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THETA DIGITAL Casablanca III manual available for free PDF download: Owner's Manual
THETA DIGITAL Casablanca III Owner's Manual (130 pages)
surround sound processor home theater controller
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THETA DIGITAL
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Home Theater System
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Table of Contents
Warning
2
Safety Precautions
5
AFTER MARKET and THIRD PARTY MODIFICATIONS
5
Table of Contents
6
List of Figures
9
Introduction
11
Burn in Time
11
Getting to Know Your Casablanca III
11
Important Notice
12
Reference Manual Conventions
12
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
13
Table 1 - Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
13
Casablanca III Block Diagram - Input Processing Sections
14
Figure 1 - Block Diagram of Input Processing Sections
14
Figure 2 - Block Diagram of 8 S-Video Switching Card
15
Figure 3 - Block Diagram of Multi Format/6 S-Video Switching Card
15
Casablanca III Block Diagram - DAC and Analog out Sections
16
Figure 4 - Block Diagram of DAC and Analog Outputs
16
Figure 5 - Block Diagram of Xtreme 4 Channel DAC Board
17
Figure 6 - Block Diagram of Digital Output Board, Showing All Options
17
Figure 7 - Front Panel Layout
18
Front Panel Layout
18
Figure 8 - Rear Panel Layout
19
Rear Panel Layout
19
Figure 10 - All Optional Standard Balanced D/A Cards
20
Figure 9 - All Optional Single-Ended D/A Cards
20
Figure 11 - All Optional Superior D/A Cards and the Digital Output Card with Center Channel
21
Figure 12 - Xtreme DAC
21
Menu Maps
22
Figure 13 - Mode, Status, Balance, Tape out Menus and Input Select Pages
22
Function Menus and Pages
22
Input Select Pages
22
Figure 14 - Setup Menus and Pages
23
Setup Menus and Pages
23
Introduction to the User Interface
24
Before You Begin
24
Warning !! : Please Read First
24
Step-By-Step Setup Guide
25
Casablanca III Overall Setup Procedure Flowchart
26
Step by Step Speaker Configuration
27
Phase Perfect
27
Speaker Configuration & Crossovers
27
A Note on Crossovers
28
A Note on Home Theater
28
Butterworth
28
Linkwitz-Riley
28
Speaker Configuration & Crossovers - Con't
29
Speaker Levels
30
Speaker Delays
31
Dolby Digital, DTS and Circle Surround Setup
32
Remaining Setup
33
Setup Flowcharts A-P
34
Front Panel Operations
50
Input Select Menus
50
Changing Inputs and Input Select Pages
50
Selecting Mapped Input Jacks for the Currently Selected Input
50
Figure 15 - Front Panel Display of the Current INPUT SELECT Page
50
Search Order
51
Figure 16 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2/SOURCE/AUD Page
51
MODE Function
52
Figure 17 - Front Panel Display of the MODE Page 1 Menu
52
Figure 18 - Front Panel Display of the MODE Page 2 Menu
53
TAPE out Function
55
Figure 19 - Front Panel Display of the TAPE out Menu
55
Optional Upgrade Tape out Configuration
56
Standard Tape out Configuration
56
SETUP Function
57
Setup Button Password
57
DAC Configuration
57
Figure 20 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP Menu
57
Figure 21 - Front Panel Display of the Setup/Assign Password Display
57
SETUP INPUT (Setting up each of the 12 Input Select Buttons)
58
Figure 22 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 1 Submenu
58
Figure 23 - Menu Map of SETUP/INP Page 1/CONFIG
58
Setup Input
58
Setup Speaker Configuration
58
Figure 24 - Front Panel Display of the Speaker Configuration Submenu
59
Figure 25 - Front Panel Display of the Subs Configuration Submenu
59
SUB Configuration
59
Figure 26 - Menu Map of SETUP/INP Page 1/CONFIG/LT/RT
60
Left/Right Speaker Configuration
60
Crossovers
61
Figure 27 - Front Panel Display of the Front Left/Right Speaker Configuration Submenu
61
Figure 28 - Front Panel Display of the Setup/Inp/Config/Lt/Rt/Φperf Sub Menu
61
Figure 29 - Front Panel Display of the Setup/Inp/Config/Lt/Rt/Link-R Sub Menu
62
Figure 30 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/CONFIG/LT/RT/BWORTH Sub Menu
62
Table 2 - Available Configuration Settings for Front L/R Speaker Phase Perfect Crossover
62
Table 3 - Available Configuration Settings for Front L/R Speaker Linkwitz-Riley Crossover
62
Center Speaker Configuration
63
Figure 31 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/CONFIG/CENTER Sub Menu
63
Table 4 - Available Configuration Settings for Front L/R Speaker Butterworth Crossover
63
Center Surround Speaker Configuration
64
Figure 32 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/CONFIG/L-R SURRND Sub Menu
64
Left/Right Surround Speaker Configuration
64
Side Speaker Configuration
64
Figure 33 - Front Panel Display of the Setup/Inp/Lvls/Channel Choice Sub Menu
65
Figure 34 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/LVLS 1-6 Sub Menu
65
Figure 35 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/LVLS 7-12 Sub Menu
