AudioSource SS Five Owner's Manual

SS Five

Surround Sound Processor
with Rear and Center Channel Amplifiers,
plus Remote Control

Owner's Manual

Congratulations on your new purchase and welcome to the AudioSource family of satisfied
customers. We trust that you will continue to enjoy the value and quality of your AudioSource SS
Five Dolby Surround Sound Processor. In order to make sure that you are experiencing the best
performance out of your unit, please take a few moments to read this manual before you get started.
Also, be sure to retain this manual should you need to refer to it in the future.

SS Five Overview

The AudioSource SS Five represents the State of the Art in add-on Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound
Processors. First and foremost it will decode the Dolby Surround information into usable signals. The self contained
amplifiers bring these additional sounds to your Home Theater speakers. A subwoofer pre-amp output jack is located
on the back panel. Any of the internal amplifiers may be bypassed if you feel the need to upgrade your system along
the way. The built-in Test function and sophisticated auto calibration circuitry easily keep your system in top
performance. The rich variety of operating modes allow you to enjoy two, four and five speaker listening from Dolby
Surround, stereo or mono sources.With the exception of the "pop-up" knob used for setting the input level. the SS Five
is controlled entirely from the remote control. Bright LED status indicators plus the LED bar graph meters provide
visual information to make adjusting the system simple. When wired properly, the SS Five remote will control the
volume of your entire set-up. The SS Five is designed to hook up to your current system quickly and with a minimum
of wire changing. The back panel reproduces any jacks you may have forfeited in hooking the SS Five to your other
components.

A Few Words About Home Theater

Dolby Stereo is the trademarked name for the Multi-Channel sound that is recorded for motion pictures. When
these movies are transferred to video, these extra audio channels are transferred also, as Dolby Surround. However,
a normal VCR or Stereo System cannot make use of these extra channels. A Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound
Decoder, such as the AudioSource SS Five, makes it possible to re-create the multi-speaker theater experience at home.
Your existing set-up is enhanced by the addition of two rear, or surround speakers, and a center channel, or dialogue
speaker. The AudioSource SS Five will decode these rear and center channels, amplify them and send their sound to
the appropriate speakers, and then send the rest of the signal to your other components. Remember, the signal has to
go both In and Out of the SS Five for the Home Theater effect to work properly.

Dolby Surround encoding is becoming increasingly more popular in other mediums. Many television
programs are now being broadcast in Dolby Surround. Recent Compact discs have been released with Dolby Surround
encoding. You can still enjoy the thrill of multi-speaker sound even if your source is not Dolby encoded. The Hall
and Matrix modes of the AudioSource SS Five will deliver exhilarating, multi-channel sound from any stereo or even
mono signal.

Some System Guidelines

In setting up your Home Theater system, keep in mind a few rules to achieve the best performance. The rear,
or surround, speakers should be about 30 to 40 percent of the front speakers' volume. These speakers are best placed
at about ear level, either to the side of, or behind the listener. The center channel will primarily keep the dialogue
matched to the picture. For this reason, the center speaker should be in front of the listener, as close to the screen as
possible. A video shielded speaker is best for this application, as it will eliminate the adverse ways that a speaker
magnet can affect the picture quality. Positioning your Front Left and Front Right speakers further from each other
will increase the size of the listening area, and allow sounds to be placed more accurately.

There are two basic ways to integrate the SS Five into your system. The first method is referred to as an " In­Line " hook-up. In this fashion, the SS Five is inserted between two components, a VCR and a Television, for example.
The second method employs a "Loop", where signal is fed to and from the SS Five from a single component, usually
a receiver or pre-amp, forming a loop. This will often be referred to as a "Tape Monitor Loop", because it will use
the Tape In and Tape Out jacks, and the Monitor switch on your receiver or pre-amp. In this second method, any source
may be processed by the SS Five; VCR, Laser Disc, CD, Tape, Phono, DAT, etc.. by simply selecting that source on
the reciever or pre-amp.

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