Arcam AV8 manual Zone 2 Connections, Video Connections

ANALOGUE PREAMPLIFIER OUTPUTS

All these analogue outputs are buffered, have a low output impedance and are at line level.They are able to drive long cables or several inputs

in parallel if required.

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LEFT CENTRE SUB/2 L/SURR LS/BACK

RIGHT SUB/1 SUB/3 R/SURR RS/BACK

OUTPUTS

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dl LEFT, dm RIGHT, dn CENTRE. Connect these to the equivalent front channel inputs of your power amplifier.

do SUB 1. Main subwoofer output. Connect this to the input of your active subwoofer, if you have one.

dpSUB 2, dq SUB 3. Subwoofer auxiliary outputs 2 and 3. These

are equivalent to do and allow the use of multiple subwoofers. If you are using more than one subwoofer, please set the number used on the subwoofer setting page. Refer to ‘Basic and Advanced Set up’, ‘Subwoofer Settings’.

dr L SURR. Surround left output. Connect this output to the surround left power amplifier input.

ds R SURR. Surround right output. Connect this output to the surround right power amplifier input.

dt LS BACK, ek RS BACK Surround back left and right outputs (only used in 7.1 channel systems). Connect these outputs to the inputs of your LS back and RS back amplifiers.

ZONE 2 CONNECTIONS

The AV8 allows independent routing and control of analogue audio and composite video to a separate set of equipment, typically used for a second living space, e.g., bedroom or lounge.

Zone 2 only outputs a signal from the analogue audio and composite video inputs. The analogue inputs are required because there is no analogue-to-digital, digital-to-analogue or DSP processing available for zone 2 signals.

As the AV8 does not convert video formats a composite signal must also be connected from the source.

For this reason we recommend that source devices that have a digital connection are also connected to the analogue inputs. High quality YUV/RGB and S-video sources should also have their composite output connected to the AV8 for use in zone 2.

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	REMOTE
	OUT	IN
		LOCAL
			ZONE 2	1	2
			VIDEO	MONITOR OUT
			TRIGGERS
ZONE 2	12V	IN
OUT
	TRIGGER	ZONE 2	1/RGB 2/S-VIDEO		PROG

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gp ZONE 2 OUT. Connect these to a line level input on your zone
2 amplifier.
go IN ZONE 2. This allows the AV8 to be controlled remotely from
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A receiver compatible with this connector is available from Xantech (part no. 291-10). Please contact a Xantech registered dealer for this part, as ARCAM do not stock them. See www.xantech.com for more information.

The 3.5mm jack plug for this connector is wired as follows:

3.5mm stereo jack	Function
Tip	Signal
Ring	0V
Sleeve	12V, 30mA current-limited

This follows the Xantech standard for IR transmission over wire.

gr ZONE 2 Composite video connection. Connect to your zone 2 video display using 75Ω low loss coaxial cable.

VIDEO CONNECTIONS

IMPORTANT NOTES

The AV8 has no video format conversion between component, RGB, S-video or composite.

Wherever possible connect multiple video outputs from your video sources. This enables use of the higher quality video connection for the main system and the corresponding S-video and composite connection for the record and zone 2 outputs.

For any video source to be viewed in zone 2 you must have a composite video connection between the source and the AV8.

COMPOSITE VIDEO CONNECTIONS

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VIDEO

ZONE 2	1	2		VCR	VCR
	MONITOR OUT		TAPE			AV	SAT	DVD
VIDEO				OUT	IN
TRIGGERS
1/RGB 2/S-VIDEO		PROG

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el MONITOR OUT 1. Connect this output to the composite video input of your display device. (You will need an RCA phono-to-phono, or, in Europe, a phono-to-SCART video cable to do this.)

em MONITOR OUT 2.This is the same as el MONITOR OUT 1, and enables a second display device to be used; it can also be used as a sync reference for a four-wire RGB signal.

ep VCR IN, eq AV, er SAT, es DVD. Connect these inputs to the composite video outputs of your source equipment.

eo VCR OUT. Connect to the composite video input of your video recorder (you will need an RCA phono-to-phono or, in Europe, a phono-to-SCART video cable to do this).

en TAPE. If you are using the tape loop for a secondVCR then connect the composite video from the VCR to this input.

S-VIDEO CONNECTIONS

et MONITOR OUT. Connect this to the S-video input of your display device.

fn VCR IN, fo AV, fp SAT, fq DVD. Connect these inputs to the S- video outputs of your source equipment.

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