Krell Industries Audio + Video Standard Surround... Guide de démarrage rapide

Audio + Video Standard

Surround

Preamp/Processor

InstructionsforUse,v98.3

Owner’sReference

Audio+ VideoStandard

SurroundPreamp/Processor CONTENTS

Krell

Industries,Inc.

45 ConnairRoad

Orange,CT06477-3650 USA

TEL 203-799-9954

FAX203-799-9796

E-MAILkrell @krellonli ,ne.com

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INTRODUCTION

UNPACKING

PLACEMENT

FRONTPANEL

DESCRIPTION

BACKPANEL

DESCRIPTION

CONNECTINGTHEAUDIO+ VIDEO

STANDARDTO YOURSYSTEM

REMOTECONTROL

DESCRIPTION

SYSTEMCONFIGURATION

OPERATION

SAVING,RECALLING,AND

CLEARINGCONFIGURATION

SET-rINGS

WARRANTY

RETURNAUTHORIZATION

PROCEDURE

SPECIFICATIONS

BackCover

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1 FRONTPANEL

Figure 2 BACKPANEL

Figure 3 REMOTECONTROL

Page

998byKRELL

Industries,Inc.All rightsreserved P/N 1960101900389

CEMarking

This’product complieswith the EMCdirec-

tive (89/336/EEC)andthe low-voltagedirec-

tive (73/23/EEC).

Introducbon

Thankyoufor your purchaseof the Krell

Audio+ VideoStandard.Toobtain the best

performance from your Audio + Video

Standardsurround preamp/processor,pay

carefulattentionto its placement,installa-

tion, andoperation.Athoroughunderstand-

ing of thesedetails will helpinsuresatisfac-

tory operationandlonglife for the Audio+

VideoStandardandrelated’ systemcompo-

nents. ~

THERE ARE NO USER-SERVICEABLE

PARTSINSIDE ANYKRELL

® PRODUCT.

Pleasecontact your authorizeddealer,

distributor,or KrelP,if youhaveanyques-

tions not addressedin this reference

manual.

Unpacking

1. Openthe boxandremovethe top layer of

foam.Youwill seetheseitems:

1 Audio+ VideoStandard

1 ACpower cord

1 Audio+ Videoremotecontrol

4 AAAbatteries

1 T-10Torx wrench

1 packetcontaining an introductory

letter fromDanD’Agostino,C.E.O.,

the Owner’sReference,andthe

WarrantyRegistration Card

Note

If anyof theseitemsarenotincluded,please

contactyourauthorizedKrell®dealeror dis-

tributor immediatelyfor assistance.

Carefully removethe unit and acces-

sories fromthe box. Removethe protec-

tive plastic wrapfromtheunit.

Note

Saveall packingmaterials, ff youmustship

your Audio+ VideoStandardin the future,

repackthe unit in its original packagingto

preventtransit damage.

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Placement

WARNING

Thesurround preamp/processormust not

belocatedwhereit couldbeexposedto drip-

pingor splashin~luids.

IMPORTANT

Theventilation grids andcoolingfan onthe

top of the Audio+ VideoStandardneedto

be unobstructedat all timesduring opera-

tion. Donot place flammablematerial on

top of or beneath the Audio + Video

Standard.Forinstallations inside cabinet04,

makesure the Audio÷ VideoStandardhas

adequateair circulation. Contactyourdealer,

distributororKrell~for furtherinformation.

Before you install the Audio + Video

Standard. into your system, review the

following guidelines to choosethe opti-

mumlocation for placement. This will

helpensurea clean, trouble-free installa-

tion. For the dimensionsof the Audio +

Video Standard, see Specifications on

backcover.

Placethe Audio+ VideoStandardsurround

preamp/processoron a firm level surface

awayfromdirt or moisture.Aminimumspac-

ing of three inchesmustexist betweenthe

Audio + Video Standard and surrounding

componentsto ensureproperventilation.

AC POWER GUIDELINES

WARNING

Do not removeor bypassthe ground pin

on the endof the ACcord. This maycause

RFI (radio frequency interference) to

inducedinto your playbacksystem.

TheAudio+ VideoStandardhassuperbreg-

ulation anddoesnot require a dedicatedAC

circuit. Avoidconnectionsthroughextension

cordsor multiple ACadapters.Highquality,

15 ampere,groundedACstrips are accept-

able.Highquality ACline conditionersor fil-

ters maybe usedif they are grounded.

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® Audio + Video Standard

Front Panel

Description

SeeFigure 1 on page8

1 Tape

A tape monitor al!~ws youto comparethe

outputfromyoura~logtape recorderto the

original sourcewhile makinga recording.

