NAD L76 User Manual

L 56 DVD/CD/MP3 Player / L76 A/V Receiver

NAD L56 DVD, CD, MP3 Player

• Elegant Titanium finish • Plays DVD, CD, CD­R, CD-RW, VCD • MP3 decoder integrated •
Coaxial and Optical Digital outputs • S-Video
and Composite video outputs • SCART with
RGB output

NAD L76 Surround Sound Receiver

• 5 X 45 watts all channels driven simultaneous­ly 20Hz – 20kHz • 2 X 60 watts in Stereo mode

• Dolby Digital, Prologic II, DTS, Stereo 3, and
Hall surround modes • Informative On-Screen­Display • Crystal Sigma-Delta ADC’s and DAC’s
with 96kHz/24 bit resolution • Subwoofer Pre­Out for powered subwoofers • 6 Audio and 3
Video Inputs • All Video in/outputs S-Video and
Composite • 3 Digital Inputs, 2 Digital Outputs •
RDS FM/AM Tuner with 30 station presets
(RDS PS & RT) • Gold Plated RCA sockets •
Binding Post speaker terminals

HTR-L76 Remote Handset

• 8 Device Learning remote • Full Illumination
with adjustable time-out • Macro function with
up to 64 commands • Ergonomic design • Direct
access to Surround, Center, and Sub channel
volumes

The L56/L76 stand as an ideal solution for the city
apartment dweller that demands great performance
but doesn’t have the space to dedicate to a full blown
component based Home Cinema set-up. With styling
that compliments many of the flat screen and plasma
displays that are so popular today, the L56/L76 can
serve as the heart of an advanced but seriously com­pact Home Entertainment System.

Features

The L56 carries on the NAD tradition of including
every useful feature necessary for complete enjoy­ment of your movies and music, while keeping oper­ation as logical and straightforward as possible.
Through the extensive, yet intuitive On-Screen­Display, you can change the various parameters and
settings that affect the picture and sound. Our
“Scene Bookmarking” feature allows you to quickly
resume the viewing of a movie without having to go
back to the DVD scene menu. Multi-Angle, Multi­Language, and Multi-Subtitle DVD features are sup­ported when included on the DVD disc itself. Freeze­Frame, Slow and Fast Scanning, Zoom, and Repeat
are also available. VCD and MP3 formats are fully
supported.

The L76 includes Dolby’s latest innovation in 5.1 sur­round sound processing, ProLogic II. With separate
modes for Movies and Music, PL II offers surround
sound performance comparable to specially encoded
Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks from any 2 channel
source. Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 sound tracks are
automatically recognized, and ProLogic II, Stereo 3,
and Hall ambience modes create realistic surround
effects from non-encoded material.

The L76 is remarkably compact considering its very
flexible input and output options. Up to six sources
can be connected, in addition to the built-in FM/AM
radio tuner. Three of these inputs also include video
switching in both composite and S-Video formats.
The Video Monitor output incorporates an On­Screen-Display for easy system setup. Two optical
inputs and one coaxial digital input are provided, and
for easy transfer to a digital recording device, two dig­ital outputs are also included (1 optical, 1 coaxial).

Included with the L56/L76 System is a special version
of NAD’s highly acclaimed learning remote control
dubbed the HTR-L76. This handy device can copy
the commands from your TV, VCR, and Satellite
receiver, and almost any other IR remote, thus ending
the confusion and clutter of multiple handsets.
Logical layout of the generously sized buttons com­bined with illumination make the HTR-L76 the remote
of choice when enjoying your Home Entertainment
system.

The FM tuner provides 30 preset positions for instant
recall of your favorite stations, and the handy RDS
decoder gives a useful read out of station call letters
and program information on the front panel display.
Tone controls with carefully chosen characteristics for
boost and cut affect only the front channels for fine
tuning the response of your loudspeakers and pro­gram material. A headphone jack is provided for pri­vate listening. Speaker connectors are the same high
quality binding posts found on our full size compo­nents, and combined with gold plated input sockets
allow and encourage the use of premium quality
speaker and signal cables.

