Lexicon RV-8 , ,

RV-8 Basic Operation

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MAIN MENU

Use the MAIN MENU to open the four main

menu branches: MODE ADJUST, AUDIO

CONTROLS, TUNER PRESETS and SETUP.

MENU NAVIGATION

Use the remote-control arrow buttons to navigate the extensive

menu structure starting on page B-2. The table below indicates the

navigation commands that the remote-control buttons perform

when the Main Zone command bank is activated.

Note:

The DVD1 device has been preprogrammed to control the Lexi con RT-10

and RT-20 disc players.

MENU ITEM SELECTION

Use the remote-control Menu arrows to navigate menus and to

select menu items.

To select a menu ite m on the op en menu:

1. Press the remote-control  and  arrows to highlight the desired

menu item.

2. When the desired menu item is highlighted, press the Menu 

arrow to select the highlighted item. If an o ption is selected,

another menu ope ns. If a parameter is selected, a parameter

drop-down menu or horizontal graph opens.

MAIN MENU

MODE ADJUST

AUDIO CONTROLS

TUNER PRESETS

SETUP

Arrow Navigation Functions

• When a menu is open, press the remote-control Menu  arrow to select th e highlighted menu item.

• When no menus are open, press the Menu  arrow to open the MAIN MENU.



• When a menu is open, press the Menu  arrow to close the me nu and, in most cases, open the previous menu. Subse-

quent presses continue to close the current menu and open the previous menu until the MAIN MENU is closed. When

the MAIN MENU is closed, the menu structure is also closed.

• When no menus are open, pressing the Menu  arrow button per forms no function.

• When a drop-down menu is open, press the Menu  arrow to select the current setting and close the drop-down menu.





• When a menu is open, press the Menu  and  arrow buttons to scroll upward and downward through the complete list

of menu items. The highlighted menu item appears in the front-panel display. All menu items appear in the on-screen

display. A scroll bar appears in the left side of the on-screen display when menu items exceed the on-screen display’s top

and bottom margins. The cursor automatically wraps to the next menu item when the first or last menu item is passed.

