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USING LUMINANCE                             17 

 

A. POWER STANDBY/ON  

Press this button to turn ON or STANDBY this Pre-Amplifier. 

 

ON: 

When turned ON, power is supplied and the unit becomes 
operational and the STANDBY indicator in the center of this 
button will be OFF.  

 

STANDBY: 

When set to STANDBY the main power is cut-off and the unit is 
no longer fully operational except for the micro controller. The 
STANDBY indicator lights during standby.

  

 

NOTE: 

When the LUMINANCE Amp is connected to the preamp via the 

mains control the indicator in the center of its button will be lit when the unit is 
on and off when the unit is in standby mode. 

 
 

B. REAR CHANNEL DELAY TIME UP/DOWN 

These UP/DOWN buttons are used to adjust the delay time of 
the REAR channels to get optimum Sound balance. The delay 
time in milliseconds is indicated on the display window. The 
adjustable time delay ranges are: 
Dolby Digital mode: 0ms to 15ms in 1ms steps  
Pro 

L

ogic mode: 15ms to 30ms in 1ms steps

 

 

NOTE:

 The rear channel delay time setting is for Dolby Digital and Pro Logic 

mode only. These 2 buttons will not be used for “dts” and DSP surround mode.

  

 

C. CENTER CHANNEL DELAY TIME UP/DOWN 

These UP/DOWN buttons are used to adjust the delay time of 
the CENTRE channel to get optimum sound balance when you 
play it in Dolby Digital surround mode only. The delay time in 
milliseconds is indicated on the display window. The adjustable 
range is 0ms to 5ms on 1ms/step.

  

 

NOTE:

 The center channel delay time setting is for Dolby Digital mode only. 

These 2 buttons will not be used for Dolby Pro Logic, “dts” and DSP surround 
mode.

 

 

Summary of Contents for Luminance

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual For The LUMINANCE Digital Surround Processor Five Channel 600 watt Amplifier...

Page 2: ...________________________________ CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 WARRANTY 4 DESCRIPTION 5 SETUP 6 CONNECTIONS PREVIEW 7 MAKING CONNECTIONS 12 CONNECTIONS OVERVIEW 16 USING LUMINANCE 17 CARE 24 SPECIFICATION...

Page 3: ...ION 3 Thank you for selecting a Legacy Electronics product This handcrafted instrument will provide you with many years of listening enjoyment Please take a few moments to read this brief manual to in...

Page 4: ...the repair or replacement at our option of any defective component and shall not include damage due to short circuits property and or consequential damages which may result from the failure of this p...

Page 5: ...as pressing play A dedicated remote and on screen menu make setup a snap LUMINANCE is versatile Hosting up to eight audio sources four digital 3 coaxial 1 Toslink and four analog inputs LUMINANCE swit...

Page 6: ...sure you have received your remote and power cord for your LUMINANCE Pre Amp or LUMINANCE Amplifier 2 Ensure that you have enough speaker wire and A V cables to connect all of your equipment properly...

Page 7: ...pre output of center channel It can connect to a power amplifier s input jack for Center channel 4 SUBWOOFER AUDIO OUTPUT jack Analog signal pre output of subwoofer channel It can connect to a power a...

Page 8: ...12 VIDEO 1 COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT jack Coaxial Digital Audio input It can connect to a A V source coaxial digital audio output such as DVD player 13 VIDEO 2 COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT jack Coax...

Page 9: ...utput such as DVD player 21 VIDEO 1 S VIDEO VIDEO INPUT jack S VIDEO video signal input It can connect to a A V source S VIDEO video output such as DVD player 22 VIDEO 2 S VIDEO VIDEO INPUT jack S VID...

Page 10: ...ANEL CONNECTION PREAMP cont 26 MAINS CONTROL OUTPUT jacks This is a DC voltage output and it is equipped to turn ON OFF a LUMINANCE power amplifier that is equipped DC voltage control input jack 27 PO...

Page 11: ...mplifier 3 FRONT INPUT L R Connect each input jack L R to the Front Audio Pre output of Digital surround Pre amplifier 4 REAR SURROUND SPEAKER L R OUTPUT Connect each speaker to RED and BLACK terminal...

Page 12: ...to your Amplifiers matching inputs also connect the mains control out on the preamp to the mains control input on the amplifier Then connect your Speakers to the coresponding outputs on your amplifier...

Page 13: ...____ MAKING CONNECTIONS cont 13 3 DVD Connect your DVD player to the DVD input If your DVD has S Video or Digital Coaxial you should by all means use them for the best quality sound and picture 4 VCR...

Page 14: ...______________________________________ MAKING CONNECTIONS cont 14 5 DSS Cable Conect your DSS Cable Box to the Video 1 inputs 6 CD Player Conect your CD Player to the CD inputs...

Page 15: ...G CONNECTIONS cont 15 7 Tape Deck Connect your Tape Deck to the Tape inputs The REC Output is Shared With the VCR you will need a interconnect splitter to connect to both the TAPE and VCR REC Inputs 8...

Page 16: ...CONNECTIONS OVERVIEW 16...

Page 17: ...tons are used to adjust the delay time of the REAR channels to get optimum Sound balance The delay time in milliseconds is indicated on the display window The adjustable time delay ranges are Dolby Di...

Page 18: ...cator LED of the Front Left channel will blink 2 Press the master VOLUME UP or DOWN to get your preference sound level 3 Press the LEVEL or button to get your preference sound level for the FRONT LEFT...

Page 19: ...nnot comfortably reproduce frequencies below 120Hz OFF OFF indicator Set to OFF when no speaker is connected FRONT LARGE SMALL cyclic Set the FRONT L and R speakers size CENT LARGE SMALL OFF cyclic Se...

Page 20: ...to select one of eight audio input sources DVD Video 1 Video 2 Optical VCR CD TAPE or Tuner The indicator will point to the input source that you selected DVD Video 1 and Video 2 are coaxial Digital I...

Page 21: ...me range from 0 to 5ms for the center channel or 0 to 15ms for the rear channel when it is set in Dolby Digital mode The delay time range of rear channel can be 0 to 30ms when the surround mode set in...

Page 22: ...ed Dolby Digital source is present the L F and R F LEDs will light in YELLOW the CENT and SUB W LEDs will be OFF and the L S and R S LEDs will light in GREEN to indicate a mono surround channel When a...

Page 23: ...gital Indicator This Blue LED will light up when the program during playback is encoded with the Dolby Digital format b dts Indicator This Blue LED will light up when the program during playback is dt...

Page 24: ...to damage the faceplate since the faceplate is a medium hardness plastic and can be scratched by the careless use of tools during the installation The LUMINANCE may overheat and the finish may fade i...

Page 25: ...istortion 1KHz Analog Inputs 0 04 Digital Inputs 0 02 Signal to Noise Ratio 1Vrms Output Level Analog Inputs 90dB Digital Inputs 90dB Power Consumption 115V60Hz 35W 230V50Hz 35W LUMINANCE Amplifier Ra...

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