Page 2 - SAFETY; Important Safety In struc tions
User's Manual 2 1. Read In struc tions 2. Keep these Instructions 3. Heed all Warnings. 4. Follow all Instructions 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not install near any heat sourc- es such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including...
Page 4 - Contents; CHAPTER 1
User's Manual 4 Important Safety Instructions ................. 2-3 Chapter 1: Introduction ...............................5 Unpacking and Features ...........................6Overview.....................................................7Quick Start Guide .......................................8Fron...
Page 5 - Introduction
User's Manual 5 CHAPTER 1 Dear Friend, Thank you for pur chas ing a Sun fi re Theater Grand Processor TGP-5. We hope that you enjoy it and the music it makes as much as we have en joyed creating it for you. As with our entire line of Sun fi re products, the TGP-5 is brimming with exclusive, high-per...
Page 6 - Unpacking; Remote Features
User's Manual 6 CHAPTER 1 Your TGP-5 should reach you in perfect con di tion. If you do notice any shipping damage, please contact your Sun fi re Dealer immediately. Gently lift out the unit and remove all the packing material and ac ces -so ries. It is im por tant to save all the packing ma te ri a...
Page 7 - Overview
User's Manual 7 CHAPTER 1 GUIDE MENU MODE MODE EXIT INFO SYSTEM +10 POWER RC-500 3 1 6 4 9 7 ENT DIS M3 M1 2 5 8 0 M2 PAGE FAV MAIN OFF VOL CH MUTE PREV CH CD AUDIO MAIN TAPE AUX ZONE2 TGP5 DVD VCR SAT TV CABLE Various controls Select an input Power on/off Most features of the TGP-5 can be operated ...
Page 8 - Quick Start Guide
User's Manual 8 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS GUIDE MENU MODE MODE EXIT INFO SYSTEM +10 POWER 3 1 6 4 9 7 ENT DIS M3 M1 2 5 8 0 M2 PAGE FAV MAIN OFF VOL CH MUTE PREV CH CD AUDIO MAIN TAPE AUX ZONE2 TGP5 DVD VCR SAT TV CABLE RC-500 MENU Previous MODE TGP-5 Next MODE MAIN EXIT CHAPTER 1 Q...
Page 10 - Front Panel Features; Manual Input Selector
User's Manual 10 CHAPTER 1 Front Panel Features 1. Power This button turns the TGP-5 on (fully powered up) or into Standby mode (asleep, but can be turned on remotely). If you press ZONE TWO fi rst, it can turn on Zone 2 (even if the Main Zone is off). The red Standby LED is on when the TGP-5 is in ...
Page 12 - Rear Panel Fea tures; Component Video In
User's Manual 12 CHAPTER 1 6. Triggers and Relay The relay switch is normally open, and it will close after a short delay, when selecting a source. This can be used in in stal la tions to trigger video screen deployment, or other custom purposes. The OSD INPUTS menu allows you to choose which inputs...
Page 14 - Installation
User's Manual 14 +12V GND USE EITHER TO TURN MAIN ZONE AMPLIFIER ON USE TO TURN ZONE TWO AMPLIFIER ON +12V GND THIS TRIGGER RELAY IS NORMALLY OPEN. IT CLOSES WHEN YOU SELECT ANY INPUT WHOSE TRIGGER HAS BEEN ENABLED ZONE2 12VDC MAIN ZONE TRIGGERS 12VDC +12V GND +12V IS PRESENT WHEN AN INPUT WHOSETRIG...
Page 15 - CHAPTER 2; System Con; Analog audio and composite video
User's Manual 15 DVD IN SAT IN HDMI OUT MANUFACTURED UN DER LICENSE FROM D IGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS, INC. US PAT. NO. 5,451,942, 5,956,67 4, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 AND OTHE R WORLD-WIDE PAT ENTS ISSUED AND PENDING. "DTS", " DTS-ES EXTENDED S URROUND" AND "NEO:6" ARE TRADEMARKS OF...
Page 16 - Digital audio and component video connections
User's Manual 16 CHAPTER 2 DVD IN SAT IN HDMI OUT MANUFACTURED UN DER LICENSE FROM DIGITAL THEAT ER SYSTEMS, INC . US PAT. NO. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 AND OTHE R WORLD-WIDE PAT ENTS ISSUED AND PENDING. "DTS ", "DTS-ES EXT ENDED SUR ROUND" AND "NEO:6" ARE TR...
