Tag mclaren audio AV192R User Manual

4 controls 6 welcome 7 safety ﬁrst / when you need assistance 8 preparing the remote control - installing batteries 9 connectivity

analog audio inputs..............................................................9

5.1 analog bypass ...............................................................9

digital audio inputs...............................................................9

TAGtronic Sync Link ‘T2L’ ....................................................10

AC-3 RF Laserdisc interface .................................................10

composite video inputs........................................................11

S-video inputs ....................................................................11

Component video inputs......................................................11

audio outputs main zone .....................................................12

audio zone 2.....................................................................12

balanced XLR outputs ..........................................................12

speaker positioning ............................................................13

analog and digital tape outputs............................................14

TAGtronic Bus routing .........................................................15

FM antennae connections....................................................15

DAB digital radio antenna...................................................15

RS232 / IR TX controller connections ....................................16

action switches...................................................................16

external infra red receiver connections ..................................17

composite video outputs ......................................................18

S-video outputs...................................................................18

RGB/component video output ..............................................18

digital video DVI output.......................................................18

19 on screen display 19 video standard & signal conversion 20 basic system set-up: an example 21 switching on / standby / clock 22 controlling remotely 22 front panel display in operation 23 status screen: essential user settings at a glance 24 source selection 25 volume control - main and zone 2

changing volume................................................................25

changing between main and zone 2.....................................25

start volume .......................................................................25

maximum volume................................................................25

contents

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26 mute and partial mute (attenuation) 27 balance (front, rear, left right) 28 surround modes & initial modes 29 THX post processing 31 THX Cinema, THX Ultra2 and THX Music 32 THX Surround EX 33 surround modes

mono, direct, bypass, HDCD ...............................................33

stereo, Pro Logic. Pro Logic II ...............................................34

DTS Neo:6, TAG McLaren Surround, party............................35

Dolby Digital, DTS, DTS ES 6.1............................................36

DTS 96 / 24, Multi-channel (initial mode)..............................37

38 height channel 39 audio channel indicator: audio status 39 tuning the LFE or subwoofer level 40 cursor assigmenment

balance.............................................................................40

Pro Logic II Music ...............................................................40

AV192R radio tuning..........................................................40

T32R tuning via TAGtronic Bus.............................................40

quick settings ....................................................................41

42 The AV192R set-up menu : introduction 44 ﬁrst time set-up wizard 45 Change Set-up

Dolby Digital / DTS night mode ...........................................45

front panel text set-up..........................................................46

front panel brightness..........................................................47

on-screen conﬁguration .......................................................48

radiotext display ................................................................48

video inputs conﬁguration....................................................49

RGB / HDTV input signal conﬁguration .................................49

DVI / HDMI inputs..............................................................50

analog audio inputs conﬁguration ........................................50

digital audio input conﬁguration...........................................53

TAGtronic Sync Link conﬁguration ........................................54

when to use height speaker .................................................55

5.1 analog bypass conﬁguration..........................................56

source input key assignments on remote ................................57

loudspeaker deﬁnition and calibration ..................................58

mode dependent speaker trims.............................................60

distance between back speakers ..........................................60

subwoofer types .................................................................61

bass redirection rules ..........................................................62

speaker calibration.............................................................63

alternative listening position.................................................63

5.1 replay through 7.1 loudspeakers....................................64

65 TMREQ TAG McLaren Room EQ

65 output options

main zone / zone 2 conﬁguration........................................66

mute conﬁguration..............................................................66

Dolby Headphone ..............................................................66

Dolby Pro Logic IIx conﬁguration ..........................................67

NTSC/ PAL latency offset.....................................................68

PSM192 video output format ...............................................68

OSD on composite and S-video............................................68

69 PSM192 progressive scan module

PSM192: conﬁguration .......................................................69

PSM192: settings ...............................................................70

PSM192: in AV192R and DVD32 ........................................71

71 VSM2048 video scaler

VSM2048: video outputs.....................................................72

VSM2048: conﬁgure video inputs ........................................76

VSM2048: picture in picture................................................78

79 FM radio 82 DAB digital radio 85 clock setting 86 action switches: relay and trigger 88 standby / wakeup timer 89 RS232 / IR TX controller | RS232 controller

RS232 settings ...................................................................91

IR learning.........................................................................93

macros..............................................................................97

macros: an example ...........................................................98

macro: RS232....................................................................99

macro: RC 5 / TAGtronic Bus.............................................100

macro: learnt IR / chaining ................................................101

change bus ID ..................................................................102

31 xxx macros .................................................................103

cursor key functions...........................................................104

control via a PC................................................................105

106 TAGtronic Bus

in and out of standby ........................................................106

sending remote commands via AV192R ..............................107

synchronising brightness....................................................107

controlling (multiple) ampliﬁers ...........................................107

corresponding with DVD32/DVD192 & T32R .......................112

113 hardware and software upgrades

how to enable a new software option .................................114

programming the remote ..................................................115

upgrading the AV192R’s software ......................................119

123 connecting AV192R to DVD32 with PSM192 124 running in, warming up, cleaning and service 125 standards acknowledgements

contents

SUB CENTRE RIGHT LEFT

12FM

75 OHM

DAB (50 OHM)

TAPETAPE

OUT

AUX TUNER SAT VCR TV

ANALOG INPUT

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SUB CENTRE RIGHT LEFT

5.1 BYPASSNE 2

LEFT S L S R

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VSM2048 POWER

HDTV

SB L SB R SURR R SURR L

made in United Kingdom

PROCESSED DVI - OUT

RS 232 - IN RS 232 - OUT

DVI - IN1 DVI - IN2

Double insulated: When servicing, use only identical replacement parts

IR - TX

COMPONENT/RGB IN

BALANCED ANALO

B1R1S1

B2R2S2G2B3R3S3

serial number

COMPONENT/RGB OUT

Y … G P

b … B

Pr … R

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

220-240V ~ 50-60Hz

Fuse: T1A L250V

OUTIN

ABCDE

BUS

IN/OUTOUT

ZON

RIGHT

ANALOG OUTPUT

RIGHTSUB

LEFTCENTRE

DIGITAL AUDIO

DVD192

OPTICAL

OUT

SAT D BOXDVB

DVD CD

SYNCDAB

COMP-C D BOX-C TV-C

COMPOSITE

SAT-C

LD-C

DVD-CVCR-C

SAT-SLD-S

DVD-SVCR-S

D BOX-S TV-S

S-VIDEO

REMOTE

OUTIN MIC

ACTION SWITCHES

SURR L

SURR R

OUT

OUT +OSD

OUT

OUT +OSD

COAX OUT

2/RF

BACK L BACK R

analog

digital

video

zone 2

surround

THX Cinema

mute/standby

display

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THX Surr. EX

DTS-ES

DTS 96/24

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controls

1 power / standby indicator 2 input / zone 2 selection buttons 3 mode / standby buttons 4 function buttons 5 ﬂag / zone 2 indicators 6 display 7 volume knob 8 remote command acknowledge indicator

9 remote command receiver window 10 power button 11 front panel electronics - option

a infra-red receiver for use with RS232/IR TX controller option b S-video input CAM-S c composite video input CAM-C d analog stereo input CAM e RS232 programming input

f headphones output 12 infra-red receiver output - RS232/IR TX controller option 13 RS232 input - RS232/IR TX controller option 14 RS232 output - RS232/IR TX controller option 15 DVI output - PSM192 or PSM192/VSM2048 option 16 DVI input - VSM2048 option 17 DVI input - DVI switcher option 18 PSU input - VSM2048 option 19 FM 1 / 2 antenna inputs - FM radio option 20 DAB digital radio antenna input - DAB digital radio option 21 HDTV video input - RGB/Component switcher option 22 RGB / Component inputs - RGB/Component switcher option 23 RGB / Component output - RGB/Component switcher option 24 balanced/XLR analog audio outputs - option 25 action switches 26 input/output for electrical ‘infra-red’ distribution system 27 microphone input - for future use 28 S-video inputs 29 composite video inputs 30 optical digital audio output 31 DVD192 - BNC based digital audio input 32 digital audio inputs 33 1st digital audio output 34 analog audio outputs 35 zone 2 - analog audio outputs 36 5.1 analog bypass 37 AC connection with fuse holder, above 38 TAGtronic communication bus 39 S-video outputs 40 composite video outputs 41 TAGtronic Synchronisation Link connector 42 2nd digital output or AC-3 RF Laserdisc input - option 43 tape output 44 analog audio inputs

Specification shown may vary for different countries

welcome

welcome to

Dr. Udo Zucker Chief Executive Ofﬁcer TAG McLaren Audio

TAG McLaren Audio exists with one aim in mind: to produce the very best audio and audio-visual equipment in the world.

Like many people, I often have my best ideas when relaxing to a piece of music or watching a movie. For years, knowing the technical capabilities of TAG McLaren, I have nurtured the ambition to push music reproduction to the absolute limit; that’s why we formed TAG McLaren Audio.

At the core of our development team are highly experienced engineers whose heritage of award-winning hi-ﬁ and world-beating electronic control systems is envied by many and equalled by few.

There are many immediate spin-offs into audio from our expertise in automotive electronics, mechanical engineering and the material science of Formula One motor racing: multi-layer printed circuits, fast digital signal processing, electronic noise suppression, radio frequency technology and software expertise to name but a few - all prerequisites of an outstanding audio product.

TAG McLaren Audio’s aim is perfection combined with aesthetic delight and solid build quality – a rare combination in hi-ﬁ.

I am convinced it will give your home cinema experience a new dimension.

Enjoy ...

Dr. Udo Zucker

safety first / when you need additional assistance

safety first

before you start

Make sure that all components of your audio-visual system are disconnected from the AC supply whenever you change any connections. The power button is a latching switch. One press will hold it in; the next will release it. Check that the power button is out so that power is off.

positioning

The AV192R is designed to run warm during normal operation. Please ensure that there is adequate ventilation above and below the unit. We recommend that you do not place your AV192R near any heat sources such as radiators or in direct sunlight.

Do not expose your AV192R to dripping or splashing liquids. Do not place objects ﬁlled with liquid, such as vases, on or near it.

Do not place your AV192R on top of any electronic product (or hot surface), it will warm both products because of restricted ventilation.

Do not connect the AC cable, supplied, until you have completed all connections.

when you need additional assistance

To maximize the performance from your AV192R, it is essential to conﬁgure it correctly. This will ensure it performs its role at the heart of your home cinema system to its optimum. Without this set-up you will signiﬁcantly reduce your system’s potential.

In case you need any support, remember:

• refer to the on screen help, available from the on screen display

• ask your TAG McLaren Audio retailer for assistance

• contact our Helpdesk@tagmclaren.com by email, using either the English or German language

• refer to the Discussion Forum at www.tagmclaren.com to share your speciﬁc issue with others

For on-line help select the ? using the cursor keys, followed by ok

1. Throughout the manual, bold print indicates the lettering that you will find on the panels of your AV192R or the remote.

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preparing the remote control

installing batteries

The AV192R is supplied with a ‘learning’ remote. This is supplied pre-programmed for TAG McLaren Audio home cinema products, but may easily be re-programmed to control other devices using an infra-red remote within your home audio and audio-visual system. The remote uses four AAA 1.5 V batteries. These are supplied with the AV192R.

To open the battery compartment, push the latch forward towards the top of the remote, and lift the latch up. Make sure that batteries are inserted in the correct orientation, with the + and – markings on the batteries match those in the battery compartment

To close the battery cover, slide it straight back in (towards the top of the remote) and push down until it clicks into place.

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1. Make sure you do not press any keys on the remote during battery changing, as you will lose any user- programmed functions. For more information about programming the remote, please refer to page 87 ‘programming the remote’.

connectivity: audio sources

Please have a look at the rear panel of your AV192R and under its front panel ﬂap

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and you will see many potential connections can be made to your AV192R. Fortunately these connections can be separated in logical groups which are described in the following paragraphs:

audio inputs

You can connect analog (stereo and 5.1) and digital audio signals.

stereo analog inputs

Your AV192 has six, electrically identical analog inputs at the rear, labelled for convenience TV, VCR, SAT, TUNER, AUX, TAP E. There is an additional analog input at the front, CAM, if your AV192R is ﬁtted with the front panel ﬂap.

5.1 bypass

The AV192R offers a 5.1 BYPASS, which is also conﬁgurable as three stereo inputs. The 5.1 BYPASS is a true 5.1 analog bypass with analog volume control, allowing the direct connection of DVD Audio or multichannel SACD players.

All analog inputs use phono sockets and should be connected using good-quality, screened, analog audio cable, such as our Cable AvantGarde analog interconnect.

SPDIF digital audio inputs

Your AV192R has nine digital audio inputs using the SPDIF interface standard. They are labelled for convenience DVD192, SAT, DVB, D BOX, DVD, CD, LD, MD and DAB. The inputs labelled SAT, DVB, D BOX, DVD, CD, and LD use phono sockets and should be connected using a digital cable.

Input DVD192 use a 75 Ohm BNC connector for best impedance matching, resulting in improved sound quality.

LRLRLRLRLRL

AUX TUNER SAT VCR TV

TAPE

Signals connected to the 5.1 Bypass will not be digitised, therefore no processing beside analog volume control will be possible.

ANALOG INPUT

5.1 BYPASS

S L S R

SUB CENTRE RIGHT LEFT

DVD192 SAT D BOXDVB

DIGITAL AUDIO

DVD CD

SYNCDAB

COAX OUT

2/RF

The inputs DAB and MD use optical TOSLINK connectors.

Cable AvantGarde offers good-quality, screened, coaxial digital interconnects with phono and BNC connectors or a combination of both.

1. If fitted.

connectivity: TAGtronic Sync Link / AC-3 RF Laserdisc

TAGtronic Sync Link

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‘T2L’

The stability of the timing of digital data has a dramatic effect on sound quality. When designing digital to analog converters, it is vital to have a stable digital clock as close to the converter electronics as possible. The best place for an ultra-low-jitter clock is within the audio-visual processor itself, but it is conventionally located in the source from which the digital data is sent.

The AV192R incorporates sophisticated electronics which enable it to ‘drive’ the source clock of products equipped with this technology to provide the correct data rate to the converters. By a process called ‘re-clocking’, the jitter in the digital audio data is dramatically reduced.

To enable this feature, the TAGtronic Sync Link SYNC connector must be connected to the appropriate SYNC connector of the digital audio source using a high-quality analog interconnect.

The sync output software must also be enabled using the on-screen set-up menu system, for details see page 54.

connectivity: AC-3 RF Laserdisc interface

If you want to play NTSC Laserdiscs encoded in Dolby Digital, you will need the optional AC-3 RF interface. This interface converts the Radio Frequency (RF)-encoded information stored on the Laserdisc into an SPDIF-compatible Dolby Digital bitstream, allowing the AV192R then to decode this data in the same way as if the signal had come from a DVD encoded with Dolby Digital.

SYNC

COAX OUT

2/RF

If the AC-3 RF Laserdic interface option is installed, it uses the phono connector COAX OUT2/RF

1. When the interface is not fitted, this socket is available as a second coaxial COAX OUT 2/RF

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as the AC-3 RF input.

connectivity: video sources

video inputs

The AV192R can process analog Composite video, S-video and, if the optional RGBS / Component Video Switcher is ﬁtted, RGB / Component video. In addition, it can process digital video DVI (1.0) if the optional DVI/HDMI Switcher is ﬁtted. For more details see page 50.

Composite video

The AV192R has seven 75 Ohm Composite video inputs at the rear, labelled for convenience COMP-C, D BOX-C, TV-C, VCR-C, DVD-C, LD-C and SAT-C. There is an additional input at the front, CAM-C, if the AV192R is ﬁtted with the front panel ﬂap.

All inputs, except SAT-C are electrically identical - SAT-C has been modiﬁed to accept video signals with high DC offset, a signal degradation found in some satellite receivers.

S-video

The AV192R has six 75 Ohm Mini-DIN S-video inputs at the rear, labelled for convenience D BOX-S, TV-S, VCR-S, DVD-S, LD-S and SAT-S. There is an additional S- video input at the front, CAM-S, if the AV192R is ﬁtted with the front panel ﬂap.

All inputs, except SAT-S are electrically identical - SAT-S has been modiﬁed to accept video signals with high DC offset, a signal degradation found in some satellite receivers.

COMP-C D BOX-C TV-C

OUT

OUT +OSD

OUT

OUT +OSD

S-VIDEO

COMPOSITE

D BOX-S TV-S

DVD-CVCR-C

SAT-C

LD-C

DVD-SVCR-S

SAT-SLD-S

Component video

The AV192R can be equipped with a 3 to 1 RGBS / Component video switcher. This allows the switching of up to three RGBS/Component video sources to a common video output, usually the display device. In addition, the RGBS Component Video Switcher includes an HDTV (HD15) input which can also be routed to the output.

The AV192R offers full support of RGBS, i.e. RGB with separate Sync, which is very common in Europe. It works equally well with YPbPr, common in the USA.

COMPONENT/RGB IN

G2B3R3S3G3

Two of the input sets (R2, G2, B2, S2 and R3, G3, B3, S3) use digital RCA, whilst for added

performance the third set (R1, G1, B1, S1) is assembled with 75 Ohm BNC connectors for true impedance matching, essential for high

B1R1S1

Component Video YPbPr is connected as follows: Y->G, Pb->B and Pr->R

B2R2S2

frequency signals.

All signals can be passed through the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192 and the optional Video Scaler VSM2048, offering YPbPr, RGsB or RGBHV as output formats. For details see pages 68 and 73.

