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Cat. No. 31-3038
Digital Synthesize
Audio/Video
Surround Receive
STAV-3590
Owner’s Manual Please read before using this equipment.
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Introducing the Optimus STAV-3590 Your Optimus STAV-3590 Digital Synthesized A/V Surround Receiver is the per- fect control center for your audio/video system. It combines 150 watts-per-chan- nel of clean power with modern styling and provides connections for one tape deck, one audio/video source, one more tape deck or audio/video playback source, a turntable, a CD player, and a video monitor. Your receiver also has special sound options. Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound delivers movie theater
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This receiver is made and tested to meet exacting Careful attention is devoted to quality standards in the manufacture of your receiver, and safety is safety standards. It meets both UL and FCC require- a major factor in its design. However, safety is also your responsibility. ments. This section lists important information that will help you properly use and enjoy your receiver and accessories. Read all the included safety and operating instructions before using y
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Contents Preparing Your Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Positioning Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Connecting Speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preparing Your Receiver Caution: Make all the necessary connections before you plug in or turn on the receiver. Where you place your speakers (not supplied) can make a noticeable difference Positioning Speakers in your system’s sound. The guidelines in this section will help you choose the a best locations. After you use your receiver for a while, you might want to try dif- L R ferent locations for your speakers. Halfway Point Between Speake Bass response depends largely on speaker location.
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Preparing Your Receiver Preparing the Speaker Wires Connecting Speakers Speaker wire consists of two conductors (individual wires) encased in insulation Follow these guidelines when you select and is usually color-coded or marked with a ridge along one side so you can and connect speakers. identify each conductor. Use these markings as a guide to help you properly • Be sure you properly connect all connect the speakers to your receiver. speakers. Follow these steps to prepare the speaker wire
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+ R – Preparing Your Receiver Connecting the A and B Speakers Note: Be sure you connect the Follow these steps to connect the right speaker to the receiver’s right FRONT receiver’s right and left positive (+) and SPEAKERS A terminals. negative (–) terminals to the speaker’s corresponding right and left positive (+) 1. Press the receiver’s FRONT SPEAKERS A R (+) red lever and insert the and negative (–) terminals. ridged or color-coded conductor’s end into the small hole. Pull back the lever t
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R L R L R Preparing Your Receiver You can connect up to five external program sources to your receiver. Connecting Program Sources OUT PUT L CD R FM UNBAL CD Player 75 TO MONITOR TV IN OUT IN GND VIDEO VIDEO OUT REC PLAY AM L IN GND L OUT R LOOP ANTENNA R TAPE2 VCR ANTENNA PHONO CD LD /TAPE1 CONTROL MONITOR GND Connecting a Turntable Connect a turntable with a magnetic cartridge only. Some older turntables use a Use shielded audio cables with phono ceramic-type cartridge that does not work
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V V R L R L V V Preparing Your Receiver Connecting Video Sources If you connect two video sources such as VCRs or laser disc players to your Note: If your VCR is monaural, use a Y- receiver, you can use the receiver to switch between viewing the sources. You adapter (available at your local RadioShack store) to connect the VCR’s can also use the receiver to easily record from the video sources to the source audio output to both the L and R audio connected to VCR/TAPE 1. inputs on the receiver
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Preparing Your Receiver In many cities, the supplid indoor AM loop and FM antennas provide adequate Connecting the Antennas reception. AM Antennas Assemble the included antenna’s base by swinging the base in the direction of the arrow and inserting the antenna’s bottom tabs into the base’s slot. Then Leg attach the antenna wires to the AM and GND terminals (bottom two terminals). Lead Wire Place the antenna on a flat surface and rotate it for the best AM reception. If the receiver is in a rac
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Preparing Your Receiver For the best radio reception, use an outdoor antenna. Follow these steps to Warning: To prevent injury, read and fol- connect an outdoor FM antenna to the receiver using 75Ω cable. low all cautions and warnings that accompany the outdoor antenna. Note: If your antenna has 300Ω twin-lead cable, consult your local RadioShack store for the correct adapter. 1. Disconnect the supplied FM antenna from the receiver’s FM UNBAL 75Ω terminal. 1 2. With a stripping tool, remove
