PAV Audio/Video Preamplifier
E D PR O C E
NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE
NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLEPARTS INSIDE
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
Important Safety Instructions
Table of Contents
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Programming the Remote Control
Care and Maintenance
Maximizing the Value of Your Purchase
Unpacking and Placement
Operating Voltage
A Word About Installation
Home Theater and the Proceed PAV
Music and the PAV Subwoofers and Surround Modes
Dolby Pro Logic Sources THX Cinema Sources
1VIDEO SOURCE SELECTION BUTTONS
Front Panel
2AUDIO SOURCE SELECTION BUTTONS
3MAIN DISPLAY
5MASTER
4VOLUME +/–
6BALANCE
7CENTER
13DELAY BUTTON
11REFERENCE LEVEL INDICATOR
14INPUT LEVEL BUTTON & INDICATOR
9MUTE
16PATH SELECTOR
15SURROUND MODE SELECTOR
17STANDBY BUTTON
Rear Panel
S-videoconnector
Installation Note
buss wire
22-gauge
5REMOTE IR AND REMOTE TURN-ON
4AC POWER SWITCH AND AC POWER INPUT
6VIDEO OUTPUTS
Installation Note
Pin 1: Signal ground
10SINGLE-ENDEDREMOTE OUTPUTS
Please Note
11REAR SURROUND OUTPUTS SINGLE-ENDED
12CENTER & SUBWOOFER OUTPUTS SINGLE-ENDED
1INDICATOR LEDS
Learning Remote Control
4a, b, c, d BUTTONS
2BANK SWITCH
3USE/LEARN BUTTON
6TRANSPORT BUTTONS
5e, f, g, h, std by BUTTONS
7INPUT SELECTION AND NUMERIC KEYPAD
8PAV OPERATIONAL CONTROLS
•path: pressing this button will cycle the PAV through the various signal paths. Having selected a particular path, subsequent source selections affect only that path e.g., main, remote, both, or record
Planning Your Installation
The Left, Center and Right LCR Front Speakers
The “Correct” Size for Your Television Screen
R sur
L sur
L sur
L C R R sur
phase-inducedirregularities at the crossover frequency of 80 Hz. Of these two guidelines, the first is usually more significant sonically, as it tends to minimize the audibility of the room’s modes. Avoid corner placement, as this typically in- creases bass quantity at the expense of bass quality by stimulating every room mode supported by the room
Length
Example Wire Lengths
AWG Size
in Feet
Speaker Placement
System Planning Guide
Video Placement Electronics Placement
the same distance from the main listening area as the Left and Right speakers
System Setup & Calibration
1.ENTER THE SETUP MENU
4.SAVE YOUR CHANGES IF ANY BY PRESSING ENTER
Physical Setup Testing For Proper Phasing
have a poorly-definedimage smeared all over their end of the room
1ENTER THE SET LEVELS MENU
3REPEAT THIS PROCESS FOR EACH SPEAKER IN TURN
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2GIVE THE INPUT A MORE SPECIFIC ON SCREEN ALIAS
INPUT DEFAULTS ALIAS CD1 OFFSET MODE NONE
3PRESS ENTER TO SAVE THE NEW ALIAS
ALIAS CDP
INPUT DEFAULTS OFFSET
Programming Default Modes
To change your default surround mode
3PRESS ENTER TO SAVE YOUR CHANGE
Mode Defaults Setting Mode Defaults
MODE DEFAULTS DISABLED
3TOGGLE THE MENU ITEM FROM REMOTE TO LOCAL
1ENTER THE REMOTE CONTROL MENU
2SELECT REAR IR JACK
In some installations, you may discover that some other company is trying to use the same infrared control codes used by the PAV, or vice versa. This unfortunate circumstance has become more common in recent years thanks to the explosion of IR-controlledproducts in the home. Fortunately, the PAV allows you to use any of eight different sets of IR codes, which are accessed by changing the “IR ad- dress” used by the PAV
Dolby Pro Logic Surround Stereo Surround
Using the PAV
Setting the Volume Home THX cinema
Mono Surround Surround Off Mono The Operate Menu
OPERATE
CHARACTER STYLE BACKGROUN D COLOR
DISPLAY POSITION DISPLAY TIMEOUT DISPLAY PREF
Programming the Remote Control
4 5 6
Programming PAV Functions
1ENTER THE SETUP MENU
2SELECT “REMOTE CONTROL,” AND THEN “TEACH REMOTE”
REMOTE ONLY MENU ENTER DISPLAY ON SCREEN
•select cd1 on the PAV
Planning Your Remote Control
Bank 2: Left Bank 2: Center Bank 2: Right
Room Reverberation The Boundary Effect
Room Acoustics
The Boundary Effect is particularly important when it comes time to position the front speakers. If they are not placed consistently with regard to adjacent room boundaries, the tonal balance or timbre of sounds panned across the front may change, weakening the illusion of a real object moving across the soundstage. The front Left, Center and Right speakers should be the same distance from the wall behind them, and there should be approximate symmetry of the Left and Right speakers with respect to their respective side walls
Your System Settings
Alias
OPERATE SETUP
PAV Menu Structure partial
MUTE LEVEL DISPLAY PREF VOLUME DISPLAY VOLUME
SPEED SETUP UNLOCKED SET SPEAKERS SET LEVELS
THERE SEEMS TO BE TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH BASS
Troubleshooting
THE AURAL IMAGE SEEMS INCONSISTENT OR VAGUE
THERE IS A PERSISTENT HUM IN THE SPEAKERS
Care and Maintenance
U.S. and Canadian Warranty
Obtaining Service
Dimensions
Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc
Specifications
Installation Notes
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