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  • Page 1 OWNER’S MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    (date code format is “yyww”, where “yy” is the two least significant digits of the year and “ww” is the week of the year) must be accompanied by a copy of the bill-of- sale from a Bryston authorized dealer to qualify for warranty service. The warranty is transferable from the original owner to a subsequent owner as long as a copy of the bill-of-sale from the original authorized Bryston dealer accompanies the re-sale.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ■ Appendix A: SP3 Surround Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Page 4: Introduction, Safety, Accessories & Quick Start

    DVD player to an SPDIF or TOS- Owner’s Manual Updates The SP3 Owner’s Manual is regularly updated . Check the Downloads - LINK input, connect it initially to SPDIF-1 or TOS- Technical section of Bryston’s website at www .bryston .com for the latest LINK INPUT-1 (which are the default assignments;...

  • Page 5: Front Panel Features

    () down buttons to go to these items. of 8 HDMI inputs. The audio content will be See also MENU MAP on page 8 processed through the SP3’s DSP but the video content will simply be passed through to the two (parallel) HDMI outputs.

  • Page 6: Channel Bypass

    If this button is selected and the supplied bit- nel signals. stream is more than 2 channels, the decoder will T hese will be detected by the SP3 and used to automatically implement a stereo down-mix. produce the down-mix if this mode is selected. Otherwise, analog or digital two channel signals are passed as conventional stereo.

  • Page 7: Headphone Jack

    ZONE 2 OUT outputs F: MAIN / ZONE SELECT H: STANDBY BUTTON The SP3 can send a different stereo audio source Places the unit in standby mode. Status indicator signal to its ZONE outputs (Zone 2 Out) than to its LED is normally off when unit is operating.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel Features

    4: TAPE RECORDER TAPE LOOP A conventional tape loop consisting of two pairs of The SP3 offers both balanced (3 pin XLR male con- RCA jacks; one stereo pair of inputs and one stereo nectors [pin 2+, pin 3-] and unbalanced (RCA/pho- pair of outputs.

  • Page 9: Single Ended Analog Inputs

    Risk of shock electric shock ~ do not open. Refer should be limited to ≤ 8V servicing to qualified personel. Note, however, that the SP3 does contain two 5x20mm glass fuses on 7: DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL INPUTS the upper deck power supply board. Refer to FUS- The TV/SAT, DVD, CD, and AUX front panel select- ES sections on the next page for more information.

  • Page 10: Rs232 Serial Data Port

    Front-Centre, Left Surround, Right-Surround, Back- will turn the SP3 on. Removing the trigger voltage Left, Back-Right & Sub-woofer. will cause the SP3 to turn off. The input voltage can be of either polarity, that is, the phone plug tip can 19: BALANCED ANALOG INPUTS...

  • Page 11: Fuses

    Part numbers: Littelfuse 217 01.6 Littelfuse 218 001 Before attempting to change fuses, disconnect all ca- bles from the SP3, especially the power cord. Then re- move all the screws from the top and left & right sides that hold the top cover in place. Remove the top cover by sliding towards the back of the unit and then lift- ing up.

  • Page 12: Infra-Red Remote Control & Codes

    Several other functions are accessible by sending 3 digit will flash twice to confirm that the code has been numeric codes to the SP3. To send codes to the SP3: accepted. 1: Press and hold the CODE button until the status...

  • Page 13: Menu Tree

    SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR MENU TREE SYSTEM SETUP SPEAKER DISTANCES (left) 09.0m, 0355 in., 030 ft., 026msec. (centre) 09.0m, 0355 in., 030 ft., 026msec. (right) 09.0m, 0355 in., 030 ft., 026msec. (right surround) 09.0m, 0355 in., 030 ft., 026msec. (right back) 09.0m, 0355 in., 030 ft., 026msec.

  • Page 14: Menu Tree Notes

    To advance the channel from the remote press right As a stereo pair, the signal is analog if the SP3 is arrow again; to exit press left arrow button. in 2 CHANNEL BYPASS mode or otherwise it is a The volume control can be used to adjust the out- digital downmix from multi-channel inputs.

  • Page 15: Specifications & Trademark Acknowledgements

    SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR MENU TREE NOTES continued: > CROSSOVER) from 40 to 200 Hz. choosing from one or two back speakers. By turning The speaker size menu also allows for turning the the BACK speakers off, the surround sound speaker CENTRE, SURROUND & BACK speakers off by select-...

  • Page 16: Physical Specifications

    Digital Audio: 4x coaxial (RCA) 75 Ohms (SPDIF), 3x Optical (TOSLINK) 2x AES/EBU inputs (XLR) 110 Ohms 1x USB 2.0 type B OUTPUTS Analog Outputs: 10 balanced XLR male: Left, Centre, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, Left Back, Right Back, Left Auxiliary, Right Auxiliary and Subwoofer 16 sindle ended (unbalanced) RCA: Left, Centre, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, Left Back, Right Back, Left Auxiliary,...

