Yamaha DSP-A2 Owner's Manual

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English
CAUTION .................................................................. 2
INTRODUCTION ....................................................... 3
Features .................................................................... 3
What’s DSP?............................................................. 4
GETTING STARTED ................................................ 7
Getting started.......................................................... 7
Unpacking .............................................................. 7
Opening and closing the front cover ...................... 7
Installing batteries in the remote controller ........... 8
Notes about the remote controller.......................... 8
Controls and their functions................................... 9
Front panel............................................................. 9
Display panel........................................................ 11
PREPARATION ...................................................... 12
Speaker setup......................................................... 12
Connections ........................................................... 14
Audio/video source equipment ............................ 14
Speakers ............................................................. 21
Plugging in this unit ............................................. 24
On screen display .................................................. 25
Selecting the output modes
(“SET MENU” mode) ............................................. 26
Speaker balance adjustment ................................ 29
BASIC OPERATION ............................................... 32
Playing a source .................................................... 32
Recording a source to tape (or MD) or dubbing
from tape (or MD) to tape (or MD)......................... 37
Sound control......................................................... 39
Using digital sound field processor (DSP) ......... 40
Playing a source with an effect of the digital
sound field processor (DSP) ................................ 40
Adjusting output level of the center, right rear,
left rear, front effect speakers and subwoofer...... 43
Brief overview of digital sound field programs...... 45
ADVANCED FEATURES ....................................... 50
SET MENU mode ................................................... 50
Creating your own sound fields .......................... 54
Setting the SLEEP timer ....................................... 59
REMOTE CONTROLLER ....................................... 60
Basic operation (Cover is open) .......................... 60
Using the “learning-capable” keys
(Cover is open)....................................................... 62
Using OPERATION CONTROL keys
(Cover is closed) ................................................... 64
Macro operations (Cover is closed) .................... 66
Methods of learning and clearing functions ....... 68
TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................ 71
SPECIFICATIONS .................................................. 74
CONTENTS

Yamaha DSP-A2 Specifications

General

Frequency Response	20Hz - 20kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion	0.015%
Type	AV Amplifier
Input Sensitivity	200 mV (Line)
Channel Separation	60 dB
Speaker Load Impedance	4-16 ohms
Video Connections	Composite, S-Video
Surround Sound Formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Signal-to-Noise Ratio	100 dB
Dimensions	435 x 171 x 476 mm
Damping Factor	80 (8 ohms, 1kHz)
Digital Inputs	2 Coaxial
DSP Modes	Cinema DSP
Inputs	Phono
Outputs	Speaker Outputs