Harman Kardon AVR135 Owner’s Manual

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AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER

OWNER'S NANUAL

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AVR 135 AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER

3 Introduchon

4 ImportantSatetyInformation
4 Unpacking

5 Front-PanelControls

7 ReapPanelConr/ections
9 RemoteControlFunctions

12 InstallationandConnections
14 SystemConfiguration

14 SpeakerSelectionandPlacement
14 SyslemSetup

16 InputSetup
16 SurroundSetup

17 SpeakerSetup

19 DelaySettings
20 OutputLevelAdjushT_ent
22 Operation

22 BasicOperation
22 SourceSelection

22 6 Chanr/el/8ChannelDirectInput
22 VolumeControl

22 SurroundModeSelection
23 DigitalAudioPlayback

24 SurroundModeChart
26 TunerOperation
27 Reco/ding

27 OutputLevel7dinAdjustment
28 AdvancedFeatures

28 Front-Par/elDisplayFade
28 E)isplayBrightness
28 7urnOnVolumeLevel

29 SemiOSDSettings
29 FullOSDTimeOutAdjustment
30 ProgrammingtheRemote

30 ProgrammingDeviceCodes
30 DirectCodeEntry

30 AutoSearchMethod
30 CodeReadout

30 MacroProgramming
31 ProgrammedDeviceFunctior/s

32 VolumePunchThrough
32 ChannelControlPunehThrough

32 7_ansportControlPunchThrough
32 ReseatingtheRemoteMemory

33 FunetionList
35 SetupCodeTables

45 Troubleshool_ngGuide
45 ProcessorReset

46 TechnicalSpecifications
46 TrademarkAcknowledgements

47 index

TypographicalOonventions
Inordertohelpyouusethismanualwiththeremotecontrol,frontpanelc,ontrolsandreappanelconnechons,

cedainconventionshavebeenused

EXAMPLE (boldtype)indicatesaspecificrernotec,ontrolor front-panelbutton,or reappanel
connectionjack

EX AMPL E (OCRtype)indicatesamessagethatisvisibleonscreenoronthefront-panel

informationdisplay

(numberina square)indicatesaspecificfront-panelcontrol
(numberina cim,le)indicatesa reappanelconnection

_]_ (numberinanoval)indk',atesa [suttonorindicaturontheremote

INTRODUCTION

Thankyoufor choosingHarmonKardon'_[With
thepurchaseofaHam_anKardonA!v_Rt35, youa_e

aboutte beginmanyyearsof lintel/in9en;oyn-_ent.
Desertedteprey)dea)ltheexcitementanddetailof

moviesoundtrachsandeverynuanceofmusicalsebe-
tions,theAVR135accomplishesits;missionbyhar-
r,essiagsdvat_cedtechnologiesusuallyfoundonlyin
higher-pr}eedreceivers.

TheAVR135h£sbeenengineeredso lhatit}seasy
totakea@antageofdl thepowerof}Is50italted>
nology.However,to obhinthema£rnun_enioyment
fro_T'you/newrecek,er,weurgeyoutoroadIbis
manualA fewminutesspent/earnirlgtheflJr_ctionsof
thevariouscontrolswillenableyouto takeadvanlage

atallthepowertheA",/R135isableh c/duel
Ifyouhaveanyqueseonsaboutthisp{oduet,itsinstal-

lationor itsoperation,pleasecontactyourretuileror
ousteminstrdb_Theyareysurbest(oea(sourcesof

information.
DescriptionandFeatures

TheA\/R135isversatilean_mult_feafured,incnrpo-
ratinga widerangeof listenxgoptionsInad@onto
Dolby*DigitalandDTS_'decodingtotdir/itelsou/sea,

abroadchoiceofMatrixsurroundencodedorStereo
surroundmodesan-avafiabhfor usewithsources

suchasCD,VCR,TVbroadcastsandtheAYR135's
ownFM/AMtortenAlongwith[}olbyDigitalEX,Do/by
ProLogic*h,DTSNeo:6t Ddby3 el÷see,andH_II

andTheatermodes,the,<',/fi135 offersHarman
international'sexclusiveLogic7®processinginbeth

51 and7 1versionstoqs_aleawider,moreerwe}op}ng
fieldenvironmentandmeredefinedflyoveueat_dpans

,anotherexclusiveisVMAx_,whichusesproprietary
processingtoemoteanopen,spacioussaoodfield
evenwhenonlybJvufrontspeakersareavailable

Inadditionto providinga wideranged listening
options,theAgo135iseasytocmfflgu_esolid (t
providesthebestresultswithyourspeakersandspe
ciSclister_ing4nomerwimnment.Onscreenmenus
makeifsimpbtoentersettingsforspeakerconfigura-
tionsandbassmanagement

Forhe ultimateinflexib@,the£/@13{sfeatures
conneceonsforloutv)deodevices,allwithbothcom-
positeandS-videoinputs.Twoadditionalaudioinputs
area,,ailable,ands)xd)g)ta)inputsmakefie AVR135

capableof handlingallthelatestdigitalsLIdiosources.

Forcompat}b)i)tywiththelatestH[}TVWdeosources
andprogressivescanDVDplayers,the£/B 135 abe
foal:urnsh,vodaputwidebandwidth,lowcmsshfk
compone_stvideoswitching

ThefTontpahd011erscoaxandopt}coldio}tal}nputs
fordirectconnectiontodigital_ecorders.A video
recordh_goutput,preempoutandacoloFcoded
eight-channeJinput,withcompldedigitalbassman-
agement,makethe£v'R135vi/tuallyfutureproof,with
e\,erytbingneededte accommodatetomonow'sne_,_
furmanfightonboard.

TheAVR135%pewertqamp/it}erusestrad}tional
Harman_<a/donhighcurrentdesigntechnolog(es

teresethewidedynamic',rangeofanyprogram
s_bct_on

HarmonKardoninventedtl,ehL./h*fidelil,/recek,er
morethanfiftyyearsago.W[] state-chineartcircuib'
andtimehonoredcircuitdesigns,theAVRt 85 ishe
pergctcombina_onofthelatest)nd)git.a)audiolecb
Itology,aquietyetpowerfulstalesamplifierinanele
pantsaw to-usepackage

ForCan@ianmode_

ThisclassBdigitalapparatuscomplieswithCat,adios
ICES0075

Formedalshavingapower001t'Twinapolarizedplug:
CAU-FfON:]b preventelectricshock,elatchwidebhde

ofplugtowide5of,tullyinsdt

Modelspour leaCanadien

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ATTENTION:Pour6vbrloschecs@lect_iquesli_t_eduirs
lalame/apluslargede/afichedanslaborne
eorrespendanted9laprisestpousserjusqu'aufe:_d.

[] Awiderangeofdigitalandmatrixsurround

modes,inebdingDoby_ Digital,DobyDigitaiEX,
DolbyProLogic_II,BTS'_,DTS-ES_ Discreteand

Matrix,andDTS_,_eo:6_'
[] Sixchannebofhigh-currentamptification
[] FlarmanKardon%exclusiveLogic7_'processing,

availabieforthe first time withboth7.1 and

5.1 processingina varietyof modes,andtwo
modesof VMAx_

@High-bandwidth,HgTV-compatiblocomponent

video switching
[] Discretefront-panel coaxialand opticaldigital

inputsfor easyconnedionto portabb digilal
devicesandvideogameconsoles

[] Fxtensivebassmanagementoptions,includ-

ingthree separatecrossovergroupings

[] On-screenmenuand displaysystem

CAUTION

CAUTION: To prevent electric shock,

do not use this (polarized)

plug with an extension cord,

receptacle or ether outlet

unless the blades can

be fully inserted to

prevent blade exposure,

withn _n equilateral ttiaegle, is i_tende_J to
_1_1 the _er to the pros-once _f _ilir,s_la_t_

,_ The lighinin9 flash with arrowhead symbol,

"d_ngero_$ voltage" within _he prod<tore

enclosure that m_y be of sufficie_t magn rude to co_.q@le a

I_skof electric 5hock to persons.

SAFETY I NFORPIATION

Important Safety Information

VerifyLineVoltageBeforeUse
YourAVR135 hasbeendesignedbr usewith

120voltACcurrent.Connectionto alinevoltage

otherthanteatforwhichit is intendedcancreatea
safetyandfirehazedandmaydamagethe unit.

Ifyouhalveanyquestionsaboutthevoltagerequirements
1oryourspecificmodel,orabout_l_eJJ//evoJ_ageJnyour
area,contactyoursellingdealerbeforepluggingfl_eunit

Jnbawalloutlet

Do NotUseExtensionCords
Toavoidsafetyhazalds,useonlythepowercord

attachedtoyeurunitWedenot_ecorrtrneedthat
extensioncordsbeusedwiththisproduct.Aswithaft
eleetr,caldevices,donotrunpowerco_dsunderrugs
or carpetsor placeheavyobjectsonthem.Damaged
powercordsshouldbereplacedimmediatelybyan
authorizedservicecenterwitha cordmeetinghctory
spedfic_oes

HandletheACPowerCordgently
WhendisconnecllngthepowercordfloraanACout-
let,alwayspulltheplug;neverpulltheoo_dIfyoudo

notintendto usetheunitforanyconsiderablelength
of time,disconnedtheplugfromtheACoutlet.

DoNotOpentheCabinet
ThereareriousesservJceabJecompo/_en_sinsidethis

product.Openingthecabinetmaypresentashock
hazard,andanymodificationto theproductwillvoid
yourguaranteeIfwateroranymetalobjectsuchasa

paperclip,wireora stapleaccidenta@tailsirsidethe

unit,disconnectitfromtheACpowersourceimmedi
at@tandcorsultanauthorizedservicecentec

CAWorAntennaGrounding

Ifanoubideantennaor cablesyslemisconnectedb
thisproduct,bece_tait_1butit isgrout_dedsoasto p,s-
videBorneprotectionagainstvoltagesurgesandstatic
chargee.Section810 oftheNationalElectricalCode.
ANSI/NFPANo.70-1984,providesinformationwith
respecttopropergroundingofthemastandsapportng

structure,groundingof he leadinwiretoanantenna
dischargeat/it,sizeof groundkgconductors,Ioogior_

ofanlennadischargeunit,connectiontogmundJr_g
electrodesandrequiremerltsof tie grounding

electrode

NOTETOCATVSYSTEMINSTALLER:Thisremirder

isptovidedto calltheCA-R/(CaNeTV)system
installer'sa_entlontoarticle8P0-40oftheh£CIbat

providesguidelines1orpropergroundingand,inpar
ticular,specifieshat _becablegroundstdl becon

nectedto thegroundingsystemof thebuilding,as
doseIo thepointofcableentryaspossible

InstalIationLocation
[] _oensureproperoperationandto avoidthepoten

tialforsafetyhazards,placelheunitonafirmand
levelsudace.Whenplacingtheunitonashel_be
certainthat1/eshelfandanymoungnghardware
cansupportlheweightoftheproduct,

[] Makecertainthatproperspaceisprovidedboth

aboveandbeirawtile ut/itfor_,et/Natlot/ifthis
productwillbeinstalledina cabinetorother

enclosedarea,makecertainthatthemissufficient
airmovementwithinthecabinet,Undersome

circ,umstancesafanmayberequired,

[] Donotplacelheunitdirectlyonacarpeted

surface.

[] Avoidinstallationinextremelyhotor<',oldlocations,

or inanareathatisexposedtodirectsunlightor
heati%equipment,

[] Avoidmoistorhumidlocations.
[] Donotobstructtheventilationslotsonthetopof

theunit,orplaceobjectsdirectlyor!orthem,

[] Duetotheweightof theAVe135arid theheat

generatedbytheamplifiers,thereistheremote
possibilityfiat therubberpaddingon thebo:lom
ofthe unit'sfeetmayleavemarksoncertain

woodor veneermaterialsUsecautionwhen

placingthe unitonsoftwoodsorothermaterials

thatmaybedamagedby heatorheavyobjects

Cleaning
Whorltheunitgetsdirty,wipeitwitha dean,soft,dry
cloth.Ifneces_ry,andonlya_terunplugc/ietltheAC
powerco_d,wipeitwi?asoftclothdampenedwHh
mildsoap},water,#_ena feshclothwithcleanwatec
WipedryimmediatelywithadryclothNB!ERuse
benzene,aerosolcleaners,tr_fnner;alcoholorarNother
volgilecleaningagentDonotuseabrasivecleaners,
astheymaydamagetr_efinishof mealpartsAvoid
sprayinginsectddeneartheunit.

Movingthe Unit
Beforemovingtheunit,becertak_todisconnectany
interconnectioncordswilhothercomponents,and
makeoerlaiethatyoudisconnecttheunitfromthe

ACoutlet

ImportantInformationfor the User

Thisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomply

withthelinfihforaOlass-Bdigitaldevice,pursuantto,
Part15 oftheFCCRules.Thelimitsaredesignedto
provide_eaaonablepmiectionagainstharmlulinterior-
onceir]aresiderlhalinsta/laton.Thisequipmentgeezer-

ares,usesandcanradiateradiot_equeecy'energyand,

if notinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththe
instructions,maycausehamffulinterlerenoetoradio

communicatonHowever.thereisnoguaranteeteat
harm¢ulinteCerencewillnotoccurina particularinsta[

latiorl, If this equipmentdoescause banrlful inferrer

encetoradioortelevisionreception,wh£hcanbe
determinedby turningtheequipmentoftandon,the
userisencourugedIc,t,ytocorrecttheirge4ereeceby
oneor moreof thebllowingrneasums:

[] Reorie_t or relocatethereceivingantenna,
@Increasethesepaahonbe4_eentheequipmer_t

andmceiven

[] Connecttheequipmentinb anoutletonacircuit

diMentfromtreattowhichthereceiverisconnected

[] ©onsultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/Z/

technicia'_for help

ThisdevicecornplieswithPart15 oftheFCCRules
Operationis subjecttothefollowingb/voconditions:
(1)thisdevicernaynotcauseharmfulinterference,
and(2)thisdevicemustacceptinterferencereceived,
it/oludit/gir¢_rtemenethatreaycauseundesired
operation

NOTE:Changesor modJficalJonsmaycausethis
unittofailto complywi_ Pa_15oftheFCCBales
andmayvoidtheuser'saulhorityb operatethe
equipment

Unpacking
Thecarbnandshippingmaterialsusedle prefectyour
newreceNerduringshiprnentwerespectallydesigned
tocushionit t;ernshockand@terrorWesuggest
thatyousavethecartonandpackingmaterialsfor
useins/iF_pfngif youmere.orshouldtheunitever

needrepel

Tominimizethesizeofthecartonin storage,youmay
wishtoflattenit,Thisisdoneby card@ stirringthe
tapeseamsonthebottomandcollapsingthecartorl.
Othercardboadinsertsmaybestoredinthesame

mar/neePackingmaterialsthatcannotbecollapsed
shouldbesavedalongwiththecartonin a plasticbag

Ifyoudonotwishb savethepackagingmaterials,
pleasenotethatthecartonandotherseciJonsof1he
sbippiogprotediot_arerec,ydabte.Rease_espeetthe

environmentanddiscardthosematerialsata local
_ecydi%center.

it isimportantthatyouremove1heprotectiveplastic
I@ tramtheget-pane/leesbeavir_gtte filmin place
willailedthe performanceofyourremotecontrol,

AVn[]

FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS

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atwwv_,harmankardon,eom,

MainPowerSwitch

SurroundModeSelector

_[__ Buttons
_] TunerBardSelector

MainPower Switch: Pressthisbuttonb apply
powertotheAVR135.Whentheswitchis[xessed
in,theuuitis inaStandbymode,asindicstedbythe
amberLED_ abovetheStandby/OnSwitch
ThisbuttonMUSTbepressedintooperatetheunit

Toturnthe unitoffandpreventtheuseoftheremote
control,thisswitchshouldbepresseduntilitpops

outtom thetent p_,nelandthewo_d"OFY'isseen
atthetopoftheswitch

NOTE:Thisswitchisnormallyleftinthe"ON"position,

PowerDdicator:ThisLEDlightsamberwhenthe

unitisintheStandbymodetosignalthattheAVRis
/eadytobeturnedon Whentheunitisinopelation,

theindicatorisblue.

SetButton
DigitalInputSelector

_]_ PresetStationSebct_r

Delay/adjustSelector
InputSourceSelector

_]_ TunerModeSelecbr

Optical3 DigitalAudioInput
Coaxiat3 DigitalAudioInput

Standby/OnSwitch:WhentheMainPower

Switch_ is"ON,"pressthJsbultonb turnoil the
/_YB135:pressitagak/toturntheuniteft.ThePower

Indicator[] turnsbhewhentheunitison

_[_HeadphoneJack:Thisjackmaybeusedb listen
tothe/4VR135'soutputthroughapairof headphones.
Thespeakerswiltautomatk;allybeturnedoffwhenthe
headphor/ejackisinuse.

ToneMode:Pressingthisbuttonenablesordis

ablestheBassandT/ebletonecent/elmWhenthebut-
tonispressedso thatT0 NE Z N @peasinthe

LowerDisplayLine_], theBass_ andTreble

controlsmaybeusedto adjusttheoutputsignals

Whenthebuhbnispressedonceor b_v£esothatthe
wordsT ONE 0 UT appealit/theLowerDisplay

Line_, he outputsignalwillbe"flat:'nomatterhow

theactualBassandTrebleOontro_s_b'5_] are
adjusted,

Volume(}entre1

InputIndicators
Speaker/ChannelinputIndicators

LowerDiselayLine

_] SurroundModeIndicators

Berr/oteSensorWindow

[] SpeakerSelector:Pressthisbuttonto begin
theprocessof confidudngtheunitlo n,atehthetype
ofspeakersusedinyourlisteningroom Geepat;es

17 19for moreintormationonspeakersetupand

configuration,)

SurroundMode6roupSelector:Pressthishut

tonb selectthetopdevelgroupof surroundmodes,

EachpressofthebuKenwillselectthecurrentor last
usedmodeineachofthesurroundmodegroups

(e.g,Dolby,DTS,DTSNee:&Logic7, DSRStereo).
Whenthebullonispressedsothatthenameofthe
surroundmodegroupappearsintheon screendisplay

andintheLowerDisplayLine_[_,pressthe

SurroundModeSelector[] te cyclethraut/hthe

individualmodesavailableForexample,pressthisbut-

tonto selectDolbymodes,andthenpressthe

SurroundModeSebctor[] to choosefremthe

variousmodeoptions

FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS

SurroundModeSelector:Pressthisbufton
toselectfromamongtheavailablesurroundmode
optionsforthemodegroupselectedThespecific
modeswillvarybasedonlhe numberofspeakers

available,themodegroupandiftheinputsourceis
digitaloranalogForexample,presstheSurround

ModeGroupSetector_ toselectamainmode

groupingsuchasDolbyor Logic7,andthenpress
thisbuttontoseethespecificmodechoicesavailable
Formoreinforma17ononmodeselection,seepagePP

1_1TuningSeIector:Pressfileleftsideof thebutton
totuneIowepfrequenoyslatior/sandtherightsideof

thebutbnb 1shehighepfrequencyst_dionaWhenthe
tunerisir_theManualmode,eachtapwillincreaseor

decreasethefrequer/cybyoneincsmentWhenthe
tunerreceivesa stronger/oughsignalfor adequate
reception.MANUAL 1"UNE D willappearinthe
on-screendisplayandtheLowerDisplayLineF_

WhenthetuneristheAutomode.pressthebutton
once,andtheluneri,_,illscanfora sta_onwithaccept-

ablesignalstrengthWhenthenextstationwitha
strongsignalistunedthescanwillstopandthe

onscreendisplayandLowerDisplayLine
willindicateAU1,0 1"UNED.WhenanFM

Stereostationis hned.thedisplaywillread

AU1,0 $1,TUNED,

1oswitchbackandforthbelvveentheAutoand

Manualtuningmodes,presstheTunerMode

Selector[_'_.
E]_ 4/_ Buttons:WhenconfiguringtheAVA135's

seftlngs,usethesebuttonstosoledhumtheaw_ilable
choices

[] TunerBandSelector:Pressthisbuttonto turn
theAVRonandto selecttheTunerastheinput.Press
itagainIo switchbetweentheAMandFMfrequency
bands([Seepage261ormoreintom_atlononthetuneh)

SetButton:Whenmakingchoicesduringthe
selspandconfigurationprocess,pressthisbutton
toenterthede,redse_lm_gintotheAVA135'srnemory.

[b7 DigitalInputSelector:PressthisbuttonIo

seledoneof thedigitalinputsor theanaloginputbr
anysource.(Seepages23 26tot moreinformation
on digitalaudio.)

PresetStationsSelector:PressthisbuttonIo

scrollupordownthroughthelistof stationsthathave
beenenleredintothepresetrnemory(Seepage27
formoreinformationontunerpresets)

DelayAdiustSelector:Pressthfsbuttonb
beginthestepsrequiredtoenterdelaysettings.(See
pages19 20tot moreinformationondelaytimes)

_]_ InputSourceSelector:Pressthisbuttonto

changetheinputbyscrollir/gupordownthroughthe

listofInputIndicators_.

[] TunerModeSelector:Pressthisbutlontoselect
AutoorManuallsning.Whenthebuttonispressedso
thatthe AU1,0 appearsintheLowerDisplayLine
_, thetunerwillsearchtotthenextstationwithan

acceptablesignalwhentheTuningSelector1_"1_
isp_essed.When1bebutlonisp_essedsothat

MANUAL appearsintheLowerDisplayLine_,

eachpressof theTuningSelector_ will
increasethehequerlcyThisbutlnnmayalsobeusedto

switchbefl/veenStereoandMonomodesforFMradio
_ecepbon.WhenweakrecepSonJsencountered,press

thebuttonsothatMANUA L appearsintheLower

DisplayLine _] andontheonscreendisplaytn

switchtoMonorecephon.Pressitagainto switchback
toStereomode.(Seepage26 totmoreinlormatlonon

usingthehne_)

_]_ Optical3 DigitalAudioInput:Connectfl_eopllod
digitalaudiooutputofanaudioorvideoproducttothis
jack.Whentheinputisnotinuse,becertaintokeep

1beplasticcapinstalledto avoiddustcontarninationthat
mightdegradefulsreperformance

Coaxial3 DigitalAudioInput:Thisjackisused
Iurconnectiontotheoutputof portableaudiodevices.
videogameconsolesorotherproductsthathavea
coaxdigitalaudiojack.

Video3VideoInput Jacks:Thesejacksmay
beusedtottemporaryconnectiontothecompositeor
Svideooutputof videogames,camcordersorother
porlaNevideop_oducts.Youmaymakea connecbon

toeitherjackatanylime,butnottobothsimult_neously.

[] Video3Audio InputJacks:Theseaudiojacks
maybeusedfortemporaryconnectiontovideo

gamesor portableaudio/videoproductssuchas
camco_dersandportableaudioplayers

BassControl:Tuntthiscontrolto modifyt_elow

frequencyoutputoftheleft/rightchannelsbyasmuch
as+lOdB

BalanceControl:Turnthiscontrolte changethe

relalwevolumeforthefrontleft/rightchannels.

NOTE:Forproperoperationofthesurroundmodes

thiscontrolshouldbeat themidpointor "12o'clock"

position

TrebleControl:Mumthisoont/olto modifythehigh

frequencyoutputoftile left/rightchannelsbyasmuch
as+lOdB

ChannelAdjustSelector:Pressthisbuttonto

begintheprocessof trimmingthechanneloutputlev
elsusinganexternalaudiosource.(Formoreinlorma

tiononoutputlevelthmadiustment,seepage27,)

VolumeControl:Turnthisknobclockwiseto

increasethevolume,counterclockwisetodecreasethe
volumeiftheAVR135ismuted,adjusllngthe
VolumeControl_@ willautomallcallyrelease

theunitfsm thesilencedcondition.

[] InputIndicators:Thecurrentselectedsourcewill
appearasoneoftheseindicators.Notethatwhenthe

unitisturnedon,theentirelistofavailablemodeswill
lightbriefly,andther/revertto normalopelaUonwith

onlytheactivemodeindicatorilluminated.

Speaker/ChannelInputIndicators:Theseindi

catorsaremultipurpose,indicaangboththespeaker

typeselectedforeachchannelandtheincomingdata
signalconfiguration,h_eleft,center,right,rightsurrc_und
andleftsurroundspeakerindicatorsarecomposedof
threeboxes,whilethesubwooteris asingleboxThe
centerboxlightswhena"small"speakerisselected,
andthetwoouterboxeslightwhen'large"speakersare
selectedWhennoneoftheboxesarelitterthecente/,
surroundorsubwootarchannels,nospeakerhasbeen
assignedthatposition.(Seepage17formoreintorma
hononconfiguringspeakers.)Thelettersinsideeach
boxdisplaystheactweinputchannelsForstanda/d

analoginputs,onlytheLandRwilllight,indicatinga
s_ereoinput,ForadigihJsou/co,tileindicafo/ewilllight

todisplaythechannelsbeingreceivedat thedigital
input,Whenthelettemflash,thedigitalinputhasbeen
interrupted.(Seepage25formorninformationonthe
ChannelIndicators.)

UpperDisplayLine:D@endingoil theunit'seta

tus,avariefyofmessageswillappearhere,Innormal

operation,thislinewillshowcurrentinputsourseand
whichanalogordigitalinputisJr/use.Whenthetuneris
1beinput,thislinewillidentifythestaaonasAMor FM

andshowthefrequencyandpresetnumbehifany.

_[_ LowerDisplayLine:E)ependingontheunit'ssta
tus,avarieb!ofmessageswillappearhere.Innormal

operation,thecurrentsurroundmodewillshowhere

_] SurroundModeIndicators:Thecurrentselected
surroundmodewillappearasoneoftheseindicabrs,

Notethatwhentheunitis turnedon,theentirelistof
availablemodeswilllightbriefly,andthenrevertto

normalopelutionwithonly1beactivemodeindicator
illuminated,

RemoteSensorWindow:Thesensorbehind

thiswindowreceivesinfraredsignalsfromtheremote

controlAimtheremoteatthisareaanddonotbloc,k
orcoverit,

REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS

SPEAKERS 18@

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atwwwharmankardon,com,

O FMAntennaJack

ODAudioInputs
0 TapeOutputs
_} TapeInputs
(_ SubwooterOutput
@ FrontSpeakerOutpuls

SurroundBackSpeakerOutputs
(_ SurroundSpeakerOutputs
_} CenterSpeakerOutputs
@ ComponentVideoMonitorOutputs

VideoP ComponentVideoInputs

NOTE:Toassistin makingthecorrectconnections
tormultichannelinput,outputandspeakerconnec
tions,allconnectionjacksandterminalsareC010F

codedinconlormancewiththeCEAsta_ndardsas
tollows:

FrontLeft: White

0 FMAntennaJack:Connecttr/esuppliedindoor
(oranoptionalexternal)FManlennatethisterminal

6DAudioInputs:Connectthesejackstothe
analogaudiooutputofa compactdiscplayerorCD
change_

_, TapeOutputs:Connectthesejacksto the
RECORD/INPUTjacksofanaudiorecorder.

