Theta Digital Casablanca III, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...THETA DIGITAL C O R P O R A T I O N Casablanca III Owner s Manual V 3 00 Rev A a Digital Done Right ...

Page 2: ...rticular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio and television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between equipment and receiver Connect the receiver into an outlet o...

Page 3: ...amation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the product WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE THE POLARIZED PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD RECEPTACLE OR OTH...

Page 4: ...talled Whenever upgrades inquiries and or changes are requested the serial number will be required SERIAL NUMBER DATE PURCHASED DEALER S NAME DEALER S ADDRESS PHONE INSTALLED CARDS OPTIONS Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation Date of installation D...

Page 5: ...ENTILATION SPACE ABOVE THE UNIT IMPROPER VENTILATION OF THE UNIT MAY CAUSE OVERHEATING WHICH MAY DAMAGE THE UNIT AND CAUSE A FIRE PLACE THE UNIT ON A SOLID SURFACE ONLY I E NOT ON CARPET ETC DO NOT PLACE THE CASABLANCA III NEAR HEAT SOURCES SUCH AS DIRECT SUNLIGHT STOVES HEAT REGISTERS RADIATORS OR OTHER HEAT PRODUCING EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE ANALOG OUTPUT CIRCUITRY BE CERTAIN NOT TO SH...

Page 6: ...18 A note on crossovers 18 A note on home theater 18 Speaker Configuration Crossovers Con t 19 Speaker Levels 20 Speaker Delays 21 Dolby Digital DTS and Circle Surround Setup 22 Remaining Setup 23 Setup Flowcharts A P 24 FRONT PANEL OPERATIONS 40 Input Select Menus 40 Changing Inputs and Input Select Pages 40 Selecting Mapped Input Jacks for the Currently Selected Input 40 Search Order 41 MODE Fun...

Page 7: ...ros 72 Restore Macros 72 BALANCE Function 74 Front Rear and Left Right Balance 74 Center and Sub Balance 74 Shelf EQ 74 Analog Input Level Override 75 STATUS Function 76 Remote Control Layout 79 REMOTE CONTROL OPERATIONS 80 Input Select Menus 80 Changing Inputs and Input Select Pages 80 Selecting Mapped Input Jacks for the Currently Selected Input 80 Mute 80 Display 80 Global Phase 80 STATUS Displ...

Page 8: ...me 99 FVOL and SVOL 99 Maximum Overall Level 100 Changing the Default MUTE Level 100 MUTE Off Trigger 100 Cursor Type 100 Displaying Mode Change Messages 101 Display Time 101 Serial Number 101 Macros 101 Copy Macros 101 Restore Macros 102 BALANCE Function 103 Front Rear and Left Right Balance 103 Center and Sub Balance 103 Shelf EQ 103 Analog Input Level Override 103 APPENDIXES 104 Appendix A Trou...

Page 9: ...e SETUP INP LVLS 1 6 Sub Menu 55 Figure 35 Front Panel Display of the SETUP INP LVLS 7 12 Sub Menu 55 Figure 36 Front Panel Display of the SETUP INP DELAYS 1 Sub Menu 57 Figure 37 Front Panel Display of the SETUP INP DELAYS 2 Sub Menu 57 Figure 38 Rear Delay Settings 58 Figure 39 Front Panel Display of the SETUP INP OSD Sub Menu 59 Figure 40 Front Panel Display of the SETUP INP OSD STATUS 1 Sub Me...

Page 10: ...Figure 94 Video Display of the SETUP INPUT Page 2 CIRCLE SURROUND Sub Menu 94 Figure 95 Video Display of the SETUP INPUT Page 2 POST PROCESS Sub Menu 95 Figure 96 Video Display of the SETUP INPUT Page 3 Sub Menu 95 Figure 97 Video Display of the SETUP GLOBAL Page 1 Sub Menu 97 Figure 98 Video Display of the SETUP ANALOG INPUT LEVELS Sub Menu 97 Figure 99 Video Display of the SETUP INPUT JACK NAMES...

Page 11: ... and unique testing procedure that insures that it will last for many years with minimal service requirements This procedure includes the following All assembled circuit boards are given a thorough visual inspection and are then tested in a bench reference Casablanca III The tested assembled circuit boards are then installed in a new Casablanca III and the whole unit is tested for every function a...

Page 12: ...ablanca III is placed in a well ventilated area or rack unit V Please take note that some powerline conditioners defeat the AC power ground on their outlets If the intention is to plug the Casablanca III into a line conditioner check with your dealer to make certain that the particular conditioner that is intended for use DOES NOT DEFEAT THE AC GROUND on its AC outlets VI DO NOT remove any cover p...

Page 13: ...at converts digital signals into an analog format Hz Hertz A unit of frequency IR Infrared A method of wireless transmission of data LFE Low Frequency Effect Commonly a discrete audio track designated for a sub woofer mS Millisecond or 1 1000 of a second Oversampling The process of taking more samples than is required in order to more accurately reconstruct a digitized signal for playback in the a...

