Manual
Operation
120will return to digital playbackassoonas Playbackfrom _CMsourcesmayalso benefit
thedata isavailableand whenthe machine fromthe Logic7 Mode.Whenplayingbacka
isin a standardplaymode. surround-encodedPCMsource,suchas an LD
or surround-encodedCD,usethe Logic7 C or
2.AlthoughtheAVR120will decodevirtuallyall Cinemamode.Whenplayingtrue stereo
DVDmovies,CDsandHDTVsources,it is3os- recordings,usethe Logic7 M or Musicmode
sine that somefuturedigitalsourcesmaynot for a widersoundstageand increasedrear-
becompatiblewith theAVR120. channelambience.
3. Notethat notall digitallyencodedprograms
containfull 5.l-channel audio.Consultthe
NOTE:When a Logic7 modeis inusewith a
digital input sourcewhich hasanothermode
Tuner Operation
TheAVR120'stuner iscapableof tuningAM,
FMand FMStereobroadcaststations.Stations
maybetunedmanually,or theymay3estored
asfavoritestation presetsand recalledfrom a
........... memory•
Station Selection
1. PresstheAM/FM TunerSelect Button
4i_ onthe remoteto selectthe tuner as an
programguidethat accompaniesthe DVDor for itsdefault,that defaultmode,ratherthan input•Thetuner maybeselectedfromthe
laserdiscto determinewhich typeof audio Logic7, wi beusedbythe AVRafterthe dig]- front panelby eitherpressingthe Input
hasbeenrecordedon the disc.TheAVR120 tal bitstreamis interruptedfor any reasonsuch SourceSelector [] until the tuner is
will automatically sense the type of digital
surround encoding used and adjust to
accommodate it.
4. Whena digital sourceisplaying,you maynot
beableto selectsomeof the analog
surroundmodessuchas DolbyProLogicII,
Dolby3 Stereo,Hall,Theateror Logic7.
5.Whena DolbyDigitalor DTSsourceis play-
ing,it is not possibleto makean analog
recordingusingthe Tape O andVideo 1
Audio Outputs O. However,the cigital
signalswill be passedthrougnto the
Optical O and Coaxial i_) Digital
Audio Outputs,
PCMAudio Playback
_CM(PulseCodeModulation]isthe non-
com_resseddigitalaudiosystemusedfor
cornaactdiscsanc laserdiscs.Thedigitalcircuits
in theAVR120 arecapableof high-quality
c gital-to-analogdecoding,andthey maybe
connecteddirectlyto the digital audiooutput
of yourCDor LDplayer.
Connectionsma'y3emadeto eitherthe rear
panelOptical or Coaxial Inputs _ or the
front panelOptical or Coaxial Digital Inputs
i3]E].
Tolistento a PCMdigitalsource,firstselectthe
input for thedesiredsource(e.g.,CD).Next,
presstheDigital Input Selector [_'!li_ and
then usetheA/V Buttonsli_l_l onthe
remote,or the SelectorButtons[] onthe
front panel,until the desiredchoiceappearsin
the Main Information Display[]
Whena PCMsourceisplaying,the PCM
Indicator [] will light. DuringPCMplayback,
youmayselectanysurroundmodeexcept
:::)olbyDigitalor DTS.
as stoppingor pausingthe digital playback, activeor by pressingthe Tuner Band
Note,also,that _og]c7 isnot availablewith Selector 1_1.
digital playbackunlessa two-channelbitstream
IS In usei
MP3 Audio Playback
TheAVR 120is one of the fewA/V receiversto
provideon-boarddecodingfor the MP3audio
format usedby computersand portableaudio
devices..naddition,somenew CD playersare
2. Pressthe AM/FM TunerSelect Button
O orTuner BandSelector [] againto
switchbetweenAM and FMso that the
desired
frequencybandis selected.
3. Pressthe FM Mode Button [] _ to
capableof playingbackopticaldiscsthat are ..............................
recordedwith MP3,rather than standardCD
.......................... MP3decoding, Whenthe AUTOIndicator [] is illuminated
theAVR 120isableto delivermoreprecise in the Main Information Display[] the
conversionof the digital signalsto ananalog tunerwill stoponly atthosestationsthat
output, along with the benefitsof listeningto havea strongenoughsignalto be received
the MP3audio throughthe AVR120's high- with
currentamplifierand the speakersfromyour acceptablequality•
surroundsystem,ratherthan the smaller
speakersand low-poweredamplifierstypically Whenthe AUTOIndicator [] is not illumi-
usedwith computers, nated,the tuner is in a manual_nodeand
Totakeadvantaoeof the AVR120'sMP3capa-
bilities,simplyconnectthe PCMoutput of a
computer'ssoundcard or the PCMoutput of a
portabledigital audio deviceto eitherthe rear
panel Digital Inputs _ orthe front paneJ
will stop at eachfrequencyincrementinthe
selectedband.
4. To select stations, pressthe Tuning
Selector Button []_). When the AUTO
Indicator [] isilluminated, pressthe button
Digital Inputs i"l_Ji'_l].Assoonas the digital
signalis available,the MP3 Bitstream
Indicator [] willlight,and the audiowill
begin playing.
NOTES:
• TheAVR120only playssignalsin the MP3
(MPEGl/Layer 3)format• It is not compatible
for two secondsand thenreleaseto cause
thetuner to searchfor the next highest-or
lowest-frequencystationthat hasanaccept-
ablesignal•Whentuning FMstations inthe
Auto mode,the tunerwill selectonly stereo
stations•Totune to the nextstation, press
the button again.If the S TE RE 0
Indicator [] is not illuminated,tap the
with other computeraudiocodecs. TuningSelector Button []_]I to
• Thedigital audio inputsignalmaybeeither advanceonefrequencyincrementat a time,
or pressand hold it to locatea specificsta-
optical or coaxial,but it mustbe PCMin the
S/P-DIFformat. Directconnectionof USBor tion.Whenthe T UNE:]) Indicator []
serialdata outputsis not possible,evenif the lights,the station is properlytunedand
signalsare in the MP3format. If youhave shoulcbe heardwith clarity.
anyquestionsaboutthe dataoutput format
from yourcomputeror a soundcard, check 5. Stationsmayalsobetuneddirectlyby press-
with the device'sowner'smanualor contact ing the Direct Button I_), andthen press-
itsmanufacturer.
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