TapeInputs:Connedthesejackstothe
PLAY/OUTjacksofanaudiomcorden

SwitchedACAccessoryOutlet
@ UnswitchedACAccessoryOutlet
@ OpticalDigitalAudioOutput

CoaxialDigitc<lAudioOutput
@ S VideolViorliterOutput
@ CoaxialDigitalAudioInputs

Video1SWideoInput
OpticalDigitalAudioInputs

FrontRight: Red
Center: Green

SurroundLeft: Blue
SurroundRight: Gray

SurroundBackLeft: Brown
SurroundBackRight: Tan

{_ SubwooferOutput:Connectthisjacktotheline
levelinputof a poweredsubwoote_Ifanexternalsub
WOoTerarnpliierisused.conr/ecthis jacktothesub

wooteramplifierinput,

FrontSpeakerOutputs:Connecttheseoutputs
tothematching+ or terminalson yourleftandright
speakers.Whenmakingspeakerconnectionsalways
makecedaintomainhincorrectpolarHybyconneclqng
thecoloFcoded(whitebr frontleftandredforfront
righO(+)terminalsontheAVR135 tothered(+)

Video1SVideoOutput
Videoo S VideoInput
6/5 ChannelDirectInputs

@ VideoMonitorOutput

DVDAudio/VideoInputs
@ Video1Audio/Videohputs
@ Video1Audio/VideoOutputs
@.)Video2 Audio/VideoInputs

_I) AMAntennaTerminals

Subwooter: Purple
CoaxialDigitalAudio: Orange
CompositeVideo: Yellow
ComponentVideo"Y": Green
ComponentVideo"Pr": Red
ComponentVideo"Pb": Blue

terminalsonthespeakersand1heblack(-)terrninals
ontheAVR135totheblack(-) terminalsonthe
speakers.Seepage1Ptormoreinfom_ationon
speakerpolarity

@ SurroundBackSpeakerOutputs:These

speakerterminalsarenormallyusedtopowerthesur

roundbackspeakerina6./ channelsysternConnect

theseoutputstothemarching+ and- terminalson
yoursurroundbackchannelspeaker.In contormance
withtheCEAcoloFc.odespecification,thebrownter

REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS

minalis thepositive,or "+/' terrni/_althatshouldbe
conI/ectedtothered(+)terminalontheSurround
Backspeakerwitholdercoloueoding.Connectthe
black{-) terminalonthe£VBtothematchingblack
negative'-) termJ_alonthesurroundbackspeake_
Geepage121ormoreinformationonspeaker

polanly)
O SurroundSpeakerOutputs:Connecttheseout-

putstothematching+ and terminalsonyoursur
rourldchannelspeakers.Inconlem_ancewithhe CEA

cofopcodespecification,theblueterminalistheposi-
tive,or" _i'terminalthatshouldbeconnectedtothe

red(+)terminalontheSurround/eftspeakerwith
oldereolor,eodi%,whilethegrayterminalshouldbe
connectedtothemd(+)terminalon theSurround
Rightspeakerwiththeoldercolor-codingConnectthe

black(-) terminalonthe74%tothematchingblack
negatNe(-) terrninalsforeachsurroundspeaken(See

paget2 totmoreinformationonspeakerpolarity.)
0 CenterSpeakerOutputs:Connecttheseoutputs

tothematc,hing+ and- terminabonyourcenter

char/eelspeake£Jnconformancewithfl_eCFA
colopcodespecification,thegreenterminalisthe
positue,or "+/' ter/nlrlalthatshouldbeeonrleetedto
themd(+)terminalonspeakerswiththeoldercolor,
codingConnecttheblack() terlniealonlheAVRto
thebtack<) termihalonyourspeakerGeep%e12

formoreinformalJononspeakerpoladly.)
@ CompormntVideoMonitorOutputs:Connect

theseoutputsto thecomponentvideoinputsofa
videoprojectoror monitonWhena sourceconnected
tooneoftheComponentVideoinputs@@ is
selected,thesignalwillbesentIo thesejacks

Video2 ComponentVideoInputs:Connedthe

Y/Pr/Pbcomponentvideooutp£sofanNOWset-l@
convedeLsatellitereceiverorothervideosource

devicewithcomponentvideooutputstethese)aeks.
0 DVDComponentVideoBputs: Connectthe

Y/Pr/PbcomponentvideooutputsofaDVDplayerte

thesejacks
0 ACPowerCord:()onnecttheACpowercordb a

non-swRchedACwaftoutleh

SwitchedACAccessoryOutlet:Theseou%ts

maybeusedto poweranydeviceyouwishte have

turnedonwhentheAVR135 isturnedon

@ UnswitchedACAccessoryOutlet:Thisgullet

maybeusedtopoweranyACdeviceThepowerwill

remainonatthisoutletregardlessofwhetherthe

AVB135isonoroff
NOTE:Thetotalpowerconsur_pflonofalldevices

connectedtotheaecessoryoutletsshouldnotexceed

1O0watts

@ OpticalDigitalAudioOutput:Concertthisjack
te theopticaldigitalinputconnectoronaCDR/RW,
MhiDiseorotherdigitalrecorde_,

CoaxialDigitalAudioOutput:Cunnectthisjack

tethecoaxialdigitalinputof aCD R/RVV.MiniDiscor

otherdigitallaconian.

@ S-VideoMonitorOutput:if anyoftheinput
source',usedn yoursystemhave,!_videoconner

lionstotheAVR,connectthisjacktotheSddeoinput
onyourtelevision,projecterorothervideodisplay.

@ CoaxialDigitalAudioInputs:Connectthecoax
digitaloutputfrumaDVDplayer,HDTVreceiver,LD
playerorCDpeer te theseiacks.Tie signalmaybea
DolbyDigitalsignal,DTSsignalorastandardPCMdigih]
sourceDonoteoenecttheRFdidtaloutputofati LD
playerto thesejacks.

@ DVDS-VideoInput:GooeecttheS _/[deooutputof
aDVDplayerorothervideosourcetethisjaok

VideoI S-VideoInput:Iftheproductconnectedto

theVideoI Audio Inputs@ hasS videocapability,
connectthisjacktothePLAY/OUTSvideojackon

fiat unitandthenmakeco%inthattheS-_ideo

MonitorOutput@ isconnectedas described
above.

_, Optica_DigitalAudio Inputs: Connect{tieoptical
digitaloutputfromaDVDplayer,HDTVreceiver,LD

playerorCDplayertothese)seksThesignalmaybea
DolbyDigitalsignalaDTSsignalorastandardPCM

digitalsource

Video1 S-VideoOutput:Iftheproductconnected

b theVideoI Audio/VideoOutputs@ hasS video

capability,connectthisjacktetheREC4NS videojack

onthatunit.

Video2 S-VideoInput:Iftheproductconnected
totheVideo2Audio/VideoInputs@ hasS video
cupabi(ity,connect_l_isjacktothePLAY/OUTS'4dec

jackonthatunitandthenmakecertainthatthe
S-videoMonitorOutput@ is connectedas

descnbedabove.

@ 6/8-ChanneIDirectInputs:Thesejacksare

usedlot conne@ontosourcedevicessuchasDYD-

AudioorSACDplayerswithdiscreteanalogoutputs.
Dependingor/thesourcedeviceinuse,alleightjacl<s
maybeused,thoughinmanyc,asesonlyconnections
tethetrentleith@t,center,surroundlefl/nghtand
LFE(subwooterinput;jackswillbeusedforstandard
5 1audiosignala

@ VideoMonitorOutput:Contractthisjaektothe

compositevideoinputofa_ monitororvideoprqec

tarto viewtheonscreenmenusandtheoutputofa

standardvideosource.

._ DVDAudioNideoInputs:Connectthecomposite

videoand[JRanalogaudiooutputsofa DVDplayeror
ot_ervideosoumetethesejacks.

0 Video1AudioMdeo Inputs:Connectthe corm

posireorVideoand[jR analogaudioPLAY/OUTjacks
ofaVCRorothervideosouraeto theselacks.

Video1Audio/VideoOutputs:Connectthe

compositeorVideoandL/BanalogaudioBEe/IN

jacksofaVCRorothervideorecordingdevicesuch
asa DVDrecorderor PVRtothesejacks.

Video2 Audio/VideoBputs: Connectthecorm

positeorVideoand[JRanalogaudioPLAY/OUTjacks

ofa cabletebvfsionboxorothervideosourceto
thesejacks

AMAntennaTarminab:ConnedtheAMloop

antennasuppliedwiththereoeue;totheseterrninals,
ItaoexternalAMantennaisused,make<_sr_nedions

totheAMandGNOterrninalsioaccordancewith
theinstructionssuppliedwiththeantenna.

Noteonvideoconnections:Whenconnectirga
videosourceproductsuchasaVCR,DVDplayer,
satellitereceNeT,cableset-topbox,personalvideo
recorderorvideogameto the£/R 135,youmay
useeithera compositeor S videoconnection.

butnotboth

0 PowerOffBut,on

O PowerOr/B_tton

InputSelectors

0 AM/FMTunerSelect

REHOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS

@ SleepButton
@ DSPSurroundModeSelector

ChannelSelectButton

A/_ ButTons

@ _/_ Buttons

Di@talSelect

@/)irect Button

TuningUp/Dovvn

0 DTSDigitalModeSelector

@ SkipUp/DownButtons

@ DTSNeo:6ModeSelect
@ MacroButtons
0 DiscSkipBuKon
@ PresetUp/Down

@ Delay/Prey,Oh.

VCR CBL/SAT TV

G

CH. NIGHT

SpareButton
VolumeUp/Down
7V/VideoSelector

6oChannel/SOhanr_elDirectInput
Mute

NOTE:
, Tilefundior_namesshowl_hereareeaehbulton'stesture

wherlusedwiththeAVR135 Mostbuttonshaveadditional
functionswhenusedwithotherdevicesSeepages33 34

1ora11stofthese_unctions

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AVE]35

CONTROL FUNCTIONS

IMPOBTANTNOTE:TheAVB135's remotemay_se
programmedto controlupto se_,endevices,irdudi%

theAVR135 Beforeusingtheremote,it isimportantt

rememberto presshe InputSelectorButton@

thatcorrespondsto theunityouwishtooperate

Inadditbn,theAVR/35'sremoteisshippedflora

thetotteryteoperatetheAVR135andmost

NaamanKadonCOorOVOplayersandcassette
decks.Theremoteisalsocapableof ope_atntla
widevarietyofotherproductsusiegtqecontrolcodes

lbatarepadofteeremoteBeforeusirlgtheremote

vnaotherproducts,tellowthe>st¢cgoosonpage30

toprogramthepropercodesforthepmduds)n}@ur

system

Itis al_ impo,tantto _emembertat manyofthebut-
tensonthe_emotetakeondifferentfunctions,depend-

(%onteeproductsdectedusingtheOev{ceControl
SeledorsThedescdptronsshowr_herepbmarily@taft

thetu;_ctronsofteeremotewhenitis usedteoperate

lbeAVR135.{Seepages31-34 forintrrnalionabout
alternatefunctionsbr lbe reraole'sbuttona)

Power01IButton:Pressthisbu%ob pbcethe

AV_1$5 ora seletteddeviceintheStardbymode

Nobthatthiswillturnoffthemait_teemtuncflons,but

iftheMultiroemsystemisactivated,itwillcontinue
totuner(on,

O IBTransmitterWindow:Pointteiswirdow

twnrdstheAVR135whenpreyingbuttonsonthe

rernoteb makecertainthatinfraredcomma%sde

properlyreceNed.

ProgramIndicator:Thisthreecolorindicabris
usedb guideyouteroughlt/e processof program
mirtrltheremotu(Seepage30 let inPm?at_onon
prog_an_mingtheremote.)

O PowerOnSutton: Res<_thisbu%nt turnon

teepowerb a de,iceself,tedW pressingoneofthe

InputSelectors_,
@ Input Selectors:PrasNngoneofteesebutlons

willpertormthreeacl_onsatteesametime.First,ifthe
AVR135 isnotturnedon,thiswillpoweruptheunit.
Next,it willselectthesourceshownon thebuibn as
theinputtotheAVR135. Finally,itwillchangethe

remotecontrolsothatit controlsthedevicesdeoted.
Alterpressingoneofthesebulionsyoumustpress

theAVBSebcitorSuttonQ a%into operatethe
AVR1S5'stundionswiththeremote

AVRSelector:Pressirgthisbutbnwillswitchthe

_emo_sothatitwilloperateteeAVR135'slunctlonsIf
theAVR135isinteeStandbymode,itwillalsoturntee

AVR135on.

AM/FMTunerSelect:Pressthisbuffontoselect
the,sbdR135'stunerasthe/isleniogthrice.Pressing
thisbutton:_,henthetunerisalreadyinusewillselect

belweentheAMandFMbands
0 DimSutton:Pressthisbuttonb aatNateHie

Dimmerfunction,whichreducesthebrightnes,softee
trontpaneldisplay,orturnsitoffentirely.Thefirstpress
ofthebuttonshowsthedefaultstate,whichisfurlb%ht-
nessby indcatrlgDZMItE R FUL L intheLower
DisplayLine_ Pressteebuttonagaiowiteinfive
secondstereduceOk÷brightnessW50%,asindicated
by1>I MIIE R HA L F showingioteeLower

DisplayLine_} Pre_teebu%rsagainwithinfive
secondsandteemaindispBywillgocompletelydark,

Notethatthis_tt % istemporary,inteatregardlessof
aWchar_%s,thedispkywillalwaysreturntofullbright-
nesswhentheAVRishmedon Inaddition,thePower
Indicator_ willalwaysremainatfullbrightness
_e%rdlessofthesetting.Thisistoremindyouteat

theAVRisstillturnedon

TestSutton: Pressteisbuttonb b@inthe
sequenceusedb calibratetoeA_?R135'soubutlevels,

(Seepage20 formo_eintormationoncaliblatmg

theAVP_1f¢5,}

SleepButton:Pressthisbuttonto pBcetheunit

inteeSleepmodeAtterteetimeshowninthedisplay,
teeAVR135willautomaticallygointotheStandby

mode.Eachpressoflbebuttonchangeslhetimeuntil
turnoffinthefollowinc/order:

min rnlrl mln men min "l

40i_ 3(],_,_ 2_] ,_.,_ 10,___

|rain m_n rmn rmn OFF -1

Thisbuttor_isalsousedb chan,qe@annelsonyour
TVwhenteeW isselected

WhentheAVR135 _emoteisbeingpreg_ammedwith
teecodestooperateaeoteerdevbe,1hisbuttonisa/so
used)nthe"AuloSearch"process.(Seep%eSOfor
mole)nbrmatlor_onprogmmmin9theremote}

DSPSurroundModeSelector:Pressthisbut-

bn to cyclethroughtheDSRVM¢_andStereosur
roundmodessuchasHaft,Theater,VViAxNearand
FailandSurlwndO'tThisbuttonisalsousedto/Yi-le
cfannelswhettheTVissebctedushgtoedevice
Input Selector @ Wheethe>,YR135 remoteis
beingprogrammedwithlbecodesofanotoerdevice,
thisbutton)saboused)nthe'?_utoSearch"proce_.

(Seepage30 formoreinformationonprogrammi%

fneremote)

NightMode:Pressthisbuttontoactivatetee
Nightmode,Thismodeisavailableinspedally
encodeddigitalsources,andit preservesdialogue

(centerchannd)intelligibilityatlowvolumebvels

@ ChannelSelectButton:Tbbbuttonisusedto
stadteeprocessofsettingteeAVRt 35'soutputbvelsto
anexternalsource.@cothisbuttonispressed,usethe
,_/'_ Buttons_ b selectteechannelbeingadjusted,
peer/presstheSetButton@, blbwedbythe,_/_

Buttons@ again,to changethelevelsetting.(See
pages20and27formoreinbrmahon,)

,_,/'_ Buttons:ThesemultSurposebuttonsare
usedtodra%eorscrollthrough@orsin theon
screenmenus,makecoeflgurat_oeseReqssuchas
digitalinputsordelayt_mieg,or teselectsurreund
modesWhenchartrliegasetlng,firstprerasthebu_an
torthefundJonor sell,nOto bechanged(e.g,press
teeDSPSurroundModeSelector@ toselecta
soundfieldmodeortheDigitalSelectButton
tochangea digitalinpu9andthenpassoneof teese

buttonsto scrollthroughthelistofoptionsorto
increaseor decreasea sett% Thesermonsinthis

manualdescribingteeindividualleaturesandfunctions
containspecificinbrma%nonushgthesebuttons
toreachapplic@orl.

_ Buttons:Thesebutbnsae usedt chanrle
teemenuaeleclJonor seff_ngduringsomeof lhesetup
proceduresbr teeAVR135

@ SetSutton:Thisbuttonisusedtoentersettings

intoteeAVf4/35's memo'?.It is alsousedinthe
setupproceduresfcxdeIw%,e,speake_eonf(gu{a,loo
andchanneloutputleveladiustn/e/It

OigitalSelect:Rossthisbuttonto assignorle

ofteedigitalinputs[]J_@¢_ to a source(See

pages16 and23 formoreinformatorlon usingdigital

irputs)

@ NumericKeys:Thesebuttonsserveasa 10

butbnnumerickeypadb enbrtunerplusetposJIJons
Theyamalsousedto soledchannelcumberswhen
TYCableor SAThasbeenselectedon teeremote,or
toselecttracknumbersona CD,DVDor LDplaye_,

dependingonhowtheremotehasbeenprogrammed

TunerMode:Pleasthisbuttoi_whenthetuner
isin usetoselectbeS*eenautomatictuei%and
manualtunirgWher_thebuttonispressedsothat
I1ANUAL appealsin teeLowerOisp_ayLil'te_,
pressingtheTuningButtons@_ willmovefile

fre%er:cyupordownin single-stepincrement,'<
WhentheFMbandisin use,pressingteisbuttonwhen
asbtion'ssignalisweakwillchangetomonaural

leception,(Seepages26 27for moreintormation)

RENOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS

0 Direct Sutton:Pressthisbuttonwhenthetuner
isin usetostartthesequencefordirectentryof asta

tion'sfrequencyAtterpressingthebutton,simply

presstheproper_,,lumericKeys@ to selecta sta-
tion.(SeepageP6formoreinfornrationonthetune8

0 TuningUp/Down:Whenthetunerisinuse,these
buttonswilltuneupordownthroughtheselectedfro

quenoyband.iftheTunerModeSuttontiiD_ has
beenpressedsothatAU'1"0 appearsintheon
screendisplayandLowerDisplayLine_, pressing
andholdingeiherofthebutlons1orthreesecondswill
causethetunerto seekthenextstationwih acceptable
signalstrength1orqualityreceptionWhenMABIUAL
appearsinXe LowerDbpJayLine_1, pressingthese
buttonswilltune88ions;ns;%le8@ incremenS,{See

page26tormoreinlormallon)
00SD Button:Presshis buttonto activatethe

On-SemenDisplay(OSD)systemusedto setupor
adjusttheAVR135'spararnelers

DolbyModeSelector:Thisbutlonisusedto

selectfromamongtheavailableDolbySurroundpro
oessingmodesEachpressofthisbuttonwillselect
oneoftheDolbyProLogicIImodesorDolby3
Sterne,WhenaDolbyDigital-encodedsourceisinuse,
theDolbyDigitalmodemayalsobeselected.(See
pageP41ortheavailableDolbysurroundmode
options.)

0 DTSDigitalModeSelector:WhenaDTS

encodeddigitalsourceis selected,eachpressofthis
buttonwillscrollthroughtheavailableDTSmodes.The

specificchoiceofmodeswillvaryaccordingtowhether
ornotthesourcematerialcontainsDTSES6 1

DiscreteencodingWhena DTSsourceisnotin use,
thisbutlonhasnofunction(Seepage24 fortheavail

ableDTSDigitaloptions)

Logic7 ModeSelectButton:Pressthisbutton

toselectfromamongtheavailableLogic7 surround

modes.(Seepage24 fortheavailableLogic7

options.)

Q SkipUp/DownButtons:Thesebuttonsdonot
havea directfunctionwithtte AVR135,butwhen

usedwithaoompallblyprogrammedCDor DVD

changertheywillchangeto thepreviousdiscinthe
oharlgerorcarousel.

TransportControls:Thesebuttonsdonothave
anyfunctionstortheAVR185,buttheymaybe
pragrammedfortheterwaM/reverseplayoperation
ofawidevarietyofCDorDVDplayers,andaudioor
videocassetterecorders.(Seepage3P formore
information)

@ StereoModeSelectButton:Whenthebutbn
ispressedso th8 I)SP SURR OFF @peasin
theLower DisplayLine_, theAMPwilloperatein
abypassmodewitht/ue.fullyanalog,1wechannel

lef%ghtslereomodewithnosurraundprocessingor
bassmanagement,asopposedtoothermodeswhere
digitalprocessingis used,Whenthebuttonispressed
sothatI_URR0UND 0 iFF at}pearsit/the Lower
DisplayLine_], youmayenjoya k_vechannelpro
sentationofthesoundalongwiththebenefitsofbass
management,Dependingonwhetheryoursyslemis
configuredfor 51 or61/71 channels,thenextpress

ofthebuttonwillcauseeither5 CH S TE RE 0 or

"7 CH ST ERE0 te appear,andtheslereosignal
willberoutedto allfive(orseven)speakerchannels,
(Seepage24 termoreintormationonstereoplay
backmodes.)

@ DTSNee:6ModeSelect:Pressthisbuttonto
soledaDTSNeo:6mode.Thec_modestakea t_'_o

channelstereoor matixsurroundencodedsource
andcreateafullfive, six-or seven-channelsound

field (Seepage24 fortheDTSNee:6options)

@ MacroButtons:Pressthesebutlonstostemor
recalla "Macro':whichisaprepregrarnmedsequence

ofcommandssloredintheremote.(Seepage321or
moreintormationonstoringandrecallingmacros)

@ DiscSkip Button:Thisbuttonhasnodirect
functiontorthe/4VR155 butismostoltenusedto

changetothenextdiscina CDorDVDplayerwhen
theremoteisprogran_medforthattypeofdevice

(Seepage51tormoreinbrmaliononusingthe

remotewithproductsotherthantheAVR135)

@ PresetUp/Down:Whenthetunerisinuse,

pressthesebuttonsto scrollthroughthestations

programmedinlotheAVR135'smemoryWhen
somesourcedevices,suchasCDplayers,VCRsand

cassettedecks,areselectedusingthedeviceInput
Selectors@, thesebullonsmayfunctionas

ChapterStepor7rackAdvance

GearButton:Pressthisbh£ontodearinconect

entieswhenusingtheremotetodirectlyentera radio

station'strequency

MemoryButton:Pressthisbuttontoentera
radiostahonintotheAVR135'spresetmemoryFirst,
tunethedesireds_tlon,andthenpressthisbutton.
Twounderlineindicatorswillflashattherightsideof
theUpperDisplayLine_, andwithinfiveseconds
presstheNumericKeys@ br thepresetnumber
between0/ andSOthatyouwishtoansi%te the
station(Seepage261ormoreintormation)

@ Dehy/PrevOh,:Pressthisbuttonto begin

theprocesstersettingthedelaylimesusedbythe
AVR/35 whenprocessingsurroundsound.Atter

pressingthisbutton,thedelaytimesareenteredby
pressingtheSetButton @ andthenusingthe
,A/'_ Buttons@ tochangethesettingPressthe
SetButton @ againtoeornpletetheprocess.

(Seepage19br moreir_tormation)

@ SpeakerSelect: Pressthisbuttonto begin
theprocessofconfiguringthe£,,/R135'sbassman
agementsysternfor usewiththetypeof speakers
usedinyoursystem,Oncethebuttonhasbeen
pressed,usethe,A/'_ Buttons@ to selectthe
channelyouwishto setup,PresstheSet Button

@ andthenselectanotherchanneltoeonfigum
Whenalladjustmentshavebeencompleted,press
theSet Button@ twicetoexitthesettingsand
returnto normaloperation,(Seepage17formore
information.)

SpareButton:ThisbuKonhasnodirectfunction

fortheAVR135,

@ VolumeUp/Down:Pressthesebuttonstoraise

or lowerthesyslemvolume.

@ TVNideoSelector:Thisbuttondoesnothavea
directfunctiononthe£,,/R185,butwhenusedwitha
oornpallbleVCR,DVDorsatellitereceiver,pressingthis

butTonwillswitchbetweentheoutputofthedevice
andtheexlernalvideoinput

O 6-Channet/8-OhannelDirectInput:Press
thisbuttontoselectthedeviceconnectedtothe

6/8-6hannelDirectInputs@ (SeepagePPtor

moreintormation)

Mute:Pressthisbuttento momentarilysilence

theAVR135 orR/set beingcontrolled,dependingon

whichdevicehasbeenselectedWhentheAVR135

remoteisbeingprogrammedtooperateanotherdevice,

thisbutlonispressedwiththeInputSelectorButton

tobegintheprogrammingprocess(Seepage

30 tormoreinlormationonprogrammingtheremote)

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

System Installation

AfterunpackingtheunitIoc/tJngitina plaeewithade
quateventilationandplacingitonasolidsurfacecapable
ofsupportingitsweight,youwillneedtomakethe{}on
nechonstoyouraudioandvideoequipment

IMPORTANTNOTE:Foryourpesonals@tyandto
avoidpos_sibledamagetoyourequil}mentandspeakers.
itisalwaysa goodpra{_ceb turnoftaridunplugthe

AVRandALLsourceequipmentl_orntheACoutput

beforemakinganyaudioorvideosysterncomectior/s

AudioEquipmentConnections
Werecomnmndthatyouusehighqualityintercor/nect
cableswhenmakingeonnectionstosourceequipment
andreco/dersto preservetheintegrityof thesignals.

1.Connecttheanalogoutputof aCDplayerte the
CDAudioInputs_,

NOTE:WhentheCDplayerhasbothfixedandvari

ableaudiooutputs,it isbestto Elsethefixedoutput

unlessyoufindthattheinputtethereceiverissolow

thatthesoundisnoisy,orsohighthatit isdisterted,

,oConnecttheanalogPlay/Outjacksof acassette

deck,MD,CD-Ror otheraudioreco/dertotheTaps
InputJacks_[} ConnecttheanalogRecorWInjac?s

ontherecordertotheTapeOutputJacks O on
theAVR135,

S Connecttheoutputof anydigitalsourcessuchas
aCDor DVDchangeror player,a@ancedvideo
game,a digitalsatellitereceiver,HDTVtunerordigifa_l
{}ableset-topboxortheoutputofa compatible
computersoundcardto theOpticalandCoaxial
Digital AudioInputs0_]_ Werecommend
connectingthecoaxialdigitalaudiooutputofyour
DVDplayertotheCoax1 Digital AudioInput@,
sincethatdigitalinputisassignedtetheDVDsource
bydefault

4 ConnedtheCoaxialorOpticalDigitalAudio
Outputs@_ ontherearpaneloftheAVR135to the
matchingdigitalinputconnedionsonaCDRorMiniDisc

reco/de_

5.AssembletheAMLoopAnter/nasuppliedwiththe
unitsothatthe_bsatthebotlomoftheantennaloop
snapintotheholesinthebaseConnectitto1heAM

AntennaTerminals_},

6.ConnectthesuppliedFMantennatotheFM(75
ohm)ConnectionO TheFMantennamaybean

externalroofantenna,aninsidepoweredor wirelead
antennaora cor/necllonfroma cableTVsysternIf
1heantennaor eonnectionuses300 ohmlwir_lead
cable,youmustusethe300 ohmto 75 ohmadapter
suppliedwiththeunitto maketheconnection,

7 Connectthefront,cenleT,surroundandsurround
backspeakeroutputs_@QO te therespecllve

speakers.
Toensureth_clalltheaudiosignalsarecarriedte your

speakerwithoutlossofclarityor resolution,wesug-
gestthatyouusehigh-qualityspeakercable.Many

b_andsof cableareavailableandthechoiceofcable
maybeinfluencedbythedistancebetweenyour

speakersandthereceiver,thetypeof speakersyou
use,personalpreferencesandotherfactorsYourdealer

or inslallerisa valuableresourcetoconsultinselect-
ingtheproper{}able

RegaTdlessofthebrandofcableselected,werecom
mendthatyouuseacableconstructedofmultistrand
copperwithagaugeof14orsmalle[Rememberthat
inspecifying{',able.thelowerthenumber,thethicker

the{}aisle
Cablewithagaugeof16 maybeusedforshortruns

ofle£sthan10laebWedo notr<:omu-_endthatyou
usecableswithanAWGequivalentof 1Borhighe/,
duetothepowerlossanddegradaaoninperformance

thatwilloccur,

Cablesthatareruninsidewallsshouldhavetheappro
priatemarkingstoindicatelistingwithUL,CSAorother
appropriatetestingagencyslandalds.Questionsabout
runningcablesinsidewallsshouldberderledtoyour

installeroralicensedelecticianwhoisfamiliarwith

theNECand/ortheapplicable1oralbuilding{}odesin

your area

Whenconr/ectingwiresto thespeaks/s,becdtainte
observeproperpolarityNotethatthepositive(+)ter

minalof eachspeakerconnectionmaycarryaspecific
colorcode,asnotedon page7.HoweveT,many

speakersstillusearedterminalforthepositive(+)

connection.Connectthe"negatS'or "black"wire
tethesarneterminalonboththereceiverand

thespeakeT,

NOTE:Whilemostspeakermanuk_etureTsadhereto

anindustryconventionof usingblackterminalsfor

negativeandredonesbr positive,somemayvary
1tomthisconfiguration.70ensureproperphaseand
optimalperldrnance,consultt% identificationplateon
yourspeakerorthespeaker'srnanualto veritypolarity

Ifyoudo notknowthepolarHyofyourspeaker,ask
yourdealerforadvicebeforeproceeding,or consult
thespeaker'smanufacturer,

Wealsorecommendthatthelengthof {',ableused
to connectspeakerpairsbeidenticalForexample,

usethesamelengthpieceofcabletoconnectthe

frontqeftandfrontrightor surroundlettand sur

roundrightspeakers,evenifthespeakersarea
differentdistancefromtheAVR135

Notethatit is notpossibleto usetheAVR135 ina
7,1 chant/elconfiguration,Anysourceinformation

thattheAVRreceivesorderivesfor thesurround

backleftand rightchannels,eg. throughthe6/8-

6hanns_Direct Wputs_ or durin_7 channel
Stereoprocessing,iscombinedandoutputted
tothe singled/anne1SurroundBackSpeaker
Outputs @.

