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Madrigal Imaging AVP2 owner manual 7DISPLAY INTENSITY, 8RECALL, 9MAIN DISPLAY

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•mono on front — the same as mono on center, above, but the sound is reproduced through all three front speakers.

•2-ch/surround off — limits the system to two-channel stereo us- ing only the Left and Right speakers (and subwoofer, if you have one).

When decoding Dolby Digital™ 5.1-channel source material, clicking the Surround mode button will toggle you between the two available Dolby Digital modes:

•Dolby Digital: straight Dolby Digital decoding without further processing.

•Dolby Digital + THX: the same as above, but with the additional post-processing offered by THX 5.1; usually the best choice for Dolby Digital-encoded movie soundtracks.

In addition, when decoding DTS™ source material, clicking the Surround mode button will cycle you through the available DTS modes:

•DTS: straight DTS decoding without further processing

•DTS + THX: DTS decoding, plus the additional post-processing of- fered by THX 5.1; usually the best choice for DTS-encoded move soundtracks

7DISPLAY INTENSITY

Pressing the display intensity button will cycle the AVP2’s display through

the four available levels of brightness: high, medium, low, and off. For ex-

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ample, during bright daytime hours you may wish to use high; in the evening, in a dimly-lit room, low is probably easier on the eyes.

8RECALL

Pressing the recall button restores the AVP2 to its calibrated reference set- tings for the relative output of all speakers. This is especially helpful after having experimented with various settings of balance, center, rear, or sub, or when comparing a modified surround default to “flat” balance, since one touch of a button will restore your preamplifier to its original state (as de- termined by the setup calibrations stored in memory; see System Setup & Calibration and Using the AVP2 for more details).

9MAIN DISPLAY

The main display provides information pertaining to the operation of the AVP2 including selected source, surround mode, and volume levels. At all volumes above a relatively quiet background level, and in all modes, the volume control enjoys a resolution of 0.5 dB. Thus a change of 9.5 decibels would be indicated by a change of 9.5 in the display.

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Madrigal Imaging AVP2 owner manual 7DISPLAY INTENSITY, 8RECALL, 9MAIN DISPLAY

