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Safety Information

Cleaning
When the unit gets dirty, wipe it with a
clean, soft, dry cloth. If necessary, wipe it
with a soft cloth dampened with mild
soapy water, then a fresh cloth with clean
water. Wipe dry immediately with a dry
cloth. NEVER use benzene, aerosol
cleaners, thinner, alcohol or any other
volatile cleaning agent. Do not use
abrasive cleaners, as they may damage
the finish of metal parts. Avoid spraying
insecticide near the unit.

Moving the Unit
Before moving the unit, be certain to dis-
connect any interconnection cords with
other components, and make certain
that you disconnect the unit from the 
AC outlet.

Important Information For the User
NOTE: This equipment has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for 
a Class-B digital device, pursuant to Part
15 of the FCC Rules. The limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio-
frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio
communication. However, there is no
guarantee that harmful interference will
not occur in a particular installation. 
If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television recep-
tion, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user 
is encouraged to try to correct the inter-
ference by one or more of the following
measures:

■

Reorient or relocate the receiving
antenna.

■

Increase the separation between the
equipment and receiver.

■

Connect the equipment into an outlet
on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.

■

Consult the dealer or an experienced
radio/TV technician for help.

This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) this device
may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept interference
received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

NOTE: Changes or modifications may
cause this unit to fail to comply with 
Part 15 of the FCC Rules and may void
the user’s authority to operate the 
equipment. 

The carton and shipping materials used
to protect your new receiver during ship-
ment were specially designed to cushion
it from shock and vibration. We suggest
that you save the carton and packing
materials for use in shipping if you move,
or should the unit ever need repair.

To minimize the size of the carton in
storage, you may wish to flatten it. This
is done by carefully slitting the tape
seams on the bottom and collapsing the
carton down to a more two-dimensional
appearance. Other cardboard inserts may
be stored in the same manner. Packing
materials that cannot be collapsed
should be saved along with the carton in
a plastic bag. 

If you do not wish to save the packaging
materials, please note that the carton
and other sections of the shipping protec-
tion are recyclable. Please respect the
environment and discard those materials
at a local recycling center.

In order to help you use this manual
with the remote control, front panel
controls and rear panel connections,
certain conventions have been used.

– (bold type) indicates a

specific remote control or front panel
button, or rear panel connection

Example

– (OCR type) indicates a

message that is visible on the front panel
information display 

– (bold type) indicates a lit

indicator in the front panel information
display

1

– (number in a square) indicates a

specific front panel control

¡

– (number in a circle) indicates 

a rear panel connection

å

– (letter in a circle) indicates a

button on the main portion of the 
remote control

A

– (letter in a square) indicates a

button under the sliding panel on the
lower portion of the remote control

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Front Panel Controls

7

1

Main Power Switch

2

System Power Control

3

Power Indicator

4

Headphone Jack

5

Speakers ON

6

Speakers OFF

7

Bass Control

8

Treble Control

9

Balance Control

)

Video 3 Inputs

!

Input Selectors

@

6-Channel Direct Selector

#

AM/FM

$

Tuning Button

%

Preset Scan

^

Preset Stations Selector

&

FM Mode

*

Dolby Pro Logic Selector

(

Dolby 3 Stereo Selector

Ó

Analog Surround Mode Selectors

Ô

Test Tone



Surround Off

Ò

Mute

Ú

Volume Control

Û

Set Button

Ù

Delay

ı

Channel Select

ˆ

Center Speaker Select Button

˜

Selector Buttons

¯

Information Display

˘

Remote Sensor Window

  AVR 5

PHONO

CD

DVD

VID 1

VID 2

VID 3

AM/FM

PRESET SCAN

FM MODE

PRO LOGIC

3-STEREO

HALL 1

HALL 2

THEATER

TEST TONE

SURR. OFF

PRESET

TUNING

Phones

Power

Mute

R

L

Max

Min

Max

Min

Bass

Treble

Balance

Volume

Center

Channel

Delay

Set

VIDEO 3

Video

Audio R

L

T•MON

6 CH

Speakers

Off

On

!

@ #

$

%

^

*

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

)

1

2

&

(

Ô

Ò

Ú

˜

ˆ

Û

Ù

ı

Ó

¯

˘

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Front Panel Controls

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1

Press this

button to apply power to the AVR5.
When the switch is pressed in the
unit is placed in a Standby mode, 
as indicated by the amber LED 

3

surrounding the 

2. This button MUST be

pressed in to operate the unit. To turn
the unit off and prevent the use of the
remote control, this switch should be
pressed until it pops out from the
front panel so that the word “OFF”
may be read at the top of the switch.

NOTE:

In normal operation this

switch is left in the “ON” position.

2

When

the 

1 is “ON,”

press this button to turn on the
AVR5; press it again to turn the unit
off. Note that the 

surrounding the switch 3 will turn
green when the unit is on.

3

This LED will

illuminate in amber when the unit is
in the Standby mode to signal that
the unit is ready to be turned on.
When the unit is in operation, the
indicator will turn green. A red indi-
cator means that the unit is in the
Protect mode, and should be turned
off and then checked for a possible
speaker wire short circuit.

