Samsung HT-AS700, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Instruction Manual Digital Surround AV Receiver System HT AS700 ...

Page 2: ... safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer for assistance However if there is no alternative to cutting off the plug remove the fuse and then safely dispose of the plug Do not connect the plug to a main socket as there is a risk of shock hazard from the bared flexible cord Never attempt to insert bare wires directly into a main socket A plug and fuse must be used at all times IMPORTANT...

Page 3: ... for a long period of time Protect the player from moisture i e vases and excess heat e g fireplace or equipment creating strong magnetic or electric fields i e speakers Disconnect the power cable from the AC supply if the player malfunctions Your player is not intended for industrial use Use of this product is for personal use only Condensation may occur if your player or disc have been stored in...

Page 4: ...format It is the latest digital sound format maximizing the space quality and 360 surround experience by adding rear center channels DOLBY DIGITAL EX It not only significantly enhances space expression capability of surround channel but also easily implements the sound localization at the rear according to sound field reproduction at 6 1 channel including rear center channel DTS It reproduces the ...

Page 5: ... Input 16 Setting the Speakera 17 Setting DRC Dynamic Range Compression 21 Test Tone 22 Setting Speaker Level 25 Dolby Pro Logic ll x Mode 27 Dolby Pro Logic ll x Effect 29 NEO 6 Mode 31 SFE Mode 33 EX ES Mode 35 Stereo Mode 37 RADIO OPERATION Listening to Radio 39 Presetting Radio Stations 40 About RDS Broadcating 41 MISCELLANEOUS Convenient Functions 43 Operating TV with Remote Control 45 Operat...

Page 6: ...ONNECTOR SURROUND button HEADPHONE Jack INPUT button 5 S W SPEAKER INDICATOR SUBWOOFER LEVEL INDICATOR DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIX INDICATOR VARIOUS FUNCTION INDICATOR RADIO BROADCASTING RECEIVING INDICATOR RADIO STEREO INDICATOR ANALOG INDICATOR RADIO FREQUENCY INDICATOR OPTICAL DIGITAL INDICATOR DTS ES 96 24 INDICATOR LIVE SURROUND INDICATOR L PCM INDICATOR NEO 6 INDICATOR DOLBY DIGITAL EX INDICATOR MPE...

Page 7: ...LDIGITAL AUDIOINPUT CONNECTOR SAT S VIDEO INPUT CONNECTOR VCR S VIDEO INPUT CONNECTOR VCR S VIDEO OUTPUT CONNECTOR CENTER SPEAKER TERMINAL FRONTSPEAKERTERMINAL REAR SPEAKER TERMINAL MONITOR S VIDEO OUTPUT CONNECTOR Rear Panel Accessories œœ USER S GUIDE CD AUDIO INPUT CONNECTOR DVD AUDIO INPUT CONNECTOR SAT AUDIO INPUT CONNECTOR Remote Control FM Antenna User s Manual Battery AAA Size 1 5V AM Ante...

Page 8: ...ion Select button TV Indicator VCR Indicator AV RECEIVER Indicator TV VIDEO FUNCTION button DVD Indicator MODE button MO ST button SUBWOOFER button SFE MODE button EX ES button EFFECT button STEREO button MOVE SELECT button TUNER MEMORY button TUNING CHANNEL button SPEAKER LEVEL button TEST TONE button SPEAKER SETUP button SPEAKER DISTANCE button RDS Selection button Remote Control 7 Number 0 9 bu...

Page 9: ... cover on the back of the remote by pressing down and sliding the cover in the direction of the arrow 1 Insert two 1 5V AAA batteries paying attention to the correct polarities and 2 Replace the battery cover 3 Follow these precautions to avoid leaking or cracking batteries Place batteries in the remote control so they match the polarity to and to Use the correct type of batteries Batteries that l...

Page 10: ... Speaker SL SR SB Adjust the angle of front left and right speakers so that it can form 30 degree to the left and right from the listening position Place the speakers so that their tweeters will be at the same height as your ear Align the front face of the front speakers with the front face of the center speaker or place them slightly in front of the center speaker Front Speakers It is best to ins...

