Manual

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS
System Installation
AfterunpackingtheunitIoc/tJngitina plaeewithade
quateventilationandplacingiton asolidsurfacecapable
ofsupportingitsweight,youwillneedto makethe{}on
nechonstoyouraudioandvideoequipment
IMPORTANTNOTE:Foryourpesonals@tyandto
avoidpos_sibledamageto yourequil}mentandspeakers.
itisalwaysa goodpra{_ceb turnoftaridunplugthe
AVRandALLsourceequipmentl_orntheACoutput
beforemakinganyaudioorvideosysterncomectior/s
Audio EquipmentConnections
Werecomnmndthatyouusehighqualityintercor/nect
cableswhenmakingeonnectionsto sourceequipment
andreco/dersto preservetheintegrityof thesignals.
1. Connecttheanalogoutputof a CDplayerte the
CDAudio Inputs_,
NOTE:WhentheCDplayerhasbothfixedandvari
ableaudiooutputs,it isbestto Elsethefixedoutput
unlessyoufind thattheinputte thereceiverisso low
thatthesoundisnoisy,or sohighthatit isdisterted,
,o ConnecttheanalogPlay/Outjacksof acassette
deck,MD,CD-Ror otheraudioreco/derto theTaps
InputJacks _[} ConnecttheanalogRecorWInjac?s
ontherecorderto theTapeOutputJacks O on
theAVR135,
S Connecttheoutputof anydigitalsourcessuchas
a CDor DVDchangeror player,a@ancedvideo
game,a digitalsatellitereceiver,HDTVtunerordigifa_l
{}ableset-topboxortheoutputof a compatible
computersoundcardto theOpticalandCoaxial
Digital Audio Inputs 0_]_ Werecommend
connectingthecoaxialdigitalaudiooutputofyour
DVDplayerto theCoax 1 Digital Audio Input @,
sincethatdigitalinputisassignedte theDVDsource
by default
4 ConnedtheCoaxialorOpticalDigitalAudio
Outputs@_ ontherearpaneloftheAVR135to the
matchingdigitalinputconnedionsona CDRorMiniDisc
reco/de_
5. AssembletheAMLoopAnter/nasuppliedwiththe
unitsothatthe_bs at thebotlomof theantennaloop
snapintotheholesinthebaseConnectitto 1heAM
AntennaTerminals_},
6. ConnectthesuppliedFMantennato theFM(75
ohm)ConnectionO TheFMantennamaybean
externalroofantenna,an insidepoweredor wirelead
antennaora cor/necllonfroma cableTVsysternIf
1heantennaor eonnectionuses300 ohmlwir_lead
cable,youmustusethe300 ohmto 75 ohmadapter
suppliedwiththeunitto maketheconnection,
7 Connectthefront,cenleT,surroundandsurround
backspeakeroutputs_@QO te therespecllve
speakers.
