Owner`s manual

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Getting Started

About the N

502 Media Console

Thank you for purchasing the Nº502 Media Console. True to the

Mark Levinson® tradition of home theater excellence, the superb

sound and broadcast-quality video processing capabilities of the

Nº502 Media Console are unsurpassed in today’s marketplace.

Product Description

The Nº502 Media Console features an intuitive interface with

user-configurable Activity list, separate audio and video profiles,

and independent speaker configurations. Profiles and Setups can be

configured and then assigned to multiple Activities, making setup

time shorter while providing maximum flexibility. With a wide

range of available audio and video input formats, multiple Activities

can be assigned to efficiently manage a wide range of media sources.

The fully automated calibration performs speaker distances and

levels calibration as well as Room Correction, which neutralizes

room modes, making all audio sources sound more accurate and

true to the original recording.

The large full-color front panel display, capable of producing

elegant bit-accurate graphics, allows access to the Nº502’s menu

system and can also be used in Preview mode. Preview mode

enables other video inputs to be viewed without disturbing the

current activity, providing an effective means to monitor multiple

inputs without disturbing the active video source.

The Nº502 features an extensive list of surround modes, including

Logic 7, Dolby, and DTS modes. To retain the purity of the audio,

the Nº502 has separate analog output cards for each channel and all

input/output connectors are isolated from the chassis to prevent

noise pickup from common impedance coupling. In addition, the

volume controls have been redesigned for improved noise

performance at lower volume settings while still preserving the full

digital depth of the audio.

The Nº502 contains state-of-the-art, broadcast-quality video

processing capability, enabling true-to-life colors, exceptional

detail, and deep blacks. In addition, the Nº502 uses

specially-designed motion adaptive video de-interlacing with edge

interpolation for both high-definition and standard definition

video sources. Advanced noise reduction and detail enhancement

circuitry cleans up and sharpens images degraded by compression

or analgo circuitry from such sources as standard DVDs and satellite

or cable broadcasts.