Contents

Main IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING Page Introduction DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS WARNING Table of Contents Getting Started Basic Operation Setup Introduction Page ABOUT THE RV-8 Page HIGHLIGHTS PRODUCT REGISTRATION INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS D D DO NOT expose the RV-8 to high temperatures, humidity, steam, DO NOT install the RV-8 near unshielded TV or FM antennas, cable REMOTE CONTROL BATTERY INSTALLATION Basic Operation FRONT-PANEL OVERVIEW 1 FRONT-PANEL DISPLAY 2 IR RECEIVER 3 VOLUME KNOB FRONT-PANEL OVER VIEW 4 MAIN ZONE INPUT SELECTION BUTTONS 5 ZONE 2 INPUT SELECTION BUTTONS 6 ZONE 3 INPUT SELECTION BUTTONS 7 TUNER SELECTION BUTTONS Page REAR-PANEL OVERVIEW 1 AMPLIFIER OUTPUTS 2 VIDEO INPUT CONNECTORS 3 ANALOG AUDIO INPUT CONNECTORS 4 COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT CONNECTORS 5 MAIN ZONE VIDEO OUTPUT CONNECTORS REAR-PANEL OVER VIEW 6 ZONE 2 VIDEO OUTPUT CONNECTORS 7 ZONE 2 ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUT CONNECTORS 8 TUNER ANTENNA CONNECTORS 9 DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT CONNECTORS (S/PDIF) Page TUNER OVERVIEW SELECTING A STATION DIRECT STATION ACCESS TUNE/SEEK ACCESS SCAN MODE LOADING PRESETS SAVING PRESETS NAMING PRESETS EDITING PRESETS AUTOLOAD AMPLIFIER OVERVIEW AMPLIFIER CHANNEL STATUS MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH THE AMPLIFIER OUTPUT CAUTION! HEADPHONE OVERVIEW REMOTE CONTROL OVERVIEW OPERATION CONSIDERATIONS MAIN MENU MENU NAVIGATION MENU OPTIONS PARAMETER DROP-DOWN MENUS HORIZONTAL BAR GRAPHS REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS 2-18 COMMAND MATRIX 8 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Page 25 26 27 28 29 Page 2-27 33 34 34 35 36 UNDERSTANDING THE ZONES TWO-LINE STATUS MAIN ZONE TWO-LINE STATUS ZONE 2 TWO-LINE STATUS ZONE 3 TWO-LINE STATUS STATUS MENUS 2CH STATUS D STATUS INPUT The current input MODE The current listening mode STATUS 5.1a BYPASS STATUS 2CH BYPASS STATUS DIGITAL STATUS 5.1 ANALOG STATUS LIVE! STATUS STATUS MENU PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS 2.0 ENCODING BIT RA TE CENTER MIX LV L CHANNELS DIALOG OFFSET STATUS MENU LEVEL METERS Page Setup INPUTS SPEAKERS I/O CONFIG DISPLAYS VOLUME CONTROLS TUNER SETUP LOCK OPTIONS LIVE! CALIBRATION POWER MANAGEMENT 3-4 INPUT SETUP INPUTSSETUP (INPUT) INPUT SETUP CHANGING INPUT NAMES EDIT INPUT NAME RESTORE DEFAULT NAME ASSIGNING AUDIO and VIDEO INPUT CONNECTORS DIGITAL IN ASSIGNING AUDIO and VI DEO INPUT CONNECTORS (continued) ANALOG IN ANLG IN LV L ASSIGNING AUDIO and VI DEO INPUT CONNECTORS (continued) AUTO MANUAL AUTO GAIN LEVEL METERS VIDEO IN COMPONENT IN 3-12 SELECTING PREFERRED LISTENING MODES Dynamic Listening Modes Modes that Do Not Appear in the Input Setup Menu Dynamic modes Modes that do not appear in the Input Setup menu SELECTING PREFERRED LISTENING MODES The Use Last Parameter 2-CH DOLBY D SELECTING PREFERRED LISTENING MODES MIC 5.1a CONFIGURING ADVANCED INPUT SETTINGS MAIN ADVANCED INPUT SELECT CONFIGURING ADVANCE INPUT SETTINGS (continued) ANALOG BYP ASS S-VI DEO 16:9 INPUT SELECT PARAMETER SETTINGS CONFIGURING ADVANCE INPUT SETTINGS (continued) S-VIDEO OSD 4:3 COMPONENT OSD LEGACY VIDEO FORMA T DETECT ZONE2 IN Note ZONE2 IN PARAMETER SETTINGS ZONE2 ADVANCED ANLG IN LV L DIGIT AL BYP ASS DIG OUT RA TE RECORD SPEAKER SETUP SETTING CROSSOVER POINTS CUSTOM SPEAKER SETUPS Page THX SPEAKER SETUPS SPEAKER SETUP PARAMETERS 3-30 FRONT L/R CENTER SIDE L/R REAR L/R 3-33 SUBWOOFER SPEAKERSSETUP THX SETUP SUBWOOFERSET CROSSOVERS 3-34 THX UL TRA2 SUB SPEAKERSSETUP CUSTOM SETUP