Polk Audio Digital Solution System - Manuals

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 6 Carton Contents Your new Polk Audio Digital Solution system comes in multiple car-tons. If you do not have any of the pieces listed below, or if any com-ponent seems damaged, contact your Polk Audio retailer immediately. Two (2) front channel speakersTwo (2) su...

www.polkaudio.com 7 Area A—Antenna Connections This is where you hook up indoor or outdoor antennas for AM and FMradio reception. Area B—Audio Analog Inputs/Outputs This is where connections are made for the analog audio outputs ofsources such as CD player, DVD player, tape deck, etc. It is a good i...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 8 BASIC SYSTEM HOOK UP

www.polkaudio.com 9 TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. REAR LEFT REAR RIGHT FRONT CENTER FRONT LEFT FRONT RIGHT AUDIO INPUT FROM PREAMP/PROCESSOR SPEAKER HOO...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 10 Connection Precautions • Do not plug the preamp/processor or subwoofer into AC outlets untilall other connections have been made. • When connecting video sources, use either standard composite (good)or S-Video (better) cables throughout. Do not use both compos...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 12 DIGITAL AUDIO COAX VIDEO IN AUDIO INPUT FROM PREAMP/PROCESSOR FRONT RIGHT + – FRONT LEFT + – FRONT CENTER + – REAR LEFT + – REAR RIGHT + – 120VAC 50/60HZ POWER STANDBY OFF t h e s p e a k e r s p e c i a l i s t s ® Connecting Your TV to the DIGITAL SOLUTIONPr...

www.polkaudio.com 13 Connecting the Speakers We have supplied you with 5 sets of audiophile-grade speaker wire toconnect your speakers. Each wire is color coded just to make it easyfor you to see which wire is which at the amplifier side. There arethree 20’ wires and two 40’ wires. In most set-ups t...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 14 IMPORTANT NOTE:When this manual refers to “Front Left”, we mean the speaker onyour left side as you face the front (TV) side of the room. When werefer to “Surround Left” we mean the speaker that is behind youand to your left as you face the front (TV) side of ...

Polk customer service (800) 377-7655 15 High Performance Accessories for your Digital Solution The days of plywood and cinderblock shelves and milk crate speaker stands are far behind you now. Your new Digital Solution Systemdeserves the best in performance enhancing accessories. Your Polk Audio dea...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 16 DIGITAL SOLUTION DIGITAL PREAMP / PROCESSOR DIGITAL SOLUTION DIGITAL PREAMP / PROCESSOR Power Switch and Standby Indicator When this switch is pressed once, the power turns ON and lights appearon the Main Display panel. When pressed again, the power turns OFFa...

www.polkaudio.com 17 IMPORTANT NOTE:The FM radio, AM radio, CD, and Tape audio inputs do not have corresponding video inputs. When you select any of these sources,you will see a blank screen on your TV (if your TV is on). Surround Button This button switches between the various surround sound modes ...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 18 Loading Remote Control Batteries 1. Remove the back cover. 2. Insert two AA type batteries with correct (+) and (–) polarity. 3. Close the back cover until it clicks. The batteries will last about 4 months with normal use. Change the batteries as soon as you n...

www.polkaudio.com 19 The remote control is divided into three major sections. The top sectioncontains the most often used controls, such as POWER, MUTE,SUBWOOFER volume and system VOLUME controls. The middle sectionhas the source buttons where you select the source component youwant to hear and see....

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 20 After you have connected all speakers and source components you maystart using the Digital Solution without any further set-up proceduresand get excellent performance in most homes. One of the many benefitsof the Polk Digital Solution system is that the electr...

www.polkaudio.com 21 2. Measure the distance from your main listening position to the centerspeaker in feet (Fig.1) 3. Measure the distance from your main listening position to the frontspeakers in feet (Fig.1). 4. Subtract the center distance (B) from the front speaker distance (A).In the example i...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 DIGITAL SOLUTION DIGITAL PREAMP / PROCESSOR Listening to the Radio 1. Press the POWER switch (A) to turn on the power. 2. Press one of the SOURCE buttons (B) on the front panel or the AM orFM buttons on the remote (C) to select either the FM or AM band. 3. Press ...

www.polkaudio.com 23 Presetting Radio Station You can preset up to 50 FM/AM stations in any order. Stations can bepreset either manually (by you) or automatically (by the tuner). Auto Presetting This function scans the frequencies in the selected band andautomatically presets all stations that can b...

Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 24 The Polk Digital Solution system offers seven modes of operation:Stereo, 5 Channel Surround, Dolby Pro Logic, 2 channel Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround, and pass-through of 5.1channel high definition formats such as multi-channel Sup...

www.polkaudio.com 25 The Multi Room feature allows you to listen to an audio source that isconnected to the Digital Solution system in another room of the house.For example, you can watch a movie in the living room while yourchildren listen to the CD player in the family room. In order to use thisfe...

If something doesn’t seem to work right, please use the chart below before calling your dealer or Polk Audio. You will actually save time in thelong run if you have already eliminated some of the possible reasons for the problem. Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 26 If this happens: No sound from...

www.polkaudio.com 27 If something doesn’t seem to work right, please use the chart below before calling your dealer or Polk Audio. You will actually save time in thelong run if you have already eliminated some of the possible reasons for the problem. TROUBLESHOOTING If this happens: The system will ...

28 Polk Customer Service (800) 377-7655 Interference If this unit is placed very near a television, picture disturbance or noise may occur on the TV. In such a case, move the preamp/processor as far as possible from the television. If the problem persists, re-route the TV antenna cable so that it is...

29 Digital Solution 7200 Specifications System Overall Frequency Response 28Hz – 23kHz -3dB Frequency Response Limits 32Hz – 20kHz Speaker Driver Complement Front & Surround Satellites Midrange 1 - 3 4 " Diameter (8.3cm) Dynamic Balance, polymer composite with rubber surround, shielded Tweet...