Thule Audio SPACE PA350 B Owner'S Manual Download Page 1

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Owners manual SPACE PR350 B

OVERVIEW OF REMOTE CONTROL........................................................................................................... 2

OVERVIEW OF REAR AND FRONT PANEL ............................................................................................... 3

OVERVIEW OF CONTROL PANEL AND DISPLAY ................................................................................... 4

CONGRATULATIONS WITH YOUR NEW PREAMPLIFIER/PROCESSOR SPACE PR350 B............. 5

0. INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................. 7

1. INPUT SELECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 7

2. VOLUME CONTROLS .................................................................................................................................. 8

3. ZONE 2 ............................................................................................................................................................. 9

4. DELAY ............................................................................................................................................................. 9

5. SURROUND MODES ................................................................................................................................... 11

5.1 D

OLBY 

D

IGITAL

......................................................................................................................................... 11

5.2 DTS ........................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.3 D

OLBY 

P

RO

L

OGIC 

II .................................................................................................................................. 13

5.4 PCM 

AND ANALOGUE INPUTS

.................................................................................................................... 13

6. CONFIG MENU ............................................................................................................................................ 14

6.1 S

PEAKERS

.................................................................................................................................................. 14

6.2 I

NPUTS

....................................................................................................................................................... 16

6.3 N

OISE

......................................................................................................................................................... 16

6.4 C

ROSSOVER FREQUENCY

............................................................................................................................ 16

6.5 E

XTENDED 

S

URROUND

............................................................................................................................... 16

6.6 D

YNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION

................................................................................................................ 16

6.7 V

OLUME SCALE

.......................................................................................................................................... 17

6.8 S

AVING SET

-

UP PARAMETERS IN MEMORY

.................................................................................................. 17

6.9 R

ETURN TO FACTORY SETTING

................................................................................................................... 18

6.10 OSD......................................................................................................................................................... 18
6.11 SPDIF OUT............................................................................................................................................. 18
6.12 P

RO

L

OGIC 

II ............................................................................................................................................ 18

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................... 19

7.0 YOUR NOTES ............................................................................................................................................. 20

APPENDIX A: SPECIAL FUNCTIONS ......................................................................................................... 21

A.1 C

OMMUNICATION BETWEEN 

PR350 B 

AND 

IA/PA350 B/PA250 B .......................................................... 21

O

VERVIEW

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 

PR350 B 

AND 

PA350 B ................................................................... 22

A.2  A/D 

LEVEL

............................................................................................................................................... 23

A.3 E

LECTRICAL 

(

COAXIAL

VERSUS OPTICAL DIGITAL INPUT

. ........................................................................ 23

A.4  A

UTOMATIC FAILURE CORRECTION SYSTEM

............................................................................................. 23

Summary of Contents for SPACE PA350 B

Page 1: ...VIEW OF CONTROL PANEL AND DISPLAY 4 CONGRATULATIONS WITH YOUR NEW PREAMPLIFIER PROCESSOR SPACE PR350 B 5 0 INSTALLATION 7 1 INPUT SELECTION 7 2 VOLUME CONTROLS 8 3 ZONE 2 9 4 DELAY 9 5 SURROUND MODES...

Page 2: ...OL change light return to master volume decrease volume left center right surround left subwoofer surround right DVD player sattelite receiver TV set laser disc audio video tape1 audio video tape2 pur...

Page 3: ...FRONT PANEL AND REAR PANEL volume control control panel see next page display see next page S video inputs composite video inputs analog audio inputs to DSP...

Page 4: ...volume 2 sec push enter config mode exit config menu short push center channel balance 2 sec push center channel delay up right channel balance right short push surround right channel balance 2 sec p...

Page 5: ...coming sound formats 5 pcs Burr Brown 24bit 192kHz D A converters True differential D A conversion in all channels Direct key access to channel trim adjustments with 0 5dB adjustment step Precision vo...

Page 6: ...eaker R right speaker Surround speakers C center speaker placed in front of the listening position SL surround left speaker placed rear left of the listening position SR surround right speaker placed...

Page 7: ...Tape 2 Pure A Analogue X X X X X X Coax digital X X X X Dig Direct X Optical X X Com video X X X X X X S video X X X X X X The Pure Audio input can be either XLR or 6 channel RCA phono input For the a...

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Page 9: ...r at the listening position In this case it is necessary to delay the sound slightly from the rear speakers The important issue here is the difference in distance from the listening position to the fr...

Page 10: ...in meters are then calculated as SL delay L SL distance x 3 3 8 2 1 x 3 5 1ms SR delay R SR distance x 3 3 8 2 1 x 3 5 1ms C delay L C distance x 3 3 8 2 9 x 3 2 7ms SC delay L C distance x 3 3 8 1 8...

Page 11: ...cally switch to Dolby Digital surround and the Dolby Digital indicator will light up By pushing the SURROUND MODE key on the front panel or mode on the remote control information about which outputs c...

Page 12: ...ing resolution is indicated at DTS lock on second line E g 768k 24 means a 768kHz transmission bitrate with a 24bit encoding resolution PR350 B offer extended precision decoding of DTS 24bit stream to...

Page 13: ...ss of this format The DTS 24 96 format is compatible in performance with DVD Audio but can be played on normal CD or DVD video players 5 3 Dolby ProLogic II The PR350 B support the new format ProLogic...

Page 14: ...shing the VOL key 6 Config menu The config menu is activated by pushing CONFIG on the remote control or holding the VOL key in for 2 seconds on the front panel Navigation through the config menu with...

Page 15: ...t And if all speakers are chosen LARGE the bass management does not send any signal to the subwoofer In this case to have a subwoofer signal the user can select the subwoofer max bass ON option under...

Page 16: ...body Exit from noise test push or VOL keys 6 4 Crossover frequency A very useful feature is the Cross frequency setting If a speaker is selected as small the low frequency content is sent to the Subw...

Page 17: ...9 0 70 0 70 5 71 0 71 5 99 5 100 full fixed 0 5 dB step size from 0 0 to 100 200 steps 6 8 Saving set up parameters in memory In the menu MEM BANK it is possible to store the set up parameters in four...

Page 18: ...en OSD is enabled which overrides other video sources In normal mode the OSD is mixed with the selected video signal The following settings are possible OSD is disabled OSD is enabled only by commands...

Page 19: ...weight 420 x 300 x 90mm 6 5 kg Configuration DATA I O STBY pin 1 Data for communication with other Thule Audio Equipment 2 Clock for communication with other Thule Audio Equipment 3 No connection 4 An...

Page 20: ...size Delay ms Volume Trim dB L left main R Right main ProLogic II Speaker size Delay ms Volume Trim dB L left main R Right main C Center SL Surround left SR Surround right Dolby Digital Speaker size D...

Page 21: ...between L R SL SR C SC of the 2 units See the figure next page about cable configuration Turn on both units By first command from PR350 B e g by switching to multi channel operation the PA IA350B wil...

Page 22: ...V TV LD CD LD CD TAPE1 TAPE1 TAPE2 TAPE2 IN IN DVD DVD DVD OUT OUT SAT DVD OUT OUT SAT LD CD TV OUT Digital Direct 8 ch 32 192 kHz L S VIDEO COMPOSITE R 220 230 V 50 60 Hz SERIAL NO Manufactured under...

Page 23: ...tegrated analog digital and video signals it is easy to create disturbances and ground problems in the system To avoid such problems the digital coaxial inputs of PR350B has been designed with a speci...

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