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Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®10Maestro M2tm

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®11Maestro M2tm Front Panel Features Standby – The switch serves to “wake up” your Maestro M2, provided the ma

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®12Maestro M2tm Function Display - With the easy to follow menus, it is simple to op-erate and configure the Ma

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®13Maestro M2tm Rear Panel Features ANTENNA CONNECTIONS – These inputs should be connected to the AM and FM an

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®14Maestro M2tm DIGITAL AUDIO CONNECTIONS - The Maestro M2 features assignable Coaxial and Optical digital au

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®15Maestro M2tm Set-Up & Configuration Unit PlacementThe Maestro M2 can be placed almost anywhere in your a

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®16Maestro M2tmSide Surround SpeakersThe surround speakers provide the reverberant, or ambi-ent, sound effects

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®17Maestro M2tm • Wherever possible, keep power cords away from signal cables (i.e., inputs from disk players,

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®18Maestro M2tmMaestro M2tmSet-Up & Configuration

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®19Maestro M2tm Multi-Channel Analog AudioAudiophile surround recording formats such as SACD and DVD-A decode t

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®20Maestro M2tmVideo TranscodingTo simplify your installations, the Maestro M2 provides video transcoding which

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®21Maestro M2tm IR Remote Control ConnectionsSince the Maestro M2 is often hidden away in some dark closet or e

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®22Maestro M2tmSecond Zone ConnectionsThe Zone 2 outputs on the Maestro M2 send an indepen-dent audio and video

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®23Maestro M2tm Navigating the Main User MenusSelecting around the Main Menus is a very simple and in-tuitive f

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®24Maestro M2tmsatellite receivers and some DVD’s also suffer from this problem. The Lip Sync setting delays th

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®25Maestro M2tm Advanced Setup Menus Entering the Setup ModeTo enter the System Setup menus: Press and Hold the

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®26Maestro M2tmOSD MODE - The On-Screen Display (OSD) can be displayed in either Mixed mode where the white tex

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®27Maestro M2tm CONFIG. 1, 2, AND 3 - These are standard speaker combina-tions for home theater systems.CUSTOM

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®28Maestro M2tm7.1 SUB LEVEL - The decoded subwoofer output channel of a DVD-A player is typically 10 dB lower

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®29Maestro M2tm nel, then adjust the volume of that speaker with the Multi-Function control knob. The Test Tone

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Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®30Maestro M2tmAdvanced Setup Menus ADV 1 - Speaker EqCHANNEL EQUALIZATION - For simple tone control, we have

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®31Maestro M2tm ADV 4 - Zone 2 SettingsMAX VOLUME - This works just like the Main Zone maximum volume setting

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®32Maestro M2tm ADV 6 – HDMI SettingsThe HDMI switching on the Maestro M2 is strictly for rout-ing digital vid

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®33Maestro M2tm Operating the Maestro M2Now that you have everything connected together and configured properly,

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®34Maestro M2tmChoosing your Input Using the Main MenusThe three Main Menus of your Maestro M2 enable the user

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®35Maestro M2tm Stereo DirectFor two-channel analog listening, the Maestro M2 features a Stereo Direct input mo

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®36Maestro M2tmDisplay BrightnessBecause everybody has different preferences in how the equipment in their home

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®37Maestro M2tm Surround ModesThe Maestro M2 theater processor contains a powerful digi-tal signal processor (D

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®38Maestro M2tmDolby Digital 5.1This is the most commonly used surround format for DVD, Digital Satellite and B

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®39Maestro M2tm Effects ModesMUSIC - Music surround makes full use of the additional speakers in a theater syst

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Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®40Maestro M2tmStereoThe Maestro M2 works like a traditional audio preamplifier in this mode. This mode plays ba

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®41Maestro M2tm Automation IntegrationIntroductionPart of the joy of a great home theater is that you don’t hav

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®42Maestro M2tmthe controller system to send very long, complex strings of commands and get an answer back to k

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®43Maestro M2tm Command StructureThe RS-232 serial control protocol structure of the Maestro M2 is a string of

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®44Maestro M2tmReceiving Commands Command processing begins when the first semicolon sepa-rator line feed termin

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®45Maestro M2tm Automation IntegrationCOMMAND SPECIFICATIONS TABLESMAESTRO M2 RS232 COMMAND PROGRAMMING GUIDE

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®46Maestro M2tmFunction Selection ASCII Hex STR CC P1 P2 ETR DVDA PC_

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®47Maestro M2tm MAESTRO M2 RS232 RESPONSE PROGRAMMING GUIDE Function Selection

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®48Maestro M2tm ProLogicIIx Movie AV_ 4 P 13 (0xd) (0x34)(0x31)(0x33)Function Selection

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®49Maestro M2tm Table of IR Remote Control CommandsThe Maestro M2 uses standard RC-5 encoding for the infrared

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®5Maestro M2tm Table of ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®51Maestro M2tm Troubleshooting Common ProblemsGeneralThere are no lights on the Maestro M2  Pressing any Sou

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®52Maestro M2tmThe OSD is pink/red  Verify that the HQ Video Mode is set to Component in the Maestro configura

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®53Maestro M2tm Cannot select Dolby Digital or DTS decoding mode  The Maestro can only decode formats encoded

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Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®55Maestro M2tm Appendix A Using the Maestro M2 with the Diva Room Correction ProcessorWhile the Maestro M2 is

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®56Maestro M2tmAppendix B - Factory Theater Calibration ServiceAn integral part of the AudioControl Perfection

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®57Maestro M2tm WarrantyWarrantyand now a word from the legal department...People are scared of warranties. Lo

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®58Maestro M2tmUnwarranted abuse is: (A) physical damage (don’t use the Maestro M2 to level your projection TV)

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®59Maestro M2tm What to do if you need serviceNormally service will be handled by your AudioControl system prof

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®6Maestro M2tmTable of ContentsOperating The Maestro M2Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®61Maestro M2tm SpecificationsMaestro M2 Theater Surround Processor SpecificationsAudioS/N Ratio (unwtd 20Hz/20

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Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®7Maestro M2tm CongratulationsGreat attention to system design, installation, and calibration makes the differe

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®8Maestro M2tmKey Features Of the Maestro M2Multiple Surround Sound FormatsA powerful 32 bit DSP processor enab

Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166®9Maestro M2tm Second Zone Outputs Do you want to enjoy your home theater system in the bedroom also? The Secon