65
Internal Noise Generator
65
Speaker Levels
65
Table 5 - Source to Output Routing for Speaker Level Configuration
66
Figure 36 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/DELAYS 1 Sub Menu
67
Figure 37 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/DELAYS 2 Sub Menu
67
Speaker Delays
67
Default Mode
68
Figure 38 - Rear Delay Settings
68
Figure 39 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/OSD Sub Menu
69
Figure 40 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP/OSD/STATUS 1 Sub Menu
69
Onscreen Display (OSD) Setup
69
Status Setup
69
VFD Brightness
69
Figure 41 - Menu Map of SETUP/INP
70
Figure 42 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2 Sub Menu
70
LFE Phase
70
Mapping an Audio and Video Source (Input Jack to INPUT SELECT Button)
70
Setup Input
70
Figure 43 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2/SOURCE/AUD Sub Menu
71
Channel Mode
72
Compression
72
Dialog Normalization
72
Figure 44 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2/DOLBY DIGITAL Page 1 Sub Menu
72
Setup Dolby Digital
72
Figure 45 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2/DOLBY DIGITAL Page 2 Sub Menu
73
Figure 46 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2/DTS Sub Menu
74
Figure 47 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2/CIRCLE SURRND Sub Menu
74
Setup Circle Surround
74
Setup DTS
74
Figure 48 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 2/POST PROCESS Sub Menu
75
Figure 49 - Menu Map of SETUP/INP
75
Figure 50 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 3 Sub Menu
75
Post Process
75
Setup Input
75
Setup Input Page 3
75
Center Spread
76
Figure 51 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/INP Page 3/MISC Sub Menu
76
Master Delay
76
Naming the Current Input Select Button
76
Password for each INPUT SELECT Button
76
Setup Miscellaneous
76
Setup Global
77
Analog Input Levels
77
Figure 52 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL Page 1/ Sub Menu
77
Figure 53 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/ANLG LVLS Sub Menu
77
Figure 54 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/JACK NAMES Sub Menu
78
Figure 55 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/REMPWR Sub Menu
78
Jack Names
78
Remote Power Jacks
78
Clear Balance (Temporary Settings Control)
79
Figure 56 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/RS232 Sub Menu
79
Rs232
79
Changing the Default MUTE Level
80
Figure 57 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/MUTE-VOLUME Sub Menu
80
FVOL and SVOL
80
Initial Power-On Master Volume
80
Maximum Overall Level
80
MUTE off Trigger
80
Mute/Volume
80
Cursor Type
81
Display Time
81
Displaying Mode Change Messages
81
Figure 58 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL Page 2 Sub Menu
81
Serial Number
81
Macros
82
Copy Macros
82
Figure 59 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/MACROS Sub Menu
82
Figure 60 - Front Panel Display of the SETUP/MACROS/RESTORE FACTORY Sub Menu
82
Restore Macros
82
BALANCE Function
84
Front/Rear and Left/Right Balance
84
Center and Sub Balance
84
Shelf EQ
84
Figure 61 - Front Panel Display of the BALANCE Page 1 Menu
84
Figure 62 - Front Panel Display of the BALANCE Page 2 Menu
84
Analog Input Level Override
85
STATUS Function
86
Figure 63 - Front Panel Display of the STATUS Display
86
Figure 64 - Front Panel Display of the Status/Dolby Digital Page 1 Display
86
Figure 65 - Front Panel Display of the Status/Dolby Digital Page 2 Display
87
Remote Control Layout
89
Figure 66 - Remote Control Layout
89
Remote Control Operations
90
Input Select Menus
90
Changing Inputs and Input Select Pages
90
Display
90
Figure 67 - Video Display of the INPUT SELECT Page 1 Menu
90
Global Phase
90
Mute
90
Selecting Mapped Input Jacks for the Currently Selected Input
90
STATUS Display
91
Figure 68 - Video Display of the STATUS Display
91
Figure 69 - Video Display of the First Dolby Digital Status Page
91
Figure 70 - Video Display of the Second Dolby Digital Status Page
91
MODE Function
92
Figure 71 - Video Display of the MODE Page 1 Menu
92
Figure 72 - Video Display of the MODE Page 2 Menu
92
TAPE out Function
93
Figure 73 - Video Display of the TAPE out Menu with Optional Tape out DAC Installed and Set to MAIN
93
Figure 74 - Video Display of the TAPE out Menu with Optional Tape out DAC Installed and Set to TAPE
93
SETUP Function
94
DAC Configuration
94
Figure 75 - Video Display of the SETUP Menu
94
Figure 76 - Video Display of the SETUP Password Page
94
Setup Button Password
94
Figure 77 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 1 Sub Menu
95
Figure 78 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 1/SPEAKER CONFIGURATION Sub Menu
95
Figure 79 - Video Display of the SETUP/ INPUT Page 1/CONFIG/LEFT/RIGHT Configuration Sub Menu
95
Left/Right Speaker Configuration
