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System Configuration

9. Enter the information for the

SURROUND CH

.

speaker by using the

‹

or

›

buttons

i

on the remote to

select the type of surround channel

speaker that will be used. Press the

buttons so that

LARGE

,

SMALL

or

NONE

is highlighted to match the speak-

er type you will use as described

in #7 above. The

LARGE

setting sends a

full range output to the left/right

surround speakers, while the

SMALL

setting sends low-frequency sounds to

the subwoofer output. If the surround

speakers will not be used, the

NONE

set-

ting will send the audio for the surround

channels to the front left/right speakers.

When the selection has been made, press

the

¤

button once so that the on-screen

cursor

>

is pointing to

GO TO SETUP

MENU 2

. Press

Select

j

to move to

the next menu.

10. At

SETUP MENU 2

(see figure #3),

you enter information that configures

the AVR85 for the type of center channel

speaker to be used, and whether or not a

subwoofer is in use. While the on-screen

cursor is pointing to

CENTER CH

. press

the

‹

or

›

buttons

i

on the remote to

select the correct type of center channel

speaker as described in #7. When

LARGE

is highlighted a full-range sig-

nal will be sent to the center channel.

When

SMALL

is highlighted the audio

to the center channel will be cut at

100Hz and low-frequency information

will be routed to the subwoofer output.

When the selection has been made, press

the

¤

button once so that the on-screen

cursor

>

is pointing to the

SUBWOOFER

line of the display.

11. At the

SUBWOOFER

line use

the

‹

or

›

buttons

i

on the remote

to highlight

ON

or

OFF

. Select

ON

when

an optional external subwoofer connect-

ed to the

Subwoofer Preamp Output

∕

. If a subwoofer is not used, highlight

OFF

. In this position all low-frequency

sounds (below 100Hz) will be routed to

the front left/right speakers, depending on

the setup for those speakers. Note that the

subwoofer cannot be set to

OFF

when the

front speakers are set to

SMALL

in

SETUP MENU 1

. When the selection

has been made press the

¤

button once

so that the on-screen cursor

>

is point-

ing to

GO

TO

SETUP MENU

3

. Press

Select

j

to move to the next menu.

12. At

SETUP MENU 3

(see figure #4),

various control functions will be set.

The first item is the

LFE LEVEL

CONTROL

. “LFE” is the Low-Frequency

Effects channel that is used when Dolby

Digital signals are present. The normal

setting for LFE is 0dB, but the control

may also be set to -10dB for reduced out-

put when an LFE signal is present. The

LFE may also be turned

OFF

, which will

route any LFE signals to the front

left/right speakers. When the LFE level is

set, or to bypass this setting, press the

¤

button

i

on the remote to move to the

next setting.

Note:

When the LFE is set to

OFF

the

LFE output is cut, even though the sys-

tem is still decoding the LFE signal from

a digital audio source.

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13. The next line is the

NIGHT MODE

setting. This feature reduces the input

level of Dolby Digital sources by

1

/

3

to

1

/

4

at their loudest thresholds, preventing

unwanted bursts of loud sounds without

restricting the dynamic range or volume

of other sounds or at less than maximum

levels. The feature may be turned

OFF

by pressing the

‹

or

›

buttons

i

on

the remote until

OFF

is highlighted.

The Night mode may also be turned

on and off at any time by pressing the

Night

button

e

on the remote. When

the Night mode is set, or to bypass this

setting, press the

¤

button

i

to move

to the next setting.

14. The

SETUP LOCK

prevents any of

the major control settings from being

changed once it is engaged. This feature

is set at the factory to

UNLOCK

, so that

all settings may be adjusted. If you wish

to prevent settings from being easily or

inadvertently being changed, use the

‹

or

›

buttons

i

on the remote until

LOCK

is highlighted. Once the

LOCK

setting is engaged and you exit

SETUP

MENU 3

, no changes may be made to

any of the Setup menus. To make

changes to these menus you must return

to

SETUP MENU 3

and use the

‹

or

›

buttons

i

on the remote until

UNLOCK

is highlighted. When the

LOCK

setting is engaged, the word

LOCK

will appear at the top of the

menus to remind you that no changes

may be made. At this point, unless you

wish to make changes to the Multiroom

system, press the

¤

button

i

twice

and then press

Select

j

to

RETURN

TO THE MAIN MENU

. Setup and

operation of the Multiroom system is

described on page 32 of this manual.

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