After selecting a sourcefor recording(B1,

$1-$5), press the tape button to toggle

betweenthe taperecorderoutput(LEDillu-

minated)andtheinput source(LEDnot illu-

minated).

2 AnalogIn

TheAnalogIn button activates the analog

input andcycles .through the six analog

audioinputs. B1is a balancedinput via XLR

connectors.$1-$5are single-endedinputs

via RCAconnectors.

3 Digital In

TheDigital In button activates the digital

inputandcyclesthroughthesix digital audio

inputs (C1, C2,T1, T2, XLR,andRF). The

maindisplay will showRFIN whenthe RF

inputfor DolbyDigital (AC-3)is selected.

C1andC2are coaxial inputs via RCA

connectors.

T1andT2areTosLink

TM inputs.

XLRis an AES/EBUconnection.

RFis available via RCAor BNCconnec-

tors. Thereis nofront panelLEDfor this

digital input.

4 Main Display ,

Themaindisplay provides status.messages

for a variety of Audio+ VideoStandardoper-

ations.

5 Composite

Thecompositevideo input button cycles

throughthe four compositevideoinputs.

6 S-Video

TheS-videoinput buttoncycles throughthe

fourS-videoinputs.

7 VolumeControl Knob

Thevolumecontrol knobadjusts the output

level for theentiresystemaswell asindivid-

ual levelsfor thecenterspeaker,sidespeak-

ers, rear speakers,andsubwoofers.Thevol-

umecontrol knobnormallyadjusts the mas-

. ter volumeasindicatedbytheLEDilluminat-

ed above the master button (19). The

changein volumeis indicated in the main

display andalso on-screen.Adjustmentsto

the center speaker, side speakers, rear

speakers, and subwoofers are madeby

pressingthe correspondingindividual chan-

nel volumebuttons(20) androtating the vol-

umecontrol knobto the desiredsetting. The

master volume control has a numerical

rangefrom0 to 152with 89beingthe Dolby

reference. Thecenter speaker,side speak-

ers, rear speakers,andsubwoofervolume

trim havearangeof __.12dB.

8 PowerButton

Thepowerbuttontoggles the Audio+ Video

Standardfrom standbyto operateandalso

switchesthe 12 VDCoutput betweenon and

off.

9 Power LED

ThepowerLEDilluminates whenthe. rear

panelmainpowerswitch [see Figure2 (38)

on page11] is placed in the on position.

Duringremotecontrol operation, the power

LEDwill flash, indicating the Audio+ Video

Standardis receiving remotecontrol com-

mands.

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10-16 AudioModeButtons

Thefive buttons (10, 13, 14, 15, and16)

select oneof the Audio+ VideoStandard’s

audio modes.

TheAudio+ Vid~.o Standardautomatically

selects whichdi~al decodingformatto use,

basedontheinputsignalit receives.

Whena silent digital signal.is present,the

Audio+VideoStandardwill automatically

muteits output until programmaterial

resumesand the Audio+Video Standard

identifies the correctprocessingmode.This

occurs while changinglaser, DVDor com-

pactdiscs, andbetweentracks ona cd.

Muteprotectsyoursyste,mbypreventingthe

Audio+ Video~Standardfromplaying back

digital datain anincorrectformat.If theAudio

+ VideoStandardis going to beusedas a

digital to analogconverterfor musicplay-

back, this muting may seem awkward

becausethe beginningof eachtrack maybe

affected. Youcanchangethe format auto-

sensingto eliminatethis muting,if youwish.

Todoso, switchtheunit into standby.Press

the DTSbutton (13) onthe front paneland

switch the Audio+VideoStandard out of

standbyto poweron(operate).Thiswill dis-

able the automaticmutingfeature of the

Audio+VideoStandardandwill alter the way

in whichthe automaticformatsensingoper-

ates.Forbestresults,selectDTSprior to lis-

tening to anyDTSencodedmaterial andbe

careful to select the properformatfor each

pieceof softWareplayedthroughthe. digital

inputs.

Tore-engagethe automaticmutingfeature,

switch the Audio+VideoStandardinto stand-

byandtogglethe mainpowerswitch(38)

therear panelto theoff position. When.you

restart your Audio+ VideoStandard,the

automaticmutingfeature will beactive. Be

sureto turn all amplifiersoff whenswitching

the mainpowerswitchonandoff.

10 DolbyDigital engagesDolbyDigital

(AC-3) processing for use with Dolby

Digital (AC-3)encodedsourcematerial.

