Cambridge Audio 540R V3 - Manual

6 Front panel controls Volume Phones Tuning Mode/Store DVD Video 1 Dolby Digital EX/ DTS ES DSP Pro Logic II/ Neo 6 Input Mode Video 3 inputs Video Left Right StereoModes Video 2 Video 3 Tuner FM/AM Tape/MD/CDR CD/Aux 6.1 Direct – + Standby / On azur 540R AV Receiver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14...

540R v3 azur 7 ENGLISH Remote control Tuner AM/FM Selects Tuner mode. Pressing again to toggle between FM and AM modes. 6.1 Direct Selects the 5.1/6.1 Direct input. PTY (Program Type Search) Press to search by program type when in Tuner mode. Refer to the ‘Operating instructions’ section of this man...

540R v3 azur 9 ENGLISH Analog audio connections Note: Do not plug in the mains power lead or turn the unit on until all connections have been made. Connect to source equipment using stereo phono cables (stereo 2RCA- 2RCA). Tape/MD/CDR recorder/players require two sets of stereo phono/RCA cables, one...

10 Video connections For best picture quality we recommend making a HDMI connection, then in declining order of quality, Component video connections, S-Video connections and then Composite video connections. To use HDMI (digital connection), see the next section below. For analog video, use one of t...

12 Subwoofer For improving the bass in your system, as well as reproducing dedicated LFE cinema effects when playing Dolby Digital or DTS encoded discs. Your subwoofer can often be placed almost anywhere in the room as bass is less directional, but experimentation with positioning is recommended. Su...

540R v3 azur 15 ENGLISH All of the 540R v3’s rear panel video inputs (S-Video/Composite, Component and HDMI) are freely assignable to the DVD, Video 1, Video 2, Tape/MD, CD/Aux and 6.1 Direct sources for maximum flexibility. Select the ‘Input Assign’ menu. Highlight each Video input in turn and sele...

16 Pro Logic II The replacement for original Pro Logic, Pro Logic II is a technology where 5 channels (Front Left, Front Right, Centre, Surround Left, Surround Right) are encoded into a Stereo mix by an analog matrix process. Dolby Pro Logic II material can be played back by normal Stereo equipment ...

540R v3 azur 17 ENGLISH If no bitstream is present, pressing this button will result in the 540R v3 displaying ‘MODE UNAVAILABLE’. Note: The modes available for each button depend both on the Speaker Configuration that has previously been set in the OSD and on the source material. For 5.1 Speaker se...

20 Dynamic Range Control This setting controls the dynamic range of Dolby Digital or DTS movie soundtracks by compressing the dynamics in four stages to limit the difference in level between loud and quiet passages in the movie. This can be a useful feature when watching movies late at night for ins...

540R v3 azur 21 ENGLISH Note: These adjustments work in the digitally processed Stereo and Surround modes but not in 6.1 Direct mode. The Sub/LFE channel (for DD / DTS material) can also be trimmed by up to 10dB in 1dB steps useful for late night listening or other situations where it might be desir...

22 Bass Augment can be a useful function with PLII and Neo:6 material because these encoding types do not include an LFE Channel. This would normally mean that if all the speakers in your setup were set to ‘Large’, the subwoofer would in fact be inactive (as no bass has been re- directed plus there ...

540R v3 azur 23 ENGLISH Power Output 100 watts rms per channel, 8 ohms, two channels driven 80 watts rms per channel, 8 ohms all 6 channels driven THD <0.005% @1kHz <0.04% @20Hz - 20kHz Crosstalk <-60dB Frequency response 20Hz – 20kHz +/- 1dB Audio Input Sensitivity 150mV Audio Input Impeda...