Harman Kardon AVR225 Owner's manual

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AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER AVR225

3 Introduction

4 SafetyInformaion

4 Unpacking

5 Front-PanelControls

7 Front-Pane)InformationDisplay

9 Rear-PanelConnections

11 RemoteControlfunctions

14 InstallationandConnections

115 SystemConfiguration

16 SpeakerSelectionandPbcement

16 SystemSetup

17 []sinS theOrl-SemenDisplayIb MakeConfigurationAdjustments

17 Set{in9theSystemConfigurationMemories

17 InputSetup

18 SurroundSetup

18 DelaySettings

19 NightModeS@ngs

19 SpeakerSetup

21 Cor_figudngtheSurroundOff(Stereo)Modes

21 Stereo-Direct(Bypass)Mode

21 Stereo-DigitalMode

21 OutputLevelAdjustment

21 UsingEzSet

22 ManualOutputLevelAdiustment

22 AdditionalInpulAdjustments

24 Operation

24 BasicOperation

24 SourceSelection

25 SurroundModeCharl

26 SurroundModeSelection

28 DigitalAudioPlayback

26 Selectinga DigitalSource

27 DigitalStatusIndicators

27 NightMode

28 lunerOperation

28 l@e Recording

29 OutputLevel#in Adjustment

29 6-ChannelDirectInput

30 AdvancedFeatures

30 DisplayBrightness

30 lurn-OnVolumeLevel

30 Semi-OSDSettings

31 _:uII-OSDTimeOutAdjustment

32 ProgrammingtheRemote

32 DirectCodeEntry

32 AutoSearchMethod

32 CodeReadout

33 MacroProgramming

33 ProgrammedDeviceFunctions

33 Punch-ThroughProgramrrmg

34 Volume%rich-Through

34 ChannelControlPunch-]hrough

34 %nsportControlPunch-through

34 ResettingtheRemoteMemory

36 FunctionList

38 SetupCodetables

48 _oubleshootingGuide

48 ProcessorReset

49 lechnicalSpecifications

50 Notes

TypographicalConventions

Inorderto helpyouusethismanualwithtile remotecontrol,flont-panelcontrolsandrear-panelconnections,

ce@inconventionshavebeenused.

EXAMPLE- (boldtype)indicatesaspecificremo_econtrolor front-panelbutton,orrear-panelconnectionjack

EX A11ImLE - (OCRtype)indicatesamessagethatisvisibleonthefront-panelinformationdisplay

[] - (numberin asquare)indicatesa specificfront-panelcontrol

O - (numberin acircle)indicatesarear-pane{connection

- (numberinanoval)indicatesa buttonorindicatorontheremote

[] - (letterina square)indicatesanindicatorinthefront-panelinformationdisplay

INTRODUCTION

Thankyou for choosingHarmanKardon*!With

thepurchaseofaHarmanKardonAVR225youare

aboutto beginmanyyearsoflisteningenjoyment.The

AVR225 hasbeencustom-designedto provideallthe

excitementanddetaild moviesoundtracksandevery

nuanceofmusicalselections.OnboardDoby_*Digital

andDfS_*decodingallowsyoutotakeadvantageof

thedigitalsoundtracksfromthelatestDVDreleases

andDigitallYevisionbroadcasts.

Whilecomplexdigitalsystemsarehardatworkwithin

theAVR225 tomakeallofthishappen,hookupand

operationaresimple.Color-keyedconnections,apro-

grammableremoteconlrol,andon-screenmenus

maketheAVR225easytouse.[oobtainthemaxi-

mumenjoymentfromyournewreceive_:weurgeyou

totakeafewminutestoreadthroughthismanual.

[hiswillensurethatconnectionstospeakers,source

playbackunitsandotherexternaldevicesaremade

properly.Inaddition,a fewminutesspentlearningthe

functionsofthevariouscontrolswillenableyouto

takeadvantageof allthepowertheAVR225isable

todeliver.

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthisproduct,its

installationorksoperafion,pleasecontactyourretailer

orcustominstaller.Theyareyourbestlocalsources

ofinformation,

DescriptionandFeatures

TheAVR225 isamongthemostversatileandmulti-

featuredA/Vreceiversavailable,incorporatingawide

rangeoflisteningoptions.Inadditionto bolbyDigital

andDTSdecodingfor digitalsources,abroadchoice

ofanalogsurroundmodesareavailablefor usewith

sourcessuchasCD,VCR,TVbroadcastsandthe

AVR2253 ownFM/AMtuner,Alongwiththelatest

bolbyProLogic®*IIdecodingtechnology,Dolby3

StereoandcustomFtalland[heatermodes,only

barmanKardonreceiversofferLogic7®*to createa

wider,moreenvelopingfieldenvironmentandmore

definedfly-oversandpans.AnotherHarmanKardon

exclusiveisVMAx®*,whichusesproprietaryprocess-

% tocreateanopen,spacioussoundfieldevenwhen

only_wofrontspeakersareavailable.A Stereo-Direct

modebypassesthedigitalprocessortopreserveallof

thesubtletiesd olderanalog,two-channelmaterials,

whilebassmanagementimprovesyourabilitytotailor

thesoundtosuityourroomacousticsortaste.

Inaddition_oprovidingawiderangeoflistening

options,theAVR225iseasyto configuresothatit

providesthebestresultsv4thyourspeakersandspe-

cificlistening-roomenvironment.On-screenmenus

makeit simpletoenterset_ingsforspeakers,inputs

anddelaytimes,whileourexclusiveEzSet'_"remote

measuresthesystem'ssoundlevelsandautomatically

calibratesthemfor aperfectlybahncedsoundfield

presentation.

TOTHEUSER

[his equipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomply

withthelimitsfora ClassBdigitaldevice,pursuantto

Part15of theFCCRules,Theselimitsaredesigned

to providereasonableprotectionagainstinterference

ina residentia}area.[his devicegeneratesanduses

radiofrequencyenergyandif notinstalledandused

inaccordancewiththeinstructions,itmaycause

interferencetoradioorTVreception.

IfthisunitdoescauseinterferencewithFVorradio

reception,youcantrytocorrecttheinterferenceby

oneor moreofthefollowingmeasures:

A.Reorientor relocatethereceivingantenna.

B.Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipment

andthereceiver.

C.Plugtheequipmentintoadifferentoutletsothatit

isnotonthesamecircuitasthereceiver.

Ifnecessary,consultthedealeror anexperienced

radio/lVtechnicianforadditionalsuggestions.

CAUTION:

Changesor modificationstothisequipmentnot

expresslyapprovedbyharmanconsumergroup

forcot@fiancecouldvoidtheuser'sauthorityto

operatethisequipment.

Fortheultimateinflexibility,theAVR225 features

connectionsforfivevideodevices,allwithbothcom-

positeandS-Videoinputs,indudingthefront-panel

inputs.IVvoadditionalaudioinputsareavailable,anda

totalofsixdigitalinputsmaketheAVR225 capabled

handlingallthelatestdigitalaudiosources.Coaxand

opticaldigitaloutputsarealsoavailablefordirectcon-

nectiontodigitalrecorders.TWOvideorecordingout-

putsandasix-channelinputmaketheAVR225

virtuallyfuture-prodwitheverythingneededto

accommodatetomorrow'snewformatsrightonboard.

the AVR225'spowerfulamplifierusestraditional

HarmanKardonhigh-currentultrawide-bandwidth

designtechnologies.

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ACPOWERCORDCONNECTIONCAUTION:

TOPREVENTELECTRICSHOCK,MATCHWIDE

BLADEOFPLUG[0 WIDESLO[ FtLLYNSERE

HarmanKardoninventedthehigh4idelityreceiver

almostfiftyyea_sago.Withstate-of-the-artcircuitry

andtime-honoredcircuitdesigns,theAVR225 isone

ofthefinestreceiverseverofferedbyHarmanKardon.

• OnboardDolby"* Digitaland DTS_*Decoding

UsingCrystal®*ChipTechnology

• HarmanKardon'sExclusiveLogic7_*and

VMAx®*Modes

• DolbyLaboratories'LatestPro Logid* II

DecodingTechnology

• llllll3z$_r*RemoteAutomaticallySetsOutput

Levelsfor OptimumPedormance

• Stereo-DirectModefor Two-ChannelSources

BypassesDSPProcessingToPreservethe

IntegrityofAnalogMaterials

• Stereo-DirectModefor ProgrammableBass

Managementof LowFrequenciesBetween

MainSpeakersandSubwoofer

• Front-PanelDigitalInputsfor EasyConnection

to PortableDigitalDevicesandtheLatest

VideoGameConsoles

• MultipleDigitalInputsandOutputs

• On-ScreenMenuand DisplaySystem

• 6-ChannelDirectInputfor UseWith DVD-

AudioPlayers,OtherProductsWithInternal

SurroundDecodersor ExternalSurround

Decoders

• Color-CodedInput,Outputand Speaker

TerminalsComplyWiththe LatestCEA

Standardsfor EasyInstallation

CAUTION

CAUTION: To reduce the risk

of electric shock,

do not remove cover (or back).

No user-serviceable parts inside.

Refer servicing to

qualified service personnel.

_1 The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,

within an equilateral triangle, is intended to

alert the user to the presence of uninsulated

'dangerous voltage" within the product's

enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a

risk of electric shock to persons.

_lk The point an equilateral

exc_amatioa within

triangle is intended to alert the user to the

presence of important operating and

maintenance (servicing) instructions in the

literature accompanying the appliance.

SAFETY INFORMATION

Important Safety Information

VerifyLineVoltageBeforeUse

YourAVR225hasbeendesignedfor usewith120-

voltACcurrent.Connectiontoalinevoltageotherthan

thatforwhichit isintendedcancreatea safetyand

firehazardandmaydamagetheunit.

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthevoltagerequirements

foryourspecificmodel,oraboutthelinevoltageinyour

area,contactyoursellingdealerbeforepluggingtheunit

intoawalloutlet.

DoNot UseExtensionCords

Io avoidsafetyhazards,useonlythepowercord

attachedtoyourunit.Wedonotrecommendthat

extensioncordsbeusedwiththisproduct.Aswithall

electricaldevices,donotrunpowercordsunderrugs

orcarpetsor placeheavyobjectsonthem.Damaged

powercordsshouldbereplacedimmediatelybyan

authorizedservicecenterwithacordmeetingfactory

specifications.

HandletheACPowerCordGently

WhendisconnectingthepowercordfromanACout-

let,alwayspulltheplug,neverpullthecord.Ifyoudo

notintendto usetheunitforanyconsiderablelength

oftime,disconnecttheplugfromtheACoutlet.

DoNotOpenthe Cabinet

Therearenouser-serviceablecomponentsinsidethis

product.Openingthecabinetmaypresentashock

hazard,andanymodificationtotheproductwillvoid

yourguarantee.Ifwateroranymetalobjectsuchasa

paperclip,wireor astapleaccidentallyfallsinsidethe

unit,disconnectitfromtheACpowersourceimmedi-

atelyandconsultanauthorizedservicestation.

CATVor AntennaGrounding

Ifanoutsideantennaorcablesystemisconnectedto

thisproduct,becertainthatitisgroundedso asto pro-

videsomeprotectionagainstvoltagesurgesandstatic

charges.Section810 oftheNationalElectricalCode,

ANSI/NFPANo.70-1984,providesinformationwith

respecttopropergroundingofthemastandsupporting

s[rudure,groundingofthelead-inwiretoanantenna

dischargeunit,sized groundingconductors,locationof

antennadischargeunit,connectiontogroundingelec-

trodesandrequirementsd thegroundingelectrode.

NOTETOCATVSYSTEMINSTALLER:Thisreminder

isprovidedto calltheCATV(CableIV) system

installer'sattentiontoarticle820-40 ofthe NECthat

providesguidelinesfor propergroundingand,in par-

ticular,specifiesthatthecablegroundshallbecon-

nectedtothegroundingsystemofthebuilding,as

closetothepointofcableentryaspossible.

InstallationLocation

• 1oensureproperoperationandtoavoidthepoten-

tialforsafetyhazards,placetheunitonafirmand

levelsurface.Whenplacingtheunitonashelf,be

certainthattheshelfandanymountinghardware

cansupporttheweightoftheproduct.

• Makecertainthatproperspaceisprovidedboth

aboveandbelowtheunitfor ventilation.Ifthis

productwillbeinstalledina cabinetorother

enclosedarea,makecertainthatthereissufficient

airmovementwithinthecabinet.Undersome

circumstancesafanmayberequired.

• Donotplacetheunitdirectlyona carpetedsurface.

• Avoidinstallationinextremelyhotor coldlocations,

or anareathatisexposedtodirectsunlightor

heatingequipment.