TheAudio + VideoStandardautomati-

cally switchesto DolbyDigital (AC-3)pro-

cessinguponreceiving a DolbyDigital

(AC-3)encodedsignal. Nouserinterven-

tion is requiredafter theappropriatedigi-

tal input is selectedandconnected.

Dolby Pro Logic engagesDolby Pro

Logiccircuitry for usewith all Dolbysur-

roundprocessingencodedmaterial. This

includeslaser discs, videotapes,televi-

sion broadcasts,andcompactdiscs.

11 TheDolbyDigital LEDis lit andthe

DolbyProLogicLED(12) is not lit when

the Audio+Video Standardis in the

Dolby Digital (AC-3) decodingmode.

Whenboth the DolbyDigital LEDandthe

DolbyProLogicLEDare lit, the Audio+

Video Standard is decoding a Dolby

Digital (AC-3)encodedDolbyProLogic

signal.

12 TheDolbyProLogicLEDis lit and

theDolbyDigital LED(11) is notlit when

the Audio+Video Standard is in the

DolbyPro Logic decoding, mode.When

boththe DolbyDigital LEDandthe Dolby

ProLogicLEDare lit, the Audio+ Video

Standardis decodinga Dolby Digital

(AC-3).encodedDolbyProLogicSignal.

13 DTSengagesDTSdigital surround

processing for use with DTSencoded

source material. TheAudio + Video

$tandardautomatically switches to DTS

processinguponreceiving a DTSsignal.

Nouserinterventionis requiredafter the

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® Audio + Video Standard

appropriatedigital input is selectedand

connected.

14MusicengagesKrell MusicSurround

circuitry for usewithstereorecordings.

15 Monois for use with monophonic

recordings. Thisprovidesmonauralout-

put from the ~nter speaker and sub-

woofer(s) only.~lf the systemdoesnot

include a center speaker,the monaural

signal is split betweentheleft andright

speakers.

16 Preampdisengages all surround

processingcircuitry for usewith stereo

recordings. Whenfed an analogsource,

the Audio+ VideoStandardfunctions as

a pureClassAi~ highresolution, analog

preamplifier. Fordigita, I sources,the

Audio+ Vide£Standardemploys24-bit,

customKrelP-written, digital-to-analog

conversionsoftwarebeforebeingsentto

the analogpreamplifierstage.

17 Recall Button

Thisbuttonsavesandrecalls systemconfig-

urationsettings..

18 Infrared Sensor

The infrared sensor receives commands

from the Audio + Video Standard remote

control. Forproperremotecontroloperation,

makesurethe infrared sensoris clear of any

obstructions.

19-21 VolumeControl Buttons

Thefollowing six buttonsselect oneof the

Audio+ VideoStandard’svolumechant~els:

19 MasterVolumeButton

Whenthe LEDabovethis button is illu-

minated, the volumecontrol knob(7)

affects theentire systemequally.Thevol-

umeadjustmentis indicated in the main

display andalso on-screen.

20 Individual Channel

VolumeTrim

Whenthe LEDaboveany of these but-

tons is illuminated, the volumecontrol

knob(7) changesthelevel of the select-

ed channel. Thesenewchangeswill

clear whena newinput modeis selected.

Thevolumecontrol knobreverts backto

controllingthedefaultlevel, Master,after

foursecondsof inactivity.

21 BalanceButton

(Preampmodeonly)

Whenthe LEE)abovethis buttonis illu-

minated, the volumecontrol knob(7)

affectstheleft-to-right balanceof thesys-

tem.Thecenterposition is indicatedby

CNTRin the maindisplay. Balancemaybe

adjustedin 1 dBincrementsup to 9 dB.

Thenext adjustmentmuteseither chan-

nel, indicatedbyROFFor LOFFfor theright

channelandleft channelrespectively.

Theon-screenrepresentation for bal-

anceis graphical:

L ......... : ......... R

Thecenter position is indicated by two

vertical dots, EachdBof adjustmentis

represented by one individual dot.

Movingthe cursorsothat it coverstheL

indicates a completelymutedright chan-

nel. Conversely,positioningthecursorso

that it coverstheRindicatesa complete-

ly muted-leftchannel.Thevolumecontrol

knob(7) reverts backto controlling the

default level, Master,after four seconds

ofinactivity.