or ULTRA2 SUB SPEAKERSSETUP THX SETUP ULTRA2 SUB BGC (BOUNDARY GAIN COMPENSATION) ASA (ADVANCED SPEAKER ARRAY) AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION CONNECTING THE MICROPHONES POSITIONING THE MICROPHONES FOR THE MICROPHONE CHECK PROPER During the microphone check, position the microphones: During the microphone check, DO NOT: IMPROPER CHECKING THE MICROPHONES Page CHECKING THE MICROPHONES (continued) POSITIONING THE MICROPHONES FOR AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION When calibrating for a single listening position, place the micropho nes: PROPER PROPER When calibrating for multiple listening positions in multiple rows, position the microphones: PROPER POSITIONING THE MICROPHONES FOR AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION During the automatic calibration, do not: IMPROPER During the automatic calibration, do not: IMPROPER 3-48 PERFORMING AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION Follow the procedures in the appropriate table column for the desired type of automatic calibration. 1 2 3-49 3-50 PERFORMING AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION (continued) 5 3-51 PERFORMING AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION (continued) Message Description Troubleshooting MANUAL CALIBRATION PERFORMING MANUAL SPEAKER DISTANCE CALIBRATION PERFORMING MANUAL OUTPUT LEVEL CALIBRATION INTERNAL NOISE TEST EXTERNAL NOISE TEST INPUT SOURCE LISTENING MODE SETTING BASS PEAK LIMITERS CAL NOISE LIMITER LIMIT ADJ I/O CONFIG 8 STEREO INPUTS 5 ST. & (1) 5.1 ANLG 2 ST. & (2) 5.1 ANLG I/O CONFIG MAIN 7.1 MAIN 5.1 & ZONE2 2.0 MAIN 5.1 & ZONE3 2.0 DISPLAY SETUP ON-SCREEN DISPLAY SETUP STATUS POSITION FORMAT BACKGROUND FRONT-PANEL DISPLAY SETUP STATUS BRIGHTNESS A/V SYNC DELAY CUSTOM NAME EDIT CUSTOM NAME VOLUME CONTROL SETUP MAIN PWR ON MUTE LEVEL Z2 PWR ON Z3 PWR ON HEADPHONE MAX VOLUME 3-70 TRIGGER SETUP TRIGGERSETUP REMOTE ONLY TRIGGERSETUP REMOTE ONLY Parameter Default Setting Possible Settings REMOTE ONLY ON ON, OFF Program Operation OFF ON, OFF PROGRAM OPERA TION P ARAMETERS TUNER SETUP REGION SCAN SENS TUNER REGION BAND LIMIT AND INCREMENTS AUTOLOAD 3-75 CLEAR ALL SETUP TUNER SETUP CLEAR ALL TUNER PRESETS SETUP TUNER SETUP TUNER PRESETS DISPLA Y RADIO T EXT SCROLL RATE AUTO FREQUENCY LOCK OPTIONS MODES AUDIO CNTRL SETUP LIVE! CALIBRATION CONNECTING THE MICROPHONES POSITIONING THE MICROPHONES FOR LIVE! PROPER Position the microphones: IMPROPER When positioning the microphones, DO NOT: PERFORMING LIVE! CALIBRATION Page Page AUDIO CONTROLS BASS TREBLE Page AUDIO CONTROLS TIL T EQ LOUDNESS Page AUDIO CONTROLS BALANCE F ADER ZONE2 BALANCE ZONE3 BALANCE Page Tuner Presets TUNER PRESETS LISTEN TO PRESET NAME CLEAR PRESET Page Page LISTENING MODE ACTIVATION PREFERRED LISTENING MODE SELECTION MODE AND BUTTONS LISTENING MODE SELECTION BUTTONS LISTENING MODE DESCRIPTIONS L7 FILM L7 TV L7 MUSIC L7 MUSIC SURR DOLBY PLIIx + THX & DOLBY PLII + THX DOLBY PLIIx MOV & DOLBY PLII MOVIE DOLBY PLIIx MUS & DOLBY PLII MUSIC DOLBY PL + THX DOLBY PRO LOGIC DTS NEO:6 + THX DTS NEO:6 CIN & DTS NEO:6 MUSIC NIGHTCLUB CONCERT HALL CHURCH CATHEDRAL PANORAMA PANORAMA CALIBRATION LEFT RIGHTCENTER 2-CH SURROUND 2-CHANNEL MONO LOGIC MONO SURROUND MONO 5.1 L7 FILM 5.1 L7 TV 5.1 L7 MUSIC THX, THX UL2Cin & THX SurEX Parameter Setting THX MUSIC 5.1 PLIIx MOV 5.1 PLIIx MUS DOLBY DIGITAL & DOLBY DIGITAL EX Parameter Setting 5.1 2-CHANNEL 5.1 MONO LOGIC 5.1 MONO SURR 5.1 MONO DTS-ES DECODING DTS-ES L7 FILM & DTS L7 FILM DTS-ES L7 MUSIC & DTS L7 MUSIC DTS-ES THX & DTS THX UL2Cin DTS-ES THX & DTS THX UL2CIN (continued) DTS THX MUSIC DTS, DTS-ES & DTS(-ES) Discr