Anthem AVM 20 Operation

Text of Anthem AVM 20 User Guide:

• Anthem AVM 20, 20 The AVM 20 is best understood as a piece of equipment that contains three control components in one chassis. Path best describes how this tremendous flexibility of the AVM 20 is arranged: • It is first of all a state-of-the-art Music and Home Theater Preamplifier • Processor • Tuner (MAIN Path) with independent Source selection for recording (RECORD Path). • It is also a high-end Whole House Entertainment Control Center that allows you to direct and adjust the output of a variety of source components to other rooms in your home (ZONE2 and ZONE3 Paths). 5.1 POWER ON/O

• Anthem AVM 20, 5.2.1 COPYING THE MAIN PATH TO ZONE2, ZONE3, OR RECORD This unique copy feature allows the Source selected in MAIN (e.g. DVD, CD, etc.) to also be directed to ZONE2, ZONE3, or RECORD from either analog or digital inputs. The Source selected in MAIN can be copied to another Path as follows: • ZONE2 or ZONE3: Press and hold MAIN, then press ZONE2 or ZONE3 (can also be done in reverse). • RECORD: Press and hold MAIN, then press RECORD (can also be done in reverse). When MAIN is copied, the display reads “–MAIN�

• Anthem AVM 20, 5.4.2 FM • AM TUNER The AVM 20 has a built-in FM • AM tuner, which is common to all Paths. The station that is selected in either MAIN, ZONE2, ZONE3, or RECORD is automatically shared with all other Paths. Manual Tuning: Select the desired band by pressing FM • AM, then press TUNE and rotate the Master Control Knob. Automatic Tuning: To automatically find the next station, press SEEK or SEEK. To scan and listen to all available radio stations for a few seconds, press and hold SEEK or SEEK for about a second. The ‘Sk ’ or ‘ Sk’ indicato

• Anthem AVM 20, 23 5. FRONT PANEL OPERATION continued … 5.5 VOLUME CONTROL The volume of each Path is controlled separately. • MAIN: Adjust using the Master Control Knob. If your speaker levels have been calibrated to 75 dB SPL, the THX Reference Level for movie playback is 0 dB, the level at which the film was originally presented in movie theaters (see Dialog Normalization and section 7.4.4). • ZONE2 or ZONE3: Press ZONE2 or ZONE3, then adjust. • HEADPHONE: Check that the display reads MAIN, press FRONTS twice, then adjust. MAIN can be set to mute whenever headphones are inserted (see section 7.4.8). Dialog Normalization: Dolby

• Anthem AVM 20, 5.7 BASS / TREBLE / BALANCE MAIN, ZONE2, ZONE3, and HEADPHONE all have independent Bass/Treble and Balance adjustments. To change the Bass, Treble, or Balance of: • MAIN – All Speakers Simultaneously: Press BASS, TREBLE, or BALANCE, then adjust. • MAIN – Fronts Only: Press FRONTS • , press BASS, TREBLE, or BALANCE, then adjust. • MAIN – Center Only: Press CENTER, press BASS or TREBLE, then adjust. • MAIN – Surrounds Only: Press SURR • REARS, press BASS, TREBLE, or BALANCE, then adjust. • MAIN – Rears Only: Press SURR • REARS twice, press BASS, TREBLE, or BALANCE, then adjust. • ZONE2 or ZONE3: Press ZONE2 or

• THX Options: Provided that you are using two Rear speakers (in addition to Surrounds), all THX modes are available for Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 source material. THX Cinema is the only THX mode available for Stereo, Pro Logic, Pro Logic II-Movie and Neo:6-Cinema source material (THX is covered in detail in section 5.8.6). Note: Certain surround modes and THX mo

• Anthem AVM 20, 26 5. FRONT PANEL OPERATION continued … 5.8.3 SURROUND MODES FOR STEREO SOURCE MATERIAL Press MODE and rotate the Master Control Knob to to cycle through the following surround modes: Pro Logic II-Movie and THX must be Off for all Modes on this page to be available (see sec. 5.8.2 and 5.8.6). Stereo: No surround mode is applied. AnthemLogic-Music: 6.1 – One of Anthem’s proprietary surround modes specifically designed to expand the stereo soundstage of stereo music in a very natural way without any loss of soundstage integrity or image focus. The Center channel is not used. AnthemL

• Anthem AVM 20, 5. FRONT PANEL OPERATION continued … 5.8.4 DOLBY DIGITAL EX Dolby Digital EX can be used to decode DVDs encoded in Dolby Digital Surround EX. Dolby Digital EX uses Dolby Pro Logic II to extract the rear channel information from the two Surround channels. Dolby Digital EX can also be applied to Dolby Digital 5.1 channel material that is not encoded in Dolby Digital Surround EX, however, the Rear channel information may or may not be pleasing depending on the soundtrack. A list of movies encoded in Dolby Digital Surround EX can be found on the Dolby web site at www.dolby.com and THX web site at www.thx.com. Since most titles currently do no

