Overview

D2v now 3D equipped!

From riding the third dimension on light cycles in the movie Tron, to racing through the 3D jungles of Pandora in Avatar, the movie experience is always better in triple dimensions. 3D video has a different structure than traditional video so it must pass through the A/V processor without being affected. The new Anthem AVM 50v circuit board automatically detects the presence of 3D video and go into passthrough mode as per a source menu option for video output configuration, passing the 3D HDMI signal from a 3D Blu-ray player to a 3D TV at resolutions up to 1080p. For additional convenience, in passthrough mode the output refresh rate is now automatically matched to the source’s frame refresh rate which is useful for sources that output a mix between 24, 50 and 60 Hz.

It’s now 3D equipped. Fully featured 7.1-channel audio and video processor, 8 HDMI Inputs and 2 Parallel HDMI outputs with the top four ports (HDMI 1 through 4) and top output (HDMI 1) supporting true bypass sensing 3D inputs automatically, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, PCM 24/192, highest quality 1080p upscaling with 1080p24 compatibility, Anthem Room Correction, premium quality A/D and D/A converters, 24-bit/192 kHz upsampling on all channels in main zone, two stereo zones.

AS GOOD AS IT GETS WHEN IT COMES TO DIGITAL AUDIO AND DIGITAL VIDEO PROCESSING

Sound from HDMI sources plays perfectly, at least if does if you’re using a D2v. Why? In the D2v, all eight HDMI inputs are connected through high-performance TMDS (Transition Minimized Differential Signaling) timing regenerators and multiplexers. The receiver contains a programmable equalizer and a Clock Data Recovery (CDR) function for each of the three TMDS pairs in an HDMI or DVI signal. The TMDS data outputs are regenerated and perfectly aligned to the regenerated TMDS clock signal, creating an extremely clean low-jitter DVI/HDMI signal that is easily decoded by the HDMI receiver. This is particularly useful for cleaning up a noisy/jittery source, or when a long or low-quality cable is being used.

BROADCAST-QUALITY DIGITAL VIDEO PROCESSING

• Video Format Conversion—the latest-generation Sigma Designs VXP broadcast-quality digital image processor (supporting deep color and better-than-ever video algorithms!) converts any SD or HD video standard to other video standards.
• Quadruple video output configuration makes it easy to switch from one configuration to another.
• Superior image quality using per-pixel processing and motion-adaptive de-interlacing ensures optimal image sharpness and picture resolution.
• Dynamic directional interpolation eliminates jaggy artifacts found in traditional de-interlacing algorithms.
• Full film-mode detection for all SD and HD inputs.
• Video transcoding allows S-Video and Component Video inputs to be digitally processed and enhanced, and then routed through the Component or HDMI outputs.
• Each source can be adjusted independently for best picture.

ENHANCED VIDEO PERFORMANCE

• Adjustable cropping
• Aspect ratio control
• Chroma bug filter
• Frame lock
• Gamma correction
• Adjustable noise reduction
• Adjustable detail enhancement
• Custom output resolution and timing via PC utility
• All on-screen displays are shown through HDMI and Component Video
• On-screen display shows adjustments being made (can be disabled)
• All functions are available for HD input

STATE-OF-THE-ART DIGITAL AUDIO PROCESSING

• The 24-Bit/192-kHz precision upsampler operates on all digital audio signals. The D2’s DACs also incorporate 128X oversampling to increase the sample rate to 24.576 MHz, ensuring the best phase and frequency response possible. Measurable results reflect exceptionally flat frequency response and THD+N in the upper frequencies. This is up to twenty times lower than some of the best high-end outboard DACs, resulting in a much higher level of transparency for multichannel music and movies. Sonic performance is astounding. Smoother high-frequency response, superior detail, and better image focus—a far more transparent window on the original performance.
• Anthem’s Own Design! Two dual-core digital signal processing (DSP) engines, our own DSP design, offer a total of 800 MIPS to allow decoding of the new HD audio standards: Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High-Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio. More than enough processing power to handle even the most complex program material with matchless precision.
• Triple 4 Mbit 8ns external memory is large enough to ensure that the DSP engines never run out of resources.
• An impressive resumé of superior-quality component parts:
  • Audio-grade film capacitors and operational amplifiers
  • Low-ESR electrolytic capacitors
  • Audio-grade signal-coupling capacitors
  • High-value (1,000 μF) ADC reference voltage decoupling capacitors for lowest possible THD+N below 1 kHz
• Super-efficient switching power supply:
  • Low-noise, low-emissions design
  • Multiple-synchronized dithered-frequency isolation stages ensure exceptionally quiet audio and video operation and excellent electromagnetic compatibility
  • Fourteen independently regulated output stages ensure optimal operating environment
• 4-layer hand-designed motherboard includes separate power and groundplanes.
• Independent 6- and 8-layer DSP, A/D and D/A converter boards—A/D and D/A use separate analog and digital planes as well as separate power and groundplanes for remarkably low noise.
• All critical signal paths are surrounded by groundplanes.
• Fully buffered audio/video inputs for minimum crosstalk.
• State-of-the-art video switching circuitry is laid out on isolated, independent 2-layer glass-epoxy circuit boards.
• Highest-precision thru-hole passive components.
• Unparalleled analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion eliminates noise in the 20 to 80-kHz frequency band thanks to the high quality of our ADC and DAC designs:
• Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC):
  • Capable of up to 24-bit x 192-kHz resolution
  • Six stereo analog attenuators—one for each channel of the 6-channel input, promote greater dynamic range and an impressive reduction in distortion
• Digital-to-Analog Conversion (DAC):
  • Converters operate at their full 24-bit x 192-kHz resolution
  • Switched-capacitor output filters significantly reduce the DAC’s sensitivity to rapid fluctuations in bit rate
  • The built-in state-of-the-art upsampler allows the DACs to run at the highest speed (192 kHz) regardless of the incoming digital bitstream, and with extremely low back ground noise up to almost 100 kHz
  • High-accuracy clock generator (49.152 MHz, ±0.001%) eliminates the potential for errors in timing, thereby contributing to a significant reduction in the distortion common in D/A conversion

