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NAD M17 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 ® AV Surround Sound Preamp Processor Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER before the product is operated. This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer’s attention to Section 2. Retain instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained 820-40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, for future reference.
  • Page 3 If this equipment does cause The model and serial number of your new M17 are located on the back of the cabinet. harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU ....... . . 14...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    USB flash drive SAVE THE PACKAGING Please save the box and all of the packaging in which your M17 arrived. Should you move or otherwise need to transport your M17, this is by far the safest container in which to do so. We’ve seen too many otherwise...

  • Page 6: Identification Of Controls

    Source 1: Current Source. 2 POWER INDICATOR -20.0 dB: Volume level. • This indicator will light up amber when the M17 is at standby mode. : Go to previous or next Source. • Dolby Atmos: Audio Codec - Detected audio stream format.
  • Page 7 IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLS FRONT PANEL LISTEN EARS: Listening mode. - +: Go to previous or next Listening mode. DIRAC -/+: Go to previous or next available Dirac Live setup option. Refer also to discussion about DIRAC LIVE under SETUP MENU. TONE : Slide to turn ON or OFF Tone Controls.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    ATTENTION! Please make sure that the M17 is powered off or unplugged from the mains power source before making any connections. It is also advisable to power down or unplug all associated components while making or breaking any signal or AC power connections.
  • Page 9 • The M17 has three configurable Zones – Zone 2, Zone 3 and Zone Connect also the M17’s IR OUT 1 (or IR OUT 2/IR OUT 3/IR OUT 4) to 4. The Zone feature allows one to simultaneously experience in the IR IN of a compatible device.
  • Page 10 HTRM 2 remote control’s [ON] button to switch ON the M17 from standby mode. • If you intend not to use the M17 for long periods of time (such as when on vacation), switch off the POWER switch. • With POWER switched off, neither the front panel o (Standby) button nor HTRM 2 remote control’s [ON] button can activate the...

  • Page 11: Operation

    ADC (ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER) RATE An analog audio input is converted to digital signal by making use of M17’s superb circuitry called analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Using this ADC Rate feature, the sampling rate of the resulting digital audio signal (available at the digital output ports) can be converted into three levels - 48K, 96K and 192K.

  • Page 12: Tone Controls

    The ZR 7 remote control will only control Zone 2 applications. Zone 3 and Zone 4 could be configured and managed at the appropriate Zone tone control section of the M17. If “Off” (“Tone Active” in the front panel display) is selected, the Tone Control circuits are active.

  • Page 13: System Info

    Your M17 is updated to latest firmware versions if “Check for Upgrade” is shown. SYSTEM INFO (UPGRADE AVAILABLE) Your M17 needs to be upgraded if the “System Info” item in the Main Menu changes to “System Info (Upgrade Available). START UPGRADE With your M17 connected to internet, select “Start Upgrade”...

  • Page 14: Using The M17 - Setup Menu

    CEC device requests a Source change. CONTROL SETUP For example, if PLAY is pressed on a BD Player with CEC, the M17 and TV with CEC will automatically switch to their respective input connections – the M17 switching to the HDMI input where the BD Player is connected while the TV will switch to its input where the M17’s HDMI...

  • Page 15: Source Setup

    When you select a source on the M17 which is set for ARC, the M17 will attempt to The new Name will be shown in the front panel display as well as on the initiate an ARC connection with the TV.

  • Page 16: Speaker Setup

    Set “Back” to either “Stereo” or “Mono” as per speaker availability. Set “Subwoofer” to “On” or “Off, ”selecting “On” only if you have a subwoofer connected to the M17’s SUBW1 or SUBW2 output jack. If “Subwoofer” is set to “Off”, “Front” speakers will automatically be set to “Large”.

  • Page 17: Speaker Levels

    USING AN SPL METER If Dirac Live calibration is completed and selected, the Dirac Speakers Level It is quite practical to perform the M17 level setup routines “by ear, ” and settings will be shown. careful work will produce acceptably accurate results. However, the use...

  • Page 18: Speaker Distance

    MICROPHONE • The supplied measurement microphone can be connected to either the MIC or USB input of your computer or the USB input of the M17. • If the measurement microphone will be connected to the USB input of your computer or the M17, ensure that the measurement microphone, phone jack adapter and USB Mic adapter are all connected together.