B Oonnecflonstoa subwooterarenorrnallymadevia
alinedevelaudioconnectionfrom1heSubwoofer

Output_ tothelinelevelinputofa subwooTerwith
abuilbinamplifie/.Whenapassivesubwooferisused.
theconnectionfirstgoestoapoweramplifier,which
willbeconnectedtooneor moresubwooterspeakeTs.

Ifyouareusinga poweredsubwooter1hatdoesnot

havelinelevelinputconnections,followtheinst/uc
tionsfurnishedwilhthespeakerforconnection

inlermatior/
9 Ifanexternalmultichannelaudiosourcewilh5 1,

61,71 outputssuchasanexternaldigitalproces-
so_r'decode_;DVDAudioo_SACDplayeris used,con
necttheoutputsofthat@vicetothe6/8-Channel
Directinputs_Y-_.

VideoEquipmentConnections
Videoequipmentisconnectedinthesamemanneras

audiocomponents.Again,theuseofhigh-qualityinler
connedcablesisrecommendedto preservesignal
quality.

1 ConnectaVCR's,DVDrecorder's,personalvideo
recorder'sorothervideosource'saudioandvideo

Play/OutjackstotheVideo1 Audio/Videoand/or
S-VideoInputJacks_ ontherearpanelThe
AudioandVideoRecord/Injacksontherecorder

shouldbeconnectedtotheVideo1AudidVideo
and/orS-VideoOutputJacks_._.._¢_Z_)ontheAVR135

Althoughanyvideodevicemaybeconnectedtothese

jacks,werecommendconnectingyourvideolecorder

sothatyoumayhke advantageofthetactthatthe
remotecontrolispreprogrammedwithvideorecorder
productcodesfortheVideo1device

2 Connecttheanalogaudioandvideooutputsof a
satellitereceiveT,cableTVconverte_,televisionsetor
anyothervideosourceto theVideo2 Audio/Video
andS-VideoInputJacks ¢_d_@.)Althoughanyvideo
devk}emaybeconnectedtothesejacks,we recorn
mendconnectingyourcableTVconverterorsatellite
receiverso thatyoumaytakeadvank<geofthehot

thattheremotecontrolis preprogrammedwiththe

productcodesofthesedevicefypesfortheVideo2
@vice.Ifyour@viceiscapableofswitchingcornpo

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

nentvideo,weparhcularlyrecommendconnectingit to
theVideo2 Audio InputJacks_, astheVideo2
ComponentVideoinputs_ areassignedtn the

VideoP device.

S.Connecttheanalogaudioandvideooutputsof
atelevisionorothervideodevicetothefront-panel

Video3AudioandVideoInputJacks _Jb":_J.
Althoughanyvideooraudiodevicemaybeconnected

tothesejacks,we recommendconnectingyourtelevi

sionsothatyoumaytakeadvantageofthetactthat
theremoteconholispreprogrammedwithtelevision

productcodestot theVideo3 device.Important:If

youa_eonlyusingthetelevisionasa displaydevice

(ie.,if youreceiveyourtelevisionpsgramsthrough

acableboxorsatellite_eceiveo,do notconnect
theR/'soutputsto theVideo3Audio andVideo
InputJacksF][i]J_l,orto anyotherinputsonthe

AVR135

4 Oor_necttheanalogaudioandvideooutputsofa
DVC_or laserdiscplayerto theDVDAudidVideo

andS-VideoInputs_.

5.ConnectthedigitalaudiooutputsofaDVDplayer,
satellitereceiver,cableboxor HDTVconvertertothe

appropriateOpticalorCoaxialDigitalInputs

@@el@

6.ConnecttheVideoand/orS-VideoMonitor
Output@@ jaeksonthereceivertothecomposite

or S videoinputofyourtelevisionmonitoror video

projector,

7, IfyourDVDplayerandrnor/itorbothhavecompo
nentvideoconnections,connectthecomponentout
putsoftheDVDplayertetheDVDComponent
VideoInputs @ Evenwhencornponentvideocon
r_ectionsareused,theaudioconnectionsshouldstill
bemadetoeithertheanalogDVDAudioInputs
oranyoftheOpticalorCoaxialDigitalInput
Jacks@@_][_

S.Ifanotherdevicewithcomponentvideooutputs
isavailable,connectittotheVideo 2 Component

VideoInputs@ Theaudioconnectionsforthis
deviceshouldbemadeteeithertheVideo2Audio

Inputs@ oranyof theOpticaJorCoaxialDigital
InputJacks@_._

9,If 1hecomponentvideoinputsareused,conr/ect
theComponentVideoMonitorOutputs@ to

thecornponentvideoinputsofyour_. projector
or displaydevice.

connectedhereisselectedastheVideo3input,and
thedigKalinputsmustbeassignedtetheVideo3
input.(Seepage16for moreirflormationoninput
configuration,)

VideoConnectionNotes:
_,Whenthecornponentvideojacksare used,theon

screenmenusalenotvisibleandyournustswitch
tothestandardcompositeorS videoinputonyour

TVtoviewtr_em

,, TheAVR135 willaccepteitherstandardcornposite.

S-videoorY/P//Pbcornponentvideosignals.
Howevel,itwillnotconvedcompositeorSsignals

to componentvideo.
WhenconnectingavideosourcetotheAVR135,

youmayuseeithercornposite,cornponentor
S video,butonlyonetypeof videomaybe

connectedforeachdevice

,, Whenmorethanonevideotormatisused,itis

necessarytomakeaseparateconnectiontrorn
theAVRtoyourvideodisplaytoreachlormat.For
example,ifbothcompositeandcomponentsources
areconnectedtotheAVR135,boththecomposite
andc,ornponentvideomonitoroutputs@_'_ must
beconnectedtntheappropriateinputsonyour

videodisplay

ACPower Connections

ThisunitisequippedwithtwoaccessoryACoutlels.
Theymaybeusedtopoweraccessorydevices,but

t_leyshouldnotbeusedwfff_higheunent-drawequip
mentsuchaspoweramplifiers.Thetotalpowerdraw

toeaehoutletmaynotexceed1O0watts
TheSwitchedACAccessoryOutlet@ willreceive

poweronlywhentheunitison Thisisrecommended

terdevicest/at havenopowerswi_c,hora nlechanical
powerswitchthatmaybeleftinthe"ON"posillon

NOTE:Manyaudioandvideoproductsgointoa
Standbymodewhentheyareusedwithswitchedout-

lets,andc,annotbefullyturnedonusingtheoutlet
alonewithouta refnotecorltrelcornrrand.

TheUnswitchedACAccessoryOutlet@ will
receivepoweraslongastheunitispluggedintea

poweredACoutlet.
OncetheACPowerCord@ isconnected,youare

almostreadyto enjoytheAVR135'sincrediUepower
andfidelity!

10.IfyouhaveacamcordeLvideogameorother

audio/videodevicethatisconnectedto theAVRona
temporaryratherthanpermanentbasis,connectthe

audio,videoanddigitalaudiooutputsofthatdevice
totheFront-PanelInputs _]_]_]_]l£[_:_'jAdevice

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION

Whenallaudio,videoandsystemconneclqonshave
beenmade,thereareafewconfigurationadjustments

thatmustbemade.Afewminutesspentto correctly
configureandcalib_s_tetheunitwillgreatlyaddb your

listeningexperience

Speaker Selection and Placement

Theplacementofspeakelsina multiohannelhome
teeatersystemcanhaveanotk;eableimpactonthe
qualityofsoundreprodueed.

Nomatterwhichtypeorb_a_dof speakersisused,
thesamemodelorbrandofspeakershouldbeused

fortheleft front,cenlerandrightfrontspeakersThis
createsa seamlesstent soundstageandeliminates
thepossibilityofdist£ctingsonicdisturbancesthat
occurwhena soundmovesacrossmismatched
front<bannelspeakers

SpeakerPlacement
DependJn{)onteetypeofcenterchannelspeakerin

useandyourviewingdevice,placethecenterspeaker
eitherdirectlyaboveorbelowyourTV,or inthecenter

behinda pederatedfrontprobct_onscreen.

Oncethecenterchannelspeakerisinstalled,position
teebentleltandfrontrightspeakerssohat teeyam
asfarawayfromoneanoteerasteecenterchannel
speakerisfromthepreterredlisteningposidonIdeally,
thel_ontchannelspeakersshouldbeplacedsothat
teeirtweetersarenomoretean24"aboveorbelow
thelweeterinteecenterchannelspeaker

Dependingonthespecificsofyourroomacoustics
andthetypeof speakersinuse,youmayfindteat
imagingisimprovedbymovingtheleftfrontandright

frontspeakersslightlyb/wardofthe(',enterdlannel
speaker.Ifpossible,adjustallloudspeakerssothat
theyareaimedatearheightwhenyouareseatediri
thelisleningposition,

Usingtheseguidelines,you'llqndteatittakessome
experimentationtefindteecorrectlocationterthefront

speake(sin},ourparticularinstalla_on.Don'tbeatraidto
moveteingsarounduntilteesystemsoundscorrect
Optimizeyourspeakerssoteataudiotransitionsacross
thefrontofhe roomsoundsmooth,andsoundstree

allspeakersappearto arriveatthelisteningpositionat
themarnel_meNvithoutdelayfromthecenterspeaker
comparedtoteeleftandrightspeakers}.

WhentheAVR135is usedin5,1 channelope/ation,
teepreterredbcaliontersurroundspeakersis on the
sidewallsofteereorn,nomerretean10degreesoft
axisfromteelisteningposition.Ina 61 channelsys
tern,bothsidesurroundspeakersanda backsur
roundspeakerarerequired,Tie centerofthespeaker

shouldtare intotheroom

Center Front Speaker

t'
No more
than 24"

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LeftFront RightFront

Speaker Speaker

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TV or Pfolecfion Screen

Left FrontD Center F_ontB Ri lit FrontB

Speaker Speaker _eaker

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I7£_lheU"5 7"/5 fTr7f'71terrTiTteIoc_J/_ntel 5 7 sj/D_ems

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tlOl;,f£SlRe_/"&'7"d_osU be uso(L

Therearwalllocationmayalsobe usedinplaceof
sidewallmountingin 5.1 systemswhenit Jsnotplac
l_calto placethemainsurroundspeakersatthesides
ofteeroomTherearsuneundspeakershouldbe
mountedas closeas possibleto the(;enterofteerear

AswithIhesidespeakers,therearsurroundspeaker
sbouklbelocatedsoteattheIsottomof thecabinet

isatleasttwofeethigherteanthelisteners'ears

Thespeakershouldbenomorethansixteetbehind

Ifdipoletypespeakersareusedoneitherthesideor
rearwallsof theroom,pleasenotethatifthereare

arrowsonthespeakerstheyshouldtucethefrontof
tee reornforthesidespeakers,ortowardthecenter

ofthewallbr therearspeakers

ImportantNots:Itisnotpossibleb configurethe

AVR135for 7 1channelopelation.Denotconnect
mo_ethanonespeakerto theSurroundBack

SpeakerOutputs@, asdohgsomaydamageyour
speakers,theAVR135orbothWher_7,1 chanr_el

kfformatior/isreceived,forexarr/plethroughthe

6/8-ChannelDirectInputs _, orwhendenying7
OhannelStereoor Logic7/7 1 surroundinlennatior_.
theAVR135combinesthelettandrightsurround

backd/ant/elintormatiorlandoubuSitasa sirlgle
surroundbaekchannel

Subwoofersproducenor_dheetior/alsound,soteey
maybeplacedalmostanywhereina roomActual
placementshouldbe basedonroomsizeandshape

andthetypeof subwooferused.Onemethodof find
ir_gteeoptimallocationtor a subwooteristo beginby

plaeirgitinthefrontoftheroom,aboutsixinches

fromawall,or nearthefrontcorneroftheroom
Anothermethodisto temporarilyplacethessbwooter

atyournormallistenirgposition,andthenwalk
aroundtheroornuntilyoufinda spotwherethesub

wootersoundsbest.Placeteesubwooterinteatspot.
Youshouldalsofollowtheinstruotior_softeesub

wootsr'smanutacturer,or youmaywishtoexperi
meritwiththebestlocationforasubwooferJnyour

listeningroorn.

System Setup

Onceteespeakelshavebeenplacedintheroornand
conneeted,theremainingstepsinteesetupprocess

areto programtheA",/B135'sbassmanagementsys
ternforthetypeofspeakersusedinyoursystem,
calibratetheoutputlevels,andsetthedelaytimes

usedbytie surroundsoundprocessor.

YouarenowreadytopoweruphieAVR135 tobegin
thesefinaladjustments

1 MakecertainthattheAOpowercold@ isfirmly

insertedintoanLlnswitchedAOoutlet,_omaintain

teesifts sateiyraFng,DONOTreplacethe
powercordwithonethathasalowercurrent

capacity.

2 PresstheMainPowerSwitchEl in untilit

latchesandtheword"OFF"onthetopofthe
swit@disappearsinside_behoptpanel.Notethat

thePowerIndicator_ willturnamber,

indicatingteattheunitisinteeShndbymode

3 Removetheprotectiveplasticfilmtwrnteefront

panellensIf leftinplace,thefilmwillattectthe
performanceofyourremotecontrol

InslallteethreesuppliedAAAbatteriesinthe
remoteasshownBecedaintofollowthe(+)

and(-) polarityindicatorsthatareonthetopof
the batteryeompartment.

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION

5 TurntheAVR155 oneitherby pressing1he

Standby/OnSwitch _ onthefrontpanel,or
datheremotebypressingthePowerOnButton

0, teeAVRSelector_ oranyoftheInput

Selectors_0 ontheremoteWhentheunit

isturnedon,theentirelistofoptionswillbriefly
lightforbothhe InputIndicators_ andthe
SurroundModeIndicators_ Afteratow
seconds,_hema)onlyofthoseindicaterswillgo

dark,bayingonlytheindicationsfortheactive

surroundmodeandinputilluminated,The
DisplayLines_ willdisplaytheunit'ssta

tun,thePowerIndicator_ willturnblue,and

theaccentlightinsidetheVolumeControl

willalsolightupto remindyouthattheunitis

turnedon,

Usingthe On-ScreenDisplay
Whenmakingthe%owingadjustments,youmayfind
iteasierto usethe/4VR135'son-screendisplaysys-
temTheseeasyte readdisplaysgiveyoua clearpic
tureofthecurrentstalusoftre uuitandmakeiteasy
toseewhichspeaker,delay,inputor digitalselecton
youammakhg.

_oviewtheon-screenmenus,makecertainthatyou
t_:_vemadeaconnectlor_t:o/ntheVideoorS-Video

MonitorOutJack @_.,_ontherearpanelto the
compositeorS videoinputofyourTVor projecton
thordertoviewthe£/R t SS'sdisplays,thecorrect
videosourcemustbeselectedonthevideodisplay

Theonscreenmenusamnotavailablewhena corn-
ponentvideodisplayis in use.

IMPORTANTNOTE:Whenviewinglheon-screen
menususingaCR_basedprojeetor,plasmadisplayor
anydirect-viewCR7morliterortelevision,itisimportant
thatheynotbeleftonhe screenforanextendedperiod
oflime,Theconstantdisplayof a stahcimagesuchas
(hosemenusor_/rdeogarneimagesmaycausethe
imagetobepermanently"burnedinto"thep_ojectlon
tubes,plasmasTeenorCP,TThistypeofdamageisnet
coveredbytheAVR135 warrantyandmaynotbecov-
eredbytheprojedeFTVset'swananty.

TheAVR135 hastwoon semendisplaymodes,
"Semi°OSD"and"Full0%/When makingeonI_%ra-
tionadjustments,itisrecommendedthattheFullOSD
modebeused.Thiswillplaceanoptionlistingonthe
screen,makingiteasierto viewtheavaihbleopI_ons,

MakingConfigurationAdiustments
Thefull-OSDsystemisavailablebypressingthe

OSDButton@, Whenthisbd_lonis pressed,the
MASTER MENU (Figure1)willappear,and

adjustmentsammadefromtheindividualmenus.

f

*_ MASTER MENU **

INPUT SETUP
SURROUND SELECT
SPEAKER SETUP

DELAY ADJUST
CNANNEL ADJUST
ADVANdED

Thesemi-OSDsystemisalsoavailable,allowingyou
tomakea@shnenlsdirectly,bypressingthe@pro
priatebu%nson_hefrontpanelor remotecontrolfor
thespecificpasmeterb beadjusbd Forexample,to
changethedigitalinputtor anyoftile sources,press

theDigitalSelectButton_ aridthenpressthe
A/V Buttons@ toscrollthroughthelistof

optionsastheyappearintheon screendisplayorthe
UpperDisplayLine_,

TousethefullOSDmenusystem,presstheOSD
Button_. Whenthemenuisonthescreen,press
the,_/'v Buttons0 unllltheonscreen_ cursor
isnextto theitemyouwishtoadjust,andthenpress
theSet Button0 to adjustthatitem Themenus
willremainonthescreentot 20 seconds,andthen
lheywill"limeout"anddisappearfrerrlhesoreer The
timeoutmaybeincreasedtoasmuchas50 seconds
bygoingto theADVANCED menu,andchanging

theitenl_tledF UL L 0S D T ]:11E 0 U T (See
page,%,)

WhenthefullOSDmenusystemisused,0S D 0 N
willappearintheUpperDisplay,Line_ toremind

youhat a 'videodisplajmustbe usedVVhenhe
semiOSDsystemisusedinconjunctionwiththedis-
creteconfigumtJor_butbns,theon-screendisplaywill

shovvthecurrentmenusebction,Thatselectionvdll
alsobeshownintheUpperDisplayLine _ or

theLowerDisplayLine_, dependingonwhich
parameterisbeingadjusted,

Settingthe SystemConfigurationMemory
TheAVR135featuresanadvancedrnemorysyslem
thatenablesyouto est_blishdifferentcor#igurations
forthedigitalinput,surroundmode,delaytimesand
outputlevelsforeachinputsource,Thisflexibility

enablesyoutucustomizetheway[nwhichyoulisten
toeachsourceandhavetheAVR155 memorize

thosesetS_%s,Thismeans,forexample,thatyou
mayusedifferentoutputlevelsortrimsfordifferent

sources.Oncethesesetlhgsaremade,theywillauto
maticallybe _ecalledwheneveryouselectthatinputIn
addition1othesettingsHstedabove,whichalwaysvary

withtheinput,youmayalsochooseto setdifferent
speakerconfigurationsforsizeandcrossoverfrequency
foreachinput Inmostc,ases,thisisnotrequired,so
thetactorydefaultistohavethesesettingsremainthe
samefor a}}inputs,Howeve/,sheu)dyouwishtohave

thesesettingschangefor anyone,orall,inputs,follow
theinstructionsshownonpage19to selectthe
Independer_tmodet(xspeakerconfiguration.

Theta_ctorydetaultsettngstottheAVR135haveall
inputsconfiguredfor ananalogaudioinputexceptfor
theDVDinput,wheretheCoaxialDigitalAudio
_nput1@ isteedelaultThedefaultspeakersettings
arelet "Large"speakersat1hefrontleft/right,"Small"
atallotherpositions,andthesubwooferon However,
oncetheDSPprocesshgsystemisusedthefirsttime
foranyinput,thespeakeraeltingswillautomatk>slly
detaulttn 'Small"atallposit_onsw)tbthesubwooter
setto"LFE."Thedefaultsettingtorallsourcesusing
ananaloginputistheLogic7 Musicmode,although
DdbyDigitalor DTSwillaulomaticallybeselectedas
appropriatewhenasourcewithdigitalencodi%is
in useWhenaDoJby[lg]ta120 souseJsdebcted,
the£!R 155willautomaticallyaddDolbyProLogicII
processing

Bdoreushgteeunit,youwillprobablywantto
changethesettingstotmostinputssothattheyare
properlyconfiquredtoreflecttheuseofdigitalorana
loginputsandthesurroundmodespecificsofyour
hometheatersystemRememberthatsincethe
AVR135 memorizesthesesettingsfor eachinput
independently,youwillneedto maketheseadjust-
men%toreachinputused However,oncetheyare
made,furtheradjustmentis onlyrequiredwhensystem
cornponePtsa_echanged,

Tomakethisprocessasquickarideasyaspossble,
wesuggestthatyouusethefullOSDsystemwiththe
on screenmenus,andstepthrougheac,hinputOnce
youhavecompletedthesettings9r thefirsti@ut,
manysettingsmaybeduplicatedbr theremaining
inputs.Itis alsoagoodideare settheconfiguration

dataintheordertheseitemsarelistedinthe MAS o

1"ER MENU, assomesettingsrequirea specific
entryinapriormenuitemRememberthatoncethe
settingsaremadeletoneinput,theymustbemade
forallotherinputsourcesinyoursystem

SYSTEPI CONFIGURATION

Input Setup

ThefirststepinconfiguringtheAVR1,35istoconfigure
eachinput,Onceaninputisconfiguredallsettingstur
theDigKalInput,SurroundModeandBelayTimingwill

"allach"themselvesto thatinputandbe storedina
r_onvolatilememory.Thelaterselectionofthatinput

willautomaticallyrecallthosesettingsForthatreasor/,
theproceduresdescribedbelowmustberepeated
tot@ohJr/putsourcesothatyeuhatetheoppo@nity

toc,ustornizeeachsourceto yourspecificlistening

requirementsHowever,oncemade,theyneednotbe

changedagainunlessyouneedtoalterasetting

Whenusingthef_ll-OSDsystemtomakethesetup
aqustments,psss theOSDButton0 onceso that
the MAST ER MENU (Figure1)appears,The

cursorwillbenexttothe]] NPUT SET UP line
PresstheSet Button@ to enterthernenuandthe

ZNPUT SETUP menu(Figure2)willappearon
thescreen.Pressthe_/_ Buttons@ untilthe
desiredinputnarneappearsinthehighlightedvideo.
aswellasbeingindic,atedinthefront-panelInput
Indicators[], Iftheinputwillusethestanda/dleft/

rightanaloginputs,nofurtheraqustmentisneeded

f

Ft_um2

Ifyouwishtoassociateoneof thedigitalinputswith

theselectedinputsource,presstheV Button0
ontheremotewhilethe:[ NPUT SETU P menu

(Figure2) is on thescreen,andtheonscreencursor

willdropdowntothe DIGTTAL IN line,Press
the_/_ Buttons@ untilthenameofthedesired

digitalinputappears.Toreturntotheanaloginput,
pressthebuttonsuntilthewold AN AL 0 G appears
Whenthecorrectinputsourceappears,pressthev
Button @ oncesothatthe_ cursorappearsnext
to BACK TO MASTER MENU,and pressthe
Set Button@,

Tochangethedigitalinputatanytimeusingthedis
cretelur/ctionbuttonsandthesemi-OSDsystem,
presstheDigitalSelectButton _ onhe remote
Withinfiveseconds,makeyourinputselectionusing
the,_/v Buttons@ Llntilthedesireddigitalor
analoginputisshownintheUpperDisplayLine
andinthelowerlineoftheonscreendisplay.Press

INPUT SETUP

INPUT :VIDEO 1
DIGITAL IN:ANALOG
AUTO POLL :OFF

BACK TO MASTER MENU

theSetButton@ to enterthenewdigitalinput
assignment,

Bornedigitalvideoinputsources,suchsisacablebox
or HD_ set-top,maychangebek_veenanalogand
digitaloutputs,dependingonwhichchannelisin use.
TheAVR135'sAutoPollingfeatureallowsyouto
avoidlosingtheaudiofeedwhenthishappensby
permittingbothanaloganddigitalconnectionsto
1hesamesourceontheAVR.Digitulaudioisthe
detault,andtheunitwillautomatk',aflyswtchto the
analogaudioif thedigitalaudiostreamsteps

Incaseswhereonlyadigitalsourceisused,youmay
wishtudisablethe/autoPollingteaturetepreventthe
AVRfromtryingto"find"ananalogsourcewhenthe
digitulsourceispaused-PcturnAutoPollingofffor
anyinput,firstmakecertainthatthe_ cusor ispoint-
ingtotheAUTO POLL lineonthemenuscreen
Next,pressthe_/_ NavigationButtons@ sothat
0 FF appeamRepeattheprocedureatanytimeso

that0 N appearstorestoretheAutoPollingfeature.

Whenallneededadjustmentshavebeenmade,press

the'_ Button _ untilthe_ cursorisnextto

BACK TO MASTER MENU to continuewith

thesysternconfiguratior/,

Surround Setup

Thenextstepistosetthesurroundmodeyouwish
le usewiththeinputthatwaspreviouslyselectedin

tue I N PUT S ET UP menuSincesurround

modesareamallerofpersonalt£_ste,lee1freeto

selectarT},,modeyouwish youmaychangeit laten
However,tomakeiteasierto establishtheinitial

parameterstur theAVR135, itis besttoselectDolby
ProLogicfiorLogic7tot mostanaloginputsand
bolbyDigitalfor inpuSconnectedtodigitalsources.
InthecaseofinputssuchasaCDPlayeT,7apeDeck

orTuner,youmaywishtosetthemodeto Stereo
("Surroundoft")astheyarenottypicallyusedwith

multichannelprogrammaterial,anditisunlikelythat
surroundencodedmaterialwillbeusedAlternatively,
theLogic:7 Musicmodeisa goodchoiceturstereo
onlysourcematerialSeepage24 tot moreinturma

fiononavailablesurroundmodes

Whenselectingsurroundmodesfordigitalprogram
material,theAVR135willalwaysexaminethedata
sheamandautornatic.allyselectDolbyE)igitulor DT8

asapplicable.

Itis easiesttocompletethesurroundsetupusingthe

tullOSDonscreenmenus,Fromthe MAS TER

MENU (Figure1),pressthe,A/V Buttons
untilthe_ cursorisnextto theSUR R0 UND

SEL E CT linePresstheSet Button(_, untilthe
SURROUND SELECT menu([Figure3)is on

thescreen

** SURROUND SELECT _* _

DOLBY SURROUND
DTS

LOGIC 7

DSP (SURR)
VM_×
STEREO
BACK TO MASTER MENU

k..

J

@um3

E_lchoftheoptionlinesonthismenu(Figure3)
selectsthesur/oundmodecategory,andwithineach

ofthosecategoriestherewillbeachoiceof the
specificmodeoptions,Thechoiceof modeswill

varyacco/dingtothespeakerconfigurationinyour
system.Whenthe SURR BA CK lineofthe

SP EA KE R S ET UP menu(Figure5onpage
1B)is setto N0 NE, theAVR135willbeconfigured
tor5.1 channelope/ahon,andonlythemodesappro
priateto afivespeakersystemwillappear.Whenthe

SURR BACK lineoftheSPEAKER

SET UP menu(Figure5)issetto SMAL L er
L AR GE theAVR135willbeconfiguredtur

6 1/7 1channeloperation,andadditionalmodes
suchsisDolbyDk.jitcdEXandDTSESwillappealas

theyareonlyavailablewhensixmainspeakersare

present.Inaddition,someofthemodesavailablein

theAVR135willnotappearunlessa digitalsourceis

selectedandisplayingthecorrectbilstrearn.
Rememberthatwhenyouuseonlyasingle,surround

backspeakeLyouwillgetthebenefitsofa 6.1/7,1

system,butwithonlyonespeakerinstalledattheback
oftheroom.Themodeindicationswillshow7.1in
sornecases,butnoadditionaladjustmentisneeded
tor6.1 operationRememberthattheAVR135will
combinethelettandrightsurroundbackchannel

inturmutionpresentin 71 modessuchasLogic7/71

and7 channelstereo,outputtingtheintormatior_as a
singlesurroundbackchannel

Toselectthemodethatwillbeusedastheinitial
detaultforaninput,firstpresstheA/!_' Buttons

untiltheonscreencursoris nextto thedesired

node'smastercategoryname,suchasD0L BY,

DTS, DSP (SURR) or VMAX Next,press

theSet Button@ to viewthesubmenuPressthe
_:/_ Buttons@ toscrollthroughtheavailable
choices,andthenpressthe_' Button@ sothat

thecursorisnextto BACK T0 MASTE R

MENU to continuethesetupprocess.

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION

Thebllowieglawparagraphsdetailthe}r_structsns_or

surroundmodecalegodeswithseversmodeoplions
orwithotheravailabbsettings

OntheD0 LB Y mer_u(Figure4),modechoices
)ncludeDo/byDigital,DobyProLo@c)}¢/)usic,Dolby
PreLo@c)l-Movie,DolbyProLo@candbe)by3
Stereo.TheDobyDigih}EXmodeis onlysv@able
whel/thesystemissetfor6 1/7 1 operal_qsbycon
flood%theSurroundBackspeakersto"Small"or
'L,:/rge"as@scdbedonpage1S Who s discis
p)aylngteatcontainsaspecie"flag"signal)nthedi@bl
auditdabstream,theEXmodewillbeselededauto
ma_ca)iyIfmayalsobe selectedusingthismenuor
threughthel_ontpanelor remotecontrolasshownon
page23 Acompleteexp(anatbnofthesereedesis
bondonpage24.

