Yamaha Stereo Amplifier DSP A595 User Manual

B G R T  
DSP-A595  
Natural Sound AV Amplifier  
Amplificateur audiovisuel  
OWNER’S MANUAL  
MODE D’EMPLOI  
BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG  
BRUKSANVISNING  
MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI  
MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES  
GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING  
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• After unpacking, check that the following parts are included.  
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES  
ACCESSOIRES FOURNIS  
• Après le déballage, vérifier que les pièces suivantes sont incluses.  
• Nach dem Auspacken überprüfen, ob die folgenden Teile vorhanden sind.  
• Kontrollera efter det apparaten packats upp att följande delar finns med.  
MITGELIEFERTE ZUBEHÖRTEILE  
MEDFÖLJANDE TILLBEHÖR  
ACCESSORI IN DOTAZIONE  
ACCESORIOS INCLUIDOS  
BIJGELEVERDE ACCESSOIRES  
Verificare che tutte le parti seguenti siano contenute nell’imballaggio dell’apparecchio.  
• Desembalar el aparato y verificar que los siguientes accesorios están en la caja.  
• Controleer na het uitpakken of de volgende onderdelen voorhanden zijn.  
• Remote control transmitter  
• Télécommande  
• Batteries (size AA, R6, UM-3)  
• Piles (taille AA, R6, UM-3)  
• Fernbedienung  
• Fjärrkontroll  
Telecomando  
• Transmisor de control remoto  
• Afstandsbediening  
• Batterien (Größe AA, R6, UM-3)  
• Batterier (storlek AA, R6, UM-3)  
• Batterie (dimensioni AA, R6, UM-3)  
• Pilas (tamaño AA, R6, UM-3)  
• Batterijen (maat AA, R6, UM-3)  
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FEATURES  
5 Speaker Configuration  
Automatic Input Balance Control for  
Main: 65 W + 65 W (8) RMS Output  
Power, 0.04% THD, 20 Hz – 20 kHz  
Center: 65 W (8) RMS Output  
Dolby Pro Logic Surround  
Test Tone Generator for Easier Speaker  
Balance Adjustment  
Power, 0.04%THD, 20 Hz – 20 kHz  
Rear: 65 W + 65 W (8) RMS Output  
Power, 0.04%THD, 20 Hz – 20 kHz  
Speaker Output Mode Changing  
Capability  
Video Signal Input/Output Capability  
Digital Sound Field Processor  
Dolby Digital Decoder  
(Including S Video Connections)  
SLEEP Timer  
Dolby Pro Logic Surround Decoder  
Universal Remote Control  
Transmitter with Preset Manufacturer  
Codes  
CINEMA DSP:Theater-like Sound  
Experience by the Combination of Dolby  
Surround and YAMAHA DSP Technology  
6-Channel External Decoder Input for DTS  
and other future formats  
CONTENTS  
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES........................................... 2  
FEATURES .................................................................... 3  
CAUTION ....................................................................... 4  
Information about DSP  
USING DIGITAL SOUND FIELD  
PROCESSOR (DSP) .............................................. 29  
Introduction  
FEATURES ON SOUND EFFECT ................................. 5  
CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ......................... 7  
Advanced Information  
ADJUSTMENTS  
IN THE “SET MENU” MODE................................... 35  
Preparation  
Remote Control Transmitter  
SPEAKER SETUP ....................................................... 10  
CONNECTIONS........................................................... 12  
ADJUSTMENTS  
REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER ......................... 37  
SETUP CODES ........................................................... 42  
NOTES ABOUT THE REMOTE CONTROL  
BEFORE USING THIS UNIT .................................. 19  
TRANSMITTER ...................................................... 43  
Basic Oparation  
BASIC OPERATIONS .................................................. 24  
SETTING THE SLEEP TIMER..................................... 28  
TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................. 44  
SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 46  
LIST OF MANUFACTURER’S CODE ........................ 311  
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CAUTION : READ THIS BEFORE OPERATINGYOUR UNIT.  
1. To assure the finest performance, please read this manual  
For U.K. customers  
If the socket outlets in the home are not suitable for the plug  
carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference.  
2. Install this unit in a cool, dry, clean place – away from  
windows, heat sources, sources of excessive vibration,  
dust, moisture and cold. Avoid sources of humming  
(transformers, motors). To prevent fire or electrical shock,  
do not expose the unit to rain or water.  
supplied with this appliance, it should be cut off and an appro-  
priate 3 pin plug fitted. For details, refer to the instructions  
described below.  
Note: The plug severed from the mains lead must be de-  
stroyed, as a plug with bared flexible cord is hazardous if  
engaged in a live socket outlet.  
3. Never open the cabinet. If something drops into the set,  
contact your dealer.  