  • Page 19: Adjusting Channel Levels 'On The Fly

    Sources. See discussion also about “Zone Controls” at the Main Menu. NOTE The M17 has three configurable Zones – Zone 2, Zone 3 and Zone 4. The ZR 7 remote control will only control Zone 2 applications. ZONE 2 SETUP...

  • Page 20: Listening Mode Setup

    Below are the options the +12V DC Trigger Output can be configured. Main: +12V DC is available from the assigned Trigger Out when M17 is at powered state. Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 2, 3 and 4, Main+Zone 2,...

  • Page 21: Listening Modes

    (assuming these are default it to one of the following settings - NEO:6 Cinema, NEO:6 Music, present in the current “Speaker Configuration”). The M17 provides two DTS Stereo Downmix or None. NEO:6 variations – NEO:6 Cinema and NEO:6 Music.

  • Page 22: Dolby Setup

    Off: Center Spread function is disabled. DTS SETUP The M17’s simple but powerfully flexible system of “A/V Presets” allows you to customize virtually every aspect of your audio-video playback, and recall them with a single key-press. The parameters “DSP Options” and “Tone Controls”...
  • Page 23 OPERATION USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU CREATING PRESETS Tone Controls: Tone Defeat/Off Creating an A/V Preset consists simply of storing a complete set of the parameters set forth in “DSP Options” and “Tone Controls” accessible via the “Main Menu” together with “Listening Mode Setup”, “Speaker Setup” and “Display Setup”...
  • Page 24 OPERATION USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU 2 With the above settings, scroll to “A/V Presets” from the SETUP MENU Dirac Live: Dirac Project 1 page. Use [S] to access “A/V Presets” menu. Tone Controls: Tone Defeat/On 3 At “A/V Presets” page, set “Preset: 1” to the following conditions – use [D/F] to select “Yes”...

  • Page 25: Bluos Setup

    BluOS Upgrade SELECT LANGUAGE Use [S] to initiate BluOS upgrade mode. Ensure that the M17 has internet connection. Follow the display screen prompt to complete the upgrade procedure. Factory Reset Restore BluOS to its factory default settings.

  • Page 26: Using The Htrm 2 Remote Control

    USING THE HTRM 2 REMOTE CONTROL The NAD HTRM 2 is ready to operate the M17 right out of the box, but it is really eight remotes in one. Each of the 8 Device Selector keys at the top of the handset can call up a new “page” of remote control codes to be transmitted by the remaining keys.

  • Page 27: Learning Codes From Other Remotes

    Device Select “page” to another, so that, for example, the AMP sure to first press the requisite Device Selector key for each function (you [SURR MODE] function might still control the M17 when the BD Device may switch devices while recording the macro as many times as necessary), Selector page is active.

  • Page 28: Key Illumination Timeout

    USING THE HTRM 2 REMOTE CONTROL FACTORY RESET Example: Record a Macro to the [0] key to Turn on the M17, Select “Input 1” (Source 1), and Commence Playback of connected Source 1 The HTRM 2 can be reset to its factory state, deleting all learned...

  • Page 29: Loading Code-Libraries

    LOADING CODE-LIBRARIES SEARCH MODE The HTRM 2 can store a different library of default NAD codes for each of If none of the codes from the table, when entered, turns on the its Device Selector “pages. ” If the original default library does not control...

  • Page 30: Summary Of The Htrm 2 Modes

    The sleep time increment and a “SLEEP” icon will continuously display on the M17’s front panel Vacuum Fluorescent Display 2 SOURCE [ d/f ]: Select the active input of the NAD M17 that will be (VFD). Each consecutive press increases the sleep time in 15-minute increments from 15 to 90 minutes.

  • Page 31: Specifications

    * - Gross dimension includes feet, volume knob and extended rear panel terminals. Specifications are subject to change without notice. For updated documentation and features, please check out www.NADelectronics.com for the latest information about M17. Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380;5,978,762; 6,226,616; 6,487,535; 7,212,872; 7,333,929; 7,392,195; 7,272,567 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending.
  • Page 32 All rights reserved. NAD and the NAD logo are trademarks of NAD Electronics International, a division of Lenbrook Industries Limited. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form without the written permission of NAD Electronics International.

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