When/1_eD@b,_Di@almodeis selected,therese
addil_onalset%onavailabbfortheNightmode.

F * DOLB_ SURROUND

MOD£_ DOLBY

NIGHT: OffF

_AC_ TO SU_R SELECT

DIGZtAL

F_F_m4

TheNightmodeisafeatureofOeByDigitalthatuses

seeslSprocessingtepreservethedynamisrangeand
fullintel)i@b}})Vofamoviesoun@ackwhilereducing

tfe peak16v@.Thispre_entsabruptlyloudtransitions
fromdistu@ingothem,v4houtreducthgthesonic

impactofa digit:_lsourceTheNightmodeis only
availablewhenspeck:@erteodedBdby D)@talsignals

areplayed
lb aqusttheMghtmodesetting,makecerUnthatthe

cursorisonhe NI 6 HT lineof he DOLB Y

menuNext,press_t/_ Navi@tionButtons@ to
choosebetweentheto/Icy4%s@lthgs,asthey8,ppear
intheonsemendi%lay:

0F F:WhenOF F af}peam,theNightmodewillnot

kLrdion.

MI D:WhenblI Dappezm,amlIdcompressionwill

beapplied

MAX:WhenMAXappeam,ar'mmseverecom-

pmsstnakqorithrnwil)beai)p))ed

WerecommendthatyouselectteeM ZDselthoas
astartthgpontandchangetotheMAX settinglatel.

ifdesired

TheNi@_tmodemaya)sobeadlusteddirectlyany
timeabolbyD)@talsourceisp%,in9by pressingthe

NightModeButton _[_ Whentheb@leeis
pressed,D- R ANGE w(((appea_(nthelowerthird

ofthevideoscreeeandintr_eLowerBisplayLine
_. PresstheA/V NavigationButtons@ with
inthreesecondsteseledthedesiresettindl

Whenpu h_wecompletedyourselectionsonthe
DOL BY menu,pressthe A/'_ Navigatioa

B_ttons_ u@lthe_ cursorisnexttothe

BACK TO SURR SELECT (ine,Pressthe

SetButton0 tarelunltotheSURR

S E L EC T menu(Figule3),

OntheD T S menu,theshe)cosmadewin the_1/_
Buttons@ onhe remoteoredeterminedbya

combinetionof thet?peof programmaterialin use
andwheterthe5 1 or G.1/7.1channeleo@igura-
tionisinuse

When_ OTSsourceisplaying,thechoiceof modes
tnr71 systemswillvs/yaccordingtethebjlJeof pm

gramsource(DTS5.1, DTSESMathxor DTS-ES
Dbcrete)Pros the_/'_ Buttons@ toscrol)

hroughtheshoicesthata_eor@abletar yoursystem
andtheprograminuse.Tl_eBTSNee:6Musicmode

isavailablewithanalogstere sourcesand_heBTS
Nag:6Cinemamodeisava)}ab)ew)thanalogp@tix

surroundencodedsourcestode))veranenhanced

5.t -channelsoundfield
Whenthe51 configurationish use,theA/h v@l)

automaticallys@ectthe51 versio_efC)TSprooessthg
v,_hena@_SdatastreamJsselectedWhenthe

6.1/7.1mode(ssdected,theDTS-&?Discretemode
vd)laubma!icallybesalivatedwhena [}',Tt_sourcewith
tb. E,>Discrete"fag"isit/use Whenanon-ESDTS
disc)sinuse,youmayselecttheDTBBSMatffx
modethrou%thismenutocreateagulleight-d_am@
surreuldmode.Seep8ee24tara completeex@ana-

floeoftheDT5modes.
OntheLOGIC 7 menuthechoicesmadewith

the_/_ Buttons@ ontheremoteamdetermined
bywhethertheD1- or 6.1/7.1-channeloonfgdration
isinuse.in eifuercase,theselectionofaLogL7
modeenab(esHarmonKa@on'sexclusiveLugie7
proces@ngto createtullyenveloping,m@t_char_r_el

surnx£.'._soundfromeithertwo-channel,gtereoor
MatrixencodedpregramrnhgsuchasVHScassettes,

laserdiscsortelevisionbroadcastsproduc,edwith
Dolbysurround

Inthe5.1 configuration,youmayselecttheLogic7/

5.1 Music,Cinemsor EnhancemodeTheywelt best
witht'wo-shanr_e/music,surroundencodedprograms
orstandardbvo-cbanr_elprogrummingofany_/pe,
respectue)_For6 1/7 1 confl%mtions,theMusicsod
CthemamodesmaybesebetedTheLogic7 modes

amgota,a))ab)ewheneifl_erDolbytigitq orDTS
dig)tOsoundtracksare)nuse.Seepaoe24 let a

completeexplanationoftheLogic7modes.

OntheDSP ( SURR ) menu,thechoicesmade
w)ththe_/l_ Buttons@ on theremoteselectlrem
oneoftheDSPsurroundmodesthataredesignedfor
usewithtwod/artnelstereopro@aresto createa
vane,t_ofsoundfieldpresentatieesThechoicesavail

ablea_eHal(1,F@(2,Theater,VMAxNearandVMAx

Fa TheHallaridThestermodes8redes@edtot
mu)tJchanne))asta))ations,wh)le_hetwoVMAxmodes

ateoptimkedfor useh deliveringafullsurreundfled

wh@]onlythe%nOloll andtrentrightspeak@sare

ktsta@dSeep%e24%racompeteexplanat_@_of
theDSPsurroundmodes,

OntheST E R E 0 mertu,thechoicesmadewithtee
4/_ %ttons @ ontheremotemayeithe_turnthe

surroundprates@nOofffor a8a51_oealtwo-chsnnel
stereopmsent_t_ar],orselect5 STEREO or 7
STEREO dependingonwhethera5.1 or 6,1/7,1
eonfigul@on)sinuseThelattermodesleadaIvm-
channelpresentatonto@speakers,rega@essof
thenumberof speakersin useSeepage24 bra
oomlsleteex@an@onofthebStereoand7Sgmo

modes.

AttartheselectionsammadeontheDolby,DTS,
Logic7,DS?(Surround}orStereomenus,pressthe
_/'_ Buttons_ sothathe cursormovestothe

BACK TO MASTER MENU linearidpress
theSetButton@,

Speaker Setup

ThismenutellstheAYR135v,41chtypeofspeakers
arei_]use,Thisisimport_tntasitadiuststhesettings

the decidewhe)heryoursyslemwillusethe"5od@n-
neFor% channeWchannel"modes,aswe)las
determiningwhLhspeakersrec@velowfre@encF
(bass)information.

Fereachofthesese_ngs,usetheL A R GE setting
it _hespeakemtra particu)arposit_onaretra@tional
fSlrangeloudspeakersUsetee_ MAL L settingfor
sma)le_,frequencNimitedsat@litespeakersthatdonot
reproducesoundsbelow200Hz.Notethstwhen
"small"speakersateused,asubwoaterisrequiredto
reproducelow-frequencysounds.Rememberthatthe
"large"and"small"descnpt_orsdonotratertol_e
actualphysk'.alsizeofthespeakers,buttotheirability
toreproduceIow4equencysounds/fyouarein
doubtastowhichcategocyc_ese@?esyourspeakers,
consultlhespeeificatlonsiethespeakem'ownegs

manual,oraskyourdeSer.

SYSTEN CONFIGURATION

Thismenuscreenalsoallowsyoutoentertheseltings
fortheAVR135'sTripleCrossoverteature,which

allowsa difterentcrossoverpointtobeusedterfie
frontlefUright,centerandsurroundspeakers,Insys-

temswherefullrangeortowerspeakersamused1or
thefiontsoundstageorwheredifterentbrandsor

modelsarein useatthevariousspeakerpositions,this
featureallowsyoutocustomizethebassrnar_agement
andredirectioncircuitswitha precisionnotpreviously

possible
Itiseasiesttoenterthepropersellhgsforspeaker

setupthsughthe SPEAKER SE T UP menu
(Figure5).Ifthatmenuisnotalreadyon yourscreen

frorntheprioradjusfinents,presstheOSDButton

0 to bringuptheMASTER MENU (Figure1),
andthenpressthe'_" Button@ untilthecursoris
onthe SPEAKER SETUP line.Afthispoint.

presstheSet Button0 to bringupthe

SP E A K E R SE T U P menu"Rgu_s5)

f

* SPEAKER SETUP *

,#ODE :SIZE

LEFT/BIGHT :LARGE
CENTER :SMALL
SURROUND :SMALL
SUBB BACK :SMALL

SUB WBORBB :SUBILFE)
BASS MGR :GLOBAL
BACK TO MASTER MENU

Fsum5

ThefirstlineoftheSPE AK ER S ET UP menu
(Figure5)abws yuub swfk:hthemenub change

eitherthespeakersizesellingor theexactcrossover
pointusedbr thatspeakergroupForthefirstpass
through1bemenu,leavethesettingatJbddault
optionof S I Z E, andthenproceedasoutlined
below.Oncethespeakerchoiceshavebeenset,you
maywishto returnto thislinetochangetheoptior_so

thatthecrossoversettingsmaybeadjusted

Beginthespeakersetupprocessbymakingcertainthat

thecur?orJspointingtowa/d1beL E FT/R I GHT
line,wNchsetstheconfigurafion1orthefrontleftand
rightspeakersIfyouwishto makeachangeto the
frontspeakers'configuration,pressthe_/_ Buttons

@ sothateitherL ARGE or SMAL L appears,
matchingtheappropriatedescriptionfromthe@finitions
shownabove

WhenSMAL L isselected,lowfrequencysoundswill

besentonlytothesubwooteroutput,Ifyouchoosethis

optionandthereisnosubwooterconnected,youwill
nothearanylowfrequencysoundsfiemthel_ont
channels.

WhenLA RGE Jsselected,a tullrangeoubutwillbe
sentto thefiontleftandfiontrightoubutaDepending

onthechoicemadeintheSUBW0 0 F ER linein

thismenu,ba_sinlermafionmayalsobedirectedto the
fiontleft/rightspeakers,a subwooteror both

NOTE:WhenthetrentspeakersaresettoL ARGE,
theSUBWOOFER issetto NONE, andthesur

roundmodeissetto"SurroundOft,"orpuretwo-chart
nelstereoifananalogaudiosourneisselecfed,itwillbe

muteddirectlyfiorntheinputtothevolumecontrol

withoutbeir/gdigitizedorprocessedIfyouhavefun

rangeflontspeakersandwfshte removeaffdfgftafpro

cessingfromthecircuitpath,selectthisconfigurafion

Ifyouwishtousethisoptionwithonlyoneinput,such
asa CDpJayeroranopIional,e,xterr_alphonopreamp,
choosetheZND EPE NDE NT settingonthe

BA SS MGR lineatthebottomofthismenusothat
onlythoseinpuhwheretheanalogbypassisdesired

willberoutedinthist_lshion.

WhenyouhavecornpletedyourselectionforXe tront
channel,pressthev Button@ ontheremoteto

movethecursorto CENTER,

Pressthe_,/_Buttons@ ontheremoteb select

theoptionthatbestdescribesyoursystembasedonthe
speakerdefinitionsshownbelow

WhenSMAL L isselected,lowfrequencycenbr
d/anne1soundswillbesentonlytothesubwooterout-
put.Ifyouchoosethisophonandthereisnosubwooter

connected,youwillnothearlowtrequencysoundsfiem

thec,enter@annel.

4#tenLARGE isseleebd,a fullrangeoutputwillbe
senttothecenterspeakeroutput,andNOcenter
channelsignalwillbesenttothesubwooteroutput

NOTE:If youchooseLogic7asthesurroundmode
the"large"optionwillnotbeavailabletorthecenter

speaker.ThisisduetotherequirernentsofLogic7
processing,anddoesnotindicatea problemwith

yourreceive/,

WhenN0NE isselected,nosignalswillbesentto

thecenterc,hanneloutput,Thereceiverwilloperatein
a"phanton?centerchannelmodeandcentershanr_el

intermatior_willbesentto theleftandrightfrontshah
neloutputsWhenonlyfrontleftandrightspeake/sare

used,withno centeror surroundspeakers,VMAxisa

goodalternativemode.

Whenyouhavecornpletedyourselectionforthecen
terchannel,pressthev Button_ ontheremote

tc,movethecursorto SURROUND

Pressthe_l/_ Buttons@ ontheremotetoselect

theoptionthatbestdescribesthesidesurround
speakersinyoursystembasedonthespeaker

defir/itionsshownon thispage

WhenSNAL L isselected,lowfrequencysurround

@annelsoundswillbesenttothesubwooteroutput
only.ffyouchoosethisoptionandthereisnosub
woderconnected,youwinnothearanylowfiequency

soundsfromthesurroundchannel

WhenLARGE isselected,afull rangeoutputwill
besentle thesurroundchanneloutputs,andNOsur
round@anne1signalswillbesenttothesubwooter
output.

WhenNONE isselected,surroundsoundinforma

tlonwillbesplitbetweenthetrontleftandflentnght
outputs,Foroptimalpertormancewhennosurround
speakersareinuse,theDolbySStereomodeshould

beused

Whenyouhavec,ornpletedyourselectionsforthe
mainsurroundchanr_els,pressthe'_' Button@ on

theremotetomovethecursortoSURR BACK,
Thislineservestwofunctior_sinthuditnotonlyconflg

uresthesettingforthesurroundbackchannelswhen
theysirepresent;italsotellstheAVR135'sprncessJng
systemtoconfiguretheunittereither51 or61/71

operation

NOTE:Ineldert ad/ustthespeakersettingstorthe

surroundbackchannels,eitheraLogic',7or DTS
Neo:6modemustfirstbeselectedor a multk',hanr_el,

DolbyDigitalorDTSsourcemustbepJayJng.This

enablesthesystemtoactivatethesurroundback
processingmode.

Pressthe_Jb Buttons@ ontheremot_b select

theoptionthatbestdescribesthespeakerinuseat
thebacksurroundpositionbasedonthe@fir_itions

shownbelow:

WhenN0 NE isselected,thesystemwillaqustso
thatonly5.1 channelsurroundprocessing/decoding

r_odesareavailable

WhenSMAL L is selected,thesyslemwilladjustso
thatthefullcomplementof61/71 surroundprocessing/
decodingmodesareavailable,andlowfrequency
irflormafioribelowthecrossoverpointwillbesentto
thesubwooferoutput,Ifyouchoosethisoptionand
thereisriosubwooterconnected,youwillnothear
anylowfrequencysoundsfromthesurroundback

channel,

WhenLA RGE isselected,thesyslemwilladjustso
thatthefullc,ornplementof61/71 surroundprocess

ing/decodingmodesareavailable,andafullrange
signalwillbesentb thesurroundbackchanr_els,with
nolowfrequencyinformationsenttethesubwooter
output.

NOTE:it isnotpossibleb configuretheAVR135br
71 channeloperation.Donotconnectmorethanone

speakertotheSurroundBackSpeakerOutputs

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

@, asdoingsomaydarnageyourspeakers,the
AVR135 or bothWhen71 channelinformationis

received,torexamplethroughthe6/8-ChanneI
DirectInputs@, orwhenderiving7 ChannelStereo
orLogic7/71 surroundinlormafion,theAVR135
combinestheleflandrightsurroundbackchannel
inlormafionandoutputsitasasinglesurroundback

channel.
Whenyouhavecornpletedyoursebcfionfortheback

surroundchannels,pressthev Button0 onthe
remotetomovethecursorto S UB W0 0 F ER

Pressthe_/_ Buttons@ on theremotetoselect
theoptionthatbestdescribesyoursystem,

Thechoicesavailablebr thesubwooterpositionwill
dependonthesettingsfortheotherspeake/s,particu
larlythefrontleff/rightpositiona

Ifthefrontleft/rightspeakersaresetto SMAL L,
thesubwooterwillautomaticallybesetto S UB,
whichisthe"on"position,

Ifthefrontleft/rightspeakersaresetlo L A RGE,
threeoptionsareavailable:

Ifnosubwoderis connectedtotheAVR135,
presslhe_/_ Buttons@ ontheremoteso
thatN0 NE appearsintheon screenmenu,
Whenthisopfionisselected,allbassinformafion
willberoutedto thefrontlefl/right"main"speakers

Ifa subwooferisconnectedandyouwishto have
thefrontleft/right"main"speakersreproducebass
frequenciesat allfines,andhavethesubwooter
operateonlywhentheAVR135 isbeingused
withadigitalsourcethatcontainsadedicated
LowFrequencyEffects,or LEE,soundtrack.Press
the_/_ Buttons@ ontherernotesothat

LF E appearsintheonscreenmenu

Ifa subwooferisconnectedandyouwishto useit
forbassreproductioninconjunctionwiththemain
frontleff/rightspeake/s,regardlessofthetypeof
prograrnsourceorSurroundmode,pressthe_/_

Buttons0 ontheremotesothatSUB

LF E+ L/ R appearsintheonscreenmenu
Whenthisoptionisselected,afull-rangesignal
winbesentto thefrontleft/right"main"speakers,
andthesubwooterwillreceivethebassfrequen
ciesunderfrequencyselected,asdescribed

below,aswellsistheLFEinfom_afion.

Whenallinitialspeaker"size"settingshavebeen
made,younowhavetheoptiontot_Aeadvantageof
theAVR135'sTripleCrossoversystem,whichallows
individualcrossoversettingstobemadeforeach
speakergrouping,Thelowtequencycrossoverpoint
issetbythedesignofyourspeake/sDependingon

thedesignanddrivercomplementofyourspeakers,
it isusuallydefinedsisthelowestpossiblefrequer/cy
thespeakeriscapableofreproduc,ingBetoremaking
anychangesto thesettingstor thecrossoverpoint,
wesuggestthatyoufindthecrossoverpointforthe
speakersin eachof thethreegroupings,front
lefCright,c,enterandsurrounds,bylookingsitthe
specificationspageof eachspeakers'owner'smanual,
orbycor/tactlngyourdealerorthemanufacturer's
custornerservicedepartrner/torWebsite.Youwill
needthisfigureteaccuratelyconfigurethenextgroup
ofsetlings

Thefactorydefaultsettingfor allspeakerpositionsis

100HzIfthatsettirgisacceptableforallc,hannels,
thennoadjustmentsareneededandyoumayskip
thissection.However,shouldyouwishtochangeone
ofthesettings,pleaseproceedbypressingtheA

Button0 sothatthec,ursormovesbackuptothe
topofthelistofsettingoptionsPressthe,_/v

Buttons0 so thatX- 0 V ER ishighlighledand
themenudatawillc,hangetothescreenshownin
Figure6,

* SPEAKER SETUP *

MODE :X-OVER
LEFT/RIGNT:100NZ

CENTER :100NZ
SURROUND :100NZ

SURR BACK : .....

SUBWODPER ! .....

BASS MGR :GLOBAL
BACK TO MASTER MENU

F_Ture6

Tochangethesettingforanyofthethreespeaker
groups,pressthe,A/'_ Buttons0 untilthecursor
isnexttothelinewhereyouwishto makea change
andthenpressthe_/_ Buttons0 unfilthe

desiredsettingappearsTheavailablechoicesat which
pointlowfrequencyinformationwillbesentlo the

subwoote/,ratherthanto themainspeakerchannel,
are40Hz,60Hz,80Hz,100Hz,120Hzand200Hz

Pickthechoicethatisidenticaltotheinlormationfor
thespeakers,orif anexactmatchisnotpossible,pick
theclosestchoicethatisABOVEthespeaker'slow

frequencylimitorcrossoverpointIoavoidthecreation
ofa lowfrequency"hole"whereyoursyslemwillhave

nobassinlormafion
IncaseswhereL ARGE hasbeenselectedasthe

frontchar_nelspeakeroptionandL FE +L / R has
beenselectedasthesubwooteroption,thefront-
char_nelsoundintormatior_belowthesetlingshown
willbesenttoBOTHthefront-channelspeake/sand

thesubwoote_Note,also,thatwhenthe L A RGE-

LF E+ L / R settinghasbeenselected,the
crossoverpointissetbymakingadjustmentsatthe

SU BW00 FE R lira buttheseKingfor thefront

left/rightspeakerswillaulomaticallychangeintandem

sothatthesamesettingappears1orbothspeaker

positionsThisensuresthatthereisno"hole"inthe
soundfielddueto differentcrossoverpointsatthe
frontandsubwooterspeakers

Whenallcrossoversettingshavebeenmade,orin
thosecaseswherenoneareneeded,pressthev

Button0 sothatthecursorisnexttotheB AS S

MGR linetomakethefinalsettingonthismenu.
ThisseKingallowsyoutousethesamespeakersize

conflgu/afionforallinputs,orto havedifferentsettings
foreachinputIn mostc,asesthefactoryddaultset
tingof GL 0 BAL winbeappropriate,asmostlis
tenetsdonotneedto haveindividualizedsettings.

However,somelistenels,particularlythosewithfun

rangefrontspeakersthatareusedtotbothmovies
andmusic,maypreferthatdifferentbassmanagement

beusedwhenlisteningtomusicthroughaCDplayer
asopposedto amoviefromaDVDplayer,VCRor
cable/satellitesettop

ifyouwishto cuslomJzethespeakersettingsfor
eachinput,makecertainthattheM0DE lineof
the SPEAKER SETUP menuissetto

SI Z E,andthatthecursorisonthe BASS

MGR lira andpressthe_1/_Buttons@ sothat

I NDEPENDE NT appearsWhorlthisseKirlgis
enteredby exitingthemenu,youmayneedtogo

backtotheI NPUT menuto selectanotherinput,
andthenreturnto thismenupageagainto change
thesettingstotthatinputRepeattheprocedurefor

anyinputwhereyouwishto havea differentsetof
speakerconfigurations.

NOTE:Whenthe][ NDEP ENDENT settingis
activated,youmayassigndifferentspeakersizeset-
tingsto eachinputteaccommodatedifferentbass

managementsetfingsthatmatchyourpreferences
withthetypeof programmaterialnormallyusedwitha

particularsource{forexample,whenmoviesareplayed
fromDVDandmusic',frornaCDplaye/bHowever,the
ac,tualspeakercrossoversettingsaresetonlyonceand
do notd/angewiththeinputselecfionThereasonis
that,whilebassmanagementpreferencesmayw,ry,
theactualspeakersremainthesame,rega/dlessofthe

bassmanagementaridredirectionseltings

Whenallspeakerselectionshavebeenmade,press
the"_ Button0 andthentheSetButton@ to

returntethe MASTER MENU

Delay Settings

Duetothedifferentdistancesbefi/veenthelister/ing

positiontot thefrontchannelspeakersandthesur

roundspeakers,thea-nountoftimeittakeslorsound
to reachyourearsfrornthefrontversussurround
speakersdiffers.Youmaycompensatefor thisdiffer

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION

enceteroughtheuseofteedelaysehngsi_ar_ust
thelimingIorteespeakerplaeementandacoustic

condillonsinyourlisteningroomorhometheater

TheAVR135'sadvancedsoftwareenablesyouto
quicklyandeasilysetdelaytimeswiteouttheneedto

calculatethemusinga complexformulaInstead,all
youneedtodoismeasuretheapproximatedistance

betweenyourlisteningpositionandeachoftee
speakeTsinyoursyslemWhenyouenterteose
distancesintoteeAVR'smemoryasshownbelow,
teeAVR'smicroprocessordoestherestofteework,
calculatingtheproperdelaytimeThemeasurements

neednotbeaccuratetotheinch,asthesystemis
designedtoaccommodateatypicallistenir/garea

ratherthanrequiretheprecisemeasurementtoone

"sweetspot"position,

Duetoteeditterencesinteewayeachsurround
modeoperates,somemodesallowfora greaterrange

ofdelaytimesthanotee_slo avoidproblems,we
recommendthatdelaylimesbe adjustedusingthe

DolbyDigitalmode.Ifadifferentmodeisselectedat
alaterlime,theAVR155willautornaticallyrestrict

thedelaysettingsto teoserequiredbythesurround
modeJnuse

DelaytimesareonlyadjustableforteeDolbymodes,
soyouwillnotksethattheDEL A Y menumaynot

beaccessedwhenanyothermode,suchasaDTS
or Logic7 option,hasbeenselected.Inaddition,

whena r/onDolbyDigitalmodesuchasDolby3
StereoorProLogicIIisselected,adjustrnentsmay
bemadetotheSurroundspeakersonly

OnceteeDEL A Y AD J US T menuisonyour
screen,notethattheddaultsettingto enterthedis
tancesfromthespeake/stothelistenirgpositionisin

toot,Ifyourmeasuremenlsareinfeet,proceedto the
nextstep;ifyourmeasurementsaremadein meters.

presstee'_ Button0 untiltheon screen_ cursor
isattheUN1 1, lineonthemenu.Then,presstee
4/_ Buttons@ soteatME1"ER ishighlighted
Whenthechangeinrneasurementunitsismade,

presstheA/'_ Buttons0 toreturnthe_ cursor
teteeCEN1"E R position,

Witetheonscreen_ cursorpointingto CEN1"ER,
presstee4/_ Buttons@ untilthedislancefrom
thecenterspeakertothepreferredlisteningpositionis
enteredNext,pressthe'_" Button 0 tomovethe

cursortotheS UR R0 UND lineandusethe4/_
Buttons@ againtoenterthedistanceIron the

videodisplayatthefrontoftheroomtothesurround
speakers.Finally,ifthesystemisconfiguredfor 7 1
ope/allonbyenteringL ARGE or SMAL L on

tee SURR BACK lineoftee SPEAKER

SE1"U Pmenu,pressthev Button@ again
rindusethe4/_ Buttons@ to enterteedistance

tromthelisteningposillonto teesurroundspeakers',

Rememberteatteislastadjustelentwinonlybeneeded

whenyouhavesurroundbackspeakersinstalledand

DolbyDigitalc,hosenasthesurroundmode

Whenteespeakeptolistening-posillondistancehas

beenenteredtotallactivespeakerpositions,presstee
A/'_ Buttons@ un11theonscreencursorisnext
to BACK 1,0 MAS1,ER MENU andpresstee

SetButton

fWIPOBTANTNOTES:

Listenersareottenconfusedabouttheoperationof

thesurroundchannelsWhilesomeassumethat
soundshouldalwaysbecomingfrorneachspeaker,

mostofthetimetherewillbelittleorriosoundin

thesurroundchannelsThisisbecausetheyare
onlyusedwhena rnoviedirectororsoundmixer

specificallyplacessoundtheretocreateambience
or aspecialeffect,orto continueactionfromthe
frontoftheroomtotherear.Oncetheoutput
levelsareproperlyset,it isnorrnalfor surround
speakerstooperateonlyoccasionally.Artificially
increasirgthevolumeto therearspeakersmay
destroytheillusionofan envelopingsoundfield
thatduplicatesthewayyouhearsoundinamovie

theaterorconcerthall

®WhentheAVRt 35isconf%redtor61 channel

operationusingasinglesurroundbackspeaker,the
outputleveladjustmentswillstillprovideanadjustment

forseparatesurroundbackleftandsurroundbackright

positionseventeoughyoursystenhasonlyone

surroundbackspeakerThismeansthattheSurround

Backchannelwillseemtoappeart_vice,andin61
operationteisisnormalTheseparateSBL/SBBadjust

mentsfor61 operatfonareneededtooptimizetee
balancebetweenthetwodiscretechannelswithinthe

AVBastheyaremixedforoutputtoasinglespeaker

Betorebeginnirgtheoutputleveladjustmentprocess,
makecertainthatallspeakereonnectior_shavebeen
properlymadeThesystemvolumeshouldbesetto

thelevelthatyouwinuseduringatypicallistening

session,

Tosetthedelaytimeforaspecificinput,tee

DEL A Y A D J USI"menu(Figure7)shouldbe
visibleonyouronscreendisplay.Ifitisnot,press
theOSDButton_ tebringuptheMAS 1"ER

MENU, andpressthe'v Button__ untiltee
on-screen_ cursorispointingattheDELA Y

AD J US 1"linePresstheSetButton@ to
callupthernenu

NOTE:Ino_derto adjusttheDelaysettingsbr the
surroundback@annels,a DolbyDigitalorDTSsource

mustbeplayingThisenablesteesyslemtoactivate
thesurroundbaekprocessingmode.