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audio outputs

The AV192R offers 7.1 channels in the main zone and two channels in zone 2.

main zone connections

The RIGHT, CENTRE, LEFT, SURR R, SURR L, BACK R, BACK and SUBwoofer phono outputs are low-impedance line-level outputs, buffered to be able to drive long cables or several inputs in parallel if required. These should be connected to your ampliﬁer(s) using good-quality, screened, analog audio cable such as our Cable AvantGarde F3-10-ANA analog interconnect.

SURR L

SURR R

ANALOG OUTPUT

BACK L BACK R

LEFTCENTRE

RIGHTSUB

zone 2 connections

ZONE 2

Zone 2 allows for ZONE 2 RIGHT and LEFT, being an independently

RIGHT LEFT

volume controlled copy of the corresponding signals ANALOG OUTPUT RIGHT and LEFT of the main zone.

The ZONE 2 RIGHT and LEFT phono outputs are low-impedance line-level outputs, buffered to be able to drive long cables or several inputs in parallel if required. These should be connected to your ampliﬁer, used for zone 2, using good-quality, screened, analog audio cable such as our Cable AvantGarde F3-10-ANA analog interconnect.

balanced analog outputs

The AV192R can be upgraded to provide balanced XLR outputs. These are in addition to the standard single-ended outputs. Both single-ended and balanced outputs can be used at the same time and have been calibrated to offer identical ampliﬁcation, making them also suited for bi-ampliﬁcation set-ups.

SB L SB R SURR R SURR L SUB CENTRE RIGHT LEFT

BALANCED ANALOG OUTPUT

why should you add the XLR option

It is possible for a current to ﬂow between the ground connections of the AV192R and its connected power ampliﬁers, caused by electro-magnetic interference or ground potential differences. With a single-ended connection this current is indistinguishable from the signal and hence can become audible as a hum or buzz. The problem is usually referred to as ground loops and can be overcome by using balanced outputs driving an ampliﬁer’s balanced inputs. This option is recommended for those who experience ground loop problems or simply want the best signal to noise ratio.

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speaker positioning

With the exception of the subwoofer and the height channel speaker, all loudspeakers should be arranged around your normal viewing / listening position, forming an approximate

circle. Do not worry if you are unable to position your loudspeakers at equal distances from your preferred listening

position, the AV192R can be set up to take account of different distances. The subwoofer can be placed almost anywhere, but we recommend you experiment to obtain the best results.

1. front left and right loudspeaker

Position your front loudspeakers so as to obtain a good stereo image for normal music reproduction as well as good sound location for multi-channel modes

2. centre loudspeaker

A front centre loudspeaker allows more realistic reproduction of dialogue and central sounds and a wider range of seating positions. The centre loudspeaker should ideally be placed at the same height as the left and right loudspeakers, immediately above or below the television. Do not compromise on the quality of the centre loudspeaker; it is most important to a good home cinema system as it carries all the dialogue.

3. surround loudspeakers

‘5.1’ home cinema uses one or preferably two rear loudspeakers in addition to your existing front left, right and centre loudspeakers to give excellent reproduction of ambient sound and cinema effects.

4. back channel loudspeaker

Your AV192R allows you to add one or two back channel loudspeakers for added depth, spacious ambience and sound localization. You might need to move your standard left and right surround loudspeakers forward in order to generate the most impressive surround sound. Place the loudspeakers to have the sound perfectly surrounding you without ‘breaking up’ when moving from one surround speaker to the other.

5. subwoofer

Bass performance will be improved by adding a subwoofer. This is useful for reproducing special cinema effects, especially where a dedicated LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) channel is available, such as with Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround-encoded discs.

6. height channel loudspeaker

The AV192R is one of the ﬁrst processors offering a height channel, making sure that sound intended to ﬂy over you, will no longer ﬂy through you.

Movies especially mixed with height channel information, and many mixed in THX Surround EX (Dolby EX) or DTS-ES 6.1 will beneﬁt from this enhancement

Information, intended for the height channel, is matrix encoded in the surround back and centre channel. If you activate the height channel, the BACK RIGHT SURR. output will be assigned to the output of the height channel matrix decoder.

If you want to run two back channels in addition to the height channel, then you need to connect both back channel loudspeakers via two power ampliﬁer channels to BACK LEFT SURR.

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1. THX Surround EX (Dolby EX) and DTS-ES 6.1 recordings provide an additional back channel, which the AV192R can route to go to a left

and right surround back speaker, if the height channel is not activated.

connectivity: analog and digital tape connections

analog tape output

The TAPE OUTput contains a copy of the audio signals routed to the RIGHT and LEFT front channel outputs, without applying volume control

or mute. Connect the recording input of an analog tape recorder to TAPE OUT if you want to record the signal of the RIGHT and LEFT front channels.

caution when pressing the tape key/button during recording

In this instance the front display will show TAPE (name of analog input routed to TAPE out), e.g. TAPE(SAT). Pressing tape again will return to the analog signal selected before tape was pressed the ﬁrst time.

If however, you record the result of a digital audio input, e.g. CD, or the 5.1 BYPASS then you should not press the tape key/button whilst recording, as this will route the TAP E input to the ANALOG OUTPUTs and TAPE OUT, spoiling your recording. This behaviour will be shown in the front display by the word TAP E. Pressing tape again will return to the digital input/5.1 BYPASS selected before pressing tape the ﬁrst time.

TAPE OUT

digital (tape) output

The signal at COAX OUT 2/RF (if the optional AC-3 RF interface isn’t installed- see page 10) and OPTICAL OUT is an unmodiﬁed copy of the currently selected digital audio source, i.e. it is unaffected by the volume control or processing mode.

The digital coaxial COAX OUT or the OPTICAL OUT (TOSLink) should normally be connected to your digital recording device (such as a DAT or MD recorder).

It is not possible to route an analog source to the digital coaxial outputs.

COAX OUT

2/RF

OPTICAL

OUT

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TAGtronic Bus routing

The AV192R features the TAGtronic Communications Bus. This allows TAG McLaren Audio units to work together seamlessly to form an effective, fully integrated system. It is highly recommended to connect products, featuring the TAGtronic Bus together, as many additional features will become available.

Details are explained on page 106.

You can connect your AV192R to the TAGtronic Bus using a ‘straight’ CAT5 cable with RJ45 connectors. Straight means pin 1 of the connector on one end, connects to pin 1 of the connector on the other end. CAT5 cable is available from your local computer shop at a reasonable price.

The sequence is in principle of no relevance as long as you connect an output to an input and don’t close the Bus to be a ring. For example:

[AV192R] Out

In [100x5R 1st amplifier ] Out

In [100x5R 2nd amplifier ] Out

In [DVD32] Out

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In [T32R]

Do not close back to AV192R

FM & DAB digital radio

The AV192R can be equipped with an optional FM radio and / or an optional DAB digital radio.

The FM radio option provides two, electrically identical 75 Ohm

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PAL

antenna inputs, FM1 and FM2, allowing e.g. the connection of

an out-door antenna and a cable distribution system. For details about the operation of the FM radio option see page 79.

The DAB digital radio, featuring band III and L reception, uses as antenna input a 50 Ohm BNC connector, labelled DAB (50 OHM). For details about the operation of the DAB digital radio option see page 82.

1. For a number of countries, an F-type connector is fitted.

12FM

75 OHM

DAB (50 OHM)

connectivity: RS232- IN / OUT & IR-TX

RS232/IR TX controller connections

The connectors shown belong to the optional RS232/IR TX controller which allows an unprecedented degree of automation.

IR - TX

RS 232 - IN RS 232 - OUT

The RS232/IR TX option is a self contained microcontroller-based module with advanced input and output facilities. It opens up a whole new world of system integration and control for AV192R. The board provides RS232 input (RS232-IN) and RS232 output (RS232- OUT) connectors, an electrical IR output (IR-TX) to connect an IR emitter and an IR input, for learning IR codes, via a sensor located under the front panel ﬂap, left of the CAM-s connector.

With the RS232 board ﬁtted the AV192R gains the ability to control 3rd party products, either via RS232 or IR.

For more details see page 89.

action switches

Action switches are used to activate external events or to react to external events, such as lowering a motorised screen or showing a

Insert screwdriver to open contact, then push wire into contact.

ACTION SWITCHES

ABCDE

1212121212

IN/OUTOUT

message on-screen when the door bell rings.

The AV192R includes ﬁve ACTION SWITCHES, two of which can also be conﬁgured as a trigger. All Action Switches are located within a contact array, making both contacts of each internal switch available to the user.

Motorised Screen

The AV192R includes switches A, B, C (and D, E if conﬁgured as output) which are controlled (opened/closed) by the AV192R when selecting an input source or when switching the AV192R into standby.

Switch D and E can also be conﬁgured as a trigger, i.e. they can activate a process within the AV192R, when an electrical signal is applied.

A description of the AV192R’s Action Switch

ACTION SWITCHES

ABCDE

internal circuitry

E is configured in this skecth as an input,

1212121212

i.e. closing the circuit between E1 and E2 will trigger an event

IN/OUTOUT

inside the AV192R

conﬁguration menu can be found on page 86.

Relay controlled

by AV192R

external IR receiver connections

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The AV192R ‘7.1’ includes two sockets at the rear panel, named REMOTE IN and REMOTE OUT. They can be used to place the AV192R ‘7.1’ out of sight when connected to a wired infra-red remote system.

Example Layout

Attention: Some IR distribution systems can only connect one product per sensor output. In this instance use only the REMOTE IN connector.

AV192R

power

sensor

IR distribution system

Use this arrangement for IR distribution systems which allow product chaining, for details contact your IR distribution system manufacturer.

IN OUT

AV192R

REMOTE

OUTIN

e.g. DVD32R

power

sensor

connectivity: video outputs

composite video S-video

The AV192R can route any of its Composite video inputs to a pair of COMPOSITE video outputs, labelled OUT and OUT+OSD.

OUT

OUT +OSD

The AV192R can route any of its S-video inputs to a pair of S-

VIDEO outputs, labelled OUT and OUT+OSD.

OUT +OSD

The output OUT+OSD allows the AV192R to insert text on your TV (On-Screen Text = OSD) when required. This output should be connected to your display device. You should use the output OUT where you will never want to see the inserted text, such as on a VCR.

RGB / component video

The AV192R can be optionally equipped with a 3 to 1 RGBS / Component video switcher. This allows the switching of up to three RGB / component video sources to a common video output. In addition, the RGBS Component Video Switcher includes an HDTV (HD15) input which can also be routed to the output.

The AV192R offers full support of RGB, RGBS (RGB with separate Sync) and YPbPr USA.

There is no video conversion between these formats and no OnScreen text available, except if the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192 is installed.

COMPONENT/RGB OUT

HDTV

digital video DVI

Y … G P Pr … R

OUT

b … B

All interlaced video inputs are also available in digital form on the PROCESSED DVI-OUT connector, using DVI 1.0, if the AV192R is equipped with the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192.

All video inputs, interlaced or de-interlaced

, are available in digital form

on the PROCESSED DVI-OUT connector, using DVI 1.0, if the AV192R is equipped with the optional Video Scaler VSM2048.

The DVI output offers on screen display, as described on the next page, but only in full screen mode and if the video source was interlaced.

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on-screen display

The AV192R’s on-screen display (OSD) superimposes text on the picture for a few seconds whenever a change occurs, such as when you select a new input or change the volume. You can change how long the text remains for, as well as the position of the text on the screen, or turn this function off altogether, pressing menu, then select Change Set-up, Displays, On- Screen Display.

OSD is available

• for composite video sources on COMPOSITE OUT+OSD

• for S-video sources on S-VIDEO OUT+OSD

• for interlaced Component sources on COMPONENT/RGB OUT - if the optional Progressive

Scan Module PSM192 is installed

• for interlaced video in full screen mode on PROCESSED DVI-OUT if the optional Progressive

Scan Module PSM192 is installed

As soon as text is not required, the OSD electronics are switched out of circuit to maintain a ‘straight-though’ video path, i.e. the video signal quality is not affected.

For details on how to conﬁgure the OSD, see page 48.

The AV192R can only generate OSD for interlaced video sources.

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video standard and signal conversion

The AV192R does not convert between composite, S-video and component video, except when the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192 is installed.

All video signals, composite, S-Video or Component video can be passed through the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192 (and the optional Video Scaler VSM2048) offering YPbPr, RGsB or RGBHV as video output formats.

All interlaced connector, using DVI 1.0, if the AV192R is equipped with the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192.

All video inputs, interlaced or de-interlaced, are available in digital form on the PROCESSED DVI-OUT connector, using DVI 1.0, if the AV192R is equipped with the optional Video Scaler VSM2048 and its optional Analog Input Module.

If you want to use composite, S-video and component video sources- and you do not have the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192 installed - you must connect all signals to your display device.

video inputs are also available in digital form on the PROCESSED DVI-OUT

basic system set-up: an example

The following is a basic conﬁguration, reﬂecting one of many conﬁgurations. It assumes that the AV192R does not include/use the optional RGBS/Component Switcher, Progressive Scan Module, DVI Switcher or Video Scaler VSM2048.

digital audio source

connect the digital audio output of a DVD player (probably labelled ‘coaxial out’ or ‘coaxial digital out’) to the DIGITAL AUDIO input DVD using a digital interconnect cable

analog audio source

connect the analog audio output of a satellite receiver (probably labelled ‘left’ and ‘right’) to the ANALOG INPUT SAT Land

SAT

composite video

connect the composite video output of a satellite receiver (probably labelled ‘video’ or ‘composite’) to the COMPOSITE input SAT-C

S-video connection

connect the S-Video output of a DVD player (probably labelled

‘S-Video’) to the S-VIDEO input DVD-S

DVD

SAT

INPUT

SAT-C

DVD-S

connection to the power amplifier(s)

this sample conﬁguration is limited to a stereo set-up only: connect the AUDIO OUTPUT LEFT (RIGHT) to the power ampliﬁer used for the left (right) front loudspeaker

Connect the left and right front loudspeaker to your power ampliﬁer(s) as outlined in your power ampliﬁer's user

manual

tv connection

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connect the composite input of your TV to the AV192R using the

COMPOSITE OUT+OSD and the

TV’s S-Video input to the S-VIDEO OUT+OSD socket

There are many potential system set-ups. Please refer to page 7 to learn how to get assistance in achieving your dream system.

OUT

OUT +OSD

LEFT

RIGHT

PUT

OUT

OUT +OSD

1. You need to connect both COMPOSITE OSD+OSD and S-VIDEO OUT+OSD to your display device if you connected source components via

a composite and S-Video connection.

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The following assumes that you have connected all your sources, audio and video, your loudspeakers and your display device to your AV192R.

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power connection

Check that the power button is out so that power is off when you plug in. The power button is a latching switch. One press will hold it in, the next will release it. Using the cable supplied, connect the socket on the back of your AV192R to an AC supply outlet.

Scaler PSU connection

If your unit has the VSM2048 option, connect the power lead from the VSM power supply to the PSU input on the rear of the AV192R, and connect the power supply to an AC supply outlet.

VSM2048 POWER

switching on

Press the power button in. The AV192R’s blue power LED will come on, the display window will light up and a few seconds later will show SELFTEST, above TAG McLaren, then the software version number such as V4.09.00, above AV192R-GB

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All outputs are muted when the power is switched on to allow all the voltages to stabilize. This protects the internal components of the AV192R, ampliﬁer and loudspeakers and prevents unpleasant switching noises. You will hear the mute relays click, which is normal.

standby

The AV192R has a standby mode, which can be entered using the standby key on the remote or by pressing the mute/standby button on the front panel for more than three seconds. The blue power LED will dim, the front panel display will show ‘going to standby’ then the AV192R will switch off

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All circuitry essential for sound quality remains powered up in standby, meaning the AV192R will still maintain its operating temperature and will still consume electricity. You should power the AV192R down using the front panel mounted on/off switch if you want to switch the AV192R off for a prolonged period

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. The video outputs are also kept active

in standby mode, allowing you to watch television even when the AV192R is in standby.

Normal operation may be resumed by turning the volume knob (more than about 45 degrees) or pressing any front panel button or remote key (other than light) at any time.

clock display in standby

The AV192R includes a real time clock, maintaining time and date, once set, even if the power is temporarily removed. You can conﬁgure the AV192R to show the time in standby, for details see page 85.

1. AV192R-GB indicates that the AV192R uses the English language. The AV192R might also be available with other languages. The necessary

software will be made available from www.tagmclaren.com.

2. This text will be overwritten by your personalized start-up message, for details see page 46.

3. If the AV192R is powered down using the front panel mounted on/off switch whilst in standby mode, it will go back into standby when next switched on. In this event press the standby key to power up the unit.

controlling remotely / front panel display

controlling remotely

The AV192R is supplied with a ‘learning’ remote. This is supplied pre-programmed for TAG McLaren home cinema products, but may easily be re-programmed to control other devices using an infra-red remote

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Before you can control the AV192R using the remote, you must ﬁrst select it as the device to control by pressing the av key in the REMOTE SELECTION area at the top of the remote. The AV192R will remain selected by the remote until another unit is

REMOTE SELECTION

cd dvd

sat

tv vcr

amp

chosen via the REMOTE SELECTION keys.

Once the AV192R has been selected, it can be controlled in its entirety from the remote. The red ‘remote control active’ LED on the front panel of the AV192R will ﬂash when commands from the remote are received, and the av key in the REMOTE SELECTION area will light brieﬂy with each key press. For optimum performance from the remote you should point it towards the remote control window on the front panel of the AV192R.

front panel display in operation

When the AV192R leaves the factory, the display will be conﬁgured similar to the one shown below. It can be conﬁgured to your personal preference, for details see page 46.

