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 a dry cloth. 7. Do not install near any heat sourc- es such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (includi...
Page 4 - Contents; CHAPTER 1
User's Manual 4 Contents CHAPTER 1 The Appendix shows some ad- ditional information, including a troubleshooting guide, optional components, the warranty and service assistance details To nd out more about this and other Sun re products, please visit our website: www.sunfi re.com Read the Safety Ins...
Page 5 - Introduction
User's Manual 5 CHAPTER 1 Processing: • Sonic Holography for enhanced imaging • Dolby Digital EX and ProLogic IIx • Dolby Headphone • DTS-ES, Neo:6, and DTS-96/24 • SourceDirect mode for DSP bypass Video: • Sun re-designed, 1080p HDMI v1.3a switching (3 in / 1 out) • 100 MHz component switching (3 i...
Page 6 - Unpacking
User's Manual 6 CHAPTER 1 Your TGR-401 should reach you in perfect con di tion. If you do notice any shipping damage, please contact your Sun 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 al...
Page 7 - Overview
User's Manual 7 CHAPTER 1 3 1 6 4 9 7 2 EXIT ENT +10 CH VOL MUTE PREV CH MENU INFO GUIDE MAIN FAV OFF ON PAGE SEL 5 8 0 Input, mode, and setup Input and menu select Power on/off Most features of the TGR-401 can be operated by the remote control’s TG401 sec tion. For the best Home Theater per- for ma...
Page 8 - Quick Start Guide; Automatic Setup
User's Manual 8 3 1 6 4 9 7 2 EXIT ENT +10 CH VOL MUTE PREV CH MENU INFO GUIDE MAIN FAV OFF ON PAGE SEL 5 8 0 Previous MODE Next MODE EXIT MENU CHAPTER 1 Quick Start Guide the knob to select the desired input.) 12. Play a source, such as a DVD, and bring up the volume to suit your taste. Make sure t...
Page 10 - Front Panel Features
User's Manual 10 CHAPTER 1 Front Panel Features 1. Power This button turns the TGR-401 on (fully powered up) or into Standby mode (asleep, but can be turned on remotely). The blue LED above the power switch is on when the TGR-401 main zone is turned on. When the TGR-401 is turned off, the LED will t...
Page 12 - Rear Panel Fea tures
User's Manual 12 CHAPTER 1 6. HDMI Use these to connect any HDMI components you may have in your system. Three are inputs, and one is an output to your HDMI-equipped TV. This supports 1080p and HDMIv1.3a sources. No on-screen-display or audio decoding inside the TGR-401 is available from the HDMI in...
Page 14 - Installation; Video Connections
User's Manual 14 CHAPTER 1 Observe the following precautions when choosing a location for your TGR-401: Make sure the TGR-401 has good ventilation. Do not cover any of the ventilation slots, or t the receiver inside a sealed cabinet without good air ow. • Protect it from pro longed ex po sure to dir...
Page 15 - CHAPTER 2; System Con gurations
User's Manual 15 CHAPTER 2 System Con gurations The following pages show some typical con nec tions that you might make in your in stal la tion. They show how the inputs and outputs of the TGR-401 are con nected to various audio and video com po nents. When this input is selected from the front pane...
Page 17 - AM Loop Antenna
User's Manual 17 CHAPTER 2 CD and Antenna Connections AM Loop Antenna Position this to get the best reception before xing it in place. The supplied loop an ten na has been carefully matched to the AM tuner. Larger Loop anten-nas may improve reception, provided that their inductive value is around 18...
Page 22 - Surround 2 Outputs
User's Manual 22 CHAPTER 2 + TO RIGHT BACK SURROUND + TO LEFT BACK SURROUND (IF ZONE 2 AMP OFF) + + TO LEFT 2 SPEAKER TO LEFT SPEAKER + + TO RIGHT 2 SPEAKER TO RIGHTSPEAKER + TO LEFT SURROUND2 SPEAKER + TO RIGHT SURROUND2 SPEAKER + TO LEFT SURROUND1 SPEAKER + TO RIGHT SURROUND1 SPEAKER Surround Back...
Page 25 - Remote Control
User's Manual 25 3 1 6 4 9 7 2 EXIT ENT +10 CH VOL MUTE PREV CH MENU INFO GUIDE MAIN FAV OFF ON PAGE SEL 5 8 0 CHAPTER 3 Remote Control The TGR-401 remote control is many remotes in one. There are ten device buttons, ve on either side of the display, and each allows the remote to operate one piece o...
Page 26 - CHAPTER 3; Operating the TGR-401 with the Remote
User's Manual 26 CHAPTER 3 1. Press the remote's MAIN button to make sure the display is on the main display menu. 2. Press the TG401 device button to set the remote to operate your TGR-401. The display chang es to show the TGR-401 input se lec tions. 3. Press PAGE to reach three more pages of the m...
Page 27 - Remote Setup; FAV
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
User's Manual 29 CHAPTER 3 Remote Setup continued 9. Try out the Sun re remote and see if the learned buttons will suc cess -ful ly operate your equipment. You may nd that some commands cannot be learned, because some are non-conventional, or too long or too short. 10. The EDIT command can be used t...