4. Do not use force on switches, controls or connection wires.  
When moving the unit, first disconnect the power plug and  
the wires connected to other equipment. Never pull the  
wires themselves.  
Special Instructions for U.K. Model  
IMPORTANT  
THE WIRES IN THE MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN  
ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE:  
5. The openings on the unit cover assure proper ventilation of  
the unit. If these openings are obstructed, the temperature  
inside the unit will rise rapidly. Therefore, avoid placing  
objects against these openings, and install the unit in a  
well-ventilated area to prevent fire and damage.  
Blue: NEUTRAL  
Brown: LIVE  
<U.K. and Europe models>  
As the colours of the wires in the main lead of this apparatus  
may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying  
the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows:  
The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the  
terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured  
BLACK. The wire which is coloured BROWN must be  
connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or  
coloured RED. Make sure that neither core is connected to  
the earth terminal of the three pin plug.  
Be sure to allow a space of at least 20 cm behind, 20 cm  
on the both sides and 30 cm above the top panel of the unit  
to prevent fire and damage.  
6. The voltage used must be the same as that specified on  
this unit. Using this unit with a higher voltage than speci-  
fied is dangerous and may result in fire or other accidents.  
YAMAHA will not be held responsible for any damage  
resulting from use of this unit with a voltage other than  
specified.  
7. Digital signals generated by this unit may interfere with  
other equipment such as tuners, receivers or TVs. Move  
this unit farther away from such equipment if interference is  
observed.  
This unit is not disconnected from the AC power source as  
long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if this unit  
itself is turned off. This state is called the standby mode. In  
this state, this unit is designed to consume a very small  
quantity of power.  
8. Always set the VOLUME control to “” before starting the  
audio source play. Increase the volume gradually to an  
appropriate level after playback has been started.  
9. Do not attempt to clean the unit with chemical solvents; this  
might damage the finish. Use a clean, dry cloth.  
10. Be sure to read the “TROUBLESHOOTING” section  
regarding common operating errors before concluding that  
the unit is faulty.  
11. When not planning to use this unit for long periods of time  
(ie., vacation, etc.), disconnect the AC power plug from the  
wall outlet.  
12. To prevent lightning damage, disconnect the AC power  
plug and disconnect the antenna cable when there is an  
electrical storm.  
13. Grounding or polarization – Precautions should be taken so  
that the grounding or polarization of an appliance is not  
defeated.  
14. AC outlet  
Do not connect audio equipment to the AC outlet on the  
rear panel if that equipment requires more power than the  
outlet is rated to provide.  
15. Voltage Selector (China and General Models only)  
The voltage selector on the rear panel of this unit must  
be set for your local main voltage BEFORE plugging  
into the AC main supply.  
Voltages are 110/120/220/240 V AC, 50/60 Hz.  
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FEATURES ON SOUND EFFECT  
This unit incorporates a sophisticated, multi-program digital  
In addition, this unit incorporates a Dolby Pro Logic Surround  
decoder and Dolby Digital decoder for multi-channel sound  
reproduction of Dolby Surround encoded video sources. The  
operation of the Dolby Pro Logic Surround or Dolby Digital  
decoder can be controlled by selecting a corresponding DSP  
program including combined operations of the YAMAHA DSP  
and the Dolby Pro Logic Surround or Dolby Digital decoder.  
sound field processor. The processor allows you to electroni-  
cally expand and change the shape of the audio sound field  
from both audio and video sources, creating a theater-like  
experience in your listening room. This unit has a total of 8  
digital sound field processor (DSP) modes. You can create an  
excellent audio sound field by selecting a suitable sound field  
(this will, of course, depend on what you will be listening to),  
and adding desired adjustments.  
Digital Sound Field Processing  
What is it that makes live music so good? Today’s advanced  
sound reproduction technology lets you get extremely close to  
the sound of a live performance, but chances are you’ll still  
notice something missing, the acoustic environment of the live  
concert hall. Extensive research into the exact nature of the  
sonic reflections that create the ambience of a large hall has  
made it possible for YAMAHA engineers to bring you this same  
sound in your listening room, so you’ll feel all the sound of a  
live concert.  
Furthermore, our technicians, armed with sophisticated  
measuring equipment, have even made it possible to capture  
the acoustics of a variety of actual concert halls, theaters, etc.  
from around the world, to allow you to accurately re-create any  
one of these live performance environments, all in your home.  
Dolby Pro Logic Surround  
This unit employs a Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder similar  
to professional Dolby Stereo decoders used in many movie  
theaters. By using the Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder, you  
can experience the dramatic realism and impact of Dolby  
Surround movie theater sound in your own home. Dolby Pro  
Logic employs a four channel five speaker system. The Pro  
Logic Surround system divides the input signal into four levels:  
the left and right main channels, the center channel (used for  
dialog), and the rear surround sound channels (used for sound  
effects, background noise, and other ambient noises). The  
center channel allows listeners seated in even less-than-ideal  
positions to hear the dialog originating from the action on the  
screen while experiencing good stereo imaging.  