The programme source format indicator shows the active output channels, i.e. channels receiving information from the AV192R.

The sample rate indicator at the top left of the display window shows the sample rate of the digital source. When an analog source is active, it shows the sample rate used for the analog to digital conversion.

The display will show station name and radio text if your AV192R includes the FM radio or/and DAB digital radio option and radio is selected as the current input.

video standard

sample rate

dvd player

audio input

decoding/processing mode

volume setting

programme source format

1. Please refer to the ‘programming the remote’ section on page 115 for further details on how to do this.

all essential user settings at a glance

the status screen might differ from the one shown, depending on the operating mode of the AV192R

In the example above, the user has selected the analog audio input TV and the Composite video input TV-C. The stereo signal is processed using Dolby Pro Logic II Movie at a sampling rate of 96kHz.

The sound is replayed at a volume level of -4.5dB below reference level (assuming the AV192R was calibrated using a SPL meter - for details see page 63). The sound balance is as calibrated, i.e. no balance shifts were made to the front/rear or left/right.

status screen

Pressing the ok key on the remote will bring up a status screen which shows information about the current operation of the AV192R as shown in the example opposite:

There is no subwoofer in the system and hence sound is only produced using the left/right front, centre, and the left/right surround speaker.

The time delay between picture and sound is as the incoming signals (0 ms), for details see page 51.

The night mode is off, as it doesn’t apply to this input- it can only be applied to DTS and DD, for details see page 45.

selecting a source

preparing the remote control

To control the AV192R via the remote press the remote selection av key. The AV192R will remain selected until another device, e.g. dvd is selected.

source selection

REMOTE SELECTION

cd dvd

sat

tv vcr

amp

The AV192R remote has 11 source selection keys, labelled tv, vcr, sat, tuner, aux, cd, ld, dvd, md, dab and tape

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, to which the user

can freely assign any audio and video inputs.

Each of these source selection keys can carry two audio inputs as some sources offer different output formats, e.g. a DVD-Audio player offers a digital SPDIF output, when playing CDs and DVD-Video discs, but offers 5.1 analog when playing DVD-Audio discs.

When the AV192R leaves the factory the source selection keys are programmed to cover many installations, but you can change this , if you need. Please see page 57 how to change the assignment of audio and video inputs to the source selection keys.

Scanning through all inputs, one by one

An alternative, is to scan through the analog, digital audio and video inputs, one by one, using the analog, digital or video button at the AV192R front fascia.

An analog (digital) input may also be selected by pressing shift followed by, cursor up/down G/H (E/F), pressing once or repeatedly, until the desired input is shown in the display.

A video input may also be selected by pressing once or repeatedly the VIDEO (sometimes labelled CH) key on the remote control until the desired input is shown in the display.

tvcdvcrldsat

shift

tunermdaux

dvd

dab

tape

subtitle

analog

digital

video

zone 2

pause

play

stop

VIDEO

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1. caution when pressing the tape key/button during tape recording

If you listen to an analog stereo input, pressing the tape key/button will route the TAP E input to the ANALOG OUTPUTs without changing the signal going to TAPE out, allowing for example, the recorded signal to be compared with the original whilst recording using a threehead tape recorder (if its output is connected to TAP E). In this instance the front display will show TAPE (name of analog input routed to TAPE out), e.g. TAPE(SAT). Pressing tape again will return to the analog signal selected before tape was pressed the first time.

tape the first time.

volume adjustment and display

volume control - main & zone 2

Volume (in the main and in zone 2) can be adjusted from 0 (very quiet) to 99 (very loud) if the volume is conﬁgured to operate in Pre-Amp you have conﬁgured the volume control for Cinema mode (factory setting)

In the Cinema mode the volume level of 0dB is the so-called ‘Dolby reference level’ – i.e. the level at which a movie director intended a ﬁlm to be listened

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mode or -90dB (very quiet) to +15dB (very loud) if

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. The ‘Dolby reference level’ in

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Pre-amp mode is indicated by ref being shown on the OSD at a volume level of 84.

changing volume

Turn the volume knob clockwise to increase the volume or anti-clockwise to decrease the volume in 0.5dB steps. Alternatively, you may use the VOL + and VOL – keys on the remote to increase or decrease the volume in 0.5 dB steps per key press. If you keep the VOL + / VOL – key pressed, the volume change per second will increase the longer you keep the key pressed.

changing zones

The AV192R can operate two independent zones, called main and zone 2. You can switch between the zones by pressing the zone 2 button on the front fascia or preceding the volume change request by the shift key. If zone 2 is selected, the zone 2/ LED will lit up.

main zone

Turn the volume knob or press VOL+ and VOL- to alter the signal level of all

connected loudspeakers of the main zone, i.e. those connected (via suitable power ampliﬁers) to the ANALOG OUTPUT or

BALANCED ANALOG OUTPUT.

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zone 2

If the AV192R is set to the main zone, press shift followed by VOL+ or VOL - to switch to zone 2 and to alter the signal level of the loudspeakers connected to ZONE 2 RIGHT and LEFT (via suitable power ampliﬁers) outputs.

start volume

Normally the AV192R remembers the last volume setting for the main zone and zone 2 from when it was turned off or put into standby, so that it will re-use exactly this volume when you switch it on.

This feature allows to set a volume level that the AV192R will use when powered on regardless of any previous setting. You can set a different start volume (or none at all) for the main zone and zone 2. Start volume is set within the Change Set-up -> Output/Speaker Options -> Main

Zone or Zone 2/ menu.

max volume

This feature allows to set a maximum volume level that the AV192R will be allowed to be set to. You can set a different max volume (or none at all) for the main zone and zone 2. Max volume is set within the Change Set-up -> Output/Speaker Options -> Main Zone or Zone 2/ menu.

1. the mode is change in Change Set-up -> Displays -> Front Panel Text Config. as described on page 46

2. They do not affect the signal level of the analog TAPE OUT or COAX OUT or OPTICAL OUTputs.

3. This setting will only be accurate if you have calibrated the volume settings using a sound level meter.

4. The AV192R must be set to main zone. If it is in the zone 2 mode, then the zone 2/ LED on the front panel will be lit.

muting / attenuating - main & zone 2

volume attenuation & muting

To attenuate all speakers by a user conﬁgurable amount in the main

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zone

press the mute button on the front panel of the AV192R or the

mute key on the remote. A second press of the mute key/button will completely mute the output to all speakers in the main zone.

surround

THX Cinema

mute/standby

display

Adjusting the volume will restore full output to the speakers. If fully muted, adjusting the volume or pressing the mute button/key again will restore the speaker outputs.

If the AV192R is set to zone 2 control, indicated by the zone 2/ LED and the zone 2 volume information on the AV192R’s front display (e.g. ZN2 -10.0), the mute key will attenuate/mute zone 2, as described above for the main zone.

The amount of attenuation applied when pressing the mute key ﬁrst, can be selected as 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50dB. Select Audio mutes completely if you do not want any attenuation - in this instance repeatedly pressing mute will switch the outputs in and out of mute without going through an attenuation level ﬁrst. This is done through Change Set-Up, Output/Speaker Options -> Mute Conﬁguration.

the AV192R offers two ways of muting

Muting a loudspeaker can be carried out in different ways. Most products employ semi- conductor based switches which are fast, silent and cheap but unfortunately affect the sound quality in the ‘mute off’ state as they can never be completely removed from the signal path. The ‘sonically transparent’ alternative is to use electronically controlled mechanical relays, a method chosen for the AV192R. There are eight (16 if the Balanced XLR option is ﬁtted) relays in an AV192R. They all switch together, leading to a distinct switching noise which cannot be prevented without affecting the quality of the contact.

mute

Mechanical relays have been acknowledged to be the best sounding solution, but their switching noise has with the introduction of DVD become a disadvantage. Every time a DVD changes its sound format, which can happen several times during a DVD, the AV192R might potentially receive - for a short time - invalid data. If this invalid data reaches the loudspeakers you hear a short ‘digital hiss’. The AV192R tries to predict these transitions, but sometimes it might take just a fraction of a second before this invalid data is detected, a period long enough for the wrong data to reach the Digital to Analog converters and from there (via the power ampliﬁers) the loudspeakers. Only switches, downstream of the DACs’ outputs, can prevent this invalid data from reaching your speakers. The AV192R uses mechanical relays to swiftly disconnect the outputs in these cases.

You can set the AV192R to Mute Using Relays or alternatively use them only in ‘serious’ cases, but with the result that you might infrequently hear some ‘digital hiss' coming from your speakers. When the AV192R leaves the factory it is set to Mute using relays: No, meaning it will use its relays as little as possible. However, to prevent any ‘digital hiss' switch the AV192R into the Mute using relays: Yes mode, which is done through Change Set-Up, Output/Speaker Options -> Mute Conﬁguration.

1. The AV192R must be set to main zone. If it is in the zone 2 mode, then the zone 2/ LED on the front panel will be lit.

left/right balance

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Press the F (E) button on the front panel or the F, (E) key on the remote to move the sound balance to the left (right) speakers. Keeping either the button or the key held down will move the sound progressively further to the side. The applied balance setting is brieﬂy shown in the display window.

balance

pause

play

stop

f f d

front/rear balance

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Press the G (H) button on the front panel or the G (H) key on the remote to move the sound balance to the front (rear) speakers. Keeping the either button or the key held down will move the sound progressively further forwards (backwards).

off balance

Any off balance will be shown in the status screen, as explained on page 23 and shown in the example screen.

restoring normal balance

A central sound balance (i.e. the removal of any temporary corrections, including lip sync delay and entre gain applied under Quick Settings, see page 40 and LFE settings, see page 38) will be restored by pressing the normal ok/normal button on the front panel or the normal key on the remote.

pause

play

stop

normal

time

normalok

1. this function requires the cursor keys to be assigned to BALANCE, for details see page 40.

2. front/rear balance can only be made if the selected surround mode supports these channels.

surround modes

definitions

Sound is recorded in a variety of encoded formats and on many different source materials, with the recording in either analog or digital form. The AV192R can decode many different recording formats:

analog recordings

Analog recordings do not contain information about their encoding formats called embedded control ﬂags), so the desired decoding mode, such as Dolby Pro Logic II Music, will need to be selected by the user manually, using the surround key/button.

surround

THX Cinema

mute/standby

display

123normal

defabcspace

456display

ghi jkl mno +/

789tape

pqrs tuv wxyz

surround

10 0 THX

audiotitle angle

shift

digital recordings

The AV192R automatically determines the appropriate decoding mode for digital multichannel sources including embedded control ﬂags, such as Dolby Digital 5.1. However, many DVDs recorded in Dolby EX and some in DTS-ES 6.1 Matrix do not include the necessary ﬂags to automatically detect the additional surround back channel information. In this instance you will need to manually select this additional processing using the

surround key/button.

post processing modes

Any optional post processing, such as THX or DTS Music has to be selected manually using the surround or THX key/button.

surround & initial modes

You can assign an Initial Mode to each analog and digital audio input. This mode will be applied to the source the ﬁrst time the source is selected after the AV192R is switched on. The initial mode applied to any given input will be ignored by the AV192R if a digital data stream with embedded control ﬂags is detected.

time

–

subtitle

Additional decoding/post processing modes currently available for a source can be cycled through by repeatedly

surround

THX Cinema

surround

10 0 THX

audiotitle angleshift

pressing the THX button/key.

Initial modes, selected by the user for each input, using the change set-up menu (see page 52 / 53 for details) are dynamically changed whenever the user changes the mode manually using the surround key/button, until the AV192R is switched off.

THX: transforming for use at home

Movie soundtracks are created to sound right in a cinema. The soundtrack is mixed and tailored to allow for the speciﬁc characteristics of cinemas and the equipment used in them. The differences between the cinema and Home Cinema environments mean that exact reproduction of the cinema soundtrack in a Home Cinema provides a very different experience, typically with a very ‘bright’ sound. To correct for this and other differences, THX speciﬁes processes that are carried out on the soundtrack: Reequalization™, Timbre matching™ and Adaptive decorrelation™. These processes are combined under the name THX Cinema.

THX Ultra2

Re-equalization™ is applied to all the

speaker signals, principally to

A lot has changed in Home Cinema since the THX standards were initially laid down. VHS tapes were joined by laserdiscs and more recently by DVD, soundtrack encoding has progressed from analog Dolby Pro Logic through the now ubiquitous Dolby Digital 5.1 to discrete 6.1, and music has gone from being a solely 2-channel stereo format to fully embrace multi-channel.

The advances in the THX speciﬁcation embodied in the new THX Ultra2, available in the AV192R, accommodate the changes that have occurred and specify systems that can perform superbly with both movies and music, with a single speaker layout that will suit all programme material.

counteract the high frequency boost that is applied to the movie soundtrack to account for the high frequency losses of the cinema environment.

Adaptive decorrelation™ acts on mono surround signals to provide a more spacious effect and allow the surround effect to be properly heard over a larger listening area. It is not applied if the surround signals are stereo (i.e. if left and right surround signals are different).

Timbre matching™ is applied to the surround speaker signals to match them tonally to the front left/right and centre speakers, preventing a change in the tone of sounds as they pan around the speakers.

THX post-processing

introduction of back channels

A signiﬁcant recent development has been the addition of the surround back channel, which ﬁrst appeared in cinema soundtracks in 1999. THX have been at the forefront of this development, working closely with Dolby Laboratories to produce THX Surround EX. THX Surround EX encodes an additional channel within the left and right surround channel signals, which is extracted by a Dolby 3 decoder. DTS-ES discrete takes this process a step further, with a discretely encoded 6th channel.

THX recommend that the surround back loudspeakers are placed quite close together, facing towards the listener, although during the setup of the AV192R you will be asked whether the surround back speakers are close together or apart (for details see page

59), and signal levels sent to the back speakers will be adjusted accordingly to achieve consistent results.

replay of 5.1 through 7.1 speakers

The addition of the surround back channel has prompted a rethink on the processing front, with a view to making best use of the extra loudspeakers with 5.1 material. THX Surround EX processing can be applied to any 5.1 source material to generate a signal for the back channel. This works well for much 5.1 material, but gives poor results if the surround content of the

5.1 material is mono as this results in all of the surround information being directed to the back speakers and none to the surrounds. To prevent this, and improve results with all 5.1 source material, THX Cinema is replaced by THX Ultra2, which employs THX Advanced Speaker Array processing to optimise the surround experience.

THX boundary gain compensation

There have also been enhancements to bass management, with a new optional ‘Boundary Compensation’ mode added to achieve better bass integration when the listening positions are close to the back wall. Such positioning results in low frequencies being boosted (by a process called ‘Boundary Gain’, in which the reﬂected sound from the wall adds to the direct sound from the speaker increasing its level). Boundary Compensation provides additional low frequency ﬁltering on all channels to achieve a more natural low frequency balance, for details see page 60.

THX Cinema, THX Ultra2, THX Music

THX Cinema

This processing mode includes processing includes the re-equalization, timbre matching and adaptive decorrelation of THX Cinema, as described on page

29. To apply THX Cinema post-processing, press the THX key on the remote or the THX button on the front panel, once or repeatedly until you selected your desired mode.

THX Ultra2

This processing mode includes the re-equalization, timbre matching and adaptive decorrelation of THX Cinema, but also detects and compensates for monaural surround information, feeding it directly to the back speakers but also feeding a decorrelated form to the left and right surround channels. In the case of 5.1 material with stereo surround information, the surrounds are processed to pass the ambient information to the left and right surrounds and the directional cues to the surround backs. The overall result is to achieve an enhanced surround experience over a wider listening area.

To apply THX Ultra2 post-processing, press the THX key on the remote or the THX button on the front panel, once or repeatedly until you selected your desired mode.

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surround

THX Cinema

surround

10 0 THX

audiotitle angleshift

THX Music

This processing mode beneﬁts 5.1 music recordings, as it employs a modiﬁed form of the THX Advanced Speaker Array processing. THX Ultra2 Music takes account of the fact that music material is mixed and monitored in a very different environment than ﬁlm soundtracks. In this mode the front left, right and centre signals are passed directly to the loudspeaker outputs without any re-equalization. The surround content is timbre matched (again without re-equalization) and (where required - i.e. mono surrounds) decorrelated before being fed to the left and right surround channels, whilst a processed version of the surround information is sent to the surround backs to enhance spaciousness and widen the listening area.

To apply THX Music post-processing, press the THX key on the remote or the THX button on the front panel, once or repeatedly until you selected your desired mode.

1. THX ULTRA2 and THX Music are only available if your system setup includes back speaker(s).

Despite the name, THX Ultra 2 Music is also beneﬁcial for ﬁlm soundtracks that have been speciﬁcally mixed for the home environment, as is the case for many of the newer DVD releases. Such soundtracks do not require the re-equalisation that is part of THX Ultra2 Cinema processing.

THX Surround EX

This mode can be used to process Dolby Digital Surround EX encoded discs. THX Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasﬁlm Ltd. Movie soundtracks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technology are able to reproduce an extra channel which has been added during the mixing of the program. This channel, called Surround Back, places sounds behind the listener in addition to the front left, front centre, front right, surround right, surround left and subwoofer channels. This additional channel provides the opportunity for more detailed imaging behind the listener and brings more depth, spacious ambience and sound localisation than ever before.

When released to the home consumer market, movies that were created using the Dolby Digital Surround EX technology, may (but some don’t!) have a note to that effect on the packaging. A list of movies created using this technology can be found on the Dolby web site at www.dolby.com.

You can also activate the THX SURROUND EX mode during the playback of standard 5.1 channel material (i.e. movies not including a Dolby Digital Surround EX encoded back channel). In such a case the information delivered to the Surround Back channel will be program dependent and may or may not be pleasing depending on the particular soundtrack and the tastes of the individual listener.

