Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto PReProTM del fabbricante Bel Canto Design
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PRePr o ™ Home Theater PReamplifier/Processor Bel Canto Design, L TD. 212 Third A venue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 Phone: (612) 317.4550 Fax: (612) 359.
Page 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1.1 1103 Congratulations! Y our new PRePro is an award winning home theater processor of the highest quality , designed to easily integrate the components of your home theater into a high resolution enter- tainment system.
Page 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Recommendations BEFORE you begin setting up the PRePro, we strongly recommend that you take a moment to: • Familiarize yours.
Page 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Speaker Size QUICK SETUP SPEAKER SIZE This menu section defines how the PRePro treats the audio signal that goes to the speakers. On larger full range speakers where no bass signal limiting is needed you will select LARGE.
Page 5 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Speaker Distance QUICK SETUP SPEAKER DIST ANCE This section enables you to quickly set proper delay values to output channels. This is neces- sar y to insure proper playback of surround sound effects and improve audio coherency .
Page 6 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Loudspeaker Setup CENTER FRONT RIGHT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND LEFT FRONT LEFT SUBWOOFER 5.1 SETUP 6.1 SETUP 7.1 SETUP BACK LEFT BACK RIGHT BACK LOUDSPEAKER IDENTIFICA TION Please note the position and identification of the loudspeakers used in a Home Cinema system.
Page 7 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 LOUDSPEAKER SIZE SELECTION When choosing loudspeaker sizes it is impor- tant to take into consideration the low frequency energy and demands of the home cinema sys- tem.
1 US X 2 EUROPE 3 TV SETTING NTSC EXIT T uner Settings TUNER/P AL/NTSC SETTING 1. From MAIN MENU press selection 4. 2. Press number that corresponds to your geo- graphical region. Example, Press 2 for Europe. 3. Press 3 if you need to switch the default NTSC setting to P AL.
Page 9 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 INPUT AUDIO BASS TRIM 1 VCR1 0db 2 VCR2 0db 3 TV 0db 4 LD 0db 5 AUX 0db 6 SA T 0db 7 DVD 0db 8 CD 0db 9 T APE 0db EXIT Bass T rim The BASS TRIM setting allows you to increase or reduce the amount of low frequency information sent to the subwoofer for each input selection.
Page 1 0 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Calibration 1 FRONT LEFT 0db 2 CENTER 0db 3 FRONT RIGHT 0db 4 SURROUND RIGHT 0db 5 BACK RIGHT 0db 6 BACK LEFT 0db 7 SURROUND.
Page 1 1 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER SIZE 2 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER DIST 3 INPUT ASSIGNMENT 4 TUNER/P AL/NTSC SETTING 5 BASS TRIM 6 CALIBRA TIO.
Page 1 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER SIZE 2 QUICK SETUP SPEAKER DIST 3 INPUT ASSIGNMENT 4 TUNER/P AL/NTSC SETTING 5 BASS TRIM 6 CALIBRA TIO.
Page 1 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 5. Use the curser arrows on the remote to move up, down, right, left. When you have high- lighted the desired letter , blank or numbers, press select. Repeat this procedure until the new name is created.
Page 1 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Hardware Setup It is strongly recommended that your PRePro be properly installed and all connections completed before programming the SET UP MENU.
Page 1 5 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 The main video out section accommodates 1- Component, 1-S and 2-Composite connectors.
Page 1 6 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Connecting the PRePro to your amplification and subwoofer systems can be done using the single ended (RCA) connections, the XLR con- nections or both, in combination or parallel.
Page 1 7 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Digital Source Set-up & Connection This section describes how to connect a digital audio or video source, such as DVD, DISH, SA T , GAME, CABLE BOX. W e will use the SA T INPUT and a satellite receiver as an example for this instruction.
Page 1 8 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 T o Change Input Assignment a) Press the number of the input to be changed from the DEF AUL T settings, assignment will blink.
