Thule Audio SPHERE AV120 - Congratulations with Your New Sphere Av100;120

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Congratulations with your new SPHERE AV100/120 integrated surround amplifier!
The SPHERE AV100/120 offers you an outstanding range of features and sound
performance due to its use of highly advanced technology.
We feel confident that the AV100/120 will give you many enjoyable moments while
watching films and listening to music.
To ensure you the full benefit of this advanced product, please read this manual
carefully before you proceed.
The SPHERE AV100/120 includes the following features:
- Pure analogue input with 6 channels
- 32 – 96 kHz PCM stereo
- 96kHz Dolby ProLogic II decoding
- Dolby Digital decoding with auto detection
- DTS 5.1, DTS 6.1 discrete, DTS 6.1 matrix and DTS 24bit/96kHz decoding with
auto detection
- Extended precision decoder improves dynamic range for 24-bit DTS up to
115dBA
- New Motorola DSP 56367 with 150 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)
- Upgradeable design for coming sound formats
- 10x Burr Brown 24-bit/192kHz D/A converters
- True differential D/A conversion in all channels
- Direct-key access (AV120 only) to channel trim adjustments with 0.5dB
adjustment step
Precision volume control for all 10 channels with 0.5dB adjustment steps and
100dB range
- Delay adjustment for centre, surround left, surround right and surround centre
channels
- Common delay (Lip sync) for all channels up to 5ms to compensate for possible
video delays
- Direct-key access to input selection (AV120 only)
- Most inputs can be assigned as analogue, electrical digital or optical digital
- Sensitivity for analogue inputs to DSP is adjusted automatically for improved
dynamic range
- Test Noise signal for the individual channels’ volume trim
- Flexible speaker settings with extensive bass management
- Adjustable crossover frequency (60 – 120Hz) for bass management
- Dynamic range compression for both DTS and Dolby Digital, e.g. for improved
performance in noisy environments
AV100S and AV120S only:
- Component, S-video and composite video switching with 4-line adaptive comb
filter, so that only one RGB or Component video connection to TV / Projector is
necessary.
- Progressive video pass-through with 100MHz bandwidth
- Video encoder with On Screen Display (OSD), which is automatically bypassed
when not used
Each feature is described further in the following pages.