Thule Audio PR-350-B Owners manual

Owners manual

SPACE PR350 B V350

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. ”Dolby”, ”ProLogic II” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories Inc. All rights reserved.

Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 and other world-wide patents issued and pending. "DTS", "DTS-ES Extended Surround" and "Neo:6" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Copyright 1996, 2000 Digital Theater Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Thule Audio ApS has the right to make changes without prior notice

INDEX

OVERVIEW OF REMOTE CONTROL......................................................................................................... 4

OVERVIEW OF REAR AND FRONT PANEL ............................................................................................. 5

OVERVIEW OF CONTROL PANEL AND DISPLAY................................................................................. 6

CONGRATULATIONS WITH YOUR NEW PREAMPLIFIER/PROCESSOR SPACE PR350 B. ......... 7

0. INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................... 9

1. INPUT SELECTION ..................................................................................................................................... 9

2. VOLUME CONTROLS .............................................................................................................................. 10

3. ZONE 2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

4. DELAY ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

5. SURROUND MODES ................................................................................................................................. 13

5.1 D

OLBY DIGITAL

5.2 DTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 14

5.3 D

OLBY PROLOGIC

5.4 PCM

5.5 S

6. CONFIG MENU .......................................................................................................................................... 16

6.1 S

6.2 I

6.3 N

6.4 C

6.5 E

6.6 D

6.7 V

6.8 S

6.9 R

6.10 OSD....................................................................................................................................................... 20

6.11 SPDIF OUT........................................................................................................................................... 20

6.12 P

6.13 PROL

6.14 V

6.15 V

AND ANALOGUE INPUTS

IDE CHANNELS

PEAKERS

NPUTS

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OISE

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ROSSOVER FREQUENCY

XTENDED SURROUND

YNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION

OLUME SCALE

AVING SET-UP PARAMETERS IN MEMORY

ETURN TO FACTORY SETTING

OWER AMP CONTROL

OGIC

IDEO INPU T OUTPUT

IDEO MISCELLANEOUS

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II ................................................................................................................................ 15

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II .......................................................................................................................................... 20

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................. 22

7.0 YOUR NOTES ........................................................................................................................................... 23

APPENDIX A: SPECIAL FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................... 24

A.1 C

OMMUNICATION BETWEEN

VERVIEW: COMMUNICATION BETWEEN

A.2 A/D A.3 E A.4 A

LEVEL

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LECTRICAL (COAXIAL) VERSUS OPTICAL DIGITAL INPUT

UTOMATIC FAILURE CORRECTION SYSTEM

PR350 B

AND

IA/PA350 B/PA250 B ........................................................ 24

AND

PA350 B.................................................................. 25

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REMOTE CONTROL

channel balance

double push: delay

input selection

received input status

change surround mode

STBY

[STATUS]

[MODE]

MUTE

DIM

SL SUB SR

DVD

TAPE 1

LD TAPE 2

ENTER

VOL

SAT

VOL

PURE A.

[CONFIG]

standby | mute -20dB | increase volume

change light | return to master volume | decrease volume

left | center | right

surround left | subwoofer | surround right

DVD player | sattelite receiver | TV-set

laser disc | audio/video tape1 | audio/video tape2

pure audio input

enter config mode

navigate in config menu

Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 and other world-wide patents issued and pending. “DTS”, “DTS-ES Extended Surround” and “Neo:6” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Copyright 1996, 2000 Digital Theater Systems, Inc. AllRights Reserved.

PREAMPLIFIER/PROCESSOR

MODEL: PR350 B

power

50-60 Hz

220-230 V

connector

display: see next page

balanced outputs

inputs bypassing DSP circuits

for future

upgrade

BALANCED OUTPUT

MADE IN DENMARK BY THULE AUDIO

PURE AUDIO INPUT

CAUTION - RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK - DO NOT OPEN!

OUT

DVD

SL L

Y/G

SAT

C/R

C/B

DVD

SR R

SUB

DATA I/O

SSL

LD/CD

DVD

RS232

STBY CNTR

8 ch 32-192 kHz

SSR

AUX

SUB

OUT

Digital Direct

SAT

DVD

connector to

control other

Thule Audio

equipment or

SERIAL NO.:

SURROUND OUTPUTSZONE 2

surround outputs

DIGITAL I/O

electrical digital

connectors

other equipment

FRONT PANEL AND REAR PANEL

optical digital output

volume control | control panel: see next page

TAPE2

OUT

output to TV-set or projector

LD/CD

SAT

TAPE1

S-VIDEOCOMPOSITE

inputs

S-video inputs

composite video

analog audio inputs

to DSP

TAPE2

OUT

TAPE1

LD/CD

SAT

Manufacturedunder licence from Dolby Laboratories LicensingCorporation.