Page 17 - LD connections: external RF Demodulator and S-Video
User's Manual 17 CHAPTER 2 DVD IN SAT IN HDMI OUT MANUFACTURED U NDER LICENSE FR OM DIGITAL THE ATER SYSTEMS, INC. US P AT. NO. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,3 80, 5,978,762 AND OTHE R WORLD-WIDE P ATENTS ISSUED A ND PENDING. "DTS", "D TS-ES EXTENDED SURR OUND" AND "NEO:6" ARE ...
Page 19 - CD and Antenna connections
User's Manual 19 CHAPTER 2 DVD IN SAT IN HDMI OUT MANUFACTURED UN DER LICENSE FROM D IGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS, INC. US P AT. NO. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 AND OTHE R WORLD-WIDE PAT ENTS ISSUED AND PENDING. "DTS", "D TS-ES EXTENDED SURROUND" AND "NEO:6" ARE TRAD...
Page 20 - Turntable connections
User's Manual 20 CHAPTER 2 DVD IN SAT IN HDMI OUT MANUFACTURED UN DER LICENSE FROM DIGITAL THEA TER SYSTEMS, INC. US PAT. NO. 5,451 ,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,38 0, 5,978,762 AND OTHER WO RLD-WIDE PATENTS ISSUED AND PENDING. "DTS", "D TS-ES EXTENDED SUR ROUND" AND "NEO:6" ARE TRA...
Page 21 - Tape Player connections
User's Manual 21 CHAPTER 2 DVD IN SAT IN HDMI OUT MANUFACTURED UN DER LICENSE FROM D IGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS, INC. US P AT. NO. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 AND OTHE R WORLD-WIDE PAT ENTS ISSUED AND PENDING. "DTS", "D TS-ES EXTENDED SURROUND" AND "NEO:6" ARE TRAD...
Page 25 - Remote Control
User's Manual 25 GUIDE MENU MODE MODE EXIT INFO SYSTEM +10 POWER 3 1 6 4 9 7 ENT DIS M3 M1 2 5 8 0 M2 PAGE FAV MAIN OFF VOL CH MUTE PREV CH CD AUDIO MAIN TAPE AUX ZONE2 TGP5 DVD VCR SAT TV CABLE RC-500 CHAPTER 3 Remote Control Think of the TGP-5 remote control as ten remotes in one. There are ten DE...
Page 26 - CHAPTER 3; Operating the TGP-5 with the Remote
User's Manual 26 GUIDE MENU MODE MODE EXIT INFO SYSTEM +10 POWER 3 1 6 4 9 7 ENT DIS M3 M1 2 5 8 0 M2 PAGE FAV MAIN OFF VOL CH MUTE PREV CH CD AUDIO MAIN TAPE AUX ZONE2 TGP5 DVD VCR SAT TV CABLE RC-500 CHAPTER 3 1. Press the remote's MAIN button to make sure the display is on the main display menu. ...
Page 27 - Remote Setup
User's Manual 27 CHAPTER 3 You must enter the SETUP mode to program the remote control for the other components in your system, and to customize it for your conve-nience. There is only one way to enter the SETUP mode: Hold down both the MAIN and ENT buttons for a few seconds until SETUP appears in t...
Page 29 - EDIT; CLONE; Remote Setup continued
User's Manual 29 CHAPTER 3 MACRO The macro mode allows you to set up certain buttons to transmit up to 20 commands in sequence. For ex am ple, a single button press could turn on all of your home theater equipment, and set the TGP-5 to DVD, set the TV to channel 3, and set the DVD to play, make the ...
Page 31 - OSD Menus; Main Menu
User's Manual 31 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS Navigation Use the joystick pad left, right, up and down buttons to navigate through the menus. An arrow after text ( ) on the screen, shows there is more infor-mation on another page. The back arrow ( ) shows that you can return ...
Page 32 - Trim and Tone Menus; Tone Menu
User's Manual 32 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS Step up and down through the menus Step through any available options, and change dB levels Trim Menu This menu allows you to adjust the individual volume level of your speak-ers "on-the- fl y." Although careful cali- brat...
Page 33 - CHAPTER 4; DTS Setup; Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mode; Modes Menu
User's Manual 33 CHAPTER 4 DOLBY DOLBY D DYN RNG ONPRO LOGIC IIx MODE DOLBY SUB TRIM 0.0 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS Modes MenuDolby Setup Dynamic Range This is the range in level be-tween the loudest sound and quietest sound during Dolby Digital and DTS playback only. The options are...
