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NAD M17 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 ® AV Surround Sound Preamp Processor 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 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. The model and serial number of your new M17 are located on the back of • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to the cabinet.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU ........

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Please save the box and all of the packaging in which your M17 arrived. Should you move or otherwise need to transport your M17, this is by far the safest container in which to do so. We’ve seen too many otherwise perfect...

  • Page 6: Identification Of Controls

    The rear panel POWER switch must be set to ON position. 2 POWER INDICATOR Source 1: Current Source. • This indicator will light up amber when the M17 is at standby mode. -20.0 dB: Volume level. • When the M17 is powered up from standby mode, this indicator will : Go to previous or next Source.
  • Page 7 IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLS FRONT PANEL LISTEN EARS: Listening mode. - +: Go to previous or next Listening mode. AUDYSSEY -/+: Go to previous or next option. : Slide to turn ON or OFF Dynamic EQ. For descriptions of the above item, refer to sections about DSP OPTIONS and AUDYSSEY CALIBRATION.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    ATTENTION! Please make sure that the M17 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 AUTO Main, All ON/OFF ON/OFF Standby • This output will be 12V when the M17 is ON and 0V when the unit is mode either OFF or in standby mode. AUTO Zone 2, Operating Zone 3 or...
  • Page 10 HTRM 2 remote control’s [ON] button to switch ON the M17 from standby mode. • If you intend not to use the M17 for long periods of time (such as when on vacation), switch off the POWER switch. With POWER switched off, neither the front panel o (Standby) button nor...

  • Page 11: Operation

    DISPLAY THE OSD Press [E] or [ENTER] buttons of the HTRM 2 remote control to display the M17’s Main Menu on your video monitor/TV. If the OSD does not appear, check your MONITOR OUT connections. NAVIGATING THE OSD AND MAKING CHANGES...

  • Page 12: Adjusting Listening Modes

    Panorama. See also section about “Adjusting Listening Modes” below. The following chart shows the channels available assuming they are enabled in the “Speaker Configuration” menu: Several of the M17’s listening modes have one or more selectable variations Active Decoded Output Channels Listening Mode...

  • Page 13: Dsp Options

    ADC (ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER) RATE by taking into account human perception and room acoustics. These An analog audio input is converted to digital signal by making use of M17’s two technologies enable the full frequency response of the source at its superb circuitry called analog-to-digital converter (ADC).

  • Page 14: Tone Controls

    Maximum and minimum values for all three Tone Control levels are ±10 dB. “Tone Defeat” gives one the choice of varying or completely bypassing the tone control section of the M17. If “Off” (“Tone Active” in the VFD) is selected, the Tone Control circuits are active.

  • Page 15: Using The M17 - Setup Menu

    CEC device requests a Source change. Display Setup and A/V Presets. For example, if PLAY is pressed on a BD Player with CEC, the M17 and TV with CEC will automatically switch to their respective input connections...

  • Page 16: Source Setup

    OPERATION USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU SOURCE SETUP ANALOG AUDIO There are two sub-menu items under Source Setup. These are Source All available analog audio input can be variably assigned to any of the Setup (Normal View) and Source Setup (Table View).

  • Page 17: 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 M17. These are HDMI, (Trigger Out 1-3) in the separate “Trigger Setup” menu window, a particular Optical and Coaxial digital input.

  • Page 18: Speaker Setup

    • Size: M17 crossover is set based on each channel’s signal handling capability and the subwoofer crossover is automatically set. • Level: SPL of each speaker is matched within 1dB at the microphone position.
  • Page 19 NAD EQ room correction process. Room Response measured by Audyssey microphone It is recommended that you take full advantage of the M17’s Audyssey Auto Calibration feature for your speaker setup. However, if you desire to setup your speakers manually or if you already had run Audyssey Auto Calibration...

  • Page 20: Speaker Configuration

    (bass) to other sonic elements. USING AN SPL METER It is quite practical to perform the M17 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 21: Speaker Distance

    The M17 will power-up from Standby mode at whatever master volume setting was last used; however, if the prior setting was greater than -20.0 dB, the M17 will power up at -20.0 dB. This prevents inadvertently beginning a S S E E T T U U P P D D E E L L A A Y Y / / P P I I C C T T U U R R E E T T E E S S T T / / Z Z O O O O M M session at excessive volume.

