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NAD T 777 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 ® T 777 AV Surround Sound Receiver Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER read before the product is operated. This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer’ s attention to Section 820-40 of 2.
  • Page 3 RECORD YOUR MODEL NUMBER (NOW, WHILE YOU CAN SEE IT) which the receiver is connected. The model and serial number of your new T 777 are located on the back of Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    USING THE T 777 – SETUP MENU ....... . .

  • Page 5: Introduction

    SAVE THE PACKAGING iPod Audio 5 S-Video 3 Please save the box and all of the packaging in which your T 777 arrived. Should you move or otherwise need to transport your T 777, this is by far Source 7 7.1 Input Component 2 the safest container in which to do so.

  • Page 6: Identification Of Controls

    If a Zone (Zone 2, Zone 3 or Zone 4) is ON and STANDBY button Refer also to the item about STORING PRESETS (AM/FM/XM/DAB) at the is pressed to switch the T 777 to standby mode, the VFD will be LISTENING TO AM/FM RADIO section of the OPERATION page.
  • Page 7 ±10dB range. Press again to adjust BASS control and a third time for Do not expose the remote sensor of the T 777 to a strong light DIALOG control. source such as direct sunlight or illumination. If you do so, you may Refer also to the item about TONE CONTROLS under the USING THE not be able to operate the T 777 with the remote control.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    ATTENTION! Please make sure that the T 777 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 DB 1 or DB 2. With DAB, you can receive CD-like quality This output will be 12V when the T 777 is ON and 0V when the unit programs without any annoying interference and signal distortion.
  • Page 10 Connect the T 777’s IR IN to the IR OUT of a compatible device. Connect the Component Video Input to Component Video output Connect also the T 777’s IR OUT 1 (and/or IR OUT 2, IR OUT 3) to the of compatible source components, typically a DVD player, BD IR IN of a compatible device.
  • Page 11 Standby LED. Press the front panel Standby button or HTR 8 remote control’s [ON] button to switch ON the T 777 from standby mode. If you intend not to use the T 777 for long periods of time (such as when on vacation), switch off the POWER switch.

  • Page 12: Operation

    DISPLAY THE OSD Press [s], [S] or [ENTER] buttons of the HTR 8 remote control or front panel to display the T 777’s Main Menu on your video monitor/TV. If the OSD does not appear, check your MONITOR OUT connections.

  • Page 13: Adjusting Listening Modes

    The following chart shows the channels available assuming they are enabled in the ‘Speaker Configuration’ menu: Several of the T 777’s listening modes have one or more selectable variations and adjustable parameters that you can modify to suit you Active Decoded Output Channels system or personal preferences.

  • Page 14: Dsp Options

    Setup Menu). Refer also to Audyssey Auto Calibration segment of the their respective options. Press AUDYSSEY again to save the setting and Speaker Setup under Operation – Using the T 777 – Setup Menu. at the same time move on to the next option or exit the menu setting altogether.

  • Page 15: Tone Controls

    Select ‘On’ to activate the applicable Zone. When activated, the Source input tone control section of the T 777. If ‘Off’ (‘Tone Active’ in the VFD) is selected, for the particular Zone can be allocated by selecting through the following the Tone Control circuits are active.

  • Page 16: Using The T 777 - Setup Menu

    When this option is enabled, The Setup Menu allows one to customize the operation of the T 777 to the ancillary the T 777 will also respond to CEC volume and mute commands.  For equipment used in one’...

  • Page 17: Source Setup

    The new Name will be shown in the VFD as well as on the OSD. ANALOG AUDIO The T 777 has nine analog audio inputs including 7.1 input. These analog inputs - Audio 1 - 6, Audio Front, Audio MP and 7.1 Input can be variably assigned to each Source.

  • Page 18: Source Setup (Table View)

    Trigger Setup (See “Trigger Setup” below). If “Source Setup” is assigned to all three Trigger output There are three types of Digital Audio input for the T 777. These are HDMI, (Trigger Out 1-3) in the separate “Trigger Setup” menu window, a particular Optical and Coaxial digital input.