Page 34 - Input Menus; Input Con
User's Manual 34 CHAPTER 4 INPUTS P2 TUNER TUNER PRESETS TAPE PHONO 8-CHANNEL 8-CH INPUT CONFIGURE NAME 8-CHANNEL GAIN TRIM 0.5 LCK TO VID VID1 MAIN ZONE ENABLE TRIG RELAY ON MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS Input Menus These menus let you select which input you would like to con fi gure. ...
Page 35 - Tuner Preset Menus; Tuner Preset Menu
User's Manual 35 GUIDE MENU MODE MODE EXIT INFO CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS INPUTS P2 TUNER TUNER PRESETS TAPE PHONO 8-CHANNEL INPUTS DVD CD SAT VID1 VID2 VCR Tuner Preset Menus TUNER PRESETS PAGE 1 01 FM 107.5 NR ON 02 FM 99.9 NR OFF 03 FM 97.3 NR ON 04 FM 104.1 NR OFF 05 A...
Page 36 - Main Zone and Zone 2 Menu; Main Zone Menu
User's Manual 36 CHAPTER 4 ZONE 2 ZN2 SYSTEM ENABLE BALANCE 2 LEFT PWRUP SRC TAPE PWRUP VOL MD PRESET PWRUP VOL 45 MAX VOL 51 ZN2 OSD POPUP ON Main Zone and Zone 2 Menu Main Zone Menu PowerUp Source This sets the input source which the TGP-5 will then always select whenever the TGP-5 is turned on. P...
Page 37 - Video, Software and Control Menus
User's Manual 37 Video, Software and Control Menus CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS SETTINGS MAIN ZONE ZONE 2 SPEAKERS VIDEO SOFTWARE CONTROL SOFTWARE UPGRADE SOFTWARE REVISION LIST CONTROL RS-232 ENABLE DIG CONTROL LAN/SERIAL LAN MODE RUN/SETUP REAR MAIN IR ENABLE REAR ZN2 IR EN...
Page 38 - Speaker Size Menu
User's Manual 38 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS SETTINGS MAIN ZONE ZONE 2 SPEAKERS VIDEO SOFTWARE CONTROL Speaker Size Menu Speaker Size Menu This menu allows you to enter the size of your speakers. The TGP-5's bass management will then auto-matically assign each speaker a freq...
Page 39 - Speaker Position; Speaker Position Menu
User's Manual 39 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS SETTINGS MAIN ZONE ZONE 2 SPEAKERS VIDEO SOFTWARE CONTROL Speaker Position This menu allows you to enter the distance from your listening position to the various speakers. The TGP-5 will then automatically adjust and correct the s...
Page 40 - Speaker Calibration; Speaker Calibration Menu
User's Manual 40 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS SETTINGS MAIN ZONE ZONE 2 SPEAKERS VIDEO SOFTWARE CONTROL SPEAKER CALIBRATION L SUR BACK 0.0 LEFT SUR 0.0 L SIDE AXIS 0.0 SUBWOOFER 0.0 GO TO LEFT MAIN ON-THE-FLY TRIMS ZEROED Speaker Calibration The calibration procedure allows y...
Page 41 - Speaker Crossover Menu; Crossover adjustment
User's Manual 41 CHAPTER 4 MAIN MENU TRIMS MODES TONE INPUTS SETTINGS SETTINGS MAIN ZONE ZONE 2 SPEAKERS VIDEO SOFTWARE CONTROL Speaker Crossover Menu Crossover adjustment The TGP-5 bass management system allows you to send the low frequencies of your speakers to a subwoofer. The crossover point of ...
Page 42 - CHAPTER 5; Bass Management
User's Manual 42 CHAPTER 5 Unlike higher fre quen cies, it is dif fi cult to discern exactly from which direction lower bass is coming from. The TGP-5 has a bass man age - ment system which takes advantage of this effect. It allows you to choose wheth er your speakers will play the full fre quen cy ...
Page 43 - Surround Modes for 2-Channel Sources
User's Manual 43 CHAPTER 5 For 2 channel input sources, you can choose from the following modes: STEREO DOLBY PRO LOGIC II DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIx PARTY JAZZ CLUB DTS Neo:6 SOURCE DIRECT The mode selection can be made from the front panel MODE buttons, or from the remote control. STEREO This is the conv...
