Input - Focal ASTRAL 16 Manuel D'utilisation

ASTRAL 16
U s e r m a n u a l

Input

Astral 16 permits the installer to create access to
sources in a very intuitive way for the end user. The
installer is advised to title inputs thoughtfully and
without ambiguity. No longer must an end user
remember which physical input is attached to a
particular source component. Further, only inputs
specifically configured as ACTIVE will be available
from the remote control. Finally, multiple inputs
can be created from a single source component
for the purposes of loading separate settings.
For example, you may have an input titled 'CD
Music' that accesses a Blu-Ray player attached
to HDMI 7 that by default downmixes everything
to stereo and another input titled 'Blu-Ray Movie'
that accesses the same source component but
upmixes all audio to Dolby Surround.
1. Active
Any input with a blue Y is accessible from remote
controls. To disable access to an input, click the Y
and it will change to an N and gray out the entire
row thereby disabling access to this input. You
are advised to disable any input with no source
component attached.
2. Input
This is the name of the input that will appear
in remote control applications. By default, the
name is the same as the default audio input. You
may type in this box and change the name to
something more intuitive. Supports a maximum
of 10 characters.
3. Video In
For any given input, you can map separate video
and audio inputs except that when the audio
input is an HDMI input, the video input must be
the same HDMI input. None may also be chosen
when no video is desired.
4. Main Audio In
For any given input, you can map separate video
and audio inputs for the Main Theater audio path,
except that when the audio input is an HDMI input,
video must be the same HDMI input. None may
also be chosen when no video is desired. Note
that the analog input matrix may be selected as a
particular stereo pair or as a 7.1 input.
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5. Zone2 Audio In
Astral 16 offers a dual source selection so that you
can have one source playing in the Main Theater
defined in point 4 above and another source
playing in the other defined Audio Zones (see
"Building a Theater - Defining Channels" for the
Theater and Audio Zones creation). The Zone2
Audio input cannot include HDMI selection. For
device with HDMI connection, It is recommended
to connect and define an Input with two physical
connection to Astral 16 such as HDMI for Main
Audio In and SPDIF/RCA for the Zone2 Audio In.
Doing so, selecting this Input will take the correct
physical connection automatically depending on
the Theater or Zone playback.
6. Preferred Upmix
On a per input level, you may choose to engage
a particular upmixer, or leave the option set to
none. This setting overrides any preferred upmix
defined as part of a preset. So, if a preset is to
be used in conjunction with this input, and that
preset includes specifying an upmix, leave this
setting to None.
7. Trimmer
Each input may have the audio attenuated by a
specific value in an effort to level match source
components and yield an expected volume level
in the room regardless of source selected. No
gain can be applied, only attenuation. The range
is -30dB to 0dB with 0.1dB precision. The + and -
buttons adjust the value by 0.5dB.
8. AV Delay
Each input may have a synchronization delay set
between video and audio. This range is 0-100ms
in 1ms increments.
9. Triggers
Astral 16 can trigger connected devices on using
the 4 DC trigger output jacks on the back when
a specific input is selected. Most commonly,
this is used to power on the source component
connected to a specific input. To enable this
feature, the desired trigger must be set to Auto
Switching: Enabled on Input in the Settings menu.
See "Triggers". To engage a trigger based on
input, click the gray N. It will turn into a blue Y
when the trigger will be activated upon selection
of that input.
Note that after making any changes, you must
press the SAVE button near the top right of the
screen or you will loose your changes.
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