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This menu screen also allows you to enter the settings for the AVR 135’s Triple Crossover feature, which allows a different crossover point to be used for the front left/right, center and surround speakers. In sys- tems where full-range or tower speakers are used for the front soundstage or where different brands or models are in use at the various speaker positions, this feature allows you to customize the bass management and redirection circuits with a precision not previously possible.

It is easiest to enter the proper settings for speaker setup through the SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 5). If that menu is not already on your screen from the prior adjustments, press the OSD Button v to bring up the MASTER MENU (Figure 1), and then press the ¤ Button n until the cursor is on the SPEAKER SETUP line. At this point, press the Set Button p to bring up the SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 5).

this menu, bass information may also be directed to the front left/right speakers, a subwoofer or both.

NOTE: When the front speakers are set to LARGE, the SUBWOOFER is set to NONE, and the sur- round mode is set to “Surround Off,” or pure two-chan- nel stereo, if an analog audio source is selected, it will be routed directly from the input to the volume control without being digitized or processed. If you have full- range front speakers and wish to remove all digital pro- cessing from the circuit path, select this configuration.

If you wish to use this option with only one input, such as a CD player or an optional, external phono preamp, choose the INDEPENDENT setting on the BASS MGR line at the bottom of this menu so that only those inputs where the analog bypass is desired will be routed in this fashion.

When you have completed your selection for the front channel, press the ¤ Button non the remote to move the cursor to CENTER.

When SMALL is selected, low-frequency surround channel sounds will be sent to the subwoofer output only. If you choose this option and there is no sub- woofer connected, you will not hear any low-frequency sounds from the surround channel.

When LARGE is selected, a full-range output will be sent to the surround channel outputs, and NO sur- round channel signals will be sent to the subwoofer output.

When NONE is selected, surround sound informa- tion will be split between the front left and front right outputs. For optimal performance when no surround speakers are in use, the Dolby 3 Stereo mode should be used.

When you have completed your selections for the main surround channels, press the ¤ Button n on the remote to move the cursor to SURR BACK. This line serves two functions in that it not only config- ures the setting for the surround back channels when

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The first line of the SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 5) allows you to switch the menu to change either the speaker size setting or the exact crossover point used for that speaker group. For the first pass through the menu, leave the setting at its default option of SIZE, and then proceed as outlined below. Once the speaker choices have been set, you may wish to return to this line to change the option so that the crossover settings may be adjusted.

Begin the speaker setup process by making certain that the cursor is pointing toward the LEFT/RIGHT line, which sets the configuration for the front left and right speakers. If you wish to make a change to the front speakers’ configuration, press the /Buttons oso that either LARGE or SMALL appears, matching the appropriate description from the definitions shown above.

When SMALL is selected, low-frequency sounds will be sent only to the subwoofer output. If you choose this option and there is no subwoofer connected, you will not hear any low-frequency sounds from the front channels.

When LARGE is selected, a full-range output will be sent to the front left and front right outputs. Depending on the choice made in the SUBWOOFER line in

Press the /Buttons o on the remote to select the option that best describes your system, based on the speaker definitions shown below.

When SMALL is selected, low-frequency center channel sounds will be sent only to the subwoofer out- put. If you choose this option and there is no subwoofer connected, you will not hear low-frequency sounds from the center channel.

When LARGE is selected, a full-range output will be sent to the center speaker output, and NO center channel signal will be sent to the subwoofer output.

NOTE: If you choose Logic 7 as the surround mode the “large” option will not be available for the center speaker. This is due to the requirements of Logic 7 processing, and does not indicate a problem with your receiver.

When NONE is selected, no signals will be sent to the center channel output. The receiver will operate in a “phantom” center channel mode and center channel information will be sent to the left and right front chan- nel outputs. When only front left and right speakers are used, with no center or surround speakers, VMAx is a good alternative mode.

When you have completed your selection for the cen- ter channel, press the ¤ Button n on the remote to move the cursor to SURROUND.

Press the /Buttons oon the remote to select the option that best describes the side surround speakers in your system based on the speaker definitions shown on this page.

they are present; it also tells the AVR 135’s processing system to configure the unit for either 5.1 or 6.1/7.1 operation.

NOTE: In order to adjust the speaker settings for the surround back channels, either a Logic 7 or DTS Neo:6 mode must first be selected or a multichannel, Dolby Digital or DTS source must be playing. This enables the system to activate the surround back processing mode.

Press the /Buttons o on the remote to select the option that best describes the speaker in use at the back surround position based on the definitions shown below:

When NONE is selected, the system will adjust so that only 5.1-channel surround processing/decoding modes are available.

When SMALL is selected, the system will adjust so that the full complement of 6.1/7.1 surround processing/ decoding modes are available, and low-frequency information below the crossover point will be sent to the subwoofer output. If you choose this option and there is no subwoofer connected, you will not hear any low-frequency sounds from the surround back channel.

When LARGE is selected, the system will adjust so that the full complement of 6.1/7.1 surround process- ing/decoding modes are available, and a full-range signal will be sent to the surround back channels, with no low-frequency information sent to the subwoofer output.

NOTE: It is not possible to configure the AVR 135 for 7.1-channel operation. Do not connect more than one speaker to the Surround Back Speaker Outputs

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