95
Setup Input
95
SETUP INPUT (Setting up each of the 12 Input Select Buttons)
95
Speaker Configuration
95
Center Speaker Configuration
96
Figure 80 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 1/SPEAKER CONFIG/ CENTER Sub Menu
96
Figure 81 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 1/CONFIG/SURROUND CONFIGURATION Sub Menu
97
Figure 82 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 1/CONFIG/SUB CONFIGURATION Sub Menu
97
Sub Woofer Configuration
97
Surround Speaker Configuration
97
Figure 83 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 1/CONFIG/SURROUND CENTER Sub Menu
98
Figure 84 - Video Display of the SETUP/ INPUT/LEVELS 1-6 Sub Menu
98
Side Speaker Configuration
98
Speaker Levels
98
Surround Center Configuration
98
Figure 85 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT/LEVELS 7-12 Sub Menu
99
Figure 86 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT/DELAYS 1 Sub Menu
99
Figure 87 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT/DELAYS 2 Sub Menu
99
Speaker Delays
99
Default Mode
100
Figure 88 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 3/ON-SCREEN DISPLAY Sub Menu
100
Figure 89 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT/OSD/STATUS Page 1 Setup Sub Menu
100
Onscreen Display (OSD) Setup
100
Status Setup
100
Figure 90 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 2 Sub Menu
101
LFE Phase
101
Mapping a Source (Input Jack to INPUT SELECT Button)
101
Setup Input
101
VFD Brightness
101
Channel Mode
102
Compression
102
Figure 91 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 2/DOLBY DIGITAL Page 1 Sub Menu
102
Setup Dolby Digital
102
Dialog Normalization
103
Figure 92 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 2/DOLBY DIGITAL Page 2 Sub Menu
103
Figure 93 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 2/DTS Sub Menu
104
Figure 94 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 2/CIRCLE SURROUND Sub Menu
104
Setup Circle Surround
104
Setup DTS
104
Figure 95 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 2/POST PROCESS Sub Menu
105
Figure 96 - Video Display of the SETUP/INPUT Page 3 Sub Menu
105
Naming the Current Input Select Button
105
Post Process
105
Setup Input
105
Setup Miscellaneous
105
Center Spread
106
Master Delay
106
Password for each INPUT SELECT Button
106
Analog Input Levels
107
Figure 97 - Video Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL Page 1 Sub Menu
107
Figure 98 - Video Display of the SETUP/ANALOG INPUT LEVELS Sub Menu
107
Figure 99 - Video Display of the SETUP/ INPUT/JACK NAMES Sub Menu
107
Jack Names
107
Setup Global
107
Clear Balance (Temporary Settings Control)
108
Figure 100 - Video Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/REMOTE POWER Sub Menu
108
Remote Power Jacks
108
Figure 101 - Video Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/RS232 Sub Menu
109
Figure 102 - Video Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL/MUTE-VOLUME Sub Menu
109
FVOL and SVOL
109
Initial Power-On Master Volume
109
Mute/Volume
109
Rs232
109
Changing the Default MUTE Level
110
Cursor Type
110
Figure 103 - Video Display of the SETUP/GLOBAL Page 2 Sub Menu
110
Maximum Overall Level
110
MUTE off Trigger
110
Copy Macros
111
Display Time
111
Displaying Mode Change Messages
111
Figure 104 - Video Display of the SETUP/MACROS Sub Menu
111
Macros
111
Serial Number
111
Figure 105 - Video Display of the SETUP/MACROS/RESTORE FACTORY Sub Menu
112
Restore Macros
112
BALANCE Function
113
Analog Input Level Override
113
Center and Sub Balance
113
Figure 106 - Video Display of the BALANCE Page 1 Menu
113
Figure 107 - Video Display of the BALANCE Page 2 Menu
113
Front/Rear and Left/Right Balance
113
Shelf EQ
113
Appendixes
114
Appendix A Troubleshooting Guide
115
Appendix B Wiring Diagrams and Speaker Placement Guides
116
Figure 108 - Examples of Typical Input and Tape out Connections
116
Figure 109 - Recommended Output Wiring Diagram Using 12 Single-Ended Channels
116
Figure 110 - Recommended Speaker Placement for Six Channel Configuration
117
Figure 111 - Recommended Speaker Placement for Twelve Channel Configuration
117
Figure 112 - Recommended Output Wiring Diagram Using 12 Channels (Six Balanced and Six Single-Ended)
118
Figure 113 - Recommended Output Wiring Diagram Using 8 Balanced Xtreme Channels
118
Digital Out/External Volume Control Wiring Diagrams
119
Figure 114 - Wiring Diagram for the Casablanca III Digital Output Board and a 2 Channel External Volume Control Unit
119
Figure 115 - Wiring Diagram for the Casablanca III Digital Output Board and a 6 Channel External Volume Control Unit
120
Appendix C Remote Extender Jack Technical Description and Protocol
121
Appendix D Upgrading/Re-Installing Casablanca III Software
122
Appendix E Specifications
123
Warranty Information
130
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