Page 11: ...AS700 Connecting Center Rear Speaker Wire PASSIVE SUBWOOFER ACTIVE SUBWOOFER BUILT IN POWER AMPLIFIER PSAW700E POWER AMPLIFIER FRONT R PSAF700E FRONT L PSAF700E REAR R PSAR700E REAR L PSAR700E MAIN UNIT AV R700 CENTER PSAC700E REAR CENTER PSAB700E Caution Turn and loosen the speaker connector 2 1 Press the tab of the speaker connector 2 Insert the black wire into the black terminal and the red wir...

Page 12: ... IN S VIDEO OUT IN L R L R S VIDEO IN DVD Player Video Projector Video Player Disconnect the power plug from the outlet if you do not use this unit for long period of time Before moving or installing the product be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord Connecting Video Component 11 Caution ...

Page 13: ...r external component to either of Audio Input connector right or left of main unit Connect the red cable of audio cable to red connector and white cable to white connector When you connect Video Input connector of external component to Video Output connector of main unit connect Video Input connector of external component either to Video Output connector or S Video Output connector 12 CONNECTIONS ...

Page 14: ...DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT FRONT SURR SUB WOOFER L R L R CENTER CD Player DVD or 5 1 Channel Player Before moving or installing the product be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord Connecting Audio Component 5 1 Channel 13 ...

Page 15: ...fan is activated automatically to supply cool air to the unit Please observe the following cautions for your safety Make sure the unit is well ventilated If the unit has poor ventilation the temperature inside the unit could rise and may damage it Do not obstruct the cooling fan or ventilation holes If the cooling fan or ventilation holes are covered with a newspaper or cloth heat may build up ins...

Page 16: ...his unit will not turned on or off even if you press the POWER button of remote controller while main unit is turned off When you turn off the power by pressing the POWER button of remote control this unit will be standby mode To completely turn off the power press the POWER button of the main unit Standby indicator will be turned off Basic operation of remote control is set up based on Samsung pr...

Page 17: ...ector of main unit To Select the Function To Select Analog Digital Input REMOTE CONTROL You can directly select 5 1CH VCR DVD CD SAT or AUX For DVD SAT AUX Function ANALOG and OPTICAL 1 2 3 will be selected repetitively For CD Function ANALOG and COAXIAL will be selected repetitively MAIN UNIT REMOTE CONTROL Press INPUT button Each time you press the this button 5 1CH MULTI CH CD DVD SAT VCR AUX F...

Page 18: ...e selected in turn Press button to set the speaker as you want Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to set the speaker To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or press the SPK SEL button of the remote control to select SPK MODE OFF To Use SUBWOOFER button of Remote Control Press SUBWOOFER button Each time you press this button SW SPK YES SW SPK NO will be selected in turn If you play in 2 Channel Stereo s...

Page 19: ...d from bass to treble SMALL Select this when you use small speaker Bass below 100ß will not be output from the whole speakers but only from subwoofer NONE Select this when you use no speaker YES Select this when you use Subwoofer Speaker if you play back in 2 Channel Stereo NO Select when you do not use Subwoofer Speaker if you play back in 2 Channel Stereo CROVR Select the crossover frequency dep...

Page 20: ...tion between 0 0 1 5m at the interval of 0 3m For S R S B S L Speaker you can set the distance from the speaker to listening position between 0 0 4 5m at the interval of 0 3m Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to set the speaker distance To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or press the SPEAKER DISTANCE button of remote control to select DISTANCE OFF 19 If the listening position is beyond the range o...

Page 21: ... to select the speaker you want Each time you press this button F L CEN F R S R S B S L S W will be selected in turn Press SELECT button to set the speaker distance For F L CEN F R S W Speaker you can set the distance from the speaker to listening position between 0 0 1 5m at the interval of 0 3m For S R S B S L Speaker you can set the distance from the speaker to listening position between 0 0 4 ...

Page 22: ...n 3 times DRC SETUP appears on the display Press SURROUND button to set DRC Each time you press this button DRC STD DRC MIN DRC MAX will be selected in turn To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or turn the VOLUME CONTROL of the main unit SETUP MODE OFF appears on the display and exits Setup Mode This function operates only in main unit STD Set DRC effect to standard MAX Set DRC effect to ma...

Page 23: ...al will be automatically output as follows F L CEN F R S R S B S L S W During test tone output press button to adjust the speaker output level from 10 to 10 dB by 1 step To Stop Test Tone Press TEST TONE button again You cannot use test tone in 5 1CH MULTI CH function To Automatically Output Test Tone REMOTE CONTROL 1 Caution OPERATION ...

