Analog-Only Operation; Is It A Recording Device - PROCEED Audio Video Preamplifier Manual

Note:

analog-only operation

is it a recording device?

These "surround modes" refer to what the system does when
given a generic, two-channel input signal, whether analog or
digital.
Dolby Surround encoded signals are such a two-channel
signal as they enter the Audio Video Preamplifier, one that
has been encoded to provide multiple channels when
properly decoded.
Discrete multichannel signals (such as those provided by
Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG) will override these surround
preferences and always be reproduced in their intended
multichannel forms.
If you already know what your preference is, you might as well program it in
now. If you aren't sure, we suggest leaving the default surround mode for your CD
transport as
stereo surround
1 MOVE TO THE "MODE:" ITEM IN THE MENU, PRESS THE ENTER BUTTON,
AND USE THE VOLUME ± BUTTONS TO REVIEW YOUR AVAILABLE
SURROUND MODES; CHOOSE THE ONE YOU WANT AUTOMATICALLY
ENGAGED; PRESS ENTER AGAIN TO SAVE THE CHANGE
Of course, during day to day operation, you can easily override this default
selection by simply pressing the
button on the front panel) at any time. Doing so will cycle
surround mode
you through the available surround modes.
If you have an analog source such as the output of a phono preamplifier that you
prefer to keep entirely in the analog domain, simply set up its input for
2-ch/surround off and no subwoofer
digitally .) When the AVP receives an analog signal under these conditions (which
do not require any digital processing functions), the signal is kept in analog form
and travels only through a high quality analog preamplifier, bypassing analog to
digital and digital to analog conversion.
This can be done by selecting
for the input in question, and by choosing
fault for that same surround mode (see
If this component were capable of recording (a CD-R, tape deck, VCR, etc.), and
assuming you wanted to make recordings through the system, you would need to
make another connection to provide for making those recordings. Specifically, you
would need to use the record output on the AVP to feed the recording device a
signal to be recorded.
Moreover, the system needs to know which sources are hooked up in this way to
ensure that you do not accidently send a source back to itself to be recorded—a
situation that can produce unpleasant and even speaker-threatening feedback
loops. For these reasons, we need to let the system know which of our sources
are connected to a record output.
for now. You can always change it later.
mode button on the remote control (or the
. (The subwoofer crossover is implemented
as the default surround mode
2-ch/surround off
force off as the subwoofer mode de-
mode defaults
, later in this section).
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