  • Page 19: Ipod Setup

    NAD iPod docking station when Source 5 (the default iPod source allocation in the T 777) is selected. Select “No” The Audyssey Auto Setup and Calibration featured in T 777 uses a if you do not want a docked iPod to be automatically connected.
  • Page 20 A special test tone is sent to each speaker and the data is memorized by the T 777. The duration of calibration may take some time depending on the number of speakers as well as the number of measuring points. After...
  • Page 21 Audyssey key of the remote. The MultEQ XT corrected response can also be bypassed if you wish. It is recommended that you take full advantage of the T 777’s Audyssey Auto Calibration feature for your speaker setup. However, if you desire to...

  • Page 22: Speaker Configuration

    (bass) to other sonic elements. USING AN SPL METER It is quite practical to perform the T 777 level setup routines “by ear, ” and careful work will produce acceptably accurate results. However, the use of an inexpensive sound-pressure level (SPL) meter, such as Radio Shack part number 33-2050, makes this task easier, more accurate and more repeatable.

  • Page 23: Speaker Distance

    While at ‘Speaker Levels’ menu, press the HTR 8 remote’s [TEST] key optimizing imaging, intelligibility and surround-sound ambience. Enter your activating the T 777’s Speaker Levels balancing test signal . You will hear a dimensions with precision within about 1 foot (30 cm).

  • Page 24: Adjusting Channel Levels 'On The Fly

    HTR 8 ‘Test’ key. However, selecting any Preset will revert the channel NOTE levels to those stored in the preset. It will also take T 777 off the levels set The ZR 7 remote control will only control Zone 2 applications.

  • Page 25: Trigger Setup

    – Main, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 2+3+4 and Source Setup. Dolby laboratories. Discs bearing the Dolby Digital (double-D symbol) logo Main : +12V DC is available at the assigned Trigger Out when the T 777 were recorded with up to 5.1 channels of digital signals, reproducing a is at powered state.
  • Page 26 Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD support ANALOG more than eight audio channels. Note that the T 777 only supports 7.1 If the audio input is an analog signal, the following are the surround modes channel.

  • Page 27: Dolby Setup

    ‘PLIIx Music’ under the ‘ADJUSTING LISTENING MODES’ segment of the are completely independent, it is possible to achieve the sensation that the ‘OPERATION - USING THE T 777 - MAIN MENU’ . acoustic image is moving about freely among the background sounds, 360 degrees surrounding the listener.

  • Page 28: Enhanced Stereo

    Please refer to the same description of ‘ENHANCED STEREO’ under the Main Source : Shows the active Source. ‘LISTENING MODES’ segment of the ‘OPERATION - USING THE T 777 - MAIN Volume : Current Volume level is shown. MENU’ .

  • Page 29: A/V Presets

    Listening Mode: Stereo The T 777’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 “Listening Mode”, “DSP Options”...
  • Page 30 OPERATION USING THE T 777 – SETUP MENU Speaker Setup: from the Speaker Setup menu, go to “Speaker 3 At “A/V Presets” page, set “Preset: 1” to the following conditions - use Configuration” sub-menu and change “Subwoofer” from “On” to “Off”: [ D/F ] to select “Yes”...
  • Page 31 OPERATION USING THE T 777 – SETUP MENU Tone Controls: Tone Defeat: Off 6 At “A/V Presets” page, set “Preset: 2” to the following conditions - use [ D/F ] to select “Yes” or “No” and press [ENTER] to confirm selection and move to the next setting.

  • Page 32: Listening To Am/Fm Radio

    The reception and sound quality will always be dependent to a The T 777 can store a mix of your 40 favorite AM, FM and XM (or DAB) radio degree however on the type of antenna(s) used as well as proximity to the stations for immediate recall.

  • Page 33: About User Names

    ABOUT RDS The Radio Data System (RDS) permits sending small amounts of digital information using conventional FM radio broadcasts. The T 777 supports two RDS modes, program-service name (PS mode) and radio-text (RT mode). Not every FM station incorporates RDS in its broadcast signal. In...

  • Page 34: Listening To Xm Radio

    XM. Everything else is built right section “STORING PRESETS (AM/FM/XM/DAB)” under the “LISTENING TO AM/ in. Just subscribe to the XM service and your T 777 will be ready to receive FM RADIO”.

