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NAD L 54 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 L 54 ® DVD Receiver Owner’s Manual Manuel d’Installation Bedienungsanleitung Gebruikershandleiding Manual del Usuario Manuale delle Istruzioni Инструкция по эксплуатации Bruksanvisning...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Save theSe inStructionS for later uSe. follow all warningS and inStructionS marked on the audio equipment. 1 read instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. 2 retain instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.

  • Page 3: Fcc Warning

    Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by NAD Electronics for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. caution regarding placement To maintain proper ventilation, be sure to leave a space around the unit (from the largest outer dimensions including projections) that is equal to or greater than shown below.

  • Page 4: Notes On Environmental Protection

    “DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are registered trademarks of DTS, Inc. record Your model number (now, while You can See it) The model and serial number of your new L 54 are located on the back of the cabinet. For your future convenience, we suggest that you record these...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    IntroductIon GETTING THE MOST FROM THE L 54 ....... 6 UNPACKING AND SETUP .

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Please save the box and all of the packaging in which your L 54 arrived. Should you move or otherwise need to transport your L 54, this is by far the safest container in which to do so. We’ve seen too...

  • Page 7: About The L 54

    Though the L 54 is among the most technically sophisticated integrated Stereo DVD receivers, we worked hard to make it one of the most musically transparent home-theatre components available as well - this is what we mean by NAD’s “Music First” design philosophy. Here are just a few examples: •...

  • Page 8: Identification Of Controls

    1&2 1 power : When the L 54 is first plugged into the AC power, the L 54’s clock will light in the main Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) display showing the time of day. Press to switch ON the L 54 from standby, changing the standby indicator from bright blue to dark and illuminating the VFD display.
  • Page 9 14 Scan/tune : Pressing momentarily the manually scan the AM or FM band. Press and hold than 2 seconds to search up or down; the L 54’s tuner will stop at the next sufficiently strong signal it encounters. Note too that this function “wraps, ”...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    ATTENTION! Please make all the connections to your L 54 with the unit unplugged. It is also advisable to power down or unplug all associated components while making or breaking any signal or AC power connections. 1 SpeakerS : Connect the left and right terminals to the corresponding loudspeakers.
  • Page 11 OUTPUT port to the corresponding S/PDIF digital input of a recording component such as a CD recorder, DAT deck or computer soundcard. 9 component video out : Connect the L 54’s “COMPONENT VIDEO OUT” to the component video input of a compatible video monitor/TV.

  • Page 12: Setup

    Setting up the l 54 getting Started Before you make the first connection to your L 54, you should have the arrangement of your listening room/home theater components and furniture mapped out, at least initially. Unfortunately, a discussion of the vital questions of loudspeaker placement and listening/viewing positions is beyond our scope here.

  • Page 13: About The On-Screen Display (Osd)

    The L 54 is fitted with BASS and TREBLE tone controls to adjust the tonal balance of your system. Maximum and minimum values for both tone controls are -/+ 10 dB. Bass/treble settings affect only the front left/right channels, not the subwoofer.

  • Page 14: Dynamic Range Control (Drc)

    INPUT SELECT Aside from the L 54’s internal DVD and tuner section, the L 54 is also equipped with 3 inputs - Audio/ Video inputs labeled “CAB/SAT”, “VCR” and “VIDEO 4 (VIDEO 4 on the front panel). The input becomes active whenever it is selected.

  • Page 15: Operation

    You may operate the L 54 DVD Receiver from its front panel or via the HTR 4 remote control. Since the remote will be the primary controller for most cases, we will focus on remote-controlled operations. Be sure also to read the section, “Front Panel”.

  • Page 16: Using The L 54'S Internal Dvd Player - Setup Menu

    The ‘AUTO’ setting will detect automatically the media being played and display it. The other two settings, ‘NTSC’ and ‘PAL’ , can be selected to force the output of the L 54 to the desired format. For example one can load a PAL media and display it in the NTSC format. Similarly one can load an NTSC media and display it in the PAL format.

  • Page 17: Language

    If you choose for the disc subtitle not to come up, select ‘OFF. ” DOWN SAMPLING Discs are recorded at certain sampling rates. By setting “DOWN SAMPLING” to “ON”, the L 54 allows an LPCM audio source that has a sampling rate higher than 48kHz to be down sampled to 48kHz. Leave it “OFF”...

