Bryston SP2 PREAMP - Manual

Page 2 - BRYSTON LIMITED WARRANTY; PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO; BRYSTON SERVICE in CANADA

1 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to aler t the user to the presence of un-insu-lated “dangerous voltage “ within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to ...

Page 3 - . Setting the Speaker Configuration

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Safety Instructions & Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Introduction, Accessories and Power . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . 4~6 a. Using .the .Dynamic .Range .Control...

Page 4 - decoding

INTRODUCTION Congratulations .on .your .purchase .of .the .Bryston . SP2 .pre-amplifier/processor .This .product .will .pro- vide .you .with .the .finest .available .signal .control .and . DSP .audio .processing .available .Like .all .Bryston . products .the .SP2 .has .been .carefully .designed .and...

Page 5 - : DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL; NOTE; .Caution should be exercised when choos-

SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR SP2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS & INDICATORS 1: POWER SWITCH (momentary) 2: STANDBY & INFRA-RED ACTIVITY INDICATOR 3: INFRA-RED RECIEVER (sensor) 4: DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL 5: ALPHA-NUMERIC DISPLAY 6: MENU CONTROL Buttons 7: SOURCE SELECT Buttons & Indicators 8: DIGITAL MODE ...

Page 7 - Cinema; Surround; 5: ANALOG BALANCE CONTROL; setup

SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR resents .different .mixing .coefficients .for .the .centre . and .surround .channel .signals . These .will .be .detected .by .the .SP2 .and .used .to .pro- duce .the .downmix .if .this .mode .is .selected 12: “THX” BUTTON THX This .button .allows .selection .of .THX .post .pro- ...

Page 8 - in the ‘Other Settings’ Menu (instead of OPT1; : REMOTE 12V TRIGGER OUTPUTS; Programming the AUX Trigger Output; sources; .XLR and RCA connectors can be simultane-; : DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL INPUTS; Setting the Optical Audio Input Assignment

are .now .in .the .‘Other .Settings’ .(Optical/THX) . Menu . . 2 . . .Move .the .cursor .to .the .Optical .Input .(OPT1 .or . OPT2) .you .want .to .change .the .input .assign- ment .for .Hit .‘Select’ . (see figure below) 3 . .Now .you .can .assign .the .optical .input .to .any . one .of .the .6 .in...

Page 9 - THE SP2 REMOTE CONTROL; : BALANCED OUTPUTS

SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR . . . 3 . .To .change .the .source, .use .the .“<” .button .To . toggle .the .trigger .setting .On .or .Off, .use .the . “>” .button . .Hit .‘Select’ .to .exit .when .finished . 8: AUX IR RECEIVER The .Aux .IR .Input .is .a .miniature .mono .phone .jack . connector . .This...

Page 10 - Installers: please contact Bryston technical support

SP2 Remote Control continued... 1: SOURCE SELECT BUTTONS These .buttons .are .used .to .select .the .desired . source .TV/SAT, .DVD, .CD, .AUX, .VCR, .and .TAPE . function .exactly .like .their .corresponding .buttons .on . the .SP2 .front .panel . 2: BYPASS BUTTONS To .use .the .5 1 .channel .analo...

Page 11 - .If for any reason you are not sure that you; EXPLANATION OF ‘SAVED SETTINGS; per; ’ FEATURE; per source; SETTING THE SPEAKER CONFIGURATION; SETUP & CALIBRATION OF THE SP2; .In most operating menu modes the last

SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR may .have .one ) . IMPORTANT : .When .using .the .Pink .Noise .genera- tor .within .the .SP2 .for .speaker .level .calibration, .the . salient .point .is .that .all .channels .measure .equal .dB . After .pushing .the .test .button, .the .pink .noise .will . start .in .the .front...

Page 12 - EXPLANATION OF ‘XTRA BASS’ MODE; menu if the front speakers are defined; SETTING THE SPEAKER CROSSOVER FREqUENCY

any .system .which .you .expect .to .effectively .handle . the .low .frequency .dynamics .of .modern .motion . picture .soundtrack .sources .such .as .DVD .or .HDTV . feeds, .and .many .other .discrete .multi-channel .pro- gramming .sources .If .in .any .doubt .choose .small, . especially .if .you ....

Page 13 - SETTING THE CHANNEL DELAYS; IMPORTANT; SETTING CHANNEL LEVELS WITHOUT PINK NOISE

SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR 4 : . .Once .you .have .selected .the .desired .crossover . frequency, .press .SELECT .to .exit .this .menu .and . return .to .the .Speaker .Config .menu .The .select- ed .frequencies .are .common .to .all .speakers . defined .as .‘SMALL’ .Crossover .frequency .can .be . set .in...

Page 14 - Caution; Bass Limiting function is disabled. In this case, you; DISABLE

. 2 : . .Next .move .the .cursor .to .“LVL” . .Hit .‘SELECT’ .- . You .are .now .in .the .Level .Trim .Menu . . 3 : . .Move .the .cursor .to .the .speaker(s) .you .want . to .change .the .level .for .using .the .arrow .keys . (L, .C, .R, .RS, .LS, .RB, .LB, .SUB) .Hit .‘SELECT’ . Now .you .can .adju...

Page 15 - ENABLING THX SURROUND EXTM DECODING

SP2 PREAMP/PROCESSOR ● . ON : . .DTS-ES .Matrix .will .be .forced .on . for .all .DTS .5 1 .channel .input .bit- streams, .if .the .back .channels .are . enabled . ● . AUTO : . .DTS-ES .Matrix .will .be .decode .if .the . incoming .DTS .bitstream .is .flagged . as .having .DTS-ES .encoded .con- tent...

Page 16 - imaging; CEN; CHANGING DTS NEO:6 SETTINGS; APPENDIX A; SP2 SURROUND MODES

. 3 : . . Panorama . Mode .extends .the .front .stereo . image .to .include .the .surround .speakers .for .an . exciting .“wrap .around” .effect .with .side .wall . imaging .PLII .Music .also .applies .a .mild .high-frequency .shelf . filter .to .the .surround .channels .for .a .more .natural . soun...

Page 18 - SP2 SPECIFICATIONS; INFRA-RED REMOTE CODES

17 Power OFF . . . . . . . . . . . .000TV/SAT ............................001DVD .................................002CD ...................................003AUX .................................004VCR .................................005TAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .006Volume UP . . . . . . ....

Page 20 - SUGGESTED SURROUND SPEAKER PLACEMENT

SP2-OWNERS-MANUAL-20060112 . . . . . STP / 19 SUGGESTED SURROUND SPEAKER PLACEMENT