… AND FOR THE AUDIO PURIST

• Analog-Direct available on all inputs
• Tone Bypass disables Bass/Treble adjustment
• Balanced 2-channel XLR digital input for best digital signal
• True-Balanced 2-channel analog input for best analog signal
• True-Balanced analog outputs provide best noise rejection and purest signal transmission

AND THEN THERE’S ANTHEM ROOM CORRECTION (ARC)
Even when the finest speakers are perfectly positioned, the room itself still has a dramatic impact on a system’s sound, an impact more profound than that of any individual component. Various solutions have fallen in and out of favor over the years, but none has solved the problem of “the room.” Until ARC. Using proprietary processes and the power of your PC the ARC system, years in development and included with your Anthem Statement D2v, analyzes each speaker’s in-room sound and then computes the required correction to yield optimal performance from every speaker. It’s a process that takes less than five minutes! Anthem’s approach is a true audiophile solution to the problems of the room. ARC is garnering rave reviews across the industry. For more information, see the ARC data sheet in the downloads & support section.

Specifications

Remote

For full information on Remote, click here to download the operating manual

D2v 3D Operating Manual

Carrier Frequency: 38kHz

PRESET MEMORY CODES

• FOR UNITS SHIPPED AFTER SEPTEMBER 2009

Download Preset Memory Codes

• FOR UNITS SHIPPED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2009 (Remote is not as pictured)

Download Preset Memory Codes

UNIVERSAL REMOTE MX-3000 USERS:
Download a ready-made configuration file here:

• D2v Download RCC

If you require technical support with the MX 3000, please contact www.universalremote.com

For more resources, you may want to visit www.remotecentral.com


PHILIPS PRONTO USERS:
Download a ready-made configuration file here:

• Download CCF

If you require technical support with the Pronto, please contact www.pronto.philips.com

For more resources, you may want to visit www.remotecentral.com and www.prontoedit.com


MAKING YOUR OWN CCF?

If you are having difficulty teaching the Pronto certain commands, the following will be of help to you. Pronto adds a stop command to any code it learns, and makes some codes unusable. We have created specially made IR codes in .ird format that can be loaded through a program called IRDatabase. Besides saving the trouble of teaching the codes one by one, these codes use less memory and react more quickly than taught codes. Please note: The codes are listed under AVM 20.

Download the complete IRD Database here:

• Download IRD

To open the .ird file, you will need to download and install IRDatabase from www.remotecentral.com

HOW TO USER IT:

• Install ird database.exe
• Run IRD database
• Click on file in top left corner
• Click Import Device and Selct ANTHEM AVM20-30-D1.ird from wherever you saved it
• The AVM 20 will be listed alond the left side under Preamp
• Select the AVM 20 and double-click on the desired button. All stats will appear, including Hex code.

Open Pronto Edit to enter the codes into your Pronto. You can pull the codes from the database by double-clicking on the desired button in your .ccf file. When the "Properties" panel appears, click on "IR DB", and all the codes will be available under "Preamp". Since Vol+ and Vol- are the buttons most often needed, they are listed here so you don't have to install this program (you can copy straight from this page and paste onto ProntoEdit):

Pronto 1000 and 2000

VOL-

0000 0070 0000 0022 0130 0098 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0045 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 03b6


VOL+

0000 0070 0000 0022 0130 0098 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0045 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0045 0017 0045 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0045 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 03b6

Pronto 3000

Vol+

0000 006D 0000 0022 012B 0099 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0046 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0046 0017 0046 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 03D5

Vol-

0000 006D 0000 0022 012B 0099 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0046 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0046 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 0017 03D5

Reviews

• D2 Review - The Perfect Vision
• D2 Review - Québec Audio Video
• D2 Review - Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
• D2 Review - Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
• D2 Review - Home Theater & Sound
• D2 Review - Audio Video Revolution
• D2 with ARC Review - Sound & Vision
• D2 with ARC Review - Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
• D2 with ARC Review - Audio Video Revolution
• D2, P5 & P2 Review - Home Entertainment

Downloads & Support