4.OPERATION

4.1POWER ON/OFF

When turned on, the AVM 50 comes on at the pre-programmed volume setting (see section 3.9).

Always turn the power amplifier on last to prevent ‘turn-on pops’ when other components are turned on.

Front Panel – Power ON Main

Choose one of the following:

•Press MAIN in the POWER group, or...

• Press MAIN in the PATH group, or...

• If ZONE2 and ZONE3 are off, press any SOURCE button, FM • AM preset (1 through 6), or TUNE.

Front Panel – Power ON a Zone

• Press ZONE2 or ZONE3 in the POWER or PATH group.

Front Panel – Power OFF Main or a Zone

•Press MAIN or ZONE2 or ZONE3 in the POWER group.

Remote Control – Power ON

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• Make sure the appropriate control mode is set (MAIN, Z2, or Z3 in the MAIN Z2 Z3 SSP PATH group) then press POWER.

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Remote Control – Power OFF

• Make sure the appropriate control mode is set then press SSP OFF.

4.2PATH SELECTION

Path routes Sources to the MAIN, ZONE2, ZONE3, or RECORD outputs.

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•MAIN: As the name suggests, MAIN routes the audio/video sources to your main listening/viewing room, with outputs for your MAIN display and 7.1-channel audio.

•ZONE2 and ZONE3: Routes any audio/video source to other listening/viewing rooms in your home. The chosen Source can be either the same or different from the Source selected in other paths. ZONE2 and ZONE3 each have outputs for a TV and 2-channel audio. To listen to a Source that doesn’t have L/R Analog Audio-In connected, you must ‘copy’ it from MAIN (see section 4.3).

•RECORD: Allows you to record audio/video sources independently of what is selected in other paths. Composite and S-Video, and fixed-level analog audio outputs are available for your tape recorder and VCR. In addition, there are two configurable coaxial digital outputs: DIGITAL1 can be set to put out the audio of any digital Source, or convert an analog Source to digital (must be set to Anlg-DSP in the Setup). DIGITAL2 can be set to put out the same signal as DIGITAL1, or any of the Sources set to Digital. Refer to sections 3.5 and 3.7 for an explanation on how to set input and output formats. As with Zones 2 and 3, RECORD has output only if L/R Analog Audio-In is connected, or when MAIN is ‘copied’ (see section 4.3).

 

 

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Remote control – the REC PATH key is near the bottom of the remote control.

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The displayed Path returns to MAIN a few seconds after an adjustment is made in ZONE2, ZONE3, RECORD, or HEADPHONE*. This is designed to prevent accidents. For example, if someone in the MAIN room wants to turn up the volume there, and the Path is in ZONE2, the volume would increase in ZONE2, not MAIN. Since the person adjusting the volume doesn’t hear the change, chances are that he or she would keep turning up the volume in ZONE2, unaware of what’s happening there, like Peter Sellers in “The Party” except maybe not quite as hilarious. The timeout setting can be changed in the Setup (see section 3.11).

* Except when MAIN is off or HEADPHONE is set to ‘Mute’ the MAIN speakers (see section 3.9).

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