Manual

OPERATION
gramsbearingthelogoofoneof themqorsurrouad
encodingpiccolos,suchasDolbySu@undor DTS
Stereo,maybeplayedineift_ertheDo/byDigital,Do]by
ProLogicIICinema.DTSNED:6Cir,emu,orLogic7
Cbemasurroundmodesdependingonthesource
material,
NOTE:Oncea programhasbeeqencodedwithmatdx
surroundinlormallon,it retainsthesurroundinformation
aslongastheprogramisbroadcastinstereo.Thus,
movieswithsurroundsoundmaybedecodedviaanyot
theanalogsurroundmodessuc,h asDolbyProL%(cII
Cinema,Logic7 CinemaorDTSNee:6Cinema,when
theyarebroadcastv_acony'or@hal1Msht_ons,{>_ble,
payTf andsal@tehansmission,Iriad@on,a growing
numberof n]ade4uFtelevisionprograms,sportsbroad
casts,radiodramasandmusicCDsa_ alsorecordedin
surroundsound.
Evenwhena programisnot/isledascarryingleten
tionalsurroundintoFnallon,youmayfindf_attheDolby
ProLogicII,Logic7 Enhancedor DTSNED:6,VMAx
a/8 theHallorTheaterrhodesottendeliverenvek>ping
surrour/dpresenta%nsthroughtheuseof thenatural
inlermetionpresentinallstereorecon]ings,
Surroundmodesmaybechangedat at_ytimeby
usingeilherthefrontpane[orremoteoonlmLAny
char_gesmadeto thesurroundmodewinberetdned
inthe£,TR'srnenu,evenaftertheAVRis placedin
Standbyrnode,Toselecta ne,_vsurroundmodefrom
theflontpauel,fiat presstheSurroundModeGroup
SelectorSuttonJ_ untila modefrarnthedesired
majorsurroundmodegroupsuchas Dolby,DTSor
Logic7 isselededNext,presstheSurroundMoee
SelectorButton_ to choosethespecificindividual
surrour/dn-lode,
Toselecta surroundmodeusingtheremote,press
the[suttonforthemajorsurroundmodegroupthat
includesthemodeyouwishtochooseflora:Day
_. DTS Surround_), DTS NED:6_i@_,
Logic7 _.t, Stereo 0 or DSPSurround
Thefirstpressof thebunionwillshowthecurrent
modefromthatgroup.Tocyclethroughdieavailable
modesinthatgroup,pressthebuttonagainur_tilthe
desiredmodeappearsintheLower DisptayLine
_, theon-screendisplayandin theSurround
ModeIndicators_]
Asthesurroundmodeschange,thechoicewillbe
displayedintheon screendisplay,intheLower
DisplayLine_ aridintheSurroundMode
indicators_]j,
TheBolbyDigital,DolbyDigitalEXa_idDTS51,
DTSESMathxandDTSESDiscretemodesmayonly
beselectedwhena digilalinputisinuse,Inaddition,
whena digitalsourceis present,theAVR135 will
automaticallyselectandswitchte thecorrectmode,
regardlessof themodethathasbeenprev)ous)y
selectedFurmoreintormal_onor_seled_ngdig_tul
scones,seetheDigitalAudioPlaybacksectionbelow
'v_henthe6 channeYSchanneldirectinputsarein
usethere(s_osurroundpuscessi%,astheseinputs
taketheanalogoutputsignalsfromanoptional,exter
nalDVDAudioor SACDp%,er,oranothersoume
deviceandcarrythemstraightthroughto thevolume
controlwithoutanytudherdigihlprooesqng
Talistento a programintraditionaltwo-channelsteaD,
usingthelrontlullandtrent@hispeakersonly(plus
thesubwoofer,ifinstalledandconfigured},pressthe
StereoButton@ untilSURR OFF appearsinthe
LowerDisplayLine_, orpresstheSurroundMode
GroupSelector_ untiltheStereomodesappearin
theon-screendisplayandLower DisplayUne
Next,pre_ theSurroundModeSelectButton
untilSUR ROUN1) 0 FF appearsir theonscreen
displayandLowerDisplayLine_,
Digital Audio Playback
Digitalaudiois a mqeradvancemerltoverolderanalog
surroundprocessingsystemssuchas DolbyProLogic.
