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System Configuration
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Signature 2.0
When the Front L & R: line is highlighted use
the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons i to select
Large
or Small in accordance with the definition
above. When Small is selected, all signals assigned
to the front left/right speakers that are below 100Hz
will be sent to the subwoofer output. When Large
is selected, the front left/right speakers will receive a
full-range signal.
NOTE: If Small is selected and a subwoofer is not
used, the bass output in your system will be limited.
However, to avoid speaker damage, do not select
Large
unless your speakers are capable of reproducing
extreme low-frequency sounds.
When the desired setting for the front L/R speakers has
been set, press the
¤
Menu Control
button i so
that Center is highlighted. Here, make the same
choice as to a large or small setting, depending on the
type of speakers installed. Use the ‹ or ›
Menu
Control
buttons i to make your selection. When
Small
is selected, all sounds below 100Hz assigned to
the center channel will be sent to the front left/right
output. When Large is selected, the center speakers
will receive a full-range signal. An additional option here
is None, which should be selected if no center channel
speaker is installed.
Once the center channel setting has been made, press the
¤
Menu Control
button i so that Surrounds
is highlighted. Again, make a choice as to large or small,
using the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons i to make
your selection. When Small is selected, all sounds
below 100Hz assigned to the left and right surround
channels will be sent to the front left/right output. When
Large
is selected, the surround speakers will receive
a full-range signal. Select None, when no surround
speakers are installed.
After selecting the Surround speaker type, press the
¤
Menu Control
button i so that Subwoofer
is highlighted. Use the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons
i to select Yes when a subwoofer is installed, and
None
when a subwoofer will not be used in the system.
NOTE: If you wish to retain the factory preset that
appears on any menu line, simply press the
¤
Menu
Control
button i to skip that item and move to the
next setting.
When the speaker types have been entered, press
the
¤
Menu Control
button i so that the
Speaker Levels
>
line is highlighted.
This will begin a important process of setting the
system output levels so that they are properly balanced
to account for variations in amplifiers, speakers and
room conditions.
NOTE: As soon as the button is pressed to go to the
next menu, a moderately loud test noise signal will be
heard. Anyone with sensitive hearing may wish to leave
the room before proceeding.
From the Speaker Levels line, press the
›
Menu Control
button i to move to the
next screen.
The Speaker Level Adj menu appears (Figure
OSD-3), and it will list all of the speaker positions that
have been entered on the Speaker Setup Menu. A test
noise will be heard from the front left speaker as soon
as the menu is on the screen. That will serve as your
initial reference level for the remaining speakers. If it is
too low or too loud, use the
Volume Controls
r 9
to set your reference level. If a sound pressure level
meter is being used, the recommended reference level is
75dB, using the “C Weighting/Slow” settings. For the
most accurate settings, the meter should be placed at the
preferred listening position.
Figure OSD-3
S p e a k e r L e v e l A d j
L e f t F r o n t + 0 0 d B
C e n t e r + 0 0 d B
R i g h t F r o n t + 0 0 d B
R i g h t S u r r + 0 0 d B
L e f t S u r r + 0 0 d B
S u b w o o f e r + 0 0 d B
A d j u s t u n t i l a l l l e v e l s
s o u n d e q u a l .
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Signature 2.0
Once the reference level has been established, press the
¤
Menu Control
button i so that Center is
highlighted. Adjust the sound level using the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons i until the volume from the
center channel is equal to what you had just heard from
the left front speaker.
When the center channel level is set press the
¤
Menu
Control
button i until Right Front is high-
lighted and once again use the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons i until the level is equal to the preceding
speakers. Continue until all speaker locations have been
set, and then quickly cycle through the list one more
time to make certain that no additional adjustments
are required.
NOTE: For proper operation, the test tone should
always be heard from the speaker location indicated in
the on-screen menu. If the sound is being heard from a
location other than the one shown on the screen there is
a misconnection in the system. In that event, press the
Menu
button j three times to exit the menu system
and then turn the unit off by pressing the
Master
Power Switch
1 on the front panel until the
Standby LED
5 goes dark. Once the 2.0 and all
amplifiers have been turned completely off (NOT placed
in a standby mode) check all connections from the 2.0
to the power amplifier and from the amplifier to the
speakers to find the incorrect connection. Once the
problem is found and corrected, turn your system on
again and resume the setup.