Contents

AVP2 Audio Video Preamplifier REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLEPARTS INSIDENOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPENImportant Safety Instructions Table of Contents volume display stereo surround them Maximizing the Value of Your Purchaseunpacking the audio video preamplifier Unpacking and Placementremote control placement ventilation custom installationsserial number register your purchase Operating Voltage & Frequency A Word About Installation The Quickest Start CD & DVD A Quick Start For CD PLAYER IN STEP A Quick Start For DVD1MAKE THE PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS 2PRESS AND HOLD THE DISC 1 BUTTON ON THE AVP2ment in a digital volume control? Special Design FeaturesL A S E R Front Panel3AUDIO SOURCES 5PATH BUTTON AND INDICATORS4“MORE” SOURCES 6SURROUND MODE 8RECALL 7DISPLAY INTENSITY9MAIN DISPLAY 11INPUT LEVEL 10DELAY15BALANCE 13POWER BUTTON AND INDICATOR12MUTE 14MASTER18SUB 19VOLUME KNOB16CENTER 17SURROUND1 BALANCED ANALOG INPUT Rear Panelconnect to source 22-gauge 3 bus wireMale RCA Male XLR6EIAJ OPTICAL DIGITAL INPUT S-videoconnector4S/PDIF ON RCA DIGITAL INPUTS 5S/PDIF ON BNC DIGITAL INPUT10REMOTE ZONE OUTPUTS Installation Note8BALANCED MAIN OUTPUTS L, C, R 9SINGLE-ENDEDMAIN OUTPUTS ALL CHANNELS11RECORD OUTPUTS 12DIGITAL OUTPUT 13REAR PANEL ACCESS DOOR14PHASTLink CONTROL PORTS = Tx to PC RS-232pin configuration15 RS-232PORT = Rx from PC17DC TRIGGERS 16IR INPUTS-videoconnector main home theater systemvideo tape recorders Installation NotePage The Remote Control move the cursor up or down buttons will change theUsing The Menu System front panel equivalents to exit the menu system to select a menu itemto change a menu item to save changesmenu The Operate Menu migrating to analog forced/manual migration Important Notedisplay position on screen status setup locked/unlockedTIMEOUT 3 SECONDS CHARACTERS NORMAL display preferencesThe information that can be displayed includes MUTE LEVEL MAX VOLUME LATE NIGHT HIGH volume preferences volume displayvolume speed volume mute level VOLUME PREFERENCES →DISPLAY ABSOLUTE SPEED FASTmaximum volume late night The Setup Menu We’ll take each of the submenus in turn AUDIO CONNECTORS 1 1 DIGITAL AUDIO DELAY O MS 2-CH 2-CH/SURROUNDOFFAUDIO CONNECTORS CD AUDIO CONNECTORSsetting audio delay choosing a 2-channelmode multichannel THX is it a recording device? how many input connectors?CD-AUDIOINPUT AUDIO DIGITAL CONN DIGITAL SET DIRECT BUTTONS VCR DISC VCR 2/DISC TV/AUX VIDEO COMPOSITE AUDIO DELAY 0 MS↓RECORD DEVICE NO AUDIO CONNECTORS VCR2/DISC2 AUDIO CONNECTORS AUDIO CONNECTORSLet’s get started 1TURN THE MASTER VOLUME CONTROL ON THE AVP2 DOWN The process of defining a more “virtual” button is the same as that for a normal button, with two exceptions SET SPEAKERS SUBS LOW PASS AUX1 RIGHT BACK AUX2 LEFT BACK SET CONFIGURATION FRONT L&R 70Hz HPFRESET CONFIG FOR THX CENTER 80Hz HPF REAR L&R 80Hz HPFYOUR FRONT L&R SPEAKERS TREATED special tip1ENTER THE SET DISTANCE MENU 1ENTER THE SET LEVELS MENU 3REPEAT THIS PROCESS FOR EACH SPEAKER IN TURN surround mode defaults SURROUND MODE DEFAULTS DEFAULTS DISABLED SURROUND MODE DEFAULTS 4SELECT “NO CHANGE,” “FORCE ON,” “FORCE OFF” OR “EXTRA BASS” The Custom Menu 2SELECT “CUSTOM,” AND THEN “TEACH REMOTE” 1ENTER THE SETUP MENUdisplays the status screen select cd on the AVP2 Important NotePRESS MUTE TO TEACH SPECIAL CONTROL TRIGGER 1 ONCONTROL TRIGGER 1 OFF CONTROL TRIGGER 2 ON CONTROL TRIGGER 2 OFF SUB ON/OFF TOGGLE2SELECT REAR IR INPUT 1ENTER THE CUSTOM MENU1TOGGLE THE MP-8/9LINK TO “ON” 3TOGGLE THE MENU ITEM FROM REMOTE TO LOCALMP-8/9Link Link Master ABOUT BOOT CHECKSUM XXXX PROC1 CODE The About… MenuPROC1 VERSION PROC2 VERSION PROC3 VERSION Using the Special Menu RATE 384k SUB ON VOLUME MIGRATION AUTO SOURCE DVD SIGNAL 3+2+1 MODE DOLBY DIGITALRECORD INFO NOT LOCKED setting the volume surround off Using the AVP2overload The sophisticated bass management provisions in your AVP2 takes these five full range signals plus the deep bass information in the LFE channel, and redirects all this information to whatever speakers can actually reproduce it. Bass management both ensures that you can actually hear what you were intended to hear, and sig- nificantly reduces distortion that likely would result otherwise from bass-limitedspeakers being overloaded by deep bass they were never intended to reproduce. The result is cleaner, more full-bodiedsound than would otherwise be available from most systems mono surround dolby pro logic dolby pro logic stereo surroundautomatic migration mono on fronts mono center onlyforced/manual migration watching a simulcast Page video placement System Planning Guideelectronics placement speaker placement the same distance from the main listening area as the Left and Right speakers Your System Settings Name cd button defaults tv/aux button defaults satellite button defaultstuner button defaults tape button defaults aux button defaultsmore 3 button defaults more 1 button defaults more 2 button defaultsmore 6 button defaults more 4 button defaults more 5 button defaultsName Left Center THERE IS A PERSISTENT HUM IN THE SPEAKERS TroubleshootingTHERE SEEMS TO BE TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH BASS THE AURAL IMAGE SEEMS INCONSISTENT OR VAGUEI LEFT THE SYSTEM ON, BUT JUST RETURNED AND FOUND IT IN STANDBY. WHAT IS HAPPENING? Care and Maintenance U.S. and Canadian Warranty Obtaining Service FAX SpecificationsMadrigal, Inc., P.O. Box Telephone 860Dimensions Rack Mount Kit Page Middletown, Connecticut 06457 USA Telephone Madrigal, Inc 2081 South Main Street, P.O. Box3/2002 Madrigal, Inc. All rights reserved