Manual

OPERATION
thedigitalsourcebypresshgtheDi@talSelect
Buttontl]_S]_ andthenusingtheA/V Buttons
0 ontheremoteorthe4/b, SelectorButtons
_[6 onthefrontpanelto chooseanyofthe
OPTICAL of-{OAXZAL inputs,asthey
appealir/theUpper DisplayLine_ oron-sateen
displayWhenhe digitalsourceis playing,the
MR 135v_illauroras%allydetectwhir/type ofdi@al
datastrearnfsbeingdecodedanddisplaythat)nfor
mesonintheUpperDisplayLine _.
DigitalBitstreamIndications
Whena digitalsourceis playing,theAVR185sel_ses
thetypeofbitstrearndatathatispresentUsi@this
information,theGrrectsur<_undmodewillautomati
rally beselectedForexample,bTSbit_ffeamsw)ll
causetheunitto switchto OTSdecoding,andDolby
DigitalbifstreamswillenableDo/byDigitaldecoding.
Whentheunit_nses PCMdatafloraCDsorLOs,you
mayselectanyoftheslandardsurroundrnodes,such
asD@byRo LogicIIor Logic7. Sincetheran%of
availablesurroundrnodesisdependeetonthetypeof
dkjit@datathatispresent,theAVR136usesa ,ariety
of indicatorsandrnessagesto lotyouknowwhattype
of si%elis presentThesemessageswillappearshortly
afterarJinputorsurroundmodeischanged,andthey
willromanintheLower DisplayLine_:_ tarabout
fivesecondsbeforefr_atportonof thed)splayreturns
b he r_orm@suaoundmodeisdicatior/
SurroundModeTypes
FarDolbyDi@talandDTSsclurces,8 threed(@t[ndi
gallonv411appear,showhgthenumberof channels
presentin_J_edet<_.Aeexampleof {1istypeof display
is3/% 1
Thefirstnumberindicateshowrnarydfscretefront
channelsignalsarepresent
A "3"tellsyou_i_atseparateflontleft,centerand
fightrightsi%alsareas,@lable.Thiswillbedisplayed
tar DobyDic/ital5.1 andDTS5.1 pro@ares
,,A "2"tellsyouflintseparaterio@loftand%ht
si%alsaeas,ailable,butthereisnodiscretecenter
channelsignaflThiswillbedisplayedtar Dolby
Digitalbitsheamsthe haveslereoprogram
marshal
£ "1"tellsyoutrrattiers isonlya manechannel
availableintheD@byDigitalbitstream
Themiddlenumberir_dioateahowmarydisoetesur
roundchannelst@isisare present
. A "2"tellsyou%@separatesurroundleftanddght
seals amavailable.ThiswillbedisplayedtarDolby
Digital5.1andDTS5.1 programs
• A "1"tellsyouthatthereis onlya single,sue'cued-
encodedsu;fourldcbanr_eLThiswillappear1or
DolbyDigitalbitstleamsff_athavematrixencodhg.
. A "0"indicatesthattherefsnosurroundobanneJ
intorma%n.Thisv/be dispk_yedfor two<shannel
stereoprogrenls
Thek,stnumberindia'.Soswhelherthereisadistaste
lowI_equerlcyeffects(LFE)channelThisisthe"1"
inthecommer_abbreviaSior_of "5.1"soundandisa
specialcharlnellflatcontainsonlybassfrequerlc)es
', A "1"tellsyouthatanLFEchaonelis press@.
Thiswillbedisplayedfor[)eli}}/Digit_151and
DTS51 pr%rams,asav@able.