Page 14: ... 4 INPUT 4 INPUT 5 INPUT 5 INPUT 6 INPUT 6 INPUT 1 INPUT 1 INPUT 2 INPUT 2 INPUT 4 INPUT 4 RS232 TO CONTROL BUSS TO CONTROL BUSS INPUT 3 INPUT 3 VIDEO SWITCH MAIN VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE MAIN VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE TAPE OUT COMPOSITE TAPE OUT COMPOSITE TAPE OUT S VIDEO TAPE OUT S VIDEO MAIN VIDEO OUT S VIDEO MAIN VIDEO OUT S VIDEO VIDEO OVERLAY VIDEO OVERLAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DAC S ANALOG O P S DAC S ANA...

Page 15: ...OUTS VIDEO OVERLAY Figure 2 Block Diagram of 8 S Video Switching Card MULTI FORMAT 6 S VIDEO CARD MULTI FORMAT 6 S VIDEO CARD MULTI FORMAT VIDEO INPUTS MULTI FORMAT VIDEO INPUTS S VIDEO INPUTS S VIDEO INPUTS INPUT 1 INPUT 1 INPUT 5 INPUT 5 INPUT 2 INPUT 2 INPUT 6 INPUT 6 INPUT 4 INPUT 4 INPUT 3 INPUT 3 VIDEO SWITCH TAPE OUT TAPE OUT MAIN OUT MAIN OUT VIDEO OVERLAY INPUT 1 INPUT 1 INPUT 2 INPUT 2 I...

Page 16: ...Casablanca III Block Diagram DAC and Analog Out Sections Figure 4 Block Diagram of DAC and Analog Outputs 6 ...

Page 17: ...Casablanca III Block Diagram DAC and Analog Out Sections Con t Figure 5 Block Diagram of Xtreme 4 Channel DAC board 7 Figure 6 Block Diagram of Digital Output board showing all options ...

Page 18: ...and all other SETUP functions 10 BALANCE button Sets temporary speaker balance configurations shelf EQ and analog input levels to compensate for different program characteristics 11 A D button Sequences through input jacks mapped assigned to the active INPUT SELECT button 12 MUTE button Mutes unmutes all audio outputs with the exception of the TAPE OUT jacks 13 ANALOG LEVEL display Shows input lev...

Page 19: ...tender jack An externally mounted remote Infrared IR receiver plugs into this miniature stereo phone jack its signal must be demodulated Please refer to Appendix C on page 111 for additional information 9 Power Supply Module 10 Video Card This optional card necessary for on screen display provides six composite RCA and four S Video inputs all assignable to any input select button Video inputs are ...

Page 20: ... to an Xtreme card in any DAC slot are listed in the specifications section of this manual 15 Second Analog Output card This slot could contain one of the following options A four channel Xtreme quality DAC card a three channel standard quality balanced card a three channel superior quality balanced card pictured or a six channel single ended standard quality card If only two 3 channel balanced an...

Page 21: ... Surround Left Right Front Left Right Surround Left Right Surround Left Right Side Left Right Front Left Right Center Sub 1 Sub 1 Sub 2 Sub 3 Surround Center or Sub 5 Surround Left Right Center or Sub 5 Sub 1 Surround Left Right Center or Sub 5 Sub 2 Front Center Surround Center or Sub 5 Surround Left Right Front Center Surround Center or Sub 5 Side Left Right Sub 2 Sub 3 Sub 4 Surround Center or ...

Page 22: ...Menu Maps Function Menus and Pages 12 Input Select Pages Figure 13 Mode Status Balance Tape Out Menus and Input Select Pages ...

Page 23: ...13 Setup Menus and Pages Figure 14 Setup Menus and Pages ...

Page 24: ... DOWN buttons are not used for editing a parameter value they will adjust the master volume Where the LEVEL UP DOWN buttons are used for editing a parameter value the LEVEL LEFT RIGHT buttons will adjust the master volume with the exception of the first BALANCE page and the pages where input select buttons and input jacks are named In a few cases such as the MODE and POST PROCESS menus simply pres...

Page 25: ...15 STEP BY STEP SETUP GUIDE ...

Page 26: ...e Flowchart This single flowchart shows the user all steps required to set up the Casablanca III in order to achieve the best sonic results possible Instructions and detailed flowcharts for each step are contained on the following pages 16 ...

Page 27: ...uration submenu since the desired effect for the left speaker is also appropriate for the right The other speaker sets in the Casablanca III are the surround left and right the side left and right the center and the center surround The speaker sets will be delimited by The full speaker configuration is stored separately for each of the 12 input select buttons This procedure will guide the user to ...

Page 28: ...terworth filter of 12 18 or 24 dB octave or higher slope exhibits different phase shifts between the high and low pass outputs A Linkwitz Riley alignment solves this problem as it exhibits zero phase difference between outputs at all frequencies Acoustically this means that if the sound sources are in proper time alignment a smoother frequency response will be realized at the listening position Th...

Page 29: ...ange signal a Defeat the subwoofer s internal crossover and set SUB to XOVER The crossovers in the Casablanca III have been engineered to be superior to any analog crossover regardless of quality b If the sub woofers internal crossover cannot be defeated set the SUB to FULL Again it is preferable that the subwoofer s crossover be defeated and that the Casablanca III control all crossovers It is re...

