Manual

OPERATION
Onceyouhavecompletedtheinitialsetupandconfigu
rationof theAVR135, itis simpleto operaleand
enjoyThefollowingins1Tuc17onswillhelpyoumaximize
theenjoymentof yournewreceiver:
TurningtheAVR135 Onor Off
WhenusingtheAVR135turthefist time,youmust
firstpresstheMainPowerSwitch L1 onthetent
panelto turntheuniton.Thisplacestheunitina
Standbymode,asindicatedbytheambercolorofthe
PowerIndicator_. OncetheunitisinStandby,you
maybegina listeningsessionbypressingthe
Standby/OnSwitch _ onthefrontpanel,orthe
PowerOnButton0 orAVBSete_torQ ontile
remoteThePowerIndicator_ willturnblue,This
willhrn theunitonandrehrnittotheinputsourcethat
waslastusedTheunitmayalsobe turnedon from
Slandbyby pressinganyof theInput Selector
Buttons@_ ontherernoteortheInputSource
SelectorButton_ onthefrontpanel
NOTE:Atterpressingoneof theInputSelector
Buttons@0 tohrn theuniton,presstheAVR
SelectorO to settheremotecontrolb theAVR135
fundJons
Toturnli/e unitoffat theendof a listeningsession,
simplypresstheStandby/OnSwitch D onthefront
panelorthePowerOff ButtonO ontheremote.
Powerwillbeshutofftoanyequipmentpluggedinto
the reappanelSwitchedACAccessoryOutlet
andthePowerIndicator_ willturnambe/,
Whentheremoteisusedtoturntheunit"off"itis
actually#acingthesystemina Standbymode,asindi
ratedbytheambercolorofthePowerIndicatorF_.
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presstheSleepButton@ ontheremote,Each
pressof thebuttunwilldecreasethetimebdore
shut-downinthetollowingsequence:
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ThesleeptimewillbedisplayedintheLower
DisplayLine_ anditwillcount@wnuntilthe
timehaselapsed.
Whentheprogrammedsleeptimehaselapsed,the
unitwillautomaticallyturnoff Thefront-paneldisplay
willdimto onehalfbrightnesswhentheSleepfunction
isprogrammed.TocanceltheSleeptunction,press
andholdtheSleepButton@ untiltheinformation
displayreturnsto normalbrightness;theSleep
indicatornumberswilldisappearandthewords
SL EE P 0 F F willappearintheLowerDisplay
Line
Whenyouwillbeawayfrornhomebr anexlended
periodof limeitis alwaysa goodidealo completely
turntheunitoftwiththefront-panelMain Power
NOTE:All presetmemoriesarelostif theunitislett
turnedoff byusingtheMain PowerSwitch L1 for
morethantourweeks
Source Selection
Toselecta source,pressanyof theInput
SelectorButtons@_@_) ontherernote
Theinputsourcernayalsobechangedbypressing
thefront-panelInput SourceS@ctor Button_r'_,
Eachpressof thebuttonwillmovetheinput
selectionthroughthelistof availableinputs.
Astheinputischanged,theAVR135 willaulomati
rallyswitchto thedigitalinput(ifselected),surround
mode,outputlevelsandnightmodestatusaswell
asanyspeakerconfigurationsettingsestablishedby
usingthe][ ND EP ENDE NT BassManage-
mentsetting,thatwereenteredduringtheconfigu
rationprocessbr thatsource
Thefront-panelVideo3 Inputs_'1, OptJcaI3
Digitalinput [_] ortheCoaxial3 Digitalinput _]
maybeusedto conneda devicesuchasa video
gameorcamcorderto yourhomeentertainn/ent
systemonatemporarybasis.
Astheinputsouseis changed,the newinputname
willappearnqomentarilyasanonscreendisplayin
thelowerthirdof thevideodisplay.Theinputname
willalsoappearintheUpperDisplayLine_ in
theon screendisplayandinthefront-panelInput
indicators_'_.
Whenanaudiosourceis selected,thelastvideoinput
usedremainsroutedto theVideo1VideoandS-
VideoOutputse_d,'_andVideoandS-Video
MonitorOutputs(D@. Thispermitssimultaneous
viewingandlisteningIo differentsources
6-ChanneV8-OhanneIDirectInput
TherearetwoinputchoicesavailaUefor usewith
sourcessuchasa DVDAudioorSACDplayerthat
areconnectedto the6/8-ChannelDirect Inputs
Selecttheappropriateinputacre/clingto
thewayyoursysternandsourceequipmentare
configured:
B C H D ZRECT shouldbeusedwhenthe
SBRandSBLinputsare NO[in use.TheAVR
assumesthattheinputsourcedevicehasitsown
irttemalbassmanagementsyslem.Thisinput
passestheinputfromthesourcedirectlythrough
tu thevolumecontrolwithoutanyanalogto digital
cor/versionandit mutastheunusedinputjacksto
preventunwantednoisefTominterferingwithsys
ternpertormance
,, & C H ])Z RE CT shouldbeusedwhenan
inputisconnectedto alleight8-ChannelDirect
Inputs@ TheAVRassumesthattheinput
sourcedevicehasit,_owninbmalbassmanage
meritsystem.Thisinputpassestheinputfromthe
soumedirectlythroughto thevolumecontrol
withoutanyanalogto digit_/Icor/versionandit
mutestheunusedinputjar,ksto preventunwanted
noisefrominterterirlgwithsystemperformance.
Volume Control
Adjustthevolumelo a comturtablelevelusingthe
hont panelVolumeControl_ or remoteVolume
Up/DownButtons
Totemporarilysilenceallspeakeroutputs,pressthe
MuteButton0, Thiswillinlerrupttheoutputto
allspeakersaridtheheadphonejack,butit willnot
affectanyrote/clingor dubbingthatrnaybein
progressWhenthesystemismuted,thewold
MUT E willflashintheUpperDisplayLine_.
PresstheMuteButton 0 againto returnto
normaloperation
Youmayadjustthebassandtrebletonecontrols
at anypointduringa listeningsessionbysimply
turningtheBassControl[] orTrebleControl
[] unhlthedesiredsettingis achievedYoumay
alsototally/emovethetonecontrolsfromthecircuit
sothattheoutputis"flat"at anytimeby pressing
theToneModeButtonD andthenpressingthe
4/_ Button_] sothat1"0 N E 0 F F @peas
intheonscreendisplayandtheLowerDisplay
Line_.
Forprivatelistening,plugthe1/4" stereophone
plugfrorna pairof sle/eoheadphonesintothe
hont-panelHeadphoneJack _[_ Whenthe
headphone'splugis connected,thephrase
HE ADPH ONES ]: N willscrollonceacross
1heLowerDisplayLine_ andallspeakemwill
besilencedWhentheheadphoneplugisremoved,
1heaudioreedto thespeakerswillberestured
Surround Mode Selection
Oneof themostimpoflantfeaturesof theAVR135
isitsabilitytoreproduceafullmultichannelsurround
soundfieldfromdigitalsouses,analogrnatrix
surroundencodedprogramsandstandardslereo
programs.
Selectionof a surroundmodeisbasedonpersonal
taste,aswellasthetypeofprogramsourcematerial
beingused.Forexample,motionpicturesor_ pro