NAD 3020 User Manual
Simplicity in Design. Clarity in Sound.
At NAD Electronics an obsession for music, and a traditional commitment to
sonic and visual delity, have remained steadfast over our 36 year history. So
has our quest for ever-greater simplicity, innovation, and user-friendliness. Since
these also happen to be the values of many of the world’s most demanding
reviewers, the critics have raved about NAD audio excellence and have made
us something of a performance standard in the audio/video world.
Distinctive products seek a selective audience. NAD’s intent, by design, is to
meet and even exceed the highest audio and video expectations of serious
performance enthusiasts. Artistic authenticity—the ambition to achieve the
highest accuracy in the reproduction of the artist’s original creation—drives
every design decision at NAD. Whether the medium is music or movies; our
objective is to place the NAD owner in the heat of the action of a theatrical
blockbuster, or third-row-center stage of a favourite musical event. Solid
engineering, honest power, and a passion for realism are NAD’s recipe for
achieving this goal.
Given the excitement and impact of home theatre, it can be easy to overlook
that music remains the truest test of any audio system. Every NAD component is
conceived and engineered with this “Music First” design mandate: a commitment to
deliver a true high-delity music listening experience. So while we insist that NAD
designs reproduce the full impact of a surround sound movie, we equally demand
the purity of a brilliantly played and masterfully recorded classical composition or jazz
session. Only components that deliver this with effortless power and resolve, can
satisfy NAD’s “Music First” credo.
Just as essential, NAD components preserve the artistic intent of musicians, producers,
and directors, despite the obstacles that system-setup and room acoustics can so often
present. Put another way, NAD receivers, ampliers, and source components don’t
just work perfectly in ideal setups, they’re engineered to deliver benchmark-quality
sound and picture for real people, living in the real world. Listen, and read beyond the
hype. Visit your NAD audio-video specialist to discover rst-hand how everything you’ll
hear is true.
NAD performance is supported by our
“Full-Disclosure” specications, rather than
specs created by engineers to fulll the
needs of marketing-driven brochures.
Paradoxically, plenty of engineers do
in fact choose NAD. So do thousands
of others; less technical but no less
demanding music and lm lovers who
make the effort to research, listen, and
read beyond the hype.
Audio. Video. NAD.
NAD T175 AV Tuner Preamplier
NAD’s home theatre designs reect a philosophy quite distinct from that of
most mass-market receivers, separate components, and DVD players today.
Our “Music First” credo mandates that we enrich our audio/video products
with the same tonally pure, dynamically thrilling performance that makes
listening to music through our world-renowned stereo components so very
compelling. This stands in stark contrast to our competitors, so many of whom
conceive audio/video components overwhelmingly from a “feature content”
point of view—with sound quality found well down the list of priorities.
Yet NAD AV receivers, AV component separates, and DVD players are
second to none in terms of exibility, usability and highly developed digital
technology. While they may avoid features that are of purely “gee-whiz”
value, they are richly endowed with sophisticated, thoughtful functions whose
genuine usefulness have proven themselves beyond question.
As an example, take NAD’s uniquely enhanced Audyssey™ MultEQ
XT auto set-up and room-calibration—perhaps the most advanced
and most musically and sonically effective application of audio digital
processing on any AV component. Examine NAD’s well-considered
approach to HDMI™, the single-cable, High-Denition Multimedia
Interface that is a key enabling technology of today’s AV gear. Every one
of the NAD AV receivers and preamp-processor features HDMI inputs
and switching supporting native resolutions up to and including 1080p.
The T175, T785 and T775 add even more HDMI functionality—with
audio processing and On-Screen Display. Our intuitive on-screen menu/
display system, makes operation fast and user friendly. Look at our
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receivers’ and preamp’s simple but comprehensive iPod
via NAD’s optional IPD-1 Dock, or our equally simple, one-cable XM
Satellite Radio/DAB options.
integration,
NAD AV Separates
Audio-Video separate components dene the height of AV reproduction. The NAD T175 AV
Tuner Preamp marries sophisticated performance to a most welcome simplicity of setup and
operation, while the 5-channel NAD T955 and 7-channel T975 power ampliers form the perfect
accompaniments. Together, our AV separates combine the exibility and up-to-the-minute digital
technology and connectivity to control even the most sophisticated home theatre and multi-
room system. Whether watching the latest lm or enjoying your most cherished music, you’ll be
immersed in detailed, convincing sound and pristine picture as never before.
Modular Design Concept
NAD T975 7-Channel Power Amplier (bottom) & T955 5-Channel Power Amplier
A modular design concept
places all input circuitry on ve
easily removable plug-in cards.
This superior construction
technique “future-proofs” your
investment via the capability for
easy upgrades, fast and easy
service and improved sound
and video performance due to
the neat internal layout.
HDMI and Format Conversion
Utilizing the latest HDMI 1.3
chips from Analog Devices
all resolutions (480, 576, 720
and 1080) are supported.
Analogue inputs are up-
converted to HDMI and HDMI
sources preserve their original
resolutions up to 1080p, so you
know you are getting the purest
audio and video performance.
Using the supplied
microphone, Audyssey™ Auto
Setup performs all speaker
settings. NAD’s proprietarily
enhanced Audyssey MultEQ
Audyssey Auto Setup and Room Calibration
XT technology enables home
theatres to sound the way they
were intended in every seat by
removing the distortion caused
by room acoustics.
NAD T535 DVD/SACD Player (top) & T775 AV Surround Sound Receiver
It is performance rst that makes these components unmistakably
NAD. There’s no magic formula, but it begins by following our “Music
First” credo. NAD designs are shaped by dedicated professionals
such as Bjorn Erik Edvardsen, the company’s Director of Advanced
Development, whose reputation for innovative audio design is as
thoroughly established internationally as is NAD’s at large. Superior circuit
design, critical parts selection, and meticulous construction techniques
lead to superior performance, as does a design philosophy that values
concentrated, expert listening and viewing evaluations just as highly as
test-bench measurements. Today, when all too many manufacturers
seem content to deliver marketing-driven, unnecessarily feature-laden
“brochure performers,” and thus an ever-more complex user experience.
NAD chooses to pursue a path less followed. Our AV receivers and amp-
liers produce more usable, real-world power, so regardless of published
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