Manual
Operation
ingthe Numeric Keys_ that correspond
to the station'sfrequency.Thedesiredstation
will automaticall'ybetuned.If you pressan
incorrectbuttonwhile entering a directfre-
quency,3ressthe Clear Button _ to start
over.
NOTE:When the FMreceptionof a stationis
Whena digital audio recorderisconnectedto _ressthe Set Button (]_1_'1 whenthe name
theOptical (_) or Coaxial _ Digital Audio of the desiredchannelappearsin the Main
Outputs, you areableto recordthe digital sig- Information Display r_, and follow the
nal usinga CD-R,MiniDiscor other digital instructionsshownearlierto adjustthe level.
recordingsystem
%peatthe procedureas neededuntil all chan-
NOTES: nelsrequiringadjustmenthavebeenset.When
• Thedigitaloutputsare activeonlywhen a all adjustmentshavebeenmadeanc nofurther
weak,audio qualitywill beincreased3y digital signalis present,andthey do not adjustmentsare madefor five seconds,the
switchingto Mono modeby pressingthe convertan analoginputto a digital signal, AVR120will returnto normaloperation
FM Mode Button[] _ until the or changetheformat of the digital sicnal.
ST ERE0 Indicator [] goesout. In addition,the digital recordermust be NOTE:Theoutputlevelsmaybeseparatey
compatiblewith the output signal.For trimmedfor eachdigitalandanalogsurrounc
Preset Tuning example,the PCMcigital input froma CD mode.Ifyouwishto havedifferenttrim levelsfor
Usingthe remote upto 30 stationsmaybe playermayberecordedon a CD-Ror
storecin theAVR 120'smemoryfor easyrecall MiniDisc,but DolbyDigitalor DTSsignals
usingthe front panelcontrolsorthe remote, maynot.
Toentera station intothe memory,first tune
the station usingthe stepsoutlinedabove.
Then:
1. Pressthe Memory Button _ on the
"emote.Notethat the MEMORY Indicator
[] will be illuminatedandflash in the Main
Information Display I_"J_J,
2. Within five seconds,pressthe Numeric
Keys_ correspondingto the location
whereyou wish to storethis station'sfre-
quency.Onceentered,the presetnumberwill
appearin the Preset Number/Sleep Time
Display ITI.
3. Repeatthe processaftertuning any
additionalstationsto be preset.
Recalling PresetStations
a specificmode,selectthat modeandthenfollow
the instructionsin thestepsshownearlier.
Display Brightness
• Pleasemakecertainthat you are awareof TheAVR 120'sMain Information Display
anycopyrightrestrictionson anymaterialyou FJ_ isset at a default brightnessthat issuffi-
copy.Unauthorizedduplicationof copyrighted cientfor viewingin a normallylit room.
materialsis prohibitedby federallaw. 4owever,in somehometheaterinstallations,
you maywishto occasionallylower the bright-
Output Level Trim Adjustment nessof the displayor turn it off completely.
Tochangethe displaybrightness,pressand
Normaloutput leveladjustmentfor the
AVR120 is establishedusingthe testtone, as holdthe Set Button _1 on thefront panel
outlinedon pages18 and 19. Insomecases,
however,it maybedesirableto adjustthe out-
put levelsusingarogrammaterialsuchasa test
disc,or a selectionyouare familiarwith.
Additionally,the output levelfor the subwoofer
canonly beadjustedusingthis procedure.
1-oadjustthe output levelsusingprocram
for threesecondsuntil the messagein the
Main Information Display [] reads
VF ]) FU L L. Within five seconds,pressthe
Selector Buttons [] onthe front paneluntil
the desireddisplaybrightnesslevelisshown.At
that 3oint, 3ressthe Set Button [] againto
enterthe setting.
When FULL appearsinthe Main
materia,first setthe referencevolumefor the Information Display [], the displayis at its
front-left andfront-right channelsusingthe normal3rightness.When HAL F appears,the
VolumeControl [] I_). displayis at halfthe normalbrightnesslevel.
• To manuallyselecta station previously When 0 F F appears,all of the indicatorsin the
enteredinthe presetmemory,pressthe Oncethe referencelevelhasbeen set, press Main Information Display [] will go dark
Numeric Keys_ that correspondto the theChannel Select Button _ F_[_Jand note %te, however,that the greenLEDsfor the
desiredstation'smemorylocation.
• To manuallytune through the listof stored
presetstationsone by one,pressthe Preset
Stations Selector Buttons i'_]_) onthe
front panelor remote.
Tape Recording
In qormaloperation,the audio or videosource
selectedfor listeningthroughthe AVR120 is
sentto the recordoutputs.Thismeansthat any
programyou are watchingor listeningto may
be recordedsimply byplacingmachinescon-
nectedto the outputsfor Tape Outputs O or
Video 1 Outputs Oi_) n the Recordmode.
that FRONT L LEV will appearin the Input Indicators _ andthe Surround
Main Information Display []. Tochange
the level,first pressthe Set Button I[]_[],
andthen usethe Selector Buttons [] or the
&IV Buttonsqi_)_) to raiseor lowerthe
level.DOklOTusethe volumecontrol,as this
will alter the referencesetting.
Mode Indicators [], aswell as the Power
Indicator [] will alwaysremainlit to remind
youthat the AVR120 is stillturned on.
Oncethe desired3rightnesslevel isselected,it
will "emainin effectuntil it ischangedagainor
until the unit isturned off.
Oncethe changehasbeen made,pressthe Set
Buttonqi]_[] andthen pressthe Selector
Buttons[] or the A/v Buttons _ to
selectthe nextoutput channe locationthat you
wishto adjust.Toadjustthe subwooferlevel,
pressthe Selector Buttons [] or the A/v
Buttons qi_qi_ until WOOFER LEV
appearsin the Main Information Display [].
26 OPERATION