Manual

OPERATION
onesurroundbackspeakerto it.It winautomatically
combinethe/eftaridrightsurroundbad<channel
information,andoutputitthroughthesinglesurround
backspeaker,ifyouhaveconfiguredthatspeaker
usingtheS PE AK ER S ET UP menu(Figure6
onpage18).
Whena standadanalogshoalis inuse,onlythe"U'
and"R"indicatorswilllight,asanalogsignalshave
onlyleftandrightchannels
Digitalsignals,howeverlmay/lavetwo,five,sixor
sevenchannels,dependingontheprogrammaterial,
themethodof transmissionandthewayinwhichit
waseucodedWhena digihl signalis playing,thelet-
tersintheseindicatorswilllightin responseto the
spedficsignalbeingreceived.It isimportantto note
lbatalthoughDolbyDigital,totexample,is reterredto
asa "5.I" system,notallDolbyDigitalDVDsor pro
gramsareencoded1or51. Thus,it issometimesnor
realtora DVDwilt_a DolbyDigitalsoundtrackto trig-
geronlythe"U'arid"R"indicatets
NOTE:Many[)'VDdiscsarerecordedwithboth"5,1"
and"20" versionsof thesaruesoun@ack,When
phyinga DVD,alwaysbecertainto checkthetypeof
materialonthedisc Mostdiscsshowthisinforma%n
inthe1armof a listingoriconon thebackof thedisc
jacket,Whena discdoesoffermultiplesoundtmck
choices,youmayhaveto makesomead]usth_entsto
yourDVDplayer(usuallywiththe"AudioSelect"bulton
or ina menuscreenonthedisc)to senda full51
feedto theMR 135. It isalsopossibleforthetypeof
signalfeedto changeduringthecourseof a DVD
phyback.Insomecases,thepreviewsof special
matenalwillonlybe recordedin 20 audio,whilethe
mainfeatureisavailablein5.1 audio.The/4VR135
willautornaticallysensechangesto thebitstreamand
channelcountaridreflectthemintheseindicators
ThelettersusedbytueSpeakedChannelInput
_ndicators_ alsoflashto indicatewhena bitsl_esm
hasbeenin, [e-mail] digital
inputsourceis selectedbeforetheplaybackstarts,or
whe_a digitalsourcesuc,h asa DVDispaused.The
%sbingirdicatursremindyouthattlle playbackhas
stoppeddueto theabsenceof a digitalsignalandnot
throughanyfaultof theMR t 35 Thisisnormal,and
thedigitalplaybackwillresumeoncetheplaybackis
startedagain,
Night Mode
A specialteatureofDolbyDigitalistheNightmode,
whichenablesspeciallyencodedDoby Digitalinput
sourcesto beplayedbackwithfulldigitalintelligibility
whilereducingtheminimumpeaklevelby 1/4 to 1/3
Thisp_eventsabruptlyloudtransitionsfromdisturbing
others,withoutreducingtheimpactofthedigital
source,TheNightmodeisavailableonlywhenDolby
Digitalsignalswithspecialdataarebeingplayed
TheNightmodemaybeengagedwhena Dolby
DigitalDVDisplayi%by pressingtheNight Mode
Button0 on theremote.Next,presstheA/'_"
Buttons_ teselecteitherthemiddlerangeor
tullcompressionversionsof theNightmodeToturn
theNightmodeoft pressthe,a,/v Buttons@
untilthemessageinthelowerthirdofthevideodis
playandintheLower DisplayLine_ reads
D-RANGEOFF
TheNightmodemayalsobeselectedto alwaysbe on
at eitherlevelofcompressionusingtheoptionsinthe
D0 L BY menuSeepage17tor informationon
usi%themenustosetthisoption
IMPORTANTNOTESONDIGITALPLAYBACK:
• Whenthedi@alplaybacksourceisstopped,or
in a pause,tast-to_vvardorchapteesearchmode,
thedigitalaudiodatawillmomentarilystop,the
channelpositionlettersinsidetheSpeaRed
Channelinput Indicators_ willflash,andthe
UNL 0 CK messagewillappearintheLower
DisplayLine_ Thisisnormalanddoesnot)rid)
catea p_oblemwitheitherthe9_R135 orthe
sourcemachineTheAVR135willmtumto digital
playbackassoonasthe daluisavailableandwhen
themachineisin astanda8playmode
* A/t_oughtheAVB135wtUdecodevirbJUyallcunenl
DVDmovies,CDsandHDWsources,it ispossible
thatsometuturedigitalsourcesmaynotbecompal_-
bbvdl/the AVR135,
• Notalldigitallyencodedprogramscontuinfull5.1-
or 61 channelaudio.Gonsulttheprogramguide
lbataccompaniestheDVDor laserdisctodeter
minewhichtypeof audiohasbeenrOOD/tiedonthe
discTheAVR155 winautomaticallysensethetype
of digilalsurroundencodingusedandadiustto
accommodateit,
_,Whensomedigitalsourcesareplaying,youmaynot
beabletoselectsomeof theanalogsurround
modessuchasDolbyPs LogicII,Dolby3, Stereo.