Dolby Surround is encoded on the sound track of pre-recorded  
video tapes, laser discs, and some TV/cable broadcasts. When  
you play a source encoded with Dolby Surround on this unit,  
the Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder decodes the signal and  
distributes the surround-sound effects.  
This Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder employs a digital signal  
processing system. This system improves the stability of sound  
at each channel and crosstalk between channels, so that  
positioning of sounds around the room is more accurate  
compared with conventional analog signal processing systems.  
In addition, this unit features a built-in automatic input balance  
control. This always assures you the best performance without  
manual adjustment.  
Dolby Digital  
The built-in Dolby Digital decoder leads you into a totally new  
sound experiences.  
Compared to Dolby Pro Logic that is referred to a “3/1” system  
(left front, center, right front and just one surround channel),  
Dolby Digital features two surround channels, called stereo or  
split surrounds, each offering the same full range fidelity as the  
three front channels.  
Dolby Digital is a new generation of multi-channel digital audio  
technology, or the newest spatial sound processing format  
developed for 35 mm film-movies by employing a new kind of  
low bit-rate audio coding.  
Sound of wide dynamic range reproduced by the five full range  
channels presents listeners much excitement that has never  
been experienced before. Precise sound orientation by the  
discrete digital sound processing expands realism that the  
original movie possesses.  
Dolby Digital is a digital surround sound system that provides  
completely independent multi-channel audio to consumers. In  
multi-channel form, Dolby Digital provides five full range  
channels in what is sometimes referred to as a “3/2” configura-  
tion: three front channels (left, center and right), plus two  
surround channels. A sixth bass-only effect channel is also  
provided for output of LFE (low frequency effect), or low bass  
effects that are independent of other channels. This channel is  
counted as 0.1, thus giving rise to the term 5.1 channels in  
total.  
LD and DVD are home audio formats that could benefit from  
Dolby Digital. In the near future, Dolby Digital will also be  
applied to DBS, CATV and HDTV. The ongoing release of  
Dolby Stereo Digital theatrical films now underway will provide  
an immediate source of Dolby Digital encoded video software.  
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• Dynamic range (sound scale) of source can be changed  
so that it will be suitable for the listening conditions.  
• Output of low bass from any channel can be assigned to  
either the MAIN SPEAKERS terminals or SUBWOOFER  
terminal to maximize system performance.  
• Output of LFE can be assigned to either the MAIN  
SPEAKERS terminals or SUBWOOFER terminal to  
maximize system performance.  
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing  
Corporation. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are  
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.  
Copyright 1992 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.  
The following original functions make the surround-sound effect  
of Dolby Digital become the most suitable for your audio  
system and the listening conditions.  
Dolby Surround + DSP (CINEMA DSP)  
Dolby Surround sound system shows its full ability in a large  
movie theater, because movie sounds are originally designed to  
be reproduced in a large movie theater using many speakers.  
It is difficult to create a sound environment similar to that of a  
movie theater in your listening room, because the room size,  
materials of inside walls, the number of speakers, etc. of your  
listening room is much different from those of a movie theater.  
YAMAHA DSP technology made it possible to present you with  
nearly the same sound experience as that of a large movie  
theater in your listening room by compensating for lack of  
presence and dynamics in your listening room with its original  
digital sound fields combined with Dolby Surround sound field.  
C IN E M A D S P  
The YAMAHA “CINEMA DSP” logo indicates those programs  
are created by the combination of Dolby Surround and  
YAMAHA DSP technology.  
Dolby Pro Logic + 2 Digital Sound Fields  
Dolby Digital + 3 Digital Sound Fields  
Digital sound fields are created on the presence side and the  
rear surround side of the Dolby Pro Logic Surround-decoded  
sound field respectively. They create a wide acoustic  
environment and emphasize surround-effect in the room,  
letting you feel much presence as if you are watching a  
movie in a popular Dolby Stereo theater.  
Digital sound fields are created on the presence side and the  
independent left and right surround sides of the Dolby Digital-  
decoded sound field respectively. They create a wide  
acoustic environment and much surround effect in the room  
without losing high channel separation. With wide dynamic  
range of Dolby Digital sound, this sound field combination lets  
you feel as if you are watching a movie in the newest Dolby  
Stereo Digital theater. This will be the most ideal home  
theater sound at the present time.  
