4.OPERATION

4.1POWER ON/OFF

When turned on, the AVM 50 comes on at the volume setting in menu 10. The power amplifier should be turned on last and off first to prevent ‘popping’ when upstream components are turned on and off.

Front Panel – Main on

•Press MAIN in the POWER or the PATH group. Alternatively, if ZONE2 and ZONE3 are off, press any SOURCE button, FM • AM preset, or TUNE.

Front Panel – Zone off

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

Front Panel – Main or a Zone off

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

Remote Control – Main or a Zone on

• Make sure the appropriate control mode is set (MAIN, Z2, or Z3 in the MAIN

SSP PATH

 

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SSP PATH group) then press POWER.

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Remote Control – Main or a Zone 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: Routes sources to your main listening/viewing room, with outputs for 7.1-channel audio and the main display.

• ZONE2 and ZONE3: Routes sources to other rooms in your home. The Source selection 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 is not connected via L/R analog audio, you must ‘copy’ it from MAIN (see section 4.3).

• RECORD: Except when prevented by copy protection, allows you to record sources independently of what is selected in other paths. Composite and S-Video, and fixed-level analog audio outputs are available for two recorders. In addition, the two coaxial digital audio outputs DIGITAL1 can put out the audio of any digital Source, or convert an analog Source to digital. DIGITAL2 can put out the same signal as DIGITAL1, or any of the Sources set to Digital. To use conversion or downmixing, the source must be ‘copied from MAIN – see section 4.3. Analog audio RECORD output has a signal

only if L/R analog audio is connected or when MAIN is ‘copied’.

 

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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.

* Except when MAIN is off or HEADPHONE is set to ‘Mute’ the MAIN speakers in menu 10.

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