It deliversfived)scmtechenne)s/ellfiont,cente/,right
frar_l,leftsurroundandrightsurreund.E_}r;hchannel
reproducestufffrequencyrange(20Hzto 20kHz)and
offersdramaticallyJmpreveddy_micrangeandsV_ifi
oar_improvementsto signalto noiseratios,Inaddition,
diclFa(systemshavethecapabilitytedarer anadditional
channelthatJsspeclfJ@JJydevotedk; Iow-trequcncy
inlormatior_Thisis the",1"channelrderredto whenyou
seethesesystemsdescribedas"51 i' "6.1"or"71",
Thebas,schannelisseparatetromtheofl_ercbanneln,
butsinceitisintentionallybandwidft>limited,sound
designershavegivenitthatuniquedesignation
DotbyDigital
DolbyDigitalisa standardpartof E)VE),andi8available
onspecMyencodedLDdiscsandsatellitebroadc>_sts
anditis a paf ofthehighd@itiontelevison(HE}W)
system
Anoptional,externalRFdemodulatoris requiredto
usetheAVRt 35to listento theDolbyDigitalsound
tracksasilableonlaserdiscs.ConnecttheRFoutput
of theLDplayerto thedemodulatorandthenconnect
thedigitaloutputof thedemodulatorto theOpticalor
Coaxial_nputs_]_@_ of tneR,!S135 No
demodulatoris requiredforusewithDVDplayeraor
DTS-enoodedlaserdiscs
DTS
DTSis anotherdigitalaudiosystemthati8capableof
de)ivenng5 1 orB 1 discreteor malnxsoundfield
reprodudion,£tbo%h bothDTSaridDolbyDigitalae
digital,theyusediflerentmethodsof or:codingthesig
hale,andthustheyrequiredifferentdecodingcircuits
to convertthedigitalsignalsbackto analog.
DTS-encodedsoundtraoksamaw:flabbonselectDVD
andLDdiscs,aswellas onspecialaudioonlyDTS
discsYoumayuseanyLDor CDpla/erequipped
witha digit£1outputh playOTS-encodeddiscswith
theAVR/ 35 Allthatisrequiredis toconnectthe
player'soutputb eitheranOpticalorCoaxialInput
ontherearpanel@_ orfrontpanel_
In orderto Btento DVDsencodedwithDTSsound
track,%lheDVDplayermustbecompatbbwiththe
DTSsignalasindicatedbya DTSlogoo/_thephyer's
frontpar:el,EarlyDVDplayersmaynotbeableto pray
DTSercodedDVDsThisdoesnotindicatea problem
withtheAVR135, assomeplayerscannotpassthe
D:S signalthroughto the digitaloutputs.I1you8e in
doubtas to d_eeapab@of yourDVDplayerto bar/die
DTSdiscs,consultthephyer'sowner'smanual,
IMPORTANTNOTE:ManyDVDplayershavea ddault
settingthatdoesnotpassthroughtheDT8data,even
thoughthemaehineiscapableofdoingso Ifyour
DVDplayerhasthe"DTSDigitalOut"logobutdoes
nottriggerDTSplaybackil_the£1S135, cbar/{_ethe
player'ssettingsinthe"Audio"or "Bitstmam"oonfigu
ratronmenuso tfat DTSphybackisenabledThe
methodfordoingthiswJJJvarywJheachphye£In
somecases,thepropermenuchoicevdllbe "Original,"
whfbinotheraitwillbe"DTS,"Consulttheowner's
manualforyourplayerto findthespecificinDnT,at_on
to find1hepropersetting.
Selectinga DigitalSource
Toutilizeeitherdigitalmode,youmusthaveproperly
connecteda digitalsoumet<_theAVR135 Con:_eot
thedigitaloutputsfromDVDplayera,HDTVreceivers,
satellitesystemsor CDplayersto theOpticalor
CoaxialInputs _]_@_'_, klorderto providea
backupsighalanda source%ranal%stereorecordi%,
theanalogoutpuSprovidedondigitalsourceequipment
shouldalsobeconnectedto ttefrapprapnateinpuSon
the£R 135 rearpanel(eg,,connecttheanaogslereo
audiooutput_oma DVDtotheOVDAudioInputs
ontherearpanelwhenyeucor_nect_e source's
diuitaloutputs).
Ifyou havenotalreadyconfiguredan inputtota digital
sourceusingtheonscreenmenusasshownoffpage
16,firstselecttheinputusing_heremoteorfront
panelcontrolsasoutlinedinthismanualNext,select
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