Audionet MAP v2.0 User Manual

Multi channel audio/video pre-amplifier

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Page 1 P v2.0 Multi Channel Audio/Video Pre - Amplifier User's Manual V0.7...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Content Placement and connection Audio /Video connections First steps Usage front panel Remote control Preferences / Setup Menu "Channel Setup" Menu "Decoder Setup" Menu "Options Setup" Menu "Video Setup" Menu "Bass Manager" Menu "Delay Manager" Display On Screen Display (OSD) Progressive Scan Card Security advice Addendum:...
Page 3: Placement And Connection
The MAP is a stand by device. Please use the mains switch 23 at the back panel to switch on the MAP. After a short time the display reads 'AUDIONET' to show that the unit is in stand by mode.
Page 4: Audio/Video-Connections
Audionet Link In connection with other Audionet devices like AMP I, AMP II, AMP II MAX, AMP III, AMP IV, AMP VII etc. your MAP is able to switch on/off the complete system. Please connect a Toslink plastic fibre cable from the Audionet-Link Output 20 at the back of the MAP to the Audionet-Link inputs of other Audionet devices.
Page 5 DIGITAL IN 2 of the MAP. Furthermore, you need a second connection running from digital output 2 of the VIP to digital input DIGITAL IN 3 of the MAP V2.0. Only in case of both connections are setup and the switch for the interface mode on the back panel of the VIP is set to h-bit (refer to owner's manual of VIP), it is possible to receive and decode DVD-Audio data with the MAP.
Page 6: First Steps
MAP. For any detailed description please refer to the sections 'Usage front panel' and 'Remote control'. After connecting your MAP V2.0 to the other components of your Hifi or Home Cinema system (refer to section 'Audio / Video connections'), some setup options have to be configured.
Page 7 to these settings the MAP determines automatically the amount of bass information that is sent to each speaker. Due to the different calculating operations that are needed for this bass management, the perceived volume level may vary between different settings. 2.
Page 8: Usage Front Panel
Video Setup â Bass Manager â Delay Manager Before describing all menus and their menu items, the functions of the remote control are explained in detail. Please use the remote control to setup your MAP V2.0 according to your preferences.
Page 9: Remote Control
Remote control All functions can be controlled by the included remote control. For detailed information about usage and programming of the remote control please refer to its separate manual. All keys on the remote control relevant for using the MAP are described in the following.
Page 10 Dolby Pro Logic IIx and DTS Neo:6 decoding. Additionally, you choose between Dolby Pro Logic IIx or DTS Neo:6 processing on Stereo PCM signals in Listening Modes 'Audionet D8','3 Stereo' or 'Phantom'. For a more detailed description refer to chapter 'Preferences / Setup', section 'Decoder Setup'.
Page 11 Note: Navigate through the menu using keys . Change option with keys Press key Listening Mode to select desired Listening Mode. See chapter 'Preferences / Setup', section 'Listening Mode' for further details. Screen page 3: Keys for level adjustment: Press key Front to enter the level adjustment menu 'Level Setup'. The level of channel Front Left is the point of reference for the level of all other channels.
Page 12 with keys as described above. Press key to produce the noise signal in the next channel. Or use key to skip to the previous channel. moves the noise signal clockwise (according to your speaker positions in your listening room) from one channel to the other, selects the channels anticlockwise.
Page 13 Press key Digital Filter to select the digital filter. Use keys to choose between 4 different digital oversampling filters for Front channels L/R: special digital oversampling filter with short pre-ringing Audionet: short Lagrange filter Lagrange: digital filter by Blackman Blackman: digital filter by Kaiser.
Page 14 Screen page 5: Channel Setup enters the menu "Channel Setup". Global Setup enters the menu "Options Setup". Video Setup enters the menu "Video Setup". Bass Manager enters the menu "Bass Manager". Delay Manager enters the menu "Delay Manager". Please refer to chapter 'Preferences / Setup' for further details. Screen 6: All 8 keys are used to configure the digital equalizer.
Page 15: Preferences / Setup
Analog In 1 to 6 16, Digital In 1 to 5 10, External 8ch In 11. Listening Mode: keys to select the Listening Mode for Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS decoding or DVD Audio (via Audionet HighBit Interface). all program material is downmixed to mono Mono:...
Page 16 Overview Listening Modes: Program Audionet D8 Surround 2-Channel formats Dolby Pro Logic IIx Stereo PCM DTS Neo:6 Dolby Digital 2/0 Dolby Digital+Pro Logic IIx Dolby Digital 2/0 (not Surround encoded) Dolby Digital 2/0 Dolby Digital+Pro Logic IIx Dolby Digital+Pro Logic IIx...
Page 17: Menu "Channel Setup
Menu "Channel Setup": This menu comprises all settings, that are valid only for the current selected input channel. If you change the input channel, all settings are saved automatically and the channel settings for the new channel are loaded. Therefore, you can adjust the MAP to each connected source independently, and don't have to worry about saving and re- loading the settings you made.
Page 18 Note: This menu item is located in the menu 'Channel Setup', as it is a setting, that can be selected for each input channel independently. Although the menu 'Video Setup' deals with global video settings, the same function 'Set Video Input', as described above, is also integrated into the 'Video Setup' menu, simply for an easier access.