* DELAY ADJUST *

FRONT lOFT
CENTER lOFT
SURROUND lOFT

SURR BACK lOFT
UNIT FEET

BACK TO MASTER MENU

FtTure7

Thedelaysettingsmaybechangedatanytime
directlyfromtheremotecontrolbypressingthe
BelayButton _..1, CENTER DELAY will

appearinteeLowerDisplayLine _, butyou
maypressteeA/,v Buttons0 to selectany

ofteespeakergroups

Press_heSetButton @ whenthedesiredspeaker
groupappears,andthenpresstheA/'_ Buttons

_} againtoenterthedistancefromthespeakerto

teelisteningpositionPresstheSet Button@
againtoenterthedata.Y{_umaythenpressthe,A/,v

Buttons0 to selectanotherspeakergroupto
repeatteeprocedureasneeded,orwaitfiveseconds

forthesystemto returnto normaloperatior/

Outputlevelaqustmentisa keypartoftheconflgufa

t/onofanysurroundsoundproduct,It isparticularly

imporlantfora digitalreceiversuchsistheAVR135,
ascorrectoutputsensurethatyouhearsoun@acks
withteeproperdirectionalityandintensity

Usingthe FuIPOSDSystem

Followthesestepswhileseatedinthelisteningposi

tionteatwillbe usedrnostotten:

1,Makecertainthatallspeakerposillonshavebeen

properlyconfiguredfortheir"large"or"small"set-

tings{asoutlinedabove)andturndt theOSD

systemif itisinuse

P,Adjustthevolumesoteatit isat - 1 5 d B,as

shownintheonscreendisplayorLower

DisplayLine

3,Outputleveladjustmentisrnosteasilydone

teroughthe CHANNEL ADJUST menu

(Figure8), IfyouarealreadyattheMAS1,ER
MENU, presstee_" Button@ untilthe

on screen_ cursorisnexttotheCHANNEL

AD J USI" line If youarenotsitthe
MASI" ER MENU, pressteeOSDButton

tobringupthe MASTER MENU

(Figuret), andthenpressthev Button
urSltheon screen_ cursorisnexttothe

CHANNEL ADJUST line PressteeSet

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION

Button@ t:_bringtheCHANNEL

ADJ UST menu(FigureS)tothescreen

f

* CNANNEL ADJUST *

FL :0 dB SBR:O dB
CEN :0 dO SBL:O dB
F_ :0 dO SL :0 dO
SR :0 dB SUB:O dB

CH_N_EL _ESET _OFF
TEST TONE :OFF
_ACK TO MASTKR MENU

£iyum8

4 WhentheCHANNEL ADJUST menu

appears,pressthe_ Button@ untiltheon-
screen_ cursorisnexttotheTES T TONE

line.Pressthe4/_ Buttons_ sohat 0 N is
shownandthe£R's inten/altesttonewillbegin

toeimulatefrownspeakerto speakeri_aclock-
wisedkectioninloallspeakersThetestnoisewill
playfortvvesecondsineachspeakerbetsredr
culaflng,andablinkingonscreencursorwin

appealnext9 fl_enameofeachspeakerlocation
whenthesoundisat thatspeaken

Verifythatthespeakershavebeenproperlycon

nectedAsthetestnoisecirculates,listentomake
cerlainthatfilesoundcomesfTornthespeaker

positionshownnexttothe_,cursorintheon-
screendisplayandbyhe flashingi_Citationin

theBpeaker/OhanneIInputIndicators
IfthesoundfromaspeakerlocationdoesNOT
matchthepositionindicatedin thedisplay,turn

theAVR135off usingtheMainPowerSwitch
0 andcheckthespeakerwiringorconnections

toexternalpoweramplifiersto rnakecertainIhat
eachspeakerisconnectedto thecorrectoutput

terminal,

Note:P,emember+hatwhenyourwstemhasonlya
singleSurroundBackspeakerandisthusconfigured

for61 channeloperation,youwillhearthetestte_e

tvvicefromthebackspeakeLoncewiththeSBLindi

o41_onandoncewiththeBaRindication.Thisisnet

real,anditallowsyoutoadjusttheoutputbalancelet

thetnixk:gcircuitthatcreatesa61 outputwhen71

modessuchasLogic7/71 amused,

Attercheckingforspeakerplacement,letthetest

noisedrculateagain,andlistentoseewhich
char_nelssoundlouderthantheafl_ers.Usirgthe
t/ontfeltspeakerasa reference,presshe _/_
Buttons@ ontheremotetobringallspeakers

tefl_esamevolumebvel Whenoneofthe4/_
Buttons@ ispushed,thetestnoisecirculaton

willpauseonthechannelbeingadjustedtogive
you8meto maketheadjustmentWhenyou

releasetheburton,tie drculationwillresume
atterfiveseconds.

Continuetoadjusttheiridividual@annelsuntilthe
volurnelevelsoundsthesamefromeac,fl speakel.
Adjustmentsshouldbemadewiththe_1/_Buttons

@ ontheremoteonly,NOTthemainvolumecon
trois.If youareusingasoundpressurelevel(SPL)
meterforprecisereveladjushnent,setthevolume
sothatthemeterreadsY5dBontheC-YVeigh_ng,

Slowscale.
Ifyoufindthattheoutputlevelschosenby Ezgetare

eitheruncomfortablylowor high,youmayrepeatthe
procedureReturntoStep2 andad/usttfe master
vohmeeitherslightlyhigheror lowerteaccommodate
yourparticularroomlayoutandyourtastesYoumay
repeatthisprocedureasmanyl_mesasnecessaryto
achieveadesiredresult,h orderto preventposdbfe
damageto yourhearingoryourequipment,we
emphasizettat youshouldaw)fdsettinglt_emasler

volumeaboveOdB
Whenallohanr_eishaveanequalvolumelevel,the

ad}ustmer/tiscomplete.Usethe,a,/v Navigation
Buttons@ to movethe_ cursornextto the

TEST T 0NE line,andpresshe _
NavigationButtons@ untiltheword0F F
appearstostopthetesttoneOopydownthefinal
levelsellingsbr eachc,hannelsoteatyoucaneasily
setthemfortheothersourceinputs.Toexitthismenu,
presstheA/'_" NavigationButtons@ untilthe

onscreen_ cursoris nextto theBACK TO

MA S T E R M E N U line,andthenpresstheSet
Button@ tolet_irnIctileMASTER MENU,

NOTE:ThesubwoderlevelisnotadjustablewhenIhe
normaltesttoneisinuseThesubwooferoutputlevel
mayalsobeadjustedwhenlhechannellevelsare
heinetrmmedto anexternalprogramsourcerather
thanthetesttone,asshownonpage2,7

Usingthe Semi-BaDSystem
TheoutputlevelsmayalsoheaCusledat anytime
usingtheremotecontrolandsemiOSDsystem,To

adjusttheoutputlevelsinthisfashion,presshe Test
Button@. Assoonasthebutlonispressed,the

testtonewillbeghto cimulateasindicatedearlier.The
correctchannelf/orewhichthetestnoiseshouldbe
heardwillbeshowninhe lowerthirdofthevideo

screenandintheLower D[splayLine_. Whilethe
testnoiseis circulating,theproperchannelpositionwill

alsobeindk',abdintheSpeaker/ChannelInput
Indicators_] bya Uinkingletterwithirlthecorrect
char:nel,

Toadjusttheoutputlevel,presstheA/_ Buttons

untilthedesiredlevelis shownin thedisplayor

onscreen.Oncethebuttonsarereleased,thetest
noisewillbeginto circulateagair:infiveseconds.

Whenallchannelshavethesameoutputlevel,press

the-JestButton @ againto completetheprocess.

Ifyoufhd thattheoutputlevelsareeitheruncomfort-

ablyloworhigh,youmayrepeattheprocedure,but

firstadjustthemastervolumeeitherslightlyhigheror
lower(butnothigherthanOdB)tocompensateDo

notadjustthevolumeduringtheprocedure,asthatwill

causetheoutputlevelsto behigheror lowerfor only

sornechannels,resultingin unevenbalance

NOTE:Outputleveladjustmentisnotaua}}ableforthe

VMAxorSurroundOffmodes

AdditionalInputAdjustments

AfteroneinputhasbeenadjusledforSurroundmode,

digitalinput(ifany),speakertype,andoutputlevels,

gohackto1heI NP UT SET UP lineonthe

MASTER MENU (Figure1)andentertheset-
1boafor eachinputthatyouwilluseInmostcases,
onlythedigitulinputandsurroundmodewillbediffer

entfremoneinputtethenext,whilethespeakertype,
crossoverfmquenw,Nightmodeandoutputlevel

settingswillusuallybethesameandmaybequickly
enteredby enteringthesamedab usedtot the
odginalinput.

Whenallsettingsandadjustmerltsha_ebeec_made,

presstheOSDButton0 to returntonormaloper
a_onoftheAVB.

Oncethese@]gsoutlinedonthepreviouspageshave

beenmade,theAVR135isreadylet operationWhile
therearesomeadditionalsettingstobe made,these
arebestdoneatteryouhavehadanopportunitytolis

tentoavarietyofsourcesanddetent khdsof pro
grammaterial.Theseadw,ncedsettingsae described

onpagesP8 and29 of thismanual,inaddition,any
ofthesettingsrnadeintheinitialconfigurationofthe
urlftmaybechangedatanytime.Asyouaddnewor
differentsourcesorspeakers,orifyouwishIochange
asettingto betterreflectyourlisteningtaste,simply
followtheinstructionsletchangingthesettingstotthat

pararneterasshownin thissection

Havingcornpbtedthesetupandconfigurationprocess
foryourAVR135,youareaboutlo experiencethe
linestin musicandhometheaterlislenirgEnjoy'.

OPERATION

Onceyouhavecompletedtheinitialsetupandconfigu

rationof theAVR135,itissimpleto operaleand
enjoyThefollowingins1Tuc17onswillhelpyoumaximize
theenjoymentofyournewreceiver:

TurningtheAVR135OnorOff

WhenusingtheAVR135turthefist time,youmust

firstpresstheMainPowerSwitch L1 onthetent
paneltoturntheuniton.Thisplacestheunitina
Standbymode,asindicatedbytheambercolorof the
PowerIndicator_. OncetheunitisinStandby,you
maybeginalisteningsessionbypressingthe
Standby/OnSwitch_ onthefrontpanel,orthe
PowerOnButton0 orAVBSete_torQ ontile

remoteThePowerIndicator_ willturnblue,This
willhrntheunitonandrehrnittotheinputsourcethat
waslastusedTheunitmayalsobeturnedonfrom
Slandbyby pressinganyoftheInputSelector

Buttons@_ ontherernoteortheInputSource
SelectorButton_ onthefrontpanel

NOTE:AtterpressingoneoftheInputSelector
Buttons@0 tohrntheuniton,presstheAVR
SelectorO to settheremotecontrolb theAVR135

fundJons

Toturnli/eunitoffattheendof a listeningsession,
simplypresstheStandby/OnSwitchD onthefront

panelorthePowerOffButtonO ontheremote.
Powerwillbeshutoffto anyequipmentpluggedinto

the reappanelSwitchedACAccessoryOutlet
andthePowerIndicator_ willturnambe/,

Whentheremoteisusedtoturntheunit"off"itis
actually#acingthesysteminaStandbymode,asindi

ratedbytheambercolorofthePowerIndicatorF_.

,, 7oprog/am_e AVR135 totaubmat£turnofl

presstheSleepButton@ ontheremote,Each

pressofthebuttunwilldecreasethetimebdore

shut-downinthetollowingsequence:

mln mln mffl nlff} mln |

I L._4On,,i _ 8() _ 20 _ 1{} _ OFF

rain rnln m_n '7/

•i I

ThesleeptimewillbedisplayedintheLower

DisplayLine_ anditwillcount@wnuntilthe

timehaselapsed.

Whentheprogrammedsleeptimehaselapsed,the
unitwillautomaticallyturnoff Thefront-paneldisplay

willdimto onehalfbrightnesswhentheSleepfunction
isprogrammed.TocanceltheSleeptunction,press

andholdtheSleepButton@ untiltheinformation
displayreturnstonormalbrightness;theSleep
indicatornumberswilldisappearandthewords

SL EE P 0 F F willappearintheLowerDisplay

Line

Whenyouwillbeawayfrornhomebr anexlended
periodof limeitisalwaysa goodidealo completely
turntheunitoftwiththefront-panelMainPower

NOTE:Allpresetmemoriesarelostiftheunitislett

turnedoffbyusingtheMain PowerSwitchL1 for

morethantourweeks

Source Selection

Toselecta source,pressanyof theInput
SelectorButtons@_@_) ontherernote

Theinputsourcernayalsobechangedbypressing
thefront-panelInput SourceS@ctor Button_r'_,

Eachpressof thebuttonwillmovetheinput
selectionthroughthelistof availableinputs.

Astheinputischanged,theAVR135 willaulomati
rallyswitchtothedigitalinput(ifselected),surround

mode,outputlevelsandnightmodestatusaswell
asanyspeakerconfigurationsettingsestablishedby
usingthe][ ND EPENDE NT BassManage-
mentsetting,thatwereenteredduringtheconfigu

rationprocessbr thatsource

Thefront-panelVideo3 Inputs_'1, OptJcaI3

Digitalinput[_] ortheCoaxial3Digitalinput_]
maybeusedtoconneda devicesuchasavideo
gameorcamcordertoyourhomeentertainn/ent
systemonatemporarybasis.

Astheinputsouseischanged,the newinputname

willappearnqomentarilyasan on screendisplayin
thelowerthirdofthevideodisplay.Theinputname

willalsoappearintheUpperDisplayLine_ in
theon screendisplayandinthefront-panelInput

indicators_'_.

Whenanaudiosourceisselected,thelastvideoinput

usedremainsroutedtotheVideo1VideoandS-

VideoOutputse_d,'_andVideoandS-Video

MonitorOutputs(D@. Thispermitssimultaneous

viewingandlisteningIodifferentsources

6-ChanneV8-OhanneIDirectInput

TherearetwoinputchoicesavailaUeforusewith
sourcessuchasa DVDAudioorSACDplayerthat
areconnectedtothe6/8-ChannelDirectInputs

Selecttheappropriateinputacre/clingto
thewayyoursysternandsourceequipmentare
configured:

B CH DZRECT shouldbeusedwhenthe

SBRandSBLinputsareNO[inuse.TheAVR
assumesthattheinputsourcedevicehasitsown

irttemalbassmanagementsyslem.Thisinput
passestheinputfromthesourcedirectlythrough

tuthevolumecontrolwithoutanyanalogtodigital

cor/versionandit mutastheunusedinputjacksto
preventunwantednoisefTominterferingwithsys

ternpertormance

,, & CH ])Z RECT shouldbeusedwhenan

inputisconnectedtoalleight8-ChannelDirect
Inputs@ TheAVRassumesthattheinput

sourcedevicehasit,_owninbmalbassmanage

meritsystem.Thisinputpassestheinputfromthe
soumedirectlythroughtothevolumecontrol
withoutanyanalogtodigit_/Icor/versionandit

mutestheunusedinputjar,kstopreventunwanted

noisefrominterterirlgwithsystemperformance.

Volume Control

Adjustthevolumelo a comturtablelevelusingthe
hontpanelVolumeControl_ or remoteVolume

Up/DownButtons

Totemporarilysilenceallspeakeroutputs,pressthe

MuteButton0, Thiswillinlerrupttheoutputto
allspeakersaridtheheadphonejack,butit willnot
affectanyrote/clingordubbingthatrnaybein

progressWhenthesystemismuted,thewold

MUT E willflashintheUpperDisplayLine_.

PresstheMuteButton 0 againtoreturnto

normaloperation

Youmayadjustthebassandtrebletonecontrols
atanypointduringalisteningsessionbysimply
turningtheBassControl[] orTrebleControl

[] unhlthedesiredsettingisachievedYoumay
alsototally/emovethetonecontrolsfromthecircuit
sothattheoutputis"flat"atanytimeby pressing
theToneModeButtonD andthenpressingthe

4/_ Button_] sothat1"0N E 0 F F @peas

intheon screendisplayandtheLowerDisplay
Line_.

Forprivatelistening,plugthe1/4" stereophone
plugfrornapairofsle/eoheadphonesintothe
hont-panelHeadphoneJack_[_ Whenthe
headphone'splugisconnected,thephrase

HE ADPH ONES ]: N willscrollonceacross
1heLowerDisplayLine_ andallspeakemwill

besilencedWhentheheadphoneplugisremoved,
1heaudioreedtothespeakerswillberestured

Surround Mode Selection

Oneof themostimpoflantfeaturesoftheAVR135
isitsabilitytoreproduceafullmultichannelsurround
soundfieldfromdigitalsouses,analogrnatrix
surroundencodedprogramsandstandardslereo
programs.

Selectionofasurroundmodeisbasedonpersonal

taste,aswellasthetypeofprogramsourcematerial

beingused.Forexample,motionpicturesor_ pro

OPERATION

gramsbearingthelogoofoneofthemqorsurrouad
encodingpiccolos,suchasDolbySu@undorDTS
Stereo,maybeplayedineift_ertheDo/byDigital,Do]by
ProLogicIICinema.DTSNED:6Cir,emu,orLogic7
Cbemasurroundmodesdependingonthesource

material,

NOTE:Oncea programhasbeeqencodedwithmatdx
surroundinlormallon,it retainsthesurroundinformation
aslongastheprogramisbroadcastinstereo.Thus,

movieswithsurroundsoundmaybedecodedviaanyot
theanalogsurroundmodessuc,h asDolbyProL%(cII
Cinema,Logic7 CinemaorDTSNee:6Cinema,when

theyarebroadcastv_acony'or@hal1Msht_ons,{>_ble,

payTf andsal@tehansmission,Iriad@on,agrowing

numberof n]ade4uFtelevisionprograms,sportsbroad

casts,radiodramasandmusicCDsa_alsorecordedin

surroundsound.

Evenwhena programisnot/isledascarryingleten

tionalsurroundintoFnallon,youmayfindf_attheDolby

ProLogicII,Logic7 Enhancedor DTSNED:6,VMAx

a/8 theHallorTheaterrhodesottendeliverenvek>ping

surrour/dpresenta%nsthroughtheuseofthenatural

inlermetionpresentinallstereorecon]ings,

Surroundmodesmaybechangedatat_ytimeby

usingeilherthefrontpane[orremoteoonlmLAny

char_gesmadeto thesurroundmodewinberetdned

inthe£,TR'srnenu,evenaftertheAVRis placedin

Standbyrnode,Toselecta ne,_vsurroundmodefrom

theflontpauel,fiat presstheSurroundModeGroup

SelectorSuttonJ_ untilamodefrarnthedesired

majorsurroundmodegroupsuchas Dolby,DTSor

Logic7isselededNext,presstheSurroundMoee

SelectorButton_ tochoosethespecificindividual

surrour/dn-lode,

Toselecta surroundmodeusingtheremote,press

the[suttonforthemajorsurroundmodegroupthat

includesthemodeyouwishtochooseflora:Day

_. DTS Surround_), DTS NED:6_i@_,
Logic7 _.t, Stereo0 or DSPSurround
Thefirstpressof thebunionwillshowthecurrent

modefromthatgroup.Tocyclethroughdieavailable
modesinthatgroup,pressthebuttonagainur_tilthe
desiredmodeappearsintheLowerDisptayLine

_, theon-screendisplayandin theSurround

ModeIndicators_]
Asthesurroundmodeschange,thechoicewillbe

displayedintheonscreendisplay,intheLower

DisplayLine_ aridintheSurroundMode

indicators_]j,
TheBolbyDigital,DolbyDigitalEXa_idDTS51,

DTSESMathxandDTSESDiscretemodesmayonly

beselectedwhenadigilalinputisinuse,Inaddition,

whenadigitalsourceis present,theAVR135will
automaticallyselectandswitchte thecorrectmode,

regardlessofthemodethathasbeenprev)ous)y
selectedFurmoreintormal_onor_seled_ngdig_tul
scones,seetheDigitalAudioPlaybacksectionbelow

'v_henthe6 channeYSchanneldirectinputsarein

usethere(s_osurroundpuscessi%,astheseinputs

taketheanalogoutputsignalsfromanoptional,exter

nalDVDAudioor SACDp%,er,oranothersoume

deviceandcarrythemstraightthroughtothevolume

controlwithoutanytudherdigihlprooesqng

Talistento a programintraditionaltwo-channelsteaD,

usingthelrontlullandtrent@hispeakersonly(plus

thesubwoofer,ifinstalledandconfigured},pressthe

StereoButton@ untilSURR OFF appearsinthe

LowerDisplayLine_, orpresstheSurroundMode
GroupSelector_ untiltheStereomodesappearin
theon-screendisplayandLowerDisplayUne
Next,pre_ theSurroundModeSelectButton

untilSURROUN1) 0FF appearsir theonscreen
displayandLowerDisplayLine_,

Digital Audio Playback

Digitalaudiois amqeradvancemerltoverolderanalog
surroundprocessingsystemssuchas DolbyProLogic.

Itdeliversfived)scmtechenne)s/ellfiont,cente/,right
frar_l,leftsurroundandrightsurreund.E_}r;hchannel

reproducestufffrequencyrange(20Hzto20kHz)and
offersdramaticallyJmpreveddy_micrangeandsV_ifi
oar_improvementstosignalto noiseratios,Inaddition,
diclFa(systemshavethecapabilitytedarer anadditional

channelthatJsspeclfJ@JJydevotedk; Iow-trequcncy

inlormatior_Thisisthe",1"channelrderredtowhenyou
seethesesystemsdescribedas"51i' "6.1"or"71",

Thebas,schannelisseparatetromtheofl_ercbanneln,

butsinceitisintentionallybandwidft>limited,sound
designershavegivenitthatuniquedesignation

DotbyDigital

DolbyDigitalisastandardpartofE)VE),andi8available

onspecMyencodedLDdiscsandsatellitebroadc>_sts

anditisa paf ofthehighd@itiontelevison(HE}W)
system

Anoptional,externalRFdemodulatorisrequiredto

usetheAVRt35to listento theDolbyDigitalsound

tracksasilableonlaserdiscs.ConnecttheRFoutput

oftheLDplayerto thedemodulatorandthenconnect

thedigitaloutputofthedemodulatortotheOpticalor

Coaxial_nputs_]_@_ of tneR,!S135 No

demodulatorisrequiredforusewithDVDplayeraor

DTS-enoodedlaserdiscs

DTS
DTSisanotherdigitalaudiosystemthati8capableof

de)ivenng5 1 orB 1discreteor malnxsoundfield
reprodudion,£tbo%hbothDTSaridDolbyDigitalae

digital,theyusediflerentmethodsofor:codingthesig
hale,andthustheyrequiredifferentdecodingcircuits

toconvertthedigitalsignalsbacktoanalog.

DTS-encodedsoundtraoksamaw:flabbonselectDVD
andLDdiscs,aswellas onspecialaudioonlyDTS

discsYoumayuseanyLDor CDpla/erequipped
withadigit£1outputh playOTS-encodeddiscswith

theAVR/35 Allthatisrequiredistoconnectthe
player'soutputb eitheranOpticalorCoaxialInput
ontherearpanel@_ orfrontpanel_

InordertoBtentoDVDsencodedwithDTSsound
track,%lheDVDplayermustbecompatbbwiththe

DTSsignalasindicatedbyaDTSlogoo/_thephyer's
frontpar:el,EarlyDVDplayersmaynotbeableto pray

DTSercodedDVDsThisdoesnotindicateaproblem
withtheAVR135,assomeplayerscannotpassthe

D:S signalthroughtothe digitaloutputs.I1you8e in
doubtas to d_eeapab@ofyourDVDplayerto bar/die

DTSdiscs,consultthephyer'sowner'smanual,

IMPORTANTNOTE:ManyDVDplayershavea ddault
settingthatdoesnotpassthroughtheDT8data,even

thoughthemaehineiscapableofdoingso Ifyour

DVDplayerhasthe"DTSDigitalOut"logobutdoes
nottriggerDTSplaybackil_the£1S135, cbar/{_ethe

player'ssettingsinthe"Audio"or "Bitstmam"oonfigu
ratronmenuso tfat DTSphybackisenabledThe
methodfordoingthiswJJJvarywJheachphye£In

somecases,thepropermenuchoicevdllbe"Original,"

whfbinotheraitwillbe"DTS,"Consulttheowner's

manualforyourplayerto findthespecificinDnT,at_on
tofind1hepropersetting.

SelectingaDigitalSource
Toutilizeeitherdigitalmode,youmusthaveproperly

connectedadigitalsoumet<_theAVR135 Con:_eot
thedigitaloutputsfromDVDplayera,HDTVreceivers,

satellitesystemsorCDplayerstotheOpticalor
CoaxialInputs_]_@_'_, klordertoprovidea
backupsighalandasource%ranal%stereorecordi%,

theanalogoutpuSprovidedondigitalsourceequipment
shouldalsobeconnectedtottefrapprapnateinpuSon

the£R 135rearpanel(eg,,connecttheanaogslereo
audiooutput_omaDVDto theOVDAudioInputs
ontherearpanelwhenyeucor_nect_e source's
diuitaloutputs).

Ifyouhavenotalreadyconfiguredaninputtotadigital
sourceusingtheonscreenmenusasshownoffpage

16,firstselecttheinputusing_heremoteorfront

panelcontrolsasoutlinedinthismanualNext,select

(Continuedonp P5)

OPERATION

Surround Mode Chart

MODE FEATURES

DobyDigital AvailableonlywithdigitalinputsourcesencodedwithDobyDigitaldata.Itprovidesup to fiveseparatemainaudiochannelsand

DobyDigitalEX Availablewhenthereceiveris configuredfor 6.1/7.1 channeloperation,DolbyDigitalEXisthelatestversionofDolbyDigital.Whenusedwith

DTS51 Whenthespeakerconfigur_fionissetfor51 channeloperafion,theDTS5.1 modeisavailablewhenDVD,audioonlymusicor laserdiscsencoded

D]3 ES61 Matrix Whenthespeakerco¢_I_gu£t_onissettar61/71 opesfior, playbackofa [}X9encodedprsgrsmsourcewillautomaticallytriggerthesebction
DTSES61 Discsle ofoneofthetwoDTSESmodesNewerdiscswithspecialDTSESdiscsteencodingwillbedecodedtoprovidesixdiscmle,fullbandwidth

DolbyProLogicII

Movie
Music

ProLogic

Logic7Cinema
Logic7 Music

Logic7Enhance

DTSNag:6Cklema Tlesetwomodesals availabbwhenanyanalogsourceisplayingto createa six-channelsurroundpresentafiontromconventionalMatrix-encoded
DTSNag:6Musk} andtraditionalStereosourcesSelecttheCinernaversionofNeo:6whena programwithanytypeofanalogMatrixsurroundencodingispresent.

Dolby3 Stereo Usestheintormafioncontainedina [e-mail],the

Theater TheTheatermodecreatesa soundfieldthatresemblestheacousticfeelingofa standardlivegertormancetheateL
Hall1.Hall2 Thelwo Hallmodescreatesoundfieldsthatresembleasmall(Hall1)andmediumsized(Hallp) concerthall
VMAxNear Whenonlythek,vofight-channelloudspeakersareused.Harman'spatentedVMAxmodedeliversa threedimensionalsoundspacewiththeillusion

VM_xFar of"phantomspeakels"atthecenterandsurroundposifionsTheVM_xN.or"NearFieldi'modeshouldbeselectedwhenyourlisleningposifionis

5 Char/nelStereo Thismodetakesadvantageofmulfiplespeakerstoplacea stereosignalatboththefrontandbackofa roomDeper/dir/gonwhethertheAVR
7Char/nelStereo hasbeenconfiguredforeither5 1 or 6 1/7 1 opelafion,oneofthesemodes,butnotboth.isavailableatanytime.Idealfor playingmusicin

Surround Thismodeturnsoffallsurroundprocessingandpresentsthepureleft-andright-channelpresentationoftwochannelstereoprograms.
Off(Stereo/

aspecialdedicatedLowFrequencyEffectschannel

moviesorotherprogsmsthathavespecialencoding,DolbyDigita_lEXsproducesspeciallyencodedsoundtrackssoth8 afull6.1/71 soundfieldis

available.Whorlthereceiverissetfor61/7,1 operatior/anda DolbyDigita_lsignalispssent,theEXmodeisaulornaticallyselected.Evenifspecific
EXer/codingisnotavailableto providetheaddifior/alchar/nel,thespecialalgorithmswillderivea6.//7.1 output,

withDTSdataareplayed,DTS5,1 providesupto fivesepastemainaudiochannelsandaspecialdedicatedlowftequer/cychant/el,

channelsplusaseparatelowfTequencychannelAll otherDTSdiscswillbedecodedusingtheDTSESMatrixmode.whichcsatesa61 char_nel
soundfieldfrorntheoriginal51 channelsoundtsok.