Page 31 - Quick Information
User's Manual 31 CHAPTER 4 On Screen Display (OSD) Video Connections The On Screen Display (OSD) is available at the composite video, S-video, or component video MON outputs. Make sure that your TV monitor's video input is connected correctly to one of these outputs. Note that the HDMI output does n...
Page 32 - OSD Menus
User's Manual 32 CHAPTER 4 Navigation Use the remote's navigation 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 to the previous page. NOTE: you ...
Page 33 - CHAPTER 4
User's Manual 33 See next page CHAPTER 4 OSD Menus: Trims, Tone, Modes, Presets, Setup (Input) TONE CONTROLS CHOICES BASS 0 +14 TO -14 TREBLE 0 +14 TO -14 INPUTS DEFAULT NAME 1 HD/BD 2 SAT 3 DVR4 MP35 DVD6 CABLE7 VCR8 CD 9 HD/BD-7.1 10 SIRIUS11 TUNER 12 FRONT INPUT 1 INPUT 2 INPUT 3 INPUT 4 INPUT 5 ...
Page 35 - OSD Menus: Setup continued
User's Manual 35 Seenextpage CHAPTER 4 OSD Menus: Setup continued MAIN MENUTRIMS TONE CONTROLS MODESPRESETS SETUP SETUP CHOICES INPUTS SPEAKERS VIDEO MAIN ZONE ZONE 2 CONTROL DIGITAL OUT THRU DNMX/THRU DIMMER MED LOW/MED/HI SPEAKERSAUTO SETUPSPEAKER SIZEDISTANCELEVEL CALIBRATIONEQBINDING POSTS SPEAK...
Page 37 - CHAPTER 5; Input settings
User's Manual 37 CHAPTER 5 Input settings Using the TGR-401 DEFAULT CHOICES NOTES ZONES M/Z2 OFF, MAIN, ZONE 2, M/Z2 Shows which Zones the input can play in NAME HD/BD (UP TO 10 LETTER, NUMS ANDSPECIAL CHARACTERS) Change the name of the input to suit your actual compo-nents GAIN TRIM 0.0 DB -20 TO +...
Page 38 - Video Conversion
User's Manual 38 CHAPTER 5 The TGR-401 has a bass man- age ment system that allows you to choose wheth er your speakers will play the full fre quen cy range, or if the bass will be re di rect ed to the subwoofer. The advantages of redirecting the bass to a subwoofer are : • The overall bass of the s...
Page 39 - Manual Setup
User's Manual 39 CHAPTER 5 Manual Setup The following On Screen Display (OSD) menus are used to enter and make three main adjustments: • Speaker Size • Level Calibration • Speaker Distance This setup needs to be done when you use your system for the rst time, or if you change anything such as the am...
Page 40 - Automatic Setup Procedure
User's Manual Measurement microphone (supplied) 40 CHAPTER 5 The automatic setup procedure uses the microphone to measure and evaluate your system. After the measurements are complete, the levels, crossover frequency, and delay times of the speakers in your system are automatically adjusted for the ...
Page 41 - Automatic and Manual Equalization; Manual EQ adjustment
User's Manual 41 CHAPTER 5 Auto EQ The automatic EQ procedure uses the microphone to measure and evaluate your system. This takes into account room effects, and automati-cally attens out the response. After the measurements are complete, the EQ of your system is adjusted. The procedure does not use ...
Page 42 - Surround Modes for 2-Channel Sources
User's Manual 42 CHAPTER 5 For 2 channel input sources, you can choose from the following modes: STEREOMONOPARTYDOLBY PLIIX MUSICDOLBY PLIIX MOVIEDOLBY PLIIX GAMEDOLBY PLIIX MATRIXDTS NEO:6 MUSICDTS NEO:6 CINEMAJAZZ CLUBSOURCE DIRECT Mode Selection With the remote set to control the TGR-401, press t...
Page 43 - Surround Modes for Multi-Channel Sources
User's Manual 43 CHAPTER 5 For multi-channel sources, the TGR-401 will automatically select the correct mode from one of the follow-ing: DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL EX DOLBY DIGITAL PLIIX MUSIC DOLBY DIGITAL PLIIX MOVIE DTS DIGITAL SURROUND DTS NEO:6 DTS SUNFIRE DTS-ES MATRIX DTS-ES DISCRETE DTS 96/...
Page 45 - Sonic Holography
User's Manual 45 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 from a design based on Bob Carver's legendary (and much sought after) Carver C-9 Sonic Holography Generator. This circuit was designed to over- come a...
Page 46 - FM and AM Tuner Operation; Changing Modes
User's Manual 46 CHAPTER 5 The supplied AM and FM antennas must be connected to the TGR-401 antenna terminals, or no stations will be tuned. The internal AM and FM tuners are se lect ed either by pressing Input and rotating the manual selector on the front panel, or by touching the AM or FM buttons ...
