Manual

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION
Button@ t:_bringtheCHANNEL
ADJ UST menu(FigureS)tothescreen
f
* CNANNEL ADJUST *
FL :0 dB SBR:O dB
CEN :0 dO SBL:O dB
F_ :0 dO SL :0 dO
SR :0 dB SUB:O dB
CH_N_EL _ESET _OFF
TEST TONE :OFF
_ACK TO MASTKR MENU
£iyum8
4 WhentheCHANNEL ADJUST menu
appears,pressthe_ Button@ untiltheon-
screen_ cursoris nextto the TES T T ONE
line.Pressthe4/_ Buttons_ sohat 0 N is
shownandthe£R's inten/altesttonewillbegin
to eimulatefrownspeakerto speakeri_a clock-
wisedkectioninloallspeakersThetestnoisewill
playfor tvvesecondsineachspeakerbetsredr
culaflng,anda blinkingonscreencursorwin
appealnext9 fl_enameof eachspeakerlocation
whenthesoundis atthatspeaken
Verifythatthespeakershavebeenproperlycon
nectedAsthetestnoisecirculates,listento make
cerlainthatfile soundcomesfTornthespeaker
positionshownnextto the_,cursorintheon-
screendisplayandbyhe flashingi_Citationin
theBpeaker/OhanneIInput Indicators
If thesoundfroma speakerlocationdoesNOT
matchthepositionindicatedin thedisplay,turn
theAVR135off usingtheMain PowerSwitch
0 andcheckthespeakerwiringorconnections
to externalpoweramplifiersto rnakecertainIhat
eachspeakeris connectedto thecorrectoutput
terminal,
Note:P,emember+hatwhenyourwstemhasonlya
singleSurroundBackspeakerandisthusconfigured
for 61 channeloperation,youwillhearthetestte_e
tvvicefromthebackspeakeLoncewiththeSBLindi
o41_onandoncewiththeBaRindication.Thisis net
real,anditallowsyouto adjusttheoutputbalancelet
thetnixk:gcircuitthatcreatesa 61 outputwhen71
modessuchasLogic7/71 amused,
Attercheckingfor speakerplacement,letthetest
noisedrculateagain,andlistentoseewhich
char_nelssoundlouderthantheafl_ers.Usirgthe
t/ontfeltspeakerasa reference,presshe _/_
Buttons@ ontheremoteto bringallspeakers
te fl_esamevolumebvel Whenoneofthe4/_
Buttons@ ispushed,thetestnoisecirculaton
willpauseonthechannelbeingadjustedto give
you8meto maketheadjustmentWhenyou
releasetheburton,tie drculationwillresume
atterfiveseconds.
Continueto adjustthe iridividual@annelsuntilthe
volurnelevelsoundsthesamefromeac,fl speakel.
Adjustmentsshouldbe madewiththe_1/_Buttons
@ on theremoteonly,NOTthemainvolumecon
trois.If youareusinga soundpressurelevel(SPL)
meterforprecisereveladjushnent,setthevolume
so thatthe meterreadsY5dBontheC-YVeigh_ng,
Slowscale.
