Specifications

Thus you can watch one program while recording another; or watch one

program while sending a different one to another part of the house; or you

can watch what is being recorded from either another part of the house or

from within the main room. But there is a limit: you cannot have three in-

dependent programs running simultaneously on the main, remote and

record paths, because the remote and record paths always share a single

source.

The main difference between the

remote output and the record outputs is

that the remote outputs include a high quality analog volume control; the

record path remains at a fixed, line level at all times.

The AVP can distribute either analog or digital sources to a remote zone or

recording devices without your having to think about the details of whether

the signal originates from an analog or a digital source.

If you wish to make recordings to a recording device such as a cassette deck

or VCR, connect the record outputs to the record inputs of that device. Be

sure to tell the AVP that the device is capable of recording in the define

buttons

menu, within the setup menu, during initial setup of the system. (See

The Setup Menu.)

12 DIGITAL OUTPUT

The (S/PDIF on an RCA) digital output allows you to distribute a digital source

in its original, unprocessed digital form. For example, if you had another

multichannel system elsewhere in the home, you could forward a Dolby

Digital bitstream to the other system from this one—running a single digital

cable instead of five or six analog cables for surround sound applications.

Alternatively, you could use this digital output to make digital recordings.

Note that this output will not contravene any copy protection systems, and

you should only make copies of recordings for which you have legal rights

to do so. (You always read the FBI warning at the beginning of movies,

right?)

The digital output always tracks whatever source is selected in on the main

path

(as opposed to the remote/record path).

13 PHASTLink™ CONTROL PORTS

These two communications ports provide for sophisticated inter-component

communications between the AVP and certain compatible Proceed prod-

ucts. To access the built-in intelligence of these communications capabilities,

simply “daisy chain” your various PHAST™-capable Proceed components

together using eight conductor “straight-through” cables with RJ-45 connec-

tors at both ends. You can buy these cables from your dealer as an acces-

sory item.

Thus, if the only other Proceed PHAST-compatible component you have is

the Five Channel Amplifier, you should connect the AVP’s comm out port to

the power amplifier’s comm in port using a “straight-through” RJ-45 cable. If

there are additional Proceed PHAST-compatible components in the system,

daisy chain them in a similar way, always going from comm out to comm