Parasound AVC-2500 owner manual Front Panel Controls 1. Power Switch

Front Panel Controls

1. Power Switch

Press the On-Offbutton to turn the AVC- 2500 on and off. When you first turn on the AVC-2500, the on-screen and front panel displays show the last selected source input, digital input, surround mode, and master volume level. If the tuner is active, the frequency and preset number are displayed.

2. Infrared Receiver

Infrared signals from the remote control are received through the IR receiving eye.

3. Surround Selector

The Surround button on the front panel of the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the Rotary Knob into the surround mode se- lector so you can choose between any of the five Automatic Surround Processing (ASP) modes.

4. Digital Selector

The Digital button on the front panel of the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the Rotary Knob into the digital input selec- tor.

5.Surround Mode Indicators

These blue indicators let you know the type of bitstream the AVC-2500 has de- tected and how the signal is being pro- cessed.

DTS indicator

This indicator illuminates when the AVC- 2500 has detected a DTS bitstream.

Dolby Digital

The blue Dolby Digital indicator illumi- nates when the AVC-2500 has automati- cally detected a Dolby Digital bitstream.

Pro Logic Indicator

This indicator illuminates when the AVC- 2500 has automatically detected an ana- log, PCM, or 2/0 Dolby digital signal.

6. Analog Overload Indicator

This red indicator will illuminate when any of the internal analog to digital con- verters are overloaded. This only occurs when an analog source is selected.

7. Preset Selector

The Preset button on the front panel of the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the Rotary Knob into the tuner preset selec- tor so you can choose between any of the twenty preset radio stations.

8. Source Selector

The Source button on the front panel of the AVC-2500 temporarily converts the Rotary Knob into an input source selec- tor so you can choose between any of the six audio/video inputs or six audio-only inputs.

9. Autocal Microphone Input

This front panel microphone connector accepts the ACM-2500 calibration micro- phone for automatic calibration of indi- vidual channel levels and delays. Connect the provided ACM-2500 Automatic Cali- bration Microphone to this input during the setup process.

10.Volume Control/Rotary Knob

Normally, this is the master volume con- trol. You can adjust the master volume up and down in 1 dB steps by turning this control. This control also serves as the Rotary Knob for Surround Modes, Digi- tal Inputs, Tuner Presets, and Input Sources. When you press any of these se- lector buttons, its corresponding blue LED will light and the rotary selector lets you choose between the surround modes, digital inputs, tuner Presets, or input sources.

11.Tuning Button

Pressing the Tuning button activates the tuner section of the AVC-2500 in the au- tomatic tuning mode. Pressing this but- ton a second time changes the tuning mode from automatic to manual.

12. FM/AM Button

Press the FM/AM button to toggle be- tween AM and FM frequency bands while the tuner is active.

13. Mute Button

Press the Mute button to interrupt the au- dio signal from the output of the AVC- 2500. Pressing the Mute button again or adjusting the volume will take the unit out of mute.

14. Front Panel Display

The fluorescent front panel display pro- vides operational status of both zones of your AVC-2500 including selected Input Source, Autoformat Surround Processing mode, Digital Input, and Volume level.

15. Memory

The Memory button allows you to assign digital inputs, Autoformat Surround Pro- cessing (ASP) modes, and THX process- ing to individual sources. This button also lets you store the twenty available radio station presets into memory.

16. THX

Press the THX button to apply THX pro- cessing to any of the cinema surround modes including Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, DTS, stereo, and mono. When this button is pressed, THX appears in the front panel and on-screen display

17. Zone

Press the Zone button to control the re- mote zone from the front panel. When Zone is selected, the On-Off switch, Ro- tary Knob and Surround, Digital, Preset, and Source buttons operate in the same way as in the main zone. While you are controlling the remote zone “ZONE” ap- pears in the front panel display. Five sec- onds after making your adjustments to the remote Zone, the AVC-2500 reverts back to Main Zone operation.

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