  • Page 18: P-Scan

    SCREEN SAVER When you set “SCREEN SAVER” to “ON”, a screen saver in the form of an NAD logo appears when you leave for about fifteen minutes the L 54’s internal DVD player at Stop or Pause mode. If the Screen Saver continues to be displayed for another ten minutes, the L 54 automatically turns itself off.

  • Page 19: Using The L 54'S Internal Dvd Player - Features

    Depending on the media, the following are other basic features of the L 54’s internal DVD player. Make sure that you select “DVD” at the Device Selector selection of the HTR 4 before you proceed with the specific function. TITLE AND MENU BUTTONS Both these buttons are only found on the HTR 4.

  • Page 20: Programming

    You must be at stop mode to access folders on the left side of the menu window. Press ENTER or PLAY to start playback. For each file type being played, the L 54 will display the file type at the VFD and a corresponding icon at the menu screen.

  • Page 21: Using The L 54'S Am/Fm Radio

    SETTING RADIO PRESET The L 54 can store as many as 60 (30 FM and 30 AM stations) of your favorite radio stations for immediate recall. To store a radio preset, first tune the desired frequency (see above), then press the front panel “SETUP/MEMORY”...

  • Page 22: Deleting A Stored Preset

    The Radio Data System (RDS) permits compatible tuners to display text determined by the broadcaster. The L 54 supports two RDS modes, station-name (PS mode) and radio-text (RT mode). However, not every FM station incorporates RDS in its broadcast signal. In most areas you will find from one to several RDS-enabled stations, but it is by no means impossible that your favorite stations will not be broadcasting RDS data.

  • Page 23: Using The Htr 4 Remote Control

    Contains pre-programmed library of NAD remote codes. The NAD HTR 4 is ready to operate the L 54 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 44 keys.

  • Page 24: Learning Codes From Other Remotes

    The HTR 4’s “punch-through” function allows you to retain a function key from one Device Select “page” to another, so that, for example, the AMP [AUDIO MODE] function might still control the L 54 when the DVD Device Selector page is active.

  • Page 25: Macro Commands

    NOTE Each macro can store a maximum of 64 command steps. If you exceed this number, the macro will be stored automatically after the 64th command is added. Example: Record a Macro to the [0] key to Turn on the L 54, Select the DVD Input, and Commence Playback: • On the HTR 4, simultaneously press-and-hold [MACRO] and [0] (numeric zero); the Learn LED turns steady green.

  • Page 26: Button Illumination Timeout

    DELETE MODE The HTR 4 can store learned, copied, and “default library” commands on any single key (The default library commands are the pre-programmed NAD codes, such as the native L 54 commands on the [AMP] “page. ” ). You can delete commands by layers back “down” to the default library command on any key, removing learned commands, punched-through functions, and copied keys.

  • Page 27: Loading Code Libraries

    LOADING CODE LIBRARIES The HTR 4 can store a different library of default NAD codes for each of its Device Selector “pages. ” If the original default library does not control your NAD CD player, tape deck, DVD player, or other component, follow the procedure below to change the code-library.

  • Page 28: Checking Code-Library Number

    OPERATION uSing the htr 4 remote control CHECKING CODE-LIBRARY NUMBER You can check the current code-library on any Device Selector key as follows. Enter Library Mode by simultaneously pressing-and-holding for 3 seconds both the desired component’s Device Selector key and the [PROGRAM] key until the Learn LED turns green. Press the [DISP] key; the HTR 4 indicates the current code-library by flashing its [CUSTOM], [VCR], and [MACRO] keys.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    Insert a disc (Check that the DVD or, audio CD indicator in the display is illuminated). • Select the appropriate video input mode on the TV so that the picture from the L 54 appears on the TV screen output. • Connect the video cable into the jacks securely.

  • Page 30: Specifications

    Component (Cb/Cr signal) Audio output (optical audio) PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS Specifications are subject to change without notice. For updated documentation and features, please log onto www.NADelectronics.com for the latest information about your L 54. 50W (8 ohms within rated distortion) 100W <0.08% <0.08%...

  • Page 31: Notes

    REFERENCE noteS...
  • Page 32 ©2007 nad electronicS international a diviSion of lenbrook induStrieS limited All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form without the written permission of NAD Electronics International L 54 Manual 04/07...

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