If youfindthattheoutputlevelschosenby Ezgetare
eitheruncomfortablylowor high,you mayrepeatthe
procedureReturnto Step2 andad/usttfe master
vohmeeitherslightlyhigheror lowerte accommodate
yourparticularroomlayoutandyourtastesYoumay
repeatthisprocedureasmanyl_mesasnecessaryto
achievea desiredresult,h orderto preventposdbfe
damageto yourhearingoryourequipment,we
emphasizettat youshouldaw)fdsettinglt_emasler
volumeaboveOdB
Whenallohanr_eishaveanequalvolumelevel,the
ad}ustmer/tiscomplete.Usethe,a,/v Navigation
Buttons@ to movethe_ cursornextto the
TE ST T 0 NE line,andpresshe _
NavigationButtons@ untiltheword0 F F
appearsto stopthetesttone Oopydownthefinal
levelsellingsbr eachc,hannelsoteatyoucaneasily
setthemfortheothersourceinputs.Toexitthismenu,
presstheA/'_" NavigationButtons@ untilthe
onscreen_ cursoris nextto theBACK TO
MA ST E R M E N U line,andthenpresstheSet
Button@ tolet_irnIctileMASTER MENU,
NOTE:ThesubwoderlevelisnotadjustablewhenIhe
normaltesttoneis in useThesubwooferoutputlevel
mayalsobeadjustedwhenlhe channellevelsare
heinetrmmedto anexternalprogramsourcerather
thanthetesttone,asshownonpage2,7
Usingthe Semi-BaDSystem
TheoutputlevelsmayalsoheaCusledat anytime
usingtheremotecontrolandsemiOSDsystem,To
adjusttheoutputlevelsinthisfashion,presshe Test
Button@. Assoonasthebutlonispressed,the
testtonewillbeghto cimulateasindicatedearlier.The
correctchannelf/orewhichthetestnoiseshouldbe
heardwillbeshowninhe lowerthirdof thevideo
screenandintheLowerD[splayLine_. Whilethe
testnoiseis circulating,theproperchannelpositionwill
alsobe indk',abdintheSpeaker/ChannelInput
Indicators_] bya Uinkingletterwithirlthecorrect
char:nel,
Toadjustthe outputlevel,presstheA/_ Buttons
untilthedesiredlevelisshownin thedisplayor
onscreen.Oncethebuttonsarereleased,thetest
noisewillbeginto circulateagair:infiveseconds.
Whenallchannelshavethesameoutputlevel,press
the-JestButton @ againto completetheprocess.
Ifyoufhd thattheoutputlevelsareeitheruncomfort-
ablyloworhigh,youmayrepeattheprocedure,but
firstadjustthemastervolumeeitherslightlyhigheror
lower(butnothigherthanOdB)to compensateDo
notadjustthevolumeduringtheprocedure,asthatwill
causetheoutputlevelsto behigheror lowerfor only
sornechannels,resultingin unevenbalance
NOTE:Outputleveladjustmentisnotaua}}ableforthe
VMAxorSurroundOffmodes
AdditionalInputAdjustments
AfteroneinputhasbeenadjusledforSurroundmode,
digitalinput(ifany),speakertype,andoutputlevels,
gohackto 1heI NP UT S ET UP lineonthe
MASTER MENU (Figure1)andentertheset-
1boafor eachinputthatyouwilluse Inmostcases,
onlythedigitulinputandsurroundmodewillbediffer
entfremoneinputte thenext,whilethespeakertype,
crossoverfmquenw,Nightmodeandoutputlevel
settingswillusuallybe thesameandmaybequickly
enteredby enteringthesamedab usedtot the
odginalinput.
Whenallsettingsandadjustmerltsha_ebeec_made,
presstheOSDButton 0 to returnto normaloper
a_onof theAVB.
Oncethese@]gsoutlinedon thepreviouspageshave
beenmade,theAVR135 is readylet operationWhile
therearesomeadditionalsettingsto be made,these
arebestdoneatteryouhavehadanopportunityto lis
tento a varietyof sourcesanddetent khdsof pro
grammaterial.Theseadw,ncedsettingsae described
onpagesP8and29 ofthismanual,inaddition,any
of thesettingsrnadeintheinitialconfigurationof the
urlftmaybechangedatanytime.Asyouaddnewor
differentsourcesorspeakers,or ifyouwishIo change
a settingto betterreflectyourlisteningtaste,simply
followtheinstructionslet changingthesettingstotthat
pararneterasshownin thissection
Havingcornpbtedthesetupandconfigurationprocess
for yourAVR135,youareaboutlo experiencethe
linestin musicandhometheaterlislenirgEnjoy'.