“Dolby”,“AC-3” and the double-D symbol aretrademarks of Dolby Laboratories

optical digital inputs

pure audio input

short push: mute -20dB

2 sec push: standby

multi functional display

standby indicator

surround mode

ZONE 2

STEREO

remote sensor

2 channel stereo

Adjustments Zone 2

DISPLAY

DVD player

DVD

TV-set

audio/video tape1

TAPE 1

DVD

PURE MUTE/

AUDIO STBY

TAPE 2

SAT

PURE

AUDIO

sattelite receiver

laser disc player or

SAT

STBY

MUTE/

CD player

CONTROL PANEL

audio/video tape2

TAPE 2

volume level

100: max

0: min

ZONE 2

STEREO

Dolby Digital surround

Dolby ProLogic II surround

DTS digital surround

left channel balance

/ left

short push: center channel balance

2 sec. push: center channel delay

/up

right channel balance

/ right

MODE

SURROUND

SUB

VOL

short push: surround left channel balance

2 sec. push: surround left channel delay

/ enter

short push: change surround mode

2 sec. push: input format information

MODE

SURROUND

short push: subwoofer balance

2 sec push: LFE balance

/ down

SUB

short push: back to master volume

2 sec. push: enter config mode

/ exit config menu

VOL

short push: surround right channel balance

2 sec. push: surround right channel delay

main function

/ function in config mode

Congratulations with your new Preamplifier/Processor SPACE PR350 B.

The SPACE PR350 B contains advanced technology for an outstanding range of features and sound performance. We are sure that the PR350 B will give you long lasting pleasure. To give you full benefit from this advanced product, please read this manual carefully before you proceed.

The SPACE PR350 B contains following features:

- Pure analogue input with 6 channels and true balanced signal path in the L and R channels

- 32 – 96 kHz PCM stereo

- 96kHz Dolby ProLogic II decoding

- Dolby Digital decoding with auto detection

- DTS 5.1, DTS 6.1 discrete, DTS 6.1 matrix and DTS 24bit/96kHz decoding with

auto detection

- Extended precision decoder improves dynamic range for 24bit DTS up to 117dBA

- New 56367 Motorola DSP with 160 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)

- Upgradable design for coming sound formats

- 10 pcs. Burr Brown 24bit/192kHz D/A converters

- True differential D/A conversion in all channels,

- Direct key access to channel trim adjustments with 0.5dB adjustment step

Precision volume control for all 10 channels with 0.5dB adjustment step and 100dB range

- Delay adjustment for center, surround left, surround right and surround center channels

- Common delay (Lip sync) for all channels up to 5ms.

- Direct key access to input selection

- Most inputs can be assigned as analogue, electrical digital or optical digital

- Sensitivity for analogue inputs to DSP is adjusted automatically for improved

dynamic range

- Test Noise signal in all channels including subwoofer, to set up volume trim.

- Component, S-video and composite video switching with 4-line adaptive comb

filter, so that only one RGB or Component video connection to TV / Projector is necessary.

- Progressive video pass-through with 100MHz bandwidth

- Video encoder with On Screen Display (OSD), which is automatically bypassed

when not used

- Flexible speaker settings with extensive bass management

- Adjustable crossover frequency (60 – 120Hz) for bass management

- Dynamic range compression for both DTS and Dolby Digital, e.g. for improved

performance in noisy environments

Each feature is described further in the next pages.

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Following formats are used: Cursive text indicates display readout, e.g.: CONFIG Key type is indicated with “”, e.g.: “ENTER” key.

Stereo speakers: “L” : left speaker “R” : right speaker

Surround speakers: “C” : center speaker placed in front of the listening position “SL” : surround left speaker placed rear left of the listening position “SR” : surround right speaker placed rear right of the listening position

Extended surround speakers: “SC” : surround center speaker placed back of the listening position. “SSL” : reserved for future upgrade. Output L channel. “SSR” : reserved for future upgrade. Output R channel.

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