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Trim Select Knob

Now that you are familiar with the arrow, Back and 

Select buttons, you can change many settings using 

the Trim Select Knob. Turn the Trim Knob to access 

any of the following:

• 

Voicing

- There are seven built-in equalization 

settings. Use the up/down     buttons to scroll 

through the choices.  You can push SELECT to 

choose and return to the previous screen or wait 

a few seconds and this will happen 

automatically. The built-in equalization settings 

are: Neutral (flat), Music, Music II, Relaxed, 

Tilt, Action, and Movie. You can edit 

existing voicings and add new ones in SETUP. 

Go to SETUP>Audio setup>Voicing setup and 

choose a voicing to edit or choose “Add” and 

create a new voicing with up to eight filters.

• 

Bass

- Use the up/down      buttons to adjust 

the bass level between -12dB and +12dB in 

0.5dB increments. The right   and left 

buttons set the upper adjustment limit between 

20Hz and 800Hz in 10Hz increments. The 

adjustment is saved for an individual Input. 

• 

Treble-

 Use the up/down      buttons to adjust 

the treble level between -12dB and +12dB in 

0.5dB increments. The right/left     buttons 

set the lower adjustment limit between 1,500Hz 

and 16,000Hz in 500Hz increments. The 

adjustment is saved for an individual Input. 

• 

VFD Level

- Use the up/down     buttons to set 

the brightness level of the VFD (Vacuum 

Fluorescent Display). The default for the 

information display is 100% which can be 

changed to 25%, 50% or 75%.

• 

Lip Sync

- This trim adjustment allows the 

timing of the audio to be adjusted for 

synchronization to video. Use the up/down     

buttons for 5ms increments and the right/left   

 buttons for 25ms increments up to a total of 

500ms.

• 

AMP Light

- This allows for the meter lights, of 

a McIntosh amplifier connected with a power 

control cable, to be toggled on and off using the 

up   and down   buttons.

• 

Trim Center

- This trim adjustment allows for 

the adjustment of the Center Channel volume 

level relative to the Front and Surround 

Channels. Use the up/down     buttons to 

adjust from -10dB to + 10dB in 1dB increments.

• 

Trim Center

- This trim adjustment allows for 

the adjustment of the Center Channel volume 

level relative to the Front and Surround 

Channels. Use the up/down     buttons to 

adjust from -10dB to + 10dB in 1dB increments. 

Any adjustment will be lost when the Input is 

changed.

• 

Trim Surrounds

- This trim adjustment allows 

for the adjustment of the Surround Channels 

volume level relative to the Front, Center and 

LFE Channels. Use the up/down     buttons to 

adjust from -10dB to + 10dB in 1dB increments.

• 

RoomPerfect™ 

- The RoomPerfect™  room 

correction process (“RoomPerfect™  Setup” on 

page 25) can generate correction settings for 

up to four Focus positions as well as a more 

general Global setting. This trim setting allows 

quick access to change between various saved 

settings or to Bypass RoomPerfect™  

altogether. Use the up/down     buttons to 

scroll through all saved settings.

Surround Mode Knob

The MX180 provides eleven different default 

Surround Modes. These modes include upmixing 

options such as DTS NEO X which will create up to 

11.1 channel surround from sources like 5.1 and 7.1 

surround signals or even from stereo signals. Dolby 

restricts the upmixing of Dolby signals to Dolby 

upmixer. Non-Dolby upmixer choices will have no 

effect on a Dolby source. Therefore, Dolby upmixer 

should be selected for all Dolby upmixing, and will 

work on non-Dolby signals as well. The MX180 

Surround Processing Modes are:

•  None

•  Dolby Upmixer

•  Neural:X

•  Auro-3D/Auromatic

•  Auro-2D

•  Auro-Stereo

•  Auro-Native (as recorded)  

•  Virtual-X

•  Legacy (see below)

•  Stereo (This will downmix the signal)

•  Party

The Legacy Mode will pass older non-Auro, non-

DTS:X, non-Atmos formats with no height or 

object oriented content without upmixing. This 

content may include Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, 

Multichannel PCM, DTS Master Audio, as well as 

stereo and surround formats up to 7.1.

Below are speaker configurations for Auro-3D and 

Dolby Atmos. If Dolby Atmos material is played 

in an Auro-3D setup, the system will try to match 

the Auro-3D specific speakers to the nearest Dolby 

Atmos equivalent; the same goes for playing Auro-

3D material on a Dolby Atmos setup. The system 

will also handle hybrid setups with both types of 

Summary of Contents for MX180

Page 1: ...McIntosh Laboratory Inc 2 Chambers Street Binghamton New York 13903 2699 Phone 607 723 3512 www mcintoshlabs com MX180 A V Processor Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...nc The MX180 A V Processor marries McIntosh s long tradition of uncompromising quality with the latest home theater technologies to bring you an unsurpassed luxury entertainment experience The MX180 s...

Page 3: ...Zone B 16 Source 16 Video Setup 17 Video Output 17 Video Input 17 System Configuration 18 General Setup 18 About ARC and CEC 18 Trigger Setup 18 Network Setup 19 Manage Software 19 Dolby Atmos and Au...