  • Page 35: Listening To Dab Radio

    Adaptor DB) from the DAB module’s output port into the corresponding and weather conditions. With Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB), you can now DAB module input socket on the rear panel of the T 777. Select DAB mode receive CD-like quality radio programs without any annoying interference on the T 777 by toggling HTR 8’s [AM/FM/DB] button.

  • Page 36: Service List

    OPERATION LISTENING TO DAB RADIO 4 Press and hold [ENTER] button to check the strength of the incoming signal. The more segments visible in the lower display line, the stronger The level of compression of stations can be set to eliminate the differences the signal.

  • Page 37: Reset

    LISTENING TO DAB RADIO RESET INFORMATION SETTINGS The “Reset” option allows the connected (and separately sold) NAD DAB While listening to a DAB broadcast, the type of information displayed in the Adaptor to be reset to its factory default settings.

  • Page 38: Listening To Your Ipod Player

    OPERATION LISTENING TO YOUR iPod PLAYER The T 777 is equipped with a data port in the rear panel where an optional Note that other NAD IPD models, like the NAD IPD 2, have their own remote “NAD IPD Dock for iPod” (NAD IPD) can be plugged in. With the NAD IPD controls.

  • Page 39: Nad Ipd 2

    TO VIEW VIDEOS OR PHOTOS LOADED IN YOUR iPod The NAD IPD 2 has its own remote control - the DR 1. When using the DR 1 Videos or photos uploaded in your iPod can be viewed directly via the to command your iPod player docked in the NAD IPD 2, you have to refer to T 777.

  • Page 40: Using The Htr 8 Remote Control

    Contains pre-programmed library of NAD remote codes. The NAD HTR 8 is ready to operate the T 777 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 41: Punch Through

    OPERATION USING THE HTR 8 REMOTE CONTROL COPY A COMMAND FROM ANOTHER KEY Example: Learning “DVD Pause” Position the HTR 8 and your DVD player’s remote as described above. You may copy a command from any HTR 8 key to any other. To copy a key On the HTR 8, simultaneously press-and-hold [DVD] and [RES];...

  • Page 42: Key Illumination Timeout

    The HTR 8 can store learned, copied, and “default library” commands on any The corresponding macro will run; as each step executes, its “parent” DEVICE single key. The default library commands are the pre-programmed NAD SELECTOR key flashes briefly; when execution is finished, the [MACRO] codes, such as the native T 777 commands on the [AMP] “page”.

  • Page 43: Loading Code-Libraries

    LOADING CODE-LIBRARIES SEARCH MODE The HTR 8 can store a different library of default NAD codes for each of its If none of the codes from the table, when entered, turns on the DEVICE SELECTOR “pages”. If the original default library does not control...

  • Page 44: Usb Interface

    1 ON/OFF: Switch ON/OFF the Zone feature. 2 SOURCE [ d/f ]: Select the active input of the NAD T 777 that will be sent out to the corresponding rear panel ZONE 2 output port. 3 MUTE: Temporarily switch OFF or restore the Zone Volume level.

  • Page 45: Using Ir Channel

    “100” is the default library table for “AMP” device. To select this With both T 777 and HTR 8 set to “IR Channel 1”, the C 326BEE can now be “AMP” library table for “IR Channel 0”, retain the library code “100”.

  • Page 46: Reference

    No DAB coverage in the area. Call your local DAB broadcast providers for coverage information. Reset T 777 to factory default settings: Press and hold [ a SOURCE ] and [FRONT INPUT/MP] front panel buttons until “Factory Reset..complete. ” is shown in the VFD.

  • Page 47: Specifications

    Specifications are subject to change without notice. PREAMPLIFIER SECTION For updated documentation and features, please log onto Frequency response ±0.5 dB (ref. 20 Hz – 20 kHz) www.NADelectronics.com for the latest information about T 777. Signal-to-noise ratio >88 dB (ref. 2V, A-WTD) Total harmonic distortion <0.01% Input sensitivity 330 mV (ref.
  • Page 48 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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