Speaker Placement - NAD AV 316 Owner's Manual

To adjust the Delay setting, put the AV 316 into
Dolby Pro Logic mode and press DELAY on the front
panel or the Remote Control. Continue pressing
DELAY until the correct value is shown in the Display
Panel.
Level and Delay settings are stored in the AV 316's
memory. They are automatically recalled when the
unit is switched on.
For your reference, use the boxes overleaf to make
a note of your settings. If they are accidentally
altered, you can reset them without having to run the
Test procedure.
REMOTE CONTROL
The RC713 Remote Control handles all the key
functions of the AV 316 and has additional controls to
remotely operate NAD Cassette and CD machines. It
will operate up to a distance of 16ft (5m).
The subsidiary mode, and set-up functions have
black buttons. Power and Record (for an associated
NAD cassette deck) are in red.
Refer to previous sections of the manual for
descriptions of individual functions.
POWER Switches the AV 316 between On and
Standby.
SURROUND MODE Selects Dolby Pro-Logic, Hall or
By-Pass modes.
SLEEP Sets the AV 316 into SLEEP mode.
TAPE 1 Selects Tape 1 as the active input.
TAPE 2 Selects Tape 2 monitor.
TUNER Selects Tuner as the active input.
PHONO Selects Phono as the active input.
CD Selects CD as the active input.
VIDEO 1 Selects VIDEO1 as the active input.
VIDEO 2 Selects VIDEO 2 as the active input.
TUNER GROUP Selects a Tuner Preset Bank
PRESET Ô Selects a Tuner Preset
CASSETTE DECK CONTROL (for use with NAD
Cassette Deck)
DECK A, DECK B (When only one Tape deck is con-
nected, use Deck B controls)
Ô Reverse Play
Forward Play
II Record & Pause
n Stop
Ô Rewind
Fast Forward
CD PLAYER CONTROL (for use with NAD CD
Player)
DISC Next disc. (for NAD CD changers)
Play
II Pause
n Stop
IÔ Previous Track
I Next Track.
DELAY To set Delay time.
TEST Starts the Surround Set-up Test procedure.
MUTE Mutes all audio.
CENTER VOLUME ÒÚ Adjusts the relative level of
the Center channel speaker.
REAR VOLUME ÒÚ Adjusts the relative level of the
Surround speakers.
VOLUME ÒÚ Increases or decreases the Volume
setting, using the motorised front panel Volume con-
trol.
BATTERIES
Alkaline batteries are recommended for maximum
operating life. The two AA (R6) batteries are con-
tained in the battery compartment at the rear of the
Remote Control. When replacing batteries, check that
they have been put in the right way round, as shown
on the base of the battery compartment.
APPENDIX
A SHORT GUIDE TO SURROUND
SOUND.
Since the middle of the 1970's, film companies
have been making movies in increasing numbers in
Dolby Stereo, the four channel surround sound sys-
tem available in most movie theaters today.
Fortunately it is a simple operation to take the film's
Dolby Stereo soundtrack and place it on a stereo
VHS video tape, Laser Disc or Video-CD. The sound
track does require some conversion for home use,
and the domestic version of Dolby Stereo is called
Dolby Surround.
Today, most video copies of movies also contain
this surround information originally designed for the
movie theater. As well as videos, Dolby Surround is
also being used on TV programmes and on music
CDs, and all of these can be decoded using your AV
316.
Unlike the quadraphonic systems which tried to
produce pin-point sounds coming from all directions,
Dolby Surround is designed to give you a clear front
image with the Surrounds filling the room with atmos-
pheric sound.
For best results, the Surround loudspeakers should
not beam the sound directly at the listener. One way
of achieving this is to use 'dipole' Surround speakers
which aim the sound down the walls rather than
directly into the room. An alternative is to use stan-
dard small loudspeakers for Surrounds, but not to
point them directly at the listening position. It is
always worth experimenting with various Surround
speaker positions to see which works best in your
room.

SPEAKER PLACEMENT

Placement of the speakers in a Pro-Logic surround
system plays an important role in the performance of
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