Avoidmoistor humidlocations.

Donotobstructtheventilationslotsonthetopof

the unit,orplaceobjectsdirectlyoverthem.

Cleaning

Whentheunitgetsdirty,wipeitwithaclean,soft,dry

cloth.Ifnecessary,wipeitwithasoftclothdampened

withmildsoapywater,thenafreshclothwithclean

water.Wipedryimmediatelywithadrycloth.NEVER

usebenzene,aerosolcleaners,thinner,alcoholorany

othervolatilecleaningagent.Donotuseabrasiveclean-

ers,astheymaydamagethefinishd metalparts.Avoid

sprayinginsecticideneartheunit.

Movingthe Unit

Beforemovingtheunit,becertainto disconnectany

interconnedioncordswithothercomponents,and

makecertainthatyoudisconnecttheunitfromthe

ACoutlet.

ImportantInformationfor the User

lhis equipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomply

withthelimitsfora Class-Bdigitaldevice,pursuantto

Part15 oftheFCCRules.lhe limitsaredesignedto

providereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterfer-

enceina residentialinstallation,lhis equipmentgener-

ates,usesandcanradiateradio-frequencyenergyand,if

notinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththeinstruc-

tions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocom-

munication.However,thereisnoguaranteethatharm-

fulinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.

Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferenceto

radioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedetermined

byturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuseris

encouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneor

moreofthefollowingmeasures:

• Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

• Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentand

receiver.

• Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuit

differentfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected.

• Consultthedealeror anexperiencedradio/FVtech-

nicianforhelp.

lhis devicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.

Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:

(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,

and(2)thisdevicemustacceptinterferencereceived,

includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesired

operation.

NOTE:Changesor modificationsmaycausethisunit

tofailtocomplywithPart15 oftheFCCRulesand

mayvoidtheuser'sauthorityto operatetheequip-

ment.

Unpacking

lhe cartonandshippingmaterialsusedto protectyour

newreceiverduringshipmentwerespeciallydesigned

tocushionitfromshockandvibration.Wesuggest

thatyousavethecartonandpackingmaterialsfor use

inshippingif youmove,or shouldtheuniteverneed

repair.

Io minimizethesizeofthecartonin storage,youmay

wishtoflattenit.lhis isdonebycarefullyslittingthe

tapeseamsonthebottomandcollapsingthecarton.

Othercardboardinsertsmaybestoredinthesame

manner.Packingmaterialsthatcannotbecollapsed

shouldbesavedalongwiththecartonin a plasticbag.

Ifyoudo notwishto savethepackagingmaterials,

pleasenotethatthecartonandothersectionsofthe

shippingprotectionarerecyclable.Pleaserespectthe

environmentanddiscardthosematerialsata local

recyclingcenter.

Atthistimeyoushouldremovetheprotectiveplastic

filmfromthefront-panellens.Leavingthefilminplace

mayaffecttheperformanceofyourremotecontrol.

FRONT- PANEL CONTROLS

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[] MainPowerSwitch

[] SystemPowerControl

[] PowerIndicator

[] l--leadphoneJack

[] SelectorButtons

[] ToneMode

[] SurroundModeSelector

[] [_dningSelector

[] AMIFMSelector

[] PresetStationsSelector

[] InputSourceSelector

[] !uningModeSelector

[] DigitalOptical3 Inpul

[] DigitalCoax3Jack

[] Video4 VideoInputJacks

[] Video4 AudioInputJacks

[] BassControl

[] BalanceControl

[] 7ebleControl

[] VolumeControl

[] SetBut{on

[] Inputindicators

[] Delay

[] DigitalInputSelector

[] MainInformationDisplay

[] ChannelSelectButton

[] SpeakerSelectButton

[] lestloneSelector

[] SurroundModeIndicators

[] RernoteSensorWindow

[] MainPowerSwitch: Pressthisbuttontoapply

powertotheAVR225.Whentheswitchispressed

in,theunitisplacedinaStandbymode,asindicated

bytheamberLEO[] surroundingtheS]/stem

PowerControl I_II.[his buttonMUSIbepressedin

to operatetheunit.Io turnthe unitoffandprevent

theuseofthe remotecontrol,thisswitchshouldbe

presseduntilit popsoutfromthefrontpanelsothat

theword"OFF"maybereadatthetopof theswitch.

NOTE:Thisswitchisnormallyleftinthe"ON"position.

[] SystemPowerControl:WhentheMainPower

Switch[] is"ONj'pressthisbuttontoturnonthe

AVR225;pressitagaintolurntheunitoff.NoteIhat

thePowerIndicator[] surroundingtheswitchwill

turngreenwhentheunitison.

[] PowerIndicator:ThisLEDwillbeilluminatedin

amberwhentheunitisintheStandbymodetosignal

thattheunitisreadyto beturnedon,Whentheunit

isinoperation,theindicatorwillturngreen.Should

theindicatorturnred,turntheunitoffusingthe

MainPowerSwitch[] andcheckthespeaker

wireconnectionsto makecertainthatthereareno

shortcircuits.

[] HeadphoneJack:Thisjackmaybeusedto listen

totheAVR2253outputthroughapairofheadphones.

BecertainthattheheadphoneshaveastandardW'

stereophoneplug.Notethatthemainroomspeakers

willautomaticallybeturnedoffwhentheheadphone

jackisinuse.

[] SelectorButtons:Whenyouareestablishingthe

AVR225'sconfigurationsettings,usethesebuttonsto

selectfromthechoicesavailable,asshownintheMain

InformationDisplay[],

[] ToneMode:Pressingthisbuttonenablesordis-

ablestheBassandl_ebletonecontrols,Whenthe

buttonispressedsothatthewords1"0 NE _ N

appearintheMain InformationDispla_y[], the

settingsoftheBass[] andTreble[] controlsmay

beusedtoadjusttheoutputsignals.Whenthebutton

ispressedsothatthewordsT 0NE 0 U1"appear

intheMain InformationDisplay[], theoutputsig-

nalwillbe"flati'withoutanybassortreblealteration,

nomatterhowtheactualBassandTrebleControls

l'i][] areadjusted.

[] SurroundModeSelector:Pressthisbuttonto

changethesurroundmodebyscrollingthroughthelist

ofavailablemodes.Notethatdependingonthetype

FRONT- PANEL CONTROLS

ofinput,somemodesarenotalwaysavailable,(See

page25for moreinformationaboutsur_-oundmodes.)

[] TuningSelector:Presstheleftsideofthebutton

totunelower-frequencysta%nsandtherightsideof

thebutlontotunehigher-frequencystations.Whena

stationwithastrongsignalisreached,theTuned

Indicator_ willbeilluminatedintheMain

InformationDisplay_k'4],

InManualtuningmode,tapthebuttonlightlyandnote

thatthetunerwillstepuponefrequencyincrementper

bud.onpress.Whentheb@or_isheldforafewsec-

ondsyouwillnotethattheunitwillquicklyadvance

throughthefrequencyband.Releaseitandthetuner

willstop.InAutotuningmode,eachpressofthebut-

tonwillsearchforthenextstationwithanacceptable

sign&Pressandholdthebuttonto skipthroughthe

acceptablestations.Whenthebuttonisreleased,the

tunerwillnotstopuntilit reachesa stationwithan

acceptablefrequency

to switchbackandforthb@weentheAutoand

Manualtun)rigmodes,presstheTuningMode

Selectori'_,

[] AM/FMSelector:Pressingthisbuttonwillauto-

maticallyswitchtheAVR225 tothe tunermode.

Pressingit againwillswitchbetweentheAMandFM

frequencybands.(Seepage28 formoreinformation

oil thetuner.}

[] PresetStationsSelector:Pressthisbuttonto

scrollupordownthroughthelistofstationsthathave

beenenteredintothepresetmemory.(Seepage28

formoreinformationontunerpresets.)

[] InputSourceSelector:Pressthisbuttonto

changetheinputbyscrollingupordownthroughthe

listofinputsources.

[] TuningModeSelector:Pressthisbuttontoselect

Autoor Manualtuning.Whenthebu_tonispressedso

thattheAutoIndicator[] lights,thetunerwillsearch

forthenextstationwithanacceptablesignalwhenthe

TuningSelector[]_l_ ispressed.Whenthebutton

ispressedsothattheAutoIndicator[] isnotI)t,

eachpressd theTuningSelector[]_}t will

increasethefrequencyThisbuttonmayalsobe usedto

switchbetweenStereoandMonomodesforFMradio

reception.Whenweakreceptionisencountered,press

thebuttonuntiltheStereoIndicator[] goesoutto

switchtoMonoreception.Pressandholdagainto

switchbacktoStereomode,(Seepage28for more

informationonusingthetuner,)

[] DigitalOptical3 Input:Connecttheopticaldigital

audiooutputofanaudioofvideoproducttothisjack.

Whentheinputisnotinuse,beceriaintokeepthe

plasticcapinstalledtoavoiddustcontaminationthat

migh_degradefutureperformance.

[] DigitalCoax3 Jack: thisjack isusedforcon-.

nectiontotheoutputofportableaudiodevices,video

gameconsolesorotherproductsthathaveacoax

digitalaudiojack.

[] Video4VideoInputJacks:Thesejacksmay

beusedfor_emporaryconnectiontothecompositeor

S-Videooutputofvideogames,camcordersorother

portablevideoproducts.

[] Video4 AudioInputJacks:Theseaudiojacks

maybeusedfortemporaryconnectiontovideo

gamesorporlableaudio/videoprodudssuchas

camcordersandpor_abteaudioplayers.

[] BassControl:turnthiscontroltomodifythelow-

frequencyoutputoftheleftkightchannelsbyasmuchas

+10dB,whentheunitisinthe"SurroundOff"mode.S@

thiscontroltoa su_ablepositionforyod tasteor_oorn

acoustics,

[] BalanceControl:Iurnthiscontroltochangethe

relativevolumeforthefrontleft/rightchannels.

NOTE:Forproperoperationofthesurroundmodes

thiscontrolshouldbeatthemidpointor"12 o'clock"

position.

[] TrebleControl:Funthiscontroltomodifytilehigh-

fequencyoutputoftheleft/rightchannelsbyasmuchas

+lOdB,whentheunitisinthe"SurroundOff"mode.Set

thiscontroltoa suitablepositionforyourtasteorroom

acoustics.

[] VolumeControl:turnth)sknobclockwiseto

increasethevolume,counterclockwisetodecrease

thevolume.Iftile AVR225ismuted,adjustingthe

VolumeControl[]_ willautomalicallyrelease

theunitfromthesilencedcondition,

[] SetButton:Whenmakingchoicesduringthe

setupandconfigurationprocess,pressthisb@onto

enterthedesiredsettingasshownintheMainInfor-

mationDisplay[] intotheAVR22B'smemory,the

Setbuttonmayalsobeusedtochangethedisphy

brightness(seepage30).

[] InputIndicators:A greenLEDwilllightin frontof

the)nputthatiscurrentlybeingusedasthesourcefor

theAVR225.

[] Delay:Pressthisbuttontobeginthesequence

ofstepsrequiredto enterdelaytimesettings.(See

page18for moreinformationon delaytimes.)

[] DigitalInputSelector:Whenplayingasource

thathasadigitaloutput,pressthisbuttontoselect

betweentheOptical_ andCoaxial_lJ_

digitalinputsortos@ectthesource'sanaloginput

(Seepages26-28 formoreinformationondigilal

audio,)

[] MainInformationDisplay:Thisdisplaydelivers

messagesandstatusindicationstohelpyouoperate

thereceiver.(Seepages7-8 for a completeexplana-

tiond theInformationDisplay.)

[] ChannelSelectButton:Pressthisbuttonto

begintheprocessoftrimmingthechanneloutputlev-

elsusinganexternalaudiosource.(Formoreinforma-

tiononoutputleveltrimadjustment,seepage29.)

[] SpeakerSelectButton:Pressthisbuttonto

begintheprocessofconfiguringtheunittomatchthe

typeofspeakersusedinyourlisteningroom.(See

pages19-21 formoreinformationonspeakersetup

aridconfiguration.)