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If your AV192R does not include all 7.1 channels then you will not be able to extract the back channel information. You will not lose information but the spatial distribution of the surround sound will not provide the same depth and spacious ambience (as the sound, intended for the back channel is equally replayed through the left and right surround loudspeakers).

To apply THX SURROUND EX, press the THX key on the remote or the THX Cinema button on the front panel, once or repeatedly until you selected your desired mode. If the current surround mode for the selected input does not support THX, the AV192R will select the appropriate surround mode. Press either the THX key or button again to turn off THX Cinema post-processing.

1. THX SURROUND EX is only available if your system setup includes back speaker(s).

surround modes: mono, direct, bypass, HDCD

The following decoding and surround modes are available

MONO

In this mode the AV192R combines the left and right channels of a stereo signal to produce a mono signal. If the centre speaker is set to bass-limited, for details see page 58 / 61, or the centre speaker isn’t connected, the AV192R will send sound to the left and right front speaker (or the subwoofer if they are also set to bass-limited).

DIRECT

In this mode the AV192R works like a normal stereo audio pre-ampliﬁer. It is only valid for conventional stereo sources (e.g. analog inputs or a CD). No processing is applied to the signal, which is sent only to the left and right front speakers. The programme source format display will show L and R.

DIRECT + SUB

Works as DIRECT, but the left and right low-frequency signals will be directed to your subwoofer. The signal, sent to the subwoofer will be ‘time aligned’, correcting for a potential distance difference of the subwoofer from your listening position compared to the left and right loudspeakers. If you do not have a subwoofer you cannot select this mode.

BYPASS

This is not strictly speaking a mode, but is listed here for completeness. BYPASS indicates the use of the 5.1 BYPASS input, for details see page 9. The signal is bypassing the Digital Signal Processors, hence are never converted to digital and is therefore the only available mode for the 5.1 BYPASS input.

HDCD

This mode is available as an option, please refer to ‘How to enable an option’ on page 114 how to enable HDCD and other software options. All CD and DVD players with a digital

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output

can reproduce HDCD. The increased resolution is generated inside the AV192R

using additional data on an HDCD encoded CD. HDCD cannot be selected as an Initial Mode, it automatically replaces DIRECT if you have selected DIRECT and play an HDCDencoded CD.

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HDCD + SUB

Works as HDCD, but the left and right low-frequency signals will be directed to your subwoofer. The signal, sent to the subwoofer will be ‘time aligned', correcting for a potential distance difference of the subwoofer from your listening position compared to the left and right loudspeakers. If you do not have a subwoofer you cannot select this mode.

, HDCD®, High Deﬁnition Compatible Digital®and Paciﬁc Microsonics™ are either registered

trademarks or trademarks of Paciﬁc Microsonics, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

1. not all input signals will support all modes.

2. this assumes the player does not alter the digital data, stored on the CD.

surround modes: stereo, Pro Logic. Pro Logic II

STEREO Downmix

Down-mixes a digital multi-channel signal, e.g. Dolby Digital or DTS, to a two channel stereo signal (front left and right) only.

PRO LOGIC

Applies Dolby Pro Logic decoding. This may be applied to any stereo source to give multi-channel surround sound surround information through the ‘normal' surround loudspeakers, the back channels or both. For more details see page 64.

PRO LOGIC can be set to work with or without a subwoofer. This is done in the Bass Redirection Rules found in the subwoofer conﬁguration screen, see page 62.

PRO LOGIC IIx

Pro Logic IIx is a combination of Dolby’s acclaimed Pro Logic II processing and Dolby Digital Surround EX, with a few extra wrinkles thrown in for best sound quality - be it 5.1, 6.1 or even 7.1. Pro Logic II reduced the performance gap between Pro Logic and discrete Dolby Digital 5.1 by creating ﬁve full-bandwidth output channels from 2-channel sources. Pro Logic IIx extends the already highly sophisticated Pro Logic II algorithms to process native stereo and 5.1-channel content to produce 6.1 or 7.1 output channels.

Pro Logic IIx modes are only available if your system setup includes back speaker(s), otherwise the modes revert to Pro Logic II.

Pro Logic IIx processing can be applied to all two channel sources, plus Dolby Digital 5.1 and even material encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX.

Three modes are available: PRO LOGIC IIx MOVIE, PRO LOGIC IIx MUSIC and PRO LOGIC IIx GAME.

PRO LOGIC IIx MUSIC

This mode gives music a more three dimensional representation, providing more spaciousness and transparency and generating 6.1 or 7.1 output from stereo or multi-channel material.

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. If you have a ‘7.1’ system set-up, then you can optionally reproduce PRO LOGIC’s

When processing stereo material the mode appears as PLIIx MUSIC, with multi-channel material the mode will be shown as, for example, DD5.1+PLIIx MUSIC. PL IIx MUSIC can be user conﬁgured to suit your taste and listening environment, for details see page 67.

PRO LOGIC IIx MOVIE

This mode improves the sound quality, channel separation and steering of Stereo, Dolby Surround and Dolby Pro Logic (or similar) matrix encoded movie soundtracks, and generates Surround Back channel information from multi-channel Dolby Digital soundtracks.

When processing stereo material the mode appears as PLIIx MOVIE, with multi-channel material the mode will be shown as, for example, DD5.1+PLIIx MOVIE. PLIIx MOVIE is optimised for movie and television soundtracks and does not allow any user conﬁguration.

PRO LOGIC IIx GAME

This is a special mode to allow those who use their Home Cinema systems to enjoy video games to get an even better gaming experience. The Game mode is specially tuned to ensure that the full bass impact from surround effects in a game are delivered to the subwoofer - explosions shake the room like never before!

1. Some Dolby Digital-encoded discs contain control information to allow the AV192R to detect PRO LOGIC automatically. For more details, see page 54.

surround modes: DTS Neo:6, TMS, party

DTS NEO:6

DTS NEO:6 is an advanced sound format, creating six full-band channels from 2-channel sources.

Two modes are available: DTS NEO:6 MOVIE & DTS NEO:6 MUSIC

NEO:6 MOVIE

This mode is designed to enhance PCM (stereo) movie soundtracks or TV broadcasts. Please note NEO:6 MOVIE cannot be used with Dolby Digital 2.0 (stereo) encoded movies, unlike PRO LOGIC IIx MOVIE.

NEO:6 MUSIC

This mode can be used with any PCM (stereo) music recording and produces a pseudo

7.1 mix output. This can result in a wider sound space and better imaging.

TAG MCLAREN SURROUND 7

This is an audiophile, fully dithered, high-quality multi-channel surround processing mode, capable of processing even 24-bit / 96 kHz recordings with no artifacts.

TM SURROUND 7 creates a 7 channel surround impression from mono or stereo music recordings. Left and right channel remain unchanged compared to the original recording, while the centre channel increases the stability of the front sound stage and the surround and back channel supplement the ambience of the original recording.

If your system doesn’t include back channels, then the surround format reverts to TM SURROUND 5.

TAG MCLAREN SURROUND can be set to work with or without a subwoofer. This is done in the Bass Redirection Rules found in the subwoofer conﬁguration screen, see page 62.

PARTY SURROUND

This mode is, as the name indicates, designed to immerse a room in sound. It works with two channel sources, such as analog and CD (PCM) stereo. Left and right front channel are unchanged, the centre is used to provide better stability of the front stage (it uses TM Surround), whilst the surround left (right) and the surround back speaker mirror the signal of the left (right) front speaker. If you have a subwoofer, it will be automatically used.

Centre, surround and back speakers can be individually trimmed by up to +/- 10dB (for details see page 60), allowing you to customise your party. Let's dance...

surround modes: Dolby Digital, DTS

DOLBY DIGITAL

This mode is automatically selected when a Dolby Digital-encoded disc is played.

MPEG-2

This mode is available as an option, please refer to ‘installing a software option’ on page 114. This mode is automatically selected when an MPEG-2- encoded disc is played.

DOLBY DIGITAL EX

DOLBY DIGITAL EX is only available if your system setup includes back speaker(s)

Home cinema uses many different surround decoding formats. THX SURROUND EX activates, see above, both the matrix decoder for the back channels (‘EX’) and THX post processing. However, some Dolby EX encoded DVDs are already optimized for the use at home, meaning they do not need THX post processing again. In this instance you should use DOLBY DIGITAL EX.

DTS

This mode is automatically selected when a DTS-encoded disc is played.

DTS MUSIC

Modern movies recorded in DTS require the DTS mode, described in the paragraph above, for accurate replay. DTS MUSIC is required for backwards compatibility for some older DTS discs and most DTS music CDs, where a 10dB reduction in the LFE channel is required.

DTS-ES 6.1 MATRIX

DTS-ES 6.1 MATRIX is only available if your system setup includes back speaker(s)

DTS-ES 6.1 Matrix includes a back surround signal, matrix encoded into the left and right surround channels, on specially encoded DVD movie releases.

If your setup does not include all ‘7.1’ channels then you will not be able to extract the back channel information. You will not miss anything except the spatial distribution of the surround sound will not provide the same depth and spacious ambience.

DTS-ES 6.1 DISCRETE

DTS-ES 6.1 DISCRETE is only available if your system setup includes back speaker(s)

DTS-ES 6.1 DISCRETE provides the back channel information as a discrete, i.e. independently stored signal. The advantages are increased headroom and clarity of the back channel.

surround modes: DTS 96 / 24, Multi-channel variations

DTS 96/24

This new format allows recording of up to 5.1- channels with up to 96 kHz/24 bits on ordinary DVDs. Previously 96/24 has only been available on DVD as two channel PCM (which the AV192R can also process using the format Direct, described on page 33). DTS 96/24 exclusively delivers 5.1 channels in 96/24 along with full-motion video, for feature ﬁlm soundtracks and music programs on DVD-Video. The AV192R will automatically detect DTS 96/24 recordings and engage its advanced DTS 96/24 processing- indicated by the DTS 96/24 LED, located at the AV192R’s front fascia.

MULTI-CHANNEL

This is not strictly speaking a mode, but is listed here for completeness.

Multi-channel recordings can include a different number of channels: from two to six channels plus a subwoofer. Unfortunately some 6.1 multi-channel recordings do not contain the necessary control information to allow the AV192R to detect their correct recording format. MULTI-CHANNEL is used in the setting of the Initial Mode for digital audio sources, for details see page 52 / 53, to allow an easy way of entering a mode which will select in most instances the best solution for multi-channel recordings:

This Initial Mode will automatically engage:

• Multi-channel decoding of Dolby Digital or DTS sources

•- Dolby Pro Logic II Movie for two channel sources

• Multi-channel + THX Surround EX, if a recording is detected including the THX Surround EX control ﬂag for automatic selection

• DTS-ES 6.1 Matrix if a DTS recording is detected, including the DTS-ES 6.1 Matrix control ﬂag for automatic selection

• DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete, if a DTS recording is detected, including the DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete control ﬂag for automatic selection

MULTI-CHANNEL+THX MULTI+THX ULTRA2 MULTI-CH.+THX MUSIC MULTI+THXSurEX ON MULTI-CH.+MATRIX

These modes behave like MULTI-CHANNEL, but apply also THX Cinema, THX Ultra2, THX Music, THX Surround EX. The + MATRIX mode selects PL IIx Movie for Dolby Digital material or ES Matrix for DTS material.

height channel

HEIGHT CHANNEL

Movies mixed with height channel information and many mixed in THX Surround EX (Dolby EX) or DTS-ES 6.1 can beneﬁt from the height channel processing, which will ensure that sound intended to ﬂy over you, will no longer ﬂy through you.

Movies recorded with height channel sound cannot be automatically detected as they do not contain a control ﬂag which could allow an av processor automatic engagement of the height channel decoder.

Engagement of the height channel decoder can be deﬁned for each digital audio input separately using the When To Use Height Spkr property in the additional setting menu, for more details see page 55.

Please see page 13 regards connecting the height channel to your AV192R.

programme source format display / tuning the LFE or subwoofer level

programme source format display and audio status

The programme source format display area of the front panel display indicates which output channels are available at any time.

You can also press shift + surround and the audio status screen comes up- in the example receiving two channel Dolby Digital data stream processed into 5 channels, using Pro Logic II Movie.

tuning the LFE or subwoofer level

The LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) channel

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level

, such as Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1, can be reduced by up to 10dB if you feel that the bass is too loud for your listening/viewing room.

In contrast, if you use a surround mode which supports a subwoofer (but does offer a dedicated LFE channel) such as Direct + Sub, then you can both increase and decrease the subwoofer level by up to 10dB.

To adjust the level press the LFE – or LFE + keys on the remote. The applied setting will be shown in the status screen, as explained on page 23 and shown in the example screen, above.

restoring the base setting

The LFE/subwoofer adjustment (including all temporary corrections, including lip sync delay and entre gain applied under Quick Settings, see page 40 and balance settings, see page 27) will be restored by pressing the normal ok / normal button on the front panel or the normal key on the remote.

1. The LFE channel is the 0.1 channel in a 7.1 / 5.1 recording, including very low frequency (bass) sound effects.

analog +

station +

return skip

dig ---dig +

e w

---

skip cancel

station ---

functions

record

LFE

pause

analog ---

store

play

erase

---

stop

LFE

eject

image

normalok

---

cursor key assignment

selecting a cursor assignment

analog +

dig

station +

return

skip

cancel

station

pause

---

play

---

stop

---

analog ---

The cursor keys G, H, E and F plus the skip + and skip - keys have different features assigned to them, depending on the mode your AV192R is currently in.

The AV192R will automatically switch between these assignments, anticipating what your most likely expectation will be at any moment.

You can also switch manually between these assignment at any time. Just keep the ok key pressed for more than three seconds and a screen similar to the one shown on the left comes up.

The position of the cursor E indicates the currently selected cursor key assignment, Balance in the example screen above. If you want to select another assignment, simply select it cursor key, followed by ok. The screen will disappear

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pressing the G or H

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with the cursor key assigned to

your choice:

1 balance

functions

record

LFE

store

dig +

f d

erase

---

LFE

eject

image

This feature is described on page 27.

2 Pro Logic II parameters

This feature is described on page 67.

3 internal radio tuning

This feature will work if your AV192R includes the optional FM and/or DAB digital radio. It allows you to switch between stations, stations stored in memory or scan the frequency in 50kHz steps (FM only). For more details, see page 79.

4 T32R radio tuning

As Internal Radio Tuning but applied to the T32R radio, if connected to the AV192R via TAGtronic Bus. For more details, see page 112.

1. the cursor assignment will only control its associated function if it is available at that time.

2. the display will also switch off after approximately 10 seconds if no selection is made.

5 quick settings

Quick Settings modify the lip sync delay (for an explanation see page 51), the centre speaker gain (for details see page

60) and switch the night mode on/off (see page 45). Changes made under this cursor assignment are temporarily applied for the current input only, i.e. they will be deactivated when you change the input or put the AV192R into standby.

RS232/IR TX controller macros

If your AV192R is equipped with the optional RS232/IR TX Controller then you will ﬁnd a sixth entry which allows you to assign macros to the cursor and skip +/ skip - keys for each input key (tv, vcr… dab and tape). For more details see page 104.

VSM2048 Video Scaler

If your AV192R is equipped with the optional VSM2048 Video Scaler then you will ﬁnd an entry for Video Processing. This allows you to change the screen ﬁt mode, the aspect ratio of the current video input (used by VSM2048 to format the image to suit your display) and to turn the Picture-InPicture window on and off.

cursor key assignment

cursor movement inside the set-up menu

If the AV192R’s set-up menu (or any on screen text expecting cursor key operation) is activated, the cursor keys will work as up, down, left and right.

changing a cursor assignment using the front display only

The cursor assignments can also be changed using the AV192R’s front display only. Press ok for more than three seconds and the front display (if switched on) will show one of the following possible assignments: BALANCE, PL II, AV RADIO, T32R, QUICKSET, RS232 or

VIDEO. You can switch between different assignments using the cursor G or H keys. Press ok to conﬁrm your change.

the AV192R set-up menu: introduction

Previous chapters described the connection of the AV192R with other components of your system and explained how to operate your AV192R, once being set-up. The following chapters will explain how you conﬁgure the AV192R for best performance - without this, your AV192R will not operate to its full potential

the AV192R set-up menu

The AV192R uses a series of on-screen menus to enable you to set-up and customize the settings to suit your home cinema system . You must have your display connected to an output providing OSD, for details see page 19.

Please press the menu key and the following screen will come up

Choose a desired option using the G or H keys and press ok to select.

Online help is given by moving the cursor to the ?, using E, followed by ok.

You may exit the AV192R’s setup menu at any time by pressing the menu key again this will save all changes you have made up to this point

You may alter parameters at any time. Changes will be retained when the unit is switched off or even if the mains power lead is removed.

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The following options are found on the Welcome screen

video Background

You may choose to overlay any menu text on the picture you are watching (if you are watching one), or to temporarily disable the picture so that any on-screen menu shows on a plain dark grey background.

First-Time Set-up Wizard

The set-up process will be simpliﬁed if you are new to the AV192R if you run the First Time Set-up Wizard, as this will ensure you enter all the essential parameters required for optimal performance. Details are given on page 44.

1. The AV192R operating software is upgradable, so future versions may look and operate slightly differently to the way described in this manual.

the AV192R set-up menu: introduction

Change Set-up

This menu allows you to select each parameter from a list and to tune/modify it individually. We will explain all options in detail, please refer to page 45.

Select Help - Remote Control Keys

A short summary of features assigned to speciﬁc keys or key combinations.