Page 44 - Surround Modes for Multi-Channel Sources
User's Manual 44 CHAPTER 5 For multi-channel sources, the TGP-5 will automatically select the correct mode from one of the follow-ing: DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL EX DTS DTS-ES MATRIX DTS-ES DISCRETE Dolby Digital and DTS are “5.1” sur round systems with fi ve main chan- nels: left front, center, ri...
Page 45 - Tuner Operation
User's Manual 45 CHAPTER 5 Tuner Operation The Tuner is se lect ed either by rotating the manual input selector on the front panel, or by touching the TUNER button in the re mote’s TGP-5 mode. The front panel display shows the frequency of the last station you were lis ten ing to. The FM Tuner can t...
Page 46 - Recording; Recording to a Tape Player
User's Manual 46 CHAPTER 5 Recording Recording to a Tape Player Input signals from an audio source playing in the TGP-5 can be re cord ed using the left and right audio outputs. The tape player will receive a straight copy of the analog source signal going in, un af fect ed by the volume, tone or an...
Page 47 - Zone 2 Operation; Connections; Indicators
User's Manual 47 CHAPTER 5 Zone 2 Operation Note : Zone 2 must fi rst be enabled using the OSD (see page 36), or it will not work. Zone 2 can be turned on even if the Main Zone is off. If you have an ampli fi er and a pair of speakers in a second room or area (Zone 2), they can play a stereo source ...
Page 48 - Sonic Holography
User's Manual 48 CHAPTER 5 Sonic Holography is a unique pro cess which enhances the three-di men sion al effects and realism of stereo sound. This is modeled in DSP, from a design based on Bob Carver's legendary (and much sought after) Carver C-9 Sonic Holography Genera-tor. This circuit was designe...
Page 49 - APPENDIX; Speaker Place ment; The Front Speak ers; The Center speak er; Appendix
User's Manual 49 APPENDIX Speaker Place ment The Front Speak ers You should closely follow the placement rec om men da tions of your speaker man u fac tur er, with the addi-tion of the following points: The left and right front speakers should be positioned so that your TV is exactly centered betwee...
Page 50 - Surround Back Speakers; Subwoofer Location
User's Manual 50 APPENDIX In some systems, two center speak- ers are used; one on either side of the TV. As they are in mono, the result is a sound image that is po si tioned exactly at the screen center. Side-Axis Speakers The TGP-5 has two side-axis chan- nels which are matrixed from the left and ...
Page 52 - Troubleshooting Guide; No subwoofer or poor output
User's Manual 52 APPENDIX Troubleshooting Guide The Sun fi re TGP-5 is expertly designed and built to provide years of trouble-free per for mance. Most prob-lems that occur can usually be solved by checking your setup or making sure that the audio and video compo-nents connected to the TGP-5 are on ...
Page 55 - Remote Control Codes
User's Manual 55 APPENDIX Audio Components ADC 007Adcom 082, 092, 225, 161, 269Aiwa 018, 104, 170, 202, 203, 213, 211, 188Akai 138, 189AMC 125, 126, 167, 128, 258, 281, 282Amend 054AMX 196Angstrom 142Arcam 141Audio Access 147Audio Alchemy 135Audio Design 194, 221, 011Audio Ease 021, 196, 207Audio Fi...
Page 57 - Favorite Settings
User's Manual 57 APPENDIX Favorite Settings Use this page to record some of your favorite OSD settings and system details. INPUT NAME GAIN TRIM dB MAIN ZONE FULL AUTO VIDEO TYPE TRIG. RELAY ZONE 2 MAKE/MODEL REMOTE CODES NORMAL VOLUME DVDCDSATVID1VID2VCRTUNERTAPEPHONO8 CH SPEAKER CALIBRATION LEVEL d...
Page 59 - Limited Warranty
User's Manual 59 APPENDIX Limited Warranty Sun fi re Corporation is proud of its prod ucts which have been built with care using ad vanced technology and premium com po nent parts. Your unit has been crafted to perform properly for many years. Sun fi re Corporation offers the following Warranty to y...
Page 61 - Addendum
User's Manual 44 Addendum This addendum sheet replaces page 44 of your owner's manual. A new feature has been added to the TGP-5, see DTS(5.1), third paragraph. For multi-channel sources, the TGP-5 will automatically select the correct mode from one of these: DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL EX DTS DTS-E...