[] TestToneSelector:Pressthisbuttonto begin

theprocessofadjustingthechanneloutputlevels

usingtheinternaltesttoneasareference.(FOrmore

informationonoutputleveladjustment,seepage21,)

[] SurroundModeIndicators:A greenLEDwill

lightinfrontofthesurroundmodethatiscurrently

in use,

[] RemoteSensorWindow:Thesensorbehind

thiswindowreceives)nfraredsignalsfromtherem@e

control,Aimtherem@eatthisareaanddonotblock

or coverit,

FRONT-PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY

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[] BitstreamIndicators

[] DFSModeIndicator

[] DolbyDigitalIndicator

[] DolbyProLogicIIIndicator

[] Dolby3 Stereo/StereoIndicator

[] OSDIndicator

[] DSPModeIndicator

[] VMAxModeIndicators

[] Logic7 ModeIndicators

[] PresetNumber/Sleeprimer

[] NightModeIndicator

[] Speaker/ChannelInputIndicators

[] PresetIndicator

[] SleepIndicator

[] MemoryIndicator

[] StereoIndicator

[] lunedIndicator

[] AutoIndicator

[] MainInformationDisplay

[] AnalogInputIndicator

[] CoaxialDigitalInputIndicators

[] OpticalDigitalInputIndicators

[] Bit_eamIndicators:Whentheinputisadigital

soume,oneoftheseindicatorswilllighttodisplaythespe-

cifictypeofdaasignalinuse.

[] DTSModeIndicator:[his indicatorlightswhena

DlS-encodedsourceisplayingandDISSurround

decodingisinuse.

[] DolbyDigitalIndicator:[hisindicatorlights

whena DolbyDigitalsourceisbeingplayedandDolby

Digitalsurrounddecodingisinuse.

[] DolbyProLogicIIIndicator:[his indicatorlights

whentheDolbyProLogicIImodehasbeenselected.

• It ispossibletoseetheDolbyProLogicIIindicator

litsimultaneouslywiththeDolbyDigitalindicator,

eventhoughtheDolbyDigitalsurroundmodehas

beenselected.[his isduetothespecificationsfor

DolbyDigitalprocessing,whichrequirethattheDolby

ProLogicIImodebeusedanytimeatwo-channel

Dolbysignalisdetected.

• Ifyoudesire5.1-channelaudio,checktheaudio

settingsinthemenusfor bothyourDVDplayerand

yourDVDdisctomakesurethata5,1-channel

DolbyDigitalsoundtrackisavailableandhasbeen

selected,

[] Dolby3StereolStereoIndicator:lhe entire

indicatorlightswhentheDolby3 Stereomodehas

beenselected,Whenthesurroundmodesareturned

offsothattwo-channelstereoplaybackisin use,only

the"ST"indicatorwilllight.

[] OSDIndicator:WhentheOnScreenDisplay

(OSD)systemisinuse,thisindicatorlightstoremind

youthattheotherindicatorsinthisdisplaydonot

functionwhentheOSDisbeingused.

[] DSPModeIndicator:lhis indicatorlightswhen

anyofthesurroundmodescreatedbyDigitalSignal

Processing,or DSRarein use.lhese modesinclude

Hall1,Hall2, the[heaterModeand5-Channel

Stereo.

[] VMAxModeIndicators:lheselightwhenthe

VMAxmodeisin use,VMAx F appearswhenthe

FarFieldVMAxmodeisselected;V11Ax N appears

whentheNearFieldVMAxmodeisselected.(See

page25for a descriptionoftheVMAxmodes.)

[] Logic7 ModeIndicators:lhese indicatorslight

whenthe Logic7 modeisinuse.LOGI C "7C

appearsfortheCinemaversion;LOGI C "711

appearsfortheMusicversionof Logic7.(Seepage

25for a descriptionoftheLogic7modes.)

[] PresetNumber/SleepTimer:Whenthetuneris

inuse,thesenumbersindicatethespecificpreset

memorylocationinuse.(Seepage28for moreinfor-

mationonpresetstations.)WhentheSleepfunctionis

inuse,thesenumbersshowhowmanyminutes

remainbeforetheunitgoesintotheStandbymode.

(Seepage24for informationontheSleepfunction.)

[] NightModeIndicator:lhis lightswhenthe

AVR225 isintheNightmode,whichpreservesthe

dynamicrangeofdigitalprogrammaterialatlowvol-

umelevels,lhis modeisonlyavailablewithspecially

encodedDolbyDigitalsources.(Seepage27for a

descriptionoftheNightmode.)

[] Speaker/ChannelInputIndicators:lheseindica-

torsaremultipurpose,indicatingeitherthespeakertype

selectedforeachchannelortheincomingdata-signal

configuration,lhe left,center,right,rightsurroundand

leftsurroundspeakerindicatorsarecomposedd three

boxes,whilethesubwooferisasinglebox.lhe center

boxlightswhena"Small"speakerisselected,andthe

twoouterboxeslightwhen"Large"speakersare

selected.Whennoneoftheboxesarelitforthecenter,

surroundor subwooferchannels,nospeakerhasbeen

assignedtooned thosepositions.(Seepage19for

moreinformationonconfiguringspeakers.)lheletters

insideeachd thecenterboxesdisplayactiveinput

channels.Forstandardanaloginputs,onlytheLandR

willlight,indicatingastereoinput.Whena digitalsource

isplaying,theindicatorswilllighttodisplaythechannels

beingreceivedatthedigitalinput.Whentheletters

flash,thedigitalinputhasbeeninterrupted.(Seepage

27for moreinformationontheChannelIndicators.)

[] PresetIndicator:lhis indicatorlightswhenthe

tunerisin usetoshowthatthePresetNumber/

SleepTimer[] isshowingthestation'spreset

memorynumber.(Seepage28 formoreinformation

ontunerpresets.)

FRONT-PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY

[] SleepIndicator:lhis indicatorlightswhenthe

Sleepfunctionisinuse,lhe numbersinthePreset

Number/SleepTimer[] willshowtheminutes

remainingbeforetheAVR225goesintothe Standby

mode,(Seepage24 formoreinformationontheSleep

function,)

[] MemoryIndicator:lhis indicatorflasheswhen

enteringpresetsandotherinformationintothetuner's

memory.

[] StereoIndicator:ThisindicatorlightswhenanFM

stationisbeingtunedinstereo,lhis indicatordiffersfrom

theindicatorthatlightswhenthesurrounddecoding

modesareturnedof[ whichisdescribedaboveasthe

Dolby3 Stereo/StereoIndicatorr_l,

[] TunedIndicator:lhis indicatorlightswhenastation

isbeingreceivedwithsufficientsignalstrengthto pro-

videacceptablelisteningquafity,

[] AutoIndicator:lhis indicatorlightswhenthe

tuner'sAutomodeisin use,

[] MainInformationDisplay:lhis displayshows

messagesrelatingtothestatus,inputsource,surround

mode,tuner,volumelevelor otheraspectsofthe

AVR225'soperation.

[] AnalogInputIndicator:lhis indicatorlightswhen

ananaloginputsourcehasbeenselected,

[] CoaxialDigital InputIndicators:lhese indicators

lighttoshowwhenacoaxialdigitalaudioinputhas

beenselected,

[] OpticalDigitalInputIndicators:lhese indicators

lighttoshowwhenanopticaldigitalaudioinputhas

beenselected,

NOTE:Seepage26for informationonassigningeither

ananaloginputoroneofthedigitalaudioinputsto the

sourcecurrentlyinuse,

REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS

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0 AMAntenna

FMAntenna

_) CDInputs

0 I@e Outputs

_) I@e Inputs

O RemoteIRInput

RemoteIROutput

SubwooferOutput

_:rontRightSpeakerOutputs

SurroundRightSpeakerOutputs

CenterSpeakerOutputs

SurroundLeftSpeakerOutputs

i_) _:rontLeftSpeakerOutputs

_) SwitchedACAccessoryOutlet

UnswitchedACAccessoryOutlet

ACPowerCord

OpticalDigitalAudioOutput

CoaxialDigitalAudioOutput

i_) VideoMonitorS-VideoOutput

_}) DVDS-VideoInput

_} CoaxialDigitalAudioInputs

Video1S-VideoInput

Video1S-VideoOutput

OpticalDigitalAudioInputs

Video2S-VideoInput

_}_Video2S-VideoOutput

Video3S-VideoInput

6-ChannelDirectInputs

_) VideoMonitorCompositeVideoOutput

DVDCompositeVideoInput

DVDAudioInputs

Video1CompositeVideoInput

Video1AudioInputs

Video1CompositeVideoOutput

Video1AudioOutputs

Video2CompositeVideoInput

Video2AudioInputs

Video2CompositeVideoOutput

Video2AudioOutputs

Video3CompositeVideoInput

Video3AudioInputs

0 AMAntenna:ConnecttheAMloopantennasup-

pliedwiththereceivertotheseterminals.Ifanexternal

AMantennaisused,makeconnectionstotheAM and

GNDterminalsinaccordancewiththeinstructions

suppliedwiththeantenna.

FMAntenna:Connectthesuppliedindoor(oran

optionalexternal)FMantennatothisterminal.

CDInputs:Connectthesejackstotheoutputof

acompactdiscplayeror CDchanger.

0 TapeOutputs:Connectthesejackstothe

RECORD/INPUTjacksofanaudiorecorder.

TapeInputs:Connectthesejackstothe

PLAY/OUTjacksofanaudiorecorder.

RemoteIRInput: IftheAVR225'sfront-panel

IRsensorisblockedduetocabinetdoorsorother

obstructions,anexternalIRsensormaybeused.

Connecttheoutputofthesensortothisjack,

RemoteIROutput:lhis connectionpermitsthe

IRsensorinthereceivertoserveotherremote-

controlleddevices.Connectthisjacktothe"IRIN'jack

on HarmanKardon(orothercompatible)equipment.

SubwooferOutput:Connectthisjack totheline-

levelinputofapoweredsubwoofer,If anexternalsub-

wooferamplifierisused,connectthisjacktothesub-

wooferamplifierinput.

_) FrontSpeakerOutputs:Connectthese

outputstothematching+ or- terminalsonyourfront

speakers.Whenmakingspeakerconnections,always

makecertainto maintaincorrectpolaritybyconnecting

theblackterminaltothenegative(-) terminalonthe

speakers.Connectthewhiteterminaltothepositive

(+)terminalontheleftfrontspeaker,theredterminal

tothepositive(+) terminalontherightfrontspeaker

andthegreenterminaltothepositive(+) terminalon

thecenterfrontspeaker.Newerspeakersmayhave

matchingcolorterminalsinaccordancewiththenew

REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS

CEAspecifications,whileexistingspeakerstypically

usearedterminalforthepositive(+) speakerwire

connection,(Seepage14for moreinformationon

speakerpolarity,)

i]_ SurroundSpeakerOutputs:Connectthese

outputstothematching+ or - terminalsonyourleft

andrightsurroundspeakers,Whenmakingspeaker

connectionsalwaysmakecertaintomaintaincorrect

polaritybyconnectingtheblackterminaltothenega-

tive(-) terminalonthespeakers,Connecttheblue

terminaltothepositive(+) terminalontile leftsur-

roundspeakerandthegrayterminaltothepositive

(+)terminalontherightsurroundspeaker.Newer

speakersmayhavematchingcolorterminalsinaccor_

dancewiththenewCEAspecifications,whileexisting

speakerstypicallyusearedterminalforthepositive

(÷)speakerwireconnedion,(Seepage14formore

informationonspeakerpolarity.)

SwitchedACAccessoryOutlet:Thisoutletmay

beusedto poweranydeviceyouwishto haveturned

onor offatthesametimeastheAVR225,Anydevice

connectedtothisoutletwillbeoffwhentheAVR225

isintheStandbymode,andpowerwillbesuppliedto

tile outletwhentheAVR225isturnedon,

UnswitchedACAccessoryOutlet:Thisoutlet

maybeusedto poweranyACdevice.Thepowerwill

remainonatthisout}atregardlessofwhetherthe

AVR225 isonoroff,

NOTE:Thetotalpowerconsumptionofaftdevices

connectedto theaccessoryoutletsshouldnotexceed

100watts.Donotconnectpoweramplifiersor other

high-currentdrawdevicestotheseout)e_s.

ACPowerCord:ConnecttheACplugtoan

unswitchedACwalloutlet.

OpticalDigital AudioOutput:Connectthisjack

tothematchillgdigitalaudioinputconnectorona

digitalrecordersuchasa CD-RorMiniDiscrecorder:

CoaxialDigitalAudioOutput:Connectthisjack

tothe matchingdigitalaudioinputconnectorona

digitalrecordersuchasaCD-Ror MiniDiscrecordei:

i_)!_) VideoMonitorOutputs:Connedthesejacks

tothecompositeorS-VideoinputofaTVmonitoror

videoprojectorto viewtheon-screenmenusandthe

outputofanystandardvideosourceselectedbythe

receiver'svideoswitcher,

DVDVideoInputs:Connectoneofthesejacks

tothecompositeor S-VideooutputjacksonaDVDor

othervideosource.