Page 30: ...o the same values as the low crossover frequency and slope j Set the crossover type for each speaker set 9 In the Center submenu the center channel s low pass signal may be routed to the front left right channels instead of the usual subwoofer routing This is useful for center channels that have extremely limited low frequency response i e 3dB cutoff point around 120 Hz Speaker Levels Setting up t...

Page 31: ...ce from the listening position as the front left and right speaker set the front left and right speaker and center speaker delays at 0 d Using the chart and method contained in the Delays section of the Owner s manual calculate the delay times for the left and right surround speakers The center and surround delays in this submenu will affect the center and surround speakers only when the MODE is n...

Page 32: ...sts in the system A setting of 0 turns on the LFE and sets its level in proper proportion to the remaining 5 channels Setting the LFE at 10 dB may be desired for late night viewing or if source material may overpower the sub woofer Setting the LFE to OFF may be useful for late night viewing however please note that any information in the 1 channel will be lost Remember that these values will be in...

Page 33: ...ess submenu e Select a Post process f Repeat steps c and d for each input select that it is desired to have a Post Process 18 The audio and video SOURCE pages allow the user to map up to six audio input and 6 video input jacks to the currently selected input It is recommended that all other displayed jacks in this submenu be cleared if they are not to be used Please refer the Mapping Jacks and Sea...

Page 34: ...24 Setup Flowcharts A P Flowchart A Setup Subwoofer s ...

Page 35: ...Flowchart B Front Left Right Configuration 25 ...

Page 36: ...Flowchart C Front Center Configuration 26 ...

Page 37: ...Flowchart D Left Right Surround Configuration 27 ...

Page 38: ...Flowchart E Surround Center Configuration 28 ...

Page 39: ...Flowchart F Sides Configuration 29 ...

Page 40: ...Flowchart G Setup Speaker Levels 30 ...

Page 41: ...Flowchart H Setup Speaker Delays 31 ...

Page 42: ...Flowchart I Setup Dolby Digital 32 ...

Page 43: ...Flowchart J Setup DTS 33 ...

Page 44: ...Flowchart K Setup Circle Surround 34 ...

Page 45: ...Flowchart L Copy Input Speaker Parameters 35 ...

Page 46: ...Flowchart M Setup Default Mode 36 ...

Page 47: ...Flowchart N Setup Post Process 37 ...

Page 48: ...Flowchart O Map Input Jacks 38 ...

Page 49: ...Flowchart P Setup Analog Input Levels 39 ...

Page 50: ...puts Buttons 1 through 6 are used to select a desired input or audio video source The LED above the selected button will illuminate when pressed When the Casablanca III exits standby mode the last active INPUT SELECT will be selected Pressing the LEVEL LEFT or RIGHT buttons toggles between the two INPUT SELECT pages Figure 15 Front Panel Display of the current INPUT SELECT page Pressing the LEVEL ...

Page 51: ... in the INPUT SELECT page selects either the CD input jack or the DVD input jack Pressing the A D button in the SETUP INP Page 2 SOURCE AUD sub menu will access the video search order page In this page pressing buttons 1 6 will allow the user to assign a video input jack 1 6 to correspond to the respective audio search order In the above example one would not assign a video jack to search order 1 ...

Page 52: ...f a specific feature such as Dolby Digital DTS or Circle Surround is not installed in the Casablanca III selecting it in the MODE menu will result in the VFD displaying the following message OPTION NOT INSTALLED The first 6 modes shown in figure 17 are described below Matrix MATX The signal routed to the center speaker is equal to the left plus right input signals and the mono signal routed to the...

Page 53: ...CEIVING DTS SIGNAL CHANGING MODE TO DTS and display DTS as the current mode However this is not stored and therefore approximately 2 seconds after the Casablanca III ceases to receive this signal not locked the MODE will revert back to the previous mode before detecting the DTS signal Please refer to page 64 for additional DTS setup options selectable in the second page of the SETUP INPUT submenu ...

Page 54: ...ncoded music CINE is a non encoded mode that is intended to be used for mono stereo or matrixed film sources Circle Surround operates effectively with both encoded and non encoded material and allows the processing of the front left right and center channels as well as full bandwidth of the left and right surrounds Please refer to page 64 for additional Circle Surround setup options selectable in ...

Page 55: ...he option to select it via button 5 is not shown If the optional video board is not installed the user s ability to route a video source to the video tape out jacks is not shown button 3 Button 3 allows the user to select a video source to route to the video TAPE OUT jacks Note A composite video source will only be routed to the composite video TAPE OUT jack and an S video source can only be route...

Page 56: ...via the analog TAPE OUT jacks can be selected independently of the source currently being viewed or listened to provided that the input for the source to be recorded is ANALOG It is possible to record a digital source in analog only if the source is the same as the input being watched or listened to If the desired source is 5 1 DTS AC 3 it is recommended that both the surrounds and center speakers...

Page 57: ...be asked to enter the 5 digit password whenever the SETUP function is accessed Setting a password for the SET UP button is accessed by pressing button 4 where the user will be asked ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ENTER A PASSWORD FOR THIS MENU Answering YES by pressing the A D button will display the following page Figure 21 Front Panel Display of the SETUP Assign Password Display Use buttons 1 6 to ass...