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FIGURE1 AUDIO + VIDEO STANDARDFRONT PANEL

2 3 46 5

1 Tape

2Analog~’~

3DigitalIn

4 MainDisplay

5Composite

6 S-Video

7 VolumeControlKnob

10 13

12 15 17

14 16 .. 18 19

8 PowerButton

9 Powe~LED

10DolbyAudioModeButton

11DolbyDigital (AC-3)AudioModeLED

12DolbyProLogicAudioModeLED

13DTSAudioModeButton

14MusicAudioModeButton

2O 21

15 MonoAudioModeButton

16 PreampAudioModeButton

17 RecallButton

18 InfraredSensor

19 MasterVolumeButton

20 IndividualChannelVolumeButtons

21 BalanceButton

BackPanel

Description

SeeFigure 2 on page11

22 BalancedChannelOutputs

TheAudio + Vid~p Standard is equipped

with ninechannel~utputs.All ninechannels

are equippedwith balancedoutputs via XLR

connectorsas well assingle-endedconnec-

tors (30). Thenine channeloutputsare for

thecenter,left, right, left andright side,left

andright rear, andtwo subwooferoutputs

(labeled Sub1,Sub2).

TheXLRpin configurationsare asfollows:

Pin 1" Shield(g~round)

Pin2: Non-inverting(0,

°,)

Pin3: InvertiNg(180

°)

23 AnalogTapeInput

TheAudio + Video Standard is equipped

with onesingle-endedtapeinput.

24 BalancedAnalogInputs

TheAudio + Video Standardis equipped

with onebalancedinput (labeled B1) via

XLRconnectors.

TheXLRpin configurationsare asfollows:

Pin 1: Shield(ground)

Pin2: Non-inverting(0

°)

Pin3: Inverting(180

°)

25 Single-EndedAnalogInputs

TheAudio + Video Standardis equipped

withfive single-endedin puts(labeledS’1-$5)

via RCAconnectors.

26 RFInputs

TheAudio+ VideoStandardis equippedwith

an RFinput for usewith the DolbyDigital

(AC-3) RFoutput of a laser disc player.

Connectionsare via RCAor BNCcoaxial

digital cable.

27 S-VideoInputs

TheAudio + Video Standard is equipped

with four S-videoinputs(labeled1-4).

28 S-VideoOutputs

TheAudio + Video Standard is equipped

with three S-videooutputs. ThemainS-video

output (labeled on screen) includes on-

screengraphics. Fordubbingpurposes,the

secondandthird S-video outputs do not

includeon-screengraphics.

29 Infrared RemoteSensors

TheAudio + Video Standardis equipped

with anadditionalinfrared sensoranda male

basebandRC-5remote input for custom

installations.

30 Single-EndedChannelOutputs

TheAudio + Video Standardis equipped

with ninechanneloutputs.All ninechannels

are equippedwith single-endedoutputsvia

RCAconnectorsas well as balancedcon-

nectors(22). Thenine channeloutputsare

for thecenter,left, right, left andright side,

left andright rear, andtwosubwooferout-

puts(labeled Sub1,Sub2).

31 Digital AudioOutputs

TheAudio + Video Standard is equipped

withtwodigital audiooutputsin thefollowing

formats:

Onecoaxial via RCAconnector

OneTosLink

32 TapeOutputs

TheAudio + Video Standardis equipped

with three analogtapeoutputs. Twoare for

use with video sources (labeled VCR1,

VCR2),and.thethird is for usewith anaudio

tapedeck(labeledtape).

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33 Digital AudioInputs

TheAudio + Video Standard is equipped

withfive digital audioinputsin thefollowing

formats:

Twocoaxial via RCAconnectors

TwoTosLink

OneAES/EBUvixen XLRconnector

34 CompositeVideo Inputs

TheAudio + Video Standard is equipped

with four RCAcomposite video inputs

(labeled1-4).

35 CompositeVideo Outputs

TheAudio + Video Standard is equipped

with three RCAcompositevideo outputs.

Themaincompositevideo output (labeled

onscreen)includeson-screen;graphics.For

dubbingpurposes, ~the secondandthird

compositevideo outputsdo not include on-

screengraphics.

36 CompositeVideo (BNC)Input/Output

TheAudio + VideoStandardincludes one

compositevideo input andone composite

videooutput via BNCconnectors.These

ports are electrically identical to the RCA

compositevideo inputs (34) and, outputs

(35).

Note

Youmaysimultaneously use both RCAand

BNCoutputs,but only oneof the inputs.

37 IEC PowerConnector

TheAudio + Video Standardis equipped

with a standardfemaleIECpowerconnec-

tor.

38 Main PowerSwitch

Togglesthe Audio+ VideoStandardbetween

off andstandby.

39 12 VDCOutput

Activatedbythe front panelpowerbutton(8),

the 12 VDCoutput sendsa 12-volt power

on/off signal to other Krell®components,as

well as to other devicesthat incorporatea

12-voltpoweron/offtrigger input. Thisallows

for remoteturning on/off of other compo-

nents whenthe Audio + VideoStandardis

doweredon.

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