CoaxialDigitalAudioInputs:Connedthecoax

digi{alaudiooutputfromaDVDplayer'HDFVreceiver,

LDplayer,salelli[ereceiver,cablebox,MiniDiscrecorder

orCOplayertothesejacks,lhe signalmaybeeithera

DolbyDigitalsignal,DTSsi9nalorastandardPCMdigital

source.DonotconnecttheRFdigitaloutputofan

LDplayertothesejacks,

_'_ Video1VideoInputs:Connectoneofthese

jackstothePLAY/OUTcompositeorS-Videojacks

on aVCRor othervideosource.

_ VideoI VideoOutputs:Connectoneof

thesejackstotheRECORD/INPUTcompositeor

S-VideojackonaVCR,

OpticalDigitalAudioInputs:Connecttheoptical

digitalaudiooutputfromaDVDplayer,t-tblVreceiver,

LDplayer,satellitereceiver,cablebox,MiniDiscplayer

or recorder,or CDplayertothesejacks,lhe signal

maybeeitheraDolbyDigitalsignal,a DTSsignalor a

standardPCMdigitalsource,

_Y_ Video2VideoInputs:Conlrectoneofthese

jackstothePLAY/OUTcompositeorS-Videojacks

on arv,VCRorothervideosource.

_})0 Video2VideoOutputs:Connectoneof

thesejackstotheRECORD/INPUTcompositeor

S-VideojacksonaVCR,ifyouareconnectingaVCR

totheVideo2 inputs.

l_i,@ Video3VideoInputs:Connectoneofthese

jackstothePLAY/OUTcompositeorS-Videojacks

on acabletelevisionbox,satellitedishreceiver,VCR

or othervideosource,

6-ChannelDirectInputs:Ifanexternaldigital

audiodecoderisused,connedtheoutputsofthat

decoderto thesejacks.

Thesejackshavebeencolor-codedasfollowsto

assistyouin makingcorrectchannelconnedions:

FrontLeft White

i-:roT_tRight Red

Center Green

SurroundLeft Blue

SurroundRight Gray

Subwoofer Purple

DVDAudioInputs:Connectthesejackstothe

analogaudiojacksona DVDorothersourcedevice.

NOTE:Thedefaultseuinglottheaudioinputassociated

withDVDistheCoaxialDigitalInputI _), Ifyoucon-

necttheaudiooutputsof aDVDplayertothesejacks

• , changetheinputsettingasshownonpage17,

Video1AudioInputs:Connectthesejacksto

thePLAY/OUTaudiojacksonaVCRorothervideo

source.

• VideoI AudioOutputs:Connectthesejacksto

theRECORDIINPUTaudiojacksonaVCR.

• Video2Audio Inputs:Connectthesejacksto

thePLAY/OUTaudiojacksonaVCRorothervideo

source,ifyouhaveconnectedaVCRto tireVideo2

inpuL

Video2AudioOutputs:Connectthesejacksto

theRECORD/INPUTaudiojacksonaVCRorother

videosource,ifyouhaveconnectedaVCRtothe

Video2 input.

Video3AudioInputs:Connedthesejacksto

thePLAY/OUTaudiojacksonacabletelevisionbox,

satellitedishreceiver,VCRorothervideosource.

REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS

O PowerOffButton

IR li-ansmitterWindow

Program/SPLIndicaor

PowerOnButton

InputSelectors

AVRSelector

AM/FMTunerSelect

Q restButton

SleepButton

SurroundModeSelector

NightMode

ChannelSelectButton

• Button

41 Button

SetButton

DigitalSelect

• Button

NumericKeys

FundMode

Di_ectButton

funingUp/Down

OSBButton

MacroButtons

fransporlControls

SkipUp/PownButtons

DiscSkipButton

PresetUp/Down

ClearButton

MemoryButton

Oelay/Pre_:Ch.

I_ Button

SpeakerSelect

SpareButton

VolumeUp/Down

fV/VideoSelector

SPLBunion

6-ChannelDirectInput

Mute

EzSetSensorMicrophone

VCR TV

CH. NIGHT

NOTE:TheFunctionnamesshownhereareeach

button'sFeaturewhenusedwiththeAVR225.Most

buItonshaveadditionalfunctionswhenusedwith

otherdevices.Seepages36-37 fora listofthese

functions.

REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS

IMPORTANTNOTE:lhe AVR225'sremotemaybe

programmedtocontrolupto eightdevices,including

theAVR225. Beforeusingtheremote,itisimportant

toremembertopresstheInputSelectorButton

thatcorresponds_otheunityouwish_oopera,e.In

addition,theAVR225'sremoteisshippedfrom

thefactorytooperatetheAVR225andmost

HarmanKardonCDor DVDplayersandcassette

decks,lhe remoteisalsocapableofoperatingawide

varietyd otherproductsusingthecontrolcodesthat

arepadoftheremote.Beforeusingtheremolewith

otherproducts,followtheinstructionsonpage32to

programthepropercodesfortheproductsinyour

system.

Itisalsoimportanttorememberthatmanyofthebut-

tonsontheremotetakeondifferentfunctions,depend-

ingontheproductselectedusingthedevicecontrol

selectors,lhe descriptionsshownhereprimarilydetail

thefunctionsoftheremotewhenitisusedtooperate

theAVR225.(Seepages36-37 forinformationabout

alternatefunctionsfortheremote'sbuttons.)

O PowerOff Button:Pressingthisbuttonturnsoff

(placesintheStandbymode)thedevicethatwaslast

selectedbypressingoned theInputSelectors4_ID.

Io placetheAVR225intheStandbymode,firstpress

theAVRSelectorButton_ andthenpressthis

button.

IRTransmitterWindow:Pointthiswindowtoward

theAVR225whenpressingbuttonsontheremoteto

makecertainthatinfraredcommandsareproperly

received.

Program/SPl_Indicator:Th)sthree-colorindica-

torisusedtoguideyouthroughtheprocessd pro-

grammingtheremoteanditisalsousedasalevel

indicatorwhenusingtheremote'sEzSetcapabilities.

(Seepage21 formoreinformationonsettingoutput

levels,andseepage32for informationonprogram-

mingtheremote.)

0 PowerOnButton:Pressthisbuttontoturnon

powertothedevicethatwaslastselectedbypressing

oned theInputSelectors4_ID.Ioturnonthe

AVR225,presstheAVRSelectorButton_lP.

0 InputSelectors:Pressingoneofthesebuttons

willperformthreeactionsatthesametime.First,ifthe

AVR225 isnotturnedon,thiswillpoweruptheunit.

Next,itwillselectthesourceshownonthebuttonas

theinputto theAVR225.Finallyitwillchangethe

remotecontrolsothatit controlsthedeviceselected.

Afterpressingoneofthesebuttonsyoumustpress

theAVRSelectorButton_ againtooperatethe

AVR225'sfunctionswiththeremote.

AVRSelector:Pressingthisbuttonwillswitchthe

remotesothatitwilloperatetheAVR225'sfunctions.If

theAVR225isintheStandbymode,itwillalsoturnthe

AVR225on.

0 AM/FMTunerSelect:Pressthisbuttonto select

theAVR225'stunerasthe listeningchoice.Pressing

thisbuttonwhenthetunerisalreadyinusewillswitch

betweentheAMandFMbands.

TestButton:Pressthisbuttonto beginthe

sequenceusedtomanuallycalibratetheAVR225's

outputlevels.Io beginautomaticcalibrationusingthe

EzSetfeature,presstheSPI_Button_ instead

ofthisbutton.(Seepage21for moreinformationon

calibratingtheAVR225.)

SleepButton:Pressthisbuttonto placetheunit

intheSleepmode.Afterthetimeshowninthedisplay,

theAVR225 willautomaticallygointotheStandby

mode.Eachpressofthebuttonchangesthetimeuntil

turn-offinthefollowingorder:

,_)90_ 8() _ 70_ 6()_ 50

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L). 40 _ 3() _ 20 _ 1() ,_) OFF

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lhis buttonisalsousedtochangechannelsonyour

IV whentheIV isselected,andto endtheprocessd

creatinga macrocommand.(Seepage33 formore

informationoncreatingmacros.)

SurroundModeSelector:Pressthisbuttonto

begintheprocessof changingthesurroundmode.

Afterthebuttonhasbeenpressed,usethe•/•

Buttonsqi_)qi_i_to selectthedesiredsurround

mode.(Seepage25formoreinformation.)Notethat

thisbuttonisalsousedtotunechannelswhenthelV

isselectedandduringtheprocessoferasingstored

macrocommands.(Seepage33 formoreinformation

on macros.)

NOTE:TheSleepButtonO andSurroundMode

Selector_ mayalsofunctionastheChannel+

and- keyswhentheremoteisprogrammedfor use

withFVs,cableboxes,VCRs,satellitereceiversor other

videodeviceswithtuners.Seepage34 forinformation

onprogrammingtheremoteforChannelControl

Punch-rhroughcapabilitysothatyoumaychange

channelsona separatedevicewhentheremoteisin

AVRmode.

NightMode:Pressthisbuttonto activate

theNightmode.Thismodeisavailableinspecially

encodeddigitalsources,anditpreservesdialogue

(centerchannel)intelligibilityatlowvolumelevels.

ChannelSelectButton:lhis buttonisusedto

starttheprocessofsettingtheAVR225'soutputlevelsto

anexternalsource.Oncethisbuttonispressed,usethe

• /• Buttons_ toselectthechannelbeing

adjusted,thenpresstheSetButton_, followedby

the•/• Buttonsqi_)qi_i_again,tochangethelevel

setting.(Seepage29for moreinformation.)

• Button:Thismultipurposebuttonisusedto

changeor scrollthroughitemsintheon-screenmenus,

ortochangeconfigurationsettingssuchasoutput

levels.Whenchanginganitemsuchasthesurround

modeordigitalinputdirectlyfirstpressthefunctionor

mode_obechanged(e.g.,presstheSurroundMode

Selector_ toselectasurroundmodeortheDigital

SelectButton_ tochangethedigitalinput)and

thenpressthisbuttontoscrollthroughthelistd avail-

ablechoices.

• Button:[hisbuttonisusedto changethe

menuselectionor settingduringsomeofthesetup

proceduresfortheAVR225.

SetButton:[hisbuttonisusedto entersettings

intotheAVR225'smemoryItisalsousedinthe

setupproceduresfordelaytime,speakerconfiguration

andchanneloutputleveladjustment.

DigitalSelect:Pressthisbuttontoassignoneof

thedigitalinputs_,_i'l_€'ti'l_Jtoasource.(Seepage

26 formoreinformationonusingdigitalinputs.)

• Button:Thismulfipurposebu_onisused_o

changeor scrollthroughitemsintheon-screenmenus,

ortochangeconfigurationsettingssuchasoutput

levels.Whenchanginganitemsuchasthesurround

modeordigitalinputdirectlyfirstpressthefunctionor

modetobechanged(e.g.presstheSurroundMode

Selector_ toselectasurroundmodeortheDigital

SelectButton_ tochangethedigitalinput)and

thenpressthisbuttontoscrollthroughthelistofavail-

ablechoices.

NumericKeys:lhese buttonsserveasa l O-

buttonnumerickeypadtoentertunerpresetpositions.

[hey arealsousedto selectchannelnumberswhen

TVhasbeenselectedontheremote,orto selecttrack

numbersonaCD,DVDor LDplayer,dependingon

howtheremotehasbeenprogrammed.

TunerMode:Pressthisbuttonwhenthetuneris

in useto selectbetweenautomatictuningandmanual

tuning.Inautomatictuningmode,theAutoIndicator

[] willbelit,andonlystationswithacceptablesignal

qualitymaybetunedbypressingtheTuningUp/

DownButtons[_}_. Whenthebuttonispressed

sothattheAutoIndicator[] goesout,manualtun-

ingmodeisengaged,andpressingtheTuning

Buttonslr_J_}_willmovethefrequencyupordown

insingle-stepincrements.WhentheFMbandisin

use,pressingthisbuttonwhenastation'ssignalis

REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS

weakwillchangetomonauralrecep%n.(Seepage

28formoreinformation.)

(_) DirectButton:Whenthetunerisin use,press

thisbuttonto startthesequencefordirectentryofa

station'sfrequency.Afterpressingthebuttonsimply

presstheproperNumericKeys_ toselectasta-

tion.(Seepage28 formoreinformationonthetuner.)

TuningUp/Down:Whenthetunerisinuse,these

buttonswilltuneupordownthroughtheselededfre-

quencyband.IftheTunerModeButton(1_)[_] has

beenpressedsothattheAutoIndicator[] isillumi-

nated,pressingeitherofIhebuttonswillcausethetuner

toseekthenextstationwithacceptablesignals_rength

forqual)tyreception.WhentheAutoIndicator[] is

NOTillumina_ed,pressi%thesebuttonswil!tunesta-

tionsinsingle-stepincrements.(Seepage28formore

information.)