HSl,TheaterorLogic7,
_,Whena DolbyDigitalor DTSsoumeis playing,
it isnotpossibleto mareananalogreeordi%usi%
theTapeOutputs@ andVideo1Audio Outputs
@ However,thedigitalsignalswillbepassed
thro%hto theDigitalAudioOutputs@_,
POMAudio Playback
PCM(PulseCodeModulation)isther_oncornpressed
digitalaudiosyslemusedtot compactd£csendlaser
discs.ThedigitalcircuitsintheAVR135amcapableof
highqualitydigitalto analogdecoding,andtheymay
beconnecleddirectlyte thedigitalaudiooutputof)/our
CDorLDplayen
Connectionsmaybemadeto eitherthereaepanel
Opticafo_CoaxialInputs@_ orthet_ontpond
DigitalInputs_]_.
Tolistenb a PCMdigitalsource,fro{selecttheinputfor
the@siredsource(e.g.,OD)Nextpress1heDigital
Sebd Button_]_ andthenusetheA/V
Buttons_ onthetemete,orthe4/_ Sqector
Buttons_[_ onthefrontpanel,untilthedesiredchoice
appealsintheUpperDisplayLine
DuringPCMplayback,youmayselectanySurround
modeexceptFtalbyDigitalorDTS,
Tuner Operation
TheAVR135'stuneris capableof tuningAM.FMand
FMStereobroadcaststdionsStationsmaybetuned
manually,ortheymaybestoredastavoritestationpro
setsandrecalledfrorn8 30-positionmemory
StationSelection
1 PresstheAM/FMTunerSelectButton_ on
theremoteto selectthetuneras aninputThe
tunermaybeselectedfrornthefrontpanelby
eitherpressingtheInputSourceSelectorE]_
untilthetunerisactiveorby pressir_g1heTuner
BandSelector
2 PresstheAM/FMTunerSelectButton_ or
Tu_erBaredSelector_ againto switchbe_',_een
AMandFldsothatthedesiredfrequenwbandis
selected.
3 PressIbeTunerModeButton_ @ toselect
manualorautomal_ctuning,
Whenthebuttonis pressedso thatAU T 0
appearsintheLowerDisplayLineE[_each
pressof theTuningSelectors_@ willputthe
tunerh a scanmodethaiseeksthenexthkjberor
lowerfrequencystationwithacceptablesignal
strength.An A UT 0 ST TUNE D indieaflonwill
momentarilyappearv'd-_enthestolonstopsat a
stereoFMslation,andanAUTO TUNED indi
cationwillmomentarilyappearwhenanAMor
monauralFMstationistuned.Presstheluni/g but-
tonsagainb scanto thenextreceivablestation,
Whenthebuttnnis pressedso that11A NU AL
appearsintheLowerDisplayLine_ eachtap
of theSelectorwillincreasedordecreasethefre
queneybyoneincrementWhenthetunerreceives
a strongenoughdgnalforadequaterecepqon,
11AN UA L 1I"UNEb willappearin theLower
DispLayLithe
Stationsmayalsobetuneddirectlyineitherthe
automaticormanualmode.Toentera station'sfre
quencydirectl)_,firstselectJl_eAMorFMbandas
desiredbepressingtheAM/FMTunerSelect
Button 0, Next,presstheDirectButton@,