When all speaker locations have been set so that
the sound is equal, press the
Menu
button j to
end the calibration and return to the Speaker
Setup Menu
.
To complete the speaker setup, press the
¤
Menu Control
button i until Speaker
Distances >
is highlighted and press the
›
Menu Control
button i to move to the next step.
At the Speaker Dist Adj menu (Figure OSD-4)
you will enter the information that will permit the 2.0 to
automatically calculate the proper delay time for each
analog and digital surround mode. Thanks to the
advanced circuitry of the 2.0 it is no longer necessary to
calculate delay times and enter them manually. It is
important, however, that you have the distance from the
preferred listening position to the front left/right, center
and surround speakers measured and available before
proceeding to the next step.
Figure OSD-4
The first line on the menu allows you to change from
the factory preset of measurement in feet to metric
increments. If you prefer to enter the data in meters,
make certain that the Meas Std line is highlighted and
press the ›
Menu Control
button i until Feet is
replaced with Meters. Press the
¤
Menu Control
button i when the desired measurement unit appears
and move to the next line.
At each of the next three lines, use the ‹ or ›
Menu
Control
buttons i to change the setting so that the
distance shown is as close as possible to the distance
from your listening position to the speaker location that
is highlighted. When the setting for a speaker position is
complete, press the
¤
Menu Control
button i to
move to the next position.
When all speaker distances have been entered, press the
Menu
button j to return to the Spkr Setup
Menu
to select any items that may require final fine
tuning. Press the
Menu
button one more time to return
to the Setup Menu so that final adjustments and
configuration data may be entered.
S p e a k e r D i s t A d j
M e a s S t d : F e e t
F r o n t L a n d R : 1 0 F T
C e n t e r : 1 0 F T
S u r r o u n d s : 1 0 F T
I n d i c a t e d i s t a n c e
f r o m S p e a k e r s t o
l i s t e n i n g p o s t i t i o n .
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ce Configuration
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Signature 2.0
Source Configuration
Today’s audio video technology has led to the use of an
increasingly complex number of audio/sources in even
the most basic home theater systems. To make matters
more confusing, the use of a specific output from any
one piece of source equipment may vary depending
on the type of program software being watched or
listened to.
The 2.0 is unique in that it gives users the option to
assemble any of the audio and video sources it is con-
nected to into easy to understand input source profiles
that allow you to “mix and match” combinations and then
identify them with a name that makes sense. For example,
the tuner may be permanently “attached” to the output of
a satellite receiver to allow video for sports events to be
combined with the play-by-play audio from a local radio
station, or a DVD player with multiple digital audio
outputs may appear as separate input sources.
The key to this flexibility is found on the Source
Menu
. Following the instructions below, you may
combine inputs, establish preferred modes, set input
levels and vary effects settings. To start, press the
Menu
button j until the main Setup Menu (Figure
OSD-1) appears, and then press the
¤
Menu Control
button i once until Sources > is highlighted.
Press the ›
Menu Control
button i again to reach
the Source Menu.
While proceeding through each of the menu items and
configuration options explained in the following pages, it
is a good idea to record the choices made in the Sources
worksheet that is found in Appendix B. Making a written
record of your system’s configuration will make it easier
to establish your favorites should the memory be reset
due to software changes or service.
At the Source Menu (Figure OSD-5), the first line
labeled Source corresponds to the button on the
2.0 remote control that will be used to recall the source
profile that is being established. You may continue to
program the profile that is shown, or press the ›
Menu
Control
button i to change to another remote button
to be set. When the correct profile is shown inside the
highlighted area, press the
¤
Menu Control
button
i to move to the next line.
Figure OSD-5
The Name line is where you may rename the input
profile so that the on-screen and front-panel display
description shows your preferred description. For
example, you may wish to rename “TV” to “Satellite,”
“Video 1” to “VCR 1,” “Video 2” to “DVD,” and so on.
To change the input name, first make certain that the
Name
line is highlighted. Next, press the ›
Menu
Control
button i and note that a series of underscore
lines (
Ð Ð Ð Ð ) will appear to the right of the factory
preset name and that the first letter will change from
white to a slightly greenish color. Use the
⁄
and
¤
Menu Control
buttons i to change the alphanumeric
character. Tap the remote buttons lightly to move
through the upper case letters, lower case letters, num-
bers and symbols one at a time, or press and hold either
the
⁄
or
¤
Menu Control
buttons to scroll rapidly
through the available characters.