Page 24: ...the display Press SURROUND button Test signal will be automatically output as follows F L CEN F R S R S B S L S W During test signal output press SELECT button to adjust the speaker output level from 10 to 10 dB by 1 step To Automatically Output Test Tone MAIN UNIT 1 2 3 To Stop Test Tone Method 1 Press INPUT button 2 times TEST T OFF appears on the display and test tone stops Method 2 Turn VOLUME...

Page 25: ...display Press SURROUND button Each time you press this button F L CEN F R S R S B S L S W will be selected in turn Press SELECT button to set the test tone as you want You can adjust the speaker output level from 10 to 10dB by 1 step You cannot use test tone in 5 1CH MULTI CH function To Manually Output Test Tone MAIN UNIT 1 2 4 3 To Stop Test Tone Method 1 Press INPUT button 1 time TEST T OFF app...

Page 26: ...W SPK LEVEL OFF will be selected in turn Press button to set the speaker level you want You can adjust it from 10 to 10dB by 1 step The sound gets smaller at 10dB and louder at 10dB Default setting value is 00dB Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to set it To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or press SPK LEVEL button of remote control to select SPK LEVEL OFF 25 Remote Control 1 2 3 ...

Page 27: ...UND for about 5 seconds SETUP MODE appears on the display and enters into Setup Mode Press INPUT button 7 times LEVEL SETUP appears on the display Press SURROUND button Each time you press this button F L CEN F R S R S B S L S W will be selected in turn Press SELECT button to set to the speaker level you want You can adjust it from 10 to 10dB by 1 step The sound gets smaller at 10dB and louder at ...

Page 28: ...ar to discrete 5 1 Channel Surround Press MODE button Each time you press this button MUSIC CINEMA MATRIX GAME PROLOGIC will be selected in turn 27 Sound will be output from some speaker only if you connect the external component only to Audio Input connector or R of the main unit To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds REMOTE CONTROL 1 ...

Page 29: ...de Each time you press this button DPL ll x NEO 6 SFE STEREO will be selected in turn Press SELECT button Each time you press SELECT button MUSIC CINEMA MATRIX GAME PROLOGIC will be selected in turn Each time you press SELECT button PROLOGIC GAME MATRIX CINEMA MUSIC will be selected in turn Dolby Pro Logic ll x Mode You cannot use Dolby Pro Logic ll x Mode for multi channel signal encoded as Dolby...

Page 30: ...press this button C WIDTH DIMENSION PANORAMA will be selected in turn Press button to select Dolby Pro Logic IIx effect you want C WIDTH You can set from 0 to 7 DIMENSION You can set from 0 to 7 PANORAMA You can Set it ON or OFF Repeat the steps 2 and 3 to set the Dolby Pro Logic IIx effect 29 To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds REMOTE CONTROL 1 2 4 3 ...

Page 31: ...h walls To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds or turn VOLUME CONTROL of the main unit SETUP MODE OFF appears on the display and exits Setup Mode 30 Press and hold SURROUND button for about 5 seconds SETUP MODE appears on the display and enters into Setup Mode Press INPUT button 8 times DPL ll x MODE appears on the display Press SURROUND button Each time you press this button DIMENSION PANORA...

Page 32: ... DTS NEO 6 decoder discretes 2 channel sound to Discrete 6 1 channel sound MUSIC NEO 6 MUSIC Mode is used as optimized to music according to played signal CINEMA NEO 6 CINEMA Mode is used as optimized to movie according to played signal NEO 6 Mode NEO 6 Mode can be used in multi channel signal encoded to Dolby Digital or DTS Pro Logic works only for PCM audio signals with sampling frequency of 32K...

Page 33: ...DE appears on the display Press SURROUND button CEN IMG appears on the display Press SELECT buttontosetthesoundimageyouwant You can set the sound image from 0 to 5 You can use this function to set the sound image of Center Speaker only in the main unit To Exit Setup Mode Waitforabout5secondsorturnVOLUMECONTROLofthemainunit SETUPMODEOFF appears onthedisplayandexitsSetupMode If TV or screen is insta...

Page 34: ...e and you can feel live sound as if you are listening at actual site Press SEF MODE button Each time you press this button LIVE ROCK CLASSIC JAZZ MIDNIGHT HALL CINEMA CHURCH will be selected in turn 33 To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds REMOTE CONTROL 1 ...

