Arcam AVR400 User Manual download pdf

23425 AVR360/400 — FAQ

Part 1 -Audio

Audio Source Setup (no audio from source)

Within the Input Cong setup page you must assign the source of audio depending on the input being congured the options will be either ANALOGUE or

DIGITAL (CD,AUX,DISPLAY) or with regards to a Video input (BD,AV,SAT,PVR,VCR) the options will be HDMI, ANALOGUE, DIGITAL.

Set-top box setup when using HDMI

When using HDMI connection, set-top boxes should be connected using HDMI for video & optical/coaxial SPDIF for audio. e input video source should be

set to HDMI, the audio source digital. i.e Optical / SPDIF from the set top box.

Speakers assigned as Small during auto set-up

is is due to the in-room measured performance of the speaker i.e a speaker may be physically large but acoustically small in the listening room i.e -3dB

performance below 40Hz and the presence of a Subwoofer.

Room EQ guidance

When running EQ ensure that the microphone is placed at ear level at the listening position ideal equidistant from either le or right speaker and with the

Arcam badge facing forwards – avoid sitting the microphone on a pile of cushions as this may add articial high frequency damping causing the AVR to boost

frequencies articially.

Subwoofer distance is completely wrong when running Auto EQ

is will happen if the Subwoofer in the system has it’s own EQ DSP causing an audio delay on the LFE channel – hence the sub distance is increased to take

this extra delay into account. You should keep the measured distance for best bass timing.

No subwoofer output

When playing back from a 2 channel source and applying any of the Dolby (ProLogic) or DTS (Neo:6) modes, these sources do not contain a discrete .1 LFE

channel so if all speakers are set to large within the speaker sizes menu no bass management is performed and no low frequency audio will be directed to the

Subwoofer, low frequency audio will however be redirected to the subwoofer from any channels assigned as small at the pre-determined crossover point within

the speaker sizes menu.

Dolby Volume

e Dolby Volume leveler within the input conguration options is a global control and is used to set the desired volume level for the input. Any input that has

Dolby volume function set to on within the input cong setup will match this desired gain setting.

Subwoofer Hum during input switching

is is a sign that the Subwoofer gain is set excessively high and the AVR’s Subwoofer trim is set low – in eect this causes the subwoofer to amplier any

residual switching noise on the LFE channel – try setting the Subwoofers own gain to around half and recalibrate aim for +/- 3dB of the trim menus centre

point.

To enable HDMI audio return path (audio back from display device) when the display input is selected

Within the General set up page set.

CEC control to ON

ARC control to ON

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Part 1 -Audio

23425 AVR360/400 — FAQPart 1 -AudioAudio Source Setup (no audio from source)Within the Input Cong setup page you must assign the source of audio d

Page 2 - Part 2 -Video

Video Source Setup (no video from VCR HDMI input)In rmware v2.24 and previous issues, the VCR input is by default assigned to the composite video inp

Page 3 - Part 3 - Network

Network response is slow or dropping outCheck that the local network is not suering from heavy trac from other users (e.g. a PC using P2P lesharin

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Remote input and trigger outputs ese are for use with Mono jacks and should be wired as the below diagram indicates. Please note: as is typical of t

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Random pixels on screen (noise) - an extreme case is shown below, but the effect can be more subtlePink / Green / No pictureis may indicate a HDCP f

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23425 AVR360/400 — FAQPart 6 - Control your AV with a SKY+ remoteFirst find the code for your TV (see SKY+ Handbook or Online)When you have your code:

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What inputs can I listen to in Z2?All inputs are available on Z2 but any external inputs must be connected via analogue. Internal inputs (tuners etc.)