Page 19 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 In this example we will use VCR1 input. 1. Connect a high quality S-Video cable from your VCR S-VIDEO OUT to the S-Video input of VCR1 on back of PRePro. If your VCR does not have an S-Video output use the composite video out with a high quality RCA video cable.
Page 20 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 INPUT AUDIO 1 VCR 1 DIG 8 2 VCR 2 DIG 7 3 TV DIG 6 4 LD DIG 5 5 AUX DIG 4 6 SA T DIG 3 7 DVD DIG 2 8 CD DIG 1 9 T APE ANALOG EXIT T o Change Input Assignment T o Analog 1.
Page 2 1 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 SET UP ZONE 2 INPUT SOURCE Zone 2 can access CD, T APE, TUNER inputs as well as the Zone 2 AUX INPUT . T o set up a source unique to Zone 2 use the following instructions. Main zone will have no effect on this source.
Page 2 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Power up unit 1. Press MASTER power button all the way in. This turns on the power and puts the unit in standby . Do not turn the unit off by pressing this button . Press the OFF button on the right of the font panel.
Page 2 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1. POWER SWITCH This is the MASTER power switch and should only be used to reset the unit or to shut off all power to the unit. For day to day use, use the OFF button to put the unit into stand- by and the INPUT buttons to power the unit from standby .
Page 2 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 12. SURROUND, MUSIC 7 AND STEREO This button scrolls through surround modes, set music 7 (party mode) and stereo modes. 13. 1-0 These buttons are used for set-up menu, selection and turner presets.
Page 2 5 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 1. DIGIT AL AUDIO INPUTS (DIG 1, DIG 2, DIG 3 and DIG 4) and T oslink (DIG 5 and DIG 6) digital inputs.
Page 2 6 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 POWER: Puts the PRePro into “Standby” mode. This button cannot turn the unit on; you must use one of the input selection but- tons located further down on the remote (i.e.
Remote Contr ol Learning Mode This remote control allows you to transfer a command from a button on your source remote control (original equipment remote control) to a button on the Stargate remote control. New commands can be taught to any button in the CD, DVD, AUX, SA T , TV , VCR and CBL device modes, except on the LIGHT button.
Page 2 8 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Erasing a Learned Command From a Button Step 1. Press the Device button and SELECT buttons simultaneously and hold until the orange Status LED and the Device button turn on and remain lit.
Page 29 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 V olume Punch Through Y ou can set the audio volume controls (VOL , VOL and MUTE) to operate on any of the eight (8) Device modes. Step 1. Press the Device and MUTE buttons, simulta- neously .
Page 3 0 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Example for Programming a Macr o Sequence T o program the M1 button in the A VC mode to power on the receiver , power on the CD, power on the TV and power on the VCR: Step 1. Press the A VC button and MUTE buttons simultaneously .
Page 3 1 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 The various listening modes affect signals from any input except the 7.1-channel analog input.
Page 3 2 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 DTS Neo:6 Music: Similar to Neo:6 Cinema, but for music. It feeds stereo signals directly to the front channels, bypassing t.
Page 3 3 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 T r ouble Shooting the Basics PROBLEM SOLUTION NO sound, LED is OFF Check if AC power cord is securely plugged in. Check AC power fuse, replace if necessary . NO sound, LED is ON Check all RCA cables for proper connections.
Page 3 4 © 2002/2003 bel canto design, Ltd. PRePro User’ s Guide rev1103 Specifications DTS Digital Surround is a registered trademark of DTS T echnologies, LLC. "Dolby", "AC-3", "Pro Logic" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Bel Canto Design PReProTM è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Bel Canto Design PReProTM - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Bel Canto Design PReProTM imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Bel Canto Design PReProTM ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Bel Canto Design PReProTM, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Bel Canto Design PReProTM.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Bel Canto Design PReProTM. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Bel Canto Design PReProTM insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
