User manual GATEWAY KAS-303 SYSTEM GUIDE

[. . . ] Your Gateway KAS-303 Home Theater systemguide Setting up Troubleshooting Contents 1 Checking Out Your Gateway Receiver . 111 iii iv Checking Out Your Gateway Receiver This chapter provides basic information about your Gateway Receiver. Read this chapter to learn about: 1 Warnings and safeguards Controls and connections Remote control 1 Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway Receiver Features A powerful, 1000-watt, 6. 1 home theater system featuring TrueDigitalTM amplification for premium, multichannel digital sound. 600-watt audio receiver 400-watt Hsu ResearchTM-engineered sub-woofer 5 satellite and 1 VentriloquistTM center channel speakers Analog and digital audio inputs and outputs. Composite and S-Video video inputs and outputs. Important Safeguards Warning Risk of electric shock - Do not open To reduce the risk of electric shock, do no remove the cover. [. . . ] Though the number of audio channels is 5. 1 (which is the same as Dolby Digital), MPEG Multichannel discs are much better at matching individual sounds to the correct position in the sound stage. MPEG Multichannel works well when using the 7 CH DIRECT INPUTs to playback the sound from an additional multichannel decoder. For details, see to the user's guide for your connected 7-channel component. Dolby Pro Logic IITM surround MPEGTM Multichannel 48 www. gateway. com Surround sound 2-channel surround modes The following modes apply conventional 2-channel signals such as digital PCM or analog stereo signals to high performance Digital Signal Processor to recreate sound fields artificially. Select from one of the following 2-channel surround modes: Mode Theater Movie Hall 1/2 Stadium Church Club 1/2 Arena 1/2 Game Matrix Description This mode provides the effect of being in a theater -in-the round while watching a play. This mode provides the effect of being in a movie theater while watching a movie. This mode provides the ambience of a chamber hall for chamber music or an instrumental solo (Hall 1) or a concert hall for orchestral music or an opera (Hall 2). This mode provides the expansive sound field to achieve the true stadium effect of watching sporting events, such as football. This mode provides the ambience of a church for baroque, string orchestral, or choral group music. This mode creates the sound field of a jazz club with a low ceiling and hard walls (Club 1) or a live club with a relatively spacious floor (Club 2). This mode provides the feeling of a live concert in a medium-sized (Arena 1) or large (Arena 2) arena. This mode reproduces delayed signals from the surround channels emphasizing the sense of expansion for music sources. www. gateway. com 49 Chapter 3: Using the Receiver For your reference, the sound from each channel can be reproduced according to the surround modes as follows: Modes Front L/R DTS DTS ES DISCRETE/MATRIX DTS NEO CINEMA/MUSIC DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL EX DOLBY PRO LOGIC DOLBY PRO LOGIC II CINEMA/MUSIC DOLBY VIRTUAL MPEG MATRIX Other Surround STEREO 7 CH DIRECT × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × Channels Center × × × × × × × Surround L/R × × × × × × × Surround Back Subwoofer × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × Selecting the surround mode To select the surround mode: Press the left and right DSP mode buttons on the remote control to cycle through the surround modes. 50 www. gateway. com Surround sound The signal format of your selected input source determines the available surround modes. Signal format of input source Dolby Digital 5. 1, Dolby Digital EX 6. 1 channel sources Dolby Digital 2-channel Selected decoding mode IN-AUTO mode Selectable surround mode * (DOLBY DIGITAL EX), DOLBY DIGITAL, DOLBY VIRTUAL (DOLBY DIGITAL EX), PL II CINEMA, PL II MUSIC, PRO LOGIC, DOLBY VIRTUAL PL II CINEMA, PL II MUSIC, PRO LOGIC, DOLBY VIRTUAL, NEO 6 CINEMA, NEO 6 MUSIC, THEATER, MOVIE, HALL 1/2, STADIUM, CHURCH, CLUB 1/2, ARENA 1/2, GAME, MATRIX corresponding DTS mode corresponding MPEG mode IN-AUTO mode PCM (2 channel) sources Analog stereo sources IN-AUTO, IN-PCM mode DTS sources MPEG sources IN-AUTO, IN-DTS mode IN-AUTO mode * Items in parenthesis are only selectable when the surround back speaker setting is not N. When 96 kHz PCM signals are input, stereo mode is selected automatically and surround mode cannot be selected. When DTS or MPEG signals are input in the IN-AUTO or IN-DTS mode, the corresponding DTS or MPEG modes are selected regardless of DSP MODE button actions. When the selected decoding mode is not matched to the input signal format, the DIGITAL indicator flickers and no sound is heard. Be sure to select the required decoding mode and the available surround mode according to the input signal format. When the 7 CH DIRECT is selected as an input source, the decoding and surround modes cannot be selected. When the selected input signals are not digital signals, the surround mode cannot be selected. When using headphones, the surround mode cannot be selected. www. gateway. com 51 Chapter 3: Using the Receiver To select stereo mode: Press the Stereo button on the remote control to cancel surround mode and switch to stereo mode. If Stereo mode is applied to a multi-channel DTS, Dolby Digital, or MPEG signal, the signal is downmixed to a 2-channel downmix (2-CH DOWNMIX) mode, allowing the multi-channel signal to be reproduced through only two speakers or through headphones. To cancel Stereo mode and switch back to surround mode, use the DSP Mode buttons on your remote control. Adjusting the channel levels You can adjust your channel levels using test tones or manually. Ideally you should use the test tone method first and then make any additional adjustments through the manual process. To adjust channel levels using test tones: 1 2 3 Press the T. If a speaker setting is N, the test tone will not play out of that channel. Press the CH/LEVEL up and down buttons on the remote control to adjust the level for each channel. [. . . ] 2 Item 14 and 16 are not required except for units provided with antenna terminals. 3 Item 14 complies with UL in U. S. A. www. gateway. com 105 Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information Regulatory compliance statements United States of America Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Unintentional emitter per FCC Part 15 This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. [. . . ]