Manual
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
/Vhenallaudio,vlgeoandsjstemconnectionshave
oeenmacethemareafewconfigurationaojus_menm
_a_mustbemade.A fewminutessoemto correctly
configureangcailoramtheunitWilljrea_iyago_oyour
istenlngexperience.
Center Front Speaker
SpeakerSelectionand Placement
Theglacementof soeakereina multichannehome
_eaters,.s_emcanhavea no%eagle-oac_on_ne
quali_of soundreproduced.No matterwhich_ypeor
orangof soeakerss used.thesamemogeor orang
of sgeakershouldbeusegfor theleftfront,cenmr
angrightfrontsbeakers.Thiscreatesa seamless
frontsoundstageandeliminatesthepossIOlllbof dis-
_rac[ingsonicdisturbancesthatoccurwhena soung
movesacrossmismatchedfront-channespeakers.
SpeakerPlacement
Dependingon thetypeof centerchannelsueakerin
useangyourviewinggevlce,olacethecentersoeaker
eitherdirectl,aooveor oelow\ ourTV orinthecenrer
oemg a perforatedfrontprojectionscreer
Oncethecenterchannelsoeakeris installed,oosmon
_e eftfrontangrghtfrontsFeakereso thatthe',are
asfarawa fromoneanotherasthecenterchanne
speakeris fromthesreferred_smn_ngposmon._gea_y,
thefront-channelsoeakereShOUldbeolacegso that
theirtweetersareno morethan24" aboveor below
Speaker
A Front-ChanndSoeaKerinstallationwmDirect-
ViewTVSetsorRear-ScreenProJectors
TV or Prolection Screen
Left Front Center Front Right Front
SDeaKe_ Speaker Speaker
No more than 6 feel
wnen rear-mounted
speakers are used
thetweeterinthecenterchannelsoeaker, outiona!Rear-'WallMounting
Dependingonthespecificsof yourroomacous%s
oosition.Againthe! ShOUldbelocatedsothatthe
oottomofthecamne_isa_leasttwofeethigher_an
thelisteners'ears.Thesoeakereshouldbenomore
thansixfeetbehindtherearof theseatingarea.
Subwooferesrooucenondirectionalsoung,sothe
"sayoeFlacegalmos_ar,'whereir a room.Actua
cacemen_shouldoeoasegonroomsizeandShade
andthe_pe of subwooferused.Onemethodoffind-
ngtheoFNmaocationfora subwooferis_oDecn
myplacingi_inthefrontoftheroom.aoou[sixincnes
froma wa_ }r nearthefrontcornerof theroom.
Anothermethods _o_emporanlyplacethesubwoofer
at _ournormalllsrenlrj _osmonandthenwalk
aroundtheroomunt youfinda ssotwherethesub-
woofersoundsbest.PlacethesubwooferinthatSDOL
YOUsilouldalsofollowtheinstructionsof theSUb-
woofer'smanufacturer,oryoumayWiShto experi-
mentwithmebestlocationfor asubwooferin ,our
listening rOOF
Oncethesoeakerehavebeenolacedintheroom
andconnected-.heremainingstepsin_e se[uE
orocessare_oprogramtheAVR125's bassmanage-
men_s,,stemforthetypeof speakersusedin Jour
sysmm,calleramthecutoutlevels,angse_tneoela,_
_lmesusedo _nesurroundsoungorocessor.
YOUarenowreagyto powerup_e AVR125 to beglr
thesefinalaous_menm.
1 PlugthePowerCord_ ntoanunswitchedAC
gnutheype of speakersin use,youma_findthat E Thedistancebetweentheleftandrigm suueL
'magingisimprove(]oymovingtheleftfrontandngn[ soeaKersShOUldDeeoualto thedistancefrom
frontspeakersslightlyforwardof thecenterchanne _nesea_/ngpos/son_omewowingscreen,rou 2. PresstheMainPowerSwitch [] n unuii!
speaker.Ifpossible,adJStallfrontIoudsoeakereso mayalsoexpenmemw/mplacing_neleftand atchesand_e worg'OFF }n me_ooof the
thattheyareaimedat earheightwhenyouareseamc r/gmspeakerss//gn[/}forwardof thecenter switchg_saooearsinsidethefrontoanel.Note
'nthe s_enlngOOSlUOn. soeaKe£ thatthePowerIndicator [] Will_urnamber.
nglcaungthat_e unitisintheStandbymoge
Js_ng_eseguidelines,you'llfindthatittakessome
e>senmenm_lon_ofindthecorrectocationforthefront
speakersinyourparticularinstallationDon'tbeafraidto
movethingsarounduml_e s,smmsoundscorrecL
Ootimizeyourspeakersso_at audiotransKionsacross
thefrontoftheroomsoundsmootr _o _a[ sounds
froma_soeakereaooearto arriveat thelisteninggos_-
tlonatthesameume wmou[delayfromthecenter
soeakercomoareo_otheleftandrightspeakers).
At S.Removetheorotec[iveolasticfilmfromthefront-
least 6 inches from
ceiling
sane ens.f leftinolace,thefilmma, affectthe
serformanceof .'ourremoracontrol
At least 2 feet
4. Insm_thethreesuo_edAAAba_enes_nthe
remoteasshown.Becertainto followthe
_ng/-/poian_ ndicatorethatareonthebottom
of thebatterycompar_menL
Surroundsoeakereshouldde }lacedonthesidewalls
of theroom a_ors_gnHyoenlndtheI_smnlng_OSl[l(n.
Thecenmrof theseeakershouldface_n[o_neroom.
Thest eakereshouldbelocatedso_a_theBottomof
_necaelne[sa_leas__wofeethigherthanthelisteners
earswhenthe _smnereareseamgin_e desiredarea.
fside-wallmountingis notpractical._nesoeakere
_" i,4 Oct,realolacementof surroundsoeaKer
may oe placeg on a rearwa , behindthe s[enlng