Page 35: ...ton CHURCH CINEMA HALL MIDNIGHT JAZZ CLASSIC ROCK LIVE will be selected in turn LIVE ROCK CLASSIC JAZZ Select the genre suitable for the music among Live Rock Classic and Jazz to listen to music MIDNIGHT Emphasize bass when you listen to music at midnight HALL Clear music as if you are listening at concert hall CINEMA Enjoy sound as if you are in cinema CHURCH Enjoy magnificent sound as if you are...

Page 36: ...S AUTO EX ES ON EX ES OFF will be selected in turn 35 AUTO 7 1 channel or 6 1 channel sound will be played back to 7 1 channel or 6 1 channel and 5 1 channel sound will be automatically converted to and output as 5 1 channel ON 5 1 channel sound will be converted to and output as 7 1 channel or 6 1 channel OFF 7 1 channel or 6 1 channel sound will be converted to and output as 5 1 channel EX ES Mo...

Page 37: ...ck disk encoded to Dolby Digital EX in 6 1 channel Some disks encoded with Dolby Digital EX do not contain identification signal In this case set EX ES to ON Rear center channel is added to DTS 5 1 channel improving the sense of direction and space for sound Since DTS ES decoder is built in in the main unit you can play back the disk encoded with DTS ES Discrete and DTS ES Matrix DTS ES Discrete 6...

Page 38: ...o signal are input left right channel is played back in Stereo Mode Press STEREO button STEREO appears in the display and Stereo Mode is selected Press SURROUND button briefly to select STEREO Each time you press this button DPL ll x NEO 6 SFE STEREO will be selected in turn To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds To Exit Setup Mode Wait for about 5 seconds REMOTE CONTROL MAIN UNIT Caution ...

Page 39: ... D 2ch Surr Neo 6 O O O O DIGITAL L R S Dolby Surr EX SFE DIGITAL L C R SL SR S SW Dolby D 5 1ch SFE DIGITAL L C R SL SR SW Dolby D 2ch SFE O O O O O DIGITAL L R Dolby D 2ch Surr SFE O O O O O DIGITAL L R S DTS ES SFE dts ES L C R SL SR S SW DTS 5 1ch SFE dts L C R SL SR SW L PCM Audio SFE O O O O O L PCM L R Analog SFE O O O O O ANALOG Dolby D Surr EX Dolby Digital EX O O O O O DIGITAL L C R SL S...

Page 40: ... Manual Tuning 1 Press ENTER button to select MANUAL 2 Press TUNING CH button briefly to increase or decrease frequency by step by step Press INPUT button to select FM or AM Select the frequency Automatic Tuning Press and hold TUNING CH button to automatically tune in frequency Manual Tuning Press TUNING CH button briefly to increase or decrease frequency by step by step To Listen to Mono Stereo P...

Page 41: ...nd manually Press TUNER MEMORY button Tuner number will blink on the display Press TUNING CH button to select 2ch You can select from 1 to 30ch Press TUNER MEMORY button Tuner number will disappear and 89 1 station will be preset in 2ch To preset other stations repeat the steps 2 to 5 To Listen to Preset Station Press Select button of the remote control to select the PRESET and press TUNING CH but...

Page 42: ... composed of maximum 64 characters 4 CT Clock Time Decodes the real time clock from the FM frequency Some stations may not transmit PTY RT or CT information therefore this may not be displayed in all cases 5 TA Traffic Announcement When this symbol flashes it shows that the traffic announcement is in progress You can see the RDS signals the station sends on the display TO show the RDS signals Pres...

Page 43: ...have selected and tunes in that station 3 Display NEWS AFFAIRS INFO SPORT EDUCATE DRAMA CULTURE SCIENCE VARIED POP M ROCK M M O R M LIGHT M CLASSIC OTHER M WEATHER FINANCE CHILDREN SOCIAL A RELIGION PHONE IN TRAVEL LEISURE JAZZ COUNTRY NATION M OLDIES FOLK M DOCUMENT Program Type News including an announced opinion and report Several matters including a current incident documentary discussion and ...

Page 44: ...button again changes the sleep time from what you have set earlier To Cancel Sleep Timer Press SLEEP button until SLEEP OFF appears on the display To Output Sound Again Press MUTE button again MUTE will disappear and sound will Output Press the MUTE button MUTE appears on the display This function is useful what answering a doorbell or telephone call 43 Sleep Mute Display Off function will work on...