  • Page 17: Surround Speaker Placement Guide

    SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR 5.1 SURROUND SPEAKER PLACEMENT GUIDE If the AUX output option is set as Center & Sub then a 2nd Center output is available allowing for two Center channel speakers to be used. Placement will be critical due to the largely voice band signals in this channel.

  • Page 18: Surround Speaker Placement Guide

    7.1 SURROUND SPEAKER PLACEMENT GUIDE...

  • Page 19: Exterior Dimensions

    SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR SP3 EXTERIOR DIMENSIONS...

  • Page 20: Appendix A: Sp3 Surround Modes

    2 channel music source signals. The custom surround channel is slightly delayed, so that any front SP3 Surround Modes use a set of DSP algorithms to cre- channel sounds that leak into the surround channel ate a set of simulated surround sound signals from the arrive at the listener after the front channels, providing original left and right 2 channel data.

  • Page 21: Appendix B: Rs232 Codes

    04 DVR FOLLOWING 05 TAPE SBVL Subwoofer Vol Trim SBVLxxxx THE <CR> WILL BE IGNORED BY SP3. DO NOT 08 Digital Downmix UP Up 1 step (0.5dB) INSERT #, SPACES, <LF>, <TAB> OR OTHER QS Query Status DN Down 1 step (0.5dB) NON-PRINTABLE CHARACTERS INSIDE THE xxxx = 0880..1120...
  • Page 22 APPENDIX B: RS232 SERIAL CODES continued RBVL Right Back Vol Trim RBVLxxxx 00 not applicable or ignore 07 DRC MED1;DV OFF UP Up 1 step (0.5dB) AN Analog 08 DRC LOW2;DV OFF DN Down 1 step (0.5dB) DI Digital 09 DRC AUTO;DV OFF xxxx = 0880..1120 HD HDMI QS Query Status...
  • Page 23 SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR APPENDIX B: RS232 SERIAL CODES continued 0c: AAC (MPEG4,MPEG2,iPhone, ff: unknown saved in EEPROM. iPod,iPad,NintendoDSi, (will require ASAVSV iTunes,DivX,PS3,PSP, VCPP Copy protection VCPPxx command to save!) SonyWalk,phones,Wii. status 01 ON Automatically saves all 0d: MPEG (MPEG1 Layer 1 and 2)

  • Page 24: Appendix C: Rs232 Port Hookup

    RS232 commands sent will still be echoed back using standard reply format described in the helpcmd.txt Auto feedback is the response similar to an RS232 command response described in helpcmd.txt but issued by the SP3 to Host following a system status change, initiated by non-RS232 action. For example, when DVD front panel button is pressed SP3 would send #10MSRC00<CR>...

  • Page 25: Appendix D: Hdmi Handshaking

    Using more than 1 HDMI source (player) If 2 HDMI sources are connected to SP3 HDMI inputs, then SP3 will select only one link at a time, leaving the other link “dead ended”. This may break the established handshake status between the player that is not currently active, and the TV screen resulting in a possible change of the player output signal format.
  • Page 26 (SP3) and by the “sink” (TV) further down the HDMI device chain. This is determined by the maximum capability of the SP3 (Video up to 1080p, 3D, color depth 36, audio 7.1 channels up to 192kHz sample rate). In some cases very long HDMI cables (i.e 10m) the limiting connection factor becomes the cable itself.

  • Page 27: Appendix E: Usb Guide

    Make sure SP3 is connected to a power source but in Standby. When the USB cable connecting SP3 is plugged to a USB port in a PC and SP3 is taken out of Standby, a message Driver Software Installation is produced in the system tray area. Clicking on it opens up the following message window: Message screen on USB connection event.

  • Page 28: Appendix E: Usb Guide

    USB port to SP3. To test the operation, press USB button on the SP3 front panel and start Windows Media Player, then select and click one of the sample music files.

  • Page 29: Appendix F: Web Interface Guide

    (Draft doc 7-Feb-2012, Bryston Ltd., Stan Bleszynski) 1. General guidelines (introduction). SP3 can be connected to a PC (Windows, MacOS, Linux etc) using Ethernet cable through a local area network hub or through a direct peer-to-peer (SP3-to-PC) using a cross-over network cable Connection between SP3 and a PC can be established using either one of the 3 basic configuration schemes differing in the way the IP addresses are leased out or assigned.
  • Page 30 Click on the top “File” menu link on the main SP3 web interface screen brings the “Firmware Upload” screen. All SP3 screens except Main and Help require a password. The first time File is clicked on the Main screen, an intermediate password entry screen will show up: Firmware Upload screen Insert the user name admin and password Bryston as shown above and click OK button.
  • Page 31 (of type .bin) and then starting upload and programming. This is described in more details in the following on-line document: ftp://bryston.com/pub/fw/sp3/doc/UploadInstruct.doc Note: selecting of “Restricted Default Flash Partition” allows overwriting of backup files in the SP3 flash. This option is normally not enabled. 3. Setup screen.
  • Page 32 Status screen displays the current “Error and Status messages” (if any), and “Number of Flash Write Cycles” This screen will be modified in the future to display information available currently on the SP3 Vacuum Fluorescent display in menus SYSTEM SETUPTESTSYSTEM STATUS and HDMI STATUS This is an advanced technical information for support engineers.
  • Page 33 SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR APPENDIX F: WEB INTERFACE GUIDE continued 5. Help screen. Help screen as of release 2012.04 (top part) The top part of the Help screen contains 3 important links to documents: User Manual – an on-line version of the user manual (this link requires an active Internet connection) Remote Communication Commands –...