AV Options + Status

Select this menu if you want to know everything about the conﬁguration of your AV192R, i.e. its hardware and software conﬁguration and the processing status. This menu allows you also to activate a Software Option using an Option Code, for details how to enable a software option, refer to page 114.

First-Time Set-up Wizard

The First Time Set-up Wizard takes you through the set-up process step-by-step in the correct sequence.

You will see a series of text screens offering help in how to use the Wizard. Press ok after each one. This will lead to the screen shown.

You will need a tape measure and,

ideally, a sound level meter for

best results

Essential

If you have not set up the AV192R to match your loudspeakers, you should choose - Part 1: Essential.

It is important that you perform this set-up operation in order to optimize the performance of your entire home cinema system.

Convenience

Selecting - Part 2: Convenience - will help you customize your AV192R to your speciﬁc needs.

You can return to either part of the set-up at any time.

Change Set-up

There are special functions and features, required for advanced conﬁgurations. These are covered in the Change Set-Up menu, described next.

Change Set-up: DD / DTS Night Mode

Change Set-up menu

The Change Set-up menu splits in many powerful sub menus, which will be described in detail below.

The screens available to you might differ from those shown in this manual, if your AV192R has not all hardware and software options installed. It might also differ if the the software version, loaded into the AV192R is different to the version used when writing this manual.

DD/DTS night mode

The AV192R incorporates a Night Mode, which reduces the dynamic range for quieter listening, so that you can comfortably hear quieter passages at lower volume levels. The loud elements (such as violent explosions) become slightly quieter and the quiet elements (such as soft speech) become slightly louder.

Night Mode only works with Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround sources including Night Mode control parameters.

To select Night Mode within the Change Set-up sub-menu from the main menu, and use the G or H keys to toggle from Off to On. Night Mode will remain selected until it is speciﬁcally switched off.

When the Night Mode is active, i.e. a DD or DTS DVD with the necessary night mode parameters is replayed, the volume display will change from VOL on the front panel display to NIGHT. The volume display on the on screen display will also change to night when Night Mode is active.

You can also switch Night Mode On or Off using the skip + or skip - keys if the cursor keys have been assigned to quick settings, as described on page 40.

Displays > front panel text configuration

front panel configuration

The Displays menu allow you to conﬁgure the front panel and the on screen display.

This submenu deﬁnes the layout of the front panel display to your preferences.

front panel text

This menu allow you to deﬁne the exact information you would like to see on the front panel display under normal operation and when in standby.

child lock

Set Child Lock to On if you want to deactivate all control buttons (including the volume knob), located at the AV192R’s front panel. Please don’t lose the remote control, as it offers the only way to de-activate this feature, once engaged. The power on/off button will still work, even if Child Lock is engaged, as this button is not under software control.

clock display during standby

During standby you can display the time and the date - if you wish.

Pre-Amp versus Cinema mode

The volume level can be shown in reference to the Dolby Reference Level or from 0 to 99 like a pre-ampliﬁer- for more details see page 25.

startup message

Here you can enter a personalised message, which will appear on the front panel display for a few seconds each time you turn on your AV192R. If you do not wish to set a personal message, delete any entry, should one already exist.

Displays > front panel brightness

This submenu speciﬁes the brightness

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of the display and the LEDs on the AV19R’s front fascia

brightness levels

The brightness associated with High Level, Medium Level and Low Level can be user conﬁgured, selectable from 1 (dark) to 10 (very bright).

The brightness applied when the AV192R is in standby, assuming the clock is conﬁgured to display, is the Standby Level, which is selectable from 1 (dark) to 7 (bright).

startup brightness

This is the brightness the AV192R front panel display will switch to after the AV192R is powering up.

reducing display brightness after a while

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The display can be conﬁgured to switch to the After Hold Brightness level after a Hold Time of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30 or 60 seconds. The display will switch automatically switch back to the brightness level it came from, if the display content changes. Set Hold Time to Keep On if you want the display remain on all the time during operation. Set the After Hold Brightness to

Off, if you want the display to switch off.

switching the blue power/standby LED off

If the front display is switched off, the blue power/standby LED can also be switched off by setting the Blue LED State when display Off to Off. This prevents any unwanted light from interfering with your display device.

If you have other TAG McLaren products connected to the AV192R via the TAGtronic Bus and you have conﬁgured the AV192R to transmit its brightness level via the TAGtronic Bus to other units -for details see page 109 - then they will synchronise their display brightness including the blue power LED brightness to the AV192R.

1. The front display of the AV192R is a so-called ‘Vacuum Fluorescent Display’ (VFD), a technology known for excellent readability and brightness. The average life of a VFD is well over 10 years, requiring no maintenance. However, a VFD will slowly reduce its maximum brightness over time, but only those segments which are illuminated will become darker over time. So if you show the same information at high brightness for any prolonged period, e.g. VOL -30.0, then only those segments making up this information will darken, whilst all others will remain unchanged. As a result if you show any other information, consisting of dark (=aged) and bright (=unaged) segments, an uneven brightness will be visible. Aging can be reduced by configuring the display to switch off after a few seconds, as described above.

Displays > on-screen display & radio text

on screen display configuration

This sub menu conﬁgures the On Screen Display, including its default video format, required for generating OSD when no video source is selected/connected

If your AV192R includes the optional PSM192 then you can activate/deactivate OSD independently for Composite/Video and RGB/YPbPr sources.

radiotext display

1. Radiotext can only be superimposed if your setup allows for on screen display, for more details see page18 / 19.

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This is one of 3 very similar screens, available for the T32R (if connected via the TAGtronic Bus), the AV192R’s internal FM and the DAB digital radio, if available.

It allows the scrolling radiotext, if one is received, to be displayed on the front panel and/or superimposed to the video signal. The latter can be restricted to the instance when listening to the

radio only or when on any input.

video inputs

changing a name of a video input

Select the name you wish to alter, and the ﬁrst character will ﬂash, indicating the cursor position. The cursor position may be changed using the F or E keys. The character may be changed using the G or H keys or entered directly using the alphanumeric keypad. These are multifunction keys and may require up to ﬁve presses to enter the correct character. For example, pressing the 2 key once will change the character under the cursor to an ‘a’. Further key presses will cause the character to cycle through the sequence

‘b’, ‘c’, ‘2’, and return to ‘a’. Pressing the shift key toggles between lower and upper

case. The edited name may saved by pressing the ok key.

Input Options > video inputs

This submenu allows the conﬁguration of all video inputs

The video inputs can be renamed to a name of your choice- the screen for the Composite inputs is shown as an example. Video outputs are explained on page 18. The RGB/YPbPr/HDTV option exists only, if the RGB/Component Switcher option is installed.

suppressing video inputs

If you erase a name of a currently unused video (analog /digital) input, i.e. by over- writing all characters using the space key, then this input will be skipped when scrolling through inputs using the analog, digital or video keys. As soon as an input is renamed it will reappear in the appropriate list.

Input Options > RGB input format / DVI & HDMI inputs

RGB input signal configuration

For the correct operation of the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192, for details see page 68, it is essential that you conﬁgure the input video format of the three RGB/Component inputs.

Options for RGB1, RGB2 and RGB3 are: YPbPr Component, RGB with

Sync on Green, RGB + separate Composite Sync.

Options of the HDTV input are: PC RGB + Separate HV, HDTV YPbPr Component, HDTV RGB + Composite Sync.

See your video source’s handbook for details.

DVI / HDMI input switcher

The next sub menu will deal with the DVI/HDMI Switcher when this option becomes available.

Input Options > analog audio inputs

analog audio inputs

Selecting Analog Audio Inputs will bring up the list of all available analog stereo inputs.

Select the input you would like to conﬁgure using the G or H keys, followed by ok, and the following screen comes up, allowing you to modify these parameters:

name change

The analog inputs can be renamed to a name of your choice - just follow the instructions described under video inputs on page 49.

peak input

You can calibrate the input sensitivity by entering a voltage here. The higher the value the lower the sensitivity. A value should be selected that results in an equal volume level for all your analog inputs without overloading the input. You can let the AV192R let the input calibrate for you, as described on the next page.

anti clipping

This feature enables/disables the input Anti-Clipping operation of the AV192R. When this feature is On, the AV192R will automatically increase the peak input level of any analog input which clips, i.e. is too large and will cause distortion.

lip sync delay

A ﬁlm’s audio track may not be perfectly synchronised with the picture , i.e. the dialogue consistently fails to match the movement of the speaker’s lips. This can have two major causes:

1... poor recording- which might often even be varying during a movie

2... video processing takes longer than audio processing, caused by de-interlacing and scaling technology

Use the Lip Sync Delay, as described in this menu, for correction of permanent delay, as required for a video processor. Use the temporary Lip Sync Trim, as described on page 40 for any additional correction required for a speciﬁc programme/DVD.

1. Occasionally you will find there are lip-sync problems, even with ‘correctly’ synchronised soundtracks. This may be because of poor dubbing (matching the dialogue when the audio track is re-recorded) if the film has been dubbed from another language. It is not possible to correct bad dubbing as the delay is constantly changing

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Input Options > analog audio inputs

initial mode

default cursor key mode

The functionality assigned to the cursor keys F, E ,G and H and the skip + and skip - keys can be user conﬁgured, for details see page 40. You can set a cursor assignment to be automatically recalled when you select an analog audio input.

calibrate input sensitivity

You can calibrate the analog input sensitivity by entering a peak input voltage, as shown on page 51.

Select Calibrate Sensitivity ...? to let the AV192R automatically detect the appropriate sensitivity for you.

Select an analog input to set-up by using the analog input selection button on the front fascia or use the shift + G or shift + H keys of the remote. You can also use the source selection key, assigned to the analog input you like to change. The selected input is shown in the top left of the screen, next to the word ‘Source =’ - in the example above SAT.

Play some programme material on that input that contains a loud passage, then select Auto Set for convenience and press ok. The AV192R does everything for you- the process will take 20 seconds to complete.

Alternatively set the sensitivity manually: Play some programme material on that input that contains a loud passage, then select Manual Set and press ok. The current sensitivity level starts ﬂashing. Set the sensitivity using the on-screen level meter decrease the sensitivity and the E key to increase it meter within the marked area (double arrows on the on-screen display or chequered area on the front panel display). Press the ok key when you happy with the setting. If the word ‘OVER’ (which indicates an overload) appears between the double arrows (and on the front panel display), make the input less sensitive (a higher number) using the F key.

1. The on-screen level meter is represented by the bars which flash on the ‘L’ and ‘R ’ lines. They indicate the peak sound level of the source.

2. You may enter a figure directly by using the keypad. This figure refers to the peak input level and is measured in volts.

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Input Options > digital audio inputs

digital audio inputs

Select the input you would like to conﬁgure using the G or H keys, followed by ok, and the following screen comes up, allowing you to modify these parameters:

name change

The analog inputs can be renamed to a name of your choice - just follow the instructions described under video inputs on page 49.

initial modes

The AV192R offers a huge number of different processing modes, described in chapter ‘surround modes’ on page 28. This feature allows you to specify which surround mode you like the AV192R to engage when you select an input source associated with the digital audio input, in our example DVD. You can select a different Initial Surround Mode depending on the sampling frequency of the digital recording. CD’s use 44kHz, DVDs typically 48kHz and some high resolution 2 channel DVD/PCM recordings use 96kHz.

DTS mode

DTS exist in two versions: DTS and DTS Music. Recent movies recorded in DTS require the DTS mode for accurate replay. DTS Music is required for backwards compatibility for some older DTS discs and most DTS music CD’s, where a 10dB reduction in the LFE (Low Frequency Effects) channel is required connected to your CD player, assuming you have Music CDs recorded in DTS.

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. We recommend to set all inputs to DTS, except the input

DTS delay

DTS-encoded CDs (not DVD!) may be played on normal CD players with digital audio outputs. On conventional systems, this would be heard as a loud, continuous noise, since DTS-encoded discs require special decoding. The AV192R will automatically detect this and will decode the CD in DTS mode. You can set the AV192R to mute while auto sensing in order to prevent the very short burst of white noise on your front loudspeakers. You may ﬁnd that with DTS Delay: On you miss a very short section (fractions of a second) of normal music CD's. We recommend that you only enable DTS Delay for sources that will have DTS Digital Surround- encoded discs played on them.

1. this will mean that very low bass, if recorded in the LFE (0.1) channel will be replayed at about half the volume than using DTS.

Input Options > digital audio inputs

lip sync delay

Use this Lip Sync Delay, as described in more details on page 51, for correction of permanent delay, as required for a video processor. Use the quick setting, as described on page 40 for any additional correction required for a speciﬁc programme/DVD.

Sync ‘T2L’ Link

The TAGtronic Sync Link improves sound quality of products featuring this advanced technology. Connect the TAGtronic Sync Link, as described on page 10 - then activate the Link by setting Sync ‘T2L’ Link: On.

how to confirm that the TAGtronic Sync Link T2L is working

The name of a digital input with enabled Sync ‘T2L’ Link will be shown with the extension e.g. DVD-T2L, indicating that the TAG Sync Link has been successfully established and is working. Should the Sync ‘T2L’ Link fail, an error message ‘no TAG Sync Link’ will be displayed.

Selecting Additional Settings... will bring up two additional features:

default cursor key mode

T2L,

use PL/PL II with DD2

Dolby Digital exists also as two-channel recordings, called Dolby Digital 2.0. These DD2 recordings can include a left/right front channel or left/right front plus surround information matrix encoded using Dolby Surround. Dolby Digital DD2 includes the ability to set an indicator (a ﬂag), allowing the AV192R to automatically detect if surround information is present or not, but unfortunately it has been found that many DVD authors and digital satellite broadcasters ﬂag their programmes incorrectly.

The feature use Pro Logic/Pro Logic II with Dolby Digital 2.0 recordings has been introduced to overcome this by overwriting the ‘transmitted’ ﬂag with your choice. Select If Pro Logic Encoded if you want to follow the ﬂag included in the programme material, select Always if you want Pro Logic processing always engaged and Never if you always want Pro Logic processing disabled.

Input Options > digital audio inputs

height channel configuration

Movies mixed with height channel information, such as the re-release of ‘We Were Soldiers’ as well as many movies mixed in THX Surround EX (Dolby EX) or DTS-ES 6.1 will beneﬁt from the height channel processing, which will ensure that sound intended to ﬂy over you, will no longer ﬂy through you.

Movies recorded with height channel sound, cannot be automatically detected as they do not contain a control ﬂag which could allow an av processor automatic engagement of the height channel decoder.

Set When To Use Height Spkr to if EX/ES ﬂagged, if you want the AV192R to engage the height channel decoder whenever you play a DVD recorded in Dolby EX or DTS-ES 6.1, assuming the recordings include the appropriate control ﬂags - which is unfortunately rarely the case for Dolby EX recordings.

Set

When To Use Height Spkr to if Matrix/THX Surr. EX Is Active, if you

want the AV19R to engage the height channel decoder whenever you engage

Set When To Use Height Spkr to Manual Selection, if you want the height channel processing to toggle between on and off, when pressing the

shift key, followed by 0. Height channel processing will be off, when

you change inputs or start-up the AV192R.

+ Matrix or THX Surround EX post processing.

Processing EX flagged material

Discs which are ﬂagged as being EX encoded may have their surround back channel information extracted using THX SURROUND EX or DOLBY DIGITAL EX. This setting speciﬁes which method to use by default, the surround and thx keys may be used to modify the choice when playing a disc. The setting also allows selection of Override EX Mode, this is offered because some discs are incorrectly ﬂagged as being EX encoded when they are not. If this option is selected it will be necessary to manually select DOLBY DIGITAL EX or THX SURROUND EX decoding when a suitable disc is played.

Input Options > 5.1 bypass

5.1 bypass

You can conﬁgure the 5.1 Bypass as

5.1 Bypass or as 3X Stereo.

Conﬁgured as 3X

Stereo the LEFT/RIGHT, CENTRE/SUB and the S

/S Lwill form a

stereo pair.

You can enter the name of your choice for the

5.1 Bypass or the 3X Stereo pairs.

Signals connected to the 5.1 BYPASS will never be digitised- the only processing done to them is analog volume control. Level calibration of your loudspeakers, for details see page 63 will be applied, catering for different loudspeaker and ampliﬁer sensitivity

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Bypass Output Trims...

If your DVD Audio or SACD player does not output equal volume levels for each channel, then you can adjust that difference using the 5.1 Bypass Output Trims. These trims are superimposed to the loudspeaker/ampliﬁer calibration and your overall volume setting.

1. Signals connected to the 5.1 BYPASS are not digitised, i.e. no processing, including the necessary time delay for different speaker distances can be applied. Time delay must be defined within your source, i.e. the DVD Audio or SACD player.

Input Options > key assignments on remote

Each of these source selection keys can carry two audio inputs, audio1 and audio2, as some sources offer different output formats, e.g. a DVD-Audio player offers a digital SPDIF output, when playing CDs and DVD-Video discs, but offers 5.1 analog when playing DVD-Audio discs.

Key Assignment On Remote

The AV192R remote has 11 source selection keys, labelled tv, vcr, sat, tuner, aux, cd, ld, dvd, md, dab and tape1, to which you can in this submenu freely assign the associated audio and video inputs.

Selecting Key Assignment On Remote brings up a selection list of all source selection key. Select the one you want to edit and a screen, like to next one, come up:

audio1 and audio2 are the physical audio inputs that will be selected when the corresponding source selection key is pressed. If both audio inputs are assigned the source selection key will toggle between them when pressed. Select Not Assigned for audio2 if you only want to assign a single input to an input selection key.

Video is the physical video input that will be selected when the corresponding source selection key is pressed. Select Don’t Change if you want the AV192R not to change the currently selected video input, e.g when switching to tuner.