This combination is available when the sound field program  
DOLBY PRO LOGIC ENHANCED/DOLBY DIGITAL  
ENHANCED, 70 mm MOVIE THEATER/DIGITAL MOVIE  
THEATER or TV SPORTS is selected, and the input signal of  
source is analog, PCM audio or encoded with the Dolby  
Digital in 2-channel.  
This combination is available when the sound field program  
DOLBY PRO LOGIC ENHANCED/DOLBY DIGITAL  
ENHANCED, 70 mm MOVIE THEATER/DIGITAL MOVIE  
THEATER or TV SPORTS is selected, and the input signal of  
source is encoded with the Dolby Digital (except in 2-chan-  
nel).  
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CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS  
FRONT PANEL  
5 INPUT  
1 STANDBY/ON  
Press this switch to turn the power of this unit on. Press it  
again to turn this unit into the standby mode.  
Turn this selector to select the program source (VCR, VIDEO  
AUX, TV/DBS, DVD/LD, CD, TUNER, PHONO) to listen to or  
watch.  
The name of the selected program source appears on the  
display.  
Standby mode  
In this state, this unit consumes a very small quantity of  
power to receive infrared-signals from the remote control  
transmitter.  
6 VOLUME  
This control is used to raise or lower the volume level.  
7 PHONES jack  
2 Remote control sensor  
Receives signals from the remote control transmitter.  
When you use headphones, connect the headphones to the  
PHONES jack. You can listen to the sound to be output from  
the main speakers through headphones.  
3 Display  
When using headphones only, set both SPEAKERS A and B to  
the OFF position and switch off the digital sound field processor  
(so that no DSP program name appears on the display) by  
pressing EFFECT.  
Shows various information. (For details, refer to page 9.)  
4 TAPE/MD MON / EXT. DECODER  
Press this button to play a tape or an MD. The “TAPE/MD  
MON” indicator lights up on the display.  
P H O N E S  
When you press the button next, the “TAPE/MD MON” indicator  
goes off and “EXT. DECDR” appears on the display and you  
can play the signal connected to the EXTERNAL DECODER  
INPUT terminals.  
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8 SPEAKERS  
w BALANCE  
Set A or B (or both A and B) to the ON position for the main  
speaker system (connected to this unit) you will use. Set it (or  
them) for the main speaker system you will not use to the OFF  
position.  
This control is effective only for the sound from the main  
speakers.  
Adjusts the balance of the output volume to the left and right  
speakers to compensate for sound imbalance caused by  
speaker location or listening room conditions.  
9 EFFECT  
Switches on and off the output from the center and rear  
speakers so that the sound becomes normal 2-channel.  
* Even if the output from the center and rear speakers is off,  
when the Dolby Digital is decoded, the signals at all channels  
are distributed to the main channels and output from the main  
speakers.  
e SET MENU  
Press this button to select functions in the SET MENU mode.  
r TIME/LEVEL  
Press this button to select the setting of delay time or speaker  
output levels in the TIME/LEVEL mode.  
0 PROGRAM selector  
t +/–  
Press these buttons to select the DSP program.  
The name of the selected program appears on the display.  
These buttons are used to adjust settings of the SET MENU  
mode and the TIME/LEVEL mode. In the TIME/LEVEL mode,  
press + to increase delay time or speaker output levels. Press  
to decrease delay time or speaker output levels.  
qTone controls  
These controls are effective only for the sound from the main  
speakers.  
y INPUT MODE  
Switches the DVD/LD and TV/DBS input signal mode (AUTO/  
ANALOG).  
BASS  
Used to increase or decrease the low frequency response. The  
“0” position produces flat response.  
TREBLE  
Used to increase or decrease the high frequency response.  
The “0” position produces flat response.  
u VIDEO AUX terminals  
Connect an auxiliary video or audio input source unit such as a  
camcorder to these terminals. If the connected video unit has a  
S video output terminal, connect it to the S VIDEO terminal to  
obtain a high resolution picture. The source connected to these  
terminals can be selected by INPUT.  
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DISPLAY PANEL  
3
,
and  
” lights up when the built-in Dolby Digital decoder is  
on and the signals of selected source encoded with the Dolby  
Digital is not in 2-channel. “ ” lights up when the built-in  
digital sound field processor is on, and “ ” lights up  
indicators  
1 Multi-information display  
Displays various information, for example name of selected  
DSP program and name of selected input source.  
2 TAPE/MD MON indicator  
Lights up when the tape deck (or MD recorder etc.) is selected as  
the input source by pressing TAPE/MD MON / EXT. DECODER  
on the front panel orTAPE/MD on the remote control transmitter.  
when the built-in Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder is on.  
Depending on the selected DSP program, both “  
” and  
”, or both “  
” and “  
” will light up.  
4 SLEEP indicator  
Lights up while the built-in SLEEP timer is functioning.  
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