Page 19: Menu "Decoder Setup
Menu "Decoder Setup" Use the function of this menu to select the desired operating modes and options for Dolby Pro Logic IIx and DTS Neo:6 decoding. Note: This menu is only available, if the internal Decoder is active (option 'Internal Decoder' is set to 'active').
Page 20 surround ambience from conventional stereo sources. The 'Music' mode generally includes three controls for fine-tuning the soundfield to get the most pleasing or natural effect. Note: These options are only available, if the 'Internal Decoder' is set to 'active' and the Dolby Pro Logic IIx mode 'Music' is selected. Use key while menu item 'Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mode for 2-Channel' is selected: Center Width (OSD: Cntr Width):...
Page 21: Menu "Options Setup
Press key to set phase back to 'normal'. Set OFF/Standby-Text:  Press key to have the display shown ' ' when the MAP is in stand by mode. Press key and 'AUDIONET' is displayed during stand by mode.
Page 22 Use buffered input, if the output impedance of a source connected to the 8-ch. analog input is greater than 100 Ohms. Note: If you connect Audionet devices to the 8-ch. analog input, the input signals do not need to be buffered. In this case use option 'direct'.
Page 23: Menu "Video Setup
Menu "Video Setup" This menu adjusts global video options for the MAP, which are saved automatically when switching off the unit to stand by mode and re-loaded automatically when switching on. Select the 'Video Setup' menu by pressing key Video Setup. LipSync Delay: While using video processors in projectors, progressive scan modules etc.
Page 24 First, choose the method how the bass of the selected channel group is reproduced: speaker(s) of this channel group is/are not available. None: Bass below the crossover frequency ('X-Over Freq') is redirected to Small: subwoofer channel or to any speaker selected as 'Large', if no Subwoofer is available.
Page 25: Menu "Delay Manager
The following additional conditions apply to the Bass Manager: Channel group 'Front' can not be set to 'None'. If 'Front' is set to 'Small' all other channel groups are forced to 'Small' and the Subwoofer is activated. Only if channel group 'Surr' is available (= not 'None'), group 'Back' can be selected to any other than 'None'.
Page 26: Display
Display While in RUN mode the first line of the display provides the number of the input channel ('1' to '6' for Analog In 1 to 6, '1' to '5' for Digital In 1 to 5, 'E' for 8ch External Input) followed by the (user definable) channel name (14 characters long).
Page 27 DTS played back as 2-channel stereo signal Input signals via Audionet HighBit interface Audionet VIP HighBit MAP receives audio data via the Audionet HighBit interface from DVD player Audionet VIP On the left of the second line the program format of the input signal is displayed by 'm/n.x', with m = number of front channels, n = number of surround channels and x =...
Page 28 If the input signal is a bitstream (like Dolby Digital or DTS), the current bitrate is displayed as kbps (kbit per second) in the lower right corner of the display. In case of a PCM input signal information about the usage of emphasis during recording is shown instead of the bitrate: recorded using emphasis EMPH...
Page 29: On Screen Display (Osd)
On Screen Display (OSD) Activate the On Screen Display by pressing the key OnScreen Display on the remote control. The signal of the OSD is available at the video outputs VIDEO OUT 1 in cinch video and S-Video format and replaces the current video image. Press OnScreen Display again to switch the On Screen Display off.
Page 30: Progressive Scan Card
Progressive Scan Card The optional Progressive Scan Card is recognized by the MAP V2.0 automatically and needs no special system setup. The configuration of the Progressive Scan Card refers only to simple adjustments to meet the needs of the video display (video beamer/projector, plasma TV etc) connected to the MAP.
Page 31 Note: The Progressive Scan Card will process only interlaced video signals! Connection diagram 'YUV Video In': If your video source has a Component or YUV video output, connect the three lines Y, U and V to the MAP according to the diagram: OPTICAL IN 1 IN 2...
Page 32 Connection diagram 'RGB+sog Video In': If your video source has a RGB video output with the Sync signals provided on the Green line ('Sync On Green'), connect the three lines R, G+Sync and B to MAP according to the diagram: OPTICAL IN 1 IN 2...
Page 33 Now use keys to select desired option: Video outputs OUT1 and OUT2 7 provide the (Composite-)Video Composite signal from one of the video inputs IN1 to IN4 (default function without Progressive Scan Card). Video output OUT2 provides the C-Sync (Composite-Sync) signal for C-Sync RGB video output with C-Sync.
Page 34 Connection diagram RGB video output with C-Sync: If your video display has a video input for progressive RGB video signals with C-Sync (= Composite Sync), connect the MAP according to the following diagram: OPTICAL IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 OUT 1 OUT 2...
Page 35 Connection diagram RGB video output H/V-Sync: If your video display has a video input for progressive RGB video signals with separate H-Sync/V-Sync signals, connect the MAP according to the following diagram: OPTICAL IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 OUT 1 OUT 2 VIDEO IN...
Page 36 Connection diagram RGB video output with 'Sync on Green': If your video display supports only RGB video signals with Sync signals on the Green line ('Sync on Green'), connect the MAP according to the following diagram: OPTICAL IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 OUT 1...
Page 37: Security Advice
Do not open the case. Unauthorised opening will cause loss of guarantee. ¨ Use a dry cloth for cleaning We would like to wish you many exciting listening experiences with your new Audionet product! If you still have any questions, don't hesitate to ask your competent Audionet dealer.
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