OSDButton:PressthisbuttontoactivatetheOn

ScreenDisptay(OSD)systemusedtosetuporadjust

theAVR2253 parameters.

MacroButtons:Pressthesebuttonstostoreor

recalla"Macro",wh}chisaprep{ogrammedsequence

ofcommandsstoredintheremote.(Seepage33 for

moreinformationonstoringandrecallingmacros.)

TransportControls:Thesebuttonsdonothave

anyfunctionswiththeAVR225buttheymaybepro-

grammedfor theforward/reverseplayoperationof a

widevarietyofCDorDVDplayers,andaudioorvideo

cassetterecorders.(Seepage34for moreinformation

onprogrammingthel?ansf!ortControlPunch-Through

capabili{yoftheremote.)

SkipUp/DownButtons:Thesebuttonshaveno

directfunctionwiththeAVR225,butwhenusedwith

acompat)blyprogrammedCDor DVDchangerthey

willchangethetrackor chapterd thedisccurrently

beingplayedinthechanger.

DiscSkipButton:Thisbuttonhasnodirect

functionfor theAVR225,butwhenusedwithacom-

patiblyprogrammedCDor DVDchanger,itwillchange

thedisccurrentlybeingplayedinthechanger.(See

page33 formoreinformationonusingtheremo_e

withotherdevices.)

PresetUp/Down:Whenthetunerisinuse,

pressthesebuttonsto scrollthroughthestations

programmedintotheAVR2253 memory.When

somesourcedevices,suchasCOplayers,VCRs

andcassettedecks,areselectedusingthedevice

InputSelectors_, thesebuttonsmayfunction

asChapterSteporl_ackAdvance,

ClearButton:Pressthisb_tonto clearincorrect

entrieswhenusingtheremotetodirectlyenteraradio

station'sfrequency

MemoryButton:Pressthisbuttontoentera

radiostationintotheAVR225'spresetmemory.Once

theMemoryIndicator[] flashes,youhavefive

secondstoenterapresetmemorylocationusing

theNumericKeys_i_). (Seepage28formore

information.)

Delay/PreyOh.:Pressthisbuttonto begin

theprocessfor settingthedelaytimesusedbythe

AVR225whenprocessingsurroundsound.After

pressingthisbutton,thedelaytimesareenteredby

pressingtheSetButton_ andthenusingthe

,_/_' Buttonsqi_)li_) tochangethesetting.Press

theSetButton_ againtocompletetheprocess.

(Seepage18formoreinformation.)

• Button:Pressthisbuttontochangeasetting

orselectionwhenconfiguringmanyoftheAVR2253

settings.

SpeakerSelect: Pressthisbuttonto beginthe

processofconfiguringtheAVR2253 bassmanage-

meritsystemforusewiththetypeofspeakersused

in yoursystem.Oncethebuttonhasbeenpressed,

usethe A/v Buttonsqi_)(_l to selectthechan-

nelyouwishtosetup,PresstheSet Button

andthenselectanothercharmertoconfigure.When

alladiustmentshavebeencompleted,pressthe

Set Button_}) twiceto exitthe settingsand

returnto normaloperation.(Seepage20 for more

information,)

SpareButton:Thisbuttondoesnothaveany

functionfortheoperationoftheAVR225,butit is

avaibbleforusewhenprogrammedwiththecode

fromanothe_remote.(Seepage32for information

onprogrammingtheremotewithcodesforother

devices.)

VolumeUp/Down:Pressthesebuttonstoraise

orlowerthesystemvolume.Seepage34for more

informationonprogrammingtheVolumePunch-

Throughcapabilityoftheremo_e,whichallowsyouto

changetheAVR225'svolumewhiletheremoteisset

to controlanotherdevice.

TV/VideoSelector:Thisbultondoesnothavea

directfunctionontheAVR225,butwhenusedwitha

compatiblyprogrammedVCR,DVbor satellitereceiver

thathasa"IV/Video"function,pressingthisbutlonwill

switchbetweentheoutputoftheplayerorreceiver

andtheexternalvideoinputtothatplayer,Consultthe

owner'smanualforyourspecificplayerorreceiverfor

thedetailsd howit implementsthisfunction.

SPLButton:ThisbuttonactivatestheAVR2253

EzSetfunctiontoquicklyandaccuratelycalibratethe

AVR225'soutputlevels.Pressandholdthebuttonfor

threesecondsandthenreleaseit.Fhe{eatTonewill

begincirculating,andtheRogram/SPLIndicator0

willchangecolors.Duringthissequence,EzSetwill

automaticallyadjusttheoutputlevelsforallchannels

untiltheyhaveequaloutputlevels,asshownbythe

Program/SPLIndicator0 lightinggreenforeach

channel.(Seepage21for moreinformationonEzSet.)

6-ChannelDirectInput:Pressthisbutlonto

selectthecomponentconnectedtothe6-Channel

DirectInputs_ asthesource.

Mute: Pressthisbutlontomomentarilysilence

theAVR225 orIV setbeingcontrolhd,dependingon

whichdevicehasbeenselected.WhentheAVR225

ismuted,pressthisbu_tonorusetheVolumeControl

_ _oreturntothepreviousvotumelevel

WhentheAVR225 remoteisbeingprogrammedto

operateanotherdevice,orwhenamacrocommandis

beingprogrammed,thisbuttonispressedwiththe

InputSelectorButton_ tobegintheprogram-

mingprocess.(Seepage33for moreinformation.)

EzSetSensorMicrophone:Thesensormicro-

phonefortheEzSetmicrophoneisbehindtheseslots.

Whenusingtheremoteto calibratespeakeroutput

levelsusingEzSet,besurethatyoudonotholdthe

remoteina waythatcoverstheseslots.(Seepage21

formoreinformationon usingEzSet.)

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

SystemInstallation

AIlerunpackingtheunit,andplacingitonasolidsurface

capableofsuppc@gi_sweight,youwillneedtomake

theconfectionstoyouraudioandvideoequipment.

AudioEquipmentConnections

Werecommendthaiyouusehigh-qualityinterconnect

cableswhenmakingconnectionstosourceequipment

andrecordersto preservetheintegrityofthesignals,

Whenmakmgconnectionsto audiosourceequipment

orspeakersit isalwaysa goodpracticeto unplugthe

unitfromtheACwalloutlet.Thispreventsanypossi-

bilityofaccidentallysendingaudioor transientsignals

tothespeakersthatmaydamagethem,

1,ConnedtheanalogoutputofaCDplayertothe

CbInputsI_,,

NOTE:WhentheCDplayerhasbothfixedandvari-

ableaudiooutputsit isbesttousethefixedoutput

unlessyoufindthattheinput_othereceiverisso low

thatthesoundisnoisy,orsohighthatthesignalis

distorted.

2.ConnecttheanalogPlay/Outjacksofacassette

deck,MD,CD-Ror olheraudiorecordertotheTape

InputJacks_},. Connedtheanalo9Record/Injacks

ontherecordertotheTapeOutputJacks_]t onthe

AVR225.

3,ConnedtheouLputofanydigitalsourcestothe

appropriateinputconnectionsontheAVR225rear

panel,lhe OpticalandCoaxialDigital Inputs

_,)i"_j]_ maybeusedwitha DolbyDigitalor

[}TSsourcesuchasa DVDplayer,or theoutput

ofaconventionalCDor LDplayer'sPCM[SiP-Dr)

output.

4,ConnedlheOpticalDigitalAudioOutput_ orthe

CoaxialDigitalAudioOutput@ on_herearpanelof

theAVR225tothematchir,gdigitalinputconnec@nson

aCD-RorMiniDiscrecorder,

5,AssembletheAMLoopAntennasuppliedwiththe

unitasshownbelow,Connectit totheAMand6ND

ScrewTerminalsO,

6.ConnedthesuppliedFMantennatotheFM

Antenna(75-Ohm)Connection_, ]he FManten-

namaybeanexternalroofantenna,aninsidepow-

eredor wireleadantennaoraconnectionFroma

cableTVsystem,Notethatif theantennaor connec-

tionuses300_ohm_vindeadcable,youmustusethe

300-ohm-to-75oohmadaptersuppliedwiththeunitto

maketheconnection.

7, Ifyouhavea DVD-Audioor SACDplayer,or other

componentthatincludesanonboardsdround

decoderand6-channelline-levelaudiooutputs,you

mayconnedtheseaudiooutputstotheB-Channel

DirectInputsI_.

8.Connectthefront,centerandsurroundSpeaker

OutputsO_]_@_ii_ totherespectivespeakers.

FOensurethatalltheaudiosignalsarecarriedtoyour

speakerswithoutlossd clarityorresolution,wesug-

gestthatyouusehigh-qualityspeakercable.Many

brandsd cableareavailableandthechoiceofcable

maybeinfluencedbythedistancebetweenyour

speakersandthereceiver,thetyped speakersyou

use,personalpreferencesandotherfactors.Yourdealer

orinstallerisa valuableresourcetoconsultinselect-

ingthepropercable.

Regardlessofthebrandofcablesalaried,we

recommendthatyouuseacableconstructedoffine,

multistrandcopperwithagaugeof 14orsmalleY.

Rememberthatinspecifyingcable,thelowerthe

number,thethickerthecable,

Cablewithagaugeof16 maybeusedfor shortruns

oflessthan10 feet.Wedo notrecommendthatyou

usecableswithanAWGequivalentd 18 orhigherdue

tothepowerlossanddegradationinperRxmancethat

wiltoccur.

Cablesthatareruninsidewallsshouldhavetheappro-

priatemarkingstoindicatelistingwithUL CSAorother

apFopriatetestingagencystandards.Questionsabou_

runningcablesinsidewallsshouldbereferredtoyour

installeroralicensedelectricalcontractorwhois(amil-

iarwithtileNECand/ortheapplicablelocalbuilding

codesinyourarea.

Whenconnectingwirestothespeakers,becertain[o

observeproperpolarity.Rememberto connectthe

"negative"or"black"wiretothesameterminalon

boththereceiverandthespeakd.TheAVR225 con-

FormsIoIhelatestCEA-recommendedcolor-coding

forspeakerterminals.Accordingly,thepositive(+)

terminal,whichwaspreviouslyred,isnowaspecific

colorto assistyouin makingthecorrectconnections.

IFyourspeakershavecolor-codedconnections,match

theterminalontheAVR225totheliketerminalon

yourspeakers,f:orexistingspeakerswitharedtermi-

nalfor thepositiveconnection,theconnectionsonthe

AVR225 areasfollows:

FrontLeft= White FrontRight= Red

Center= Green

SurroundLeft= Blue SurroundRight= Gray

NOTE:Williemostspeakermanufadurersadhere_o

anindustryconventionofusingblackterminalsfor

negativeandredonesforpositive,somemanufactur-

ersmayvaryfromthisconfiguration.[0 ensureproper

phaseandoptimalperformance,consulttheidentifica-

tionplateonyourspeakerorthespeaker'smanua!to

verifypolarity.Ifyoudonotknowthepolarityofyour

speaker,askyourdealerforadvicebeforeproceeding,

orconsukthespeaker'smanufacturer:

Wealsorecommendthatthe lengthofcableused

toconnectspeakerpairsbeidentical.Forexample,

usethesamelengthpieceofcableto connectthe

_nt-left andfront-rightor surrounddef_andsup

round-rightspeakers,evenifthespeakersarea

differentdistancefromtheAVR225.

9. Connectionsto asubwooferarenormallymadevia

aline-levelaudioconnectionfromtheSubwoofer

Output_ totheline-levelinputofa subwooferwith

abuilt-inamplifier.Whena passivesubwoderisused,

theconnectionfirstgoesto a poweramplifier,which

willbeconnectedtooneormoresubwooferspeakers,

Ifyouareusinga poweredsubwoderthatdoesnot

haveline-levelinputconnections,followtheinstruc-

tionsfurnishedwiththespeakerforconnection

information.

VideoEquipmentConnections

Videoequipmentisconnectedinthesamemanneras

audiocomponents.Again,theused high-quality,inter-

connectcablesisrecommendedtopreservesignal

quality.