Performance

As you would expect from any component wearing
the NAD badge, performance is nothing short of
spectacular! Don’t be fooled by the compact dimen­sions of the L56/L76 combo – performance and
power surpasses that of many (if not most) full size
components. The L76 boasts 5 X 45 watts of NAD’s
Full Disclosure power, more real distortion-free power
than many of our competitors offer in their 100 watt
receivers, as we measure all channels driven simulta­neously over the full musical range.
This remarkable performance is achieved by using all
discrete high power transistors rather than the less
capable power IC’s favored by many of our competi­tors. Combined with a high current power supply and
30 years of experience designing award winning

amplifier circuits, this NAD component can extract
every nuance of sound from your favorite music and
movie soundtracks.

The generous power capability allows the L76 to be
partnered with almost any of today’s high quality loud­speakers – your enjoyment is not limited by the
mediocre speakers included with many other com­pact systems!

The digital sections of both the L56 and L76 incorpo­rate the latest generation Analog-to-Digital, and
Digital-to-Analog converters and DSP processing
chips for superb sonic and visual performance.
Picture quality from DVD is nothing less than stun­ning, with natural color rendition and tremendous pic­ture detail. We adjust our video parameters to broad­cast standards, shunning many of the “tricks”
employed by our competitors to hype the brightness
and contrast ratios that may initially impress, but
prove tiring and unpleasant in the longer term.

System Synergy

The visual design and electronic performance of the
L56 and L76 are perfectly matched, creating a syner­gy that will enhance your décor while intensifying the
pleasure of listening to music and watching movies.
Their compact size and elegant finish allow these
components to fit into spaces and places that most
high performance systems could never occupy.

L 56 DVD/CD Player

Audio

Frequency Response CD Audio
Output Level
Signal/noise ratio, A-weighted
THD (at 0dB, 1kHz)
Wow and Flutter
Channel separation CD
Dynamic range

DVD Video

Signal to Noise
Signal System

Output

Digital Coaxial - PCM, DTS, MPEG, (230V), AC3
Digital Optical - PCM, DTS, MPEG, (230V), AC3
Composite Video
S-Video
Component Video

Physical Specifications

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Net Weight
Shipping Weight

10Hz to 20kHz

2V rms

-105dB

0.008%

< 0.001% peak

86dB

103dB

62dB

PAL/NTSC

0.5 p-p 75Ω

0.5 p-p 75Ω
RCA x 1

Y/C 4 pin x 1

Yes SCART w/RGB

(230V)

11

1/4

x 3

9/16

x 11

7/16

”

(285 x 90 x 290mm)

7.15 lbs (3.2kg)

10.2 lbs (4.5kg)

L 76 A/V Receiver

Amplifier Section

Power output Stereo Mode
(8

Ω within rated distortion)
IHF dynamic power; 8Ω
IHF dynamic power; 4Ω
IHF dynamic power; 2Ω
Simultaneous power output surround mode
Total harmonic distortion at rated power
IM distortion at rated power
Damping factor 8Ω
Input sensitivity and impedance
Frequency response
Signal/noise ratio; ref rated power 8Ω
Signal/noise ratio; ref 1W / 8Ω
Remote Control

Tuner Section

Input sensitivity Mono
50dB Stereo:
Harmonic Distortion; FM Mono
Harmonic Distortion; FM Stereo
Signal/noise; Mono
Signal/noise; Stereo
Stereo separation at 1kHz
Frequency response; +

1.5dB

Physical Specifications

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Net Weight
Shipping Weight

60W (18dBW)

82W (19dBW)

120W (20.7dBW)

5 x 45W (16dBW)

0.08%

0.08%
>200

200mV / 47kΩ

20Hz-20kHz +/- 0.5dB

-99dB

-85dB

Yes

16.35dBf

20.79dBf

0.2%

0.3%
74dB
70dB
38dB

30Hz - 15Hz

11

1/4

x 4

3/4

x 12

1/4

"

(285 x 120 x 310mm)

19.1 lbs (8.68kg)

21.3 lbs (9.68kg)

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