4

This jack may

be used to listen to the AVR5’s out-
put through a pair of headphones.
Be certain that the headphones
have a standard 

1

⁄

4

" stereo phone

plug.

7

Turn this control to

modify the low-frequency output of
the left/right channels by as much as
±10dB. Set this control to a suitable
position for your taste and room
acoustics.

5

This

button turns the speakers on for
normal listening.

6

This but-

ton turns the speakers off for private
listening when the headphones are
in use.

8

Turn this control

to modify the high-frequency output
of the left/right channels by as much
as ±10dB. Set this control to a
suitable position for your taste and
room acoustics.

9

Turn this

control to change the relative volume
for the front left/right channels.

NOTE:

For proper operation of the

surround modes this control should
be at the midpoint, or “12 o’clock”
position.

)

These

audio/video inputs may be used 
for temporary connection of video
games, camcorders, digital still
cameras or portable audio products.
To select a source connected to
these jacks, press the 

!.

!

Press one of

these buttons to select or change 
the input source. If the unit is in the
Standby mode, pressing one of these
buttons will also turn the AVR5 on.

@

Press this button to select the output
of an optional, external 6-channel
decoder connected to the 

inputs ° as the listening

source.

#

Press this button to

select the tuner as the AVR5’s input
source. When it is first pressed the
last station tuned will be heard.
Press it again to change between
AM and FM bands.

$

Press the left 

side of the button to tune lower
frequency stations and the right side
of the button to tune higher frequency
stations. When a station with a strong
signal is tuned, the TUNED indicator
will illuminate in the 

¯. A brief (1/2 second)

press of the button will manually
tune to the next frequency incre-
ment, while pressing and holding 
the button for a longer period will
automatically tune to the next station
with a signal strong enough for
acceptable reception.

%

Press this button 

to automatically scan through the
stations that have been programmed
in the AVR5’s memory. The tuner will
play five seconds of each station
before moving to the next preset
station. To stop the scan when the
desired station is heard, press the
button again. (See page 21 for more
information on the tuner memory
system.)

^

Press

this button to select stations that
have been entered into the preset
memory. (See page 21 for more
information on tuner programming.)

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Front Panel Controls

&

Press this button to

select the stereo or mono mode for
FM tuning. In the STEREO mode a

indicator will illuminate in the

¯, and stereo

reception will be provided when sta-
tions are transmitting stereo signals.
In the MONO mode the left and right
signals from stereo broadcasts will
be mixed together and reproduced
through all channels. Select MONO
for better reception of weak signals. 

*

Press

this button to select the Dolby Pro
Logic surround mode when listening
to an analog program that is encoded
with surround-sound information. (See
page 19 for more information on
surround modes.)

(

Press

this button to select the Dolby 3
Stereo listening mode. This mode 
is used primarily when a program
has surround information when a
center channel speaker, but no
surround speakers, is installed. 
(See page 19 for more information
on surround modes.)

Ó

Press one of these

buttons to select the analog sur-
round modes. These modes may 
be used with any analog program
source to create a pleasing surround
effect. (See page 19 for more
information on surround modes.)

Ô

Press this button to

begin the sequence of steps used to
set the AVR5’s output levels. When this
button is pressed, a test tone will
replace the currently selected listening
source and the 

¯ will show the channel where the

test tone appears. The test tone will
automatically switch to the next chan-
nel after three seconds. (See page 16
for more information on using the test
tone to set the output levels.)



Press this button

to turn off all surround processing,
and to listen to a program in tradi-
tional stereo from the left front and
right front speakers only.

Ò

Press this button to

momentarily silence the speaker
output of the AVR5.

Ú

Turn the knob

clockwise to increase volume, 
counterclockwise to decrease the
volume.

Û

This button has 

two functions. If this button is
pressed while in normal operation,
the 

¯ will

show the Surround mode for three
seconds. This button is also used to
enter an output level setting when
using the 

and 

Ô ˜. (See pages 15–17

for more information on setting
output levels.)

Ù

Press this button to enter

delay time settings. (See page 17 for
more information on delay times.)

ı

Press this

button during normal operation, or
during the Test Tone operation, to
begin the process that adjusts the
output levels.

NOTE:

Be sure to select the Dolby

Pro Logic surround mode before cal-
ibration so that all five channels will
be adjusted. (See page 16 for more
information on setting output levels.)

ˆ

Press this button to select the center
channel speaker. When it is first
pressed, the 

¯ will show the currently selected
speaker type. Press it again to show
another speaker type or no speaker
option (this option is available with the
Dolby Pro Logic surround mode only).

Release this button when a desired
selection is shown in the 

¯. (See page 15 for more

information on setting the center
channel type.)

˜

Press these

buttons to adjust the AVR5’s output
levels. You may use these buttons
while you are checking the output
levels by pressing either the 

Ô or the 

ı.

NOTE:

Be sure to press the 

Û to enter a new output level each
time you adjust the channel. (See
pages 15–17 for information on set-
ting output levels using the test tone,
or page 22 for information on output
level trim using a normal program
source.)

¯

This

display delivers messages and
status indications to help you
operate the receiver.

˘

The

sensor behind this window receives
infrared signals from the remote con-
trol. Aim the remote at this area and
do not block or cover it unless an
external remote sensor is installed.

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