Althoughanycompatiblevideodevicemaybecon-

nectedtoanyvideoinput(withtheexceptionofthe

Video1andVideo2 OutJacks #_)_@

_, whichmayonlybeconnededtoavideo

recorder),tomakeprogrammingdevicecodesinto

theremotecontroleasier,werecommendthatyou

connectyourVCRtotheVideo1Connectors

• • 0, yourtelevisiontotheVideo2 Input

Connectors_"_ _, andyourcableJr converter

orsatellitereceivertotheVideo3 InputConnectors

1.ConnectaVCR'sorothervideosource'saudioand

videoPlay/Outjacksto theVideo1or Video2 In

Jacks_J_@ q) @ • ontherearpanel,the

AudioandVideoRecord/InjacksontheVCRshouldbe

connectedto theVideo1or Video2OutJacks

_@ 0 @ _ ontheAVR225,

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

2.Connecttheanalogaudioandvideooutputsofa

televisionsetoranyothervideosourcetotheVideo2

InputJacks _ _,

3, Connecttheanalogaudioandvideooutputsofa

cableIV converteror satellitereceiver,oranyother

videosource,totheVideo3Jacks_ _,

4, Connectthe analogaudioandvideooutputsof

a DVDor laserdiscplayertotheDVDJacks _})

_)_, Whenadigitalaudioconnectionisused

foryourDVDplayer,thedefaultconnectionisthe

CoaxialDigitalAudioInput1 Jack_}, However,

theconnectionmayalsobemadeto anyofthe

Optical_,_[] or Coaxial@ [] digitalaudio

inputs,providedthatthedigitalinputsourceselection

ischangedasshownon pages17and 26, Ifyour

DVDor DVD-Audioplayerincludesanonboardsur-

rounddecoderand6-channelline-levelaudioout-

puts,youmayconnecttheseaudiooutputstothe

6-ChannelDirect Inputs_), Whenyouwishto

hearthisdecodedaudio,selectthe DVDinputfirstin

orderto selectthevideosignalfromtheDVDplayer,

thenselectthe6-ChannelDirectInputsourcefor the

audio,

5,ConnectthedigitalaudiooutputsofaDVDplayer,

satellitereceiver,cableboxorHDFVconvertertothe

appropriateOpticalorCoaxialDigitalAudioInputs

@@l im,

6,ConnecttheVideoMonitorOutputi_)_})jacks

onthereceivertothecompositeorS-Videoinputof

yourtelevisionmonitoror videoprojector.

VIDEOCONNECTIONNOTE:

• CompositeandS-Videosignalsmayonlybeviewed

intheirnativeformats,lhe AVR225 willnotconvert

signalsfromcompositetoS-Video,orviceversa.

S-Videoinputsmayonlybeviewedwhenthe

AVR225 isconnectedtoaFVsetorvideodisplay

withS-VideocapabilityIfyouusebothstandard

compositevideoandS-Videosourcesinyour

system,itisimportantthatyouconnectbothan

S-Videocableandastandardcompositevideo

cable(acoaxcablewithanRCAplugonbothends)

betweentheAVR225 andyourIV orprojector.

Whenit isnecessarytomakebothtypesof

connections_oyourTVset,usedifferentinputsif

possible.Consulttheinstructionsfor yourIV setor

projectorformoreinformationonconnectingboth

typesofsignals.

Power Connections

[his unitisequippedwithtwoaccessoryACoutlets.

[heymaybeusedto poweraccessorydevices,but

theyshouldnotbeusedwithhigh-currentdrawequip-

mentsuchaspoweramplifiers,lhe totalpowerdraw

to eachoutletmaynotexceed100watts.

lhe SwitchedACAccessoryOutletti_ willreceive

poweronlywhentheunitison.lhis isrecommended

fordevicesthathavenopowerswitchor amechanical

powerswitchthatmaybeleftinthe"ON"position.

NOTE:Manyaudioandvideoproductsgointoa

Standbymodewhentheyareusedwithswitchedout-

lets,andcannotbefullyturnedonusingtheoutlet

alonewithouta remotecontrolcommand.

TheUnswitchedACAccessoryOutlet_ will

receivepoweraslongastheunitispluggedintoa

poweredACoutlet.

Finally,whenallconnectionsarecomplete,plugthe

PowerCord _ intoa nonswitched120-voltACwall

outlet.You'realmostreadyto enjoytheAVR225!

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Whenallaudio,videoandsystemconnectionshave

beenmade,thereareafewconfigurationadjustments

thatmustbemade,A fewminutesspentIoco{redly _'

NO more

configureandcalibratetheunitwillgreatlyaddtoyour than24"

listeningexperience. - _ -

SpeakerSelectionand Placement

Theplacementof speakersinamultichannelhome

theatersystemcanhavea noticeableimpactonthe

qualityofsoundreproduced.Nomatterwhichtypeor

brandofspeakersisused,thesamemodelor brand

ofspeakershouldbe usedfor theleftfront,center

andrightfrontspeakers.[his createsaseamless

frontsoundstageandeliminatesthepossibilityof dis-

tractingsonicdisturbancesthatoccurwhenasound

movesacrossmismatchedfiont-channelspeakers.

SpeakerPlacement

Dependingonthetypeofcenterchannelspeakerin

useandyourviewingdevice,placethecenterspeaker

eitherdirectlyaboveor belowyourIV,or inthecenter

behindaperforatedfrontprojectionscreen.

Oncethecenterchannelspeakerisinstalled,pos)t)on

theleftfrontandrightfrontspeakersso thattheyare

asfarawayfromoneanotl_erasthecenterchannel

speakerisfromthepreferredlisteningposition.Ideally,

thefront-channelspeakersshouldbeplacedsothat

theirtweeteraarenomorethan24"aboveor below

thetweeterinthecenterchannelspeaker.

Dependingonthespecificsofyourroomacoustics

andthetypeof speakersin use,youmayfindthat

imagingisimprovedbymovingtheleftfrontandright

frontspeakersslightlyforwardofthecenterchannel

speaker.Ifpossible,adjustallfrontloudspeakersso

thattheyareaimedatearheightwhenyou'reseated

inthe listeningposition.

Usingtheseguidelines,you'llfindthatittakessome

experimentationtofindthecorrectlocationforthefront

speakersinyourparticularinstallation.Don'tbeafraid_o

movethingsarounduntilthesystemsoundscorrect,

Optimizeyourspeakerssothataudiotransitionsacross

thefrontoftheroomsoundsmoothandsoundsfrom

allspeakersappearto arriveatthelisteningpositionat

thesametime(withoutdelayfromthecenterspeaker

comparedtotheleftandrightspeakers).

Surroundspeakersshouldbeplacedonthesidewalls

oftheroom,ator slightlybehindthelisteningposition.

the centerofthespeakershouldfaceintotheroom.

Thespeakersshouldbelocatedsothatthebottomof

thecabinetisatleasttwofeethigherthanthelisteners'

earswhenthelistenersareseatedinthedesiredarea.

Center Front Speaker

Left Front Right Front

Speaker Speaker

,4)/:tent-ChannelSpeakerinstallationwithP/kect-

ViewfVSetsof Rear-ScreenProjedofs

TV or ImroiectiQn Screen

Left Front Center Front

Speaker Speaker RightSpeakerFront

fee

t3)7;#edistancebetweentheleftandrightspeakers

shouldbeequalto thedistancefromtheseating

positiontothew'ewJngscreen.You,mayalso

experimentwithplacingtheleftandrightspeakers

s//qht_forwardtithe centerspeaker.

._AJ least 6 inches from ceiling

At least 2 feet

d')Optimalplacementofsurroundspeakers.

Ifside-wallmountingisnotpractical,thespeakers

maybeplacedonarearwall,behindthelistening

position.Again,theyshouldbe)oca_edso thatthe

bottomofthecabinetisatleasttwofeethigherthan

thelisteners'ears.lhe speakersshouldbenomore

thansixfeetbehindtherearoftheseaingarea.

Subwoofersproducenondiredionalsound,sothey

maybeplacedalmostanywherein aroom.Actual

placementshouldbebasedonroomsizeandshape

andthetypeofsubwoderused.Onemethodoffind-

ingtheoptimallocationfor asubwooferisto begin

byplacingit inthefrontoftheroom,aboutsixinches

fromawall,or nearthefrontcorneroftheroom.

Anothermethodistotemporarilyplacethesubwoofer

atyournormallisteningposition,andthenwalk

aroundtheroomuntilyoufindaspotwherethesub-

woofersoundsbest.Placethesubwoderinthatspot.

Youshouldalsofollowtheinstructionsofthesub-

woofer'smanufacturer,oryoumaywishtoexperi-

mentwiththebestlocationforasubwooferinyour

listeningroom.

SystemSetup

Oncethespeakershavebeenplacedin theroom

andconnected,theremainingstepsinthesetup

processaretoprogramtheAVR2253 bassmanage-

mentsystemforthe_ypeofspeakersusedinyour

system,calibratetheoutputlevels,andsetthedelay

timesusedbythesurroundsoundprocessor,

Youarenoweady _opoweruptheAVR225 tobegin

thesefinaladjustments.

I, PlugthePowerCord_ intoanunswitchedAC

outlet,

2,PresstheMain PowerSwitch[] inuntilit

latchesandtheword"OFF"onthe_opofthe

switchdisappearsinsidethefrontpanel.[he

PowerIndicator[] willturnamber,indicating

thattheunitisintheStandbymode.

3.Removetheprotectiveplasticfilmfromthefro@-

panellens.Ifleftin place,thefilmmayaffectthe

performanceofyourremotecontrol.

4,InstallthethreesuppliedAAAbatteriesinthe

remoteasshown.Becertaintofollowthe(+)

and(-) polarityindicatorsthatareonthebottom

ofthebatterycomparLment.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

5.lurntheAVR225 oneitherbypressingthe

SystemPowerControl[] onthefrontpanel,

orviatheremotebypressingtheAVRSelector

O oranyoftheInputSelectors00 0

ontheremote,lhe PowerIndicator[] willturn

greentoconfirmthattheunitison,andtheMain

InformationDisplay[] willalsolightup,

Usingthe On-ScreenDisplayToMake

ConfigurationAdjustments

Wiser]makingthefollowingadjustments,youmayfind

it easierto usetheAVR225'son-screendisplaysys-

tem.lhese easy-to-readdisplaysgiveyoua clearpic-

tureofthecurrentstatusoftheunitandmakeiteasy

toseewhichspeaker,delay,inputordigitalselection

youaremaking.

Io viewtheon-screenmenus,makecertainyouhave

madea connectionfromtheVideoMonitorOut

Jacksi_)_}) ontherearpaneltothecompositeor

S-VideoinputofyourIV or projector.Inorderto view

theAVR225'sdisplays,thecorrectvideosourcemust

beselectedontheIV or othervideodisplay

IMPORTANTNOTE:Whenviewingthedisplaysona

projectionFVitisimportantthattheynotbeleftonthe

screenforanextendedperiodoftime.Aswithanyvideo

displaybutparticularlywithprojectors,constantdisplay

ofastaticimagesuchasthesemenusorvideogame

imagesmaycausetheimagetobepermanently"burned

into"theCR[lhistypeofdamageisnotcoveredbythe

AVR225warrantyandmaynotbecoveredbythepro-

jectorIVset'swarranty

TheAVR225 hastwoon-screendisplaymodes,

"Semi-OSD"and"FulI-OSD."Whenmakingconfigura-

tionadjustments,itisrecommendedthattheFulFOSD

modebeused.lhis willplaceacompletestatusreport

oroptionlistingonthescreen,makingiteasiertoview

theavailableoptions,lhe Semi-OSDmodeusesone-

linedisplaysonly

lhe FulI-OSDsystemisalwaysavailableby pressing

theOSDButton_t_. Whenthisbuttonispressed,

theMAS TE R ME NU (Figure1)willappear,and

adjustmentsaremadefromtheindividualmenus.

lhe SemFOSDsystemisalsoavailableasasystem

default,althoughitmaybeturnedoffbyusingthe

ADVANCED menu(seepage30).Withthe

Semi-OSDsystem,youmaymakeadjustmentsdirectly,

bypressingthebuttonsonthefrontpanelorremote

controlforthespecificparameterto beadjusted.For

example,presstheSpeakerSelectButton_ []

tosetthespeakerconfiguration,etc.