DolbyPIeLogic;If i8thelatestversionofDolbyLaboratory'sbenchmarksurroundtechnologythatdecodesfulllance,discreteleft.centerright.
righlsur/oLlndandleftsurroundchannetsf/oreeithermatrixsurroundencodedprog/amsandconventionalslereosourceswhenananaloginput

isin useTheDolbyProLogicIIMoviemodeisoptimizedtar moviesoun@,_cks,whiletheRo LogicIIMusicmodeshouldbeusedwith
musicalselecflonsTheProLogic'.modeadivatesoriginalPieLogicprocessingtarthosewhopreferthatpresentafion

Exclusiveto HarmanKardonforA/Vreceivers.Logic7 isan advancedmodethatextractsthen]aximumsurroundinforrnationfrorneither

surroundencodedprograrnsor conventionalstereomaterial.Dependingonthenumberofspeakelsin useandtheselectionmadeinthe

SU RR0 IJNI) SEL E CT menu.the"5.1"versionsof Logic7 modesareaw/ilablewhenthe51 optionischosen,whilethe"7.1"velsionsof

Logic7 produceafullsoundfieldpresentafion,includingbacksurroundspeakerswhenthe"61/7 1" optionischosenTheLogic7 C (orCinema)
modeshouldbeusedwithanysourcethatcor/tainsDolbySurroundorsimilarmatixencodingLogic7 Cdeliversincreasedcenter-channel

intelligibility,andmoreaccurateplacementof soundswithladesandpansthataremuchsmootherandrnore/ealisticthanwithotherdecoding
techniquesTheLogic7M or MusicmodeshouldbeusedwithanalogorPCMstereosourcesLogic7 M enhancesthelisteningexperienceby
preserltlrlga widert_or/tsoundstagearidgreaterrearambienceBott/Logic7mrodesalsodirectlowfiequercyfrltorrnatlorlt,.}tilesubwooter

(ifinstalledandconfigured)todelivermaximumbassimpact.TheLogic7 E (orEnhance)mode.availableonlywhenthe5.1 opfionischosen.
isanextensionoftheLogic7 modethatisprimarilyusedwithmusicalprogramsLogic7 addsadditionalbassenhancementthatcirculateslow

llequenciesinthe40Hzto 120Hzrangetothefrontandsurroundspeakerstodelivera lesslocalizedsoundstagethatappearsbroaderandwider
thanwhenthesubwooferisthesolesourceof bassener%

SelecttheMusicversionofNag:6foroptimalprocessingwhena nonencoded,twochar_nelstereoprogramisbeingplayed

intormationthatisnormallysenttethereaFchar/nelsurroundspeakersiscarefullymixedinwiththefrontddtandfront-rightchannelstarincreased
realism.Use'1]isrnodewhenyouhaveacenter@annelspeakerbutnosurroundspeakers.

lessthanfivefeetfrornthespeakels.TheVMAxF.or"FarFieldi'modeshouldbeselectedwhenyourlisteningpositionis greaterthanfivefeetfrorn
thespeakers.TheVMAxmodesarealsoavailableusingtheHeadphonesOutputD Whenheadphonesarebeingused.theFarFieldmodewill

appearto pushthesoundfieldawayfrornyoureals.redudngthe%sidethehead"sensafionoltenexperiencedwhenusingheadphones.

situationssuchasa pady.itplacesthesamesignalatthefont-leftandsurroundleft.andfront-rightandsurroundrightspeakers

Thecenterd/annelisteda summedmonomixofthein phasematerialoftheleftandrightchannels

OPERATION

thedigitalsourcebypresshgtheDi@talSelect
Buttontl]_S]_ andthenusingtheA/V Buttons
0 ontheremoteorthe4/b, SelectorButtons
_[6 onthefrontpaneltochooseanyofthe
OPTICAL of-{OAXZAL inputs,asthey
appealir/theUpperDisplayLine_ oron-sateen
displayWhenhe digitalsourceisplaying,the
MR 135v_illauroras%allydetectwhir/typeofdi@al

datastrearnfsbeingdecodedanddisplaythat)nfor

mesonintheUpperDisplayLine _.
DigitalBitstreamIndications

Whenadigitalsourceisplaying,theAVR185sel_ses

thetypeofbitstrearndatathatispresentUsi@this
information,theGrrectsur<_undmodewillautomati

rallybeselectedForexample,bTSbit_ffeamsw)ll
causetheunitto switchto OTSdecoding,andDolby

DigitalbifstreamswillenableDo/byDigitaldecoding.

Whentheunit_nsesPCMdatafloraCDsorLOs,you

mayselectanyoftheslandardsurroundrnodes,such

asD@byRoLogicIIorLogic7. Sincetheran%of
availablesurroundrnodesis dependeetonthetypeof
dkjit@datathatispresent,theAVR136usesa,ariety
of indicatorsandrnessagesto lotyouknowwhattype
ofsi%elispresentThesemessageswillappearshortly
afterarJinputorsurroundmodeischanged,andthey
willromanintheLowerDisplayLine_:_ tarabout

fivesecondsbeforefr_atportonofthed)splayreturns
b he r_orm@suaoundmodeisdicatior/

SurroundModeTypes

FarDolbyDi@talandDTSsclurces,8 threed(@t[ndi
gallonv411appear,showhgthenumberof channels

presentin_J_edet<_.Aeexampleof {1istypeofdisplay
is3/% 1

Thefirstnumberindicateshowrnarydfscretefront
channelsignalsarepresent

A "3"tellsyou_i_atseparateflontleft,centerand

fightrightsi%alsareas,@lable.Thiswillbedisplayed
tarDobyDic/ital5.1 andDTS5.1 pro@ares

,,A "2"tellsyouflintseparaterio@loftand%ht

si%alsaeas,ailable,butthereis nodiscretecenter
channelsignaflThiswillbedisplayedtar Dolby

Digitalbitsheamsthe haveslereoprogram
marshal

£ "1"tellsyoutrrattiers is onlyamanechannel

availableintheD@byDigitalbitstream

Themiddlenumberir_dioateahowmarydisoetesur
roundchannelst@isisare present

. A "2"tellsyou%@separatesurroundleftanddght

seals amavailable.ThiswillbedisplayedtarDolby

Digital5.1andDTS5.1 programs

• A "1"tellsyouthatthereisonlyasingle,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"tellsyouthatanLFEchaonelispress@.

Thiswillbedisplayedfor[)eli}}/Digit_151and

DTS51 pr%rams,asav@able.

• A "0"indicatesthatthereisnoLFEehan_elintor
ma_enavailableHowever,evenwhenthereisno

de@cotedLFEchannel,lowfrequencysnundwill

bepresentatthesubwooferoutputwhee_be
speakerconfi%rationissetta showtheDissents

ofsubvvoote

- Thei_torrnationintherightsideof lbedisplaywill

tollyouifthedigi_llaediodaeentane a slJed@

fla6signallh8 willautomaScallyaetivaletheappre-
priate6,1 or 71 modeThiswillbeehovwnas
EX- 0 N or E X - 0 F F forbaldyDioitalbit-

stresmsandES - 0N or E S- 0 FF for 0%

Mstreams

Wl'enDolbyDigital3/2/1 orDTS3/2/1 sidnalsare

beingplayed,theAVRwillautoma%allyswitchthe
propersurreundmode,andnoetherprocess)rigmay
beselected.V%enaDelbyOi@talsi@/alw(tha3/1/0

or 2/0/(}signalisdetectedyoumayselectanyat the

Dolbysurr,>ur_dmodes
Itis alwaysagoodideatocheckthereadoutforthe

chanceldatut,emakecoda.inthaiitmatchestheaudio
logoinforma%nshownonthebackofaDYDpack-

ageInsomecasesyouwillseefndealion9r "2/0/0"
evenwhentile discoonh}nsafull5 1, or3/2/. t sicj-

naJWhenthishapt£n&checktlleaudiooutputset-
%% taryourDVDplayerortheaudiomenuselections
forIhespecificdiscbeingCoyedtomakecertainhat

theplayerissendhgthecartedsiunaltotheMR,
AnUNL OCK messagemayappearintheLower

DisplayLine_. Thisisyourindicatiortthatthedigital
audiodatastreamhasbeeninterruptedor isnolonger
presentWbentb@oc%rs,theu@'sdi@alsignal

processorhasnosi@mltulockanD,andisthus

"unlac,ked."_oumayseethismessagewherlaDVDis
firstst{ted untiltheslreamisplayi%andtheproces
sotdetermineswhichmodeto apply;orary t_me_le

datastreamisstoppedor paused,suchaswbenhe
menusof somediscs,amdisplayedorwhenlbeplayer

isswitchingbetweenthedifferentsectionsofadJsc.
Ybumayalsoseethemes_gewhena sat.ell@
,eoeivef,cableset-topor HDTVtunerisin useifrbe

digitalaudiois temporarilyinterruptedwher_channels

arechangedorwhenacableboxswitchesfroma

chal_n@withadigitaldak)str@mto achannelwith

analo,2audioonlyTheUN L0 CK messageisnor°

ms1,ariddoesrotindicateanyproblemwithyou_
receivedRathe;it tellsyouthattheincomingdaishas

simplybee_pausedorisnotp/assettara varietyof

possible_easons.
POMPlaybackIndications
PC#distheabbreviatfontar PulseCodeModuJatsn,

v_biebisthetypeofdi_ih/signalusedtarstt<ndardOD

playbackardothernon-Do/byDigitalnodnonDT8

@@talsourcessuchasMhbDisc.Wt,ent, PCMsi%al

isdetected,theLower DisplayLine_ wJJ)briefly

showa messagewiththelett@a:'OM,inaddilontoa

readoutof thesamplingfrequencyofthedigitalsignal.
Inmostoasesthiswillbe 48 k Hz, thoughinthe

caseofspeciallymastered,high-rosa}uticaaud)ediscs
youwillseea 96 RH z indication.

SomeDVDdiscsarerecordedwithboth"5.1"and

"20" versionsofthesareesoundtrack,Whm_p(ay(ng

a DVD,alwaysbecertaintocheckthe_ypeof male@)
or_thedisc.Mostdiscsshowthisi_srma%nh the

torn-of alistingor icononthebackoflbed)se}acket.
Whenadiscdoesofferm@tiplesoundt_ac.kcho(ces
youf/flayhavetomakesorneadjtSmentsb your

OVDplayer(usuallywiththe"A_dioSe/ecd'buttonor (n
a menuscreenonthedisc)tosenda?ull5.1leadto

theA!YR135 Itisalsopossibleforteetypeofsi%at
teedto changeduringthecourseofaDYDplayback

Insomecasesthepreviewsofspecialmaterialw(((
onlyberecordedh AOr{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
Inaddisonto thebitstrearnindicators>the_V@135
featuresasetofu@quechannel-inputindk,ato_s_l@t
tellyouhowmanychant/sisofdigitalintermalionare
b@ngreceivedand/orwhetherthedigitalsigr_alis
Jetdrupted.(SeeFigu;eg,)

E£2 EI:gD]

f:_7</:s2

Theseindic@orsaretheL/8/_/LFE/_USR/SBL/SBf_
leers thatareinsidetheenter boxesof theSpeaker/

OhannelInputbdicators _ of theIrontpanel
Rerser_DerthattheAVfi135is capableof procec¢in(/
a714hannel signal,althou@_youmayonlyconned

OPERATION

onesurroundbackspeakertoit.It winautomatically
combinethe/eftaridrightsurroundbad<channel
information,andoutputitthroughthesinglesurround
backspeaker,ifyouhaveconfiguredthatspeaker
usingtheS PEAKER S ET UP menu(Figure6
onpage18).

Whena standadanalogshoalisinuse,onlythe"U'
and"R"indicatorswilllight,asanalogsignalshave
onlyleftandrightchannels

Digitalsignals,howeverlmay/lavetwo,five,sixor
sevenchannels,dependingontheprogrammaterial,

themethodof transmissionandthewayinwhichit
waseucodedWhena digihlsignalisplaying,thelet-

tersintheseindicatorswilllightinresponsetothe
spedficsignalbeingreceived.Itisimportantto note

lbatalthoughDolbyDigital,totexample,isreterredto
asa "5.I" system,notallDolbyDigitalDVDsorpro
gramsareencoded1or51. Thus,it issometimesnor
realtora DVDwilt_a DolbyDigitalsoundtrackto trig-

geronlythe"U'arid"R"indicatets
NOTE:Many[)'VDdiscsarerecordedwithboth"5,1"

and"20" versionsofthesaruesoun@ack,When
phyingaDVD,alwaysbecertainto checkthetypeof

materialonthediscMostdiscsshowthisinforma%n
inthe1armofa listingoricononthebackof thedisc

jacket,Whenadiscdoesoffermultiplesoundtmck

choices,youmayhaveto makesomead]usth_entsto
yourDVDplayer(usuallywiththe"AudioSelect"bulton

or inamenuscreenonthedisc)to sendafull51
feedto theMR 135. It isalsopossibleforthetypeof
signalfeedto changeduringthecourseof aDVD

phyback.Insomecases,thepreviewsofspecial
matenalwillonlybe recordedin 20 audio,whilethe

mainfeatureisavailablein5.1 audio.The/4VR135
willautornaticallysensechangestothebitstreamand

channelcountaridreflectthemintheseindicators
ThelettersusedbytueSpeakedChannelInput

_ndicators_ alsoflashto indicatewhena bitsl_esm
hasbeenin,[e-mail]al
inputsourceisselectedbeforetheplaybackstarts,or
whe_a digitalsourcesuc,hasa DVDispaused.The
%sbingirdicatursremindyouthattlleplaybackhas
stoppeddueto theabsenceofa digitalsignalandnot
throughanyfaultoftheMR t 35 Thisisnormal,and
thedigitalplaybackwillresumeoncetheplaybackis
startedagain,

NightMode
Aspecialteatureof DolbyDigitalistheNightmode,
whichenablesspeciallyencodedDoby Digitalinput
sourcesto be playedbackwithfulldigitalintelligibility
whilereducingtheminimumpeaklevelby 1/4 to 1/3
Thisp_eventsabruptlyloudtransitionsfromdisturbing
others,withoutreducingtheimpactofthedigital
source,TheNightmodeisavailableonlywhenDolby
Digitalsignalswithspecialdataarebeingplayed

TheNightmodemaybeengagedwhena Dolby

DigitalDVDisplayi%bypressingtheNight Mode
Button0 ontheremote.Next,presstheA/'_"

Buttons_ teselecteitherthemiddlerangeor
tullcompressionversionsoftheNightmodeToturn
theNightmodeoft pressthe,a,/v Buttons@

untilthemessageinthelowerthirdofthevideodis

playandintheLowerDisplayLine_ reads

D-RANGEOFF

TheNightmodemayalsobeselectedtoalwaysbeon
ateitherlevelofcompressionusingtheoptionsinthe

D0L BY menuSeepage17tor informationon

usi%themenustosetthisoption

IMPORTANTNOTESONDIGITALPLAYBACK:

• Whenthedi@alplaybacksourceisstopped,or
in apause,tast-to_vvardorchapteesearchmode,
thedigitalaudiodatawillmomentarilystop,the
channelpositionlettersinsidetheSpeaRed
Channelinput Indicators_ willflash,andthe

UNL 0 CK messagewillappearintheLower

DisplayLine_ Thisisnormalanddoesnot)rid)
cateap_oblemwitheitherthe9_R135orthe

sourcemachineTheAVR135willmtumtodigital
playbackassoonasthedaluisavailableandwhen
themachineisin astanda8playmode

* A/t_oughtheAVB135wtUdecodevirbJUyallcunenl

DVDmovies,CDsandHDWsources,it ispossible
thatsometuturedigitalsourcesmaynotbecompal_-

bbvdl/theAVR135,

• Notalldigitallyencodedprogramscontuinfull5.1-
or 61 channelaudio.Gonsulttheprogramguide
lbataccompaniestheDVDor laserdisctodeter
minewhichtypeof audiohasbeenrOOD/tiedonthe
discTheAVR155 winautomaticallysensethetype
ofdigilalsurroundencodingusedandadiustto

accommodateit,

_,Whensomedigitalsourcesareplaying,youmaynot

beabletoselectsomeoftheanalogsurround
modessuchasDolbyPs LogicII,Dolby3, Stereo.
HSl,TheaterorLogic7,

_,Whena DolbyDigitalor DTSsoumeisplaying,

it isnotpossibleto mareananalogreeordi%usi%
theTapeOutputs@ andVideo1AudioOutputs

@ However,thedigitalsignalswillbepassed
thro%htotheDigitalAudioOutputs@_,

POMAudio Playback
PCM(PulseCodeModulation)isther_oncornpressed

digitalaudiosyslemusedtotcompactd£csendlaser

discs.ThedigitalcircuitsintheAVR135amcapableof

highqualitydigitalto analogdecoding,andtheymay
beconnecleddirectlyte thedigitalaudiooutputof)/our

CDorLDplayen

Connectionsmaybemadetoeitherthereaepanel

Opticafo_CoaxialInputs@_ orthet_ontpond

DigitalInputs_]_.

Tolistenb aPCMdigitalsource,fro{selecttheinputfor
the@siredsource(e.g.,OD)Nextpress1heDigital

Sebd Button_]_ andthenusetheA/V
Buttons_ on thetemete,orthe4/_ Sqector
Buttons_[_ onthefrontpanel,untilthedesiredchoice
appealsintheUpperDisplayLine

DuringPCMplayback,youmayselectanySurround
modeexceptFtalbyDigitalorDTS,

Tuner Operation

TheAVR135'stuneriscapableoftuningAM.FMand

FMStereobroadcaststdionsStationsmaybetuned
manually,ortheymaybestoredastavoritestationpro
setsandrecalledfrorn8 30-positionmemory

StationSelection
1 PresstheAM/FMTunerSelectButton_ on

theremotetoselectthetunerasaninputThe
tunermaybeselectedfrornthefrontpanelby
eitherpressingtheInputSourceSelectorE]_

untilthetunerisactiveorby pressir_g1heTuner
BandSelector

2 PresstheAM/FMTunerSelectButton_ or

Tu_erBaredSelector_ againtoswitchbe_',_een
AMandFldsothatthedesiredfrequenwbandis

selected.

3 PressIbeTunerModeButton_ @ toselect

manualorautomal_ctuning,

WhenthebuttonispressedsothatAUT 0
appearsintheLowerDisplayLineE[_each

pressoftheTuningSelectors_@ willputthe

tunerh a scanmodethaiseeksthenexthkjberor

lowerfrequencystationwithacceptablesignal

strength.An AUT 0 ST T U NE D indieaflonwill

momentarilyappearv'd-_enthestolonstopsata
stereoFMslation,andanAUTO TUNED indi
cationwillmomentarilyappearwhenanAMor

monauralFMstationistuned.Presstheluni/g but-
tonsagainb scanto thenextreceivablestation,

Whenthebuttnnispressedsothat11A NU AL
appearsintheLowerDisplayLine_ eachtap

oftheSelectorwillincreasedordecreasethefre
queneybyoneincrementWhenthetunerreceives

astrongenoughdgnalforadequaterecepqon,

11ANUA L 1I"UNEb willappearin theLower

DispLayLithe
Stationsmayalsobetuneddirectlyineitherthe

automaticormanualmode.Toenterastation'sfre
quencydirectl)_,firstselectJl_eAMorFMbandas

desiredbepressingtheAM/FMTunerSelect
Button 0, Next,presstheDirectButton@,

OPERATION

Withinfivesecondsofseeingthe DZ RECT ZN
semi1irltile UpperDisplayLine_, entertrle

station_'equeneybypress(rigti_eNumericKeys

0. If youpressanincorrectbuttonwhileentenng

adirectfrequency,passtheClearButton _I_ to

starl o'_er.

NOTE:WhentheFMreeepllonofastatenisweak,
audioqu_/itywillbeincreasedbyswltchl%to MGno
modebypressinghe TunerModeButton_"l_@
sothat MANU AL appearsmomenterilyinthe
LowerOispla,yLine_ %es out.Thiswillalso
activatemanualtuningmode.

PresetTuning
Usingti_eremote,uptoSOstadonsme},,besteedin

the£.,/R135'smemory1oreasyrecallusingthefront
panelcontrolsortheremote

_oentera stationintothememory,firsttunethe
starorlusingthestepsoutlinedaboveThem

1.PresstheMemoryButton_ ontheremote
_woundersc!o,elinesv£ appearstthefd right

sideoftheUp_erDisplayLine

2.Withiufiveseconds,presstheNumericKeys@
correspondingtothelocationwhenyouwishth
storethisstation'sfrequenw.Onceeniered,the
presetnumberwillappearintheUpperDisplay
Line_.

3. Repeattheprocessal_ertunJrganyad@onaJ

stationstobepreset.

Recal_ingPresetStations

• Tomanuallyselectastationpreviouslyenteredin
thepresetmemory,presstheNumericKevs_]_
thatcorrespondtothedesiredstatioffsmemory

location.

• Tomanuallytunethoughthelistof storedpreset
stallonseriebyone,pressIhePresetStations
SeLectorButtons_]_(_p oil thefrontpanetor

remote..

Recording

Innormaloperation,theaudioor video%uroe
selectedforBteNngthroughtheAVR155is sentto
therecordoutSa Thismeanstreatanyprogramyou
arewatchi%or %tenir/gto mayberecordedsirnply
byplacingmachinesconnectedto theTapeOutputs
0 orVideo 1Audio/YideoandS-VideoOutputs
_ in tl/eRecordmode.

Whena digitalaudta_eco_deriseonnededtothe
BicjitalAudioOutputs_)(_, youaleahletorecord
thedigitalsignalusinga CDR,MirliDiscorotherdigit_l
reoofx_irigsystem

NOTES:
,,ThedigitaloutputsareactiveonlywhenadigY_lsig

hal[spresenLandtheydonotccovertan 8£atocj
inputtoa ditJitalsignal,or changethetone,atofthe
digihlsignal.Inaddition,thedigitalrecordermust
becompat_Newiththeoutputsi%ehForexample,
theP(;£ didtalinputtom a ODplayerma_be
recordedonaCDRorMiniDise,butDobyDigitalor
[)TSsignalsmayriot.

• Pleasemakecertainthatyouareawareof any
copyrightresthc%neonaV materi@youcopy.
Unauthorizedduplicationof copyrightedmaterialsis
prohibitedbyfederallaw

Output Level TrimAdjustment

NormaloutputleveladjustmentfortheAVR135is

eslablishedusingthetesttone,asoutlinedor pages

,o{)-21.Insomecases,howeveLitmaybedesirable

toadjust theoutputlevelsL_Sing programmaterialsuch
asa testdisc,o¢asefedonyouae familiarwith

Addition@,theoutputlevelbr ti_esubwooercan
onlybeadjustedusingthisproc',edure

Toadjusttile outputlevelsusingprogrammatena),f)rst
settherdereneevolumeforthefrontleftandfrontright

char_nelsusingtheVolumeControl_€.D
if youareusingadiscwithtestsiqnalsoranexternal

signalgeneratorasthesourcefrornwhichtotim t1_e
outputlevels_youmayuseahandhe)dSPLmeterto

guideyouInthecorrectSPL16,,elsSetthemeterto
lheC WeightingSlowscale,andadjustthevolume

untJIthemeterreads7588.
Oncethereferencebvelhasbeenset,pressthe

ChannelSelectButton_ and FRONT L
LE V EL willappeark_theLower DispiayLine

Tochangethelevel,firstpresstheSetButton

@. andthenusethe.A/,_,Buttons@ reraise

or Iov_erthe/e,ehDONOTusethe_,ok_mecontrol,
asthiswillalterthereferencesetting

Oncetheeha%ehasbeenmade,presstheSet
Button@ andthenpressthe,A/'_ Buttons
toselectthenextoutputchannelIoca%nthatyou
wishto ad}ust.?oad)u.ntthesubwooferlevel,press
he ,A/'v Buttons_ untilWOOFER L EVE L
appearsintheLowerDisplayLine

Repeattheprocedureasneededunhlallchannels
mquidngadjustmenthavebeenset Whenalladjust-
meetshas,e beenmadeandnofu4herad}us_men_s

aremadeforfiveseconds,theAVR155willreturnto
normaloperation.

Thecharlr_eloutputforanyinputrnayalsobe adjusled
usingthetull OSDon-screenmenusyslem.First,set
thevok_meto a comfo%bblisteninglevelusingthe
VolumeControl_@. Then,presstheOSD

Button_ Io bringupthe MASTER MENU
(Figure1),Pressthe_' Button @unti) theon-

screen_ cursorisnexttotheCHANNEL

AD dUS T line PresstheSetButton@ to

actuatelhe CHANNEL ADJUST menu
Onceti_emenuappearsonyourvideoscreen,fiat

usetheA/V Buttons_ tomovetheonscreen

i_ cursorsothatitis nexttotheTE ST T 0 NE

line.Pressthe_/_ Buttons@ so that0 F F
appliersThiswillturnoftthetesttoneandClewyou
to useyourexternaltestdiscor othersourcemater}el
asthereference.Then,usetheA/V Buttons@

teselectthechannelstobeadjustedAteachchannel

posi_on, use ti)e_J_ Buttons_}, tochangeti_eout-

putbvd Remember,thegoalisto havetheOUtOI£

levelateachchannelbeequalwhenbeardat theIts

toningposition.Regardlessof themethodusedto

adjusttheoutput/e,,els,whetherthetestt__neoran
externalsourceisused,rememberthatwhentheAVR

isconfiguredfor6 t operallonwithonlyasinglesur

roundbackspeaker,youwillst_llhaveanoutput
adjustmentfer bothasurroundbacklet andsurround

backrightspeakerlocationeventhoughthereisonly
onespeakerThisisnota duplicate,adjustment

Bather,it isi/eededsothd:tthepK}perbalanceis
achievedfor71-channelprocessingmodeswhen

thediscretesurroundbackchannelsaremixedtoa

singleoutput.

Ifyouwishto resetallthelevelstotheiroriginal
fuetoryde%£ otOdBoffset,press,theA,/'_ Buttons

sothattheon screencursorisnexttothe
CHANNEL RESET lineandpressthe_I/_
Buttons@ sothatthewou;ON appearsAtterthe
levelsarereset,resumetheprocedureoutlinedabove

to resetthelevelstothedesiredsettingsWhenall
adiustnentsaredone,pass the,_/_' Buttons

to mo_,etheon-semen_ cursorsothatit isnextto

BACK TO MASTER MENU andthenpress

theSetButton@ ifyouwishtegobacktothe

mainmenutomakeotheradjustmentsIfyouN_veno

otheradjustmer_tsto rnake,presstheOSBButton

teexitthemenusystem.
NOTE:Theoutputlevelsmaybeseparatelyhomedfor

eachdigitalandanalogsurroundmode.Ifyouwishte

ha_,ed}ffelelit/in levdstora specificmode,soledthal
modeandthenfellowhe instructionsinhe s!epsshown

earlier.

MemoryBackup

Thisproductisequippedwitha memorybackupsys-
temthatpresetvesthesystemconfgurationinformation

andtunerpresetsif theunitJsaccidentallyunplugged
or subjectedto apoweroutarje.Thismemorywilllast

forapproximatelytourweeks,afterwhich8meallinter
maldenmustbereentered.

ADVANCED FEATURES

TheAVR155 isequippedwithanumberof advanced
featuresthataddextraflexbilitytotheunit'soperatior_.
Whileitis notnecessaryto usethesefeaturesto
operatetheunit,theyprovideadditional@tiersthat
youmaywishto use.

* ADVANCED SELECT *

_VFD FADE TIME OUT:OFF

VFD:FULL
VgLUME DEFAULT:OFF
DEFAULT VOL SET:-25DB
SEMI OSD TIME OUT:3

FULL OSD TIME OUT:20

BACK TO MASTER MENU

J

Front_PaneI-DisplayFade
Innom-_aloperation,thettunt-panddisplaysandindi-

catorsremainonatfullbrighthess,althoughyoumay
alsodimtfern orturnthemoffasshowninthenext

section.Asanaddilbnaloption,youmayalsosetthe
AVRso that_hedisplaysareonwhetevera buttunis

pressedonthefrontpanelor remote,butther_fade
outa_terasetperiodoftime.

Tosetthefront-paneldisphystothePerlemode,

pressthe0% Button0 tn bringtheMaster
MenurFigure1)to thescreenPressthe,_/v
NavigationButtons@ sothatthe_ cursoris

pointedtotheADVANCED line,andpressthe

Set Button_ to entertheADV ANCE D

SEL ECT menu(Figure10).

WiththeADVANCED SELECT menuon
yourv}deodispby,pre_ the_/V Navigatbn

Buttons0 sothatthe_ cursoris pointingtothe
VFD FADE TIME OUT )ine,Next,presstbe

'_/_ NavigationButtons@ sothattheamount
oftimefiat youwishthedisplaystofadeoutalter

a buttonispressedis shownSelect0 FF ifyoudo

notwishtohavethefrontganeldisplaysfadeout.