• A "0"indicatesthatthereisnoLFEehan_elintor
ma_enavailableHowever,evenwhenthereisno
de@cotedLFEchannel,lowfrequencysnundwill
bepresentat thesubwooferoutputwhee_be
speakerconfi%rationissetta showtheDissents
of subvvoote
- Thei_torrnationintherightsideof lbedisplaywill
tollyouifthedigi_llaediodae entane a slJed@
fla6signallh8 willautomaScallyaetivaletheappre-
priate6,1 or 71 modeThiswillbeehovwnas
E X- 0 N or E X - 0 F F forbaldyDioitalbit-
stresmsandES - 0 N or E S- 0 FF for 0%
Mstreams
Wl'enDolbyDigital3/2/1 orDTS3/2/1 sidnalsare
beingplayed,theAVRwillautoma%allyswitchthe
propersurreundmode,andnoetherprocess)rigmay
beselected.V%ena DelbyOi@talsi@/alw(tha 3/1/0
or 2/0/(} signalisdetectedyoumayselectanyatthe
Dolbysurr,>ur_dmodes
Itis alwaysa goodideato checkthereadoutforthe
chanceldatut,emakecoda.inthaiitmatchestheaudio
logoinforma%nshownon thebackofa DYDpack-
age Insomecasesyouwillseefndealion9r "2/0/0"
evenwhentile discoonh}nsafull5 1, or3/2/. t sicj-
naJWhenthishapt£n&checktlleaudiooutputset-
%% tar yourDVDplayerortheaudiomenuselections
forIhespecificdiscbeingCoyedto makecertainhat
theplayeris sendhgthecartedsiunaltotheMR,
AnUNL OCK messagemayappearintheLower
DisplayLine_. Thisisyourindicatiortthatthedigital
audiodatastreamhasbeeninterruptedor isnolonger
presentWbentb@oc%rs,theu@'sdi@alsignal
processorhasnosi@mltu lockanD,andisthus
"unlac,ked."_oumayseethismessagewherlaDVDis
firstst{ted untiltheslreamisplayi%andtheproces
sot determineswhichmodeto apply;orary t_me_le
datastreamisstoppedor paused,suchaswbenhe
menusof somediscs,amdisplayedorwhenlbeplayer
isswitchingbetweenthedifferentsectionsof a dJsc.
Ybumayalsoseethemes_gewhena sat.ell@
,eoeivef,cableset-topor HDTVtunerisin useifrbe
digitalaudiois temporarilyinterruptedwher_channels
arechangedorwhena cableboxswitchesfroma
chal_n@witha digitaldak)str@mto a channelwith
analo,2audioonlyThe UN L 0 CK messageisnor°
ms1,ariddoesrot indicateanyproblemwithyou_
receivedRathe;it tellsyouthattheincomingdaishas
simplybee_pausedorisnotp/assettara varietyof
possible_easons.
POMPlaybackIndications
PC#distheabbreviatfontar PulseCodeModuJatsn,
v_biebis thetypeofdi_ih/signalusedtarstt<ndardOD
playbackard othernon-Do/byDigitalnodnonDT8
@@talsourcessuchasMhbDisc.Wt,ent, PCMsi%al
isdetected,theLower DisplayLine _ wJJ)briefly
showa messagewiththelett@a:'OM,inaddilontoa
readoutof thesamplingfrequencyof thedigitalsignal.
Inmostoasesthiswillbe 4 8 k Hz, thoughinthe
caseof speciallymastered,high-rosa}uticaaud)ediscs
youwillseea 96 RH z indication.
SomeDVDdiscsarerecordedwithboth"5.1"and
"20" versionsof thesareesoundtrack,Whm_p(ay(ng
a DVD,alwaysbecertainto checkthe_ypeof male@)
or_thedisc.Mostdiscsshowthisi_srma%nh the
torn-of a listingor icononthebackoflbe d)se}acket.
Whena discdoesofferm@tiplesoundt_ac.kcho(ces
youf/flayhaveto makesorneadjtSmentsb your
OVDplayer(usuallywiththe"A_dioSe/ecd'buttonor (n
a menuscreenonthedisc)to senda ?ull5.1 leadto
theA!YR135 Itisalsopossibleforteetypeofsi%at
teedto changeduringthecourseof a DYDplayback
Insomecasesthepreviewsof specialmaterialw(((
onlyberecordedh AO r{udio,_vhilethemaintec_ture
isavailablein5.1 audioAsIortg8 yourOVOp%eris
settol 6 channeloutput,the£,}R135 w)l)automati-
callysensechan(jest'_d_ebiSt_es_andchant/el
countandtel/eeLtheminthese)rid)caters
Speaker/ChannelIndicators
In addisonto thebitstrearnindicators>the_V@135
featuresa setof u@quechannel-inputindk,ato_s_l@t
tellyouhowmanychant/sisof digitalintermalionare
b@ngreceivedand/orwhetherthedigitalsigr_alis
Jetdrupted.(SeeFigu;eg,)
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Theseindic@orsaretheL/8/_/LFE/_USR/SBL/SBf_
leers thatareinsidetheenter boxesof theSpeaker/
OhannelInputbdicators _ of theIrontpanel
Rerser_DerthattheAVfi135 iscapableof procec¢in(/
a 714hannel signal,althou@_youmayonlyconned