Page 45: ...damage your hearing Reset Function Using Headphone MISCELLANENOUS Press the DISPLAY OFF button Eachtimeyoupressthisbutton thedisplayisturnedonoroff You can turn the display off to prevent the dazzling light or when you go to bed Turning Display On Off REMOTE CONTROL Press 0 button five times and then press ENTER button Press buttons to select YES REMOTE CONTROL 1 2 3 Using the RESET function will ...

Page 46: ...ress POWER button to turn on the TV 3 Point the remote control toward the TV 4 While holding down POWER button enter the code corresponding to your brand of TV IfthecodematchestheTV scode theTVwillbeturnedoff IfthereismorethanonecodelistedforyourTVinthetable enter oneatatimetodeterminewhichcodeworks Ex Fora Samsung TV WhileholdingdownPOWERbutton usetheNumericbuttons toenter00 01 02 03 04 and05 You...

Page 47: ... NIKEI 003 ONKING 003 ONWA 003 PANASONIC 006 007 008 009 054 066 067 073 074 PENNEY 018 PHILCO 003 015 017 018 048 054 059 062 069 090 PHILIPS 015 017 018 040 048 054 062 072 112 114 117 118 PIONEER 063 066 080 091 PORTLAND 015 018 059 PROTON 040 QUASAR 006 066 067 RADIOSHACK 017 048 056 060 061 075 RCA PROSCAN 018 059 067 076 077 078 092 093 094 REALISTIC 003 019 SAMPO 040 SAMSUNG 000 015 016 017...

Page 48: ... control toward the VCR DVD 4 While holding down POWER button enter the code corresponding to your brand of VCR DVD IfthecodematchestheVCR DVD scode theVCR DVD will beturnedoff IfthereismorethanonecodelistedforyourVCR DVD inthe table enteroneatatimetodeterminewhichcodeworks Ex Fora Samsung VCR DVD Whileholdingdown POWER button usetheNumeric buttontoenter00 32 45 87 and88 IfyouoperateDVD pressDevic...

Page 49: ...Y 019 020 072 PENTAX 001 020 021 033 062 PHILCO 001 033 046 049 091 094 PHILIPS 001 030 033 049 050 066 091 PILOT 025 PIONEER 049 PORTLAND 011 QUASAR 001 033 049 067 091 107 108 RICO 036 RCA PROSCAN 001 020 021 031 032 033 049 051 062 066 070 091 104 REALISTIC 001 009 025 033 044 048 054 091 101 105 SAMSUNG 000 006 031 032 057 058 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 SANYO 008 009 046 048 0...

Page 50: ...urroundModeselectedtoStereo Refer to page 9 10 to connect it properly Refer to page 17 18 to select LARGE or SMALL Refer to page 27 38 to select other Surround Mode Remote controller does not work There is no sound from rear speaker The sound from each device is changed during stereo playback Can t receive broadcasting Is AM or FM antenna connected properly Are the batteries exhausted Is the dista...

Page 51: ...en playing DTS encoded DVD and CD Is analog input selected Check whether digital external component is properly connected and refer to page 19 to select the digital input Can t select NEO 6 Mode Is the input signal selected properly Use PCM and Analog input signal Product Protection Function DC Protection Circuit If DC is output from output connector DC protection circuit works automatically to pr...

Page 52: ...Speaker Input Sensitivity Impedance S N Ratio Analog Input 5 1CH Analog Input Separation 1KHz Analog Input 5 1CH Analog Input Digital Input 96KHz PCM TV Format Input Level Impedance Output Level Impedance Video Frequency Response Component Video Frequency Response S N Ratio GENERAL FM TUNER AM TUNER AMPLIFIER FREQUENCY RESPONSE 230V 50 Hz 0 9W 110W 4 65 kg 430 x 65 x 350 mm 5 C 35 C 10 75 87 5 108...

Page 53: ...aker 4Ω 150W 300W 205 x 418 x 455 mm 13 Kg Front Rear Rear Center 6Ω x 5 90W 180W 91 x 135 x 98 5 mm 0 9 Kg Center 6Ω 90W 180W 200 x 107 x 100 mm 1 0 Kg Speaker system Impedance Rated input Maximum input Dimensions W x H x D Weight ...

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