Page 4: ...copies of the content Auro Technologies mail info auro technologies com phone 32 0 14314343 fax 32 0 14321224 www auro technologies com Dolby Dolby Atmos and the double D symbol are registered tradem...

Page 5: ...es 5 1cm below the bottom 1 inch 2 5cm on each side of the MX180 so that airflow is not obstructed 20 inches 50 8cm depth behind the front panel 1 7 16 inch 3 7cm in front of the mounting panel for kn...

Page 6: ...abinet Front Panel Note Center the cutout Horizontally on the unit For purposes of clarity the above illustration is not drawn to scale MX180 Bottom View in Custom Cabinet 23 18cm 9 1 8 5 72cm 2 1 4 2...

Page 7: ...1 2 3 4 5 1 2 HDMI INPUTS HDMI OUTPUTS Connections on the Back The MX180 A V Processor has a wealth of connections They can be divided into Inputs and Outputs The Inputs Five HDMI Inputs Four optical...

Page 8: ...r charging smartphones and tablets SD Card Slot Like the USB Inputs the SD Card Slot can be used for data transfer and back up and restore functions of the MX180 10baseT LAN Use an ethernet cable to c...

Page 9: ...beled L the other is labeled R The eight RCA jacks above the title MULTI CHANNEL IN accept eight channel audio and are called 8 Channel Analog in the Input menu The channels are LF Left Front C Center...

Page 10: ...ower Control enables power on off signals to go to connected components so that other components can automatically power on or off as called for by the MX180 For example you may want a DVD player and...

Page 11: ...opposed to Deep sleep When the power management is set to Deep Sleep the MX180 can not be woken up from the network interface The Power management can be setup under SETUP System configuration Genera...

Page 12: ...10dB in 1dB increments Trim Center This trim adjustment allows for the adjustment of the Center Channel volume level relative to the Front and Surround Channels Use the up down buttons to adjust from...

Page 13: ...urn after a few seconds LED Channel Status Indicators The yellow LEDs in the center of the MX180 front panel provide a visual display of the status of the Main Zone s signal The left side illuminates...

Page 14: ...require rerunning your RoomPerfect measurements Choose Proceed to continue Select a speaker location starting with the LF or RF they will be the same Choose the speaker size according to this guide S...

Page 15: ...Subwoofer Level SETUP Speakers room Adjust Sub The Adjust Sub menu is a tool for setting the level for an attached subwoofer It will compare the level of the Front Left speaker and the subwoofer It wi...

Page 16: ...ion you can choose between parametric or high and low shelves as well as high and low pass filters Once the filter type is selected you can insert a center frequency Q bandwidth and gain Then the filt...

Page 17: ...ne or frame by frame basis Dolby Vision provides increased detail with better color accuracy Note that if multiple Dolby Vision TVs are connected the signal will only be optimized for one TV with HDMI...

Page 18: ...nflicting with the MX180 HDMI CEC settings Consumer Electronics Control CEC is a feature of HDMI that theoretically allows users to control multiple connected devices through one Remote Control This c...

Page 19: ...y of the log syslog log SETUP Manage software Backup The MX180 A V Processor allows you to save setup information including RoomPerfect settings After investing time in setting up your system it is re...

Page 20: ...n shut down Do not manually power off the unit while installing the update The Update software page displays software information Here you will find version numbers for various software used in the MX...

Page 21: ...if you have Dolby Enabled Speakers on top of your front and surround speakers go to the settings for these speakers and activate the Dolby Enabled Speaker option This will then give you the option to...

Page 22: ...irected bass is played the high part of any channel is always played by the speaker for that channel The same goes for bass that is not redirected so this will not be specifically mentioned See Figure...

Page 23: ...10k 5k 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 A M P L I T U D E I N FREQUENCY IN HERTZ D E C I B E L S 4 Voicing Tilt Frequency Response 20 50 200 500 100 1k 2k 20k 10k 5k 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 A M P L I T U D E I N FREQUENCY IN HER...

Page 24: ...T Enter the indicated choice Use p and q to tune Up or Down the AM FM Dial use u and t for the next or previous HD Radio Program McIntosh HD Tuner Activates the TRIM Mode GUIDE is used with McIntosh M...

Page 25: ...enu on the browser window for the MX180 The address will be something like http 192 168 1 121 setup with your actual IP address used You can find your IP address by pushing the DISPLAY MODE button unt...

Page 26: ...is will result in shipping damage Quantity Part Number Description 1 034256 Shipping carton only 4 034670 End cap 2 034493 Spacer pad 1 033697 Inside carton only 1 033725 Inner carton top pad 1 034576...

Page 27: ...G Dolby Vision eARC Dynamic Lip sync 4 4 4 Color REC 2020 3D Video pass through Coaxial Optical Digital Input Rate 32kHz to 192kHz 16 20 24 Bit PCM Dolby Digital DTS HDMI Digital Input Rate 32kHz to 1...

Page 28: ...cts is the policy of McIntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice Printed in the U S A McIntosh Laboratory Inc 2 Chambers Street Binghamton NY 13903 www mcin...

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