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Preparing Your Receiver If you also have an Optimus professional series CD player, VCR, or cassette Using One Remote Control deck with the OSR mark, you can connect its CONTROL IN jack to the receiver for More than One Unit so you can control all of your equipment with a single remote control. You can also use the other component’s remote control by pointing it at the receiver’s front panel. Note: When you plug the cable into a CONTROL IN component’s jack, that 1. Connect each component to
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Preparing Your Receiver Your receiver has an AC power outlet that you can use to power an electronic Using the AC Power Outlet device, such as a turntable, cassette deck, VCR, and so on. This switched out- Caution: Do not connect appliances with let turns on and off with the receiver and provides a maximum of 100 Watts. high power consumption, such as a heater, iron, monitor, or TV, to this AC outlet. Doing so can cause a risk of over- heating and fire, and could damage the AC 120V 60Hz receiv
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Basic Operation Note: The controls on the remote control work the same as the buttons on the Warning: To prevent possible hearing receiver’s front panel. loss, turn VOLUME to MIN before you turn on the receiver or change the program Follow these steps to use the receiver. sources. After you turn on the receiver or change the program source, adjust VOL- 1. Press POWER to turn on the receiver’s power. It takes about 5 seconds to UME to a comfortable listening level. begin hearing sound. 2. Selec
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Basic Operation The BALANCE control lets you adjust the sound balance between the left and Balance Control right speakers. If you properly position the speakers and your listening area is centered between them, the center control setting is usually best (see “Position- ing Speakers” on Page 5). For an unusual speaker placement, adjust BALANCE as follows: 1. Select TUNER. Then press FM/AM to select the FM band. 2. Press FM MONO until MONO appears. The sound is monaural instead of stereo, so ea
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Basic Operation Your receiver offers three types of electronic tuning—manual, automatic, and Tuning the Radio memory. Manual and Automatic Tuning Follow these steps to manualy or automatically tune to the stations. 1. Press TUNER. Then press FM/AM to select the desired band. When you select the AM or FM radio band, the receiver tunes to and dis- plays the frequency last selected in that band. 2. Press SELECT so FREQ appears on the JOG MODE display. 3. To manually tune the station, turn the mul
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Basic Operation To receive FM stations in stereo, press FM MONO until MONO disappears from Using FM Mono the display. STEREO appears on the display when you receive an FM broadcast in stereo. You can improve the reception of weak FM stations by pressing FM MONO until MONO appears. This reduces noise while you listen to a weak FM station, but you get monaural instead of stereo sound. The receiver can save two custom setups for rapid recall. Each setup includes a Using the Auto Source program
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Cassette Deck/VCR Features You can connect two cassette decks to the receiver. Selecting either VCR/TAPE 1 or TAPE 2 MONITOR lets you hear the playback from the cassette deck you connected to the receiver’s corresponding (VCR/TAPE 1, TAPE 2 MONITOR) jacks. Press VCR/TAPE 1. VCR appears on the display. You hear the playback from the Using the VCR/TAPE 1 cassette deck or VCR you connected to the receiver’s VCR/TAPE 1 jacks. Button Press TAPE 2 MONITOR. TAPE 2 appears on the display along with
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Cassette Deck/VCR Features You can copy, or dub, a cassette tape from one cassette deck to another. Dubbing a Cassette Tape You can use either deck as the playback or recording deck. However, if you want to monitor the cassette deck during dubbing, use the deck connected to the VCR/TAPE 1 jacks as the source, and the deck you connected to the TAPE 2 jacks as the recording deck. Then press TAPE 2 MONITOR until TAPE 2 appears on the display. See “Using the TAPE 2 MONITOR Button” on the previ-
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Using Advanced Sound Options Your receiver has five special sound options: Dolby Pro-Logic Surround, Dolby 3CH Logic, Studio-Effect Surround, Arena-Effect Surround, and Simulated Sur- round. These special options enhance a program source. Notes: • To get the full benefit from programs encoded with Dolby Surround Sound, you need a stereo VCR. • Dolby Surround does not operate correctly if the signal passes through a graphic equalizer. If you connected an equalizer to the TAPE 2 MONITOR jack
