Polk Audio Digital Solution 2, Instruction Manual

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• The DS-2 features all five main and surround speakers optimized to deliver
the greatest possible performance from any integrated home theater system:
The RT800

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Main Speakers, the CS400

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Center Channel Speakers and a pair

of f/x500

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Surround Speakers. Heavy duty bottom end is delivered by the

specially built Powered Subwoofer.

• The DS-2 is a fully integrated and performance optimized system. 
That means all the parts were designed together for a single purpose: 
all-in-one home theater.

• Got a big room to fill? No worries. The DS-2 has a high power 6
channel power amplifier built right into the subwoofer enclosure.
This is an honest-to-goodness, beefy high-end power amp with all the
features that send audiophiles into rapture: high current, discrete
circuits, dynamic headroom... But forget the jargon, this system plays
loud and clean without strain even in the largest rooms.

• The DS-2 preamp/processor also includes one of the world’s most
sophisticated digital surround sound processors, which hooks up to the
power amplifiers with a single convenient cable. 

• Plug’n’Play – the preamp/processor is pre-configured for the speakers
to bring you high performance right out of their boxes, without the need
for complicated set-up procedures.

• The perfectly matched front, rear, and center speakers ensure
seamless blending and lifelike surround sound effects. You’ll feel like
you are part of the action rather than a distant observer.

• Home theater is a group experience. The speakers in the DS-2 system
were designed to deliver broad, even dispersion of full-response sound
throughout the room. Everyone hears clean, clear dialog, music and
sound effects.

• Some CDs have too much bass, some have too little. The same is
true for movies. Most people like to adjust bass volume from CD to CD,
movie to movie. We put the subwoofer volume control on the remote
to make it easy for you to get the right amount of bass without
leaving your chair.

• Half of the world is looking for the meaning of life. The other half is
looking for better bass. (This is as good as humor gets in the audio 
business.) If you are part of the latter group, we’ve got the subwoofer
for you. The DS-2 subwoofer uses our patented Power Port bass venting
system to deliver deep, powerful bass with low distortion. Your friends
will be green with envy.

• Most folks like more bass on movies than music. With the DS-2, once
you have set subwoofer level for each surround mode, the system
remembers and returns to that setting. We call this feature 
subwoofer/surround memory. If you are watching a DVD and you select a
bass level of -7, then switch to a CD in stereo and change the bass setting
to -10, the system will return to a bass setting of -7 when you go back to
the surround mode. We love this feature. We think you will too.

• Simple, intuitive operation. Everyone in the house, from kids to
grandparents, can enjoy ultra high-performance home theater 
entertainment without reading this dopey manual.

• You have lots of potential entertainment sources. The DS-2
preamp/processor has enough analog and digital audio inputs to 
hook up any source – DVD, Laserdisc, VCR, DSS, Tape, CD, Camcorder,
and Cable TV.

• The DS-2 preamp/processor has three digital inputs, including an RF
input, for laserdisc players with an AC-3 RF output, plus two other digital
inputs for a DVD player and the latest Dolby Digital capable satellite TV
(DSS) receivers.

• The DS-2 comes with audiophile-grade cables (in some cases 
fitted with gold plated connectors) for hooking up all the parts of the
DS-2 system. 

• Is picture quality as important to you as the quality of sound? You’re
going to appreciate that the DS-2 preamp/processor offers S-video
inputs and outputs in addition to standard composite video. S Video
cables provide better picture detail than conventional video cables. 

• Would you like music in another room? No problem. The DS-2 has
independent multi-room stereo pre-amp outputs that allow you to hear
one source in a remote room while a 

different source

is playing in the

main room, at different volume levels. (Requires optional external
stereo integrated amplifier and speakers for the second zone.)

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