Page 58: ...sub menus that allow the configuration of all speakers Button 2 allows the user to set all speaker levels and button 3 does the same for speaker delays Press button 4 and use the LEVEL UP DOWN buttons to set the default MODE for the currently selected INPUT SELECT button Pressing button 5 provides a submenu that allows the user to customize the on screen display OSD as well as set up other OSD fea...

Page 59: ...ore whatever the configuration setting is for the surrounds also applies to the sides However level and delay settings can be applied separately for the sides via the Levels and Delays submenus respectively SUB Configuration Note If the source does not contain a discrete sub woofer or LFE channel no signal will be routed to the SUB output s unless one or more speakers are crossed over If the sourc...

Page 60: ...this case SUB1 Left Front Sub Sub2 Right Front Sub Sub3 Left Surround sub and Sub4 Right Surround Sub If the SUBS is set to 5 any LFE will be divided by 5 and sent equally to all sub woofers The low pass signal from the front left right speakers if crossed over will be routed to the front left and right subs If the center speaker is crossed over its low pass signal will be routed to the SUB5 outpu...

Page 61: ...speakers This configuration sub menu is shown in figure 27 Figure 27 Front Panel Display of the Front Left Right Speaker Configuration Submenu Pressing button 1 allows the configuration of the front left right speakers If these speakers are not to be crossed over nor any of their signal sent to the SUB output s then this should be set to FULL There is an option where the full range signal can be r...

Page 62: ...d low pass slope Button 3 allows the user to invert the low pass phase from 0 to 180 degrees out of phase AVAILABLE SETTINGS BUTTON PARAMETER 1 FREQ 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 2 SLOPE 12 24 3 LPφ Table 3 Available configuration settings for front L R speaker Linkwitz Riley crossover Press SETUP once to return to the front left right configuration sub menu then press button 4 BWORTH to set up the Butt...

Page 63: ...uency Routing the center low pass to the front left right speakers can be useful with center speakers that have a very limited bass response 3dB 100Hz In this case the recommended crossover frequency should be set to 160Hz If no center speaker is present in the system the CFG parameter should be set to PHANTM phantom With this setting the signal for the center channel is routed to the front left r...

Page 64: ...ossovers if necessary in the same manner as the center speaker Any surround low pass cannot be routed to the front left right speakers as with the center speaker Note The phantom PHANTM setting for the surround speakers should be utilized when no surround speakers are present in the system In this case with 5 1 sources the surround information is added to the front left right channels In Dolby Pro...

Page 65: ...nu shown in figure 34 Again if more than 6 DAC channels are installed the user must press either button 1 1 6 or 2 7 12 first Figure 34 Front Panel Display of the SETUP INP LVLS 1 6 Sub Menu If there are more than 6 DAC channels installed pressing button 2 on the Levels channel choice submenu will produce a second levels sub menu similar to the one shown in figure 35 The speaker names in this sub ...

Page 66: ...is recommended that levels be set relative to the front Left and Right speakers The first step would be to adjust the front Left and Right level value s to zero dB then with the noise generator set to output to the left front speaker adjust the master volume Then adjust all other individual speaker levels The remaining speakers can be adjusted accordingly by pressing buttons 2 6 one at a time then...

Page 67: ...ed when the current MODE is either Dolby Digital DTS or Circle Surround via additional Setup submenus for these MODES These additional Setup features and respective sub menus are discussed further in this section The first time a multi channel audio system is set up in a room calibration of time delay and speaker levels is required in order to have the sound from each individual speaker reach the ...

Page 68: ...te the difference distance in feet between the right side and right front speakers Add the difference to the default value already set for the right side to give this speaker its new value Because of their low frequency properties typically a delay in the subwoofer s is virtually undetectable This being the case it may be appropriate to leave the subwoofer delay values set at 0 However if any subw...

Page 69: ...ont Panel Display of the SETUP INP OSD STATUS 1 Sub Menu The items in the two STATUS sub menus are the only ones displayed in the OSD when the STATUS button on the hand held remote is pressed Changing any value to 0 will disable that item from being displayed in the OSD The value range is 0 through 10 A value of 1 will display at the highest position vertically and 10 at the lowest Press the A D b...

Page 70: ... 1 and is applicable for the currently selected input Mapping an Audio and Video Source Input Jack to INPUT SELECT button Pressing button 2 accesses 2 sub menus that allow the user to assign which input jacks will be mapped to any given INPUT SELECT button both audio and video There is one page for audio jack mapping and one for the combined composite S and multi format video jack mapping Up to si...

Page 71: ...k should be that which is desired for the playback of CD s as when the Casablanca III detects either a Dolby Digital AC 3 RF or any 5 1 data stream it will automatically change the MODE to Dolby Digital or DTS Note It is important to note that when the Casablanca III auto detects a Dolby Digital or DTS signal and auto switches the mode this mode is temporary and not stored If the Casablanca III ce...

Page 72: ...ication is that the signal is not Dolby Surround encoded or there is no indication and the 2CHNEN MODE is set to Dolby Digital no additional surround processing will occur thus producing a two channel stereo output Compression Dolby Digital contains provisions for reducing the dynamic range of a Dolby Digital source This means reducing the loudness of the loud passages and increasing the loudness ...

