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CONTENTS
Important Information......................................................................................................................................... 5
System Requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Disclaimer/Warning ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Warranty Terms............................................................................................................................................... 6
FCC Class B Statement...................................................................................................................................... 6
CE Mark Statement .......................................................................................................................................... 7
What's included ............................................................................................................................................... 7
A Note on this Manual ..................................................................................................................................... 7
1 Product Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 9
1.1 Typical usage –nanoAVR HD ................................................................................................................ 9
1.2 Typical usage –nanoAVR HDA ............................................................................................................ 10
2 Installation and setup.................................................................................................................................. 11
2.1 Hardware connectivity ....................................................................................................................... 11
2.1.1 HDMI input and output............................................................................................................... 11
2.1.2 Analog outputs (nanoAVR HDA only) .......................................................................................... 12
2.1.3 DC Power.................................................................................................................................... 13
2.1.4 USB............................................................................................................................................. 13
2.1.5 Ethernet ..................................................................................................................................... 14
2.2 Software installation .......................................................................................................................... 15
2.2.1 Windows .................................................................................................................................... 15
2.2.2 Mac OS X .................................................................................................................................... 16
3 Configuring the nanoAVR ............................................................................................................................ 17
3.1 Connecting to the nanoAVR................................................................................................................ 18
3.1.1 USB............................................................................................................................................. 18
3.1.2 Ethernet ..................................................................................................................................... 18
3.1.3 Options....................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2 Global settings.................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3 Configure signal routing ..................................................................................................................... 20
3.4 Output channel setup......................................................................................................................... 21
3.4.1 Channel label.............................................................................................................................. 21
3.4.2 Gain control and level monitoring............................................................................................... 21
3.4.3 Parametric EQ............................................................................................................................. 22
3.4.4 Crossover settings....................................................................................................................... 24
3.4.5 Compressor ................................................................................................................................ 26
3.4.6 Time delay.................................................................................................................................. 26
3.4.7 Invert and mute.......................................................................................................................... 27
3.5 Bass management .............................................................................................................................. 27
3.6 Channel mode .................................................................................................................................... 29
3.7 Working with configurations .............................................................................................................. 30
3.7.1 Selecting a configuration ............................................................................................................ 30
3.7.2 Saving and loading configurations............................................................................................... 31