Output / Speaker > loudspeaker definition / calibration

The OUTPUT/SPEAKER OPTIONS menu includes everything to do with outputs, be it audio or video.

loudspeakers

The ﬁrst menu deﬁnes what loudspeaker type you are using at all possible 8 positions; the second part will calibrate them for best performance. Let’s start with the Left/Right front loudspeakers.

loudspeaker type

The AV192R need to know which loudspeakers are present in your system and whether they can reproduce deep bass frequencies. In general, large loudspeakers will be able to handle low frequencies and small ones may not be able to. Select Full Range for speakers which can also handle deep bass, select Bass Limited if they cannot. If no speaker is connected select None.

Bass Cutoff

The AV192R will re-direct low frequency signals Bass Limited loudspeakers cannot handle to full range / subwoofer loudspeakers. You need to set the Bass Cutoff ﬁlter frequency between 40Hz and 150Hz at which this happens according to the bass handling capabilities of your Bass Limited loudspeakers. Refer to your loudspeaker manual for this information - THX certiﬁed speakers are Bass Limited, requiring a Bass Cutoff frequency of 80Hz THX.

The Bass Cutoff frequency can be set differently for Left/Right, Centre, Surround and Surround Back loudspeakers, allowing you to unwrap the full potential of each loudspeaker.

Even if your left / right front loudspeakers are set to Full Range, you should set a Bass Cutoff frequency, as this will deﬁne how surround modes, such as Direct+Sub split the frequency band between main speakers and subwoofer.

Output/Speaker > loudspeaker definition / calibration

loudspeaker distance

The AV192R needs to know the distance of your loudspeakers from your ideal seating position. These measurements are used to correct for the time delays (of the sound reaching your ears) caused by the difference in the distance between each loudspeaker and your listening position. Enter the relevant ﬁgures by using the numeric key pad (e.g. press 3 then 0 for 3.0m) or use the G or H keys.

loudspeaker level

The loudspeaker calibration level is very important to achieving a correctly centred sound image, it should be carried out carefully. Use the speaker Calibration menu, described on page 62 for your initial set-up.

Perform above for all loudspeaker in your system.

The following descriptions cover items which are different to the LEFT/RIGHT LOUDSPEAKER screen

Output/Speaker > loudspeaker definition / calibration

mode dependent speaker trims

The AV192R allows you to modify the volume level for the Centre, surround and Surround back speakers surround processing selected.

The setting for TMS (Pro Logic) will also be used for TMS + Sub (Pro Logic + Sub)

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, dependent on the

distance between back speakers

There can be none, one or two back speakers, being either Full Range or Bass Limited.

If two back speakers are used, then the AV192R need to know the space they are apart. This will allow the THX Advanced Speaker Array technology to optimise the algorithm when using THX Ultra2 post processing.

You can only use one back speaker output (SURR. BACK RIGHT) if you want to engage the height channel. You can still use 2 back speakers but they both need to connect, via suitable power ampliﬁers, to SURR. BACK RIGHT For more details see page 38.

1. including the height channel, if activated

loudspeakers > subwoofer type / THX boundary control

Subwoofer type

The AV192R need to know the type of subwoofer you are using in order to apply the correct processing.

Select THX Ultra2, if you have a THX Ultra2 certiﬁed subwoofer or one which can produce low frequencies down to 20 Hz. Select Normal if you use any other subwoofer, None if you have no subwoofer in your system.

LFE Cut-Off frequency

This parameter should not be confused with Bass Cut-off frequency applied to all speakers. It describes the ﬁlter applied to the LFE (0.1) channel. If you use a THX certiﬁed subwoofer you should set the ﬁlter to 80 Hz THX. For subwoofers with an inbuilt cut-off frequency it might be better to use None.

The LFE Cut-Off frequency also needs to be set if you don't have a subwoofer as it deﬁnes how the LFE (0.1) signal is mixed into your full range speakers.

THX Boundary Gain Compensation

If your subwoofer is THX Ultra2 certiﬁed or goes down to 20Hz, then you can enable THX Boundary Gain Compensation, which results in better bass integration when the listening positions are close to the back wall. Such positioning results in low frequencies being boosted by a process called Boundary Gain, in which the reﬂected sound from the wall adds to the direct sound from the speaker increasing its level. THX Boundary Gain Compensation provides additional low frequency ﬁltering on all channels to achieve a more natural low frequency balance.

loudspeakers > subwoofer > bass redirection rules

subwoofer - bass redirection

There is an important additional set-up menu within the

SUBWOOFER menu, the BASS REDIRECTION RULES, which deﬁne

the use of the subwoofer with those processing modes which do not have a LFE (0.1) effect channel.

If LR=Bass Ltd

If your left and right front speakers are bass- limited and you would like your subwoofer, if available, to take the bass frequencies your left/right speakers, cannot reproduce, set the processing mode you like to conﬁgure to If LR=Bass Ltd. The Bass Cutoff frequency is the frequency deﬁned in LOUDSPEAKERS then

Left/Right menu.

Always

If you want for a given processing mode to combine your full range left/right front speakers, then set the rule to Always. This will treat the full range speaker like a bass limited speaker, transferring bass energy below the Bass Cutoff frequency, deﬁned in LOUDSPEAKERS> Left/Right, to the subwoofer.

Never

If you want for a given processing mode to ignore your subwoofer, although your left/right front speakers, are set to be bass limited, then select Never.

loudspeakers > speaker calibration / alternative listening position

speaker calibration

The loudspeaker calibration procedure is very important to achieving a correctly centred sound image, it should be carried out carefully.

We recommend that you use a sound level meter (SPL) when performing this part of the set-up as it is difﬁcult to judge the levels accurately by ear. Set the SPL meter to ‘C’ weighting with ‘slow’ response and to read 75 dB SPL at the centre of its scale. During the calibration you should place the SPL meter at ear level (with the microphone pointing towards the ceiling) at your preferred listening.

During the calibration the AV192R will send the THX-speciﬁed pink noise test signal to the selected loudspeaker so that the output level from each channel may be adjusted to achieve a 75dB SPL sound level. Press ok to start the calibration. Adjust the channel output level using the VOL + and VOL - keys until your SPL meter reads 75 dB. Use the G or H keys to move between loudspeakers. Select -Calibration Complete- when ready.

alternative listening position

This feature allows you to calibrate a second listening position, just as described above for the ‘normal’ listening position.

This is a welcome feature for those of you who for example listen to music from a different position than watching a movie.

You can switch between both listening positions by pressing shift followed by THX.

The selected listening position is displayed for a few seconds, both at the front panel as well as on screen (OSD)

Output Options > 5.1 surround assignment

More interesting is the setting Surr. L/R+Back, here the information from the left (right) surround channel is, time aligned, copied to the left (right) back channel. The result is a more enveloping, but also more diffuse sound impression.

5.1 replay through 7.1 loudspeakers

The following feature is important if your system uses 7 speakers (with or without an additional subwoofer).

It allows enhancing surround formats which otherwise provide only 5.1 channels, e.g. Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1.

You can direct the surround information to the Surround Left/Right channels - the default- or to the Surround Back channels instead. In both instances the signal remains 5.1, it just swaps between ‘sides’ and ‘rears’.

You can also derive artiﬁcial back information by applying TAG McLaren Surround TMS 7 to just the surround channels, this is called SL+SR + TMS- Back. This gives a more enveloping impression, allowing for some steering between ‘sides' and ‘rears’ - but with a result depending on the content of the surround channels.

You can also apply, through surround mode selection, as described on pages 29 - 37, + THX Surround EX, Dolby Digital EX, THX Ultra2, PL IIx Music or PL IIx Movie.

Output Options > room equalisation TMREQ

Almost no listening room is perfect- there will alway be certain frequencies which are enhanced or attenuated.

The AV192R’s Room Equalisation program TAG McLaren Room EQualisation will assist you in correcting those anomalies in your listening room by compensating the output signal accordingly.

TMREQ is very powerful but needs great care in applying - don’t use it if you don’t have the patience to analyse your room anomalies properly. You can do this even without professional equipment all you will need is a SPL meter.

For detail see our separate TMREQ manual.

Output Options > main zone / zone 2 / headphones | mute

main zone & zone 2 configuration

These two menus conﬁgure the MAIN

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ZONE

and ZONE 2

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and their interaction.

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to crank up your home cinema system without bothering your neighbours? Well, all you need is headphones and the Dolby Headphone Option.

Dolby Headphone is a revolutionary signalprocessing system that can take up to ﬁve channels of audio from any source and make it almost sound like it's coming from that many speakers in a real listening room. The ‘in your head’ effect of regular headphone listening is replaced by a spacious, natural soundﬁeld.

Dolby Headphone’s powerful signal-processing algorithm generates a host of audio clues modelled from real life- called room 1, 2, 3, from which our ears and brain derive a threedimensional sound image. When you listen to a

5.1 source you hear the sound of ﬁve speakers: three in front of you, and a surround speaker to each side. When you listen to stereo material, you hear the sound of two speakers not at your ears, but out in front of you.

You can set the interaction that When the Main Zone is Active, Zone 2 is automatically muted. You can also automatically mute the Main Zone, when the headphones are plugged in (requires the front panel ﬂap plus associated electronics) or Zone 2 is activated.

Start Volume and Maximum Volume are explained on page 25.

For Zone 2, you can also force a surround mode, e.g. Stereo Downmix (explained on page 34) or, if the main zone is muted and the Dolby Headphone option is selected, one of the 3 versions of it, called Room 1,

Room 2 and Room 3.

Mute Configuration

For details, see page 26

1. connected to ANALOG OUTPUTs (and BALANCED ANALOG OUTPUTs, if the Balanced XLR option is fitted)

2. connected to ZONE 2 RIGHT/LEFT

Output Options > Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings

Dolby Pro Logic IIx

Dolby Pro Logic IIx is a very advanced sound format, producing 6.1 or 7.1 output channels from stereo or multi-channel sources.

Three different modes are available: Pro

Logic IIx Movie, Pro Logic IIx Music and Pro Logic IIx Game.

Pro Logic IIx Music gives music a more three dimensional representation, providing more spaciousness and transparency. Pro Logic IIx Music allows three parameters to be tuned to optimize its performance:

Dimension Control

Allows to move the sound ﬁeld towards the front or the rear, depending on how much spatial effect a stereo recording includes.

Centre Width

Allows the sound of the centre-channel to be apportioned between the centre channel loudspeaker and the left/right front loudspeakers. From no sound in the centre to full centre performance.

Panorama

Extends the front stereo image to include the surround speakers for a ‘wrap- around’ effect with side wall imaging. This is particularly effective for recordings which have strong left or right-channel elements in the mix.

Cursor Assignment

Set Map Cursor Keys to PL II When On This Mode: Yes if you want to be able to modify these parameters when listening to Pro Logic IIx Music. The cursor keys F and E adjust the Centre Width, the keys G and H adjust Dimension Control and skip + and skip - adjust Panorama.

Alternatively you can temporarily map the cursor keys to Pro Logic IIx Music, using the Cursor Key Assignment feature, described on page 40.

Output Options > video outputs

NTSC/ PAL latency

Use NTSC (PAL) Latency to compensate for the typical video delay caused by video deinterlacing1. The parameter is added to the Lip Sync Delay, conﬁgured in the Input Options menu, described on page 51.

If your AV192R includes the Progressive Scan Option PSM192 (or if it is connected to the AV192R via the TAGtronic Bus), then the appropriate values 50ms (60ms) for NTSC and PAL are automatically selected.

PSM192 video output format

The Progressive Scan Format feature is only available if your AV192R includes the optional Progressive Scan Module PSM192. It conﬁgures the analog video output COMPONENT/

RGB OUT - select from the available options the one best suited to your display device.

OSD on composite and S-video

On-screen information on Composite and S-Video

All AV192R include independent video switcher for Composite and S-Video sources, without cross-conversion between these video formats, i.e. there is only a video signal at the S-Video (Composite) switcher output if you select a S-Video (Composite) video source. However, if you would like to see the AV192R on-screen text on the Composite and S-Video +OSD outputs, independently of the video source selected, set Turn Off Unused Outputs to No.

VSM2048

The Video Outputs menu has additional entries if your AV192R includes the optional VSM2048 Video Scaler. Refer to the VSM2048 Section on page 71 for details.

1. This delay is caused by a De-interlacer (Progressive Scan device) needing to compare several frames to determine which ones belong to together

PSM192-Progressive Scan Module

PSM192: one or two?

The following screens will differ, depending on the number of Progressive Scan Modules PSM192 in the system:

No PSM192 in the system

In this instance this set-up menu includes no parameters to be conﬁgured

AV192R includes a PSM192

If your AV192R includes the Progressive Scan Module PSM192 (and it is the only one in the system), a screen, as shown on the left, will be displayed:

use AV192R’s Progressive Scan Module PSM192

Set Use AV192R PSM192 to Yes, if you want the PSM192 to deinterlace all your video inputs, be it Composite, S-Video or Component/RGB.

Reduce Text Artifacts

This feature tells the PSM192, if set to On, to improve the display quality of text (if you see, for example, artifacts when subtitles or credits are shown) but this improvement comes at a price: The picture quality is reduced by a small fraction - an acceptable compromise for those who are more interested in subtitles than a movie!

Configure Video Inputs...

Selecting this menu brings up the list of all video inputs as the PSM192 allows you to optimize the picture quality of all your video inputs, be it composite, S-Video or RGB/Component - our example shows the Composite video inputs!

Select the input of your choice to conﬁgure its video performance, in our example TV-C:

PSM192-Progressive Scan Module

Convert 4:3 to 16:9

Film Detection Mode

This parameter assists the PSM192 in deciding whether the incoming video signal has been recorded using a video or a ﬁlm camera - essential to achieve highest vertical picture resolution. Video will be most appropriate for most television broadcasts, whilst High Film Bias is best for most DVDs. High Video Bias, assumes a mixture of recordings on video and ﬁlm - it can lead to ﬂicker if the source material includes predominately video based material.

The PSM192 can reformat recordings in 4:3 aspect ratio for display on a 16:9 screen by adding black bars either side incoming video signal except that coming from our DVD player DVD32. The advantage of the feature is that the video output becomes always 16:9, requiring no scaling within the display device.

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Black Level Adjust

The ideal black level setting is when you can still see image details in dark areas, whilst black areas are true black. For best results use a PLUGE test pattern or a test pattern showing different shades of grey.

White Level Adjust

The ideal white level setting is when white areas are true white without blurring at their edges, whilst still allowing different grades of grey to be seen. For best results, use a suitable test pattern, e.g. a needle pulse or different shades of grey.

Colour Adjust

The ideal colour setting displays colours without over-saturating them. Check the colour of skin displayed, or better still use a suitable test pattern and colour ﬁlters.

NTSC tint Adjust

This control applies only to NTSC sources: the value is set correctly when there is no green or yellow cast in the picture. For best results use a suitable test pattern and colour ﬁlters. It is not necessary to set this parameter when the DVD32 picture is selected.

1. the horiziontal resolution is increased from 720 to 960

The AV192R can only generate OSD for interlaced video sources.

video scaler VSM2048

PSM192 x 2 | VSM2048 - video scaler

PSM192 in AV192R + DVD32

You can use two PSM192 at the same time, the AV192R will control both appropriately. Please refer to page 115 ‘how to connect a

DVD32 with internal PSM192 to the AV192R’.

If a second PSM192 is detected inside a DVD32, the DVD PSM Output Format parameter becomes available, allowing you to set the video format of the PSM192 within the DVD32 to RGB or YPbPr Component.

The AV192R can be equipped with the state-of-the-art video scaler Module VSM2048.

VSM2048 scales NTSC progressive 480p, PAL progressive 576p, and, if ﬁtted with the optional analog input module, HDTV progressive 720p and HDTV interlaced 1080i video inputs to output resolutions that suit your display device.

The RGB / Component switcher, described on page 11, routes progressive scan and HDTV signals directly to the VSM2048, whilst interlaced signals, including all of the AV192R’s composite and S-Video inputs, are ﬁrst routed to the PSM192, described on page 69, for conversion to progressive scan before they go to VSM2048 for scaling.

One DVI digital input can be connected to VSM2048 directly.

VSM2048 - Video Scaler > Video Outputs

Video Output Settings…

NTSC/PAL Latency

Use NTSC (PAL) Latency to compensate for the typical video delay caused by video deinterlacing. The parameter is added to the Lip Sync Delay, conﬁgured in the Input Options menu, described on page 51. Appropriate default values are automatically selected.

Unused S-Video/Composite Outputs

All AV192R include independent video switching for Composite and S-Video sources, without cross-conversion between these video formats, i.e. there is only a video signal on the S-Video (Composite) switcher output if you select an S-Video (Composite) video source. However, if you would like to see the AV192R on-screen text on the Composite and S-Video +OSD outputs, independently of the video source selected, set Unused S-Video/Composite

Outputs to On.

Screen Setup...

Select this menu to tell the AV192R the dimensions of your screen. These are used to calculate the screen’s aspect ratio, which will allow VSM2048 to carry out aspect ratio conversions according to the source aspect ratio and the selected Screen Fit mode.

Screen Fit

This setting tells the VSM2048 how to format images to best suit your display aspect ratio. If Screen Fit is set to Best Fit the output image will show the whole input frame, with black bars at top and bottom if your display’s aspect ratio is less than the aspect ratio of the source (for example, a 16:9 source on a 4:3 display), or at left and right if it is greater (for example, a 4:3 source on a 16:9 display). Selecting Fill Width instructs VSM2048 to use the full width of your display, cropping the top and bottom of the picture if the source aspect ratio is less than the display aspect ratio. Selecting Fill Height instructs VSM2048 to use the full height of your display, cropping the left and right of the picture if the source aspect ratio is greater than the display aspect ratio. Non-Linear Fill Screen will apply non-linear scaling to stretch the outer parts of the image to make it ﬁt the whole display area, maintaining correct proportions over the central part, Linear Fill Screen will uniformly stretch the image to ﬁll the screen area.

