Operation Manual

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30 OPERATION

Operation

Basic Operation

Once you have completed the initial setup and

configuration of the AVR 8000, it is simple to

operate and enjoy. The following instructions will

help you maximize the enjoyment of your new

receiver:

Turning the AVR 8000 On or Off

• When using the AVR 8000 for the first time,

you must press the

Main Power Switch

on the front panel to turn the unit on. This places

the unit in a Standby mode, as indicated by the

amber color of the

Power Indicator

. Once

the unit is in Standby, you may begin a listening

session by pressing the

System Power Control

on the front panel, or the Power On Button

d or AVR Selector f on the remote. Note

that the

Power Indicator

will turn green.

This will turn the unit on and return it to the

input source that was last used.The unit may also

be turned on from Standby by pressing any of the

Input Selector Buttons efg

∫ç∂

on the remote or the Input Source

Selector Button

on the front panel.

NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector

Buttons

eg to turn the unit on, press

the

AVR Selector f to set the remote control

to the AVR 8000 functions.

To turn the unit off at the end of a listening

session, simply press the

System Power

Control

2 on the front panel or the Power

Off Button

on the remote. Power will

be shut off to any equipment plugged into the

rear panel

Switched AC Outlet ‡ and the

Power Indicator 3 will turn amber.

When the remote is used to turn the unit “off”

it is actually placing the system in a Standby

mode, as indicated by the amber color of the

Power Indicator 3.

• To program the AVR 8000 for automatic turn-

off, press the

Sleep Button i on the remote.

Each press of the button will decrease the time

before shut-down in the following sequence:

The sleep time will be displayed in the Lower

Display Line

B and it will count down until

the time has elapsed.

When the programmed sleep time has elapsed,

the unit will automatically turn off. Note that

the front panel display will dim to one half

brightness when the Sleep function is

programmed. To cancel the Sleep function,

press and hold the

Sleep Buttoni until

the information display returns to normal

brightness; the Sleep indicator numbers will

disappear and the words

SLEEP OFF

will appear in the Lower Display Line B

When you will be away from home for an

extended period of time it is always a good

idea to completely turn the unit off with the

front panel

Main Power Switch

NOTE: All preset memories are lost if the unit is

left turned off by using the

Main Power

Switch

for more than two weeks.

Source Selection

• To select a source, press any of the Input

Selector Buttons

ç∂

on the

remote.

• The input source may also be changed by

pressing the front panel

Input Source

Selector Button

%. Each press of the button

will move the input selection through the list of

available inputs.

• As the input is changed, the AVR 8000 will

automatically switch to the digital input (if

selected), surround mode, speaker configura-

tion, output levels, crossover frequency and

night mode status that were entered during the

configuration process for that source.

• The front panel

Video 5 Inputs



, Optical

Digital 4 Input

or the Coaxial Digital 4

Input

(

may be used to connect a device such

as a video game or camcorder to your home

entertainment system on a temporary basis.

• As the input source is changed, the new input

name will appear momentarily as an on-screen

display in the lower third of the video display.

The input name will also appear in the

Main

Information Display

ˆ and a green LED

will light next to the selected input’s name in

the front-panel

Input Indicators ı.

• When an audio source is selected, the last

video input used remains routed to the

Video 1/

Video 2 Outputs

and Video Monitor

Outputs

. This permits simultaneous viewing

and listening to different sources.

• When a composite or S-Video source is selected,

the video signal for that input will be routed to the

Video Monitor Output and will be viewable

on a TV monitor connected to the AVR 8000.

Volume Control

• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level

using the front panel

Volume Control Ù or

remote

Volume Up/Down buttons.

• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs,

press the

Mute Button K . This will

interrupt the output to all speakers and the

headphone jack, but it will not affect any

recording or dubbing that may be in progress.

When the system is muted, the word

MUTE

will flash in the Main Information Display

ˆ. Press the Mute Buttons K again to

return to normal operation.

• During a listening session, you may turn the

tone controls for the front left/right speakers off

or adjust the bass and treble settings using

remote control, rather than the front panel

knobs used on many audio products. To adjust

the tone settings, first press the

Tone Mode

Button

. The first press of this button

shows if the tone controls are active or not.

When the default setting of

TONE IN

appears, press the

⁄

Buttons mp so

that

TONE OUT appears on the Lower

Display Line

B and in the semi-OSD display.

To adjust the Bass or Treble settings, press the

Tone Mode Button until the current

Bass or Treble status appears in the

Lower

Display Line

B and then press the

⁄

Buttons mp to raise or lower the settings.

When all tone mode adjustments are complete,

simply wait a few seconds until the display

returns to normal operation as your indication

that the settings have been accepted by the AVR’s

memory. Note that the tone controls only change

the output for the front left/right speakers.

• For private listening, plug the 1/4" stereo

phone plug from a pair of stereo headphones

into the front panel

Headphone Jack

Note that when the headphone’s plug is con-

nected, the word

HEADPHONE will scroll

once across the

Lower Display Line B and

all speakers will be silenced. When the head-

phone plug is removed, the audio feed to the

speakers will be restored.

Surround Mode Selection

One of the most important features of the

AVR 8000 is its ability to reproduce a full

multichannel surround sound field from digital

sources, analog matrix surround-encoded

programs and standard stereo programs.

Selection of a surround mode is based on per-

sonal taste, as well as the type of program

source material being used. For example, motion

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