User manual SHERWOOD AVP-9080

[. . . ] Note to CATV System Installer: This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer's attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical. FCC INFORMATION 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. [. . . ] The optimum delay time will be different according to the room size and the acoustic properties. It is recommended that you try different times to obtain the best effect. · It is adjustable in the Dolby Digital and the Dolby Pro Logic modes only. (For details, refer to "In Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic mode, adjusting delay times of the speakers" on page 20. ) 16 Speaker placement To obtain the best surround sound effect in your home, place the speakers as follows; Front speakers : Place each front speaker about 1m (40 ) from the TV set. Center speaker : Place the center speaker either above or below the TV set to assure good visualization of center channel program. Rear speakers : Place the rear speakers approximately 1m (40 ) above the ear level of a seated listener directly to the left or right of the main listening position or at the same height but slightly behind the main position. Subwoofer : Place the powered subwoofer by a wall or corner of the room for best sound. The ideal DTS Digital Surround system uses full range speakers for all positions including both front speakers, both rear speakers and the center speaker. However, if you don't have a center speaker, a subwoofer or rear speakers, select the best possible surround mode with the available speakers. Note: To avoid interference with the TV picture, use only magnetically shielded center and front speakers. ENJOYING SURROUND SOUND Surround sound effect will not work properly if the signal passes through a graphic equalizer. Please refer to your equalizer operating instructions for guidance on switching off (or defeating) the equalizer. When selecting a surround mode among the Dolby 3 Stereo, Theater, Hall, Stadium and Church modes. 1 DTS When selecting the DTS mode, the Dolby Digital mode or the Dolby Pro Logic mode. DSP MODE or DI GI TAL PRO-LOGIC or The DTS mode is available only for DVD, LD, AUX/TV and CD as input source. The Dolby Digital mode is available only for DVD, LD and AUX/TV as input source. To enjoy the DTS mode or the Dolby Digital mode, be sure that the program source and the corresponding digital input is selected. When LDP is selected, only the RF digital input will work in the Dolby Digital mode. (Refer to "When CD, DVD, LD or AUX/TV is selected as input source" on page 14. ) When some Dolby Digital program sources encoded into 2 channel format is played in the Dolby Digital mode, "DD + Pro Logic" is displayed. Each time the DSP mode button or the SURROUND MODE button is pressed, the surround mode changes as follows; (DTS Dolby Digital Dolby Pro Logic) Dolby 3 Stereo Hall Theater (Stereo) Church Stadium "( )":Remote control only. When canceling the surround mode for normal stereo operation. STEREO or 17 ENGLISH ENGLISH Adjusting the speaker settings Adjusting the settings of front, center, rear speakers and subwoofer connected. If the speaker setting is adjusted to "Small", the low range bass sound of the channel(s) is redirected to the subwoofer or the front channels and if the speaker setting is adjusted to "None", the sound of the channel(s) is redirected to other channels. Press the SPEAKER MODE button for more than 2 seconds to enter the front speaker mode. Select the desired front speaker mode. 3 ADJUST 2 Each time this button is pressed, the front speaker mode changes and flickers for 5 seconds as follow; Large : When using the relatively large front speakers SPEAKER MODE The front speaker mode is displayed. Memorize the desired front speaker mode while it flickers. SPEAKER MODE (full range speakers). Small : When using the relatively small front speakers (which cannot reproduce the low range bass sounds deeply). Select the desired center speaker mode. 4 5 Each time this button is pressed, the center speaker mode changes and flickers for 5 seconds as follows; ADJUST The desired front speaker mode is memorized and then it enters the center speaker mode. If the front speaker display disappears, start from the above step 2 again. [. . . ] Any sources to be recorded using VIDEO 2 can only be selected by using the INPUT SELECTOR menu. Dubbing the audio and video signals from a video component onto VIDEO 1 Select the source to be recorded using the VIDEO 1 REC SELECTOR menu. Dubbing the audio and video signals separately onto VIDEO 1 Select the sources to be recorded using the VIDEO 1 REC SELECTOR menu. 1 1 Example) When dubbing the audio and video signals from an LD player onto VIDEO 1 -V I DEO1 R EC SE LLD LD Example) When dubbing the LD video signal and CD audio signal separately onto VIDEO 1 -V I DEO1 R EC SE LLD CD V I DE O : AUDI O: V I DE O : AUDI O: GO TO MA I N ME N U GO TO MA I N ME N U The video and audio sources selected for recording using the VIDEO 1 REC SELECTOR menu are independent of the sources selected for listening/viewing using the INPUT SELECTOR menu. Start recording on the VIDEO 1 The video and audio sources selected for recording using the VIDEO 1 REC SELECTOR menu are independent of the sources selected for listening/viewing using the INPUT SELECTOR menu. Start recording on the VIDEO 1 2 Start play on the LD player 2 Start play on the LD player 3 The audio and video signals from the LD player will be dubbed onto the VIDEO 1. To enjoy this source to be dubbed or other video and audio sources during dubbing, select the desired input sources using the INPUT SELECTOR menu and start play on the corresponding components. 3 Start play on the CD player 4 The audio signal from the CD player and the video signal from the LD player will be dubbed onto the VIDEO 1. [. . . ]