Oncethistimeissetandtheunitreturnedtonormal
operation,thedis#ayewillremainonforthetimeperi

od selectedwhenevera buttonispressedonthefront

panelor remote.A_erthattrmetrey willg_aduallyfade

out,withtheexceptionof thePowerIndicator_,

whichwill_emainonto remindyouthatPr_eAVRis

turnedon.Notethatifthedisplaysha_,ebeenturned

completelyoffusingtheDimBubop,assho,#nin_e
nextsection,theFadefunchonwillnotoperate

Ifyouwishto makeadjustn_entsto otheritemson

the ADVANCED SELECT menu,pressthe

A/V NavigationButtons@ to placethe_ cur

sotnexttothedesireditew<or placethe_ cursor

nexttuthe BACK TO MASTER MENU line

andpresstheSetButton @ tumakeanadjust-

meritb anothermenu]fyouhavecompleledall
adjustments,presstheOSDButton@ tu exitthe
menusystem

DisplayBrightness
%e/_>'?_t 35%l/ont-paneldisplayissetat adefault
brighthesslevelthatissuffioier/tfor viewinginanor
reallylitroom Howe\,er,insomehomel_eaterinstal-
lations,youmaywishte occasionallylowerthebright-
noesofthedisp%,,orturnit offconipletelyTocha%e
thedisplaybrightnesssettingfor a specificslistening
session,youwillneedto makeanadjustmenti_the

ADVANCED SELECT menu.Tostdt the

adjuath,ent,presstheBSDButton_ ts bdngthe

MAST ER II E NU tothescreenPressthe'_"

Button @ untiltheonscreen_ cusoris nextb
1heADVANCED linePresstheSetButton@

toentertheADVANCED SELECT/nenu
(Figure1O)

% changethebrightnesssetting,attheADVANCED

SE L E CT menu,makecertainthattheon-screen

I_cursorisnexttutheV FD line,andpressthe
Button @ untilthedesiredbrightnesslevelisshown
inthevideodisplay.WhenFULL appears,thedis_
playisatnormalbrightness.WhenHA L F isshown,
thedisplayis athalfthenormalbrightnesslevel.When

OF F is shown,allofthefront-panelindicaterswillgo
darkHowever,thePowerIndicator_ willalways
rernainlitb remindyouthatHe unitisturnedon

Onc,ethedesiredbrightnesslevelisselected,itwill
remairh ePectuntilitischangedagainor untilthe

unitisturnedoft

Ifyouwishtomakeotheradjustments,pressthe
A,/V Buttons@ ur_tiltheonscreen_ cursoris
nexttu thedesiredsettingorthe BACK T0

MAST ER MENU lineandp/usatheSetButton
@. Ifyouhavenootheradjustmentstomake,press
lhe0% Buttoh_ to exitthe menusystem

Turn-OnVolumeLevel
Asis thecasewJlhmostaudio/videoreceivers,when

theAVR135islurnedon,itwillalwaysreturntothe
volumesettinginerect whentheuriitwasturnedoff
However,youreayp_elertoa£ayshavetheAVR1,35
turnonata specificsetting,regardlessof whatwas

lastinusewhentheuNtwasturnedoil _ changethe

detaultconditionsothatthesamevolumelevelis
alwaysusedatturnon,youwillneedtomakean

adjustruentinthe ADVANCED SELECT

menuTostarttheadjustment,presstheOSDButton
@ tobnngtheMASTER MENU (Figure1)

tothescreenPressthe_" Button@, untiltheon-
screen_ cursorisnextto theADVANCED line

PresstheSetButton@ toentertheADVANCED
SELECT menu(Figure10').

£the ADVANCED SELECT menumake
certainthattheonscreen_ cursorisnexttethe

VOLUME DEFAULT lir/ebypressin9*he

,_/v Buttons@ asneeded.Next,pressthe
_.Button@ so thattheword0 N isshownin
thevideodisplayNext,presstheV Button_

or<'.,eso thattheon screen_ cursoris_exttothe

DEFAULT VOL SET lineTosetthedesired
turnot_volume,pressthe</_, Buttons@ urtt{Ithe

desiredvolumelevelisshownontheDEF AULT

V0 L SET line.ThissettingmayNOTbemade
withtheregularvolumecontrols.

NOTE:Sincethesettingturtheturnonvolumecan-

notbeheardwhilethesettingisbeingmade,youmay
wishtodeterminethesetlingbeforemakingthe
adjustmentTodothis,listenteanysourceandadjust
thevolumeto thedesiredlevelusingtheregular
VolumeOontroB_ @ Whenthedesired

volumeleveltobeusedatturnonisreached,makea

noteofthesettingasit appearsinthelowerthirdof
thevideoscreenor intheLowerDisplayLine_]

(Atypicalvolumelevelwillappearasanegativenun

betsuehas 25dB) Whenrnakirgtheadjustn_ent.

usethe_/_ Buttons@ to enterthissetting

Unlikesorneoftheotheradjushnenlsinthismenu,
theturnonvoklmedelaultwillremainineffectun_lit

ischangedorturnedoffinthismenu,evenwhenthe

unitisturnedoft

Ifyouwishto rnakeotherad/ustments,pressthe

,_/v Buttons@ untiltheonscteen_ cursor

isnexttethedeNr_soilingorthe BA CK T 0

MASTER MENU lineandpresstheSet Button

_,. If youhavenootheradjustmentsto,make,press
1heOBDButton@ lo exitthemenusystem

ADVANCED FEATURES

Semi-OSDSettings
ThesemiOSDsystemplacesonelinemessagesat
thelowerthirdof thevideodisplayscreenwhenever
theVolume,InputSource,Surroul/dmode,tune_
frequencyoranyof theconfigurationsettingsare
changed.ThesemPOSDsystemishelpfulin thatit
providesfeedbackonanycontrolchargesor remote
commandsusingthevideodisplaywhenitisdifficult
toviewthefront-paneldisplays,However,youmay
occasionallypretertoturnthesedisplaysoffor adjust
thelengthof timethedisplaysremainonthescreen
BothofthoseoptionsampossiblewiththeMR 155

_ochangethelengthof timethatthesemiOSD
displaysremainonthescreen,ortoturnthemoffgoto

theADVANCED SELECT menuasoutlined
earlier,andpressthe,A/'v Buttons@ asneeded,

untill_Leoe screenI_ cu_eorisnexltothe SEMl
OSD TIME OUT lineNext,pressthe_/_

Buttons@ untilthedes}redtimein,secondsorlhe
word0 FF isdisplayed.Thisisapern]anentsetting
cha@e,andthelirneoutenlrywil}rernainindted
untilitischanged,evenwhentheunitisk_medoff

Ifyouwishto makeotheraqustments,pressthe
,A/'_ Buttons_[_ untiltheon-screen_ cursoris
nextto 1bedesiredsettingortheB ACK T0
I1ASTE JRME NU lineandpresstheSetButton
@/f youba_enootherad)ustmentsto make,press
theOSDButton_ toexitthemenusyste/n,

FuH-OSDTime-OutAdjustment
TheF UL L 0 S D menusystemisusedto simp(ily
thesetupandadjustmentoftheAVR135, usinga
seriesofon screenmer_usThefeE,toryddaultsetting

forthesemenusleavesthemonthescreenfor20
secondsalleraperiodofinac%tybeforeiheydisap

pearfromthescreen(TimeOu9,Time-Outisa safety
measureto preventimageretenhonofthemenutext
Jnyourmonitoror pre)ector,whichmighthappenif it
wen leftonindefir_itelyHowever,sor/ieviewersmay
prefera slightlylongeror shorterpedodBefore(he
Time-Outdisplay.

_ochangethef%OSDTimeOut,ynuwillneedto
makeanadlustmentintte ADVAINCED

SE L E CT mer/u(Figure1G,Tostarttheadjust-

merit,presstheOSDButton@ tobringthe

MASTER MENU lothescreen,PresstheT
Button_lf_},un11theon screen_ cursorisnexttu
It,eADVA NCE D line,PresstileSetButton@
teentertheA b VANC ED menu(Figure1O)

Atthe ADVANC ED S EL ECT menu(Figure
1O)makecertaint%ttheon screen_ cursorisnext
totheFULL OSD TIME OUT linebypress
insthe,A/_' Buttons_'} asneededNext,press
lbe41/1_Buttons@ untilthedesiredtimeisdis-
phyedinseconds,ThisisapermanentseKingcha%e,
andtheTimeOutentrywillremainineffectuntilitis
char_ged,evenif 1tounitis turnedoft

Ifyouwish1omakeotheraqustments,pressthe
A/T Buttons@ untiltheon-screen_ cursoris
nexttothedesiredsettingorthe JRE TUJRN TO

MAST EJRMENU lineandpresstheSet Button
@, Ityouhan,e nootheradjustmentsto make.press
theOSDButton@ te exitthemenusystem,

PROGRAMMINGTHE REMOTE

TheAVB/55 isequippedwithapowerfulremote

controlthatwillcontrolnotonlythereceiver'stung
tions,butalsomostpopularbrandsofaudioandvideo
equipment,includingCDplayers,cassettedecks,TV
sets,cableboxes,VCRs,satellitereceiversandother

hometheaterequipment.OncetheAVR1S5'sremote

isprogrammedwiththe(',odestortheproductsyou
own,it ispossibleto eliminatemostotherremotesand

replacethemwiththeconvenienceofa single,universal

remotecontrol

Programming Device Codes

TheAVR135remoteistactu_yprogrammed1orallAVR
tunctions,aswellasthoseof mostHarmanKardonCD
changers,DVDplayers,CDplayersandoassettudecks.

Inaddillon,bytullowi%oneofthemethodsbelow,you
mayprogramtheremoteto operatea widerangeof

devicesl_omothermanutacturers
DirectCodeEntry

Thismethodistheeasiestwayto prog/amyour
rsmotetowo/kwithdifferentproducts.

1 Usethetablesin thetullowingpagestodetermine

thethreedigitcodeorcodesthatmatchboth1%

productlype(e.g,VCR,-R/)andthespecificbrand
nameIfthereismorethanonenumberfora

brand,makenoteof thedifferentchoices.

2 Turnontheunityouwishtr>programintothe

AVR135remote.

S PressandholdboththeInputSelector@ tot

theproductyouwishtocontrol(eg,,VCR,I]/) and
theMuteButton O atthesametimeWhen
theredlightundertheInputSelector@ stays

litandtheProgramIndicator0 turnsamber

andbeginsflashing,releasethebultonsItis

importantthatyoubeginthenextstepwithin20

seconds.

4 PeinttheAVR1S5'sremotet_vvrJrdtheunittobe

programmed,andenterthefirstthreedigitcode
usingtheNumericKeysO Iftheunitturnsoft,
thecorrectcodehasbeenenteredPresstheInput
Selector@ again,andnotethattheredlight

willflashthreetimesbeturegoingdarktuconfirm
theenty

5 If1hedeviceto beprogrammedindoesNOTturn

oft continuetoenlerthreedigitcodesuntilthe
equipmentturnsof/At tbiepoi/_t,thecorrectcode
hasbeenenteredPresstheInputSelector
againandnotethattheredlightundertheInput
Selector@ willflashthreetimesbeleregoing
darktoeonfirmtheentry.

6 Tryalloftilefunctionsontheremotetomakeoar

thinthattheproductoperatesproperly.Keepin

mindthatmanymanulacturersusea numberof

differentcombinationsofcodes,so itisagood

ideato makecerlainthatnotonlyt_epower
control,butthevolume,channelandtransport
controlsworkastheyshould.Iffuncllonsdonot
workproperly,youmayneedtouseadifferent

remotecode

7 If a codecannotbeenteredto turr_theunitoff,if

thecodeturyourproductdoesnotappearinthe

tablesin thismanual,orifnotallfunctionsoper

ateproperly,tryprogrammingtherernotewith

theAufoSearchMethod

AutoSearchMethod

Iftheunityouwishtoindudein1heAVR135'sremote
isnotlistedinthecodet@lesinthismanualorifthe

codedoesnotseemtooperateproperly,youmaywish

tu programthecorrect(;odeusingtheAutuSearch

methodthattullows:

1 Turnontheunitthatyouwishtoincludeinthe

AVR135remote

2 PresstheInputSelector@ lor _betypeof

producttubeentered(eg.,VCR,W) andthe
MuteButton0 atthesametime.Holdboth

buttonsuntiltheredlightundertheInputSebctor

stayslitandtheProgramIndicatorO turns
amberandbeginsflashing.Thenextsteprnust
takeplacewhiletheredlightison,anditmust
beginwithin20 secondsattarthelightappeals.

S PointtheAVR135remotetuwardtheunittobe

programmed,andpresseithertheA orT Button
O repeatedlyEad_presswillsendoutaseriesof

codeshorntheremote'sbuilt-indatabaseWhen

theunitbeingprogrammedturnsoft,stoppressing
thea,'_ Buttons_[_, asthatisyourindk>Son

thatthecorrectcodeisin use.

4 PresstheInputSelector@; theredlightunder

theInputSelectorwillflashthreetimesbetore

goingdarkto confirmtheentry

5 Tryallofthefunctionsontheremotetomakecar

thinthattheproductoperates.Keepinmindthat

manymanutactumrsusea numberofdifferent

combinationsof codes,andit isa goodideato

makecertainthatnotonlythepowercontrol

works,butalsothevolume,channelandhansport
controls,asappropriateIfallfunctionsdonotwork

properly,youmayneedtoAutoSearchtura dif

terentcode,orenteracodeviatheDirectCode

Entrymethod.

CodeReadout
WhenthecodehasbeenenteredusingtheAuto

Searchmethod,itisalwaysagoodideatofindoutthe
exactcodesothatitmaybeeasilyreenteredifneces

saryYoumayalsoreadthecodesInverilywhich
devicehasbeenprograrnmedto aspecifleConhol
Selectorbutton

1, PressandholdboththeInputSelector

forthedeviceyouwishtofJudlhecodeforand
theMute Button _ atthesametime.The
ProgramIndicator 0 willturnamberand
beginflashing,andtheredlightundertheInput
Selector@ willstaylit Releasethebuttons
andbeginthenextstepwithin20 seconds.

PresstheSetButton@} TheProgram
Indicator_ willt%r/blir/kgreenina sequence
thatoonespondstu theth/eedigitcode,witha one

secondpausebetweeneachdigitCountthenum-

berofblinksbelweenpausesto determinethedigit

ofthe(}ode.Oneblinkisthenumber1,bvoblinksis
thenumber2. andsoturth.Tenblirlksareusedto

indicatea"0:'

Example:Oneblink,tullowedbya onesecondpause,
tollowedbysixblinks,tollowedbyaonesecond

pause,followedbytenblinksindicatesthatthecode
hasbeensetto160

Forfuturerelerence,enter1hesetupcodesforthe
equipmer/tinyoursystemhere:

DVD CD
VID1/VCR VID2/TV
VID3/CBL VID3/SAT

TAPE

Macro Programming

Macrosenableyouto easilyrepeatfrequentlyused
cornbinationsofcommandswiththepressofasingle

buttonor]theAVR135'srernotecontrolOncepro
grammed,amacrowillsendoutupto 19difterent

remotecodesinapredeterminedsequentialo_der
enablingyouto automatetheprocessofturningon

yoursystem,changingdevices,or othercommon
tasks,TheAVR135's remotecanstoreupto five
separatemacrocommandsequences:onethatis

associatedwiththePowerOnButtonO andfour
morethatareaccessedby pressingtie Macro
Buttons

1 PresstheMuteButton _ andtheMacro

Button@ lobeprogrammedorthePowerOn
Button@ atthesamelimeAriInput Selector

@_ willlightred,andtheProgram
Indicator0 willflasharnben

2 Entertheslapstorthemacrosequencebypress

ingthebutlonbr theactualcommandstep.
Althoughthemacromaycontainuplo 19steps,
eachbuttonpress,ir/dudirg1hoseusedlo change
devices,oounSasa step,TheProgramIndicator

PROGRAMMINGTHE REMOTE

willflashgreentoconfirmeachbuttonpress

asyouentercomrnands

NOTE:WhileenteringeornmandsforPowerDn/Offof
anydeviceduringa macrosequence,presstheMute
Button @. DONOTpressteeactualPowerbutton.

,3 Whet1all thestepshavebeenentered,pTessthe

SleepButton@ to enterthecommandsThe
redlight underthe InputSelectors_Q will

blinkandthenturn oft

Example:Topregrarqthe_'_acrot buttonsoteatit
tlrns onteeAVR135,%'andacablebox,tollow

thesesteps:

,,PresstheMacro1 Button _) andMute

Button _ attee@2metimearidt%erelease
them.

NoteteattheProgramIndbator_ willflash
amber

,, Presshe AVRSelector
,, PresstheMuteButton_ tostorethe

AVR1SS'sPowerOncornmand.

,,PressteerID 3InputSelectorButton 0 te

indic,ateteenextcommandisfor"%' PowerOn"

PresstheMuteButton_]_ tostorethe1£/

PowerOnCommand.

PressteeVID2 InputSelectorButton_ to

rdratehere£commandisfor"OablePowerOn"

,,PresstheMuteButton (_ tostoreteeCable

PowerOncommand

PresstheSleep/ChannelUpButton0 to
completetheprocessandstoreteemacro

sequence.

Alterfollowingthesesteps,eachflrt_eyoupress
theMacro1 Button_), therereotewillsend
thePowerOn/Offcommand

ErasingMacroCommands

Toremoveteecornmandsthathavebeenpro
grammedinteoneof theMacrobuttons,tollowthese

steps:

1,Presshe MuteButton_ andtheMacro

Button _ teatcontainsthecommandsyou

wishtoe_ase.

2 TheProgramIndicator_ willflashamber,

andteeLEDundertheAVRSelector_ will

turnred,

3,Witeintenseconds,presstheSurroundMode

Selector/ChannelDownButton_]_,

4,TheredLEDundertheAVBSelector_ will

goout,andtheProgramIndicator_ willturn
greenandflashthreetimesbetoreitgoesout.

5,WhentheProgramIndicator0 goesout,the

Macrohasbeenerased

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AVR1:t5

F_lure11

Programmed Device Functions

OnceteeA\,!R135'srernotehasbeenprograrnmed1or
thecodesofotherdevices,pressteeappropriateInput
Selector_ to changetheremotefiomcontrolling
teeAVR135tocent/oilingteeaddifionalproduct.When
youpressanyoneofhe selectors,itwillbneflyflashin
redto indicateteatyouhavechangedthedevicebeing

controlled
Whorlope/afir/gadeviceothertear/teeAVR135,tee

controlsmaynotcorrespondexactlytothefunction
printedontheremoteor buttonSomecommands,
suchasthevolumeconhol,arethesameastheyare
wifl/teeAVR/ 35. Otherbuttonswillchangetheir
funcfionsoteatteeycorrespondtoa secondarylabel
onteeremoteForexample,teeSleepandBurroued
modeselectorbuttonsalsofuncfionasteeChannelUp
andChannelDownbu/tonswhenoperafingmostTV
sets,VCRsorcableboxesTheChannelUp/Down

indicationisprinteddirectlyon teeremote.Formany
standardCDplayers,cassettedecks,rOBsandDVD
functions,he standa/dfunctioniconsareprintedon
topofteebuttons.

Forsorneproduc%,however,thefunctionofa particu
larbultendoesnotfu/Iowtfe commandprintedon

theremoteIneiderto seewhichfundionabutton
consols,consultteeFunctionListt@lesonpages33

and34 Tousethosehbles,firstcheckthelypeof
devicebeingcontrolled(eg,,TV,VCR)Next,lookat

theremotecontroldiagraminFigure11 Notethat
eachbuttonhasanumberon it,

Tofindoutwhatfunctiona particularbuttor/hasfor
aspecificdevice,findthebuttonnumberontee
F_nctiorListandthenlookin£hecolumnto_thedevice

youarecontrollingForexample,buttonnumber44

istheDirectbuttonforthe£VR135,butitistee
"Favorite"buttontermanycabletelevisionboxes

andsatellitereceiversButtonnumberSOisteeDela
buttonforthe/@'R135, buttheOpen/Closebuttonf(

CDplayers.
NOTE:Thenumbersusedtodescribethebuflen

functionsinFigure11forthepurposesofdescribirg
howa buttonoperatesareadifferentsetofnumbers

thanthoseusedintee restofthismanualtodescribe
teebutlonfunctionsbr theAVR155

Noteson UsingtheAVR135RemoteWith
OtherDevices.

Manutacturefsmayusedifferentcodesetsforthe
sameproductcategoryForthatreason,it isimpel

rantthatyoucheckte seewhetherthe(;odesetyou

haveeetdedoperatesas r'_aeycoetre/saspossible.
Ifitappealsthatonlyafewfundionsoperate,d/eck

teseewhetheranoteer(',odesetwillworkwithmote

butt%s

PROGRAMMINGTHE REMOTE

,, Whena buttonis pressedontheAV£135remote,

theredlightundertheInputSelector@0 for
theproductbeingoperatedshouldflashbriefly.If

theDeviceControlSelectorflashesfursomebut
notallbuttonsfora particularproduct,itdoesNO[

indicateaproblemwiththeremotebutratherthat
nofunctionisprogrammedforthebuttonbeing

pushed.

VolumePunch-Through

TheAVR135'sremotemaybeprogrammedto oper
atetheVolumeControl0 andMute_ tunc
tionsofeithertheTVortheAVR135incor/juncfior/
withanyofthedevicescontrolledbytheremotebor
example,sincetheAVR135 willlikelybeusedasthe
soundsystemforTVviewing,youmaywishto have
theAVR135'svolumeactivated,althoughtheremote

issetlo runtheTV.EithertheAVR135 orTVvolume
controlmaybeassociatudwithanyoftheremote's

devices.Thehctorydelaultsettingisto havetheAVR

135'svolumeactivatedforalldevicesexceptTAPE.
ToprogramtheremotefurVolumePunchThrough,
followthesesteps:

1 PresstheInputSelector@ furtheunityouwish

tehaveasaocJatudwiththevolumecontrolandthe
MuteSutton@ atthesametimeunlllthered

lightappearsundertheInputSelector@; the
ProgramIndicator@ willflashamber.

2 PresstheVolumeUpButton0; theProgram

Indicator@ willstopflashingandshyamber

3 PresseithertheAVRSelector@ ortheInput

Selector@, dependJnoonwhichsystem's

volumeconl_olyouwishtoh_weattachedfurthe

punch-throughmodeTheProgramIndicator@
willblinkgreenthreetimesandthengoouttocon
firmthedataentry.

Example:lo havetheAVR135's volumeconfiol

activatedeventhoughtheremoteissetto control

theTV,filetpresstheVideo3/TVInputSelector

@ andtheMuteButton_ at thesametime.

Next,presstheVolumeUpButton@. tullowed

bytheAVRSelector@,

NOTE:Shouldyouwishb returntheremotetothe
originalconflgu/ahor/sitterenteringaVolumePunch
Through,youwillneedtorepeatthestepsshown
aboveHowevehpressthesameInputSelecturin
Steps1 and3

ChannelControl Punch-Through

TheAVR1S5'sremotemaybeprograrnn_edtooperate
sothatthechannelcontrolfunction1oreitherthe_,

cableorstdellitereceiverusedinyoursystemmaybe
usedincoqunchonwithoneoftheotherdevicescon

boiledbytheremoteForexample,whileusingandcon

l_oiJingtheVCS,youmaywish#chanoechannelsona
cableboxorsatellitereceiverwithouthavingtu change

thedeviceselectedbytheAVR135 ortheremote
TeprogramtheremotefurChanr_elControlPunch
Through,tullowthesesteps:

1 PresstheInputSelectorButton@@ br the

deviceyouwishtohavethechannelcontrolassort
atedwithandtheMuteButton_ atthesame

timeuntiltheredlightappearsundertheinput
Selector@@ andtheProgramIndicator

o PresstheVolumeDownButtonO The

ProgramIndicator_ willsbpflashingand
stayamber

3 PressandreleasetheInputSelectorButton@

furthedevicethatwillbeusedtochangethe
channelsTheProgramIndicator@ willblink
greenthreetimesandthengoouttoconfirmthe
dataentry

Example:Tocontrolthechannelsusingyourcable
boxorsatellitereceiverwhiletheremoteissettu

controltheVCR,firstpresstheViD1/VCRInput
SelectorButton@ andtheMuteButton
atthesametimeNext,releasethemandpressthe
VolumeDownButton@, followedbytheVID2/

Cable/SatInputSelectorSutton@

NOTE:ToremovetheChannelControlPunchThrough
andreturn1heremotetoitsoriginalconfiguration,repeat
thestepsshownintheexampleaboveHoweveLpress
thesameInputSelecterinSteps1 and3.

TransportControl Punch-Through

TheAVR135'sremotemaybeprogrammedtooperate
sothattheTransportControlFunctions_ (Play,
Stop,I_stForward,Rewind,PauseandReeord)fora
VCR,DVDorCDwilloperatein conjunctionwithoneof
theotherdevicescontrolledbytheremote.Forexam
pie,whileusingandconl_ollingthe_, youmaywishto
startorstopyourVCRorDVDwithouthaving_,s,cha//oe

thedeviceselectedbytheAVR135ortheremoteThe
facturydefaultsettingistohavetheDVD'stransport

conl_olsacllvatedwhentheAVR,VID2/CABLEorSAT
orVID3/TVdeviceshavebeenselected,la program

theremoteforTransportControlPunchThrough,tullow
thesesteps:

1 PresstheInputSelector@@ br thedevice

youwishtuhavethechannelcontrolassociatedwith
andtheMuteButton_ at thesamelimeunhl

theredlightappearsundertheInputSelector@
andtheProgramIndicator@ 1lashesambeE

2 PressthePlayButton_ TheProgram

Indicator@ willsbp flashir/gandstayashen

3 PressandreleasetheInputSelectorSutton@

br thedevicethatwillbeusedb changethechan
nelsTheProgramIndicator@ willblinkgreen
threelimesandthengooutto confirmthedata
entry.

Example:Tocontrolthel_ansportofa DVDplayer
whilethelemoteissetto controltheTV,firstpress

theVID3/TVInputSelectorButton@ andthe
MuteButton_ atthesametime Next,release

themandpressthePlayButton_, followedby
theDVBInputSelectorButton@

NOTES:

ToremovetheChannelControlPunch-Throughand

return1heremotetoitsoriginalconfiguration,repeat

1hestepsintheexampleaboveHoweveLpressthe
sameInputSelectorinSteps1 and3

BebreprogrammingtheremotefurVolume,Channel

orTransportPunchThrough,makecertainthatany
programmingneededfurthespecificI1/,CD,DVD.

cableorsatellitereceivershasbeencompieled.

,,TheAVR135remoteisprepmgrammedatthe

tacto/ysofl/attheTransportControlFunctions

ope/atetheDVDplayerwhenevertheAVR

deviceisselected

Resettingthe RemoteMemory

Asyouaddcorr/ponentsb yourhometheatersystem,

occasionallyyoumaywishtototallyreprogramthe
remotecontrolwithoutthecontusionofanycommands,
macrosor "PunchThrough"prograrnmingthatyoumay

havedone.Todothis,itispossibletoreset1heremote
te1heoriginalfactorydefaultsandc,ommandcodesby
followinglhesestepsHoweveLoncetheremoteis

reset,allcornmandsorcodesthatyouhaveenteredwill

beerasedandwillneedtubereentered:

1 PressanyoftheInputSelectorButtons@ and

the_O"ButtonO titthesametimeuntilthe

ProgramIndicator@ beginstu flashambeE
P Pressthe_3"Button@ threetimes
3 TheredLEDundertheInputSelector@ willgo

outandtheProgramIndicator@ willstopflash

ingandturncjreen
4 TheProgramIndicator@ willremaingreenunhl

theremoteisreset,Notethat1hismaytakeawhile.

dependingonhowmanycommandsareinthe

memorythatneedte beerased
5 When1heProgramIndicator@ goesout,the

remotehasbeenresettothetacbrysettings.

NO.