After you have changed the first letter, press the
›
Menu Control
button to move to the next space.
The letter being changed will turn from white to a light
green as your indication of which space is being changed.
Continue to use the
⁄
and
¤
Menu Control
buttons
to change each character, and then press the ›
Menu
Control
button to move to the next space to the right.
If you have made an error and wish to correct a previous
spot on the line, use the ‹
Menu Control
button as a
“backspace” key.
When you have completed the entry, even if it does
not fill the entire 11-character space permitted, press
the
Menu
button j to enter the setting to the 2.0’s
memory. Press the
¤
Menu Control
button i to
move to the next line.
S o u r c e M e n u
S o u r c e : V i d 1
N a m e : V i d e o 1
V i d e o : C o m p 1
A u d i o : A n a l o g 1
M o d e : M o v i e 1
V i d e o D e t e c t : A u t o
I n p u t L e v e l >
E f f e c t s >
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ce Configuration
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Signature 2.0
Input Assignment
At the Video line select the rear panel
Composite
or
S-Video Input
‹ fl that will appear on screen
when the remote button whose profile you are adjusting
is pressed. You may select any of the video inputs,
even if you use an input connection more than once.
If you need to remember which piece of source equip-
ment is connected to which input jack, consult the
worksheet in Appendix B that you filled out during the
connection process.
To change the video input source, first make certain that
the Video line on the menu (Figure OSD-5) is high-
lighted. Press the ›
Menu Control
button and notice
that the video input will change each time you press the
› button. Composite video inputs will be shown as
Comp 1
through Comp 6, and the S-Video inputs will
be shown as S-Video 1 and S-Video 2.
When the desired input name appears on the screen,
press the
¤
Menu Control
button to enter the setting
and move to the next line.
At the Audio line you will choose analog, digital or
external audio source that will be selected when you
press the remote button profile being adjusted. Analog
audio input sources will be shown as Analog 1
through Analog 6, corresponding to the rear panel
Analog Audio Inputs
™. Digital audio sources will
be shown as Digital 1 through Digital 6.
Digital inputs 1 through 4 are the
Coax Digital Audio
Inputs
° and digital inputs 5 and 6 are the
Optical
Digital Audio Inputs
‡. If a device is connected to
the rear panel
6-CH Direct Input
¡ it will appear on
the line as 6-Ch Direct.
NOTE: The tuner may ONLY be selected as an input
when the top line on the menu reads Tuner. This is
intentional, as the codes programmed in the
Tuner
button on the remote are needed to operate many of
the tuner’s functions. It is possible, however, to select
another input device for this source, but the tuner will
not be accessible if the input is used in that fashion.
As with other menu selection choices, use the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons i to change the setting until
the desired input appears on the screen. When you have
completed this section, press the
¤
Menu Control
button i to enter the setting to the 2.0’s memory and
move to the next step.
Surround Mode Assignment
The next step is to enter the surround mode that will be
used when the input profile being established is selected.
Note that the choice of modes available will vary
depending on whether the input is an analog or digital
audio source. For example, the Dolby Digital and DTS
modes are not available when the input is an analog
audio source, as there would be no digital data available.
An explanation of the Surround modes, and the
suggested program material for them, is found in
Appendix C. You may wish to consult that information
before making a final selection for the preset mode.
Note that the mode programmed into the profile
memory will appear when the source is selected, but you
may always change the mode during a listening session
by pressing one of the
Surround Mode Selector
buttons y on the remote control. In addition, as you
change modes during the selection process by pressing
the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons i you will hear
the differences between them.
NOTE: When an external audio adapter is selected
through the
6-CH Direct Inputs
¡, the 2.0 will not
allow a mode to be entered, as the surround decoding
will be established by the external processor. The Mode
line will not appear when 6-Ch Direct is the
audio source.
After deciding on which mode to use, press the ‹ or ›
Menu Control
buttons i to change the setting until
the desired surround mode appears on the screen. When
you have completed this selection, press the
¤
Menu
Control
button i to enter the setting to the 2.0’s
memory and move to the next step.
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