Page 73: ...elays based on the theory that even we at Theta cannot make time go backwards Therefore as an example if the center delay in the SETUP INP DELAYS submenu were set at 0 and in this Dolby Digital setup submenu set at 1 the overall center delay would be 0 Note If the incoming signal is Dolby 2 0 with a surround indication bit set at surround and the 2CHEN mode set to Circle the delay settings in the ...

Page 74: ...3 times to return to the INPUT SELECT menu Setup Circle Surround To access the Circle Surround Setup sub menu shown in figure 47 press SETUP INP A D CIRCLE SURROUND Figure 47 Front Panel Display of the SETUP INP Page 2 CIRCLE SURRND Sub Menu This submenu allows the user to adjust the center sides and surround speaker delays and levels when the MODE is Circle Encoded Non encoded or Cinema only When...

Page 75: ... applies for the right front and surround speakers The process varies slightly depending on whether the MODE is matrix stereo or mono Party which takes parts of each original channels signal blends them with all others and outputs this mix to all speakers In this way each speaker will have a blend of all speakers Center Spread CNTR SPREAD is a process in which the center speaker level is reduced a...

Page 76: ...c with the audio The range is 0 to 100 mS at 48KHz When complete press SETUP twice to return to the INPUT SELECT menu Password for Each INPUT SELECT Button Press SETUP INP A D A D and button 3 to set a password for the currently selected input Entering a password here will prompt the user to type in the password each time he she wishes to change configuration settings for this INPUT SELECT When th...

Page 77: ...best performance from the analog to digital conversion process levels should be set so that the loudest passages from the source material cause the 18 12 and 6 dB ANALOG input LEVEL LEDs on the front panel to light Setting the input level too high will cause all four LEDs to light thus clipping the input signal and causing distortion Analog output levels may vary considerably for different input s...

Page 78: ... DOWN buttons to select the desired VFD character and the LEVEL LEFT RIGHT to change character positions Once selected pressing the DISPLAY button once will clear the current jack name The character to be edited will blink or have a cursor below it The VFD name for all audio input jacks can be up to 6 characters and the video jack names up to 5 Press the A D button to edit the OSD name OSD will be...

Page 79: ...s reduced The formula is Output voltage 12 I x 33 where I the current draw from the triggered device in Amperes Refer to the device s manual for this information The Casablanca III s maximum output current is 100mA which by using the above formula means that with a 100mA draw the output voltage will be 8 7 volts although most triggered circuits have virtually no current draw Clear Balance Temporar...

Page 80: ...owest The rate that the LEVEL UP DOWN buttons respond during the first 5 steps is referred to as Slow Mode SVOL allows the user to slow down the increment changes during these first 5 steps a higher delay time or increase their speed with a lower delay time setting In SVOL Slow Volume a delay of 0 will allow the Slow Mode to be its quickest and a delay of 255 allows it to be its slowest Buttons 2 ...

Page 81: ...ay a message if the MSG parameter is set to ON indicating that it is receiving a 96K signal and temporarily changing the current mode to STEREO It does this when the default MODE is 5 1 because a 96K signal cannot be processed and output Therefore the MODE is changed to STEREO in order to have an output The user can change this mode after it has been changed to STEREO by using the front panel MODE...

Page 82: ...n the jacks mapped to a given INPUT SELECT button will not be desired to be mapped to other INPUT SELECT buttons If they are they can be individually assigned after the copy macro has been executed Copying only the speaker parameters from one INPUT SELECT button to another or all others is a very useful feature when first setting up the Casablanca III or after speaker components have been added or...

Page 83: ...d NAMES to the Casablanca III Before any macro is executed the user will be asked if they are sure they want to perform this macro When complete press OK A D button Note When restoring factory settings for an INPUT SELECT button that is password protected it will ask for the password by input name Press SETUP twice to return to the first page of the SETUP menu 73 ...

Page 84: ...ditions such as pressing a different INPUT SELECT button the changes made will revert to 0 This feature has an override CLRBAL which is accessed via the SETUP GLOBAL sub menu button 4 Figure 62 Front Panel Display of the BALANCE Page 2 Menu Pressing the A D button once will reveal the second BALANCE page consisting of temporary level settings for the center CEN speaker sub woofer SUB EQ and analog...

Page 85: ...n 4 lets the user adjust the analog input level of the currently selected input relative to the stored value in the SETUP GLOBAL ANLG LVLS analog levels menu Press the BALANCE button twice to return to the current INPUT SELECT menu 75 ...

Page 86: ...s 1 6 are inactive Pressing a function button will clear the STATUS display and show the current function menu Press the A D button once to display the first page of the Dolby Digital Information Status page an example of which is shown in figure 64 Figure 64 Front Panel Display of the STATUS Dolby Digital Page 1 Display The Dolby Digital status displays contained information embedded in the Dolby...

Page 87: ... Dolby Digital information page is described below Center Mix CMIX Center mix level Sur Mix SMIX Surround mix level Copyright COPY Copyright status protected or not protected Bitstream BSTRM Copy or original bitstream Dialog Norm DIANRM Dialog normalization value See Setup Dolby Digital Dialog Normalization on page 62 for Casablanca III s use of this parameter Language LANG The language code Room ...

Page 88: ...REMOTE CONTROL 78 ...

Page 89: ...meter values in most edit modes and shifts FRONT REAR audio in the first BALANCE menu 9 LEVELS LEFT and RIGHT Shifts the audio balance to the left or right in the first BALANCE page Also used to adjust the MASTER volume level when in most sub menus 10 DISPLAY Temporarily overrides the VFD brightness display setting in the SETUP INPUT page 1 submenu 11 PHASE Inverts the phase 180 of all speaker out...

Page 90: ...s Pressing buttons 1 through 6 or SELECT UP DOWN will select a desired input or audio source An arrow will point to the currently selected input The input names shown in this figure are for example only and will most likely differ from the user s set up There are two INPUT SELECT pages giving the user a total of 12 inputs to select from Pressing the LEVEL LEFT RIGHT buttons will toggle between the...

Page 91: ...US display is activated its title is displayed in the upper left corner along with the following The current INPUT NAME The current INPUT SOURCE JACK The MODE The TAPE OUT source The shelf EQ parameter value of OFF 1 2 3 or 4 The PHASE parameter value of 0 or 180 The sample rate of the currently selected source The MASTER VOLUME level Press the A D button once to display the first of two pages of ...

Page 92: ... 71 Video Display of the MODE Page 1 Menu Figure 72 Video Display of the MODE Page 2 Menu If necessary press the A D button to select the page with the desired MODE then press button 1 6 or SELECT UP DOWN to select the mode An arrow will point to the mode selected Additional information instructions regarding this function and the modes shown in figures 71 and 72 are described on pages 42 44 Pleas...

Page 93: ...lected default this is indicated in both the VFD and OSD If the optional tape out DAC is not installed the option to select it via button 5 is not shown Note Exception An RF input signal will be routed to the analog audio tape out jacks only The control circuitry to the video tape out jacks is common to both composite and s video Example when the user routes the composite video signal from a compo...

Page 94: ...respective pages in the prior section of this manual FRONT PANEL OPERATIONS Setup Button Password It is possible to password protect the entire SETUP function or have no password at all Setting a password for the SETUP button is accessed by pressing button 4 where the user will be asked ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ENTER A PASSWORD FOR THIS MENU Answering YES by pressing the A D button will display th...

Page 95: ...ses Figure 78 Video Display of the SETUP INPUT Page 1 SPEAKER CONFIGURATION Sub Menu Left Right Speaker Configuration Pressing button 1 LEFT RIGHT in the Speaker Configuration menu allows the user to configure the front left right speakers via the left right sub menu shown in figure 79 In this sub menu button 1 allows the user to set the configuration for the front left right speakers The options ...

Page 96: ...ed above If this is desired the CONFIG setting should be FULL W LOP A crossover type must be selected and the appropriate crossover frequencies and slopes set up The center speaker can be crossed over and instead of its low pass portion going to the SUB output it can be routed to the front left right speakers In this case the CONFIG parameter would be set to XOVER L R The center speaker can also b...

Page 97: ...ed in the Casablanca III There may be 4 sub outputs on the rear panel however the user may only have 3 sub woofers In this case and example if the user has 3 sub outputs and wishes to use 3 subwoofers set this value to 3 If the number of subs is to be set to 2 note that the user has the choice of setting these 2 subs to front L R or F R front rear Next set the SUB to either FULL RANGE or CROSSOVER...

Page 98: ...ive range is 15dB to 15dB The BALANCE function discussed later allows the user to temporarily adjust the Left Right and Front Rear balances and the Center Sub channel levels to compensate for differences in program material or source The level sub menu s are completely interactive with the DAC channels that are installed into the Casablanca III An example of this is If there are 6 DAC channels ins...

Page 99: ...one Delays sub menu will be shown and two if there are more than 6 channels installed and enabled Unlike the Levels menus if there are two Delays sub menus navigating between them is accomplished using the A D button Figure 86 Video Display of the SETUP INPUT DELAYS 1 Sub Menu Press SETUP INPUT then SPEAKER DELAYS to access the delays setup sub menu shown in figure 86 The current delay settings wi...

Page 100: ...accommodate either an NTSC or PAL monitor When a function button is pressed its OSD will remain on the screen until the user is no longer in any function menu The DISPLAY TIME in seconds setting button 5 allows the user to set the amount of time delay that the video monitor displays the INPUT SELECT menu when changing inputs Button 6 allows the user to decide which parameters will show on the STAT...

Page 101: ... default brightness with the exception of pressing the DISPLAY button which will always override the default VFD brightness setting The VFD override takes precedent Setup Input Page 2 To access this page from either INPUT SELECT page or any other function menu press SETUP then ACTIVE INPUT SETTINGS then the A D button once Page 2 of the SETUP ACTIVE INPUT SETTINGS menu is shown in figure 90 Figure...

Page 102: ...t be Dolby Digital decoded then this decoded signal is manipulated by the selected mode that is selected in the 2CHEN or 2CHNEN parameters When this is the case and the additional selected mode is MATRIX the MODE displayed in the VFD when in the INPUT SELECT MENU will say DOLBY DIGITAL MATX If the indication is that the signal is not Dolby Surround encoded or there is no indication and the 2CHNEN ...

Page 103: ...as well as control the LFE gain when the current mode is Dolby Digital The center and surround levels are relative to the level values set in the SETUP INPUT LEVELS sub menu As an example if the center speaker level in the SETUP INPUT LEVELS sub menu is set to 5 and in this sub menu it is set to 3 then the total center level when the MODE for the currently selected input is Dolby Digital will be 8...

Page 104: ...ure 94 Video Display of the SETUP INPUT Page 2 CIRCLE SURROUND Sub Menu Press SETUP ACTIVE INPUT SETTINGS A D then CIRCLE SURROUND to enter the Circle Surround setup menu as shown in figure 94 The center and surround delays function exactly the same as the Dolby Digital ones previous page when the MODE is set to Circle Surround With Circle Surround the user also has the option to make the front le...

Page 105: ... Center Spread is a process in which the center speaker level is reduced and added to the front left right speakers It is enabled in this Post Process sub menu and altered in the SETUP ACTIVE INPUT SETTINGS page 3 sub menu under the CENTER SPREAD parameter Press SETUP once to return to the SETUP ACTIVE INPUT SETTINGS page 2 menu or three times to return to the main INPUT SELECT page Setup Input Pa...

Page 106: ...d input Entering a password here will prompt the user to type in the password each time he she wishes to change configuration settings for this INPUT SELECT When the PW button is pressed an ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ENTER A PASSWORD FOR THIS MENU message appears on the screen Pressing NO button 6 reverts back to the SETUP INP Page 3 submenu Pressing YES A D button will display a screen that allows ...

Page 107: ... input level using the LEVEL UP DOWN buttons Please refer to page 67 for additional information regarding setting the analog input levels Figure 98 Video Display of the SETUP ANALOG INPUT LEVELS Sub Menu Jack Names In the Global page 1 menu pressing button 2 accesses a series of sub menus which allow the user to name all of the Casablanca III s input jacks both audio and video The JACK NAMES sub m...

Page 108: ...epresents the time in seconds that is set by pressing button 5 MTIM or Main Delay Time This is useful for sequencing the turn on of high power components such as amplifiers Further to this when the Casablanca III is put into standby it can be set that all of the MAIN POWER jacks turn off simultaneously or sequenced off in the opposite order as they were activated This is accomplished by setting SE...

Page 109: ...the output of data to the RS232 port and if enabled determine which level or pre determined group of bytes it outputs Setting this value to OFF disables any parameter change information from being output to the RS232 port If the RS232 option is not being used ensure that the Echo Status ECHOS parameter is set to OFF Other settings can slow the operation of the Casablanca III When all settings are ...

Page 110: ...ts are accessible to the system Changing the Default MUTE Level When the front panel or hand held remote MUTE button is pressed the user can set the master volume level to mute to a specific level Pressing button 5 accesses editing this parameter MUTE Off Trigger The Casablanca III can be un muted in 2 ways pressing the MUTE button or the LEVEL UP DOWN buttons The user has the option of overriding...

Page 111: ...a III s display brightness has a global level to it which is to say that regardless of any Input setting levels it will automatically dim to if no button has been pressed for X time X is the value in minutes from the DTIM Dislay Time parameter under button 4 of the 2nd Global menu page Serial Number Press button 5 to display the serial number When all settings are complete in this sub menu press S...

Page 112: ...ntly selected input button except for the Input name Using button 2 will restore all factory INPUT parameters to all 12 INPUT SELECT buttons except for the Input names Pressing button 3 will restore all factory GLOBAL menu settings Button 4 will restore all factory NAMES This includes all jack names as well as INPUT SELECT button names Figure 105 Video Display of the SETUP MACROS RESTORE FACTORY S...

Page 113: ...e will revert to 0 This feature has an override CLEAR BALANCE which is accessed via the SETUP GLOBAL sub menu button 4 Pressing the A D button once will reveal the second BALANCE page consisting of temporary level settings for the CENTER speaker sub woofer SUB HI FREQuency EQ and ANALOG INput LEVEL for the currently selected input Center and Sub Balance Press button 1 to adjust the CENter level an...

Page 114: ...APPENDIXES 104 ...

Page 115: ... component Verify that the source component is functioning correctly and outputting valid digital data Source component improperly connected Ensure that the output cable from the source component is connected to its active digital output No audio output No Lock LED Verify valid data at selected input NOISE SEL activated with no speakers selected In the SETUP INPUT LEVELS sub menu verify that the S...

Page 116: ...udio and video devices Unplug those that do not have a main power switch To avoid audible distortion and or overall signal degradation do not use standard audio cables for digital audio or video signals It is recommended that all cables including speaker cables be kept as short as possible for best sound quality Figure 108 Examples of Typical Input and Tape Out Connections Figure 109 Recommended O...

Page 117: ...Figure 110 Recommended Speaker Placement for Six Channel Configuration Figure 111 Recommended Speaker Placement for Twelve Channel Configuration 107 ...

Page 118: ...Figure 112 Recommended Output Wiring Diagram Using 12 channels Six Balanced and Six Single Ended Figure 113 Recommended Output Wiring Diagram Using 8 balanced Xtreme channels 108 ...

Page 119: ...o the corresponding left right inputs of the two channel EVC Then connect the left right outputs of the EVC to the left right inputs of the front left right power amp inputs Lastly connect the VOL1 on the Digital output card to the VOLUME jack on the EVC This allows the master volume parameter from the Casablanca III to be transmitted to the EVC thereby controlling the volume from the DAC All conn...

Page 120: ...Figure 115 Wiring diagram for the Casablanca III Digital Output board and a 6 Channel External Volume Control unit 110 ...

Page 121: ...1 TAPE OUT 0A 00001010 SET UP 0B 00001011 BALANCE 0C 00001100 DISP 0D 00001101 PWR 0E 00001110 UP 0F 00001111 DOWN 10 00010000 REM PWR 11 00010001 STAT 12 00010010 LEFT 13 00010011 RIGHT 14 00010100 PHASE 15 00010101 SEL UP 16 00010110 SEL DOWN 17 00010111 EQ 18 00011000 Discrete OFF 19 00011001 Discrete ON 1A 00011010 Electrical Requirements Jack 3 5mm stereo mini phone Tip 12v current limited dc...

Page 122: ...the Theta website www thetadigital com When TDD connects it will take over control of the Casablanca III When updating it will read and store the internal hardware configuration and user settings and then update and or overwrite the flash files on every board It will then restore the hardware configuration parameters that were set at the factory as well as the user settings TDD can also save all u...

Page 123: ...ost Processes applied in addition to selected mode Stereo Front Rear Party Center Spread EQ Four levels of high frequency roll off shelf type to compensate for overly bright sources Crossovers Separate crossovers for each of the following Front Left Right Front Center Surround Left Right Surround Center Three types supported Linkwitz Riley Butterworth Phase Perfect Crossover frequencies 40Hz 50Hz ...

Page 124: ...r completely bypassed when not in use for maximum fidelity Multi Format I O Any 3 4 or 5 Wire Component 480i or 480p HDTV Y Pb Pr for 720p or 1080i Any 3 4 or 5 Wire RGB Output from a Video Processor Scaler or Computer RGsB RGB S RGB H V Input Signal Types Can Be Mixed as Long as the Display or Processor Will Accept Mixed Formats from the Switched Output on 1 Input NO On Screen Display Connectors ...

Page 125: ...ter or Sub 5 Surround Left Right Front Center Surround Center or Sub 5 Side Left Right Sub 2 Sub 3 Sub 4 Surround Center or Sub 5 Each output channel has a balanced XLR output connector only D A Conversion 24 bit Ladder 8x oversampling 4x 96K Two DACs per channel 8 per board for true differential operation Volume Control Theta proprietary switched resistor network in the analog domain Digital Filt...

Page 126: ...om balanced signals retains many of the advantages of the balanced output Sample Rates Supported 32KHz 44 1 KHz 48 KHz 88 1 KHz 96 KHz Balanced Output Specifications Output Impedance 20 Ohms Maximum Output Level 20 Vrms Frequency Response 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 01 dB Ref 1KHz THD Noise Less than 0 0016 1KHz maximum output level Dynamic Range 105dB minimum 20KHz bandwidth Ref 1KHZ A weighted Signal to Nois...

Page 127: ...analog domain Single Ended Outputs One phase of balanced outputs not summed Sample Rates Supported 32KHz 44 1 KHz 48 KHz Balanced Output Specifications Output Impedance 73 Ohms Maximum Output Level 20 Vrms Frequency Response 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 2 dB Ref 1KHz THD Noise Less than 0 0032 1KHz maximum output level Dynamic Range 98dB minimum 20KHz bandwidth Ref 1KHZ A weighted Signal to Noise Ratio 98dB typ...

Page 128: ...igma one stereo DAC per channel producing plus and minus phases There are 3 stereo DACs per board Digital Filter 8x digital interpolation filter followed by a 64x delta sigma modulator Volume Control I C based in the analog domain Single Ended Outputs One phase of balanced outputs not summed Sample Rates Supported 32KHz 44 1 KHz 48 KHz Output Specifications Output Impedance 36 5 Ohms Maximum Outpu...

Page 129: ...g domain Digital Filter 8x oversampling Theta proprietary FIR filter running on Motorola 56004 DSP 4x oversampling for 96KHz sources Single Ended Output Summed from balanced signals retains many of the advantages of the balanced output Sample Rates Supported 32KHz 44 1 KHz 48 KHz 88 1 KHz 96 KHz Balanced Output Specifications Output Impedance 20 Ohms Maximum Output Level 20 Vrms Frequency Response...

Page 130: ...ranty is valid only in the country in which the unit was purchased 3 REMEDY In the event the above product fails to meet the warranty and the above conditions have been met the purchaser s sole remedy under the limited warranty shall be to obtain an RA number and return the product to Theta or an authorized Theta repair center where the defect will be rectified without charge for parts or labor 4 ...