* MASTER MENU *

INPUT SETUP

SURROUND SETUP

SPEAKER SETUP

OUTPUT ADJUST

CHANNEL ADJUST

ADVANCED

EXIT

WhentheFulI-OSDsystemisinuse,themenuselec-

tionsarenotshownintheMainInformationDisplay

[] [l_J.WhentheFulI-OSDmenusystemisused,

0 SD 0 N willappearintheMainInformation

Display[] andtheOSDIndicator[] willlightto

remindyouthatavideodisplaymustbeused.When

theSemi-OSDsystemisusedinconjunctionwiththe

discreteconfigurationbuttons,theon-screendisplay

willshowasinglelineoftextwiththecurrentmenu

selection.[hat selectionwillalsobeshowninthe

MainInformationDisplay[l_J,

Io usetheFulI-OSDmenusystem,presstheOSD

Button_t_. Whenthemenuisonthescreen,press

theA/v Buttonsqi_q[_i_untiltheon-screen•

cursorisnexttotheitemyouwishtoadjust,andthen

presstheSet Button_ toadjustthatitem.Note

thatthemenuswillremainonthescreenfor20 sec-

onds,andthentheywill"time-out"anddisappearfrom

thescreen,lhe time-outmaybeincreasedtoas

muchas50 secondsbygoingtothe ADVANCED

menu,andchangingtheitemtitledFULL 0 SD

TIME OUT,

Settingthe SystemConfigurationMemories

lhe AVR225 featuresanadvancedmemorysystem

thatenablesyoutoestablishdifferentconfigurations

forthebassmanagement,digitalinput,surround

mode,delaytimesandoutputlevelsfor eachinput

source,fhis flexibilityenablesyoutocustom-tailorthe

wayinwhichyoulistentoeachsourceandhavethe

AVR225 memorizethosesettings,lhis means,for

example,thatyoumayusedifferentoutputlevelsor

trimsfordifferentsources,or setdifferentspeaker

configurationswiththeresultantchangestothebass

managementsystem.Oncethesesettingsaremade,

theywillautomaticallyberecalledwheneveryouselect

thatinput.

lhe factorydefaultsettingsfortheAVR225 haveall

inputsconfiguredforananalogsource(exceptforthe

DVDinput,whichhastheCoaxialDigitalAudio

Input1_) asthedefault),Stereoasthesurround

mode,allspeakerpositionssetto"Smallj'andasub-

wooferconnected.Beforeusingtheunit,youwill

probablywantto changethesettingsformostinputs

sothattheyareproperlyconfiguredto reflecttheuse

ofdigitalor analoginputs,thetypeofspeakers

installedandthesurroundmodespecifics.Remember

thatsincetheAVR225 memorizesthesettingsfor

eachinputindividuallyyouwillneedto makethese

adjustmentsforeachinputused.However,oncethey

aremade,furtheradjustmentisonlyrequiredwhen

systemcomponentsarechanged.

Io makethisprocessasquickandaseasyaspossi-

ble,wesuggestthatyouusethe FulI-OSDsystemwith

theon-screenmenus,andstepthrougheachinput.

Onceyouhavecompletedthesettingsforthefirst

input,manysettingsmaybeduplicatedfortheremain-

inginputs.Itisalsoagoodideatosettheconfigura-

tiondataintheordertheseitemsarelistedinthe

11ASTE R 11ENU, assomesettingsrequirea

specificentryinapriormenuitem.Rememberthat

oncethesettingsaremadeforoneinput,theymust

bemadeforallotherinputsourcesinyoursystem.

InputSetup

lhe firststepinconfiguringtheAVR225isto select

aninput,fhis maybedoneby pressingthefront-

panelInputSourceSelector[] untilthedesired

input'snameappearsmomentarilyintheMain

InformationDisplay[l_J,andthegreenLEDlights

nexttotheinput'snameinthefront-panelInput

Indicators[]. lhe inputmayalsobeselectedby

pressingtheappropriateInputSelector

_0 0 ontheremotecontrol.

WhenusingtheFulI-OSDsystemto makethesetup

adjustments,presstheOSDButton_ oncesothat

theMAS TER MENU (Figure1)appears.Note

thatthe• cursorwillbenexttothe I NP UT

SE TUP line.PresstheSetButton_ to enter

themenuandtheI NPUT SETUP menu

(Figure2)willappearonthescreen.Pressthe_/•

Buttons_ untilthedesiredinputname

appearsinthehighlightedvideo,aswellasbeingindi-

catedinthefront-panelInputIndicators[] bythe

greenLEDnexttothedesiredinputname.If theinput

willusethestandardleft/rightanaloginputs,nofurther

adjustmentisneeded.

* INPUT SETUP *

• INPUT

DIGITAL IN:_

RETURN TO MENU

Figure2

Ifyouwishtoassociateoneofthedigitalinputswith

theselectedinputsource,pressthe• Button

ontheremotewhilethe1"It PUT SETUP menu

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

(Figure2) isonthescreen,andtheon-screencursor

willdropdowntotheDI GI T AL I N line.Press

the_i/P,Buttons_ untilthenameofthe

desireddigitalinputappears.Io returntotheanalog

input,pressthebuttonsuntilthewordA NAL0 G

appears.Whenthecorrectinputsourceappears,press

the• Button_ untilthe_ cursorappearsnext

toRETURN TO MENU, andpresstheSet

Buttonqi_,

Io changethedigitalinputatanytimeusingthedis-

cretefunctionbuttonsandtheSemi-OSDsystem,

presstheDigitalInputSelectButton_]qi_ on

thefrontpanelortheremote.Withinfiveseconds,

makeyourinputselectionusingtheSelectorButtons

[] onthefrontpanelortheA/• Buttonsqi_qi_i_

ontheremoteuntilthedesireddigitalor analoginput

isshownintheMain InformationDisplay[] andin

thelowerthirdofthevideodisplayconnectedtothe

AVR225.PresstheSet Button_ to enterthe

newdigitalinputassignment.WhentheStereo-Direct

(SurroundOft)modeisin use,youmayonlyselectthe

analoginputfor a source.WhentheStereo-Digital

modeisinuse,youmayselectfromanyofthedigital

inputsthatyouhaveconnectedtoyoursourcecom-

ponents.

SurroundSetup

Oncethebasicinputsetuphasbeencompleted,the

nextstepistosetthesurroundmodeyouwishto use

withaninput.Sincesurroundmodesarea matterof

personaltaste,feelfreetoselectanymodeyouwish-

youmaychangeitlater.However,to makeiteasierto

establishtheinitialparametersfortheAVR225,itis

besttoselectDolbyProLogicIIformostanalog

inputsandDolbyDigitalfor inputsconnectedto digital

sources.Inthecaseof inputssuchasaCDPlayer,

rapeDeckorluner,youmaywishtosetthemodeto

oneofthetwoStereomodes,astheyarenottypically

usedwithmultichannelsurround-encodedprogram

materbl.AnalogStereo-Directmodebypassesthe

digitalsignal-processingcircuitryfora completelyana-

logsignalpaththatpreservesthepurityoftheoriginal

signal,andStereo-Digitalmodeprovidesbassman-

agementfor optimaldistributionofthelowfrequencies

betweensmallerspeakersandasubwoofer.Al[ef=

natively,theLogic7Musicmodeisagoodchoicefor

stereo-onlysourcematerial.

NOTE:WhenaLogic7 modeisinusewithaDolby

Digital2.0 digitalinputsource,thatmode,ratherthan

Logic7,willbeusedbytheAVRafterthedigitalbit-

streamisinterruptedforanyreason,suchasstopping

orpausingthedigitalplayback.Note,also,thatLogic7

isnotavailablewithdigitalplaybackunlessatwo-

channelbitstreamisin use.

Itiseasiestto completethesurroundsetupusingthe

FulI-OSDon-screenmenus.Fromthe MASTER

ME NU (Hgure1),presstheA/• Buttons

qi_)qi_i_untiltheP,cursorisnexttothe

SURROUND SETUP menu.PresstheSet

Button_ sothattheSURROUND SETUP

menu(Figure3 or4) isonthescreen.

* SURROUND SETUP *

• SURROUND:

CENTER DELAY: --ms

SURR DELAY: --ms

NIGHT: .........

RETURN TO MENU

Fl_,ure3

* SURROUND SETUP *

SURROUND:

CENTER DELAY: Oms

SURR DELAY: _Oms

NIGHT: m

RETURN TO MENU

SincethefactorydefaultforallinputsisStereo,the

phraseSURR 0FF willinitiallyappearinhighlighted

video(Hgure3).Io changethesurroundmodewhile

theP,cursorisnexttothesurroundline,pressthe

_i/_ Buttons_ untilthedesiredsurround

node'snameappearsinthehighlightedvideo.Asthe

modesarechanged,agreenLEDwillalsolightnext

tothemodenamesintheSurroundMode

Indicators[] onthefrontpanel.

No_ethatthedatalinesnexttotheitemsinthescreen

displaywillshoweithernumbersora seriesofdashes,

dependingonwhetheror notthespecificparameteris

adjustable.Forexample,theCenterDelayandNight

Modeitemsareonlyadjustablefor DolbyDigital,and

theDelayTimeisonlyadiustedfor DolbyDigitaland

DolbyProLogicII.Note,also,thatDolbyDigitaland

Drswillonlyappearaschoices(Figure4)whena

digitalinputwaspreviouslyselected.

Dependingonthesurroundmodeselected,youmay

nowproceedtochangethedelaytime.ForDolby

DigitalandDolbyProLogicII,pressingtheA/•

qi_)qi_i_buttonsontheremotewilltakeyoutothe

delaysettings.

DelaySettings

IfDolbyDigitalor DolbyProLogicIIisselectedasthe

surroundmodeforaninput,youmayneedtoadjust

thedelaytimesetting.Notethatthedelaytimeisnot

adjustableforanyothermodes.

Duetothedifferentdistancesbetweenthefront-chan-

nelspeakersandthelisteningpositioncomparedto

thesurroundspeakersandthelisteningposition,the

amountoftimeittakesfor soundto reachyourears

fromthefrontorsurroundspeakersmaydiffer.You

maycompensateforthisdifferencethroughtheuseof

thedelaysettingsto adjustthetimingtotailorthespe-

cificspeakerplacementandacousticconditionsin

yourlisteningroomorhometheater.

Thefactorysettingisappropriatefor mostrooms,but

someinstallationscreateanuncommondistance

betweenthefrontandsurroundspeakersthatmay

causethearrivaloffront-channelsoundstobecome

disconnectedfromsurround-channelsounds.

Io resynchronizethefrontandsurroundchannels,fol-

lowthesesteps:

1.Measurethedistancefromthelistening/viewing

positionto thefrontspeakers.

2. Measurethedistancefromthelistening/viewing

positionto thesurroundspeakers.

3.Subtractthedistancetothesurroundspeakers

fromthedistancetothefrontspeakers.

a.WhensettingthedelaytimefortheDolby

Digitalsurroundmode,theoptimaldelaytime

istheresultd thatsubtraction.Forexample,if

thefrontspeakersare10feetawayandthe

surroundspeakersarefivefeetaway,theopti-

maldelaytimeisfiguredas10-5=5. lhus,in

thisexample,thedelaytimeforDolbyDigital

shouldbesetatfivemilliseconds.

b.WhensettingthedelaytimefortheProLogicII

mode,taketheresultofthesubtractionand

add15toobtaintheoptimaldelaytime.For

example,ifthefrontspeakersare10 feet

awayandthesurroundspeakersarefivefeet

away,theoptimaldelaytimeisfiguredas

10-5+15=20. lhus,inthisexample,the

ProLogicIIdelayshouldbesetat20 milli-

seconds.

NOTE:lhe DIS,Logic7,HallandTheatermodesuse

afixed,nonadjustabledelaytime.

lhe DolbyDigitalmodealsoincludesaseparateset-

tingforthecenterchanneldelaymode,sincethedis-

cretenatureofthesesignalsmakesthelocationofthe

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

centerchannelspeakermorecritical,b calculatethe

delayforthecenterchannel,measuremedistance

fromthepreferredlisteningpositioninthecenterof

theroomtoboththecenterchannelspeakerand

eithertheleftorrightspeaker.

Ifthedistancesareequal,nofurtheradjustmentis

requiredandthecenterdelayshouldbesettozero,If

thedistancetothefrontspeakersisgreaterthanthe

distancetothecenterspeaker,youmaywishtoreposi-

tionthespeakersbymovingthefrontleftandfront

rightspeakersclosertothelisteningpositionorthe

centerspeakerfurtherawayfromthelisteningposition,

Ifrepositioningofthespeakersisnotpossible,adjust

mecenterdelaytime,addingonemillisecondofcenter

channeldelayforeveryfootclosertothelistening

positionthecenterspeakeristhanthefrontspeakers.

Forexample,ifthefrontleftandfrontrightspeakers

areeach10feetfromthelisteningpositionandthe

centerchannelspeakeriseightfeetaway,thedelayis

figuredas10-8=2,suggestinganoptimalcenter

delayoftwomilliseconds.

Io setthedelaytimefora specificinput,continue

withinthe SURR0UND SE TUP (Figure4)

menu.Ifthesystemisnotalreadyatthatpoint,press

theOSDButton_ to bringupthe MAST ER

MENU; pressthe• Button_ andthenthe

SetButton_ tobringupthe SURR0 UND

SE TUP menu,andthenpressthe• Button

once.

IftheDolbyDigitalmodeisselected,the• cursorwill

stopatthe CENTER DELAY line.Inthatcase,

pressthe,/• Buttons_ _ untilthenumber

calculatedusingtheformulashownaboveappearsin

thedisplayWhenthe CE NT ER DE L AY is

entered,pressthe• Button _ onceto moveto

thenextline.