• Anthem AVM 20, 28 • ASA (Advanced Speaker Array) – ASA is a proprietary THX technology that processes the sound fed to the two surround and two rear speakers to provide an optimal surround sound experience. When you set up your home theater system using all 7.1 speaker outputs (L-Front, Center, R-Front, R-Surround, R-Rear, L-Rear, L-Surround, Subwoofer), placing the two Rear speakers close together will provide the largest sweet spot. If for practical reasons you have to place the Rear speakers further apart, you will have

• THX Surround EX: 6.1 output with Dolby Digital EX Processing: Re-Equalization,Timbre Matching THX Surround EX – Dolby Digital Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd. In a movie theater, film soundtracks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technology are able to reproduce an extra channel which h

• Anthem AVM 20, 30 Program Decoding THX A vailable Outputs THX Processing Stereo Surround Mode Selected Off Varies None (Since THX is set to Off) PL II-Movie (Default † ) THX Cinema 5.1 Re-EQ, Timbre Dolby Pro Logic (Selected † ) THX Cinema 5.1 Re-EQ, Timbre, Adp-Decor Neo:6 Cinema (Selected † ) THX Cinema 6.1 Re-EQ, Timbre Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital Off 5.1 None (Since THX is set to Off) Dolby Digital THX Cinema 5.1 Re-EQ, Timbre, Adp-Decor Dolby Digital THX Ultra2 Cinema 7.1 Re-EQ, Timbre, Adp-Decor, ASA (Cin) Dolby Digital THX MusicMode 7.1 Timbre, Adp-Deco

• Anthem AVM 20, 31 Dimension: Adjust using MCK (or N/S keys) Front-to-back balance – Center (C----+----S) Surrounds Dolby PLII-Music (5.1) AnthemLogic-Music (6.1) Stereo (2-Ch) Press Mode Cycle Through Modes: Select using MCK (or North/South keys on remote control – see section 6) If THX is turned on at any time, PLII-Movie+ THX Cinema is engaged. If program is Dolby D-2.0, use MCK (or N/S keys) and set PLII-Movie to Off to make all Modes available, then press MODE again to select (section 5.8.2). Press Mode Once Center Width: Adjust using MCK (or N/S keys) Increasing # decr eases Center level and places it into L/R See section 5.8.1 DTS Neo:6 Musi

• Anthem AVM 20, 32 THX Cinema Processing – Re-EQ, Timbre Matching, Adp.Decorrelation Channels – 5.1 (LF, C, RF, RS, LS, LFE/Sub). THX Ultra2 Cinema Processing – Re-EQ, Timbre Matching, Adp.Decorrelation, ASA (Cinema) Output channels – 7.1 (LF, C, RF, RS, RR, LR, LS, LFE/Sub) THX MusicMode Processing – Timbre Matching, Adp.Decorrelation, ASA (Music) Output channels – 7.1 (LF, C, RF, RS, RR, LR, LS, LFE/Sub) THX Surround EX Processing – Re-EQ, Timbre Matching Output channels – 6.1 (LF, C, RF, Rear, LR, LS, LFE/Sub) Press THX 2nd Time RE-EQ Filter: On/Off using MCK (or N/S keys) Cycles THX Mod

• 33 Press Mode DTS Neo:6: On using MCK (or North/South keys on remote control) Output channels – 6.1 (LF, C, RF, RS, LS, Rear, LFE/Sub) DTS 5.1 5.8.9 Mode and THX Operation for DTS Program Material (THX operation is optional) 5. FRONT PANEL OPERATION continued … Press THX 2nd Time RE-EQ Filter: On/Off using MCK (or N/S keys) THX for DTS Neo:6 / DTS-ES Mtx / DTS-ES D

• Anthem AVM 20, 34 5.8.10 DYNAMICS This allows you to control the difference between the softest and loudest passages on 5.1/6.1-channel soundtracks, as long as the soundtrack contains dynamic scaling information and at least 5.1 speakers are used. Press DYNAMICS and then use the Master Control Knob to cycle through the following settings: Normal: Reproduces the full dynamic range of the recording without changing it. Reduced: Allows the quieter parts to be heard more easily, and works by raising the level of quieter sounds and/or reducing the level of louder sounds. Late Night: Reduces the softest-to-loudest difference even further. The quietest passages can be heard even more easily, and prevents havin

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