THANK Y OU FOR CHOOSING NAD .
The T 187 A V Surround Sound Preamp P rocessor is a technologically advanced
and highly capable product — yet we have in vested great e or t in making it
simple and easy to use. The T 187 delivers a range of genuinely useful options
for surround sound and ster eo listening alike, using powerful digital signal
processing and superbly accurate digital-audio circuitry . However , we have also
been careful to ensure that the T 187 is as musically transparent, faithful to every
video detail and spatially accurate as possible, incorporating much of what
we ’ve learned from a quarter- century ’ s experience designing audio, video and
home-theater components. As with all our products, NAD’ s “M usic F irst ” design
philosophy guided the T 187’ s design, such that it can condently promise you
both state- of-the-ar t surround home -theater and audiophile- quality music
listening for years t o come.
We encourage y ou to take a few minutes now to read right through this
manual. Investing a little time here at the outset might sav e you a good
deal of time later , and is by far the best way to ensure that y ou make the
most of your investment in the T 187, and get the most from this powerful
and exible home-theater component.
One more thing: We ur ge you to register your T 187 ownership on the NAD
Worldwide W eb site:
http://NADelectronics.com/salon
F or warrant y information contact your local distributor .
INTRODUCTION
T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .........................2
INTRODUCTION
GET TING ST ARTED ...............................................5
WHA T ’S IN THE BOX ..................................................5
CHOOSING A L OCA TION .............................................5
DEF AUL T SOURCE SET TINGS .........................................5
IDENTIFICA TION OF C ONTROLS
FRONT P ANEL ....................................................6
REAR P ANEL .....................................................8
OPERA TION
USING THE T 1 87 – MAIN MENU ..................................11
ABOUT THE ONSCREEN DISPLA Y OSD ............................ 11
MAIN MENU ........................................................ 11
LISTENING MODE .................................................. 11
ADJUSTING LISTENING MODES .................................... 12
DSP OPTIONS ...................................................... 13
TONE CONTROLS ................................................... 14
ZONE C ONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
USING THE T 1 87 – SETUP MENU .................................15
SETUP MENU ....................................................... 15
CONTROL/HDMI SE TUP ............................................ 15
SOURCE SETUP .................................................... 16
SOURCE SETUP NORMAL VIEW ................................... 16
SOURCE SETUP T ABLE VIEW ....................................... 17
iPod SETUP ......................................................... 18
SPEAKER SETUP .................................................... 18
AUD YSSEY A UTO CALIBRA TION .................................... 18
SPEAKER CONFIGURA TION ......................................... 21
SPEAKER LEVELS .................................................... 21
SPEAKER DIST ANCE ................................................ 22
ADJUSTING THE VOL UME .......................................... 22
ADJUSTING CHANNEL LEVELS ‘ON THE FL Y’ ........................ 23
ZONE SETUP ....................................................... 23
TRIGGER SETUP .................................................... 24
LISTENING MODE SETUP ........................................... 24
DOLBY SETUP ...................................................... 26
DTS SE TUP ......................................................... 26
DTS SURROUND MODES ........................................... 26
ENHANCED STEREO ................................................ 27
DISPLA Y SETUP ..................................................... 27
A/V PRESETS ........................................................ 28
LISTENING TO AM/FM RADIO ....................................31
SELEC TING A TUNER BAND ......................................... 31
STORING PRESE TS AM /FM/ XM/DAB .............................. 31
CHOOSING THE TUNER MODE ...................................... 31
ABOUT USER NAMES ............................................... 32
ABOUT RDS ........................................................ 32
LISTENING TO XM RADIO ........................................33
TUNING XM CHANNELS ............................................ 33
STORING PRESE TS .................................................. 33
LISTENING TO DAB RADIO .......................................34
CONNECTING THE DAB MODULE .................................. 34
DAB OPERA TION ................................................... 34
SERVICE LIST ....................................................... 35
DAB TUNER MODE ................................................. 35
ST A TION ORDER .................................................... 35
DRC ................................................................ 35
MANU AL SCAN ..................................................... 35
PRUNE LIST ......................................................... 35
RESET .............................................................. 36
INFORMA TION SET TINGS ........................................... 36
LISTENING T O Y OUR iP od PLA YER ................................37
CONNECTING THE OPTIONAL NAD IPD AND iPod PLA YER ......... 37
TO THE T 187 ....................................................... 37
CONTROL FEA TURES AND SET TINGS ............................... 37
NAD IPD 2 .......................................................... 38
TO VIEW VIDEOS OR PHOT OS L OADED IN YOUR iPod ............... 38
USING THE HTR 8 REMOTE CONTROL ............................39
CONTROLLING THE T 18 7 ........................................... 39
LEARNING CODES FROM OTHER REMO TES ......................... 40
PUNCH THROUGH .................................................. 40
COPY A COMMAND FROM ANO THER KEY .......................... 40
MACRO C OMMANDS ............................................... 40
KEY ILL UMINA TION TIMEOUT ....................................... 41
CONFIGURING KEY ILLUMINA TION ................................. 41
F AC T ORY RESET .................................................... 41
DELETE MODE ...................................................... 41
L OADING CODELIBRARIES ......................................... 42
SEARCH MODE ..................................................... 42
CHECKING CODELIBRAR Y NUMBER ................................ 42
SUMMARY OF THE HTR 8 MODES .................................. 43
USING THE ZR 7 REMOTE CONTROL ................................ 43
USING IR CHANNEL .............................................44
IR CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT ......................................... 44
REFERENCE
TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................45
SPECIFICA TIONS ................................................46
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