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Owner’s Manual
AVP2
Audio Video
Preamplifier
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WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s en- closure that may be of suff
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Important Safety Instructions Please read all instructions and precautions carefully and completely before operating your Proceed component. 1. ALWAYS disconnect your entire system from the AC mains before connecting or disconnecting any cables, or when cleaning any component. 2. This product is equipped with a three-conductor AC mains power cord which includes an earth ground connection. To prevent shock hazard, all three connections must ALWAYS be used. If your electrical outlets will not acce
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Table of Contents Maximizing the Value of Your Purchase..................................................... 7 send in that warranty card! ............................................................................... 7 Unpacking and Placement ........................................................................ 8 unpacking the audio video preamplifier ......................................................... 8 remote control ..................................................................
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volume display ................................................................................................. 42 volume speed .................................................................................................. 42 volume mute level ............................................................................................ 42 maximum volume ............................................................................................ 43 late night .................................
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stereo surround ................................................................................................. 77 mono surround ................................................................................................. 77 mono on fronts ................................................................................................. 78 mono center only ............................................................................................. 78 automatic migration ..................
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Maximizing the Value of Your Purchase Congratulations on choosing a superb product. Your Proceed Audio Video Pream- plifier (AVP2) is designed to give you many years of outstanding performance, and we are confident you will be happy with it. We value our relationship with our customers, and often are in a position to help you enjoy your home entertainment system even more—if we have some way of contacting you. send in that warranty card! Sending in your warranty card registers your product with
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Unpacking and Placement unpacking the Unpack your Audio Video Preamplifier and remove all accessories from the audio video preamplifier carton. Important! Keep all packing materials for future transport of your Audio Video Preamplifier. Shipping your new component in anything other than its purpose-designed packing material may result in damage that is not covered by the warranty. remote control Your AVP2 includes a small remote control that covers the basics of turning the unit on and off, sele
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available for this product, drawings of which are also included at the end of this manual (see Rack Mount Kit). serial number The serial number for your Audio Video Preamplifier is found on the bottom of the unit. Please note and record this number for your future reference. register your purchase! Having found the serial number, now would be a good time to fill out the regis- tration card. Please register your purchase so we can advise you of software up- dates and other items of interest. In t
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Operating Voltage & Frequency The Audio Video Preamplifier is set at the factory (internally) for 100V, 120V, 220V, 230V, or 240V and either 50 or 60 Hz AC mains operation, as appropriate for the country in which it is to be sold. (230V/50Hz only in European Union countries, in compliance with CE regulations.) Neither the voltage nor the line frequency setting may be changed by the user. Make sure that the label on the rear panel of the Audio Video Preamplifier (above the AC input receptacle) in
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A Word About Installation Every effort has been made to make the Proceed AVP2 simple and straightfor- ward to install and use. Still, we have no way to evaluate many other variables such as the size and shape of your room, its acoustics, and the associated equipment you have chosen to use with your AVP2. All of these factors influence the ultimate performance of your system. Moreover, the AVP2 incorporates many system-specific adjustments which enhance its performance with the widest possible ra
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The Quickest Start: CD & DVD The AVP2 is an exciting system, and we understand that many owners will be anxious to get it up and running as quickly as possible. What follows is not a replacement for a complete setup of the system. Rather, it is provided so you can get some music and movies playing as quickly as possible. It assumes that your system is already set up in other respects (speakers connected to power amps, etc.). Once done, please read up on how to do a complete setup and cali- brati
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A Quick Start For CD There is a reasonable chance that either your CD transport or your DVD player may have a different set of output connectors than what we have assumed it might have in the “quickest start” section. In that case, setting up the AVP2 to take advantage of your particular equipment is still quite simple, though it will require a couple extra steps. 1 MAKE THE PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS; TURN EVERYTHING ON Connect the outputs of the AVP2 to your power amplifier(s), as indicated (front,
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A Quick Start For DVD We understand: you’re in a rush to hear Dolby Digital on your new system. Re- member: What follows is not a replacement for a complete setup of the system. We will assume here that you have already done the CD setup on the previous page. To get a DVD player playing: 1 MAKE THE PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS Noting which connectors you use, connect a digital output of your DVD to any matching digital input on the AVP2, and a video output of your DVD to a corresponding video input on t
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Special Design Features Congratulations on your purchase of the Proceed Audio Video Preamplifier (AVP2). We have gone to great lengths to ensure that the AVP2 remains “future-proof” even in these times of change. As a result, you will be able to en- joy the outstanding performance of the Audio Video Preamplifier for many years. In case you are interested in technical details, what follows is a brief outline of some of the key technologies in your new product. powerful hardware The AVP2 shares th
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2 4 6 9 14 15 16 17 19 EXTENDED TM PRO LOGIC II balance SURR OUND THX SURROUND EX master center audio video preamplifier vcr 1 d isc 1 vcr 2/disc 2 tv/aux satelli te surround cd tape aux tuner more surround mode LASER 29.0 sub recall delay input level mute standby path main remote both display intensity power PR O C E E D 1 3 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 18 Front Panel 1 STANDBY BUTTON AND INDICATOR Pressing this button places the AVP2 in standby mode, turning off the dis- play, disengaging all control f
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3 AUDIO SOURCES These four buttons are generally used to select audio signals from among the defined audio-only inputs. (See define source buttons in The Setup Menu section of this manual.) To use these selection buttons, choose the appropriate path (see path, below), and then make your selection. Viewing Simulcasts The AVP2 has the ability to provide “simulcasts.” When this feature is turned on, selecting any audio source after having selected a video source will cause the newly-selected audio
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in order to protect the system from possible damage), simply select a non-recording source on the record path. 6 SURROUND MODE Pressing this button cycles among the various surround modes of the AVP2. Note that the list of available surround modes is somewhat context-sensi- tive, according to the signal being received. For example: when you are playing a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel signal, you are given only choices that make sense when playing such a signal (Dolby Digital with and without THX); w
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• mono on front — the same as mono on center, above, but the sound is reproduced through all three front speakers. • 2-ch/surround off — limits the system to two-channel stereo us- ing only the Left and Right speakers (and subwoofer, if you have one). When decoding Dolby Digital™ 5.1-channel source material, clicking the Surround mode button will toggle you between the two available Dolby Digital modes: • Dolby Digital: straight Dolby Digital decoding without further processing. • Dolby Digital
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The main display indicates the selected source and master volume by de- fault, and can also display the following offsets when chosen: balance, center, rear, sub. In addition, it can also display the input level (used in cali- brating the input level to the analog to digital converter on analog sources only) and the overall system (lip-sync) delay in milliseconds. Right- and Left-facing arrows are provided to indicate the direction of the balance off- set. Finally, the infrared receiver and tran