Parameter Setting DTS 2-CHAN & DTS-ES 2-CHAN 5.1a L7 FILM 5.1a L7 MUSIC 5.1a THX UL2Cin, 5.1a THX SurEX & 5.1a THX Page 5.1a THX MUSIC 5.1a STANDARD 5.1a 2-CHANNEL 5.1a BYPASS 2CH BYPASS HEADPHONE L7 HEADPHONE 5.1 HEADPHONE DTS HEADPHONE 5.1a LIVE! SMALL, LIVE! MED & LIVE! LARGE Page OUTPUT LEVELS CUSTOM CUSTOM VS PRESET RESET MODE LISTENING MODE MENU OPTION and PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS 5 SPKR ENHANCE ACADEMY FIL TER AUTO AZIMUTH BASS CONTENT CENTER CENTER DEPTH CENTER MIX CNTR DL Y SAMPLES COMPRESSION EARL Y RFLX L VL EFFECT LVL ES DECODING EX DECODING FRONT STEERING INPUT BALANCE LFE MIX LISTENER POS LIVENESS MASTER LEVEL MID RT OUTPUT LEVELS PA N O R A M A PRE-DELA Y Page SOURCE SPEAKER ANGLE SPEECH DETECT SPREAD SUB & SUB LVL SURROUND MIX TREB CUT RT VOCAL ENHANCE MODE PARAMETER RELATIONSHIPS MODE-PARAMETER RELATIONSHIPS Page Page Page Troubleshooting and Maintenance TROUBLESHOOTING Page Troubleshooting and Maintenance ROUTINE MAINTEN ANCE RESTORING FACTORY-DEFAULT SETTINGS Page Appendix A A-2 SPECIFICATIONS Main Zone Audio Performance Audio Input & Output Connectors Page Appendix A Specifications are subject to change without notice. Page B-2 MENU TREE INPUT SETUP DVD1 DVD2 SAT VCR TV CD TUNER PHONO B-3 SETUP MENU: INPUTS SETUP MENU: INPUTS B-4 2-CHAN B-5 SETUP MENU: SPEAKERS CENTER SPEAKERS B-6 SETUP MENU: SPEAKERS (continued) B-7 SETUP MENU: SPEAKERS B-8 B-9 B-10 SETUP MENU: I/O CONFIG SETUP MENU: DISPLAYS SETUP MENU: LIVE! CALIBRATION B-11 OR SETUP MENU: TUNER SETUP B-12 MAIN MENU: TUNER PRESETS MAIN MENU: AUDIO CONTROLS B-13 MAIN MENU: MODE ADJUST B-14 MAIN MENU: MODE ADJUST B-15 B-16 MAIN MENU: MODE ADJUST B-17 MAIN MENU: RESTORE DEFAULTS STATUS MENUS Refer to the Status Menus section that begins on page 2-29 for more information. Page Page REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAMMING DEVICE ACTIVATION MACRO OPERATIONS REMOTE PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW USING PREPROGRAMMED CODES AUTO SCAN WITH THREE-DIGIT NUMBER USING LEARNING METHOD CAUTION! IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER PROGRAMMING THE FUNCTION BUTTONS PROGRAMMING THE TEN DEVICE BUTTONS PROGRAMMING FAVORITE CHANNELS PROGRAMMING MACRO BUTTONS PROGRAMMING MACRO FUNCTIONS TO M1, M2, M3, POWER AND SYSTEM OFF BUTTONS PROGRAMMING MACRO FUNCTIONS TO THE TEN DEVICE BUTTONS SAMPLE MACRO SEQUENCE PROGRAMMING PUNCH THROUGH FUNCTIONS ERASING MACRO FUNCTIONS ERASING FAVORITE CHANNEL BUTTONS ERASE MACRO FUNCTIONS FROM DEVICE BUTTONS ERASING PUNCH THROUGH FUNCTIONS EDIT TEXT ON FUNCTION/DEVICE BUTTONS EDIT TEXT FOR FAVORITE CHANNEL BUTTONS RECALLING THE PREPR OGRAMMED THR EE-DIGIT NUMBER ERASING LEARNED BUTTONS PROGRAMMING THE BACKLIGHT TO TURN OFF CLONING THE RV-8 REMOTE CONTRO L ADJUSTING THE LCD CONTRAST BATTERY LIFE RECALLING THE ZONE AUDIO CODES FOR THE RV-8 REPROGRAMMING THE ZONE AUDIO CODES TO DEFAULT CODES C-18 THREE-DIGIT PREPROGRAMMED CODES C-19 DVD C-20 SAT C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 LD Note: The LD codes are stored in DVD. PHONO C-27 CABLE C-28 TAPE Page INSTALLATION WORKSHEET INPUT SETUP DVD1 DVD2 SAT VCR TV CD TUNER PHONO SPEAKER SETUP CUSTOM SETUP THX SETUP SPEAKER DISTANCES LEVELS CALIBRATION D-4 INSTALLATION WORKSHEET (continued) DISPLAY SETUP TRIGGER SETUP TUNER SETUP VOLUME CONTROL SE TUP Page D-6 PREPROGRAMMED LCD TEXT FOR OTHER DEVICES DVD1 DVD2 SAT VCR RV-8 Appendix D D-7 TV CD Page Index Numerics A B C Index I-2 D E F RV-8 Index I-3 I L M Index I-4 P R S RV-8 Index I-5 T U V Page LIMITED WARRANTY Who is Covered? What is Covered? What Expenses will Harman Specialty Group Assume? How is Service Obtained?