VSM2048 - Video Scaler > Video Outputs

Scaler Output...

Analog Format

This conﬁgures the analog video output COMPONENT/ RGB OUT - select from the available options the one best suited to your display device (if you have a display connected to this output).

Display Connection

The VSM2048 can be connected to displays via its DVI output on PROCESSED DVI OUT, or via its analog outputs on COMPONENT/ RGB OUT, or both. Choose DVI as the Display Connection if you use the DVI connection, or if you use both analog and DVI connections. If you use only the analog connection choose Analog.

DVI Output Format

The VSM2048 DVI output supports the HDCP copy protection mechanism. Select DVI 1.0 + HDCP if your display is HDCP enabled. Select DVI 1.0 if your display does not support HDCP.

If you are experiencing problems connecting to an HDCP-enabled display, try DVI 1.0.

If the input to VSM2048 is a DVI signal with HDCP, the DVI output will only be active if DVI

1.0+HDCP is selected and the display supports HDCP.

Width In Pixels

This option is only shown when the Display Connection is set to DVI, if Display Connection is Analog this parameter is automatically adjusted for best analog signal quality. Enter the

horizontal resolution of your DVI-connected display here.

Height In Lines

If you have a DVI-connected display, or a ﬁxed panel display (LCD, DLP, DILA, plasma) enter its vertical resolution here.

VSM2048 - Video Scaler > Video Outputs

Output Resolution Limits

The maximum horizontal and vertical frame resolutions of VSM2048 are 4096 pixels and 2048 lines respectively. These include the non-visible parts of the frame which display devices require. The maximum resolutions of the visible parts of the image (as entered in this menu) are 3240 pixels horizontally and 1970 lines vertically.

Horizontal and vertical resolutions that would require a pixel clock higher than 165MHz cannot be conveyed by a DVI 1.0 link and will not give an output from VSM2048. The pixel clock rate for any given resolution is approximately

Pixel clock = 1.3 x Horz Resn x Vert Resn x Frame Rate

For example, a PAL input (50Hz frame rate) at 1280 horizontal and 1024 vertical resolution has a pixel clock rate of approximately

1.3 x 50 x 1280 x 1024 = 85,196,800 or 85.2MHz

Lines for PAl/Lines for NTSC

If you are using analog connection to a CRT projector, enter the optimal line counts for your projector (consult your retailer, owner’s manual or manufacturer for information on the optimal line count). If you are unable to ﬁnd out the optimal line count, start with 480 lines and then try higher numbers of lines until you cannot see any gaps between lines on the displayed image. For a 7” CRT projector this would typically be around 720 lines, for 8” and 9” CRT projectors 800-1200 lines. The very highest resolution CRT projectors may require almost 2000 lines for best results.

Framelock Mode

The VSM2048 locks its output frame rate to the frame rate of the current video input to ensure that motion remains smooth. The recommended setting for the framelock mode is Panel/CRT. Some panel displays (such as plasma televisions) might exhibit occasional blanking of the image, if this occurs use the Analog Panel setting. If using a CRT projector and distortion is occurring at the very top of the image, use the CRT Only setting.

Test Patterns...

VSM2048 has a set of built-in test patterns to assist in setting up your display. As they are internally generated within the scaler's output buffers, they are of higher quality than patterns sourced from other media, eliminating any artefacts from A/D conversion or MPEG encoding.

VSM2048 - Video Scaler > Video Outputs

When a test pattern is being displayed the cursor keys on the remote control can be used to alter the colour ( F and E keys) or level ( G and H keys) of the pattern (where applicable).

75/75 Colour Bars, 100/100 Colour Bars

The colour bars patterns consists of grey, yellow, cyan, green, magenta, red, blue and black bars. Two patterns can be selected, one which has 75% levels (75/75 Colour Bars), the other 100% (100/100 Colour Bars). The transitions from one colour to another should be sharp, with no intermediate colours.

Grid

The grid test pattern is useful for checking and adjusting geometry, convergence and focus. The grid can be red, green, blue or grey, with level from 0 IRE (black) to 100 IRE in 10 IRE steps. The lines of the grid should be perfectly straight, any curvature or distortion of the lines indicates a need for geometry adjustment. Note that with CRT projectors it may not be possible to maintain perfect geometry right into the corners of the image.

The red, green and blue patterns can be used to check focus and geometry for each tube on a CRT projector. The grey pattern can be used to check convergence, if the lines have coloured edges, or they separate into individual coloured lines, convergence needs adjustment.

Ramp...

The red, green, blue and grey ramp patterns are used to check the linearity of a display as signal level changes, changes in saturation or hue along the ramp indicate differential gain or phase errors. The grey ramp can also highlight colour temperature variations and incorrect black and white level adjustments.

There are 32 levels in the ramp, with 50 IRE blocks in the ﬁrst (black) and last levels to help identify them. The blocks are half the width of a step. Note that, despite appearances, the levels of the blocks at each end are identical! If black level (brightness) is incorrectly adjusted the ﬁrst step may be grey instead of black (black level too high) or the ﬁrst two or three steps may all appear black (black level too low). If the white level (contrast) is set too high the ﬁnal steps may merge into one another.

Flat Field...

The ﬂat ﬁeld pattern can be grey, red, green or blue. The single colour versions are used for checking/ adjusting purity - a properly adjusted display should have no little or no variation in colour saturation or hue across the screen. The red ﬁeld is also useful for checking the noise levels of the display, as our eyes are very sensitive to noise on a red ﬁeld. The ﬂat ﬁeld grey pattern is a good reference for checking colour temperature. The level of the ﬂat ﬁeld test pattern can be set from 0 IRE (black) to 100 IRE in 10 IRE steps.

VSM2048 - Video Scaler > Configure Video Inputs

Configure Video Inputs...

Selecting this menu brings up the list of all video inputs, as the VSM2048 and PSM192 together allow you to optimize the picture quality of all your video inputs, be they composite, S-Video or RGB/ Component. We will take as an example the DVD-S S-Video input.

Source Aspect Ratio

The VSM2048 uses the screen’s aspect ratio (deﬁned in the Video Output Settings... >

Screen Setup… menu), the Source Aspect Ratio and the Screen Fit Mode (deﬁned in the Video Output Settings… > Screen Setup…

menu) when carrying out aspect ratio conversions. The setting here is the default that will be assumed for the aspect ratio of signals on this video input. The aspect ratio for the currently selected input can be changed at any time by selecting the Video Processing cursor key mode (see page 40) and using the up/down arrow keys on the remote control.

Film Detection Mode

This parameter assists the PSM192 in deciding whether the incoming video signal has been recorded using a video or a ﬁlm camera - essential to achieve highest vertical picture resolution. Video will be most appropriate for most television broadcasts, whilst High Film Bias is best for most DVDs. High Video Bias assumes a mixture of recordings on video and ﬁlm - it can lead to ﬂicker if the source material includes predominately video based material.

Reduce Text Artifacts

VSM2048 - Video Scaler > Configure Video Inputs

Picture Adjustments…

Image Cropping

On some sources the very outermost parts of the source image may be distorted or corrupted. Displays commonly have a degree of “overscan” to hide this, that is they do not show the entire input image. By default VSM2048 shows the entire image, this menu entry allows a small percentage of the image to be hidden if necessary.

Horz / Vert Sharpness

The VSM2048 provides independent horizontal and vertical sharpness adjustments. Negative values soften the image, positive values sharpen it.

NTSC / PAL Picture Settings...

Separate picture settings are maintained for NTSC and PAL signals on each video input.

Black Level Offset (NTSC only)

NTSC sources may represent black by a video level of either 0 or 7.5 IRE. 7.5IRE is commonly used in the United States, other countries using the NTSC format may use either 0 or 7.5IRE. If areas of the picture that should be black appear grey, the source may be using 7.5IRE Black Level.

Black Level Adjust

White Level Adjust

Colour Adjust

The ideal colour setting displays colours without over-saturating them. Check the colour of skin displayed, or better still use a suitable test pattern and colour ﬁlters.

Red / Blue Adjust

Red and Blue Adjust are used to compensate for colour temperature errors by altering the gain applied to the red and blue outputs respectively. Correctly adjusting colour temperature requires specialist equipment. Consult your retailer or your display's user manual.

Tint Adjust

VSM2048 - Video Scaler > Picture-in-Picture

If the VSM2048 is ﬁtted with its Analog Input Option it can overlay a Picture-In-Picture window on the main displayed image, showing the current signal on any interlaced input, whether composite, S-video or RGB/component.

This menu deﬁnes where the PIP window should appear (one of the four corners of the screen), its size (Small, Medium or Large) and the default source of the PIP image.

Quick Show

Setting Quick Show to Yes allows the PIP to appear more quickly when it is turned on, but there may be brief glimpses of the PIP when changing input and the PIP may appear if the selected video input has no signal. It also takes slightly longer to lock to the signal after an input change if Quick Show is Yes. Recommended setting is No.

Turning The PIP On/Off

The PIP window is toggled on/off by pressing shift then skip- on the remote control. If the Video Processing cursor key mode has been selected (see page 41) the PIP may also be turned on by pressing skip+ and off by pressing skip-.

Changing the PIP Video Input

The video input used by the PIP may be changed by pressing the shift key on the remote control then using the CH+ and CH- keys to select the source. Note that if the main image is from a composite video source, the PIP cannot show a different composite input so only S-video and RGB Switcher sources will be available for selection. Similarly, if the main window is from an S-video source, the PIP window cannot show a different S-Video source, and if the main window is from an input on the RGB Switcher the PIP window cannot show a different RGB Switcher input, in each case the list of inputs accessible via the CH+/CH- keys will be updated accordingly.

VSM2048 Status Display

Outside of the AV192R menus, pressing shift followed by eject on the remote control brings up a status display like that shown opposite. The status display is dismissed by pressing the ok key.

FM radio

When the AV192R, with FM Radio option installed, leaves the factory FM1 and FM2 are mapped as input sources to the input source key tuner. The ﬁrst press selects FM1, the second toggles to FM2. You can modify the assignment to the tuner key as described on page 57.

FM radio

Your AV192R can optionally be equipped with a high performance FM tuner, offering two independent 75 Ohm antenna inputs. The radio can receive full scrolling radio text which can even be superimposed to your display device using the AV192R’s on screen text capability.

Switching between FM1 and FM2

The FM radio act just like another analog input, offering you two extra analog inputs, called FM1 and FM2.

You can also switch between FM1 and FM2 by pressing shift followed by skip +.

antennae connection

Using high- quality, 75 Ohm antenna cable terminated with a PAL connector FM2 performance outdoor antenna, you can still use the AV192R’s FM radio, although at reduced capability FM T- ribbon as shown in the diagram. You may need to experiment to ﬁnd a suitable position and orientation for the ‘arms’ of the ‘T’ to receive maximum signal strength.

1. For a number of countries, an F- type connector is fitted to the AV192R’s FM radio

2. Both inputs are electrically identical

3. If your antenna has a 300 Ohm impedance (like the T- ribbon, see above), use the 300/ 75 Ohm adaptor supplied

4. A T- ribbon antenna will only allow you to receive stations which provide a strong signal

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, connect your FM antenna to the socket marked FM1 or

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Station tuning

To tune to the next (previous) station (within the frequency band), simply press the E (F) cursor keys, The FM radio will automatically stop at the next (previous station).

To change between stations, stored in memory use the G (H) cursor keys.

Press skip + or skip - to ﬁne-tune the frequency up or down by 50kHz per button press.

The Scan Sensitivity can be changed between Low, Normal and High. Use High if you can’t ﬁnd weaker stations, Low if you often detect noise as a valid station.

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During tuning, the front panel will look like this, with the signal strength meter being replaced by the name of the audio input (or the information deﬁned by the user, see page 46). Changing the volume setting will temporarily replace station information with the ‘normal’ AV192R display.

Set Low Signal Muting to Ye s, to mute your audio output when very low signal strength is detected. Set it to No, if you are concerned that you might miss very weak stations.

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Storing and recalling a station memory (preset)

The AV192R has 29 station memories (presets), shared between the FM radio and the DAB digital radio, if installed.

storing a preset

Pressing any of the keys 1 to 9 for more than three seconds will store the station you are listening to in one of the ﬁrst nine presets for fast, direct access. The volume will drop for a short moment, conﬁrming the successful storage. Alternatively, pressing the record key for more than 3 seconds followed by any number in the range from 1 to 29 stores the station your are listening to in the corresponding preset. If a preset is already used, you will be warned. Press ok to replace, cancel to leave without change.

erasing a preset

Pressing eject for more than three seconds, followed by the number of the preset you want to erase, followed by ok to conﬁrm, cancel to leave without change.

You can use the CLEAR ALL FM MEMORIES, available from the FM RADIO OPTIONS screen, if you want to erase all 29 stations at once.

1. This function requires the cursor keys to be assigned to AV Radio, for details see page 40.

FM radio

recalling a preset

Press the appropriate number keys, one or two digits (which must follow the ﬁrst within about 1 second), and the FM radio will select the requested preset, if it exists.

Radiotext display

The menu Radiotext Conﬁguration... leads to a menu, allowing you to conﬁgure the radiotext display on the front display and on-screen:

Whilst listening to the AV192R’s FM radio you can display scrolling Radiotext on the front panel display.

You can also display scrolling Radiotext on your display device, using the AV192R’s on-screen text capability. You can restrict the display to the time you listen to the FM radio (when on radio only), always (when

on any input) or not at all (off).

FM radio status screen

Press ok and the ‘normal’ status screen, explained on page 23 will be replaced by a screen giving you all information about the currently selected station.

DAB digital radio

connecting an antenna

Using high-quality, 50 Ohm antenna cable terminated with a 50 Ohm BNC connector, connect your DAB antenna to the socket marked DAB (50 OHM) on the rear of the AV192R. If you do not have a high- performance outdoor antenna, you can still use, although at reduced performance, the AV192R’s small stub-antenna, which should be directly attached to the DAB (50 OHM) connector. The antenna should be vertically polarised, as shown in the diagram.

Your AV192R can optionally be equipped with a high performance DAB digital radio. The DAB digital radio option is identical to the one used in our award winning tuner T32R.

The DAB digital radio Upgrade does not take any of the AV192R’s existing digital inputs, it uses its own, internal input: dab- int.

Press the source input key dab key will toggle between dab-int and the rear panel digital input DAB.

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scanning for new stations

Unlike a conventional FM radio, DAB digital radio scans for all available stations at start- up. Stations found are stored for later, easy access. The ﬁrst time the dab-int input is selected (after powering-up the AV192R), the Digital Radio will scan both DAB bands for all available stations. This process is indicated on the front display by DAB SCAN, combined with a progress indicator.

You can also initiate a DAB SCAN by keeping the dab key pressed when selecting dab- int.

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front panel display

Assuming the Digital Radio has found any station, the front display of the AV192R will look similar to this:

Any change, such as turning VOLUME knob, pressing the VOL +, VOL - or surround keys will temporarily replace the DAB digital radio

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station tuning

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To tune to the next (previous) station, simply press the E (F) cursor keys. The radio will automatically stop at the next (previous station).

To change between stations, stored in memory use the G (H) cursor keys.

storing and recalling a station memory (preset)

The AV192R has 29 station memories (presets), shared between the FM radio and the DAB digital radio, if installed.

storing a preset

Alternatively, pressing the record key for more than 3 seconds followed by any number in the range from 1 to 29 stores the station your are listening to in the corresponding preset.

If a preset is already used, you will be warned. Press ok to replace, cancel to leave without change.

erasing a preset

Pressing eject for more than three seconds, followed by the number of the preset you want to erase, followed by ok to conﬁrm, cancel to leave without change. You can use the CLEAR ALL DAB MEMORIES, available from the DIGITAL RADIO OPTIONS screen, if you want to erase all 29 stations at once.

recalling a preset

Press the appropriate number keys, one or two digits (which must follow the ﬁrst within about 1 second), and the FM radio will select the requested preset, if it exists.

1. This function requires the cursor keys to be assigned to AV Radio, for details see page 40.

DAB digital radio

limit dynamic range

When set to On, the volume of very loud passages will be reduced and the volume of very quiet passages will be increased. You should select Off, unless you listen in a room with high background noise.

program type scan

This feature allows you to search for a speciﬁc programme type, say Jazz Music or Light Classic. Assuming a station broadcasts the appropriate indicator ﬂags (unfortunately not all stations do), the DAB digital radio will tune to exactly a station of that type.

radiotext display

The menu Radiotext Conﬁguration... leads to a menu, allowing you to conﬁgure the radiotext display on the front display and on-screen:

Whilst listening to the AV192R’s FM radio you can display scrolling Radiotext on the front panel display.

You can also display scrolling Radiotext on your display device, using the AV192R’s onscreen text capability. You can restrict the display to the time you listen to the DAB digital radio (when on radio only), always (when on any input) or not at all (off). With some of the advanced services, such as BBC5LIVE, it can be quite interesting to superimpose the latest news whilst watching tv.