Page 47 - Recording; Recording to a Tape Player
User's Manual 47 CHAPTER 5 Recording Recording to a Tape Player Input signals from an audio source playing in the TGR-401 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...
Page 48 - Zone 2 Operation
User's Manual 48 CHAPTER 5 Zone 2 Operation If you have a pair of speakers in a second room or area (Zone 2), they can play a stereo source independent of whatever is playing in the Home Theater room (Main Zone). You can also play the same source as selected in the Main Zone. The Zone 2 speakers can...
Page 49 - Triggers; Trigger OSD Menu
User's Manual 49 CHAPTER 5 Trigger Outputs Three trigger outputs supply +12 VDC whenever they are turned on. These can be used to turn on external Sun re power ampli ers equipped with a 12 V trigger input, or to deploy video screens for example. Use all stan dard safe ty pre- cau tions and make sure...
Page 50 - APPENDIX; Speaker Place ment; The Front Speak ers; Appendix
User's Manual 50 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 51 - Surround Back Speakers; Subwoofer Location
User's Manual 51 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. Surround Speak ers Place each surround speaker to be an equal distance away from your central l...
Page 53 - Troubleshooting Guide; No subwoofer or poor output
User's Manual 53 APPENDIX Troubleshooting Guide The Sun re TGR-401 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 TGR-401 are on...
Page 54 - No Dolby Digital, DTS play back
User's Manual 54 APPENDIX No Dolby Digital, DTS play back • See page 43 • Make sure your player's digital output is set to BITSTREAM for Dolby Digital or DTS. This is often a player's setup menu item, not the disc's menu. • Some discs are available with a number of different options, such as Dolby D...
Page 55 - Updating fi rmware problems
User's Manual 55 APPENDIX Updating fi rmware problems • See page 52 • If you have a Palm Pilot™ or simi- lar device with “HotSync™” or its equivalent, you may need to dis-able this software before proceed-ing. This software ‘seizes’ control of a serial port on your machine and prevents the Sun re so...
Page 56 - Remote Control Codes
56 User's Manual APPENDIX Remote Control Codes (see remote control P-Pro on page 27) TVS, PLASMAS, PROJEC-TORS, MONITORS ADMIRAL 072 081 161 160ADVENT 247 388AKAI 197 146 248 404 405 458AMARK 112 143AMPRO 073 167 157 183AMSTRAD 052ANAM 043 054 056 080 112 131AOC 197 004 112 058APEX DIGITAL 006 310AU...
Page 59 - Speci cations
User's Manual 59 APPENDIX Speci cations Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent Numbers: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616; 6,487,535; 7,003,467; 7,212,872 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS, DTS Digital Surround, ES, and Neo:6 are registered tr...
Page 60 - Default Input Table
User's Manual 60 APPENDIX Default Input Table SOURCE NAME ANALOG DIGITAL COMPOSITE S-VIDEO COMPONENT HDMI 1 HD/BD 1 COAX1 1 1 1 1 2 SAT 2 COAX2 2 2 2 2 3 DVR 3 COAX3 3 3 3 3 4 MP3 4 COAX4 4 4 N N 5 DVD 1 OPT1 1 1 1 1 6 CABLE 2 OPT2 2 2 2 2 7 VCR 3 OPT3 3 3 3 3 8 CD 4 OPT4 4 4 N N 9 HD/BD 7.1 8-CH N ...
Page 61 - Optional VIA!migo iPod Dock; Default settings
User's Manual 61 APPENDIX Optional VIA!migo iPod Dock 1. Remote Input This connection is not required for connecting to the TGR-401 (see #5 below). It allows you to send remote control commands from 3rd party controllers to the VIA!migo dock via the rear panel. 2. Video Outputs Connect either of the...
Page 63 - Optional SIRIUS Satellite Radio Tuner
User's Manual 63 APPENDIX The following details assume that the SIRIUS tuner is plugged in, powered up, and the antenna is hooked up and mounted outdoors. (An instruction manual comes with the tuner kit.) If you have not already done so, purchase a subscription plan from SIRIUS. Visit their website ...
Page 64 - SIRIUS Tuner Operating Instructions
User's Manual 64 APPENDIX SIRIUS Tuner Operating Instructions Activation: 1. Select the SIRIUS Input using the front input button and rotating the manual selector knob, or with the remote control. 2. You will need your SIRIUS Satel- lite Radio ID which you can get by tuning to Channel 0. The rst tim...
Page 66 - Optional Olé-2SF Touchpads
User's Manual 66 APPENDIX Features • Plug-and-play. Right out of the box, the Olé-2SF controls Zone 2 • Simple SunTools™ PC program- ming for customization • Sun re Optimized™ graphics and programming • Full touchpad design, no hard but- tons • Two inch color OLED (Organic LED) • Two-way feedback fo...
Page 67 - Sun re Limited Warranty; Service Assistance
User's Manual 67 APPENDIX Sun re Limited Warranty Sun re, a division of Elan Home Systems, LLC, 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 re offers the followi...
Page 68 - Theater Grand Receiver
Theater Grand Receiver TGR-401 TGR-401-230 Manual part number: 913-141-00 Rev A 4