  • Page 34: Appendix F: Web Interface Guide

    (which lights the red LED) and then pressing three numeric buttons in the short succession while the red LED is lit. (Note: the last 2 links refer to embedded files in the SP3 and thus are always available regardless of Internet connectivity.) Help screen...

  • Page 35: Speaker Configuration

    (if there are any), otherwise it will be cut-off. SP3 provides a single subwoofer channel through back panel RCA socket paralleled with an XLR socket. Optionally, it can also output the subwoofer channel through the Aux R socket.

  • Page 36: Appendix G: Subwoofer Setup

    APPENDIX G: SUB-WOOFER SETUP continued Subwoofer setup screen differs between the situation when the Front speakers were declared as “Small” (above) versus when the Front were declared “Large” (below): Subwoofer setup screen (Large speakers) The difference deals with the Xtra Bass feature and is described in Section 4. 3.

  • Page 37: Appendix H: Local Area Newtork (Lan) Setup

    This method is described in more details below in section 2. In most configuration where the LAN card of the host PC is set up for static IP address, SP3 would connect regardless of the DHCP selection, though “STATIC IPadr” is recommended. “NetBios Name” addressing cannot be used in this scheme (for...
  • Page 38 This setup uses peer-to-peer physical connection using a cross-over Ethernet cable, connecting the Ethernet port on the back of SP3 unit, directly to the second LAN2 card in the host PC. To set up the SP3, press right arrow key to enter the menu system, then: SYSTEM SETUPMISCELLANEOUS...
  • Page 39 In order to ensure that the main LAN connection is not disrupted by the presence of a local side subnet, the main LAN card may require specifying a proxy server, and at the same time the static SP3 address must be excluded from the proxy, as showed in the following screen dump: Configuration example of the main network card (LAN) for normal LAN connectivity, allowing for the SP3 static IP scheme.
  • Page 40 APPENDIX G: SETUP USING LAN continued Running ipconfig/all from the Windows (7 or XP) command line allows us to verify the connections. A typical display should look as below: ipconfig/all screen dump SP3 to LAN Setup Guide Pg. 4 of 4...

  • Page 41: Appendix I: Dolby Volume/Drc Setup

    SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR APPENDIX I DOLBY VOLUME/DRC SETUP DOLBY VOLUME/DRC Screen (draft doc 25/11/2011) 1. Bringing up the Dolby Volume/DRC screen. Pressing a down arrow key while the default (idle) screen is being displayed brings up the Dolby Volume screen for a about 10 seconds.
  • Page 42 APPENDIX : DOLBY VOLUME/DRC SET continued Dd VOL HIGH HALF MODE - Dolby Volume is ON, medium strength (dynamic range is moderately reduced). The “Half Mode” means that Dolby Volume algorithm applies only audio compression but not spectral equalization. DYN RANGE MEDIUM 1 –...

  • Page 43: Appendix J: Firmware Update/Upload Instructions

    Instructions for uploading the SP3 software. Ver .2, 23-Nov-2011 1. You must be connected to the internet and have the SP3 connected via Ethernet cable to your local area network and powered up. 2. Open a Browser on your computer (Explorer/Chrome/Safari etc) 3.
  • Page 44 APPENDIX J: FIRMWARE UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONS continued after presing  SP3 display showing serial# and firmware rev# Actual IP address (Miscellaneous menu) (Note: serial number is also written on the name plate on the back of the unit) 4. Click on the File button on the screen. If the Login window opens, type the User name: admin and Password: bryston (case-sensitive) “Login”...
  • Page 45 “Firmware Upload” page 5. Click on the “Upload Image File (.bin)” button to open the next screen: “File Package Upload” page of the SP3. 6. Click on “Browse” button to select the file, and type the following file path exactly as it is below (case-sensitive!): ftp://ftp.bryston.com/pub/fw/sp3/SP3.bin...
  • Page 46 APPENDIX J: FIRMWARE UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONS continued “ Choose File to Upload” window (will close when Open is clicked) 7. After selecting the SP3.bin file, click on the “Upload” button in the “File Package Upload” window: “File Package Upload” page of the SP3.
  • Page 47 WinXP). Alternatively, SP3.bin file may be sent by email or physically in a CD or USB drive. In such a case copy the file into a local directory (for example Desktop) and then pick that file rather than using the ftp path.
  • Page 48 SP3 PREAMP / PROCESSOR 300024-7 [20120328] Bryston Ltd ., P .O . Box 2170, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7Y4 (01) 705-742-5325...

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