A38 Setup; Configuring Your A38 Amplifier - Arcam A38 Handbook

A38 setup

configuring your A38 amplifier

adjusting listening settings
The A38 allows you to customise various features of the
amplifier to fit your system. Use this diagram to help you
navigate through the available configuration options.
In the diagram, the control knob is shown as .
Normally, the display shows the current volume and the
control knob is used to adjust this.
Press once to enter the setup menu, then press
MEnu
repeatedly to cycle through the menu items. When
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This allows you to adjust the output balance between left and right channels. The display is
Balance
also available directly by pressing the front panel
There are three volume-display options to chose from: 'Standard' , 'Fine' or 'Reference' .
Volume resolution
Standard and Fine represent different levels of volume-control sensitivity; the Reference
setting gives absolute increments in 0.5dB steps.
Input trims are used to compensate for variations in output levels of different source
Input trims
equipment. If, for example, your CD player is louder at a given volume display value
than other inputs, you can attenuate it by using this setting so that it matches your other
components.
Use the source-select buttons to select the input you wish to adjust, then the control knob
to set (increase or decrease) the input volume for that source.
This can be used to limit the maximum volume the amplifier operates at when it is first
Max on volume
switched on: the A38 comes on at the (reduced) 'Max. On Volume' level if the last-used
volume exceeds this value.
If this item is set to 'Disabled' , the A38 always comes on at the last used volume, even if this
is very loud.
Processor mode enables you to fix the gain (volume setting) of your A38. The A38 (in
Processor mode
combination with a power amp.) can then be used to drive the front left and right speakers
of a surround-sound system, when fed from a separate processor. The volume of the entire
system can then be controlled using the processor.
Feed the sound from the processor into the
the amplifiers that drive your other loudspeakers.
Confirming 'Yes' restores all amplifier settings to their factory defaults.
Reset
you have found the setting that you wish to adjust (as
shown on the front panel display), you can change the
setting using the control knob. Press to store the
MEnu
change and return to volume display mode – or press
again to move to the next setting.
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Note that the menu will time-out after a short period
without pressing a button, with the display reverting to
the current volume.
The following items can be adjusted from the setup
menu:
button.
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input, then set the gain of the A38 to match
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'Power On' state