Whenthe CE NT ER DE L A Y isset,orifthe

DolbyProLogicIImodeisselected,the• cursorwill

beattheS URR DELAY linesothatthedelay

forthesurroundspeakersmaybeset.Pressthe,/•

Buttons_ _ untilthenumbercalculatedusing

theformulashownaboveappearsinthedisplay.When

thedelaysettingsarecomplete,pressthe• Button

onceto movetothenextline.

Notethatthedelaysettingsmayalsobeadjustedatany

timewhentheDolbyDigitalorDolbyProLogicIImodes

areinusebypressingtheDelayButtononthefront

panel[] orremote_, followedbyapressofthe

SetButton_ _. Next,presstheA/• Buttons

qi_!_qi_i_ontheremoteortheSelectorButtons[]

onthefrontpaneluntilthedesiredfigureappearsinthe

MainInformationDisplay[].

NightModeSettings

fhe Nightmodeisafeatureof DolbyDigitalthatuses

specialprocessingto preservethedynamicrangeand

fullintelligibilityof amoviesoundtrack,particularlythe

dialogue,whilereducingthepeaklevel,fhis prevents

abruptlyloudtransitionsfromdisturbingothers,without

reducingthesonicimpactofa digitalsource.Note

thattheNightmodeisonlyavailablewhenspecially

encodedDolbyDigitalsignalsareplayed.

Io adjusttheNightmodesettingforaninputfrom

themenu,makecertainthatthe• cursorisonthe

NIGHT lineofthe SURROUND SETUP

menu(Figure4).Next,pressthe_/• Buttons

_ tochooseamongthefollowingsettings,

astheyappearintheon-screendisplay:

OFF: WhenOFF ishighlighted,theNightmode

willnotfunction.

MID:WhenMID ishighlighted,a mildcompres-

sionwillbeapplied.

MAX: WhenMAX ishighlighted,a moresevere

compressionalgorithmwillbeapplied.

WerecommendthatyouselecttheMIDsettinginitially

andchangetotheMAXsettinglater,ifdesired.

NotethattheNightmodemaybeadjusteddirectlyany

timethataDolbyDigitalsourceisplayingbypressing

theNightButtonqJD.Whenthebuttonispressed,

thephraseD- RA NGE willappearinthelower

thirdofthevideoscreenandintheMain Information

Display[]. PresstheA/• Buttonsqi_qj_i_within

threesecondstoselectthedesiredsetting.

Whenallsettingsforthesurroundsetuphavebeen

made,presstheA/• Buttonsqi_!_qj_i_sothatthe

• cursorisnexttoRET URN TO MENU, and

presstheSetButton_ toreturntothemainmenu.

SpeakerSetup

fhis menutellstheAVR225whichtypeof speakers

arein use.fhis isimportantasitadjuststhesettings

thatdeterminewhichspeakersreceiveIow-%quency

(bass)information.Foreachofthesesettingsusethe

LARGE settingif thespeakersfora particular

positionaretraditionalfull-rangeloudspeakersthatare

capableofreproducingsoundsbelowlOOHz.Use

theSMA LL settingforsmaller,frequency-limited

satellitespeakersthatdonotreproducesoundsbelow

100Hz,Notethatwhen"small"speakersareused,a

subwooferisrequiredto reproducelow-frequency

sounds,Rememberthatthe"large"and"small"

descriptionsdonotrefertotheactualphysicalsizeof

thespeakers,buttotheirabilityto reproducelow-

frequencysounds,If youareindoubtastowhich

categorydescribesyourspeakers,consultthe

specificationsinthespeakers'owner'smanual,or

askyourdealer.

Ifyouhaven'tdonesopreviously,placetheAVR225

inDolbyProLogicII- Moviemodebyusingthe

SURROUND SETUP menu(Figure3)as

describedonpage18. Itiseasiesttoenterthe

propersettingsforthespeakersetupthroughthe

SP EA KE R SE TU P menu(Figure5).Ifthat

menuisnotalreadyonyourscreenfromtheprior

adjustments,presstheOSDButton_ tobringup

the MASTER MENU (Hgure1),andthenpress

the• Button_ twicesothatthecursorisonthe

SP EAKER SETUP line.Atthispoint,pressthe

Set Button_ tobringupthe SP EAKER

SE TUP menu(Figure5).

* SPEAKER SETUP *

LEFT/RIGHT:

CENTER :

SURROUND :

SUBWOOFER :

RETURN TO MENU

WhentheSPEAKER SETUP menufirst

appears,theon-screencursor• willbeatthetopof

thelistofspeakerpositions,pointingtowardthe

LEFT/R I GHT line,whichsetstheconfiguration

forthefrontleftandrightspeakers.Ifyouwishtomake

achangetothefrontspeakers'configuration,pressthe

_/• Buttons_ _ sothateitherL ARGE or

SMAL L appears,matchingthetyped speakersyou

haveattheleft-frontandright-frontpositions,as

describedbythedefinitionsshowninthepreceding

section.

WhenSMAL L isselected,low-frequencysounds

below100Hzwillbesen_onlytothesubwooferoutpuL

Notethatifyouchoosethisoptionandthereisnosub-

wooferconnected,youwillnothearanyIow-%quency

soundsfromthefrontchannels.

WhenLA RG E isselected,afull-rangeoutputwillbe

senttothefrontleftandfrontrightoutputs.Depending

onthechoicemadeintheSUBWOOFER linein

thismenu,bassinformationmayalsobedirectedtothe

lrontlefI/rightspeakers,asubwooferorboth.

Whenyouhavecompletedyourselectionforthefront

channel,pressthe• Button_ ontheremoteto

movethecursortoCENTE R.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Pressthe</, Buttons_ _ ontheremoteto

selecttheoptionthatbestdescribesyoursystem

basedonthespeakerdefinitionsshownbelow,

WhenSMALL isselected,low-frequencycenter-

channelsoundsbelow100Hzwillbesentonlytothe

subwooferoutput.Notethatifyouchoosethisoption

andthereisnosubwooferconnected,youwillnothear

anylow-frequencysoundsfromthecenterchannel

speaker.

WhenLARGE isselected,afull-rangeoutputwillbe

senttothecenterspeakeroutput,andNOcenter-chan-

nelsignalwillbesenttothesubwooferoutput.

NOTE:IfyouchooseLogic7asthesurroundmode

fortheparticularinputsourceforwhichyouarecon-

figuringyourspeakers,theAVR225 willnotmakethe

"large"optionavailableforthecenterspeaker,fhis is

duetotherequirementsof Logic7 processing,and

doesnotindicatea problemwithyourreceiver.

WhenNONE isselected,nosignalswillbesentto

thecenter-channeloutput,fhe receiverwilloperatein

a"phantom"center-channelmodeandcenter-channel

informationwillbesent[otheleftandrightfront-chan-

neloutputs,Whenonlyfrontleftandrightspeakers

areused,withnocenterorsurroundspeakers,VMAx

isagoodalternativemode,

Whenyouhavecompletedyourselectionforthecen-

terchannel,pressthe• Button_ ontheremote

tochangethecursorto SURROUND.

Pressthe</, Buttons_ _ ontheremoteto

selecttheoptionthatbestdescribesthesurround

speakersinyoursystembasedonthespeaker

definitionsshownpreviously

WhenSM ALL isselected,low-frequencysurround-

channelsoundsbelowlOOHzwillbesenttothesub-

wooferoutputonlyNotethatifyouchoosethisoption

andthereisnosubwooferconnected,youwillnot

hearanylow-frequencysoundsfromthesurround

speakers.

WhenLARGE isselected,afull-rangeoutputwill

besenttothesurround-channeloutputs,andNOsur-

round-channelsignalswillbesenttothesubwoofer

output.

WhenNONE isselected,surroundsoundinforma-

tionwillbesplitbetweenthefrontleftandrightout-

puts.Notethatforoptimalperformancewhennosur-

roundspeakersareinuse,theDolby3 Stereomode

shouldbeusedinsteadof DolbyProLogicII.Ifonly

frontleftandrightspeakersareavailable,selectoneof

thetwoVMAxmodesor"SurroundOff".

Whenyouhavecompletedyourselectionforthesur-

roundchannel,pressthe• Button_ onthe

remotetomovethecursortoSUBWOOFER

Pressthe_i/_, Buttonsqi_)_ ontheremoteto

selecttheoptionthatbestdescribesyoursystem.

Thechoicesavailableforthesubwooferposition

willdependonthesettingsfortheotherspeakers,

particularlythefrontleft/rightpositions.

Ifthefrontleft/rightspeakersaresetto SMAL L,

thesubwooferwillautomaticallybesetto SUB,

whichisthe"on"position.

Ifthefrontleft/rightspeakersaresetto L ARGE,

threeoptionsareavailable:

IfnosubwooferisconnectedtotheAVR225,

pressthe_/P, Buttons_ ontheremote

sothatNONE appearsintheon-screenmenu.

Whenthisoptionisselected,allbassinformation

willberoutedtothefrontleft/right"main"speakers.

IfasubwooferisconnectedtotheAVR225,you

havetheoptionto havethefrontleft/right"main"

speakersreproducebassfrequenciesatalltimes,

andhavethesubwooferoperateonlywhenthe

AVR225 isbeingusedwithadigitalsourcethat

containsa dedicatedLow-FrequencyEffects,or

LFE,soundtrack,fhis allowsyouto usebothyour

mainandsubwooferspeakerstotakeadvantage

ofthespecialbasscreatedfor certainmovies.

Pressthe_/_ Buttons_ ontheremote

sothatS UB ( L FE ) appearsintheon-

screenmenu.

Ifasubwooferisconnectedandyouwishtouseit

forbassreproductioninconjunctionwiththemain

frontleft/rightspeakers,regardlessofthetypeof

programsourceor surroundmodeyouarelisten-

ingto,pressthe_/P, Buttons_ onthe

remotesothatSUB L/ R+ L F E appearsin

theon-screenmenu.Whenthisoptionisselected,

a"complete"feedwillbesenttothefrontleft/right

"main"speakers,andthesubwooferwillreceive

bassfrequenciesbelowlOOHz.

Whenallspeakerselectionshavebeenmade,press

the• Button_ untiltheon-screenP,cursor

pointsto RE TU RN TO M EN U andpressthe

SetButton_ toreturntothe MAST ER

MENU.

Thespeakerconfigurationmayalsobechangedat

anytimewithoutusingtheFulI-OSDon-screenmenu

systembypressingtheSpeakerSelectbuttononthe

frontpanel[] orremote_. Oncethebuttonis

pressed,F NT S PKR willappearinboththelower

thirdofthevideodisplayandtheMain Information

DisplayL_J,

Withinthreeseconds,presseitherthefront-panel</_.

SelectorButtons[] ortheA/• Buttons(_)qi_i

ontheremotetoselectadifferentspeakerposition,or

presstheSet Button_'1_ tobegintheadjustment

processforthefrontleftandrightspeakers.

WhentheSetButton_'!_ hasbeenpressedand

thesystemisreadyforachangetothespeakerset-

ting,theon-screendisplayandMainInformation

Display[] willreadFNT L ARGE or FNT

S MA L L, dependingonthecurrentsetting.Press

thefront-panel_1), SelectorButtons[] orthe

A/• Buttons_i_ ontheremoteuntilthe

desiredsettingisshown,usingtheinstructionsfor

"large"or"small"describedearlier.

Iftheconfigurationforanotherspeakerpositionneeds

to bechanged,pressthefront-panel_/P, Selector

Buttons[] orthe A/• Buttons(_qi_i onthe

remoteto selectadifferentspeakerposition,andthen

pressthefront-panel_/_, SelectorButtons[] or

theA/• Buttons(_qi_i_ ontheremoteuntilthe

correctspeakerse_ingisshown.

Io assistinmakingspeakerconfigurationsettings,the

iconsintheSpeaker/ChannelInputIndicators[]

changeasthespeakertypeisselectedateachposi-

tion.Whenonlythecentericonboxcontainingthe

abbreviationforthespeakerpositionislit,thespeaker

issetfor "small:'Whentheinnerboxandthetwoouter

boxeswithcirclesinsidethemarelit,thespeakerisset

for"larger'Whennoindicatorappearsataspeaker

location,thatpositionissetfor "none"or "no"speaker.

NOTE:Theseiconsareavailableonlywhenmaking

setupchangesintheSemi-OSDmode.

Forexample,in Figure6,theleft-frontandright-front

speakersaresetfor "largei'thecenter,left-surround

(SL)andright-surround(SR)speakersaresetfor

"smalli'andasubwooferisset,asshownbythebox

withtheabbreviation"LFE",whichstandsfor "low-

frequencyeffects:'

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