  • Page 22: Adjusting Channel Levels "On The Fly

    M17 level-calibration routine as invoked by the HTRM 2 [Test] key. However, selecting any Preset will revert the channel levels to those stored in the preset. It will also take M17 off the levels set via Audyssey Auto Calibration.

  • Page 23: Trigger Setup

    Triggers are low voltage signal used to turn on/off other compliant devices. configured and processed through the following options: The M17’s three +12V DC Trigger Output (Trigger 1 Out, Trigger 2 Out and Trigger 3 Out) are dependent upon the mode they are associated with. The following are the choices where +12V DC output can be assigned.
  • Page 24 NEO:6 Cinema, Stereo Downmix or None. channels to eight, whereas Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD support ANALOG more than eight audio channels. Note that the M17 only supports 7.1 channel. If the audio input is an analog signal, the following are the surround modes...

  • Page 25: Dolby Setup

    “PLIIx Music” under the “ADJUSTING LISTENING MODES” segment of the Since the signals of the 6.1 Surround channels (including the back channel) “OPERATION - USING THE M17 - MAIN MENU”. are completely independent, it is possible to achieve the sensation that the...

  • Page 26: Enhanced Stereo

    Please refer to the same description of “ENHANCED STEREO” under the stored together as a single A/V Preset. “LISTENING MODES” segment of the “OPERATION - USING THE M17 - MAIN MENU”. You might create one A/V Preset optimized for pop music and another for classical.
  • Page 27 OPERATION USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU SAMPLE PROCEDURE FOR SETTING UP A/V PRESETS Speaker Setup: from the Speaker Setup menu, go to “Speaker 1 Setup first your preferred settings for the following options (access Configuration” sub-menu and change “Subwoofer” from “On” to “Off”: them through their respective menu page).
  • Page 28 OPERATION USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU 3 At “A/V Presets” page, set “Preset: 1” to the following conditions - use Tone Controls: Tone Defeat: Off [R/T] to select “Yes” or “No” and press [ENTER] to confirm selection and move on to the next setting.
  • Page 29 OPERATION USING THE M17 – SETUP MENU 6 At “A/V Presets” page, set “Preset: 2” to the following conditions - use [R/T] to select “Yes” or “No” and press [ENTER] to confirm selection and move to the next setting. While at “Save Current Setup to Preset” menu line, use [E] to save the settings above to “Preset 2”.

  • Page 30: Using The Htrm 2 Remote Control

    USING THE HTRM 2 REMOTE CONTROL The NAD HTRM 2 is ready to operate the M17 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 31: Learning Codes From Other Remotes

    LED turns green. The macro button will also light up. from one Device Select “page” to another, so that, for example, the AMP [SURR MODE] function might still control the M17 when the BD Device Press the sequence of function keys to be recorded into the macro, being Selector page is active.

  • Page 32: Key Illumination Timeout

    USING THE HTRM 2 REMOTE CONTROL FACTORY RESET Example: Record a Macro to the [0] key to Turn on the M17, Select “Input 1” (Source 1), and Commence Playback of connected Source 1 device (as in The HTRM 2 can be reset to its factory state, deleting all learned commands,...

  • Page 33: Loading Code-Libraries

    LOADING CODE-LIBRARIES SEARCH MODE The HTRM 2 can store a different library of default NAD codes for each of If none of the codes from the table, when entered, turns on the its Device Selector “pages. ” If the original default library does not control...

  • Page 34: Summary Of The Htrm 2 Modes

    The sleep time increment and a “SLEEP” icon will continuously display on the M17’s front panel Vacuum Fluorescent Display 2 SOURCE [ d/f ]: Select the active input of the NAD M17 that will be (VFD). Each consecutive press increases the sleep time in 15-minute increments from 15 to 90 minutes.

  • Page 35: Reference

    • IR transmitter window on remote or IR A/V Receiver • Check IR windows and ensure clear line- window on M17 is obstructed. of-sight from remote to M17. • M17 front panel is in very bright sunlight or ambient • Reduce sunlight/room lighting. light.

  • Page 36: Specifications

    OVERALL SPECIFICATIONS Specifications are subject to change without notice. For updated documentation and features, please Line Level Input check out www.NADelectronics.com for the latest information about M17. Input impedance (R and C) 56 kΩ + 220 pF Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380;5,978,762; 6,226,616;...
  • Page 38 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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