The Quickest Start: Cd & Dvd - PROCEED Audio Video Preamplifier Manual

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The Quickest Start: CD & DVD
The AVP is an exciting system, and we understand that many owners will be anx-
ious to get it up and running as quickly as possible. What follows is not a re-
placement for a complete setup of the system. Rather, it is provided so you
can get some music and movies playing as quickly as possible. It assumes that
your system is already set up in other respects (speakers connected to power
amps, etc.). Once done, please read up on how to do a complete setup and cali-
bration in order to get the most from your investment (or have your dealer/in-
staller do it for you).
We have shipped the AVP with two input buttons already pre-programmed for
the sources most likely to be found in an AVP-based system: CD and DVD. Hav-
ing done this, all you have to do is hook them up to the right connectors and
press the button to get going.
This "quickest start" assumes that your CD transport has an
that your DVD player has both composite video output and a coaxial (
output. If not, proceed to the next sections, A Quick Start For CD and A Quick
Start For DVD.
1 MAKE THE PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS; TURN EVERYTHING ON
Connect the outputs of the AVP to your power amplifier(s), as indicated
(front, rear, center, sub); ensure that the main video output of the AVP is
connected to your television (so you can see the on screen menus). Once
this is done, turn on all the components involved (CD transport, AVP , televi-
sion, amplifiers). Turn the amps on last—always a good habit with any au-
dio system.
2 CONNECT YOUR CD TRANSPORT TO THE AES/EBU INPUT ON THE AVP
Doing so will give you access to your CD transport via the CD button on
the AVP .
3 CONNECT AN S/PDIF (RCA/COAXIAL) AUDIO OUTPUT FROM YOUR
DVD PLAYER, AND CONNECT THE COMPOSITE OUTPUT OF YOUR DVD
PLAYER TO THE "COMPOSITE 1" VIDEO INPUT ON THE AVP
Y ou might also take the time to set the digital output of your DVD player to
"AC-3" instead of "PCM/Pro Logic." It will still output PCM digital audio if
you play a CD, but setting it to "AC-3" allows it to give you the discrete mul-
tichannel digital AC-3 standard. The AVP will automatically sense the nature
of the signal it receives, and will switch accordingly.
We chose the composite output for the initial default simply because it is
the output on DVD players that you can always depend on. (Many DVD
players have a switch that chooses between either S-video or component—if
the switch happens to be in the wrong position, you would end up with no
picture at all.)
4 PRESS EITHER CD OR DISC 1 AND START ENJOYING YOUR AVP
/ output, and
AES EBU
) digital
RCA