Toensureth_clalltheaudiosignalsarecarriedte your
speakerwithoutlossof clarityor resolution,wesug-
gestthatyouusehigh-qualityspeakercable.Many
b_andsof cableareavailableandthechoiceof cable
maybeinfluencedbythedistancebetweenyour
speakersandthereceiver,thetypeofspeakersyou
use,personalpreferencesandotherfactorsYourdealer
or inslallerisa valuableresourceto consultinselect-
ingtheproper{}able
RegaTdlessofthebrandof cableselected,werecom
mendthatyouusea cableconstructedof multistrand
copperwithagaugeof 14orsmalle[Rememberthat
inspecifying{',able.thelowerthenumber,thethicker
the{}aisle
Cablewithagaugeof 16 maybeusedforshortruns
of le£sthan10laebWedo notr<:omu-_endthatyou
usecableswithanAWGequivalentof 1B orhighe/,
dueto thepowerlossanddegradaaoninperformance
thatwilloccur,
Cablesthatareruninsidewallsshouldhavetheappro
priatemarkingsto indicatelistingwithUL,CSAorother
appropriatetestingagencyslandalds.Questionsabout
runningcablesinsidewallsshouldberderledto your
installerora licensedelecticianwhoisfamiliarwith
theNECand/ortheapplicable1oralbuilding{}odesin
your area
Whenconr/ectingwiresto thespeaks/s,becdtainte
observeproperpolarityNotethatthepositive(+)ter
minalof eachspeakerconnectionmaycarrya specific
colorcode,asnotedon page7. HoweveT,many
speakersstillusea redterminalforthepositive(+)
connection.Connectthe"negatS' or "black"wire
te thesarneterminalon boththe receiverand
thespeakeT,
NOTE:Whilemostspeakermanuk_etureTsadhereto
anindustryconventionof usingblackterminalsfor
negativeandredonesbr positive,somemayvary
1tomthisconfiguration.70ensureproperphaseand
optimalperldrnance,consultt% identificationplateon
yourspeakeror thespeaker'srnanualto veritypolarity
IfyoudonotknowthepolarHyof yourspeaker,ask
yourdealerforadvicebeforeproceeding,or consult
thespeaker'smanufacturer,
Wealsorecommendthatthelengthof {',ableused
to connectspeakerpairsbeidenticalForexample,
usethesamelengthpieceof cableto connectthe
frontqeftandfrontrightor surroundlettand sur
roundrightspeakers,evenif thespeakersarea
differentdistancefromtheAVR135
Notethatit is notpossibleto usetheAVR135 ina
7,1 chant/elconfiguration,Anysourceinformation
thattheAVRreceivesor derivesfor thesurround
backleftand rightchannels,eg. throughthe6/8-
6hanns_Direct Wputs_ or durin_7 channel
Stereoprocessing,is combinedandoutputted
to the singled/anne1SurroundBackSpeaker
Outputs @.
B Oonnecflonsto a subwooterarenorrnallymadevia
a linedevelaudioconnectionfrom1heSubwoofer
Output_ to thelinelevelinputofa subwooTerwith
a builbinamplifie/.Whena passivesubwooferisused.
theconnectionfirstgoestoa poweramplifier,which
willbeconnectedto oneor moresubwooterspeakeTs.
Ifyouareusinga poweredsubwooter1hatdoesnot
havelinelevelinputconnections,followtheinst/uc
tionsfurnishedwilhthespeakerforconnection
inlermatior/
9 Ifan externalmultichannelaudiosourcewilh5 1,
61,71 outputssuchasanexternaldigitalproces-
so_r'decode_;DVDAudioo_SACDplayeris used,con
necttheoutputsofthat@vicetothe6/8-Channel
Directinputs _Y-_.
VideoEquipmentConnections
Videoequipmentisconnectedinthesamemanneras
audiocomponents.Again,theuseof high-qualityinler
connedcablesisrecommendedto preservesignal
quality.
1 Connecta VCR's,DVDrecorder's,personalvideo
recorder'sorothervideosource'saudioandvideo
Play/OutjackstotheVideo1 Audio/Videoand/or
S-VideoInputJacks _ ontherearpanelThe
AudioandVideoRecord/Injacksontherecorder
shouldbeconnectedto theVideo1AudidVideo
and/orS-VideoOutputJacks_._.._¢_Z_)ontheAVR135
Althoughanyvideodevicemaybeconnectedto these
jacks,werecommendconnectingyourvideolecorder
sothatyoumayhke advantageof thetactthatthe
remotecontrolispreprogrammedwithvideorecorder
productcodesfortheVideo1 device
2 Connecttheanalogaudioandvideooutputsof a
satellitereceiveT,cableTVconverte_,televisionsetor
anyothervideosourceto theVideo2 Audio/Video
andS-VideoInputJacks ¢_d_@.)Althoughanyvideo
devk}emaybeconnectedto thesejacks,we recorn
mendconnectingyourcableTVconverteror satellite
receiverso thatyoumaytakeadvank<geofthehot
thattheremotecontrolis preprogrammedwiththe
productcodesofthesedevicefypesfortheVideo2
@vice.Ifyour@viceiscapableof switchingcornpo