DAB radio status screen

Press ok and the ‘normal’ status screen, explained on page 23 will be replaced by a screen giving you all information about the currently selected station, with this meanings:

station: name of the station as transmitted

ensemble: the name of the provider of the

currently selected station

reception: an indication of the reception quality

(bit/error rate):n/a (no reception), 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5 and 5/5 (best)

data rate: data rate of the transmitted data

stream, including all information: 4kb/s (low quality) to 256kb/s (high quality)

prog.type: an indication of the type of

programme, as transmitted by the selected station

Clock

real time clock

The AV192R includes a real time clock, which will continue to run, even if the AV192R is disconnected from AC power for a short time.

The time information allows you to display the time, for details see 21, but more importantly it allows the AV192R to trigger timed events, for details see Standby WakeUp Timer (page 88) and RS232/IR TX Controller, (page 89).

This menu allows you to set the time manually or to allow the AV192R to use time information send by FM radio or/and DAB digital radio - if available. Set Resync Clock With Broadcast Radio Time to Yes-DAB, Yes-FM or Yes-Any if you want the AV192R to synchronise its time to the time received by DAB, FM or both.

Automation > action switches

defining actions

From the ACTION SWITCH screen you come to two CONFIGURE ACTION SWITCHES screens, allowing you to deﬁne what each switch should do, when you press any of the input source selection keys: tv, vcr, sat, tuner, aux, cd, ld, dvd, md, dab or tape. The second screen also includes the action when the AV192R is going into standby.

Select for each switch want the AV192R to carry out, when the corresponding input source selection key is pressed:

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the required action, you

trigger or switch

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The AV192R includes ﬁve ACTION SWITCHES, two of which can also be conﬁgured as an trigger input. The Action Switches are located within a contact array, making both contacts of the internal switches available to the user, for further details see page16.

Action switches can be used to activate events, such as lowering a motorised screen when you select your DVD player. The switches A, B, C (and D, E if conﬁgured as a switch) are activated by the AV192R when you press an input source selection key or you switch the AV192R into standby. Switch D and E can also be conﬁgured as an Trigger, i.e. they can activate a process within the AV192R when they receive a signal.

On contact closure

Off contact opening

- - keep switch as it is at present

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DVD recorded in 4:3

169 close if the DVD player DVD32 detects a

DVD recorded in 16:9

1. Contact D and E will only be available in the CONFIGURE ACTION SWITCHES list if they are configured as switch.

2. requires connection to the DVD32R via TAGtronic Bus

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in this example screen, D is omitted as it isn’t configured as a switch

defining triggers

Contact D and E can also be used to trigger an event within the AV192R. Simply declare D or/and E as Trigger in the ACTION SWITCHES menu, shown on the previous page. This will bring up a menu like Conﬁgure Trigger D... which you need to chose:

Activate (On) or deactivate (Off) the Action

To Do when you close the contacts of the Trigger, in our example screen Trigger D.

Automation > action switches

The following actions are possible:

Take AV192 Out Of Standby Put AV192 Into Standby Toggle Main < > Zone 2 Enable or Disable Zone 2 Mute AV192 Send RC5 Via TAG Bus Show OSD Message Run 31 100 31xxx Macro

1. This option only esists if the RS232 / IR TX Controller is installed - see page 89 and page 103 for more details.

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Send RC5 via TAG Bus

This is a particular powerful trigger event, as it allows you to send commands to other products connected to the TAGtronic Bus. This could be changing an input, e.g. switching to a video input connected to video camera facing your door, when the door bell is activated or a video camera looking over your baby, when the baby alarm goes off.

The list of possible RC5 commands can be downloaded from www .tagmclare.com. Visit the club and from there the link ‘infra red remote codes’.

Automation > standby / wakeup timer

If your AV192R is equipped with the optional RS232 / IR TX Controller then you can also send a command macro at a given time. For details see page 97.

timed event

This feature allows the AV192R to switch itself in or out of standby, at a given Time, for a given Active period and Regularity.

In the example, shown, the AV192R is asked to get Out Of

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Standby 7:00, switch on the AV192’s FM Tuner and then play at Volume Level -10dB in the

bedroom (Zone 2).

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1. and with it all the necessary system components, assuming they are connected by TAGtronic Bus and appropriately configured, for details see the next page

Automation > RS232 / IR TX controller

The AV192R can be upgraded with the RS232/IR TX Controller which allows the AV192R to control 3 party products either via RS232, TAGtronic Bus or infra red remote commands.

The Controller also allows comprehensive control of the AV192R via a PC or any RS232 based system controller, such as those available from AMX or Crestron.

The AV192R’s RS232/IR TX Controller allows an unparalleled system integration unlikely matched by any AV processor currently available.

Rear of AV192R

The RS232/IR TX Controller provides RS232 INput and RS232 OUTput connectors, an electrical IR output IR-TX to connect an IR emitter and an IR input for learning IR codes via a sensor on the front panel inputs board, found under the AV192R front panel ﬂap

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All features of the RS232/IR TX Controller can be conﬁgured using the RS232/IR TX

Controller menu, which can be found under Automation/TAGtronic Bus.

1. if installed

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HDTV

IN/OUTOUT

RS 232 - IN RS 232 - OUT

Double insulated: When servicing, use only identical replacement parts

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CAUTION

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Automation > RS232 / IR TX controller

controlling other products

There are four ways the AV192R, equipped with RS232/IR TX Controller can control other products:

✓ TAGtronic Bus messages this is the protocol TAG McLaren products use to

communicate with each other. There are also controllers from other manufacturers, such as AMX, which offer TAGtronic Bus implementations

The RS232/IR TX Controller can be used to generate TAGtronic Bus messages, for details see paragraph Macros on page 97

✓ RS232 messages The RS232/IR Controller can control products via

RS232 messages. Please refer to the handbook of the product you want to control to ﬁnd the necessary RS232 command settings. The AV192R can also be controlled via RS232 commands, for details see page 105

✓ Infra red commands Controlling 3

is complicated as very few products publish the infra red protocol they use. AV192R, equipped with the RS232/IR TX Controller and the front panel electronics can learn many commands by ‘listening’ to them. They can then be included in your control strategy. For details see IR Command Learning on page 93

party products using infra red codes

Connect the IR transmitter (shown on page 93), supplied with the RS232/IR TX Controller to the output IR-TX and stick the transmitter close to the infrared receiver of the product you want to control

If you want to control more than one product using infra red then you need to connect an active IR distribution controller, such as those available from Xantech to the IR-TX output

✓ Action switches You can also control certain functions, like a

motorised screen, using Action Switches, as described on page 86. This feature is standard on all AV192R.

RS232 / IR TX controller > RS232 settings

RS232 Port Settings...

The RS232 Controller offer two bidirectional RS232 interfaces which you need to conﬁgure as required by the products you want to control or system controller you want to us:

RS232 input uses a 9 way, female D-Sub connector with this pin layout:

2RX 3TX 5 Ground

RS232 output uses a 9 way, male D-Sub connector with this pin layout:

2TX 3RX 5 Ground

Both interfaces support 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200 baud, with Data Bits 7 or 8, Parity Odd, Even or None and Stop Bits 1, 1.5 or 2.

The baud rate of the RS232 input and RS232 output can be independently conﬁgured, a 1000 Byte buffer allows data to be relayed even when input and output ports have different Baud rates.

RS232 / IR TX controller > RS232 settings

Relay RS232 Data

This feature can be used to ‘daisy-chain’ products using RS232 control: It allows data received on the RS232 input to be relayed to the output (Input -> Output Only), vice versa (Output -> Input Only) or between both (Input <-> Output). You can also switch relaying completely off (Never).

Relay Received RC5->IR TX

Activate this feature if you want to relay RC5 infra red commands, received via the AV192R’s IR receiver or TAGtronic Bus, to the AV192R’s IR-TX output.

You can either connect an IR transmitter to the IR-TX output or connect it directly to a suitable IR distribution system.

Relay Received RC5->RS232

Activate this feature if you want to relay RC5 infra red commands, received via the AV192R‘s IR receiver or TAGtronic Bus, to the RS232 output, RS232 input or both using the TAG McLaren RS232 Message Protocol.

The Protocol is available from www.tagmclaren.com or helpdesk@tagmclaren.com

RS232 / IR TX controller > IR learning

IR Command Learning

AV192R, equipped with the RS232/IR TX Controller and the front panel electronics can learn many IR commands by ‘listening’ to them. Please connect the IR transmitter, supplied with your RS232/IR TX Controller to the output IR-TX and stick the transmitter close to the infrared receiver of the product you want to control. See picture on page 90 for more details.

If you need to control more than one product using IR commands then you need to connect an active IR distribution controller, such as those available from Xantech to the IR-TX output.

Select IR Command Learning which brings up a submenu, allowing you to

- Learn a new IR Command

- Delete a Learnt IR Command

- Edit the Name of a Learnt IR Command

Please note, RC5 commands, as used by TAG McLaren products and many others can directly be entered into a Macro definition, as this saves valuable memory.

If you are unsure if your product uses an RC5 protocol, try to learn it as RC5 as shown on page 92 and if it fails, learn it as described here.

IR-transmitter

Learn A New IR Command

Pick the remote control you want to learn an IR command from and select Learn A New IR Command.

The explanation screen, as sown on the right, will come up (which will auto disappear after 1 minute if learning hasn’t started).

Please note you can use the cursor and ok buttons on the AV192R front panel during Infra red Learning .

Press the ok/normal button to commence learning.

RS232 / IR TX controller > IR learning

As soon as you have pressed the ok/normal button, the screen, shown on the left, will come up, advising you to get ready to press the button of the IR remote control you wish to learn.

Make sure you point the remote at the IR learning sensor, located left of the CAM-s connector behind a hole (see arrow on the picture below).

Don’t press the button until the message changes to Press and Hold Key Now. Now keep the button pressed until the next screen appears, informing you that the command has been successfully learnt.

You can check if the command has been correctly learnt, if you select Test IR command (you can use the cursor keys on the front panel to navigate). Check if the unit you want to control acts as expected

Finally Name the command so you can clearly identify it when you include it in a Macro command sequence.

Please note: to select a letter use either the number keys of your AV192R remote control or select a letter using the cursor up/down keys - you can use the front panel buttons too.

1 Don’t forget to connect the IR transmitter, supplied with the RS232/IR TX Controller to the output

IR-TX and to stick the transmitter close to the infra red receiver of the product you want to control. If you want to control more than one product then you need to connect an active IR distribution controller, such as those available from Xantech to the IR-TX output

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RS232 / IR TX controller > IR learning

What if IR Learning didn’t work

• Learn a command from the AV192R remote to verify that you have done everything correctly. Don’t forget to move the IR transmitter to the AV192R’s infra red receiver window

• Try to hold the remote you want to learn closer/further away from the learning sensor under the AV192R’s front panel ﬂap

If this all doesn’t work, then you most likely have a remote, emitting an IR signal which is incompatible with the AV192R’s learning capability. Contact helpdesk@tagmclaren.com to see if they can assist you further.

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There might be instances where you will ﬁnd that the AV192R indicates successful learning, but when it emits the command your 3rdparty product doesn’t respond. If that’s the case try the following:

• Learn a command from the AV192R remote to verify that you have done everything correctly. Don’t forget to move the IR transmitter to the AV192R’s infra red receiver window

• Try to hold the remote you want to learn closer/further away from the learning sensor under the AV192R’s front panel ﬂap

If this doesn’t help then your remote will most likely emit a IR protocol using a variable number fo fast repeat codes to indicate that a speciﬁc key is kept pressed for a long time. The AV192R is unable to understand, variable IR protocol.

Please contact helpdesk@tagmclaren.com to see if they can assist you further.

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RS232 / IR TX controller > IR learning

Delete Learnt IR Commands

This submenu is used to delete a learnt infra red command from the database.

Select Command and scroll through the list of learnt commands using the cursor up/down keys until you found the command you want to delete.

Select Delete the command to erase it from the database. Once gone, it’s gone forever.

Edit the Name of a Learnt IR Command

This submenu is used to rename a command.

Select Old Name of Command and scroll through the list of learnt commands using the cursor up/down keys until you found the command you like to edit.

Select New Name of Command and enter the new name.

Delete All Macros/Settings

This feature clears the whole memory of the RS232/IR TX Controller, erasing everything permanently! There is no coming back, so be careful.

It is best to make a backup using the TAG McLaren BackUp Utility v1.10 (or later) before executing this command. This allows you to restore all your settings.

RS232 / IR TX controller > macros

Macros

Macros are a sequence of commands which are executed if speciﬁc events occur.

They can automate processes which would otherwise need many key presses and often different remote controls. A Macro can be a simple command, such as ‘Switch On TV’ or any combination of Learnt IR, RC5 IR, RS232 or TAGtronic Bus command sequences.

✓ Macros can be triggered when pressing one of the 11 input selection keys, tv, vcr, sat,

tuner, aux, cd, ld, dvd, md, dab or tape

✓ For each input selection key up to six macros can be assigned to the four cursor and the

skip+ and skip - keys

✓ Macros can be triggered by the AV192R going into standby or coming out of standby

✓ Macros can be assigned to the RC5 code sequence 31, 100, 31 xxx, with xxx = 0,1,

127, resulting in another 128 macros

✓ One of the 31 100, 31 xxx macros can be triggered at a speciﬁc time, see page 88 for

details

✓ Two of the 31 100, 31 xxx macros can be executed when the rear panel trigger inputs

D and E are activated, see page 86 for details

✓ Macros can be chained to allow a more ﬂexible macro library

✓ Macros can contain commands made up from any combination of Learnt IR, RC5 IR,

RS232 or TAGtronic Bus command sequences

Before programming a Macro you need to learn any IR commands you want to use. For details see IR Command Learning, described on pages 93 - 96

RS232 / IR TX controller > macros: an example

The easiest way to understand how it works is to look at an example:

In the following example we switch the TV on when we press the AV192R’s input key dvd, then select the TV’s AV input and ﬁnally set the AV192R’s volume to 15dB:

We assume we have learnt the TV’s remote commands for On and for Switch to AV input, as described in the paragraph IR Learning, above. The corresponding Learnt Commands are named: ‘TV On’ and ‘AV On ’.

We enter the AV192R’s setup menu and select Automation/TAGtronic Bus.

This macro will work beautifully if you activate the Synchronised Standby features so that the AV192R has control over the DVD32 and all ampliﬁers. This will then result in powering up the DVD32 and the power ampliﬁers via the TAGtronic Bus when the input key dvd is pressed. All remains doing is to place the disc and press play.

The command 31 58 sets the AV192R to ‘set volume mode’. The command 31 70 increases the volume to -90dB + 70dB = -20 dB

RS232 / IR TX controller > macro: RS232

Let’s have a closer look at the command types you can assign to a macro:

RS232 Commands

You can send RS232 commands through the RS232 output or RS232 input port.

You can assign any sequence of commands using letters or ASCII codes.

Letters are entered using the AV192R remote control’s number keys. Use shift to toggle between lower and upper case.

Press record to enter an ASCII code directly. Use eject to remove it.

In our example we wanted to enter

vpn410 ‘comma’ on ‘Carriage Return’

hence we used the ASCII code for comma = <044> and Carriage Return = <013>

The RS232/IR TX Controller allows you to set the Character Delay, i.e. the time between sending individual codes and the Delay before the next macro command is executed.

Many products need at least 10ms Character Delay. If a product responds with an RS232 string then you should increase the Delay as otherwise the next macro command will be transmitted at the same time the response is sent.

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RS232 / IR TX controller > macro: RC5 / TAGtronic Bus

RC5 Command

You can assign an RC5 IR command, using its associated Command and Data information.

All TAG McLaren (and many other) products use RC5 commands.

TAG McLaren home cinema products ‘understand’ many more RC5 commands than their remote control can transmit, making them perfectly suited for integration with powerful system controllers, such as the RS232/IR TX Controller.

A full list of all RC5 commands TAG McLaren products understand can be found at www.tagmclaren.com. Visit the club and go to the hotlink infra red remote codes

You can also learn an RC5 command by selecting Enter RC5 command using a remote control.

Point the remote you want to learn at the AV192R’s normal infra red receiver window, which is located between the volume knob and power button.

Press the button and you will see the Command and Data ﬁeld updated (if the remote was indeed sending RC5). Remote sending other protocols are learnt as described on page 93.

TAGtronic Bus Commands

TAGtronic Bus commands are speciﬁed to the RS232/IR TX Controller in analogy to their RC5 commands.

A full list of all RC5 commands TAG McLaren products understand can be found at www.tagmclaren.com. Just visit the club and go there to the hotlink infra red remote codes

All you need to add is the Destination Group and if not BCAST (which means all products), the Destination Unit ID, e.g. 1. Select Unit ID =0 if you want to talk to all products of the same group:

Allowed Destination Groups are: BCAST (=all), DVD, AV P , AMP, PREAMP

Allowed Destination Unit IDs are: 0 (=all), 1,2,.....9

The factory setting of the Bus ID for all TAG McLaren products is 1. You can assign a different Bus ID for AV32R DP, AV192R, DVD32R, DVD32FLR, 100x5R, 250x3R and 250MR.

1. The DPA32R only responds to the group BCAST at present

(1)

and TUNER

RS232 / IR TX controller > macro: learnt IR / chaining

Learnt Infra red Command

Chaining Macros

You can chain, i.e. run one macro after another if you ﬁnd that the 8 commands per macro are insufﬁcient or if you ﬁnd that you reprogram an independent sequence all the time, e.g. switching on your tv on and then selecting a speciﬁc input.

The RS232/IR TX Controller chains macros, it doesn’t nest it, i.e. a macro chained is executed after the macro you call it from is ﬁnished.

You can assign any of the IR commands you have learnt, as shown on the left.

Select Delay to pause the controller for a given time before processing the next command, which is often required when sending several infra red commands in a sequence.

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If you make a recursive calls, the RS232/IR TX Controller will fail.

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