select any other input button, automatic migration will re-engage. setup: locked/unlocked Once the PAV/PDSD is completely setup, calibrated and ready to go, you may want to change this setting from setup: unlocked to setup: locked to make it more difficult to accidently disturb the carefully calibrated settings in the Setup 36 and Custom Menus. Toggle the lock on and off by moving the "select-it" cursor to this item, changing to the "change-it" cursor by pressing enter, and pressing either volume + or volume ­ (with only two settings, either plus or minus will work). Then save your change by pressing enter. 37 The Setup Menu CD 1 CD 2 TAPE 1 TAPE 2 BAL/AUX SET SOURCE BUTTON TUNER VCR 1 VCR 2 LD TV/AUX SETUP SET CONFIGURATION SET DISTANCE SET SPEAKERS SET LEVELS BASS LEVEL MANAGE ***ENABLED*** DISCRETE PRO LOGIC MODE DEFAULTS STEREO SRND MONO SRND 2-CH/SRND OFF MONO 38 As you might surmise from the menu tree shown above, the Setup Menu is where you define what it is you are using with your PAV/PDSD system, and how you want it to work for you. To take a common but surprisingly complex example, imagine: · that you have a laserdisc player that has an RF Dolby Digital (AC3) output, a digital output, and analog outputs; · that you usually listen to it in THX cinema mode, whether using discrete digital soundtracks or Dolby pro logic soundtracks; · and that you prefer to use a subwoofer for movies for the extra impact, but prefer not to use it when listening to music. The setup menu is where you "explain" all this to the PAV/PDSD system, so that all you have to do when you want to watch a laserdisc is press the button labeled: laserdisc. The system can easily do everything else for you. It even figures out which of the three connections (AC-3, normal digital, and analog) it needs to use without you having to read the fine print on the back of the laserdisc jacket. We'll take each of the submenus in turn. set source buttons Each of the buttons on the front of the PAV may be associated with any of the audio (or video!) connectors on the rear of both the PAV and the Digital Surround Decoder. In fact, each button can be associated with a maximum of three audio connections (the AC-3 RF input if you have the RF demodulator, plus a digital input, plus a set of analog inputs on the PAV) and one video connection. The reason for this extraordinary flexibility is that we want you to be able to use the button that makes sense for each component, regardless of the type of connector it may require. By manually associating whatever connector you need to use with the button you want to use, you can make the system work the way you want it to work. Moreover, we feel the system should handle the day-to-day details of sorting out RF AC-3, digital and analog software for you, rather than you having to read the fine print on each disc you own. By assigning more than one connector to a given button (as needed), the system can search for a usable signal rather than making you do it, according to the list you give it during setup. Thus, we give you a scrolling list of all ten input buttons, and give you the opportunity to tell the PAV/PDSD which connectors you would like it to use when you press that button. [. . . ] 2 PRESS AND HOLD THE CD1 BUTTON ON THE FRONT OF THE PAV This shortcut of pressing and holding an input button will take you directly to the Define Button menu for that button. 3 TELL THE SYSTEM WHICH CONNECTOR YOU USED FOR YOUR CD TRANSPORT IN STEP 1 We have no way of knowing what sort of digital interface your particular CD transport might use (AES/EBU?EIA-J?), but logically, you'd like to be able to use your main CD player with the button labeled "CD1. " This allows you to use whatever connector you need to use in conjunction with the button you'd like to use. s using the volume +/­ buttons, move the arrow cursor down to the line that defines your first audio connection (1: Digital, Dig 1) and press enter. s then move the arrow cursor down (volume +/­) to the line that defines which connector is being used, and press enter again. [. . . ]