Advanced Features - Arcam SOLO MUSIC Handbook

advanced
features
Erase
settings
OK
Scan for available stations
Confirm preset
OK
Confirm preset
OK
'Switch on' state
Left Right
–dB +dB
–dB +dB
–dB +dB
– +
Only if source
is CD
Only if source
is FM
Only if source
is DAB
Only if source is
OK
DAB, FM or AM
–Preset +Preset
–Preset +Preset
Product configuration
Solo allows you to adjust listening settings to suit your
taste, and to customise various features to fit your system.
Use the diagram shown below to help you navigate through
the available settings.
Adjusting listening settings
In normal use, the display shows information on the current
volume, the source being listened to, and any source-
relevant information (such as the play-back time on a CD). To
adjust the listening settings, press
MENU
panel or on the remote control. Use the keys as indicated to
select and adjust a particular setting.
Balance
This setting allows you to increase the volume of one
channel (left or right) relative to the other channel. It should
not normally be necessary to adjust this setting but, if
you habitually sit closer to one speaker than to the other,
altering the balance may help to restore the stereo image
for your listening position.
Bass
This setting changes the relative volume of the lower
frequency components of your music. If you feel that your
music is not 'warm' enough, increase this setting; if your music is 'boomy', decreasing this setting may
help.
See also 'Bass correction', below. Note that the control is inactive when headphones are connected.
Treble
This setting changes the relative volume of the higher frequency components of your music. If you feel
that percussion items in the music (for example) are being lost, increasing this setting may help. If high
frequency sounds are too dominant, decrease this setting.
Note that the bass and treble controls are inactive when headphones are connected.
Bass correction
This setting does not normally need to be used (leave on minimum).
Bass correction may be used if Solo is connected to reduced-frequency-range ('Small') speakers, that
cannot reproduce very low frequency sounds. Increasing this setting causes very low frequency sounds
to be progressively attenuated (since these cannot be reproduced by the speaker), while the volume of
slightly higher-frequency sounds is increased. This means that the overall bass 'amount' produced by the
speaker sounds the same as a full-range ('Large') speaker.
You cannot damage any part of your system using this setting, so we suggest that you experiment with it,
together with the bass and treble controls, until you find the combination you prefer.
Sleep timer
This timer allows you to specify a listening period, after which Solo will switch automatically into stand-by.
The period can be set in 5-minute intervals, up to 120 minutes (2 hours).
CD programme
If you wish to program the play-back order of a CD,
press when this menu item is displayed. The CD
OK
play-back order is then entered as described in the "CD
programming" panel, shown right. When you have finished
entering the programme, press to leave program
MENU
"mode". Press for a second time to leave the Solo
MENU
configuration menu.
FM Mode
This menu item is shown only when the selected source is
FM.
In some weak signal areas, it can be beneficial to force the FM tuner to mono output, as mono requires a
much lower signal strength to produce acceptable results. If the signal strength in your area is good, leave
this set to 'stereo'.
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Key to the symbols used on these pages:
Front panel
Symbol: key:
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on either the front-
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CD programming:
34 Highlight the track to add
OK
Add track to programme
CLR
Delete the last entry
Press twice (remote only)
STOP
STOP
to clear the entire programme.
Remote control
key: