Legacy Luminance Owner's Manual

Manual is about: Legacy Audio Digital Surround Processor & Five Channel 600 watt Amplifier

Summary of Luminance

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    Owner’s manual for the luminance digital surround processor & five channel 600 watt amplifier.

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    _____________________________________ contents 2 introduction……………………………….….3 warranty………………………………….….…4 description……………………………….…….5 setup………………………………………….……6 connections preview……....………………7 making connections...……...……………..12 connections overview.…………………..16 using luminance……………………………..17 care………...

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    ______________________________________ introduction 3 thank you for selecting a legacy electronics product. This handcrafted instrument will provide you with many years of listening enjoyment. Please take a few moments to read this brief manual to insure maximum benefit from your electronic system..

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    ______________________________________ warranty 4 limited one-year warranty legacy audio extends to the original owner coverage of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from date of purchase. This warranty does not include a) damage in shipment, b) damage caused by accidental...

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    ______________________________________ description 5 your new luminance surround system will brighten your home theater experience. This two-piece system affords the great sound of separates at the price of a receiver. Luminance is packed with performance. Features like dolby digital and dts surroun...

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    ______________________________________ setup 6 before you begin 1. Make sure you have received your remote and power cord for your luminance pre-amp or luminance amplifier. 2. Ensure that you have enough speaker wire and a/v cables to connect all of your equipment properly. 3. Fill out your warranty...

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    ______________________________________ connections preveiw 7 rear panel connection: preamp 1. Front l and r audio output jacks analog signal pre-output of front left and right channels. It can connect to a power amplifier's l and r input jacks. 2. Rear l and r audio output jacks analog signal pre-ou...

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    ______________________________________ connections preveiw 8 rear panel connection: preamp (cont.) 8. Tape audio l and r input jacks analog signal left and right channels input. It can connect to tape audio outputs. 9. Tuner audio l and r input jacks analog signal left and right channels input. It c...

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    ______________________________________ connections preveiw 9 rear panel connection: preamp (cont.) 18. Vcr composite video record output jack composite video signal output. It can connect to a vcr’s composite video record input 19. Monitor composite video output jack composite video output. It can c...

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    ______________________________________ connections preveiw 10 rear panel connection: preamp (cont.) 26. Mains control output jacks this is a dc voltage output and it is equipped to turn on/off a luminance power amplifier that is equipped dc voltage control input jack. 27. Power cord input and fuse h...

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    ______________________________________ connections preveiw 11 rear panel connection: amplifier 1. Center input connect the input jack to the center channel audio pre- output of digital surround pre-amplifier. 2. Rear input (l & r) connect each input jack (l & r)to the rear (surround) audio pre-outpu...

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    ______________________________________ making connections 12 1. Amp/speakers: connect your luminance preamp speaker channel outputs to your amplifiers matching inputs, also connect the mains control out on the preamp to the mains control input on the amplifier. Then connect your speakers to the core...

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    ______________________________________ making connections (cont.) 13 3. Dvd: connect your dvd player to the dvd input. If your dvd has s-video or digital coaxial you should by all means use them for the best quality sound and picture. 4. Vcr: connect your vcr to the vcr inputs..

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    ______________________________________ making connections (cont.) 14 5. Dss/cable: conect your dss/cable box to the video 1 inputs. 6. Cd player: conect your cd player to the cd inputs..

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    ______________________________________ making connections (cont.) 15 7. Tape deck: connect your tape deck to the tape inputs. The rec output is shared with the vcr you will need a interconnect splitter to connect to both the tape and vcr rec inputs. 8. Tuner: connect your tuner to the tuner input..

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    Connections overview 16.

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    _____________________________________ using luminance 17 a. Power standby/on press this button to turn on or standby this pre-amplifier. On: when turned on, power is supplied and the unit becomes operational and the standby indicator in the center of this button will be off. Standby: when set to sta...

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    _____________________________________ using luminance (cont.) 18 d. Test tone this is the test tone button and it enables you to adjust the volume level of each channel to get optimum sound balance. The setup procedure is: 1. Press test tone button to switch on this function then the indicator on th...

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    _____________________________________ using luminance (cont.) 19 e. Speaker mode set-up for front, center, rear and subwoofer 1. Press speaker set button first then you will see the indicator in the center of this button will light up. 2. Press buttons front, cent, rear and sub.W to set the speaker ...

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    _____________________________________ using luminance (cont.) 20 g. Master volume press volume up or down button to increase or decrease all of the 6 channels output sound level settings in 1db steps from - 80db to 0db. H. Surround mode press this button sequentially to set the surround mode to digi...

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    _____________________________________ using luminance (cont.) 21 display and indicators 1. Two and a half digits display a. Master volume: the master volume shows the attenuation level of all channels from -80 db to 0 db by 1db/step in this display. B. Channel level: it shows the adjustable channel ...

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    _____________________________________ using luminance (cont.) 22 e. Digital source 2/2: l.F. And r.F. And l.S. And r.S. Leds will light in yellow. Cent and sub.W leds will be off. F. Digital source 2/1: l.F. And r.F. Leds will light in yellow. L. S. And r.S. Leds will light in green to indicate the ...

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    _____________________________________ using luminance (cont.) 23 4 . Channels level setting the channel led will blink when you are setting the channel level. It will back to show how many channels in program 5 seconds after you finish the channels level setting. 5. Audio program encoded indicators ...

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    ______________________________________ care 24 if you wish to clean your luminance, use a diluted ammonia based window cleaner. Do not use any abrasive cleaners or chemical solvents. Take care not to damage the faceplate, since the faceplate is a medium hardness plastic and can be scratched by the c...

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    ________________________________________________________________ specifications 25 luminance preamp analog audio input level/impedance vcr, tuner, tape and cd……………………….…………………………………………200mv/22k ohm digital audio input level/impedance dvd, video 1, video 2, and optical……………….……………………………....….…… 0.5vp...