ButtonName

1

PowerOn

2

PowerOff

3

Mute

4

AVB

5

DVD

6

CD

7

Tape

8

VlDt (VCB)

9

VID2 (CBL/SAT)

lO

11

Dim

lp

AM/FM

13

6CH/8CH

14

Sleep/OH+

15

TestTone

16

T/V

17

VolUp

18

Surr/OH-

19

Night

so

Spare

Pl

VotDown

pp

CH./Guide

p3

A

p4

Speaker/Menu

p5
p6

Set
P7
_B

Digital/Exit

T

>9
}0

Delay/Prev.Ch.
}1

1
P

2

}3

3

}4

4

%

5
}6

6

37

7

38

8

39

Tun-M

¢0

9

¢1

0

OP

Memory

¢3

TuningUp

FUNCTION LIST

AMRFunction

PowerOn

PowerOff
Mute
AVRSelect

DVDInputSelect
CDInputSelect
TapeInputSelect

Video1Select
Video2Select
Video3 Select
him
TunerSelect

6/8OhInputSelect
Sleep

Testlone

VolumeUp
SunoundModeSelect

NightModeSelect

VolumeDown VulurneDown VolurneDown \/cLimeDown Vulurne%wn VulurneDown
Channel%ira ContinuousPlay hto/Guide Into/Guide

Move/AdjustUp Up Up Bp Up
SpeakerAdjust IntroScan Menu Menu Menu Menu

Move/AdjustLeft Left Left Left Left
Set Enter Enter Enter Enter

Move/AdjustRight Right Right Right Right
b@_alInputSelect
Move/AdjustDown Down Down Dowrl Dowr/
belayAdjust Open/Close PreyChannel PreyOhannel PreyOhar/nel

1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 P P 2 2

3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7

B 8 8 8 8 8

Tunerrvlode Repeat

9 9 9 9 9 9
0 0 0 0 0 0
Memory Time

SuneUp 7u_ckDhect Cancel PPV (}ancel Sleep

DVD
PowerOn
Pe'er Off

Mute
AVESelect
DVDSelect
CDSelect

TapeSelect
VCRSelect

CBL/SAlSeled

R/Select

Dim
TunerSelect

6/8ChInputSelect

R//DVD

VolumeUp

DiscMenu
SubtitleOn/Off

SubtitleOn/Off
\/@umeDowr
Title

LJp

Menu

Leff

Enter

Right
Open/Close

Down
Return

1
P

3
4
5
6
Y
B

Chapter
9

0
Audio

NextChapter

CD/CD-R
PowerOn
PuwerOff

Mute
AVESelect
DVDSelect
CDSelect

TapeSelect
VCRSelect

CBL/SATSelect
TVSelect
Dim

TunerSelect

6/8OhInputSelect

InputSelect

VulumeUp

CDRSelect
ODPSelect

-[ape

PowerOn

#'uwerOff
Mute
AVESelect

DVDSelect
CDSelect

TapeSelect
VCRSelect

CBL/%TSelect
TVSelect
Dim
TunerSelect

6/8OhInputSelest

VCB(vlm)

PowerOn
PuwerOff

Mute
AVRSelect
DVDSelect
CDSelect

_pe Select
V(}RSelect

CBL/SATSelect

Select
Dim
TunerSelect

6/8OhInputSelest
Channel+

R/NOR

VolumeUp

Channel

CBL(VID2)
PowerOn

PowerOft

Mute

AVESelect
DVDSelect
CDSelect

TapeSelect
VCRSelect

CBLSelect

R/Select

Dim
TunerSelect
6/8OhInputSelect
Channel+

R//CBL

VolumeUp

Channel

SATDID2)
PowerOn

PevverOff
Mute

AVRSelect

DVDSelect
CDSelect

TapeSelect
VCRSelect

BATSelect

TVSelect

Dim
TunerSelect
6/SChInputSelect
(}harlr/elk

TV/SAT
VolumeUp

Chant/el

TV@JD3)

PowerOn

Powe_Off
Mute
AVESelect
DVDSelect
CDSelect

TapeSelect
VCRSelect

6BL/%TSelect
R/Select
Dim
TunerSelect

6/8OhInputSeled
Channel+

R/NOR
VolumeUp

Channel

FUNCTION LIST

NO.

ButtonName

44

Direct

45

Clear
PresetUp

47

TuningDown

OSD

49

D. Skip

PresetDown

51

M2

5P
53

M3

r, 4

54

bb

Dolby Sur

56

DTS Sur

DTS Neo:6

57
58

Logic7

59

Stereo
SkipDown

51

SkipUp

52

Rewind(44)

%

Play(4_)
F F(_)

Record
Stop

Pause

:_7

AVRFunction

DirectTunerEntry

Clear

PresetTuneUp

TuneDown
OSD

PresetTuneDown
Macro1
MacroP
Macro3
Macro4

DolbyModes
D1SDigitalModes

D1SNee:6Select
Logic}7Select

SlemoModeSelect

Skip (DVD)
Skip _ (DVD)

R,Search(DVD)
Play(DVD)
RSearch(DVD)

Stop(DVD)

Pause(DVD)

DVD
Angle

Clear
SlowFurward

PreyChapter

DiscSkip
SlowRev

Macro1
MacroP
Macro3

Macro4

Skip
Skip k

R.Seamh
Play

F Search

Stop
Pause

CD/CD-R
RandomPlay

Gear

NO

TrackIncrement
Progratn

DiscSkip

Macro1
Macro2
Macro3

Macro4

Skip
Skip

R Search
Play

RSeamh
Record

Step

Pause

-[ape

Macro1
Macro2

Macro3
Macro4

%wind
RPlay/RPlay

EastFwd
Record/Pause

Stnp

VCR(vim)

Clear

OSD

Macro1
Macro2
Macro3

Macro4

Scar/
Scan +

Rewind
Play

FastFwd
Record

Stnp

Pause

CBL(VD2)
FAV

Bypass
Music

OSD

Macro1
MacroP
Macro3
Macro4

Skip (DVD)
Skip+ (DVD)

R Search(DV[I
Play(DVD)

RSearch(DVD)

Stop(DVD)
Pause(DVD)

SATGqD2}

FAV
Next

AIt

ORD

Macro1
Macro2
Macro3
Macro4

Skip (DVD)
Skip+ (DVD)
R Search(DVD)
Play(DVD)

RSeerch(DVD)

Stop(DVD)

Pause(DVDi

TV 6/D3}

Clear

OSO

Macro1
Macro2
Macro3
Macro4

Skip (DVD)
Skip+ (DVD)

R Search(DVD)
Play(DVD)

ESearch(DVB)

Stnp(DVD)
Pauseff)VD)

SETUP CODE TABLE: TV

Manufacturer/Brand
AIWA

AMARK
ADMIRAL
AKAI
AMPRO
ANAM
AOC
BLAUPUNKT
BRO£SONIC
CANDLE
CAPEHART
CENTURION
CENTRONIC
CITIZEN
CLASSIC
CONCERTO
CON]EC
CORANDO
CORONADO
CRAIq
CROWN
DUBTISMATHES
CXO
DAEWO0
DAYTRON
DIGILINK
D'/NASTY
DYNATECH
ELECTROHOME
EMER,90N
FUNAI
FUTURETECH
GE
GOLDSTAWLG
GRUNDIG
HALLMARK
H,ARM,&hJKARDON
HITACHI
LNRNITY
INKEL
JBL
JCPENNEV
JENSEN
A/O
KAWASHO
KEC
KENWOOD
KMC
K?J
LLOY]-RON
LODGENET

Setup Code Number
O27

122 132

192
123 160

164
045 106 109 112 122
122 123 128
084
205 206

123 128
059
123 171
045
045 123 128 132
O45

128
045

172
132
045 157 158 159
045 132
123 128 132

045

045 087 102 105 106 108 111 114 116 119 127 128 132

128 132
2OO
045
O63
115 132
045 123 128 132 139 157 158 159 162 205
O45
O45
029 087 121 123 128 133 145 159 163
101 110 122 128 138
193
128
2{)1
123 128 132 144 147
148
120
148
115 123 128 132 145
019
079 057 134
173
O45
123 204
132
045 123 132 162
172 173
069

SETUP CODE TABLE: TV

Manufacturer/Brand Setup CodeHumber
LOGIK 069

LUXMAN 128
LXl 077 145 148
MAGNAVOX 030 123 128 132 145 148
MARANTZ 115 123 148
MATSUI 148
MEMOREX 069 128
METZ 084
MGA 115 123 128
MINERVA 084
MITSUBISHI 077 115 123 128 160 167 168
MTC 175 176
NATIONAL 148 177 179 180 181 182
NEC 115 121 128 125
NIKEI 045

ONKING 045
ONWA 045
OPTONIOA 077
ORION 207 208 209 210 211
PANASONIC 0S7 148 169
PHILCO 045 115 123 128 132 148

PHILIPS 033 034 035 036 123 128 132 145 148
PIONEER 024 123 128

PORTLAND 128 132
PROSCAN 133
PROTON 059 122 125 132 165
QUASAR 082 087
RADIOSHACK 045 128 132 180 196 197
RCA 021 115 128 128 133 145 161 168
REALISTIC 045 167 196
RUNCO 152 153
SAA 183
SAMPO 05g 123 128
SAMSUNG 020 022 124 128 132 145
SANYO 026 054
SCOW 045 128 132
SEARS 128 132 145
SHARP 077 128 132
SIEMENS 084

SIGNATURE 069
SONY 028 031 117 130 136 194 212
SOUNDESIGN 045 128
SPECTRICON 122
SSS 045
SYLVANIA 025 123 128 145 148
SYMPHONIC 184
TANDY 077
TATUNG 063
TECHNICS 181
TECHWOOD 128

Manufacturer/Brand Setup Code Number
TFKNIKA 045 069 115 123 128 132

TFLERENT 069
TERA 156
THOMSON 190 191
TMK 128
TOSHIBA 063 129 202
TOTEVISION 132
VIDEOCONCEPTS 160
VIDTECH 128
WARDS OB9 128 132 146

_{AMAHA 123 128
YORK 128
YUPITERU 045
ZENITH 069 090
ZONDA 122

SETUP CODE TABLE: TV

SETUP CODE TABLE: VCR

B,_andacturedBrand
AIWA

AKAI
AMPRO
ASA
AUDIODYNAMICS
BROKSONIC
CANDLE
CANON
CAPEHART
CITIZEN
CRAIG
DAEWO0
DAYTRON
DBX
DYN/WECH
EMERSON
FISHER
FUNAI
GE
GOVIDEO
GOLDSTAR/LG

HITACHI
JCPENNEY
JENSEN
JVO
KENWO0_}
LLOYD
LXl
MAGIN
MAGNAVOX
MARANT7
MEMOREX
PvlGA
MITSUBISHI
MULTITEOH
NA_)
NATIONAL

,SetupCode_',k(mber
040

045 108 109 lP5
076

134

018 048

110 147
134 135
135 140

O94

134
045 116
017 094 104
094
018 048
040
013 040 042 110 112
017
O4O
076 095 124

113
018 107
01S 049
040 048
018 04,5
O48
018 048 111 13P
02O 048
O4O
020 040
O45
O4O
018
017 OPO 040 05P 05,3 054 076
049
049 131
O4O

139

14O

NORDMENDE 048
OPTJMUS 159
ORION 147
PANASONIC 125 150 167 172
PHILCO 040
PHILIPS 040 075
PORTLAND 094
PULSAR 076
QUASAR 001 125
RABIOSHAOK 05b 134 140 142 158 159
RCA 095 124 125 157 17P
REALISTIC 017 OPO 040 045 159

Manufacturer/BrandSetupCodeNumber

SALORA 020

SAMSUNG 045 051 095 105 109
SANSUI 048 116 147
SANYO 017 020
SCOTT 110 112
SEARS 0/7 020
SHARP 129 156
SONY 080 129
SOUNDESIGN 040
SYLVANIA 040
SYMPHONIC 040
TANDY 017 040
TASNICO 134
TATUNG 048
TEAC 040 048
TEKNIKA 040
THOMAS 040
TiVo 012
TMK 013
TOSHIBA 112 155
TOTE_!ISION 045
UNITECH 045
VECTORRESEARCH 018
VIDEOCONCEPTS 018 040
VIDEOSONIC 045
WARDS 040 045 112
YAMAHA 018 040 048
ZENITH 040 050 076 083

SETUP CODE TABLE: VCR

SETUP CODE TABLE: CD

Manufacturer/Brand
ADOOM
AIWA
AF/4l
AUDIOTECNNICA
AUDIOACCESS
AUDIOFILE
BSR
CALIFORNIAAUDIO
OAPETP,ONIC
6ARRERA
CARVER
CASIO
CLARINETTE
DENON
EMERSON
FISHER
FRABA
FUNAI
GE
GENEXXA
GOLDSTAR/LG
HArFAI
HARMANKARD/°)N
HITACHI
INKE[_
JCP_NNEY
JENSEN
JVC
KENWO0[)
LoTrE
LUXMAN
LXI
MAGN£OX
MARANTZ
MCINTOSN
MOS
MITSLJMI
MODULAIRE
NAD
NAKAMICHI
NEC
NIKKO
ONKYO
OPTIMUS
PANASONIC
PHELPS
PIONEER
PROTON
QUASAR
P,@IOSNACK
ROA

Setup6ede Number
063 069
072 111 118 156 170
050 177 184

053
lP5
211

O44

109
OYB
087

136 140 141 143 144 145 185 186
117 166

166
187 188 P13

052 og3 108
055 095

117
196
164
tO8

016 087
099 214
00/ OOP OPb 054 490

093
216

098 147
153

176 195 196
030 06P 078 079 148 151 176 178 181

108
O77 lOP

164
039 113

058 084 191 192 493
194

080 098

15P

166
013 074 197 198

199 200 901

069
053 055

037 038 045 046 171 175 202 203
065 089 091 092 099 104 212
075 109 119 158 183 P04
039 138 149 209
071 094 100 112 123 131 161 162 P15

210
109

1?6 166 ?13

OP4 081 093 150

SETUP CODE TABLE: CD

Manufacturer/Brand SetupCodeNumber
RCX 169

REALISTfC 058 093 095 104 105 108 164 166

SANSUi 047 081 134 157 17P
SANYO 033 082 095

SCOTT 108
SHARP 058 105 114 151 159 167 180 181
SHERWOOD 003 041 058 105 133
SONY 103 115 116 118 13P 139 163 205 206 207 208 PlP 217

SOUNDSTREAM 1P4
SYMPHONIC 059 110

TAEKWANG 177
TEAC 011 058 085 086 106 107 110 121 137 146 154
TNETADIGITAL 039
TOSHIBA 013 074 097 151 155 173

VECTORRESEAROH 087
VICTOR 1PO 130

WARDS 095
YAMAHA 019 031 053 061 135 169
YORK 166

SETUP CODE TABLE: DVD

Manufacturer/Brand
APEXDIGITAL

DENON
GE

GOLDSTAR!LG
HARMANKARDON

JVC
LG

MAGNAVOX
MARANTZ

MITSUBISHI
NAD

ONKYO

PANASONIC
PHILIPS

PIONEER
PBOOEED

PROSCAN

RCA
SAMSUNG

SHARP
SONY

THOMSON
TOSHIBA

YAMAHA
ZENITH

SetupCodeNumber
061

019 051
003 004
OO5
001
OO6

005 055 064 066
O56
O59
O23
O62
009 048
024 030 044
056
041 065
060
003 004
003 004
053 054
028
043 045
003 004
009 058 067

030 063

005 055 064

SETUP CODE TABLE: SAT

Manufacturer/Brand SetupCodeNumber

ALPHASTAR 472
ALPHASTARDBS 450

ALPHASTARDSR 442
BIRDVlEW 425

(}HANNELMASTER 320 3Pl 3P5 361
OHAPARRAL 315 316 451
(}ITOH 360
[)RAKE 313 317 318 413 481
DXANTENNA 331 35P 36P 379 483
£(}HOSTAR 395 397 45P 453 463 4T/ 478 464 465
ELE(}TROHOME 392
FUJITSU 324 3P9 334
GENERALINSTRUiVIENT303 311 3P3 305 403 454 468 474
HITA(}HIDBS 455

HOUSTONTRA(}KER 463
HUGHES 437 489

JANIEL 366
JERROLD 454 468 484
KATHREIN 410
LEGEND 453
MA(}OM 317 365 369 370 371
iVlAGNAVOX 461 473
JVlEMOREX 453

NEXTWAVE 423
NORSAT 373

OPTIMUS 466
PAOEDSS 487

PANASONIC 366 469
PANASONICDBS 457

PANSAT 420
PERSONAL(}ABLE 418

PHILIPS 375
Pl(}O 407

PRESIDENT 381 404

PRIiVlESfAR 412 454 468 475
RCA 301 439 465 490
RCADSS 458
REALISTIC 349 480

SAiVISUN6 442
SATELLITESERVI(}ECO 335 388

SCIENTiFiCATLANTA 339
SONY 405

STARCHOBEDBS 459
STAR(}AST 347

SUPERGUIDE 327 423

TEE(}OM 330 333 390 391 393 409
TOSHIBA 302 4P6 460 461 462 470

UNIDEN 323 33P 348 349 350 351 354 355 381 383 389 403 466 479 480
ZENITH 384 385 387 394 419 488

Manufacturer/Brand SetupCodeNumber
HARMANI<ARDON 001

SETUP CODE TABLE: CBL

SETUP CODE TABLE: TAPE

Manufacturer/Brand
ABC

ALLEGRO
AMERICAST
AROHER
BELOOR
CABLESTAR
CITIZEN
COLOURVOICE
[)IGI
EAGLE
EASTERN
ELE(;TRIOORD
EMERSON
FOCUS
GI,
GO%ECTRONICS
GEMINI

GENERAL

GENERALINSTRUMENT
GOODMIND
HAMLIN
HFACHI
JASOO
JERBOLD
LINDSAY
MACOM
MAGI'_MOX
MOVIETIME
NSC
OAK
PA()E
RANASONIO
PANTHER
PNILIPS
PIONEER
POPULARME(}HANICB
PRELUDE
PRIMESTAR
RADIOSHACI(
ROA

RECOTON

REGAL

SetupCodeNumber
001 011

111

212

112
113

033 113

ttt

085 090

114

186
066 070
039

112

116
001 01t 017 096 097

113
032 060
210
210

112
056 099 tO0 101 117 175 PO8
001 188

111
001 002 011 017 073 096 097 162 188 210

118

191
0/7 Ot9 068
035 039
035 190

197' 9PC

179
OB3 176 177 159 P14

114
013 {)19 020 085 {)90
001 041 119 171 P09 215 P16

116

120

162

111 11P 213
O53 Pl 4

116
056 099 100 101 P08

SETUP CODE TABLE: CBL

MenufacturedBrand
REMBRANT

SAMSUNG
SCIENTIFICATLANTA
SEAM

5)G)t£URE
SPRUCER
STAROOM
S]-ARG£E
TANDY
7ELEC}AR£10N
TEXSCAN

TFC

Tf/vrELESS

TOGOM

UNITEDCABLE
UNIVERSAL
VIDEOWAY
VIE@3TAR
ZENITH
ZENTEK

SetupCedeNumber
O32

072 186
183 P03 221 PPP
121
00/ 188
053 081 177 189
002 011 163
180
O24
O25
O36
122
123
17O P05
011
033 034 039 042 113
124 p11
019 OP5 086 089 190
065 lP5 211 P19
116

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

SYMPTOM

UnitdoesnotfunctionwhenMain
PowerSwitchis pushed

Displaylights,butnosound
orpk}ture

Unitturnson,butfrontpanel _ Displaybrightnessi8turnedoff ,, FollowtheinstructionsintheDisplayBrightnesssection
displaydoesnotlightup onpage28 sothatthedisplayissetto VFD F UL L

Nosoundfromanyspeaker: _/4rnpliflerisit/protectionmode ,, Checkspeakerwireconnectionsforshortsat receiverand
lightaroundpowerswitchisred duetopossibleshort speakerends

Nosoundfromsurroundor _ Incorrectsurroundmode ,, Selecta modeolherthanStereo
centerspeake/s _,Inputismonaural • Thereisnosurroundinbrmationfrommonosources

Unitdoesnotrespondto _ Weakbatteriesinremote ,,Changeremotebatteries
remotecommands _Wro%deviceselected ,, PresstheAVRselector

CAUSE SOLUTION

NoACPower ,, MakecertainACpowercordispluggedinto

aliveoutbt

• Checktoseewhetheroutletisswitchcontrolled

Intermittentinputconnections

Muteison

Volumecontrolisdown

Arnpliflerisin protectionmode ,,ContactyourlocalHarmanKardonservicecenter

duetointernalproblems

Incorrectconfigurallon ,, Checkspeakermodeconfiguration
Stereoor Monoprograrnmaterial ,,Thesurrounddecodermaynotcreatecenteporreapchannel

Remotesensorisobscured ,, Makecertainfrontpanelsensorisvisibleto remote

,, Makecertainthatallinputandspeakerconnections

aresecure

,, PressMuteButton

• Turnupvolumecontrol

infom_ationhornr_onencodedprograrns

or eonnectremotesensor

Intermitlentbuzzingin tuner _ Localinterterence • Moveunitorantennaawayfromcomputers,fluorescent

lights,moto/sor otherelecthealappliances

Lettersflashinthechannelindicator _ Digitalaudiofeedpaused • ResumeplaytorDVD

displayanddigitalaudiostops • CheckthatDigitalInputisselected

Inadditiontotheitemsshownabove,additionalintormallonontroubleshootingpossibleproblemswithyourAVR155,orinstallallonrelatedissues,mayberoundin thelistof
"FrequentlyAskedQuestions"whichislocatedin theProductSupportsectionof ourWebsiteatwww,harmankardoncorn,

Processor Reset

h therarecasewheretheunit'soperallonorlhedis
playsseemabnormal,thecausemayinvolvetheerraae

operationof thesystem'smemoryormieroprocesson

Tocorrectthisproblem,firstunplugtheunittromthe

ACwalloutleta_dwaitatleastthreeminutes.A_terthe
pause,reconnecttheA(}powercoldandcheckthe

unit'soperation.If thesystemstillmalfunctions,a sys
ternresetmay{}leartheproblem

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ingtunerpresets,outputlevelsettings,delaytimesand
speakerconfigurationdata,pressandholdtheTone

ModeButtonQ buttonbr threeseconds.Theunit
willturnonautomatically.

NOTE:ResetLingtheprocessorwilleraseanyconfigu
rationsetlingsyouhavemadeforspeakers,output
levels,surroundrhodes,digitalinputassignmer/tsas
wellasthetunerpreselsTheunitwillbereturnedto
thetactorypreset,andallsettingstottheseitems

mustbereentered.

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AVR 13.5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

AudioSection
StereoMode

ContinuousAvengePower(FTC)

50Wattsperchannel,20H_2OkHz,

@ <007% THD,bothchannelsdriveninte8ohms

Six-ChannelSurroundModes
PowerperIndividualChannel

FrontL&Rchannels:

40 Wattsperchannel
@ <007% THD,20Hz-2OkHzintoS ohms

Centerchannel:
40 Watts@<0,07% THD,20H_2OkHzinto8ohms

Surround(L& RSide,Back)chanrlels:
40 Wattsperchannel
@ <007% THD,20Nz-POkHzintoS ohms

InputSensilwity/Impedance

Linear(HighLevel) 200mV/47kohms
Signalto NoiseRSio(IHF@ lOOdB
SurroundSystemAdjacentChannelSepa/ation

ProLogic1/11 40dB

DolbyDigital(AC3) 55dB

DTS 55dB
FrequencyResponse

@IW(+OdB, 3dB) lOHz 1SOkHz

HighInstantaneous
CurrentCapability(HCC) +25 Amps

TransientIntermodulation
Dislortion(TIM) Unmeasurable

SlewRate 40V/IJsec

FMTunerSection

FrequencyRange 875 108,0MHz

UsableSensitivity IHF1.3_V/13PdBf
Signalto NoiseRatio Mono/Stereo70/gSdB

Distortion Mono/Stereo0.2/0,3%

StereoSeparation 40dB@ 1kHz
Sebctlvity +400kHz,70dB

ImageRejecllon SOdB

IFRqection 90dB

AMTunerSection

FrequencyRange 520 1720kHz
SignalIo NoiseRatio 45dB
UsableSensitivity Loop500I]V
Distorllon 1kHz,50%Mod0,8%
Selectivity +10kHz.30dB

VideoSection

TelevisionFormat
InputLevel/Impedance
OutputLevel/Impedance

NTSC

1Vpp/75 ohms
1Vpp/75 ohms

VideoRequencyResponse

(CompositeandSVideo)

IOHz-SMNz(3dB)

VideoRequencyResponse

(Compor/entVideo)

IOHz-3OMNz(3dB)

Genera!

PowerRequirement AC1POV/6OHz
PowerConsumption 65W idle,540Wmaximum

(6chanr_elsdriven)

Dimensions (Produc9 (Shipping)
Width 17.3indies(440ram) 21.5inches(545mm)

Height 6.6inches(168n/m) 9.9 inches(251mm)
Depth 15inchesGS2mm) 17,9inches(455mm)

(Producl)

Weight

Depthmeasulementincludesknobs,bull_ssandterminalconnections
Heightmeasurementincludesfeetandchassis
Allfeaturesandspecificationsale subjedto chargewithoutnotice

HarmarlKardonandPowerfortheDigitalRevolutionareregisteredtrademaksof
HarmanInternalionalIndusldes,Incorporated

*ManufacturedunderlicensefromDolbyLaborat_ries"Dolbyi"ProLogic"andtheDoubleDsymbol

arelrademarksofDolbyLaboratories
DTS,DTSSurroundDTSESandDTSNeo:6areregisteredtrademarksof DigitalTheaterSystemsInc
VMAxisa registeredtrademarkofHarmanInternationalIndustries,Incorpolated,andisan

implementationof CooperBauckTransauralStereounderpatentlicense
Logic7 isa registeredtrademarkof Harmar_InternationalIndustriesIncorporated
Cilrusisaregisteredtrademakof CirrusLogic,Inc

P4,4Ib (1 lkg)

(Shipping)
29,3Ib(13,3kg)

INDEX

5 ChannelStereo17, 24
6 Channel/8-OhannelDirectInputS,1P,22

7 ChannelStereo17, 24
ACPowerConnections8, 13

AdvancedFeatures28-29
AdvancedSelectMenu28
Antennalerminals7,8, 12

AudioEquipmentConnections7, 8. IP
AutoModeTuning6, 11,26
AutoSearchMethod30

(}abletelevision4, S,12.43 44
CD 7,12,40 41

ChannelAdjustMenu 21,27
ChannelControlPunchThrough3P
CleaningandMainlenance4
CoaxialDigitalAudioJacks6,8, 12, 13, 16.P3

CodeReadout39
ComponentVideo8, 13

CompositeVideo S. 13
DelayA@stMenu 20
DelaySettings19 20
DescriptionandFeSures3

DigitalAudioPlayback23 26
Digitc<lSourceSelection16,23
DimmingFront-PanelDisplay10,P8
DirectCodeEntry30
DisplayBrightness28
DolbyDigital17, 23-25

DSPSurroundModes 17.P4
DTS 17,23-24

DTSNeo:6 17,23-24
DTSES 17, 23-24

DVD 13,23, 41
Front-PanelControls5-6

Front-Panel,Jacks6.22
Front-PanelDisplayFade 28

FullOSD15, 28-29
FullOSDTimeOut 28 29

Hall 24
HeadphonesP2

InputdndependentSpeakerSetup 19
InputSetup16

Inslallation12 13
Ins_llationLocation4
IRReceiver6, 10
Logic7 17, 24

Macros30 31

ManualModeTuning6, 11, 26
MasterMenu 15

MemoryBaekup27
Mute 6, 11,22
NightMode 17, 26
On-ScreenDisplw 15, 28-29
Operation22-27
OpticalDigitalAudio,Jacks6, 8, 1P,13, 16, 23

OutputLevelAdjustments20 21
OutputLevel7rimAdjustment27

PCM 25
Polarily12

PowerSwitches5, 10.1_15.22
PresetStations6, 11,P7

ProcessorReset45
ProgrammedDeviceFunctions31 34

Pr%mmmingProductCodes30
PunchThroughProgramming3P

ReaFPanelConnections7 8
RecallingPresetStations6.11,27

Peso/cling27
RemoteControl9-11,1 _15, 30 44

RemoteControlBatteries1_15
RemoteControlFunctionList 33-34

RemoteControlFunctions31 34
RemoteControlSelupCodel@les 35-44

ResettingtheRemote32
SatetyInlormation3,4

Salellitelelevision12,42
SemiOSD15.28-29

SettingPssetStationsP7
SleepMode 10,P2

SouseSelectior_6, 10,16, PP
SpeakerPlacement14
SpeakerSelection14
SpeakerSetup 17 19
SpeakerSetupMenu 18
SpeakerTerminals74, 12

SpeakerWire12
Speaker/ChannelInputindicators25 P6
Subwoofer7, 19, 21.P7

SurroundMedeChart24
SurroundModeSelectior_5-6, 10 11,16 17,

P2 26

SurroundOff 17,24
SurroundSelectMenu 16

SurroundSetup16 17

S-VideoS, 13
SyslemConfiguration1_21

SyslemSetup14
Tape7, 27, 43
TechnicalSpecilcations46

Theater24
ToneControls5 6, 22

7_ademarkAcknowledgements46
7_ansportControls11,3P

7_ansportControlPunchThrough32
7_oubleshootingGuide45
TunerMode 6, 10, 26-P7

TunerOperation26-27
TurnOnVolumeLevel 28
TV 12-13, 31-34, 35-37
TypographicalConventionsP
Unpacking4

VCR8, 12, 27, 32,38 39
VideoConnections8, 12 13, 22
VideoEquipmentConnedionsIP 13

VideoMonitor8.13
VMA,x17,24

VolumeContsl 6, 11,22, 28, 3P
VolumePunchThrough3P

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