24 OPERATION
OPERATION
Basic Operation
Once you have completed the setup and configuration
of the AVR 225, it is simple to operate and enjoy. The
following instructions will help you maximize the enjoy-
ment of your new receiver:
Turning the AVR 225 On or Off
• When using the AVR 225 for the first time, you must
press the
Main Power Switch
1
on the front panel
to turn the unit on. This places the unit in a Standby
mode, as indicated by the amber color of the
Power
Indicator
3
. Once the unit is in Standby, you may
begin a listening session by pressing the
System
Power Control
2
on the front panel or the AVR
Selector
f. The Power Indicator
3
will turn
green. This will turn the unit on and return it to the input
source that was last used. The unit may also be turned
on from Standby by pressing any of the
Input Selector
Buttons
efg on the remote or the Input
Source Selector
!
on the front panel.
NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector
Buttons
eg to turn the unit on, press the
AVR Selector f to set the remote control to the
AVR 225’s functions.
To turn the unit off at the end of a listening session,
simply press the
System Power Control 2 on
the front panel or the
Power Off Button a on
the remote. Power will be shut off to any equipment
plugged into the rear-panel
Switched AC Outlet ›
and the Power Indicator 3 will turn amber.
When the remote is used to turn the unit “off” it is
actually placing the system in a Standby mode, as indi-
cated by the amber color of the
Power Indicator 3.
•To program the AVR 225 for automatic turn-off, press
the
Sleep Button i on the remote. Each press of
the button will decrease the time before shutdown in the
following sequence:
The sleep time will be displayed in the
Preset
Number/Sleep Timer Indicator
J and it will count
down until the time has elapsed.
When the programmed sleep time has elapsed, the
unit will automatically turn off. Note that the front-panel
display will dim to one-half brightness when the Sleep
function is programmed. To cancel the Sleep function,
press and hold the
Sleep Buttoni until the infor-
mation display returns to normal brightness, the Sleep
indicator numbers disappear and
SLEEP O
appears in the Main Information Display S.
When you will be away from home for an extended
period of time it is always a good idea to completely
turn the unit off with the front-panel
Main Power
Switch
1
.
NOTE: All preset memories are lost if the unit is left
turned off by using the
Main Power Switch
1
for
more than one week.
Source Selection
•To select a source, press any of the Source
Selector Buttons
eg on the remote.
• The input source may also be changed by pressing
the front-panel
Input Source Selector !. Each
press of the button will move the input selection
through the list of available inputs.
• As the input is changed, the AVR 225 will automati-
cally switch to the digital input (if selected), surround
mode, speaker configuration, output levels, crossover
frequency and night mode status that were entered
during the configuration process for that source.
• The front-panel
Video 4 Inputs
%^
may be
used to connect a device such as a video game or
camcorder to your home entertainment system on a
temporary basis.
• As the input source is changed, the new input name
will appear momentarily as an on-screen display in the
lower third of the video display. The input name will
also appear in the
Main Information Display S
and a green LED will light next to the selected input’s
name in the front-panel
Input Indicators .
• When an audio source is selected, the last video
input used remains routed to the
Video Outputs
dg and Video Monitor Outputs ·j.
This permits simultaneous viewing and listening to
different sources.
• When a Video source is selected, the video signal for
that input will be routed to the
Video Monitor Output
Jacks
·j
and will be viewable on a TV monitor con-
nected
to the AVR 225.
Volume Control
• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the
front-panel
Volume Control Ó or remote Volume
Up/Down
buttons.
• When listening in one of the Stereo modes with the
surround circuits off, the
Balance Control * may be
used to adjust the relative sound output between the
front left and right speakers.
• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs press the
Mute Button . This will interrupt the output to all
speakers and the headphone jack, but it will not affect
any recording or dubbing that may be in progress.
Press the
Mute Button again or adjust the
volume to return to normal operation.
• During a listening session you may wish to adjust
the
Bass Control & and Treble Control ( to suit
your listening tastes or room acoustics.
• To set the output of the AVR 225 so that the output
is “flat,” with the tone controls deactivated, press the
Tone Mode Button 6 until the words Tone
Out
appear momentarily in the Main Information
Display
S.To return the tone controls to an active
condition, press the
Tone Mode Button 6 until the
words
Tone In momentarily appear in the Main
Information Display
S.
• For private listening, plug the 1/4" stereo phone
plug from a pair of stereo headphones into the
front-panel
Headphone Jack
4
. Note that when
the headphone’s plug is connected, the words
HEADPH0NE IN will scroll once across the
Main Information Display S and all speakers will
be silenced. When the headphone plug is removed,
the audio feed to the speakers will be restored.
